How long should it take somebody before they can be someone? he/him | https://eph.me/https://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mlci4syokc23The company I worked at had two layoffs 10 months apart. The only way I could have stomached the second would have been the CEO resigning with it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlci4syokc23https://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mlcfafljzo2lI don’t know what hurts more: not being able to pull up the music I transferred to my phone because I have to agree to a privacy policy while I’m not driving… Or the fact that Apple’s the one doing this.07 May 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcfafljzo2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mkgto7uzj62gLooking for feedback: Chat Transcripts in Markdown: https://oddevan.com/2026/04/26/looking-for-feedback-chat-transcripts.html27 Apr 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgto7uzj62ghttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mkbxno2fli2gTrying to parse (lol) the remark docs so I can write a Markdown extension, and, well… "Extend the syntax of markdown means […] Defeating the purpose of markdown: being simple to author and looking like what it means" With all due respe... https://oddevan.com/2026/04/24/trying-to-parse-lol-the.html25 Apr 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbxno2fli2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mjdadf4jfl22Car manufacturers of America, I am once again asking for an electric vehicle with NACS charging, 200-mi range, and is a sedan or hatchback and not another 🤬ing crossover. I have a low-mileage VW I am happy to trade in for this car. But none of y’all make it. Maybe now you will?12 Apr 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdadf4jfl22https://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3miwsvnmcu226In the immortal words of @designatedwitter.bsky.social: “Feels like pissing on a wildfire, but at least I got my dick out.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwsvnmcu226https://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mikstch4vx2gReading over CloudFlare’s EmDash, and my thoughts are: You can’t call it a successor—spiritual or otherwise—to WordPress without plugin/theme compatibility. What am I even doing with Smolblog? …no, seriously, what am I doing… and why am I doing it…?03 Apr 2026 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikstch4vx2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3miecvisyn726Hey Apple, can you tell me why the 🤬 Launchpad search can’t find stuff in the 🤬 Applications folder anymore? (Maybe why you felt the need to integrate it with Spotlight instead of just filtering the list like before?)31 Mar 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3miecvisyn726https://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mhywx7b7yt2bA system-on-a-chip architecture with unified memory doesn’t leave room for a modular system with discrete RAM and GPUs. RIP Mac Pro. (For real this time.)27 Mar 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhywx7b7yt2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mhet6z2emg2lSomehow an infinite loop got past most of my unit tests and didn’t show up until the integration test. So here’s how to run Xdebug on the command line for the next time this happens.19 Mar 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhet6z2emg2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mg6bmeoinc2mWHY [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6bmeoinc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mfv6ykfqtc2hI’m glad Anthropic is sticking to their principles and not giving into pressure from the United States Department of War. I wish they weren’t working with them at all, but I’m glad they are holding to the principles they do have.28 Feb 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfv6ykfqtc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3meue3dvebk2aA fair, honest look at the state of things. Kinda kills my idea of using a local LLM to code, though. At least for now… I really, *really* don’t want to get dependent on a(nother) VC-subsidized thing that’s just going to get Platform Decay in a year or two. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Feb 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3meue3dvebk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/oddevan.com/post/3mefgbtktbi2xMeanwhile I was afraid the one with Trevor Noah and Charles Leclerc was going to be some stupid AI thing. Never been happier to see Jigglypuff show up. (Mine’s Mew)09 Feb 2026 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:k7abdffomjdellhtfyotqmkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mefgbtktbi2x