RobF

RobF

@robertfarren.bsky.social

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Thanks so much for "pebcak", what a great word.

Osaka, we 🐇@osaka.zone

you shouldn't be using that lingo because *it trains you* and regardless of how anyone feels about the technology noone who wants to get the most out of technology should let a vendor's style-guide induce pebcak

A single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches. (Paul Rozin, apparently)

"The longer the tongue, the deeper the bumblebee can probe into a flower and bees probably learn from experience which flower source is best-suited to their tongue length."

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Buster Keaton didn't stand still while a two-ton housefront collapsed on top of him with a window cut out to barely clear his shoulders on each side so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

Olivia Hill@machineiv.bsky.social

Sam Raimi didn't strap a Super 8 camera to a 2x4 so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

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Ok, apart from Rob's tractor, nothing good has happened since Bowie died

RobF@robertfarren.bsky.social

Well, I bought a tractor, which is something I'd been longing for since 1979. So one good thing happened.

My house has been taken over by swallows. I can't wait until the eggs hatch because then at least the parents will be very busy and I can go inside without them getting upset with me.

Ryanair scum. About half of the passengers boarding flight FR9887 from Dublin to Porto are Portuguese schoolkids. Literally every one of them is being forced to pay to bring on their outsize hand luggage. Cash not accepted. Pay or leave the bag behind. Fifteen year old kids.

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You should be able to order a firefly to your home. The delivery guy should arrive at your door with cupped hands and gently release it into your living room. And the two of you should stand there and watch it together with silent reverence