Nostr notes by John Socks

I feel like 1st gen podcasts were okay. I'm talking Dave ...

2026-02-17T04:08:37Z

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I feel like 1st gen podcasts were okay. I'm talking Dave Winer, Adam Curry, and those who immediately followed. Their model was radio and it worked pretty well.

By generation N they've got it down a bit too much I think. I mean what, they assume their listeners have 3 hours available for them or something ..

Not much inverted pyramid going on.

I researched it a little. I'm not sure if we talked about it. ...

2025-12-29T22:08:00Z

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I researched it a little. I'm not sure if we talked about it. Apparently that was the radar installation, but the missiles were down in silos and what is now the sepulveda dam recreation area.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7nVZroZeZzE6CFtz6

Crazy to think they would be launching from the middle of the Valley.

Oh, nice summary here:

https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-la-cold-war-era-nike-missile

in many respects it looks great, but why do they need to do these ...

2025-12-08T00:55:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…eklu
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in many respects it looks great, but why do they need to do these funny steering wheels? Or not wheels. Steering squares?

As a convertible driver I think it's a great shame but there ...

2025-11-10T16:26:58Z

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As a convertible driver I think it's a great shame but there are none. Currently there are no electric convertible cars for sale in America.

Mercedes does not actually make an electric convertible does it? ...

2025-11-10T16:10:17Z

Mercedes does not actually make an electric convertible does it?

ha! It was a big pedal. At least if I do it occasionally now in ...

2025-11-05T04:38:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…fxua
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ha! It was a big pedal.

At least if I do it occasionally now in my Kia my left foot presses nothing but air.

I have been driving a Volkswagen Sirocco with a stick shift when ...

2025-11-04T20:15:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…p0kt
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I have been driving a Volkswagen Sirocco with a stick shift when I switched to my dad's 1982 Delta 88 for some errand.

I put both feet down to put in clutch and brake and both feet landed on the Delta 88s big wide brake pedal.

Good thing nobody was behind me. Quite a ride.

Cracker Barrel is fine and all, but I don't think you want to ...

2025-08-22T18:16:36Z

Cracker Barrel is fine and all, but I don't think you want to admit, James Woods, that it was the only place you'd ever go to.

Or now, that you would never go to.

But man. That does confirm my priors about personal openness to new experiences and personal choices in politics.

Conservatism as a gut level fear of risk or change.

I can't remember which one now, but a nice rust language ...

2025-08-13T15:05:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…qn8t
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I can't remember which one now, but a nice rust language improvement over a standard utility dropped off my list because the package went unsupported.

packaging might make the difference. If my operating system ...

2025-08-13T15:03:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…6t3h
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packaging might make the difference. If my operating system supports it in supported packages I really don't care.

I'm willing to go through a multi-step process to set up more elaborate things, but only rarely and for something I really want.

I'm unable to go today either, but N suggested I just take a ...

2025-06-14T14:58:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…tdxr
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I'm unable to go today either, but N suggested I just take a picture of myself walking around the back yard with a sign.

I think that's pretty funny, and a pretty great suggestion. A good way to inflate the numbers and the media impact.

#tags are what stitch together the fediverse. I think we got to ...

2025-05-29T13:55:18Z

#tags are what stitch together the fediverse. I think we got to remember to use at least one.

At least for any conversational topic.

Some higher number is probably excessive but that's for each of us to decide. An individual preference.

Mute with more than X might actually be an interesting feature.

I used to stay with someone who lived around the corner from ...

2025-05-08T00:39:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…pkn5
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I used to stay with someone who lived around the corner from there. Very strange territory for a Californian.

Nice though, especially early weekday with a big cup of coffee

so what is that, roughly 2,000 year gap since somebody been ...

2025-05-06T17:28:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…jgmp
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so what is that, roughly 2,000 year gap since somebody been impaled at the Colosseum?

Don't worry, Tim is Donnie's friend now, and this is well ...

2025-05-01T14:23:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…2g67
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Don't worry, Tim is Donnie's friend now, and this is well within the range of things Trump has pardoned, or told his Justice Department not to pursue.

I hear people saying that the MAGAs are enthusiastic about the ...

2025-04-29T13:38:07Z

I hear people saying that the MAGAs are enthusiastic about the tariffs, but I think that's actually pretty thin on the ground.

And it will only get thinner as they have to defend prices to their families and friends for the Nth time.

It will wear on them

I can't actually see the whole article myself, but what an ...

2025-04-28T15:50:08Z

I can't actually see the whole article myself, but what an image.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth-increase-bc13874a?mod=hp_major_pos1

"We had to destroy the village in order to save it." But ...

2025-04-07T14:06:35Z

"We had to destroy the village in order to save it."

But this time, as applied to the US economy.

remove 2 bolts, get up to three bikes. (Other than that, a fair ...

2025-04-06T21:17:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…mdj3
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remove 2 bolts, get up to three bikes.

(Other than that, a fair design.)

with a 90 watt power input! No wonder I see big heat sinks on ...

2025-03-27T23:02:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…g08t
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with a 90 watt power input!

No wonder I see big heat sinks on ssds these days.

"Elon Musk’s private security detail gets deputized by US ...

2025-02-21T13:12:42Z

"Elon Musk’s private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service"

This is probably one to share with people who are skeptical that the fascism is real.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/politics/elon-musk-private-security-deputized-marshals-service/index.html

Helping out my mom who had a low tire pressure light on her car. ...

2025-02-14T17:49:37Z

Helping out my mom who had a low tire pressure light on her car. I was able to return all the tires to normal pressure with my trusty tire (bicycle) pump.

I don't know why I stubbornly prefer that solution. Pump pump pump. Pump pump. Pump.

I've heard the Thunderbolt is plenty fast too, so you ...

2025-01-29T20:12:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…tdhu
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I've heard the Thunderbolt is plenty fast too, so you don't really need to max out internal storage

I am not a Mac guy, but if I was a Mac guy I think I would go for ...

2025-01-29T19:09:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…59xf
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I am not a Mac guy, but if I was a Mac guy I think I would go for the base model m4 mini in heartbeat. It's the best $500 computer on the planet.

When I was cleaning up and reducing I found some really monstrous ...

2025-01-18T15:28:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…pjyx
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When I was cleaning up and reducing I found some really monstrous Arduino project directories. Monstrous even when each project contained only 100 lines of my own code.

I haven't used that tool recently, I don't know to what degree it has any kind of "package and archive" for projects, but I think such things should.

Otherwise people keep "needing a bigger NAS"

What are our best practices? I think it's really empowering ...

2025-01-18T15:21:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…kn2m
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What are our best practices?

I think it's really empowering to be able to decode any kind of working directory and extract your work, leaving behind other people's programs and frameworks.

For instance if you're using something like a python virtual environment, you want to note what libraries you've pip'd in but you don't want to archive them. Similarly if you're using a big IDE you probably do not want to just package its project structure. Those are far too bloated. Extract your files.

I know I'm late to the thumb drive game. They've been ...

2025-01-18T15:18:29Z

I know I'm late to the thumb drive game. They've been growing in size and have become part of more people's workflow for many years.

It suddenly occurs to me that (to pick an affordable number) 64 GB is really a lot. Well structured, it's not just enough to carry current work, it can carry a very extensive portfolio.

So I have restructured my archives again, as is my hobby or affliction, and created a file structure called "time-machine."

I can keep 10 years of data on one, best practices.

when I first started hiking in the Mandeville Canyon area, ...

2025-01-12T21:33:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…wc79
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when I first started hiking in the Mandeville Canyon area, I'm like, oh I know this place.

It's because the name was burned into my consciousness a long time ago.

The Mandeville Canyon Fire, October, 1978

here was the last photo I snapped on the way out. Kind of ...

2025-01-11T05:31:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…gkat
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here was the last photo I snapped on the way out. Kind of apocalyptic, but it isn't really near houses yet.

we are evacuated now. I think I'll go to sleep soon and hope ...

2025-01-11T05:02:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…7tp5
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we are evacuated now. I think I'll go to sleep soon and hope for good news in the morning.

I'm staying at my mom's house, with a good breakfast burrito place down the street, so there's that.

Be safe everyone, especially the pilots and firefighters going so close.

@npub1n5c…mpqj are there any signs of disengagement? To tip my ...

2025-01-08T14:51:22Z

Renee DiResta (npub1n5c…mpqj) are there any signs of disengagement? To tip my hand a bit I might actually think it was a positive sign if fewer people were on social media. That probably hasn't happened though.

Perhaps we can just use them with lower expectations.

shouldn't that be the Lenovo Pro Max? Get with the program ...

2025-01-07T17:19:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…wacl
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shouldn't that be the Lenovo Pro Max?

Get with the program people.

Okay Mastodon Friends, process this one. N has gotten two ...

2025-01-05T22:37:33Z

Okay Mastodon Friends, process this one. N has gotten two packages from Amazon that we haven't ordered, that are part of the brushing scam, we guess. The second package contained seeds and a bonsai kit. Son M said that he would take it, but what he really wanted was a juniper bonsai that someone had started.

Guess what N received today from Amazon?

I get emails from my new Kia, giving me health reports every ...

2025-01-04T15:34:48Z

I get emails from my new Kia, giving me health reports every month, which is kind of nice.

But this one is pretty funny. It shows good health for December of 2024

And then wishes me Happy New Year 2023.

Oh man, somebody at Kia is very embarrassed right now.

I think a lot of the world's problems, ranging from the price ...

2025-01-02T23:45:48Z

I think a lot of the world's problems, ranging from the price of houses to squabbles over who controls rather small pieces of land, come down to a global overpopulation we don't really talk about.

It's nice then that declining birth rates are a new "problem."

And pro-natalists are nuts, actually.

My theory is that one cut from edge to spindle is good enough. ...

2024-12-29T17:47:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…z8yj
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My theory is that one cut from edge to spindle is good enough. Especially since my kitchen shears have teeth on them, leaving a little bit of a jagged edge.

Maybe the NSA would have some kind of flatbed scanner that could resolve partial tracks, but nobody else would.

My oldest archives, burned on CDs, are still readable, and are ...

2024-12-29T17:39:55Z

My oldest archives, burned on CDs, are still readable, and are encrypted, but with an algorithm now considered insecure.

Important data has been carried forward to new media and stronger encryption.

I should take a pair of kitchen shears to the old CDs but I have a strange reluctance.

I guess I should toughen up and just do it.

Is everybody seeing this, or is it just California? This picture ...

2024-12-28T20:08:51Z

Is everybody seeing this, or is it just California?

This picture was taken at Vallarta market which is a nice store but egg prices are not really their specialty. That said, they are usually only just a bit higher ..

I would think the actual cloud companies are trying to keep their ...

2024-12-21T13:05:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…whzz
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I would think the actual cloud companies are trying to keep their excess capacity down in order to control costs, but yeah. I do rebel against the idea that a small Unix/Linux box needs containers to do just a few things. Unix is good at doing a few things.

ah, I see. Security is the main thing for me. I'd love to see ...

2024-12-06T23:46:52Z

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ah, I see. Security is the main thing for me. I'd love to see those stretched longer

this seems odd. I really remember 5 years as the deal when I ...

2024-12-06T22:15:15Z

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this seems odd. I really remember 5 years as the deal when I bought my pixel 6.

Sometimes it feels that way, but I think it's actually ...

2024-11-27T00:56:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…t3vg
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Sometimes it feels that way, but I think it's actually something else. I think it's the death of expertise.

Tom Nichols wrote a book of that title. I have not read it, but I think I agree with the premise. Increasingly people just want their right "to believe stuff."

We no longer live in a happy world where careful study or rich practical experience are really valued.

You've worked in hospitals for 30 years? Well, I just watched a short video.

“In just eight years after fluoridation ended in 2011, the need ...

2024-11-03T12:47:46Z

“In just eight years after fluoridation ended in 2011, the need for intravenous antibiotic therapy by children to avoid death by infection rose 700 per cent at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.”

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-plan-to-reintroduce-fluoride-into-drinking-water-pushed-back-to-2025-1.6845098

but the sad truth in my area is that 90 plus percent of the ...

2024-10-21T23:11:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…8fzj
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but the sad truth in my area is that 90 plus percent of the e-bikes I see are mountain bikes, and brought to the trailhead on the back of cars.

Probably the only way to beat that* problem would be to reward people for each commute completed on the e-bike, rather than the purchase.

* - and other

is it a crotchety old man opinion that no car should be running ...

2024-10-21T19:05:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…kjxm
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is it a crotchety old man opinion that no car should be running rims bigger than track optimal?

Subaru does it too, with higher trim Outbacks getting rims worse for mpg and for trails.

it will be interesting to see how different it can really be. ...

2024-10-19T16:44:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…9a69
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it will be interesting to see how different it can really be. Google News currently shows me things related to my interests, because of course they know my interests. It's conceivable that the Apple device could know one's interests, separate from the Apple cloud, but I'm not sure how it could ask for related news without communicating those interests?

I made a joke earlier that also applies here: ...

2024-10-19T16:29:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…kdsj
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I made a joke earlier that also applies here:

https://socks.masto.host/@John/113312588574122117

to each his own, but just to remind everyone of my own feelings, ...

2024-10-19T16:26:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…vft3
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to each his own, but just to remind everyone of my own feelings, I don't think advertising intelligence qualifies as spying at all.

It's an inflation of the word spying for one purpose only, to sell high-priced alternatives.

It's *advertising*.

It makes a great deal of difference to me that advertising intelligence works by dredging billions of datums by computer, which is to my mind completely different than a letter, or a query, or usage pattern, read by a single live human being.

getting my hands on a cyberster might be more attainable than ...

2024-10-14T15:37:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…rcc8
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getting my hands on a cyberster might be more attainable than that, or not.

Someone did it though:

https://www.threads.net/@lucindaonmars/post/DBBx2rYxRX8

I think Leno is the model for unlimited money. You want to grow a ...

2024-10-14T15:35:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…zn3v
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I think Leno is the model for unlimited money. You want to grow a garage with lots of interesting cars and a mechanic who can tell you which one is ready to go.

these things are great, but tbh I feel for the people who ...

2024-10-11T23:17:53Z

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these things are great, but tbh I feel for the people who don't know they only need a $150 N100 mini PC.

Chain stores still selling them $600 as entry level.

did you see that when Consumer Reports picked up their CT, it was ...

2024-10-02T02:16:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…aj67
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did you see that when Consumer Reports picked up their CT, it was delivered *with* error warnings? That is different in kind:

"In fact, it arrived showing an error code for steering alignment that the Delivery Center insisted wouldn’t impact performance."

https://jalopnik.com/heres-what-consumer-reports-thinks-of-the-tesla-cybertr-1851660813

I'm old enough to remember when Volvo meant you could drive ...

2024-10-02T02:00:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…ll79
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I'm old enough to remember when Volvo meant you could drive your 240D a quarter million miles with few worries.

Heh, the Teslaization of Volvo happened before the Teslaization of Tesla.

(I think it's entirely possible for someone to say they buy a model 3 or model y for environmental reasons. The truck is just the physical manifestation of psychological decline.)

Here's a trick question that comes out of that: We want ...

2024-09-27T15:26:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…xqn7
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Here's a trick question that comes out of that:

We want everyone to make more money. What happens to the price of eggs when they do?

"inflation" This well circulated article is not really ...

2024-09-27T15:25:06Z

"inflation"

This well circulated article is not really wrong, but it doesn't really dive to the underlying source of "inflation" confusion either.

Inherently inflation is very intangible. Inflation measures are approximate. Often they are not even measuring inflation in its proper term, as a monetary effect.

Properly, inflation is those price increases resulting from an excess money supply.

Deflation is a reduction in prices from a deficit in money supply.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-09-27/american-economists-and-consumers-didnt-understand-inflation-during-its-recent-surge-they-still-dont

"You may not 'knead' the DataToaster 3000, but this ...

2024-09-25T17:11:15Z

"You may not 'knead' the DataToaster 3000, but this custom NAS is the 'toast of the town'"

Amusing.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/nas/you-may-not-knead-the-datatoaster-3000-but-this-custom-nas-is-the-toast-of-the-town

When a state legalizes online sports gambling, household ...

2024-09-24T21:44:48Z

When a state legalizes online sports gambling, household bankruptcies go up 25-30%.

I might have expected an increase, but not that much.

I'm old enough to remember when options were pretty much driving to Las Vegas or going to the horse races. There was no California lottery and there were no big Indian casinos. I might have thought the fear of gambling back then was overdone, but obviously there was a real trade-off.

Legislating morality is not all bad.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/09/legal-sports-gambling-was-mistake/679925/

it's funny you mention that. I, the chemist, think that air ...

2024-09-23T03:08:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…ndda
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it's funny you mention that. I, the chemist, think that air inside the tire is fine because air is outside the tire. Others in my household think that Costco has the good stuff ;-)

I love that places like this exist in California. I made very ...

2024-09-22T17:46:49Z

I love that places like this exist in California. I made very uncreative choices. I have three cans of curry paste, three cans of coconut milk, and a bottle of fish sauce.

we used to catch trout in an unassuming little place like that on ...

2024-09-22T15:07:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…ztpj
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we used to catch trout in an unassuming little place like that on Trabuco Creek. Sadly it was also the site of the recent Airport Fire.

I have opened a Threads account to play with. At first I liked ...

2024-09-16T13:24:08Z

I have opened a Threads account to play with. At first I liked it, though less than Mastodon and my Mastodon friends. Now even less so.

I don't know if you have all heard, but Threads is doing something crazy in their algorithm to promote questions. Here is a bizarre example. Someone asks a very basic question, a stupid question, and Threads loves it the most.

80,000 views and 360 responses to the question how do I cook good rice?

It occurs to me that they must be doing this to feed their AI?

I have no idea if there is an affair, or what the heck is going ...

2024-09-14T19:12:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…0n99
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I have no idea if there is an affair, or what the heck is going on, other than that the guy's lack of judgment has been dialed up to 11.

12. 13 maybe.

That might explain why many Republicans do draw that line now. ...

2024-09-14T18:52:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…8qet
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That might explain why many Republicans do draw that line now.

It's too obvious that this guy is not rational.

He's not using the nuts, he's one of them.

One of my earliest, and I still think correct, opinions about ...

2024-09-14T18:50:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…9x59
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One of my earliest, and I still think correct, opinions about Donald Trump is that he is just one of those crazy old dudes watching Fox News.

There was never any strategy beyond the feedback loop of saying things he wanted to hear. There was never any three-dimensional chess. There was never any hidden genius.

Now what restraint he had, couching what he said to be somewhat palatable to the mainstream, is falling away.

He is saying the pet thing because he's a victim of it

I love the ambiguity of me, an old person, just liking your post. ...

2024-09-13T18:01:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…a2a3
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I love the ambiguity of me, an old person, just liking your post. ;-)

It is "check all that apply" but it looks like people ...

2024-08-29T20:37:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…e6kp
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It is "check all that apply" but it looks like people divide themselves pretty neatly on "describes me well"

21 moderate + 28 conservative + 18 progressive + 16 liberal + 7 socialist + 5 libertarian + 6 centrist = 101

I consider the rest "add ons", like a progressive who also understands they are "left wing"

I was very struck by this chart, how people self-identify. ...

2024-08-29T20:16:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…vc4q
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I was very struck by this chart, how people self-identify.

People are literally telling us that they would rather have a ...

2024-08-29T19:53:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…r2rm
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People are literally telling us that they would rather have a felon than a progressive.

"Nate silver had her at 70% and Trump at 30% everyone on ...

2024-08-29T19:53:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…zmx2
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"Nate silver had her at 70% and Trump at 30% everyone on twitter was criticizing him but when trump actually won they critisiszed him for not giving trump a bigger chance."

Yeah. I think I had seen 80/20 just before the election but pretty much the same thing. Long shots come in.

It really boggles my mind that we could be this close this time. I guess it always comes back to the polarization. People will forgive differences with their own side, but can't conscience the other.

if Nixon did not have a sense of honor, at least he had a sense ...

2024-08-09T15:59:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…8hq2
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if Nixon did not have a sense of honor, at least he had a sense of shame.

I actually bought these at new as Chromeboxes for family members, ...

2024-08-08T16:09:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…kk5x
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I actually bought these at new as Chromeboxes for family members, but at end of life I've upgraded RAM and SSD.

They're fine as repurposed hw, but obviously a new 4x4 mini-pc would be a whole other level.

I like these Chromebox devices. They are just big enough and ...

2024-08-08T15:59:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…ds0q
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I like these Chromebox devices. They are just big enough and heavy enough that their cables don't turn them over.

I joined the CO2/pm2.5 club, with a HOTKREM Indoor 5-in-1 Air ...

2024-08-08T13:17:13Z

I joined the CO2/pm2.5 club, with a HOTKREM Indoor 5-in-1 Air Quality Monitor.

So far I'm surprised that CO2 has been "low" even with the house closed up, less than 700ppm.

Also that with the house open this morning pm2.5 is higher 17 ug/m3 vs 6 or 7 closed.

All with a grain of salt of course, given a $60 device.

Funny. The search engines (or AIs?) can't even agree where it ...

2024-08-07T20:19:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…peu4
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Funny. The search engines (or AIs?) can't even agree where it all began. Are those even real names?

(IMHO, AGI was coined because AI had become so diluted. In a sense it means "back to the original dream.")

Dumb and Dumber, or Mad and Madder?

2024-08-07T13:49:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…dvwf
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Dumb and Dumber, or Mad and Madder?

Two, that I see so far, of our dragonfruit flowered today. ...

2024-08-05T13:25:11Z

Two, that I see so far, of our dragonfruit flowered today. Blossoms are about a foot across. They only bloom for 24 hours and then wilt. The wilted flower provides the tail to the dragon of the fruit.

I for one have made a pass through my phone to delete all the ...

2024-08-04T13:22:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…3xa4
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I for one have made a pass through my phone to delete all the apps I don't think I *really* need.

That's sad, isn't it?

Many of the apps that didn't make the cut were pretty good and put out by people working hard. But even if they were, who knows when their app may be sold, or their libraries compromised.

"Android Police: A new Android malware is emptying bank ...

2024-08-04T13:18:18Z

"Android Police: A new Android malware is emptying bank accounts and wiping devices"

"Google is usually on its toes, keeping the Play Store free of nefarious apps and ensuring prompt delivery of Android security patches, but some attackers manage to stay ahead of the curve and still steal money or personal information from victims."

The article is actually kind of vague about whether this actually happens with app store apps.

But talk about declining trust, eh?

https://www.androidpolice.com/boingomod-android-malware-emptying-bank-accounts-wiping-devices/

That's solar setup sounds awesome. From what I understand ...

2024-08-03T17:36:59Z

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That's solar setup sounds awesome.

From what I understand recycling is getting much better and more online now, and so I think that first bad article plays kind of a deaf ear to that.

https://chargelab.co/blog/ev-battery-recycling

Here is a better article, where someone did the work. ...

2024-08-03T14:50:20Z

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Here is a better article, where someone did the work.

https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/why-plugin-hybrids-are-better-for-climate-than-full-evs-today

"Car and Driver: Are Hybrids Better for the Environment?" ...

2024-08-03T14:48:35Z

"Car and Driver: Are Hybrids Better for the Environment?"

What a crap article. It is not until the closing paragraph does the author say:

"But, just like the financial breakeven point at which a more expensive hybrid pays for itself in fuel savings, there is an environmental breakeven point, and it's generally not too far into the expected life of the vehicle."

Were any of these break-even points charted?

No.

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a61730506/are-hybrids-better-for-the-environment/

"For July 2024, the statistics website is showing Linux at ...

2024-08-02T13:56:53Z

"For July 2024, the statistics website is showing Linux at 4.45%, climbing almost a half a percentage point from June's 4.05% high."

Jokes aside, that is pretty amazing growth.

Is anyone on that new 0.4%? Why did you do it?

https://m.slashdot.org/story/431430