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![Screengrab from Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Paladmin Xenk Yendar, played by Regé-Jean Page, rides his horse through a forest. It's subtitled with him saying "I'm sorry." and also "[horse nickers]".](https://bcdn.danq.me/_q26u/2023/05/d0a809c06b0d71981-978x480.png#21313)
Today I learned that the quiet, high-pitched neighing sound horses sometimes make is called "nickering".
I learned this from a subtitle which read "[horse nickers]". 🤣 -
Max props to the developer of puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth. Saved me a ton of work circumventing Cloudflare's bollocks while I was trying to get my own data as recorded by my smartwatch.
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I bought Zach Weinersmith‘s Bea Wolf for my kids (9 and 6, the elder of them already a fan of Beowulf). It arrived today, but neither of them have had a chance to because I wouldn’t put it down.
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Beginning to prepare/test my costume for an upcoming murder mystery party, I glanced into the mirror and briefly didn't recognise myself. Glasses can do so much to change your face shape! -
Hasbro Alignment Chart
Hasbro seem to be rolling up a new character. Maybe this'll help them.
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Things The Other Child Did Wrong That Lead To The Fight that I've heard so far today:
Clapped too loudly
Sang too loudly
Sang too quietly
Sang the wrong words
Put their feet too close to the dog
Ate the last grape
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Finally got around to implementing a super-lightweight (~20 lines of code, 1 dependency) Spring '83 key generator. There are plenty of others; nobody needs this one, but it's free if you want it:
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Unable to sleep, I found myself wondering whether anybody with a retro-hipster vibe had built a smart pocketwatch. All your smartwatch features, but in pocketwatch format.
Then I realised I was describing a mobile phone on a keychain. -
Just when I thought I'd seen every conceivable XML data format with an approved MIME type (!) I discover @mamund's Maze+XML, a format for describing orthoganally-connected squares of a maze.
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The output of this data anonymisation/scrambling script makes me feel seen. 🏳️🌈
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Kids: We want porridge for breakfast.
Me: How do you want it?
Kids: Surprise us.
Presenting... oatmeal, honey and sultanas with a toasted marshmallow. -
Was a 10th century speaker of Old Saxon a "Saxophone"? 🤔
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After talking about impulse control, our "puppy school" OABT half-jokingly issued homework to photograph our dogs waiting patiently next to their initial, written in treats. #holdmybeer
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Hey @VOXI_UK! There's a security #vulnerability in your website. An attacker can (a) exfiltrate mobile numbers and (b) authenticate bypassing OTP.
Not sure who to talk to about ethical disclosure. Let me know? -
Y100K
Reassuring to see that @Firefox's datetime-local implementation is year 100,000 compliant. #Y100K