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JustinDerrick

@JustinDerrick@mstdn.ca

Stereotypical IT Guy & Proud Nerd, Friendly Funny Fuzzy Fierce Teddy Bear.
This is my personal account, opinions expressed are mine and mine alone.
Photo: Ring In The Rock, Hastings Highlands

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GottaLaff , to random
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Another day, another apology from me for staying offline a lot and not replying to you.

I'm still sloooowwwly improving, but weak and still feeling that anxiety thing.

It'll all pass, but in the meantime, hi and bye.

Tons to do to settle in here, and no energy.

Hugs to all.

JustinDerrick ,
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@GottaLaff @dcdeejay There are other recreational options. ;)

malwaretech , to random
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The thing about LLMs/AI that confuses me so much is how is it that these multi-trillion dollar tech companies can't come up with like a single good use case for their technologies.

If my friend came up to me and pitched me on something like Microsoft Recall, LinkedIn AI post summary, or Instagram Search Chatbot, I'd ask if they were dropped on their head as a child.

JustinDerrick ,
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@Npars01 @malwaretech Note to future generations…. This is why you keep taxes on the wealthy punishingly high… because the default will always lead down the road to fascism, and that road is paved with insatiable greed.

AAronL1968 , to random
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Adobe Tells Users They Can Be Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop
"You are no longer licensed to use the software," Adobe told them
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop

JustinDerrick ,
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@CelloMomOnCars @AAronL1968 But I keep re-purchasing it every few years to support the author. I’ve been using it since I had an Apple Macintosh LC520.

GottaLaff , to random
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Would-be buyers snub company as 's reputation dips

“The ranks of would-be Tesla buyers in the United States are shrinking, according to a survey by market intelligence firm Caliber, which attributed the drop in part to CEO Elon Musk's polarizing persona.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/would-be-tesla-buyers-snub-company-musks-reputation-dips-2024-04-01/

JustinDerrick ,
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@GottaLaff I tell everyone I know to avoid purchasing a Tesla for two reasons:

  1. The after-sale service is terminally putrid. I've had to fight to get major KNOWN issues repaired, and the service centre I bought my car from didn't warn me that I needed an alignment -- burning through the inside edge of 8 tires (winter & summer) after 25k kms each - about a third of their expected lifetime... At a cost of nearly $5k CAD.

  2. I regret contributing to/enabling Space Karen's fascist lunacy.

JustinDerrick ,
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@GottaLaff Oh, and I made the mistake of purchasing 'Full Self Drive' -- a feature that has been repeatedly delayed for 4 years... The current version drives like a drunk 14 year old that has only ever driven in video games...

Having said that, the car itself is nice. However, I'd never have purchased it, knowing what I know now.

JustinDerrick ,
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@GottaLaff @voron The article mentions the half-shafts -- that's the item I had to return to the service centre three times for -- the last time insisting on being in the car with the tech, because "No fault found" on the two prior visits was a pile of 💩. The car shook heavily under even modest acceleration. I have no doubt that the vibration, over time, would have led to a more serious failure.

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Ryan Reilly:

The benefits of the Dominion taking Fox's lunch continue:

Daily Beast:

Fox News anchor Sandra Smith cuts away from Peter 's speech outside of prison:

"To fact check there, it is no longer an alleged crime... he has obviously been convicted and there was no evidence that would have excluded him, per executive privilege, from testifying."

JustinDerrick ,
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@GottaLaff This is the parallel reality/world in which the Fairness Doctrine was never repealed by Reagan.

mastodonmigration , (edited ) to random
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Hey New York Times! Is this maybe part of All The News That's Fit To Print? Or, nah, a presidential candidate threatening violent civil war is just too boring for you? Asking for 300 million friends.

Edit: so the story is up (see below). Plus correction, the Bloodbath speech was in Ohio.

JustinDerrick ,
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@mastodonmigration Calling it now: When R’s lose the 2024 election, there will be shootings of BIPOC people by the 2A crowd. This is the end game of the ‘replacement theory’ conspiracy theorists.

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Ron Filipkowski:

After House Repubs grumbled that Mike Johnson turned their leadership summit in Miami into a Bible study session, less than 50% will attend the annual retreat this week. Some grumbled about him moving it from FL to WV because it was more “family friendly.”

JustinDerrick ,
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@GottaLaff They’re grumbling because there’s no good coke in WV, only meth cooked in grandma’s crock pot, tainted with fenty.

lolgop , to random
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TOP ARIZONA REPUBLICAN TELLS WOMEN TO PUT AN ASPIRIN ‘BETWEEN YOUR KNEES’

No. 2 Republican in the state Senate says women wouldn’t need contraception if they weren’t so promiscuous, as state GOP refuses to back a right to birth control.

https://azmirror.com/2024/03/07/hobbs-democrats-blast-gop-for-refusing-to-give-arizonans-a-right-to-contraception/

Dig into democracy at https://www.erlywrm.com

JustinDerrick ,
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@lolgop These sound suspiciously like the same people who tell women to ‘submit to their husbands’ — but also miraculously don’t have 16 children of their own. Huh.

They’re frustrated and miserable and want everyone else to suffer with them.

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Lisa Rubin:

"On Friday, Judge Arthur Engoron is expected to release his ruling in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud trial, a ruling that can be appealed but cannot be wiped away simply by virtue of ’s election to the presidency. And the consequences could be, well, yuge."

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1757819747951878336.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

JustinDerrick ,
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@GottaLaff Does the two week notice give the court the opportunity to seize these assets for liquidation to cover the outstanding costs / judgements / fines against them?

WecanbeGyros , to random
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- Foremost shipping millionaire with ties to Chinese govt dead. Also:
"Her sister Elaine is married to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Information on other survivors was not immediately available."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/angela-chao-foremost-group-ceo-sister-elaine-chao-dies-car-accident-rcna138620?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=65cbf0f288998b0001e2a16c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

JustinDerrick ,
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@WecanbeGyros Yeah, that’s not suspicious at all. Mitch makes a speech that goes against the GOP party line yesterday (which co-incidentally would have provided aid to Taiwan), and today news that his sister in law is dead.

I mean, I’m not into conspiracy theories, but China has a long history of threatening citizens living overseas by mentioning their loved ones still in China.

They’re also closely aligned with Russia, which benefits from the GOPs obstruction of progress.

breadandcircuses , (edited ) to random
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You’ve probably already heard the very bad — but completely expected — news that we have just completed our first 12-month span with global temperatures more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average.

See -- https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68110310

However, according to the IPCC, this does not mean that the goal of the Paris agreement is in tatters. According to them, 1.5C will have to be exceeded over a span of 20 to 30 years (!) before they will declare the target missed.

Come on, give me a break. Do you think we’re idiots? You expect us to fall for that?

If we continue on with Business As Usual for another 20 years, the planet will heat up even more, probably over 2C if not higher.

It’s time to stop the lying. Stop covering up for capitalism. And stop drilling for more oil and more gas to burn.

JustinDerrick ,
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@breadandcircuses I’ve never been happier to not have children of my own. I’ve also never been more sad for the future of my friend’s children.

elizabethtasker , to random
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I’m in a long line for the bag drop at the airport. A robotic cart joined the queue. It alternated between demanding people move in Japanese and English, and voicing the same demands at a variety of barriers.

People have done their best to acquiesce to its demands, but it’s now stationary and shouting in multiple languages.

JustinDerrick ,
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@elizabethtasker Feels like a reminder to have a roll of painter’s tape in my carry on. Just pop some on the cameras / ultrasonic sensors to immobilize it when it misbehaves.

JamesGleick , to random
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Imagine if we discovered that between 0.6 and 2.3 percent of all U.S. electricity is being diverted into a giant waste bin. Wouldn’t we fix that, pronto?

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61364

JustinDerrick ,
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@philip_cardella @JamesGleick Thankfully, nobody uses legal tender for these things.

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