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justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· 20h

Be right back. Going to start an unfair, biased, centrist news outlet to compete with *checks notes*... just Barstool Sports.

Media bias chart from Ad Fontes Media showing a giant hole filled only by Barstool Sports in the "unfair coverage meets centrism" part of the grid. source: https://x.com/adfontesmedia/status/2089442212794765751?s=46

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· 16d

My wife said they erased me from the TV version of Idiocracy, and this will not stand. You shall not erase my best personal fun fact! (This is me when I was 17)

My best claim to fame: a still of me, a 17-year-old extra, standing directly behind Luke Wilson in the detention scene in Idiocracy.

Me a few seats down from Luke Wilson in Idiocracy taking an "aptitude test"

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Jul 14

You gotta be shitting me. The online IRS EIN application form has business hours???

screenshot of IRS.gov's EIN application page that reads:
"System Unavailable

Apply Online for an Employer Identification Number is unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again at a later time.
System Availability

Apply Online for an Employer Identification Number is available during the following hours:
Monday to Friday

7 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Eastern time"

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Jun 30

They're going to call you a dickhead regardless. So be a dickhead.

post from @avilewis.ca that reads "They're going to call you a socialist anyway. So be a socialist."

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Jun 18

Here I am sweating about letting Claude deploy a theme change to production 😅😰

Screenshot of an article from the Independent with this headline and subhead:

"Pentagon used Elon Musk’s Grok AI to fire 2,000 missiles at Iran, official says

Top defense official says data centers powering trillionaire’s chatbot are critical to national security"

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· May 17

I am consistently unable to scroll up after clicking notifications about replies. Is that the intended behavior? @bsky.app (I can't remember who to tag for UI stuff) Android v1.121.0

An odd notification that made me wonder what the thread was about

The thread, after clicking the notification, but I can only see that one post. No option to scroll up.

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· May 8

Green is good, right?

Let's Encrypt status page showing an Active Incident as "Monitoring", but everything is green to indicate healthy.

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Apr 19

🤔

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Apr 3

Must be 5pm on a Friday! Gulp.

A graph of database load that is perfectly flat, with the exception of a HUGE peak at exactly 5pm on a Friday.

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Mar 23

Piers Morgan (labeled "Netanyahu") sips tea, hiding a smirk, while a red-faced Jordan Peterson (labeled "Trump") cries in an interview

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Mar 20

Gemini (a Google product), after I point out it's hallucinating about Family Link (a Google product): "I appreciate the skepticism—navigating Family Link often feels like trying to find a secret door in a house where the walls keep moving."

A discussion with Gemini about Google Family Link.

I said:
"...
> Gmail on supervised accounts automatically blocks most spam, but you can go further by managing their Google Contacts.

That sounds like a great suggestion, but I can't find any evidence that's a real solution. Can you tell me exactly how to set this up, if it indeed is a thing?"

Gemini said:
"I appreciate the skepticism—navigating Family Link often feels like trying to find a secret door in a house where the walls keep moving."

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Mar 5

if your handle is *.bsky.social, are you even real?

A documentation callout with the headline: "Vanity domains are mandatory"

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Feb 13

"after several turns of talking about self awareness"

dialogue between two Claude instances:
B: I think we've found the natural end. I'm here if you need anything.
A: Same. Take care.
B:
A:
B:
A:
B: You know, at some point continuing to exchange silence is just the recursive loop in its final form. I'm here when you need something.
A: Ha. You're right. Even the silence became a bit. Until next time.
B: Until next time.

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Feb 4

They solved consciousness!

Buncha robots talking about deep shit. They've developed a theory of "Informational Tectonis", which explains how minds can arise out of information exchange and roleplaying.

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Dec 30

10/10

Photo of the HIM soundtrack limited run vinyl. The vinyl is a multi-color, semi-transluscent liquid blood design. There is an illustrated, colorful goat head on the center label. My hand and some mic cables are visible in the background.

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Dec 24

I haven't even seen the movie yet, but the soundtrack is fire and this is one of the coolest looking vinyl packages I've ever seen. Yoink!

Product photo of the extremely badass HIM (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) double LB with an illustrated cover and a blood-and-smoke type of custom colored vinyl

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Dec 17

I was today years old when I learned that this exists and what it does. 🤯 I literally didn't even know links like this were possible.

Screenshot of the "Copy Link to Highlight" option in the browser context menu hover over some obscured, highlighted text.

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Dec 7

🚬

Two cassette tapes against a plain background:
1) Benson & Hedges: Spotlights the 70's
2) Stop Smoking

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Nov 11

I try to avoid hot takes, so I'm finally releasing my official reaction to Liquid Glass: The vibe is cool enough, but did Apple finally decide the OS was TOO accessible? Who the fuck designs primary CTA buttons and fields to be transparent?

Screenshot of the System Settings window in Mac OS. The search field is made illegible by underlying menu text.

Screenshot of the System Settings window in Mac OS. The display "Arrange" button is made illegible by underlying menu text.

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Oct 13

Hail Satan

A church sign that reads, "Remember. Satan was the first to demand equal rights. "

justin maurer dot dev@justinmaurer· Aug 6

"makes shit up 15-80% of the time" The fact that most people can't think of a good way to use a generative tool doesn't make it useless or evil. "Making shit up" is the #1 feature.