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Written by Matthew Thomas on 2025-01-24 at 18:54

4yo: “Mum, when are we getting a new car? This car is already ten weeks…” (pause) “This car is already FIFTY-FOUR MONTHS old.”

Her mother: “We don’t need a new car, darling. Maybe if you decided you wanted to learn the harp, then we’d need a bigger car.”

(5 seconds pass)

4yo: “Mum, I want to learn the harp.”

Her mother: “No, dear, you can learn the harp once you’re ten years old.”

(10 seconds pass)

4yo: “Mum, what’s a harp?”

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Written by Matthew Thomas on 2025-01-24 at 07:23

One delightful detail, in this vision of humane social media, is that it introduces the word “mitherbox” to mean “phone notification”.

https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops/113838462085835742

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Written by Matthew Thomas on 2024-12-08 at 19:11

Collecting our Christmas tree yesterday, checking the list of reserved trees, was the first time I’ve ever seen my name spelled “Thumus”.

Matthew Thumus.

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Written by Matthew Thomas on 2024-12-03 at 18:41

I opposed Do Not Track not because it was toothless, but because “I want Web sites to track me” wasn’t a realistic use case.

I don’t see how “I want Web sites to sell or share my personal info” is a realistic use case either.

If no-one actively wants a default setting, making it a setting is effectively punishing people for being less tech-literate.

https://w3c.social/@w3c/113555748618711566

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Written by Matthew Thomas on 2024-09-29 at 08:17

It’s been 3½ years since I last used Gnome, and it’s nice not to be emotionally invested when someone catalogues how its UI design is completely bonkers: https://datagubbe.se/gnomefiles

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Written by Matthew Thomas on 2024-08-31 at 10:26

Got the baby back to sleep

Went to the microwave to reheat my cup of tea

Discovered my previous cup of tea still in the microwave from seven hours earlier

Baby is now awake again

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Written by Matthew Thomas on 2024-08-29 at 13:22

Me: “Wait a minute, that doesn’t sound like a second-violin part”

Her: “Yes, I’ve been promoted to first violin, I’m having to reacquaint myself with leger lines”

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Written by Matthew Thomas on 2024-08-16 at 09:15

Large language models are the new asbestos.

https://axbom.me/objects/15bd52c5-781c-4a2f-8aaf-3a72e5d235ee

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