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I’ve never realized what an ungodly hulking behemoth the modern web browser has become until reading through all the features required for PWAs.

Jonathan 2 months ago

Updated to macOS Tahoe. Of course Apple broke a whole bunch of scripting APIs that I use. Apparently you just can't get the currently playing song title in Apple Music with Applescript because fuck you I guess. Every update, I start to more seriously consider switching to Linux for my next laptop. I hate feeling like I'm a guest on my own computer begging for the ability to get access to the internal state of my own laptop.

Jonathan 2 months ago

The new Taylor Swift album feels like the songwriter version of computer scientists whiteboard masturbating. She spent so much time flaunting how clever she is at writing lyrics that she forgot to actually make good music. Everything just comes out sounding blandly floaty.

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Urban Dictionary: whiteboard masturbation

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Jonathan 2 months ago

Just realized that all the icons in the macOS System Settings app change sizes when the window is frontmost vs not. Why in the world would this be helpful?

Jonathan 3 months ago

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Will the UN declare a famine in Gaza by 2030?

Resolved YES. Resolution criteria This market will resolve to "Yes" if, by December 31, 2030, the United Nations (UN) officially declares a famine...

Can't believe I got rug pulled by the UN. What a joke. I forecasted that the UN wouldn't declare a famine in Gaza because a real famine requires 2 deaths per 10k, which works out to ~420 deaths per day. The chances of this happening are insanely low and you've been brain rotted by your news feed if you think it is. What I failed to factor in was the possibility that the UN would just change its definition of what a famine is by removing the 2 deaths 10k requirement completely. The situation in Gaza is definitely bad, but focusing this much on what words we use to describe it (genocide, famine) is not helpful and distracts from the actual situation on the ground. Semantics are stupid, just focus on the facts.