Jake Wright

Every single day at ~11pm I type “good night”. Every single day my phone suggests “morning” and “luck”. Why is it so bad?

This post makes a lot of good points regarding AI imposter syndrome colton.dev/blog/curing-...

It’s funny how dogs come with like 3 games built in (fetch, chase, tug of war)

This sounds like a niche use case you have stumbled into

Electricity usage above 60kWh per week

Hmm this isn’t ideal 🔌💸

XLR cable buzzing when phantom power applied. Cut the ends off, desoldered the connectors, re-stripped, re-soldered, and it works again 💪🎙️

This turned out to not be in as good condition as I expected. It’s also got a 5-pin XLR port which is a pain (the extra 2 pins control the “on air” LED).

ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor

If you’re not using AI for everything, it’s ok, don’t worry, you’re not being left behind. 😌 Most of the AI hype I see on Twitter is just that: hype.

I’d say in its current form, AI is mildly useful for moderately simple tasks.

Really sorry this happened 😔 hope you’re ok

As a bisexual software developer in his 30s should I finally accept my fate and go bouldering? 🧗‍♂️

Top tip, if you’re cycling on a narrow-ish road that has a pained cycle lane, ignore it completely. Cycle in the middle of the lane. Painted lines do more harm than good here. It makes drivers think they can pass you without leaving *any* space, as long as they don’t cross the line.

I’ve always tried to stay to the left when cycling to make it easier for drivers to overtake, but too many of them close pass. So now I cycle firmly in the middle of the lane. 🚴🤷‍♂️

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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Where do people register domains these days? Any good/bad experiences with Cloudflare as a registrar?

Tower bridge is in sunset light, I’m in a red kayak just in front of it

the city looms behind my friends in kayaks on the Thames. The sunset glows to the west

The setting sun backlights tower bridge and a kayaker

An aerial shot of two kayakers in the Thames. Im on the bottom left

Fun paddle this eve (and papped by @jakewright.net!)

My flat contains:
• 17 smart bulbs
• 19 regular bulbs

14 of the smart bulbs are IKEA. I think they’re now an obvious choice over Hue: much, much cheaper and the published CRI tends to be higher.

The standard of YouTube ads has become so low that I automatically assume anything being advertised is either a terrible product or an outright scam

New research provides conclusive proof that 20mph in London is saving lives 🚶🚲🚌🚗

14 yrs of analysis at 150+ sites - reviewed by experts - shows:
❤️40% fewer deaths (vs 7% drop on roads where no changes were made)
❤️75% fewer children killed & 50% fewer kids hurt.

My take on yellow boxes (and their associated fines) is that they should extend to cover pedestrian crossings too. I know it’s technically already illegal to block a crossing but it doesn’t stop drivers doing it and there are seemingly no consequences.

My new rule for scrolling the Twitter “For you” tab is I’m allowed to do it until I see a racist tweet, then I have to exit the app. I usually don’t get very far.

Things I would outlaw:
• Leaf blowers
• Disposable vapes
• Chewing gum
• SUVs

In a hotel that has a no talking 10pm–7am rule

5G is so fast in Taiwan, why can’t the UK have this

Restaurant name in Chinese translates to “have some delicious chicken”

Enjoying the translation of this restaurant name

I’ve finally got everything hooked up to the AV receiver (PS1–4, Apple TV, cassette deck). The latest change being a Sony component cable to squeeze slightly better quality out of the PS2.

Yeah, bought it 10 years ago, been very happy with it

Completely disassembled my PS2 (again) to replace the CR2032 battery inside. Now it can remember the time again!

Bought a RØDE Broadcaster on eBay 🎙️Now just need the @elgato.com Mic Arm Pro to be on sale again. My desk setup is (very slowly) coming together.

Been working on some desk upgrades