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• Post #884377

  Love this idea in principle but like "your sight plan is changing from $10.99 to $50.99 per month. If you no longer want to pay this, enjoy partial blindness" is probably the reality https://www.engadget.com/wearables/ixis-autofocusing-lenses-multifocal-glasses-ces-2026-212608427.html

• Post #884376

  As an exhausted and busy parent myself, having read @mttaggart's insightful piece about Claude code, I can completely see how these tools could end up being the downfall of tired parent software engineers world-over #JokingButOnlyHalf https://taggart-tech.com/reckoning/

• Post #884375

  #UnderOverThrough #TuneTuesday My entry is a Gary Moore classic covered by nightwish who very much make it their own Over The Hills and Far Away https://song.link/gb/i/1669950854

• Post #749552

  #introduction hey all - wanted to introduce myself in light of my account migration to social.lol. I am a Software Engineering Manager and reformed academic by day and an amateur musician (saxophonist + guitarist), foodie, gamer and sci-fi enjoyer by night. I picked social.lol because some of the coolest people I was following from my old server are here and it seems like a laid back, inclusive and fun place. Looking forward to chatting to y'all :)

• Post #749551

  @neil happy biannual body/wall clock desynchronization day to all who celebrate

• Post #749547

  #TuneTuesday for #UnexpectedDelight I pick The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters which I heard in 2023 for the first time from a Spotify suggestion. It was one of the most unexpected rocky tracks I've heard for years that's actually broken through into mainstream culture (as opposed to remaining counter cultural). The riffs and guitar work are phenomenal and it sounds like a soft rock anthem from the 70s or 80s... Except the lyrics are a little spicy and I doubt it would get pl...