🙃 every time

Discovered today that the Windows Snipping Tool does video (and audio) recording now. Works great - does a screen subrect, captures the mouse, can pause and resume. When did this happen? Super useful.

A very common request that gets asked is for help desk to be able to verify the identity of an employee that calls them.

The ask is usually along the lines of an API that will send a request to Microsoft Authenticator that the user can approve.

This thread shows how such an…

Showing a young person my arcade cabinet and they said 'ohh, I like the bathroom buttons.' Sigh

Nothing compares to the look of an extreme telephoto lens used on a feature film. This type of depth compression is one of the most effective ways to ratchet up tension, entirely in camera.

I’ve been researching extreme long lens shots in cinema, and this has to be one of the…

Why is 'computer science' even a thing? Imagine we had that for other appliances. 'Oh, I have a doctorate in using toasters.' See how dumb that sounds

Currently going through some repairs to house so I’m sleeping on a $200 mattress on the floor. And you know what. It’s fine. Easy to change bedding. Even if I’m too tall.

I am the meme. 😔

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER QUESTION:
I have a laser projector that by itself does not draw a huge amount of power, but turning it on noticeably dims the lights in the room very shortly. What is drawing that load?

Reminder on government shutdowns. You’re not purging the government. You’re concentrating on many without other options. It’s the dumbest fucking play. Unless your goal is literal dysfunction.

I want to repeat that bolded bit one more time.

Your intent. does. not. matter.

Once comms are out the door, they land, they are interpreted, and that is the baseline for everything else you say.

Don't eff it up, or else you are climbing out of a hole of your own digging.