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slothrop

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Bumbling through the technosphere. Easily amused.

Messing around with #FOSS, baking #bread, paddling a whitewater #kayak, and #parenting a herd of kids . Sometimes I manage a Hello World without syntax errors in #python.

Professionally, I help to build and run #trains with software and IT stuff.

Middle-aged cishet white guy, trying not to be an asshole about it. Please let me know if I get it wrong.

Toots auto-delete after 2 weeks. #noindex or I will punch you.

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futurebird , to random
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It's been three years since I was able to get into the bed. I've been sleeping on the couch since, when I broke my leg our loft (which is very high up) became too hard to get up to for me.

BUT. Ordered this functional step chest and soon there will be stairs and I'll get to go to bed again. I'm so excited.

This took forever since I was stubborn about not "ruining" our book room with ugly stairs, but this will do.

slothrop ,
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@futurebird This is most excellent.

All it needs is a secret door leading to your personal library!

futurebird , to random
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If four Baptists have six opinions. And each Baptist will agree or disagree with 1-6 of the opinions, how many arguments will it take to have every possible argument?

slothrop ,
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@futurebird Can we look at Baptist opinions the same way we do at particle physics?

Two particles collide, split into their constituent's parts, further collisions ensue, until a chain reaction gets going? And the whole thing melts down in the end?

futurebird , to random
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In Oklahoma they are passing a law to mandate a Bible be in every classroom.

I don't have as much of an issue with this as I do with hanging the (Protestant Evangelical) ten commandments on the wall. The Bible, like many other religious texts is an important book...

Just one little question:

Which Bible?

Ya'll say "The Bible" like you have a Pope and there is only one. That's not true. So... which one?

If you don't know then maybe you are not qualified to make such mandates.

slothrop ,
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@futurebird Does she not have a queen, though?

slothrop ,
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@futurebird I wouldn’t dream of arguing about ants with you! 😇

ElleGray , to random
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I'm in an airport and every child is crying and they are correct

slothrop ,
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@ElleGray Children have an instinctive feel for their surroundings.

Airports make everyone cry inside. Adults are just better at masking.

slothrop , to random
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If anyone would be so kind as to reboot the Eiffel Tower?

slothrop , to random
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Apparent Jack Dorsey did or said something. I‘d just like to remark:

Fuck that guy.

jerry , to random
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I get to watch my youngest graduate university today. I hope y’all have a great day!

slothrop ,
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@jerry Woohoo! Congrats 🎉

petergleick , to random
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Gee, even in the violent movies with the massive human death counts, directors know not to kill the dog.

‘Where’s Cricket?’ Don’t Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/politics/kristi-noem-dog-killing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk0.9jK7.m2se0EDQ-27d

slothrop ,
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@futurebird @petergleick I agree.

I´m married to a farmer. That´s not how farms (or farmers) work.

EU_Commission , to random
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Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.

We are working on a solution to ensure our continued presence on your feeds, taking full advantage of Mastodon's identity portability.

And we are even growing the team behind our Mastodon presence, increasing efforts to engage with your comments on our posts.

We are fully committed to being a real part of the conversation in the fediverse.

Interested in our next steps? Follow us as we take on this new chapter.

slothrop ,
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@EU_Commission This is a heartening promise.

I hope that the final setup will be a server run by one of the EU institutions, with accounts for all the different bodies and - why not - staff of the EU organs.

alice , to random
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Omg, I am craving Dicks tonight! Like, I need that in me before bed.

*I've been a fan of Dick's Drive-In since I was a teen and occasionally it just sounds heavenly.

slothrop ,
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@alice Enjoy your bags of Dick‘s!

slothrop , to random
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Damn cat walked ALL OVER my baguette 🥖😤

slothrop OP ,
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The paw prints of pure malice

dansup , to random
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If a desktop environment follows you, would you feel the obligation to try it?

Like its almost as if this was meant to be, it looks similar to MacOS which I use atm... spooky

slothrop ,
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@dansup Hehe 😜

Gnome actually feels quite like MacOS. Except that the Gnome developers occasionally listen to their users, so it’s not enshittified in a hundred weird ways.

slothrop , to random
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Just had sushi, and now I´m going to get some work done.

We´re going 300 km/h.

cstross , to random
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It's worth noting that the $6Bn cost overruns on SLS boosters and engines—the overruns ALONE—probably cost more than the entire SpaceX Starship program (for a fully reusable launcher with a much larger payload), currently running at an est. $2-3Bn/year total vs. $25Bn/year for SLS: https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/13/congress-prepares-to-continue-throwing-money-at-nasas-space-launch-system/

slothrop ,
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@dymaxion @cstross So you’re saying, design by committee might be bad, but design by a full Congress is even worse?

futurebird , to random
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It’s not easy to assemble an outfit this boring. An outfit that is so unremarkable it’s remarkable. This the essence of my fashion movement. That’s Bland Fancy.

#borecore #fashion

slothrop ,
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@futurebird REALLY nice outfit 🤩

GottaLaff , to random
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That's some platform, GOP Fascist Party: "NO SEX FOR PLEASURE!" Should garner a whole lotta votes.

1/...

Via Adam Jentleson:

Highly influential heritage foundation, which would help staff & direct a future Trump admin, literally said that a key conserv policy goal is “ending recreational sex.” they said it, not me. IMO we should take them both seriously & literally

(Heritage quote in next toot)

slothrop ,
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@mogul @GottaLaff Isn’t “end recreational sex” just the ideal election platform?

slothrop ,
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@GottaLaff @mogul ahaha sorry, I hadn’t scrolled up in the thread far enough 🫠

futurebird , to random
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Are there therapists who specialize in helping children who are stressed out giving tech support to their parents?

My mom is a mathematician. She can program w/ punch cards. But, she & Dad just don't keep up with tech anymore. Drives me nuts.

Gave my dad an iPhone for Christmas. They HATE it. Probably would hate any phone. Now they say it's recording their conversations.🙄

Dad holds down the buttons on the side when he picks it up. Activates the voice assistant... they think it's a hacker.

slothrop ,
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@futurebird I know this isn´t any help, but my wife and I are in the same predicament with her parents.

We gave them iPhones in the hope that this would make it easier to help them with tech stuff, just walking them through it all. Turns out that both of them really missed out on careers in software QA. I hadn´t realize there were so many ways to do things wrong on an iPhone. 🙄

My father, on the other hand, just flat-out refuses to get a smartphone. It's probably for the better.

slothrop ,
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@futurebird In fairness, both Google and Apple are doing an absolutely terrible job of keeping user interfaces and workflows constant.

Slight changes to established workflows drive even me to distraction, and I consider myself a tech person.

But our parents, who never signed up for this bullshit, end up unable to perform everyday tasks after an update, just because a 20-something UX designer in California felt like "innovating".

slothrop ,
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@futurebird @kritischelezer This, and keeps the interface looking like it did at a time of the admin's choosing (default: time of activation), regardless what updates transpire beneath the surface.

futurebird , to random
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I’m really getting in to these comically small thermoses! I didn’t expect them to really keep my little sip of tea hot — but it works surprisingly well. I love to have a hot drink but I can never drink it all and normal vacuum sealed bottles are so awkward and bulky in my bag… Anyone else enjoying this new trend?

This is the perfect way to make a rainy cold bus stop into a pleasant experience. Today’s tea is “liu an” since I’m a little hoarse from teaching.

slothrop ,
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@futurebird I’ve had a 500ml thermos for a few years now. It’s great!

I mostly use it to get my coffee fix when traveling for work.

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