Pet peeve: product managers who "help produce product documentation" by outsourcing it to an LLM and then never even taking the time to read and check the output.
In the time it takes me to fix this garbage, I could have just written it myself, and with much higher quality.
Judging by the number of "breaks" I've been taking all afternoon, I seem to be a bit irked and anxious about my writing -->revising -->formatting -->publishing workflow.
Seems unnecessarily clunky and cumbersome(this also includes the sudden, inexplicable loss of any spelling ability I may have, previously, possessed).
Hopefully, this year, I can improve on the process.
GRRRRRR!!!
Could Android's voice dictation be any WORSE? I swear, i feel like it's some kind of completely malicious bastard that's deliberately trying to screw up what I say in whatever ridiculous way possible.
Unless I talk like Mad Davros. For some reason it behaves itself perfectly when I use that voice.
"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"
But people tend to look at me strangely if I use that voice in public. 🙄
Argghhhhhh
Interview a forecaster at the NWS, folks, not people who go viral on the Nazi website.
"prominent climate blogger" is not a qualification for weather prediction.
https://ktla.com/weather/southern-california-storm-brings-very-concerning-rain-forecast/
We live in a managerocracy. Everyone wants to be a "manager", nobody wants to do the work. It's not surprising GenAI bullshit machines are so popular as you can cosplay being a manager, while "outsourcing" all the work.
The lastest FOSS Academic post is a whiny, weedy gripe session where I talk about being nervous about installing new Linux distros:
https://fossacademic.tech/2025/11/09/contained.html
Basically, between Snaps, Flatpaks, Wayland, and Secure Boot, installing a fresh Linux distro on a machine isn't quite as fun as it used to be. But, what can I do? Switch to Microsoft?
Hell, no!
I wanted to try a silly recipe. You know the kind: three ingredients, no cooking, results in a complete Thanksgiving dinner, using only a loaf pan and a fridge.
The recipe was demonstrated on YouTube. Not written-down? No problem, it was adapted from something else, link in description!
Link in the description goes to an Instagram Reel. Link doesn't work, Instagram page loads forever. Maybe YouTube's link re-direction messed up? I don't know.
With the relevant Instagram screen name, I find the Instagrammer's page. But there's no way to search that creator's stuff for something specific.
The information I'm looking for wouldn't fill an index card. This would have been straightforward with the internet of 20 years ago. Today, links are broken, search is broken, and everything has to be a video.
Information used to want to be free. Today, information wants to be artificially scarce.
The dumpy discount store where I buy most of my groceries is already thinning its selection of bargain bin Halloween costumes and plastic skeletons to make room for plastic Christmas junk. I'm sure they're not alone.
In the future, we'll just have three seasons: Spring, Summer, and Christmas.
"WizTree," a fast Windows disk space analyzer with a freebie version, has shown me that a whopping 1% of my precious SSD space is devoted to 26 different obsolete versions of the Microsoft Photos app. Which I have never launched on purpose. Which I have actually uninstalled, and which I therefore cannot actually run at all.
So WizTree does its thing great, but so far it is only illuminating new-to-me frustrations.
This sort of thing doesn't exactly inspire me to rush to Windows 11. I thought that's what they wanted?
Okay, I have decided that my settings and filters not working on stuff boosted by those I follow is my biggest gripe with Mastodon. There I’ve said it and can release.
#gripes
After idling for ~3 hours (and several reboots), my old Windows laptop is finally *actually* idle, no longer downloading updates, no longer running virus scanners. It's finally ready to put me and my priorities first.
I know there are good reasons for the individual decisions got us here. But those individually defensible decisions, in sum, mean that I can't just take the laptop off the shelf to use now and then when I need it. Instead, I have to plan ahead, I have to warm it up the day before I need it. And I don't always know the day before.
Ridiculous.
Current pet peeve: Podcast hosting sites that don't put any metadata in the MP3 files. Artist? Title? Nah, you get filename and you'll like it. And it's not like they don't *have* the metadata. It's right there in the stupid embedded player iframe. They're just not going to put it in the audio file, because why would you ever download a file instead of listening from our beautiful iframe?
Spent most of the day cleaning up a hacked website. Computers might have been a mistake. WordPress definitely was.
Gripe: I got a parking ticket for being within 20ft of a crosswalk. It was right in front of my place where I’ve parked for years and was not in the red zone. That doesn’t matter, though, because I learned the California “Daylighting” law (CVC 22500) does not require painted curbs to be cited. So, heads up out there.
I think the 20ft rule is good, but this implementation of it sucks. It went into effect January 1 and supposedly they had a grace period of 60 days where they issued warnings, but I never received one.
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I shall go on the record with another opinion that 98.7% of people here will not share: I hate Hate HATE that newer Mastodon versions fetch "missing" posts. It was one of the charms of Mastodon that threads looked differently from different instances. Now ... that charm is lost. Meh. #mastodon #gripes
Remembering my cookie choice needs to be included in “Necessary Cookies”
Folks, when placing your carry-ons in the overhead compartment, you should place them ON THEIR SIDES so the compartment space can be maximized.
I'm amazed how many travelers haven't learned this yet...
Not doing so is inconsiderate for those boarding later who then needlessly struggle to find space for their carry-ons.
#airTravel #luggage #behavior #gripes
When you boost things in Dutch or French into an English-language--based feed, what percentage of your followers are you expecting will be able to appreciate them?
