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Update on the Steam Machine knock-off: like I was saying earlier, there are some sharp edges on going down your own path building your own. The latest sharp bit is resuming from sleep which I'd argue is pretty critical for any "set top box". Can you wake it up from sleep via the controller and jump back into gaming?
Right now for my build, the answer is *yes. Unfortunately, that yes has the caveat of "and when it comes back from sleep you will be presented with th…

Wanna know why #psycholinguistics is so fascinating?
In a 2001 #experiment participants saw sentences like
"While Mary dressed the baby played in the crib."
Then they had to answer the question:
"Did Mary dress the baby?"
Up to 51% of all answers where "Yes!" – and participants were *very* confident about their answers.
🤯
Original paper:
Christianson, Kiel & Hollingworth, Andrew & Halliwell, John F. & Ferreira, Fernanda (2001). Thematic Roles Assigned along the Garden Path Linger. Cognitive Psychology 42(4). 368–407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/cogp.2001.0752
Also a fascinating read:
Ferreira, Fernanda & Bailey, Karl G.D. & Ferraro, Vittoria (2002). Good-Enough Representations in Language Comprehension. Current Directions in Psychological Science 11(1). 11–15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8721.00158

@… You obviously have every right to make the choice that’s right for you, but it’s such a shame.
Yes, big tech is undoubtedly on the journey of actively trying to destroy any human’s ability to “know” anything without paying them money.
But I don’t think giving up is the answer either.

I made a little very specific program that you probably only need if you are me.
I keep getting sidetracked during work. With nobody to judge me and nothing to interrupt my tangents I do a lot of interesting things throughout the day but none of them are the work I am supposed to do.
This little message will pop up at regular time intervals and ask me if I'm doing work right now. I have to answer honestly. The time interval is shortened/lengthened based on my answer.

Encouraging my parents to get a gentle leader for their lab. One of them is recovering from a hip replacement and the other is not physically up for it. I close with this:
"Some people will ask if it's a muzzle and the correct answer is 'yes' even though it's not. Those people are too daft to want to engage with and that knowledge will keep them at bay. An ancillary benefit, but very useful."

lost my usb key; found it in the trash. must have swept it up with other debris when I cleaned my desk. oops
now where did I put my backup key and did I add it to enough things. well, I've been pretty diligent about putting 2fa recovery codes into bitwarden (yes that puts the 2nd factor next to the 1st factor but I don't have a better answer yet)
oh, bitwarden now requires 2fa, lemme make sure I have a backup key for that
... this is such a hassle. too bad it's …

Hi there, curious people in the #Fediverse. 👋🏻 Give this please a gentle boost. It's awesome.
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