Wayne

Nobody special.

[Wayne @wralph]

So now Netflix and Disney+ are gone and so is my VPN. Just like that.

I don’t think I’ve ever bought Google powered hardware without it disappointing me.

Already researching how to bypass the write lock on the firmware to hopefully install Linux.

[Wayne @wralph]

Travelling with the children and my Chromebook updated. Apparently it’s “End of Life” and if I want to keep getting security update it has to purge anything that makes it useful.

Also, according to Gemini, there’s a bug that just clicking “Learn more” strips out the usefulness.

[Wayne @wralph]

My tree is out there.

[Harrison Faulkner @Harry__Faulkner]

In the 1980's, Canadian broadcaster Global found a loophole in Canadian broadcasting legislation.

Instead of broadcasting test patterns on screen and losing out on overnight revenue, they could send a cameraman into the city to walk around and film the streets of Toronto.

Global producers decided to create their own original music to accompany the show instead of losing out on licensing fees.

Because the show was entirely "Canadian Content", this allowed Global to leave key primetime slots open to broadcast American content.

The show was called Night Walk.

Although Night Walk was created to exploit a loophole, the footage that was left behind now looks like a time capsule.

[Wayne @wralph]

If the Terminator was sent back to prevent John Connor being born why not go back a couple of generations where there was no hope of being stopped and just Butterfly Effect it from there?

[Wayne @wralph]

All my short form video feeds are full of talent and success, it’s bringing me down.

[Wayne @wralph]

@WeAreTheDead There is a very real chance that this is my Grandfather.

[Wayne @wralph]

Another year that I wish wasn’t.

[Wayne @wralph]

@curtophison96 @SnazzyLabs Look on ye mighty and despair!

[Wayne @wralph]

Once again I am outraged that my @Samsung range, that is @smartthings enabled, and is connected to the Internet, requires me to use an app on my phone to set the time after a power outage.

It is the most basic of “smart” things. #grr #arg

[Wayne @wralph]

@pvponline Everyone did such a good job in the Snyder film, but the script left everyone down. I struggle with the disconnect between how good Kevin Costner was as Pa Kent while essentially saying things like “Hey, maybe you should let people die.”

[Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez @RepMGP]

Car headlights have gotten absurdly bright – roughly doubling in recent years – and it's dangerous for others on the road.

I encouraged the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to look into setting better maximum brightness standards in their upcoming infrastructure bill.

[Wayne @wralph]

@TychoBrahe I await the inevitable cosplay.

[Wayne @wralph]

@WilliamShatner Happy Birthday sir.

[Wayne @wralph]

Every AI I try can’t build a working EspHome project. Super frustrating.

[Wayne @wralph]

@JustinTrudeau No. Let’s just do it. 30 days it will be something else.

[Wayne @wralph]

@fitzgerald_tone @LDS_Dems “We need breathing room!”

[Wayne @wralph]

Upon reflection, I think the overarching theme or message of 2024 was:

𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨

[Wayne @wralph]

Spent a very frustrating evening trying to get @AnthropicAI to code something for me.

Grr. Arg.

I think the jobs are safe.

[Wayne @wralph]

YouTube is filtering “live” streams on mobile. Weird.