@gruber in Hong Kong, with HK region set, language to English (US)… the white text is always visible, but if you zoom to this level or closer the blue label gets added and follows you around when you pan. iOS18.3.1

i just wish foss nerds would understand that libreoffice legitimately sucks ass

@Lana

House Owl: Big eyes, swivel head. Eats small rodents, regurgitates regularly. Stealth hunter. Loud hooting noises at night. Makes pellet shaped leavings. Talons… can go on?

#HongKong watching the fireworks on the harbour

View from the China Club. #HongKong #photo

Still my favorite format

GOOGLE MAPS: Okay so...in 2.0 miles you need to stay on this highway.

ME: Excuse me?

GOOGLE MAPS: I'm just saying. In 1.7 miles, use any lane to stay driving on this highway.

ME: So...do nothing?

GOOGLE MAPS: Yes exactly. In 1.4 miles, make sure you use any lane on this highway to just...stay on this highway.

ME: I don't understand. Why are you telling me this?

GOOGLE MAPS: Look it's just very important that in 1.1 miles, you stay on this highway. You can use any lane to do that.

ME: Yeah but...like...that seems like such a weird thing to mention. Why even say it?

GOOGLE MAPS: Are you saying you don't want my help?? Should I cancel your destination?

ME: No no no don't do that I'm just confused about what you want me to do. In 1.1 miles—

GOOGLE MAPS: 0.8 miles

ME: Okay in 0.8 miles... You want me to... *Stay* on...

GOOGLE MAPS: Yes stay on this highway.

ME: Soooo just... Keep driving straight then?

GOOGLE MAPS: Idk man just use any lane to do it.

ME: DO WHAT??

GOOGLE MAPS: To stay on this highway.

ME: OMG we're going around in circles.

GOOGLE MAPS: Circles? No no no no that's all wrong I thought I told you to STAY driving on this—

ME: Stay driving on this highway. Yeah I got that part. I'm just confused about why you want me to....

GOOGLE MAPS: To do what? Stay driving on this highway?

ME: Specifically in 0.8 miles though.

GOOGLE MAPS: Oh no silly not in 0.8 miles anymore. It's much closer now.

ME: WHAT'S CLOSER?!?

GOOGLE MAPS: The part where you st—

ME: I swear to god if you say stay driving on this highway once more time

GOOGLE MAPS: —eer... properly?

ME: How. How would I do that? Be specific. How EXACTLY do you want me to "steer properly" in 0.8 miles?

GOOGLE MAPS: By staying on this highway.

ME: Jesus fucking christ.

ME: ...

GOOGLE MAPS: Use any lane to do so.

ME: ...

GOOGLE MAPS: In 0.2 miles.

ME: ...

GOOGLE MAPS: ...

ME: ...

GOOGLE MAPS: Take that exit you just passed.

Had a reason to share the genius of “The guy who invented the everything bagel” with someone so I’m sharing it all with you again

Them’s the rules

10/10 performance academy award winning

https://youtu.be/ovCdpPteW0M

@chromblitzen glancing through the timeline, at first I thought this gentleman was wearing a glorious green felt hat. Did not know Mathis! Thanks for the link.

I'm having major Baader-Meinhof with the Fugu fish

@jalefkowit 😅 Fair enough. I meant it more of as an admission of me not coming at it right. I should have also said: thanks for the link, the quote was a great turn of phrase and I ended up looking up most of the movies mentioned.

@jalefkowit I tired to figure out the film that Tom Hanks was in based on the text of this review. He’s not mentioned in the body copy, so I went in waiting for a review of the film in the article title, not knowing the whole essay series is more of a retrospective. Amazingly frustrating experience until I managed to flip the switch in my brain, like seeing a vase instead of two faces.

@NanoRaptor Performance cores, efficiency cores, and demon cores.

Two cats with opposite spins, resting in the lowest energy state.

#cats

#HKG

Your Here. Mine too? Japan as a liminal state.

Here’s the mom cat. Cafe manager says she’s only a year old, but she looks like she’s seen things, you know?

More cafe cats. Kitten! Another Kitten!

There's only one album that I always listen to from beginning to end without skipping any tracks, and that's Madonna's 1983 self titled debut. It's a serious banger, even if you don't like her later stuff.

Dogs!
Doberman
#dogsofmastodon