̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶

Software engineer, roboteer (roboticist?), home improver, pretend gardener, amateur photographer, leftie, occasional musician, editor & publisher @ Bob Hill Publishing, language nerd (currently learning Japanese ゆっくり). Fan of solar PV, EVs, and clean air.

I make robots think so you don't have to.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-06-08

Want an upgraded room? You bastard! We now double the price of your "solo" breakfast.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-06-08

You will be punished for solo #travel.

Breakfast for 2: $17
Breakfast for 1: $270
̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-06-07

@DP0 I'm really surprised nothing around the room caught on fire from the reflections in that video, especially from the diamonds! That guy is absolutely nuts.

It's also nuts that anyone can just buy laser diodes like that on eBay for about $250 all day long.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-06-06

It's unclear to me how this person still has working eyes.

Also...#laser guns.

youtube.com/watch?v=UBVlL0FNbS

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-06-01

On #Expedia, in the 60 seconds it takes to click through my preferred flights, suddenly the price is $1,500 more.

And people ask me why I haven't booked my #vacation yet.

Expedia dialog saying "Ticket prices changed from $731.31 to $2,2661.31".
̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-29

The new #StackOverflow developer #survey is up. Or rather, the new Stack Overflow "Do you love #AI because it's great or because it's awesome?!" survey is up.

meta.stackoverflow.com/q/43408

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-29
̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-29

@hellomiakoda FWIW, I've been using KeePass/X/XC for 15 years or more. It's never let me down.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-28

@georgetakei The weaker the country is, the easier it will be to dominate the people in it. Sure, Trump is a racist bastard, but the real point is total control. Trump is jealous of dictators; everything is about him; he wants to be king. Everything he does is to enrich himself.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-27

@oldmankris I learned on HyperCard. In many ways it's still a better system than the stuff we all work with today.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-23

@fernby It shows up on login from time to time.

If I had to guess, I'd say it's because when I made the account in 2004, they didn't ask those kinds of questions.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-22

#Terms and #conditions, by the foot. First page, 3 feet long (continued on back).

A nearly 1 meter long piece of paper completely full of tiny print.
̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-18

@portlandmercury The only way is to add more speed bumps. Put speed bumps on the speed bumps. There is literally no other option but more speed bumps.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶ boosted:
2025-05-15

I think we should tell Gen Z that Head Cleaner's "Play Both Sides" was the 🔥 album of 1986

Cassette tape Head Cleaner Play Both Sides
̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-11

@bagder Please let this be the harbinger of the demise of AI garbage generators.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-09

@kimtaro It wasn't clear to me looking at the HTML why it was happening, it looks pretty similar to the non-beta site. But I confirmed that it seems to happen anywhere there is furigana.

And in terms of the TTS, as a Japanese learner, I use text-to-speech all the time. There are obvious limitations, and it gets things wrong, but overall I find it very helpful.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-08

@kimtaro Is there a way you'd like to get feedback (i.e., github issue or something)?

For example, the rendering of some phrases is causing macOS's text-to-speech to read each character individually (so 走り幅跳び is read so - ri - fú - tiào - bi... it actually switches to chinese for 幅 and 跳).

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-08

@agnes That's half of our actual flag (almost)! The Oregon flag is one of very few in the world that is two-sided, and there's a beaver on the back.

In fact, I just got my driver's license in the mail on Monday. The new one has a lenticular hologram (one that changes image depending on angle) that shows *both sides* of the flag depending on the angle. It's very cool.

̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-06
̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶seth@pdx.social
2025-05-04

@agnes I'm sure it pays $180k/yr though, right?

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