Frieren 2, episode 9

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This week, the mystery of Why Are They Setting Up Beardo’s City Of Gold With Only One Episode Left And They Just Started A Big Fight? I’m not complaining, just wondering how long until the show resumes.

Packagefail & win

Thursday morning, the “delayed” Amazon package still hadn’t gotten a status update, but not only did I have the option to cancel the order, they promised same-day delivery if I reordered the same items. So I did, and they were delivered at 5:30 PM on the same day.

This strongly reinforced my belief that an unqualified driver crashed the original truck.

“We bought your email provider to spam your inbox!”

If you guessed Network Solutions, you win the daily unsolicited shit-tier upsell email spam!

Fridgefail

I pulled a fresh carton of milk out of the fridge, and it was half-frozen. I opened a plastic bottle of Diet Pepsi, and the top half-inch instantly turned to slush. The compartment was set to maintain a temperature of 37°F, but this was clearly not happening, so I put my remote-probe thermometer inside, and saw it gradually drop to 20°F.

Yeah, that’s gonna be a service call. On the bright side, it didn’t fail in the other direction, so my food’s still safe, and setting the thermostat to 44°F got it up to 36°F, so I can make it until they get a tech out with the right part.

(admittedly, for most of my life, having a bottle of soda turn to slush on opening was precisely the temperature I wanted it to be at during the summer)

Ctrl-F “QA”: not found

Microsoft just sent a mass email announcing “Our Commitment to Windows quality”; you may have already seen people react to it, but here’s the exact wording of the bullet points. Based on the past several months of feedback, they plan to improve in the following areas through April:

  1. More taskbar customization, including vertical and top positions,

  2. Integrating AI where it’s most meaningful, with craft and focus,

  3. Reducing disruption from Windows Updates,

  4. Faster and more dependable File Explorer,

  5. More control over widgets and feed experiences,

  6. A simpler, more transparent Windows Insider Program,

  7. Improved Feedback Hub, available starting today.

In order, that’s:

  1. restore lost functionality,

  2. back off from turning Notepad into a critical remote-code-execution vulnerability,

  3. stop forcing you to install broken updates right away,

  4. restore lost functionality,

  5. cut back on ad-riddled screen-filling bullshit,

  6. “higher quality builds” (that’s “insider” preview builds, not public releases…)

  7. overhaul broken website.

All of these promises come with an implicit “(for now)” appended.

(some people are paid to put a more positive spin on this email…)

Chuck Norris, R.I.P

While most of his accomplishments have been widely praised, I’d just like to thank him for teaching me the word “gusset”.

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