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Press 1 to let out your frustrations. Press 2 if you are hungry. ...

2025-10-26T14:14:38+01:00

Press 1 to let out your frustrations.
Press 2 if you are hungry.
Press 3 to know that help is on the way.

If Ghostbusters first came out today people wouldn't call ...

2025-10-22T14:31:10+02:00

If Ghostbusters first came out today people wouldn't call them, they would submit help tickets on their website by chatting with their AI agent named Slimer.

It would make for a less catchy song.

I'll be speaking at Ubuntu Summit 25.10 on the 23rd of ...

2025-10-21T19:27:34+02:00

I'll be speaking at Ubuntu Summit 25.10 on the 23rd of October. https://ubuntu.com/summit

Tune in online and watch me flail about as I show you DOOM in Space!

If people are creating tools to edit DNA then it should be ok for ...

2025-10-08T01:10:12+02:00

If people are creating tools to edit DNA then it should be ok for me to edit my video game save files.

Me trying to read Danish. ...

2025-09-19T17:11:12+02:00

Me trying to read Danish.

People with Fire or Ice powers should not exit. ...

2025-09-14T22:39:57+02:00

People with Fire or Ice powers should not exit.

If you'd take a photo of a vinyl record, what would the ...

2025-08-30T19:36:22+02:00

If you'd take a photo of a vinyl record, what would the resolution of the photo need to be for you to be able to extract the audio from it?

I was on the radio recently (BBC Radio 5 Live) telling the silly ...

2025-08-27T19:52:45+02:00

I was on the radio recently (BBC Radio 5 Live) telling the silly story of Iceland's famous parking lot.

Going on the radio was fine (lovely people), what I found the most interesting was the logistics. How they call you, speaking with the engineer before, how they patch you in, etc

Yes, I'm a nerd

Then: "Do not give a 3rd party access to our source ...

2025-08-07T21:36:36+02:00

Then: "Do not give a 3rd party access to our source code!"
Now: "With this new tool we give a 3rd party access to our source code after each key press."

Then: "Save a tree, don't print this email" Now: ...

2025-08-01T18:17:18+02:00

Then: "Save a tree, don't print this email"
Now: "Burn the trees, AI the email"

People who make map direction algorithms need to start to realize ...

2025-07-31T02:41:52+02:00

People who make map direction algorithms need to start to realize that I often prefer simple over quick.

"This vet is only 15 minutes away"
Yeah, if I take 3 buses and walk for 5 minutes.

Or... I take this 1 train for 30 minutes and that vet is in the building next to the train stop.

Calculating the space a complex shape takes is hard, but it's ...

2025-07-22T04:20:21+02:00

Calculating the space a complex shape takes is hard, but it's not hard to calculate the space of a rectangle, so why not use smaller and smaller rectangles.

Join me as I re-invent integrals without realizing what I am doing.

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2025-07-16T10:39:38+02:00

DOOM scrolling? That's old news, we're Quake scrolling now.

I'm in my 40s and I still think about this when someone ...

2025-07-03T18:09:27+02:00

I'm in my 40s and I still think about this when someone mentions red blood cells.

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2025-06-08T13:29:12+02:00

What is a flabber and how do you gast it?

Is there a nuclear reactor in my basement or is the radon ...

2025-06-05T16:28:26+02:00

Is there a nuclear reactor in my basement or is the radon measurement device I have broken.

I think it's the 2nd thing. I think.

Hey Iceland, you broke some heat records in May, how is June ...

2025-06-03T13:02:37+02:00

Hey Iceland, you broke some heat records in May, how is June treating you?
Iceland: "No comment"

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2025-05-22T23:43:26+02:00

Meeting the president of Iceland for the low performing one and ...

2025-05-21T11:29:57+02:00

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Meeting the president of Iceland for the low performing one and Cotton Eye Joe for the biggest.

What is my lowest performing video of the year? Great question, ...

2025-05-21T09:54:15+02:00

What is my lowest performing video of the year? Great question, thanks for asking.

By far it's the video that I put in the most effort, the most money and planned for the longest.

My best performing video? 8 second video about a well known pop culture reference.

Icelandic Heat Wave. https://youtube.com/shorts/SV4K_8h9Hvg

2025-05-18T17:38:45+02:00

Icelandic Heat Wave.

https://youtube.com/shorts/SV4K_8h9Hvg

What was a moment in a TV show or Movie that irreversibly changed ...

2025-05-11T15:47:06+02:00

What was a moment in a TV show or Movie that irreversibly changed your brain when you were young?

Mine? Quantum Leap. "Dr. Sam Becket never returned home."

Wait? TV shows can have bad endings? All of this buildup and we need to live with this feeling forever?

How programming LinkedIn posts sometimes feel like. I do not use ...

2025-05-11T08:51:37+02:00

How programming LinkedIn posts sometimes feel like.

I do not use if statements. 'If' sounds like I am uncertain, like I am not in control. Undecided. If...

I use conditionals. This is my code and these are my conditions. I set the rules. I am the boss!

Sign up for my newsletter for more.

Tiny Nation Games. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FVT-L8D6iOU

2025-04-28T20:07:47+02:00

Tiny Nation Games.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FVT-L8D6iOU

Last season, just 1 episode showing a camera shot of an empty ...

2025-04-22T15:34:47+02:00

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Last season, just 1 episode showing a camera shot of an empty village with an occasional car driving through.

TV show idea Season 1 starts off as a "Cozy Crime" show ...

2025-04-22T15:24:51+02:00

TV show idea

Season 1 starts off as a "Cozy Crime" show where there is a murder to be solved in a tiny cute village every episode

This means there are 22 murders per season, so the village population shrinks, and by Season 7 it's not "Cozy Crime" but a Horror/Survival show with 10 people remaining

2024 and 24 - Both ok. 2021 and 21 - also ok. 2012 is ok 12? not ...

2025-04-19T20:23:38+02:00

2024 and 24 - Both ok.
2021 and 21 - also ok.
2012 is ok 12? not ok
2005 is ok 5? not ok

"When did you finish school?"
-"2"
"When you were 2?"
-"No, 2002"
"Right to jail for you for using 2 for 2002"

If you're not a programmer, just know that people arguing ...

2025-04-16T10:10:25+02:00

If you're not a programmer, just know that people arguing about programming languages are arguing what is the best way to type on the keyboard so that the computer puts numbers into boxes.

And it's all the same boxes in those languages because they're all talking to the same computer.

It's time for the regularly scheduled tapping of the sign. ...

2025-04-08T10:30:13+02:00

It's time for the regularly scheduled tapping of the sign.

Trans rights are human rights.
Black lives matter.
No human is illegal.
Love is love.
Free Palestine.
Slava Ukraini.

"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in ...

2025-04-07T14:47:36+02:00

"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.", art by Tom Toro.

Maybe an insane take, why do I feel that some depictions of hell ...

2025-03-19T11:35:09+01:00

Maybe an insane take, why do I feel that some depictions of hell are tame?

Walk around, talk, see?

No, actual hell would be every single pain receptor in your body getting enough signal to cause maximum pain but not enough for the receptor to be overloaded and shut down, forever.

That's hell.

My cat will jump into the window to check if anything is there, ...

2025-03-11T00:57:03+01:00

My cat will jump into the window to check if anything is there, jump back down and check again 2 minutes later.

I will open a new browser tab, refresh my notifications, close it and check again 2 minutes later.

We are the same.

And maybe my brain is just used to this. Because I wanted to know ...

2025-03-05T16:21:01+01:00

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And maybe my brain is just used to this. Because I wanted to know how goroutines work in Go. But if you google "goroutine implementation" you'll get blog posts that cover surface level stuff. Some do it ok.

But I want the ugly truth, I want the implementation caveats and all Monkey Paws involved.

Programming tutorials Most languages: "Here's feature, ...

2025-03-05T16:12:51+01:00

Programming tutorials

Most languages: "Here's feature, here's how it's used, here are some caveats, ok bye"

C++: "Here's a feature, here's how it's used, here's the ISO paper for it, here are meeting minutes of people arguing, and now lets implement the feature from scratch to really learn it"

"You should learn art" - says the art person "You ...

2025-03-03T21:53:30+01:00

"You should learn art" - says the art person
"You should learn science" - says the science person
"I would never wish this on my worst enemy" - says the programming person

"Germany always has these long words" Meanwhile in ...

2025-02-19T16:48:00+01:00

"Germany always has these long words"
Meanwhile in Iceland

Teenager-leftover-rice-steak-mix. No they are not cooking leftover teenagers, it's a recipe teens can cook using leftovers when they're home from school.

(photo from a friend in Iceland)

There's a whiskey called singleton. I wonder if it smells of ...

2025-02-13T19:36:38+01:00

There's a whiskey called singleton. I wonder if it smells of code.

"They've started to say the quiet part out loud" ...

2025-01-31T23:49:03+01:00

"They've started to say the quiet part out loud"
Look, I'm happy you've joined us but it's been deafening for years.

Millennial/GenX test? Easy. If you saw this in a store, how ...

2025-01-31T15:52:32+01:00

Millennial/GenX test? Easy.
If you saw this in a store, how quickly would you grab your wallet?

Programming languages: "We are just a way to operate ...

2025-01-31T09:51:12+01:00

Programming languages: "We are just a way to operate computers in a way that makes sense to humans."

Programming languages [takes a big joint hit]: "What if there were 5 kinds of nothingness?"

"Can you explain the gaps in your resume." -"I saved ...

2025-01-30T16:17:13+01:00

"Can you explain the gaps in your resume."
-"I saved the file with Windows based line endings and you're opening it in an editor that treats them differently."

They've lowered the price? That's a point of no return. ...

2025-01-14T11:59:24+01:00

They've lowered the price? That's a point of no return.

Fun fact. I just called myself a nerd in Icelandic in a tiktok ...

2025-01-10T01:08:25+01:00

Fun fact. I just called myself a nerd in Icelandic in a tiktok live chat and it flagged it as a community guideline violation.

Iceland needs a new tagline. Iceland: The home of volcano ...

2025-01-09T16:13:40+01:00

Iceland needs a new tagline.

Iceland: The home of volcano flavored water.
or
Iceland: Very important according to the board game Risk.

If you change your profile picture and/or name, then I will ...

2025-01-06T22:39:23+01:00

If you change your profile picture and/or name, then I will forget who you are and you'll have to explain everything to me again.

Do you remember 1337 speak on IRC? It's time for your regular ...

2025-01-06T20:54:17+01:00

Do you remember 1337 speak on IRC? It's time for your regular doctors checkup.

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2025-01-05T22:59:56+01:00

Wait, there's work tomorrow?

Is this loss? ...

2024-12-20T12:30:47+01:00

Is this loss?

What's the point of the whole YouTube copyright strike system ...

2024-12-18T13:01:07+01:00

What's the point of the whole YouTube copyright strike system if it doesn't seem to do anything?

These are all the same channel and the only videos on the channel are my videos with some filter to avoid automatic copyright detection.

And they are still uploading.

Even Path of Exile 2 has an opinion on Mastodon. ...

2024-12-15T20:25:59+01:00

Even Path of Exile 2 has an opinion on Mastodon.

Due to timezones, we as humans might not agree on what Hour it ...

2024-11-30T00:20:22+01:00

Due to timezones, we as humans might not agree on what Hour it is, or what Minute it is, but for anything smaller? We all agree.

And I think that's kinda nice.

What's the key to success? Artist: Layers! Musician: Layers! ...

2024-11-22T13:19:54+01:00

What's the key to success?

Artist: Layers!
Musician: Layers!
Programmer: Abstraction!

[everyone looks at the programmer]
Programmer: Uhm, Layers!

I love the phrase "Not my circus, not my monkeys", ...

2024-11-20T10:25:35+01:00

I love the phrase "Not my circus, not my monkeys", because it implies that even though this situation isn't your problem, there is a circus out there where the monkeys are yours.

Fun fact. The Arctic Fox is the only land mammal native to ...

2024-11-13T15:12:15+01:00

Fun fact. The Arctic Fox is the only land mammal native to Iceland.

If you rearrange the letters of the word "international" ...

2024-11-05T01:55:34+01:00

If you rearrange the letters of the word "international" and then rearrange them again, you'll get the word "international"

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2024-11-04T09:34:51+01:00

Who loads the loading screen?

I wonder if the Wikipedia article about the Ship of Theseus has ...

2024-10-26T00:30:30+02:00

I wonder if the Wikipedia article about the Ship of Theseus has been re-written enough to replace all of the words in the original article.

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2024-10-22T15:43:41+02:00

[-∞, ∞)

Wanna learn a Nordic "fun" fact? The longest pre-trial ...

2024-10-19T17:10:28+02:00

Wanna learn a Nordic "fun" fact?
The longest pre-trial solitary confinement outside of Guantanamo Bay happened in Iceland in 1974. 655 days

Did Iceland learn their lesson? Well, the UN Committee against Torture raised their concerns for Iceland... two years ago, and had investigated 5 times prior

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0mundur_and_Geirfinnur_case#Aftermath

In Icelandic Business - Viðskipti (with exchange) Customer - ...

2024-10-16T13:09:44+02:00

In Icelandic

Business - Viðskipti (with exchange)
Customer - Viðskiptavinur (business friend)
Staff - Starfsfólk (job people)

utföra/utför in Swedish means "to perform", like a ...

2024-10-13T23:40:21+02:00

utföra/utför in Swedish means "to perform", like a button to pay your bills at the bank.

útför in Icelandic means funeral.

If I ever make a band, I'll name it   just to annoy ...

2024-10-04T14:20:44+02:00

If I ever make a band, I'll name it   just to annoy websites trying to write about it.

"To book a doctors appointment, please download our app" ...

2024-09-30T12:09:34+02:00

"To book a doctors appointment, please download our app"
[goes to app store]
I guess I'll just die then?

Sometimes I write very long and detailed notes for my video ...

2024-09-26T23:21:15+02:00

Sometimes I write very long and detailed notes for my video ideas. But for the Skyrim / Skyr-im video. It was very simple.

EU made it law that jams and those kinds of things are by ...

2024-09-22T18:46:33+02:00

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EU made it law that jams and those kinds of things are by definition made with fruit. And then Portugal join the EU and they have a tradition of making Carrot Jam and the EU had to change the specification. And instead of adding "Fruit (and also Carrots)" they specified Carrots as fruits when it comes to Jam making.

carrot is a fruit according to EU law* *when it comes to making ...

2024-09-22T18:40:49+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…eyxs
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carrot is a fruit according to EU law*
*when it comes to making jam like products.

What's something that's technically correct but will ...

2024-09-22T18:38:41+02:00

What's something that's technically correct but will annoy people when you say it?

"Half-Life? Oh I love Sierra games."

Ahh yes, the two systems. ...

2024-09-21T12:41:36+02:00

Ahh yes, the two systems.

Wanna annoy a programmer? Next time you're filling out a ...

2024-09-05T18:24:41+02:00

Wanna annoy a programmer?
Next time you're filling out a form, put a single ÿ at the end.

It's not very commonly used in text and it's 255 in decimal and 0x00FF in hex which feels like something is broken if they go and investigate.

Germans are funny. We just don't understand them because the ...

2024-09-05T09:20:46+02:00

Germans are funny.
We just don't understand them because the German Joke Manual has been stuck in an ISO review subcommittee since forever.

I wonder how many horror stories are written based on a fever ...

2024-09-02T13:53:27+02:00

I wonder how many horror stories are written based on a fever dream.

Not my dreams though.

Dream: "There is 1 haunted house, to find it you look for a house where the shadows don't match the sun"

Just waking up "wow what a cool story idea", 2 minutes later "the house would be found immediately"

Of all the different platforms I post to. Mastodon people are ...

2024-09-02T11:57:03+02:00

Of all the different platforms I post to. Mastodon people are definitely the ones that are most likely to take a joke post seriously and get real annoyed about it.

What do you call it when two influencers want to get married? ...

2024-08-31T13:11:53+02:00

What do you call it when two influencers want to get married? Engagement.

Bulldog in Icelandic is Bolabítur. A bad translation of that ...

2024-08-30T09:34:44+02:00

Bulldog in Icelandic is Bolabítur. A bad translation of that would be T-Shirt Biter.

and none of these are grass.

2024-08-23T14:56:05+02:00

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and none of these are grass.

There is no emoji for Grass and someone tried to propose it but ...

2024-08-23T14:11:28+02:00

There is no emoji for Grass and someone tried to propose it but it was rejected on July 31st 2022.

I tried to find the document that explains why but I can't find it.

I was 40 when I learned that when a Neurotypical person asks you ...

2024-08-22T08:33:25+02:00

I was 40 when I learned that when a Neurotypical person asks you "what is this?", that it's a context based question.

It's a desire to learn more about what you are doing or why you are doing it.

They are not looking for the answer "That is a hammer."

Why have "localhost" when you can have ...

2024-08-21T09:31:42+02:00

Why have "localhost" when you can have "lolcathost"

Her: "Oh you're cute, can you send me some more ...

2024-08-17T21:12:48+02:00

Her: "Oh you're cute, can you send me some more pics?"
Me: "What kind of pics?"
Her: "You know... the ones you get sent at 3am ;)"
Me: "Oh... those pics"
<Sends a picture of a server crash incident log>

Websites: "New user? Oh we love you, here is a gigantic ...

2024-08-13T13:09:09+02:00

Websites: "New user? Oh we love you, here is a gigantic button, don't worry about anything, here's a pillow, do you want a drink?"

Also websites: "Existing user? Fuck you, click this 2 pixel wide invisible button to login."

The Proclaimers say they would walk 500 miles and then 500 more. ...

2024-08-07T16:39:46+02:00

The Proclaimers say they would walk 500 miles and then 500 more.

This sounds like they created a function for walking 500 miles and called it twice. But it never says if the direction is the same, so I wonder if one of the function arguments is the direction vector.

But also that's not how walking works, unless you're GeoWizard people don't try to walk in straight lines, so it needs to take in a collection of points and then it tells you how many miles you will walk.