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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This is a public sector extension of the partner-focused consulting I've been doing since 2015 with some of Google's biggest customers.

For most of the last decade, I've helped governments and agencies around the world reach citizens and residents more effectively. For zero money-dollars.

I'm just so embarrassed of the terrible results that I'm willing to personally pitch in. How fucked is SV? So busted we're doing bake-sale perf improvement for what others took hundreds of millions to "fix"

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Leaving my cooktop soaked in vinegar for five hours and vigorous application of magic eraser did indeed help in relieving its brushed aluminum surface from hard water stains.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

If you're in the public sector and worry that you've made the canonical Angular/React mistake and now your site is slow and inaccessible, it's OK. We'll get through it.

I've got ~25 years working on the web, and ~15 from inside a browser and I'll analyse and recommend remediations (obviously, for free).

https://infrequently.org/about-me/

HMU in DMs or email!

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digits@ravenation.club ("Digits") wrote:

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mariapopova@indieweb.social ("Maria Popova") wrote:

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

@carnage4life But there's an important caveat: my hobby is not my job on which I depend with my life. I can just stop doing it and occupy myself with another one. So I wholeheartedly sympathize with that 3D artist and wish them luck in solving the problem.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

@carnage4life I love editing photos to make them look like I want, regardless of what I shot. Every time a new camera or a phone comes out I realize that a small part of my skill in this becomes obsolete, as computational photography learns new tricks. And they are often better than what I can produce with my current tool of choice. But I don't get bummed as I realize the important part of me being in the process is this "knowing what I want", not how I can achieve that.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

A thought provoked by this excerpt shared by @carnage4life https://mastodon.social/@carnage4life@mas.to/110091391821897882

Looks like that 3D artist is having a hard time disentangling creativity from their proficiency in using a particular tool, a craft in other words. And everyone would, it doesn't invalidate their frustration. Still I think it's important to realize that tools change all the time and sometimes suddenly become obsolete. It's an artist's job to constantly re-learn how to channel their creativity through new tools.

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Alex@vran.as ("Alex Vranas") wrote:

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dymaxion@infosec.exchange ("Eleanor Saitta") wrote:

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emilis@fosstodon.org ("Emilis 🇺🇦") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

not bad for something that collapses down to a tube about 2 feet long. it won’t take the weight of a balun, but should be great for getting the far end of an end-fed up in the air

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• test of fully erecting my new backpack-sized mast in my back yard

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I am starting to get more confident that I can raise this mast by myself

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• adding loops for the top guys

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jsparty@changelog.social ("JS Party 🪩") wrote:

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I am an alpha male in that I have an additional channel with a value that I can use to control my opacity.

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

okay, I think pre-measured bottom guys are going to do the trick

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• ~2 ft (collapsed) mast erected as ~16 ft mast with bottom guying in place

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

okay, this gets us four approximately equal-length brightly-colored bottom guy ropes

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• 5ecbf4656079438f.png

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

it is only about 2 feet long when collapsed, so I’ll bungee-cord it to a stand to roughly measure the bottom guy lines

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• collapsed mast lashed onto car stand

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

part two 📡

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• after adding guy loops to the top guy ring

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

setting things up to try out my new (fiberglass) backpack mast 📡

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• loops added to guy ring for mast

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

Current status: Waiting for the locksmith to break into my own home. First time in Tallinn. I got the locksmith subscription service when we lived in Berlin, my whole family sucks with auto-locking doors :)

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Who else is tired of this bozo announcing what science is while simultaneously claiming the Earth is 6000 years old?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/26/the-irony-of-a-creationist-moaning-about-others-denying-science/

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• Ken Ham (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

see also https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2658

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

my motto is also: I yam what I yam.

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

[END TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna, Austria, 1827

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record 'Pictures at an Exhibition' live, 1971

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day in Hawaii