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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 24/08/2026

Meta, when I turn off software updates, I mean off, not "schedule later." I did not consent for you to reach into my headset and maliciously install updates and yet you are announcing you'll do so anyway. Reminder: this same company is selling "privacy-first" glasses w/ cameras. lmao fuck off

Screenshot of the system software update page on the Meta Quest 3. It reads:

New software update (v2.7) available.
Build 5243367.3220.520 238 MB
This update will automatically install starting Sep 19, 2026. Learn more about new features and enhancements in the latest software update. View release notes.

Next to it are the buttons "Update now" and "Schedule", with no cancel option.

Underneath it is the "Automatic updates" section, with four toggles:

- Software updates: Get the newest features and enhancements as soon as they become available.
- Security and critical updates: Keep your device secure and running optimally with those important fixes.
- Automatically power headset to update: When your headset is powered off and charging, it will briefly power on to apply available updates and power off when updates are complete. You may hear your headset's fans during this process. Your microphone and cameras will always remain off until you put your headset on and press the power button.
- Update and backup before shutdown: When you power off your headset, it will apply available updates and run backups before powering off.

All four toggles are in the disabled position.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 26/07/2026

IRS tells me they lost my check and to call them. Great, but the phone tree AI hangs up on me when I ask to speak with someone. Apparently there's nobody at the IRS anymore to take calls. But hey don't be late filing or else we'll fine you a bajillion dollars. Lmao

The IRS page that reads:

File a claim for refund replacement check

We are unable to process your claim. Call 1-800-829-0582, when asked for an extension, use 362. From outside the US, call 267-941-1000. TTY/TDD:1-800-829-4059.

Contact Us

Note: Before you call, please have a copy of your recent tax return. You will need to know the social security number, filing status, and refund amount claimed on your return.

IRS Hours of Service:
Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 22/06/2026

Ew what the hell is this font YouTube

YouTube A/B testing new font that looks very ugly

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 27/05/2026

Out of the blue Firefox warns me about this and sure enough, it's fucking Edge again. I've never opened it so presumably this was a silent setting revert update. Trust Microsoft to respect your choices my arse. This is actively malicious and makes computing frustrating. How is this legal again?

Screenshot with multiple windows and a notification. On the bottom right, there is a notification that reads "Keep using Firefox? Your default browser was recently changed. Tap to restore Firefox to default" with the options "Yes" and "No".

The foreground window is the Windows Settings app, opened to Apps > Default Apps > Firefox. On the top, there is an option to "Make Firefox your default browser". Underneath is a list of file associations where Microsoft Edge is set as the default.

The background window is Firefox and a dialog says "Make Firefox your default browser? Get speed, safety, and privacy every time you browse." with the options "Set as default browser" and "Not now"

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 25/02/2026

This is some bullshit packaging

Packaging of floss from Oral B, where there is clearly space for another pack of floss. The package only packs three and leaves the other bit with a piece of cardboard

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 24/02/2026

in shock at how much work I put into GitHub areyougoingexponential.rhys.dev/ericswpark

Graph of my contributions on GitHub. Since the start, it charts 12.1 k contributions from the @ericswpark account.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 05/02/2026

binbows 11 ai slop edition when you ask to take a screenshot

A Windows error dialog. The title text reads:

(Windows error X icon) ms-screenclip://?source=PrintScreen

The body text reads:

(Windows error X icon) This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action. Please install an app or, if one i already installed, create an association in the Default Apps Settings page.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 20/10/2025

Microsoft Teams is the absolute worst. This is on Firefox and the Files tab won't load because of integrity issues with their scripts.

Screenshot of Microsoft Teams on Firefox with the developer console open. The developer console is filled with errors like `None of the “sha256” hashes in the integrity attribute match the content of the subresource at “https://res-1.public.onecdn.static.microsoft/files/sp-client/odsp.tslib/tslib-41cb5c25.js”. The computed hash is “47DEQpj8HBSa+/TImW+5JCeuQeRkm5NMpJWZG3hSuFU=”.`

The "Files" tab is highlighted inside Microsoft Teams, but the content does not show up.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 15/10/2025

Same site, left is Firefox and right is Chrome. FOUC on the cards. My guess is the rotation of the cards (when in desktop size) as well as the lack of View Transition support screw up Firefox's rendering.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 05/09/2025

ScreenConnect is discontinuing their free license, which seems reasonable because there was no contract or anything behind it. Although, I wonder how effective this will be for them now that there are nice alternatives like MeshCentral...

Email excerpt from ScreenConnect. It reads:

"Dear Partner,

Thank you for choosing ScreenConnect to support your remote access needs.

For over eight years, we have provided the Free license for personal use. However, to reduce the potential for misuse, we are sunsetting the Free license on October 2, 2025.

To avoid disruption, please ensure you transition your Free instance by October 2, 2025. After October 2, your instance will be unlicensed. If you do not act by November 2, 2025, your data and instance will be permanently deleted.

Starting September 2, 2025, your Free instance will automatically switch to a 30-day evaluation license, allowing you to explore the ScreenConnect platform before upgrading to a different plan.

Based on feedback from partners who want to move to a paid license, we’re offering a 20% discount on your first year of any annual ScreenConnect plan—but only if you upgrade by October 2, 2025. Your discount will be applied at checkout."

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 31/08/2025

was this always there or did Firefox get more terrible

Screenshot of Firefox address bar. Underneath my frequented URLs, there is a new section named "Trending on Google", with the entry "apple iphone 17 pro release date".

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 21/08/2025

Windows 11 SSD bug got to me and corrupted my boot drive, to the point where decryption doesn't work. Thanks Microsoft.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 04/08/2025

Thanks Windows. Always helpful

Screenshot of Task Manager. The first one on the list is "Antimalware Service Executable", taking up 20.4% of the CPU. The rest of the screenshot is composed of 8 rustc.exe compiler proceses, each taking up about 4-7% of CPU.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 23/07/2025

It's telling that the care options listed on UnitedHealthcare's website show dollar signs for icons depending on the urgency.

A screenshot of UnitedHealthcare's website. Five cards are shown: "Student Health Center" with no icon and a subtext of "treatment on campus", "Virtual Visit" with a $0 sign on top, "Convenience Clinic" with a single $ on top, "Urgent Care" with two $, and finally "Emergency Room" with three $.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 09/06/2025

Wow Apple Intelligence is soooo smart!

Scam email claiming a "limited time offer" on "ChatGPT Pro for just $0.99 this month", from a Gmail account.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 14/05/2025

What the heck did the Snickers company give me now

Snickers with weird gum-like contaminant

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 06/05/2025

Cultivating healthy habits

App timer warning pop-up. It reads:

App timer ran out

You've used all your time for Reddit today. You can use this app again tomorrow, or you can change this app timer.

Below the text, there are two buttons labeled "Change timer" and "OK".

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 06/05/2025

The great feeling of finally using up all of a ballpoint pen

Spent cartridge of a ballpoint pen, fully empty.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 04/04/2025

This is what I have, *daily*, with HomePod and Apple Music. Completely wrong song titles, and even when Siri finally recognizes the correct one it ends up with "sorry something went wrong with Apple Music"

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 01/04/2025

Finally ran out of storage space on my backup server... I'd add more drives, but it's halfway around the globe

Screenshot of "File System" (in Korean) tab on OpenMediaVault. The "MainPool" file system has 99% usage, with 21 TB in total.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 29/03/2025

This is new. My HomePod just stopped playing music suddenly. (Bonus: the alignment of the album art on lock screen.)

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 18/03/2025

HomePod, the device literally dedicated to playing music, can't play music without skipping

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 09/03/2025

After the 24H2 update the speaker amp chip in my laptop just *dies* randomly after waking up from sleep. Tried different driver versions and clean reinstalls. Only way to bring it back is to disable/enable device in devmgmt, and if I don't do that my speakers sound like one of those crappy PAs :(

Screenshot from Device Manager. The "Cirrus Logic Awesome Speaker Amps" show up with a yellow warning symbol. The "Device Status" field says:

This device cannot start. (Code 10)

STATUS_DEVICE_POWER_FAILURE

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 27/01/2025

Apple Music on Android is currently broken for Korean users, where explicit tracks show a popup asking users to verify their age. The broken part is after completing verification, the app will ask again, and again, and again... and never play the actual track. Broken since last week, no updates.

Apple Music "Verify Your Age" screenshot. The description text reads:

To continue, you must verify that you're 19 years or older.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 28/12/2024

Dyson be like "use our official batteries but we don't sell them"

Page on Dyson's official website selling the V10 battery. It says out of stock in Korean and gives the option to wait for a restock

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 17/12/2024

Is that a hacked off piece of wire held down with Blutack being used to charge a Mi Band whose charger has gone AWOL?

Mi Band with shoddy cable being used to charge it. Black ground wire to bottom left pin, red positive wire to bottom right.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 08/12/2024

Just got a refund for it, pretty cool

Screenshot of customer support chat. It reads:

Thank oyu [sic] for waiting

Sorry for the inconvenience for you.

We have arranged the refund successfully, normally it will arrive to your original payment method in about 1-10 working days.

Please pay attention to it.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 08/12/2024

"Don't take this traffic safety course while driving" has to be one of the saddest notices that needed to be written. We actually live on the same planet as these muppets

In Korean:

온라인 교통안전교육은 운전 중 휴대전화 및 영상표시장치를 이용한 교육수강을 제한합니다.

본인은 운전 중 휴대전화 및 영상표시장치를 이용해 교육 수강하지 않으며, 이에 대한 위반에 따른 불이익은 본인 책임임을 동의합니다.

Translation:

Online traffic safety education prohibits attending lessons using mobile phones or video display devices while driving.

I confirm that I will not attend lessons using mobile phones or video display devices while driving and agree that any disadvantages resulting from violations of this rule are my responsibility.

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 08/12/2024

USB-C cable with an embedded watt-meter screen from Toocki died after just 4 months :/ seems like there is a short inside and it power-cycles when I charge a device

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 04/12/2024

Apple Music Replay 2024 No idea how Apple calculated the album listing, but the others are semi-accurate

Top Artists
1,373 total artists

1. Yunomi - 1,544 minutes
2. Rameses B - 1,496 minutes
3. Flume - 1,442 minutes
4. Aiobahn - 1,069 minutes
5. ODESZA - 889 minutes

Top Songs
2,891 total songs

1. Wakusei Rabbit by Yunomi - 151 plays
2. Follow Me by Murtagh & Aiobahn - 102 plays
3. Neverland (feat. Khary) by Mazde - 84 plays
4. Land Line by BOII - 83 plays
5. Let You Let Me by Savoy - 81 plays

Top Albums
138 total albums

1. Cosmonauts by Rameses B - 193 minutes
2. The Last Goodbye by ODESZA - 117 minutes
3. FLUX by TENDER - 43 minutes
4. Leaving - EP by Khamsin - 41 minutes
5. More Than Just a Dream by Fitz and The Tantrums - 38 minutes

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 01/12/2024

dammit rustrover screwed me for today's #adventofcode

Debugger view of RustRover. A Vec of Strings is being shown, but all the values are being shown as "invalid value".

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Eric Park @ericswpark.com · 26/11/2024

managed to enter within the top 5000 for global and top 50 for south korea! #beatsaber

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