when the City of Saint Paul was drafting their laws for new drive-throughs, I suggested that they tweak the language so that those outside of vehicles were entitled to the same level of service as those inside. and it looks like it might happen 👀

you've heard the adage about how you can only have two out of three when it comes to software development, right? which two does your employer choose?

people who are gay: i'm gay people who are straight: i'm straight people who are bisexual: i'm bisexual people who are trans: i'm trans people who are from chanhassen: i'm from minneapolis

dunbar’s number, but for the maximum number of discords and slacks you can be an active member in

why oh why would apple have _test_ with underscores suggest being underlined?? 😭

dad: what is it you do again? me: i built a ton of features into firefox dad: okay i guess me: and now i secure systems with an almost incalculable amount of data dad: ??? me: also today i got quoted by consumer reports dad: *EYES BUG OUT OF HEAD* consumerreports.org/electronics/di…

i see we are doomed to repeat the same bad decision made in 2013, one that users overwhelmingly hated, except this time the loser at the helm doesn’t care about user safety or experience techcrunch.com/2013/12/12/twi…

macOS designers speedrunning ways to cause security warning fatigue while failing to provide any actual security benefits. begging them to talk to anyone who has done security UX research.

the point in your transportation career when you stop referring to them as “speed limits” and instead refer to them as “placebo signs.”

as a minnesotan, is there anything more delightful than that time of the year when we get to transition from lightweight flannel to heavyweight flannel?

my eight-year-old just sent me this, it is so over for me.

what's that confluence AI? compliment myself? don't mind if I do.

close, it’s actually: input -> unexpected condition -> unhandled exception

extremely advanced “my dog ate my homework” technique

one thing i love about being in a long tech career is seeing how far things have come over the years. when i started it was all “ugh clippy is so obnoxious” and decades of progress have gotten us all the way to “ugh this ai assistant is so obnoxious.”

Instead of spinning off Chrome, the Department of Justice should have split Google into: • Google Chat • Google Talk • Google Wave • Google+ Huddle • Google Spaces • Google Meet (original) • Google Meet • Google Buzz • Google Allo • Google Hangouts

Handling Cookies is a Minefield: Inconsistencies in the HTTP cookie specification have caused a situation where countless websites (including Facebook, Netflix, Okta, WhatsApp, Apple, etc.) are one small mistake away from locking their users out. grayduck.mn/2024/11/21/han…

therapist: it’s normal for painful memories to soften over time me: but what if they don’t? what if they only hurt more as i age? therapist: do you have any memories in particular you’re thinking of? me: yes, it’s… *sobs* the end of google reader