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howaboutudance@toot.cafe ("ja-barr") wrote:
Like I was just on a #44 Metro bus (in #seattle) and there literally was a bus right behind it that is empty...
And the arrival board at uw district station has no indication
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedhowaboutudance@toot.cafe ("ja-barr") wrote:
Indications in mapping apps and real-time arrival boards of bus bunching
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MikeMorris@mastodon.ie ("Mike Morris") wrote:
About 5 years ago my sister lost a book of poetry (William Blake), so recently she decided to replace it and ordered a second hand copy on eBay. It arrived today.
It's got her handwritten notes in it. It's hers.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Smells like…my personal failure.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/05/will-not-achieve-todays-goals/
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
one of the best scenarios for a person to be in is to be a dog wearing sunglasses in the 1980s
Mastodon Feedhowaboutudance@toot.cafe ("ja-barr") wrote:
It's sad how quickly a clock, falling onto the street, can make the entire light rail system less useful #seattle #SoundTransit
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
sometimes people ask about my phone backdrop and I have to consider whether I explain the whole @pomological thing. but usually I think you can drop into any episode of the parker show and not need a previously-on
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Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
it's funny when you get a glimpse of somebody's life and can immediately tell they're a person with a lot of lore
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Bandcamp Friday: the day I excitedly buy some new music but instead listen to what everybody else bought. 😆
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
ugh I just found out my local library has a "power user" program that comes with a special card and bragging rights when you hit 2500 checkouts and now I will not know peace until I achieve this goal
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- Screenshot from Brooklyn Public Library site: Brooklyn Public Library Power User Program Are you a dedicated library user? Cardholders who have borrowed more than 2,500 items* from BPL are invited to join our Power User program. In the future, we hope to expand Power User status to those who check out the most eBooks or digital audio books, most use our computers, and attend the most public programs and events. What do Power Users get? A silver Power User library card, bragging rights, and some special gifts! (remote)
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jameschip@merveilles.town ("James Chip") wrote:
A few days ago my wife watched me tie my shoelace and commented on how weird it was.
We tie our shoes differently it seems.
Abyway, now I have dived down a hole of different ways to tie your shoes, which has led to this page:
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Fredhead@bigshoulders.city ("Fred :oldstyle:") wrote:
Oh hey, word finally reached the island that it’s #bandcamp Friday. Here’s some stuff I was part of.
https://onthesunchicago.bandcamp.com/album/drag
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Grandalf@aus.social ("Grandalf 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘙 :kangaroo:") wrote:
This would freak me out too 😳
On a modern yacht in the middle of the ocean with a broken rudder, send out a call for help, then out of the misty past THIS, the Götheborg out of Sweden, comes to rescues you ... Wow!
[The arrival of the Götheborg on the scene was rapid and surprising, as we did not expect to see a merchant ship from the East India Company of the XVIII century. This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?]
What a beautiful ship 😍
Story: https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/
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Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Wherein I learn the true meaning of "eminently guillotineable CEOs":
https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/05/wmds-two-point-oh/#or-your-lying-ears
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
An assortment of picks for this #BandcampFriday
"Beggars Can't be Chooser" by futzle@old.mermaid.town
https://futzle.bandcamp.com/track/beggars-can-t-be-choosers
Tim Hecker's "No Highs":
https://timhecker.bandcamp.com/album/no-highs
"Youth of America" by Wipers:
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computerchroniclesbot@botsin.space ("ComputerChroniclesScreens") wrote:
Approximate Frame #160 from The Computer Chronicles - Printers and Business Graphics 1985-wbkWVx4lv-8
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I got called out for wearing a mask today. "The pandemic is over!" they said.
"Great," I said. "Let me know when age-related vulnerabilities to respiratory diseases are over."
They didn't instantly bow down and recognize my wisdom. My grey hairs mean nothing.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Secondly, it's amazing how reliably you can tell a channel has shit politics based on whether or not their videos take that outrage bait tone.
Sure enough, that account had a bunch of shit in their uploads whining about diversity. I wish youtube had a firmer Block functionality but at least with "do not recommned" I can be sure that I'm never going to accidentally see something from that account again
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Anyway I use "don't recommend channel" pretty aggressively on that site and it's made for a mostly pleasant experience.
Just now I got a rec for a video that was like, "Remember when Pokemon games were ACTUALLY GOOD?"
First off, I've been playing Pokemon games since before Red/Blue were released in the US, and last year I completed an exhaustive playthrough of every mainline game, so no, I don't.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
one thing that I appreciate about youtube is that so far they seem to have remembered/respected my request every time I hit "don't recommend this channel."
That should be a given but my expectations for content recommendation systems are through the floor
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ralf_muschall@octodon.social ("𒀭Ralf Muschall🐙-") wrote:
@pzmyers Since some time, she is producing videos about everything, whether it's relevant or not, and whether she knows stuff or not. The craziest was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnVWUIhQ8dE where she explains (correctly) why the Gulf stream won't stop. But the trivial reason is that "Gulf stream" is the proper name for only the southern part of the warm water stream on the northern atlantic, and only the part further up north may collapse (due to freshwater from melting Greenland glaciers). I.e. she spends 14 minutes telling that different people name stuff differently (and maybe incorrectly), and we are still bound to get MN weather in Europe.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I wonder if photoreceptors are damaged by stress, too? I think the semester is ending just in time.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/05/the-end-of-a-stressalicious-semester/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
"Both sides are crazy"…no, lady, you're taking a stand to privilege your crazy opinion. It's true for politics, it's true for arrogant physicists.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/05/blatant-both-siderism-from-a-physicist/
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mairin@fosstodon.org ("Máirín Duffy :fedora: :podman:") wrote:
Yep still holds up
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Duffy/FundamentalTheoremOfDevelopingFLOSS
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scott_eff@mastodon.scot ("Scott Macdonald 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺") wrote:
I remember reading Michael Abrash's book, and John Carmack's Doom/Quake source years ago. I think I now grok BSP trees - a good explanation.
BSP Trees: The Magic Behind Collision Detection in Quake
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
It's a spider eat bat/bat eat spider kind of world out there. That's not just a metaphor.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/05/is-it-halloween-already/
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Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
This setup is so cool! #Dota2 #BerlinMajor
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Mastodon Feedcmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:
#themomtest is a great #book for every #startup #founder.
It’s a bit short but completely changed the way I look at customer conversations.
One key takeaway is that you should figure out how your customers currently takle the problem you try to solve instead of directly pitching your idea. Maybe your customers don’t even search for the solution - how will they find you then?!
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Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
It’s starting! #Dota2 #BerlinMajor
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Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
#Dota2 #BerlinMajor hype!
