CIRCLE WITH A DOT

A dozen years ago, this was the most popular thing I ever posted on Google's memegen.

@foone that's easy, since I just got it a month ago. The Comma 4 from comma.ai

Got this abomination on an invoice today, from an electronics hobby shop.

ISO-8601 needs to be signed into law.

I can't believe I have to rant about this *IN 2026* but:

"5m" is not a useful timestamp.
"4:26PM" is not a useful timestamp.
"1 day ago" is not a useful timestamp.

These things are subjective, and with important data - SUBJECTIVE IS USELESS.

"2026-05-26 13:45:02 UTC" is a timestamp (and the preferred format)

Please, if you design UIs, write "ISO-8601 OR GTFO" in sharpie on the back of your left hand until you get it.

Folks. Listen. I'm going to do a little bit of critical thinking on your behalf:

If you know someone who lives in a relatively small community, and something from that community makes the national news, I guarantee the person you know in that community already knows about it. They likely knew about it days or weeks (or months) prior to it making the national news.

So you don't need to ask them if they know about it. Really. (And they've already been asked by everyone else they know.)

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Good lord there are enough California Governor candidates in the primary to fill a PubG Battle Royale match.

Hey, come to think of it...