apparently our ability to throw things somewhat accurately is impressive

I spent hours one afternoon as a kid trying to figure it out. After a few hours my right (dominant) hand was completely wrecked, but I was so frustrated I just switched to the left hand and kept trying. Eventually I got a passable snapping sound and ran to my mom sobbing with joy to demonstrate the saddest sounding snap. She noticed my hands were shaking and made me sit down and hold them on ice packs, lol.

I’m 29 now and still can’t snap with my dominant hand for shit but my left hand snap sounds decent.

those are awesome and they definitely count as programming socks 11/10

what about striped ankle socks 😂

ok but have you tried the long socks? they’re comfortable. also you can get manly hockey player style ones

I had a cheap programmable multicolor LED lightbulb that used this technology but worse, as it used audible chirping produced by an app. The beeps were earsplittingly high pitched and had to be played LOUDLY to work.

Occasionally the bulb sensor would hear god knows what noise from outside (nothing in that neighborhood sounded even remotely like the app’s digital harpy screeches) and SUDDENLY ACTIVATE ITS PARTY STROBE LIGHT MODE.

I let my roommate keep it when I moved out.

picked up this wacky thing at the thrift store while goofin around with the boiz, mainly to make them laugh. it’s actually a really good phone holder that doubles as a dash mount for the rare occasion that I need to drive a car

DIGITIZE ME FRED

Miners not minors!

had no idea you could use it on not a deck!

Galaxy Quest

tbh hadn’t heard of steam and always assumed arch was difficult to learn. but i had been considering trying arch just to see what the hype was about

any computer I need to be stable enough for work/school: KDE

any computer whose primary purpose is for goofing off and gaming: LXQt (and I will spend the entire time configuring LXQt instead of gaming…)

if you have a 3D printer it denies saves you a trip to the hardware store

plus you could print fun… novelty keys. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

you could even print them from dissolvable filament so that if your idiot guests lose them outside they’re likely to dissolve in the rain

or maybe there is such a thing as self destructing filament that doesn’t require water? like some kind of heat activated depolymerizer that takes a few days to break down after printing. that could be really useful for like an AirBnB

a percolator can be used as a Soxhlet extractor

I made some spicy ginger extract.

also be really careful if you’re going to be an idiot like me and use a flammable solvent like grain alcohol.

duh, we all use grub2 obvs

I used to have an alarm app that forced me to scan a barcode to turn it off (I used my shampoo bottle)

guess who learned how to force power off their phone without waking up 🤪

in the end I’ve found my ability to wake up has improved significantly after treating acid reflux (unsurprisingly it fucks up your sleep) and, to some extent, treating the ADHD

lol that’s how i lost track of the battery powered alarm last time

fair, fair

i wish you whatever your equivalent of Pillow Mountain is that helps you find sleep success! :]

have you tried blocking the view of the clock with a Mountain of Pillows™?