Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda / is on Nostr

I invented a thing called Slashdot before you were born, and ran it until I couldn’t any more.

Last Notes

2024-08-28 15:53:24

The opening credits of ‘Longlegs’ reminded me that My TV might have a bit of burn in on the red channel.
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2024-08-17 00:16:01

My home network’s main switch is named ‘boner’ and yes, I am still 12.

2024-06-19 01:01:51

Watching Jeff geerling’s video on Open Sauce and dang I miss Being able to expense going ti shows that looked interesting was a great perk back in the day. The various projects looked so cool, weird keyboards, weird inventions, visiting Adam savage’s shop? Fun watch even if you aren’t interested in the pez dispenser (although I think it might finally be time for me to buy a 3d printer)
https://youtu.be/n5d0hzgA9BI?si=6TqpuquU8dO6gFLz

2024-06-12 00:09:34

I discovered that if I buy a strawberry rhubarb pie it doesn’t immediately disappear from the kitchen, and I get a 2nd slice. And a third. And… welll… the whole pie. This knowledge will serve me well.

2024-05-23 01:31:48

What kind of sociopath lights a living room with cold white bulbs?

2024-03-26 12:06:55

Google never “won” the war against SEO & Bot Spam… it just barely stayed ahead, and only because search quality was a top priority for the company. That isn’t remotely true any more, and the avalanche of AI generated mediocrity has made that obvious… assuming you scrolled past all the ads to find that garbage results.

2024-03-22 02:05:02

Moore’s law made compute so cheap that it now is gives rise to More’s law: cheap compute empowers AI to make ‘more’. It doesn’t matter ‘what’ tho, so it’s going to overwhelm literally everything: web forums, search engines, art, democracy. Everything. Oops.

2024-02-24 01:31:38

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@npub14fs…qegk https://youtu.be/rkawPjH6C3I?si=NN7nwV_r3znhH_QX

2024-02-24 00:35:59

This evening I am watching “Hackers” and just as I was about to muse aloud that Zerocool & Lord Nikon are pretty dumb sounding names I remembered…

2024-01-17 00:23:11

I’m not sure if the Apple Vision is lame or not so someone should give me a free one so I can decide.

2024-01-07 22:34:20

Kat & I have been rewatching Andy Richter Controls the Universe and have been reminded that most of our running jokes are direct quotes from it.

2024-01-02 18:38:00

As a High School student in the early 90s I coded a shitty shareware DOS piano program that saved ANSI Music so I could play a theme song when you dialed into my BBS. A dozen or so people from around the country mailed me a check. Words can't describe how wonderful it felt knowing a stranger ran my code! The money bought a fast food dinner at most, and I lost the source code and .EXE long ago... but the experience shaped me.
I think that was my coding origin story. What's Yours?

2023-12-24 17:16:33

When my wife wraps a present it’s like a beautiful piece of origami art. My wrapping looks more like that of a sociopath who didn’t have time to cut the letters out of magazines to write the ransom letter,

2023-10-29 21:34:47

Given the insane percentage of online ads dedicated to gambling, I can’t imagine what it’s like for compulsive gamblers to use the internet even a little.

2023-10-23 22:25:55

Cookie Crisp cereal had the theoretical advantage both in terms of marketing and being made of cookie, but Cinnamon Toast Crunch was always the superior choice because the cookies tasted like stale shit and cinnamon toast milk is the holy grail of breakfast cuisine.

2023-08-18 21:07:24

I figure it’s probably my fault Elno is removing Blocks from Xitter since I’ve been blocking any “promoted Xeet” for which I am not the target audience… I block in good faith: the advertisers shouldn’t be wasting their cash on me if I know their service is not for me. But I also have strong feelings about news feeds mixing ads & content. I fought against this with all my might for years… I think it’s at least gross if not unethical.