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RealGene

@RealGene@hachyderm.io

I'm a Code Janitor.

Former Embedded Systems Drone from Sector 7G.

FOCAL ➡️ FORTH ➡️ C ➡️ C++

Too old to learn that snakey stuff.

256 op codes should be enough for anyone.

Relocating from mastodon.online because it's getting a little too cozy with The Establishment, man!

#nobridge

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. For a complete list of posts, browse on the original instance.

molly0xfff , to random
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Fighting bots is fighting humans.

One advantage to working on freely-licensed projects for over a decade is that I was forced to grapple with this decision far before mass scraping for AI training.

RealGene ,
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@molly0xfff
I think it's time to return to printed and mailed newsletters.

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Angry Staffer:

#Biden-Harris HQ calling #Trump out on his hypocrisy and his glitches every day is driving him insane

I’m here for it

Biden-Harris HQ:

Trump: “At the end of this speech, I'll be taking some questions. This is different than Joe Biden. He doesn't take any questions”

Trump at the end of his speech: Quickly shuffles off stage, refusing to answer any questions

RealGene ,
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@GottaLaff @Atticus1956
"Nature abhors a vacuum, so fills it with assholes."
--Spinoza, after a few drinks

pluralistic , (edited ) to random
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For Father's Day next Sunday, my 16-y--o daughter has agreed to watch a movie of my choosing with me.

I want to get her excited about one of the movies I love, but which she's been uninterested in watching thus far.

Should it be:

RealGene ,
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@thegibson @pluralistic
"Orange Whip?"

GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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About time! But would SCOTUS ban this one too? Or is that just for women… [Folks, that was rhetorical. We know the answer]

“A male birth control gel is one step closer to reality

Researchers at Endocrine Society’s conference in Boston presented encouraging earlystage clinical trial results of a male birth control method that takes the form of a hormonal gel.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/08/male-birth-control-gel

RealGene ,
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@Npars01
You answered your question in the last graph:
If you have more children than income, you DON'T send them to college, so there's no need to worry they'll have critical thinking skills, so no threat to the status quo.
If you can't afford healthcare, you don't consume healthcare, so no need to fund or provide healthcare. Bonus, child mortality skyrockets, so reduces the need for primary education too.

GottaLaff , to random
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🤢🤑Rupert Murdoch Marries for the Fifth Time

Mr. Murdoch, the 93-year-old media mogul, married Elena Zhukova, a retired molecular biologist, Saturday at Moraga, his Bel Air vineyard estate in Los Angeles.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/style/rupert-murdoch-wedding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

RealGene ,
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@GottaLaff
Eew.

lowqualityfacts , to random
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That's crazy.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

RealGene ,
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@lowqualityfacts
That's God's delay so He can bleep you.

GottaLaff , to random
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⚠️ Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators have an increased risk of exploding in a crash and hurling dangerous metal fragments. https://apnews.com/article/b36f57757c627a904757e9aa53e13486

RealGene ,
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@GottaLaff
"Nissan originally recalled 736,422 of the vehicles in 2020 to replace the Takata inflators. The company said around 84,000 remain unrepaired and are believed to still be in use.

Nissan said it has made numerous attempts to reach the owners with unrepaired Takata inflators."

..so it appears we're talking about used cars whose new owners never saw a recall notice.

xgebi , to bookstodon group
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Is there a book that would explain how we got from carless cities to dependence on cars under 100 years?

@bookstodon

RealGene ,
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@xgebi @bookstodon
I think it used to be called the General Motors Annual Report.

petergleick , to random
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Alert. Bottled Water Contamination

Major recall (1.8 million bottles) of Fiji brand bottled water for excessive manganese and bacteria. This recall has not been widely noticed.

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/?Event=94172

RealGene ,
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@petergleick
These are not good people.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/08/lynda-stewart-resnick-california-water/

GottaLaff , to random
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The administration said Tuesday that it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer.

https://apnews.com/article/gas-prices-biden-northeast-reserve-6fa669ef3c963d212852513e4b312060?taid=664cd01a63b61f000160a7da&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

RealGene ,
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@GottaLaff
But… but wouldn't higher gasoline prices deter extra miles driven, reduce CO2 emissions, and encourage EV uptake?
So why do this unless you were trying to win a popularity… Never mind.

GottaLaff , to random
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#TrumpTrial started earlier than I did today. Grabbing coffee, starting THREAD HERE🧵1/… #Trump #legal

Here’s the list of Trump’s allies attending his trial today:

AG Alan Wilson
Rep. Eric Burlison
Rep. Andrew Clyde
Rep. Mary Miller
Rep. Keith Self
John Coale
Alan Dershowitz
Will Scharf
Steve Witkoff
Bernie Kerik
Kash Patel
Vernon Jones
Jerry Kassar
Chuck Zito

RealGene ,
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@GottaLaff
NFL
Shouldn't there be a restraining order keeping Bernie Kerik out of NYC?

futurebird , (edited ) to random
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The bald eagle could have easily gone extinct. But we did all sorts of "woke" things protecting it legally, ran conservation and study programs, banned DDT (that was good for other reasons too) and in 2007 they were removed from the endangered species list.

Likewise pine forests could be dead from acid rain.

The ozone could have a huge hole.

We CAN take care of nature when we want to. And the successes have been worth it.

I feel like we forget this, you know?

RealGene ,
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@futurebird
And now, this:
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1219424322/montana-men-bald-eagle-killing-case

lowqualityfacts , to random
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That's so interesting.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

RealGene ,
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@lowqualityfacts
Uh, you just blew the plot of A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick…

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    RealGene ,
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    @jsrailton @josephcox

    I always assumed that the telcos are deliberately providing this capability to the Three Letter Agencies.

    lowqualityfacts , to random
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    History is so interesting.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    RealGene ,
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    @lowqualityfacts
    It stood on edge, so he dropped TWO.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Preamble to via Katie Phang:

    More of ’s “support system” is in court today: Judge Jeanine Pirro is in the overflow room.

    And Senator Rick Scott is purportedly riding with Trump to court today and may join him inside the trial for a while today.

    RealGene ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Has she started drinking already?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    I warned you 👉🏼💥Katie Phang:

    NEW: has now moved for a mistrial.

    Todd Blanche: We move for a mistrial based on the testimony this morning, the guardrails were thrown aside, that testimony was so unduly prejudicial to Trump and the charges in this case and the testimony about the incident in 2006 is way different from the stories she was pedaling in 2016,

    RealGene ,
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    @GottaLaff
    NFL:

    So, how about entering those "stories she was peddling in 2016" into evidence?

    futurebird , to random
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    Gadget concept: An adjustable pair of pants, jacket & shoes with sensors for measurements for tailoring. simply put on “measuring pants” cuff them to the right length, adjust the straps in the thigh, calf waist etc until the fit feels perfect: now of your measurements is in the tailor’s computer. Critically these would be the same measurements tailors take by hand, the garment ensures they are done correctly.

    Thinking of what kind of sensors could do this is surprisingly hard—

    RealGene ,
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    @futurebird
    Ginsberg & Cohen Robot Tailors

    https://youtu.be/-TwBaNrk9XE

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Lawrence O’Donnell:

    “We had a monster in the presidency not because of Donald , but because of the people who voted for Donald Trump and because of the people who worked for Donald Trump’s campaign to get him there. You get monsters like Donald Trump thanks to people like Hope Hicks.”

    https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-you-get-monsters-like-donald-trump-thanks-to-people-like-hope-hicks-210249285691

    RealGene ,
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    @Colby @GottaLaff
    It worked before…

    rbreich , to random
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    Pepsi replaced its 32oz Gatorade bottle with a 28oz for the same price.

    Nabisco shrank the family size box of Wheat Thins by 12%.

    General Mills shrank the family size box of Cocoa Puffs by 6%.

    Frito-Lay shrank the size of a bag of Doritos by 5%.

    Shrinkflation is everywhere.

    RealGene ,
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    @rbreich
    In other news, the average American still managed to get 15% fatter on the smaller packages.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    #TrumpTrial #Trump #legal 🧵STARTS HERE. 1/…

    (Please remember to use NFL …Not For Laffy… in replies)

    😂 See my previous post, just before this one, in my TL

    Pagliery:

    The judge starts out be making an odd clarification about his gag order.

    He says that despite the restrictions on what Trump can say outside the courtroom, he can absolutely testify from the witness stand.

    Trump lawyer Todd Blanche thanks him.

    RealGene ,
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    @GottaLaff
    NFL
    Has "Covfefe" been entered into the record?

    elizabethtasker , to random
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    A quick box model this morning in ! Anyone recognise the shape?

    It needs to be as low poly as possible (for ), and the circles do look a bit blocky. I was thinking of creating a high resolution version, baking the normals, and using these for the blocky version.

    RealGene ,
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    @elizabethtasker @futuremeetings
    The logo of Darthia Farm, in Goldsboro, Maine:

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