libyaml doesn’t support emitting comments? 😞

Sonoma apparently breaks wallpaper settings in all kinds of ways. I was able to mostly get things back the way that I want, but you apparently cannot have two different shuffled images on separate monitors.

Simple little zsh function that makes my life easier every day:

function newdir {
    if [[ $# != 1 ]]
    then
        emit-warning usage: newdir directory

        return 1
    fi

    mkdir -p $1 && cd $1
}

There’s nothing in the JSON specification that says that Graham’s number is an invalid value, although finding a computer that could do anything with that would be challenging.

Make everyone’s life easier and just statically link everything. Including libc.

Watching Andor again. I know what happens and yet I’m still tense.

One of my favorite lines from any movie— Roberta Muldoon from The World According to Garp:

I mean, I had mine removed surgically under general anesthesia.

(Yes, it doesn’t mean much out of context. No spoilers, but, what a context it came from…)

So apparently, due to a 1920s Supreme Court case, all the data that current cars gather on you (e.g. every place you’ve been in the past however long) can be searched by the police without a warrant.

Watching old movies reminds me: I don’t miss dealing with paper maps.

Cicada season is annoying.

The most jarring thing when watching non-English language films is when some random English pops up in the middle of the dialogue. You’re left with a “where did that come from?” feeling.

TIL that there is an SQLite database of Unicode included in every macOS installation.

Running

sqlite3 '/System/Library/Input Methods/CharacterPalette.app/Contents/Resources/CharacterDB.sqlite3' "select unicode(uchr) from unihan_dict where info like 'NO-BREAK SPACE|%’”

emits 160, a.k.a. U+00A0.

Love Notes to Newton 📺

Hour and a half documentary on the creation of the Apple Newton and the fandom that developed.

Hang in after the credits for the poutine scene.

The most epic Wikipedia article I’ve ever read: Air Canada 143: Gimli Glider. Someone had fun writing this one.

Is there a Black Hole in our Solar System? 📺

Holy crud, this idea is awesome. Chances of it being true are low, but what if…

It’s International Tuba Day!

Go celebrate with some Mucca Pazza! 🎵