Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 16/09/2026why are floppy readers so annoying to find I just want a broken shell ffs 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 15/09/2026a reminder that Apple Music’s native iOS App still can’t cope with regaining network access, and requires a full close before it will notice it can access the servers again 000
Reposted by Sharples🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026my friends work on the coolest stuff 1161
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Honestly I get the people who buy a really good set of headphones and just sit in a room for hours listening. 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I am staring at the Email Spec because I want to invert it 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I think re AI and programming, they found their niche, and it is the industry that already had generative text as a system. But now instead of a database you can kinda interpret and interact with, it’s a vapid form of English that is built on every stack overflow answer 000
Reposted by SharplesFirefox for Web Developers @webdevs.firefox.com · 24/08/2026Intent to ship: JPEG XL! This will be on-by-default in Firefox 157, which should become the main release version at the end of September. This includes key JPEG XL features like progressive rendering. groups.google.com/a/mozilla.or...groups.google.comIntent to ship: JPEG XLAs of Firefox 157 I intend to turn JPEG XL decoding on by default on all platforms. It has been developed behind image.jxl.enabled, which today is on by default on Nightly only, and has had a Firefox… 1136196
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The problem with the computer is that my brain can forget things quicker than I can write them down 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Aesop’s fable is an LLM that tells you exactly what will happen, but no one will believe it 100
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Painting is really cool, but I don’t know if people want to see how long it takes me to do a single #warhammer40000 miniature 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I think breakfast is more of a “I’ll forget to have lunch” than a “I’m hungry first thing” 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I think part of the problem with “The X handbook” for identifying trends, is that they’re not deliberately following that handbook. They’re doing what they feel is right and it just happens to follow those observations. They don’t have a name for it because they haven’t thought about it. 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Bluesky is amazing in a very “We decentralised this so much that only third party apps consistently work” way 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I am getting to a point where I'd rather GPT Written Text had a watermark on it, so I didn't have to insult people by having that Doubt in my mind about who wrote it. 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it. 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 09/06/2026WWDC26 Keynote may have been boring, but if it truly has optimised a lot of their OSs, then I cannot say Golden Gate et al will be Bad 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I think the graphs saying AI is more efficient than a human are excusing the fact that most uses for AI are competing against code. It’s reached levels of “I will not try and automate any of this, because the AI can muddle through it” that chimneysweeps would beg for 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 29/05/2026It’s amazing how averse to language people are, that there is an entire industry in using different words that people are less scared of, instead of saying “we’re going to charge people money for services” 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Thinking about how "Definite" and "Indefinite" are about defining as an action. "You are defined by this pronoun" meaning "I know exactly who you're talking about", and then indefinite being "You could be a part of this but there's options" Rather than the royal we; "Me but I'm taking you down too" 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 25/05/2026The internet is in a constant conflict between hyper serious names and faces, and the measurably more personal chosen names and funny pfps. 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Internet Providing Companies should be allowed to have their Devices sign requests with "Yes this person has a Credit Agreement and are therefore an adult, shut up" And if you don't want the kids to get auto-enrolled in that, maybe you have to enable it on their Dashboard 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Google seem to be under the impression that they can just eat everyone’s websites forever, without the websites deciding to just delist themselves from Google because of the no traffic coming from them. 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I’m so glad that Sandboxing Apps has been so popular for so long. Makes the AI Slop 10x less able to break things 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Favourite subtitling errors are when it’s obviously grammatically wrong, but they didn’t check it 010
Reposted by SharplesWill Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Daily bunny no.3285 made it home safely 64179814630
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I’m yet to find a website genre more reminiscent of 00s browsers with too many toolbars than the humble cookery site. At this stage, there’s less browser than advert 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I know it’s a joke, but Fictional Universes set in New York could have demolished the twin towers for any reason they want to. They don’t have to copy history 1:1 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I love seeing more and more places replace their Bird with a Butterfly 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I find that I appreciate a person’s intentions better than the outcome. deciding to paint a sunset scene with oils is a lot more enjoyable to me than just seeing an oil painting. 110
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 11/03/2026"keep your productivity in tempo with what you knew you'd build anyway" 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 21/02/2026"Experiencing Interruptions?" Actually, I'm experiencing less. but thanks for asking, YouTube 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 16/02/2026I know that the Met Office doesn't do Weather for RoI, but I'd love it if they included it in their maps 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 15/02/2026I’m definitely the worst kind of inter-net person, because I’m happy to self implement most things in the stead of learning a new soft ware 010
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I still do not understand the appeal of using Javascript as a Server language. And I do not understand the difficulty in using any other language... 020
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Do Modern Charts use squiggly lines to appear less "sciencey", or are they unable to find the straight line tool in Excel? 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 26/12/2025I think talking about other people’s money is tacky, even if it’s something you’re fully informed of… 000
Sharples @itssharples.bsky.social · 21/12/2025I do not understand how Plaintext Password Storage is still a thing in Contemporary Dataleaks 000
