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NeadReport

@NeadReport@vivaldi.net

Utility industry - fiber optics
Hibernating drummer
Griller of meats
Lover of puns
Hugger of fams
Sleeper of naps

Apps I dig:
Heptabase ⟶ as an amazing way to learn complex topics and to explore how my brain works.
https://heptabase.com/
https://wiki.heptabase.com/
Omnivore ⟶ A FOSS read-it-later and RSS feed app. https://docs.omnivore.app
Notesnook ⟶ An open source, encrypted, Evernote replacement. https://notesnook.com
@Vivaldi is my browser

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NeadReport, to pizza
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Team Trump arriving with fourteen (14) lunch break pizzas!
photo- Patrick McGeehan/The New York Times

NeadReport, to random
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I was JUST wondering how many McD's cheeseburgers Trump was shoving in his pie hole during felony-court lunch break. None today! Instead...14 Pizzas for him, his lawyers, and his boot lickers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/nyregion/trump-trial-pizza-lunch.html?smid=url-share

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"The defense spent a whole day casting Cohen as a liar and elicited admissions that he had lied under oath during past cases, allowing them to cast some doubt on aspects of the story he’s told at this trial. But prosecutors will have three days to prepare for a crucial re-direct, in which they will seek to build Cohen back up and refocus the jurors on the most important elements of their case." - reporting from the courtroom, Jonah Bromwich, NYT

NeadReport, to random
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Like I've always said, "Go big or go back to taking a nap."
https://sfba.social/@HumToTable/112452048312431789

NeadReport, to random
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"Todd Blanche, the defense lawyer, is asking Michael Cohen how he can have specific memories of phone calls that he conducted eight years ago. Cohen responds that the reason he remembers them is because he’s been talking about the conversations for six years." - Jonah Bromwich, reporting from the courthouse for the NYT.

CakesOfPan, to random
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I swear, if I could rip Edge and Bing out by the roots, I would do so with great relish and considerable abandon.

NeadReport,
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@CakesOfPan I agree, but I'd probably substitute horseradish sauce for relish.

brucelawson, to random
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A nice stroll around the old town and a tasty stop at a Turkish home-cooking cafe in a residential area for some tea and a delicious gözleme (a thin savoury pancake folded, stuffed with feta cheese and then grilled).

NeadReport,
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@brucelawson Don't turn your back on those pancakes.

NeadReport, to random
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I have one... good observation and advise.
https://dmv.community/@killick/112447331032942008

divbyzero, to random
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One thing I learned from my tiling theory students this semester: Each of the 12 pentominoes can be decomposed into nine smaller pentominoes. Here's a decomposition of all 12 using exactly nine sets of pentominoes. (I believe the configuration is due to Aad van de Wetering.)
1/2

The 12 pentominoes decomposed into pentominoes

NeadReport,
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@divbyzero And here I thought 'pentominoes' was the pizza joint where if you bought 4 pies, you got the 5th one free.

NeadReport, (edited )
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@divbyzero Wondering how you came up with the color pallet for this, because anything else would be distracting and too vibrant.

NeadReport, to random
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Cool thread on SpaceX junk found on Saskatchewan farm.
https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/112412755270980994

NeadReport, to Birds
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My son loves to sit out on our front steps and feed the blue jays peanuts (in the shell). And now my wife and I have taken to doing the same. Jays are Corvids and that means they are very smart birds. They come around about the same time each day and announce themselves with various calls and screeches. We will attract upwards of 5-6 jays at a time; perching in the maple tree out front and diving to pick up peanuts we toss out.
Yesterday, our kid placed peanuts on a porch railing and set up his phone cam to shoot video of the thieves in action. No sooner had he stepped inside and the nuts were gone! Here is that video.

Yesterday, our kid placed peanuts on a porch railing and set up his phone cam to shoot video of the thieves in action. No sooner had he stepped inside the nuts were gone! In this video you will see two different jays fly off with their treats.

NeadReport,
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@quixote Jays can already carry more than one (unshelled) nut!
"Blue Jays carry food in their throat and upper esophagus—an area often called a "gular pouch." They may store 2-3 acorns in the pouch, another one in their mouth, and one more in the tip of the bill. In this way they can carry off 5 acorns at a time to store for later feeding." https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/lifehistory

NeadReport,
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@quixote Jays will also 'weigh' a shelled peanut by picking it up and shaking it. They may opt for a heavier one if more are available.

NeadReport, to random
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[insert Mob voice]
Thinking of changing my name to "Louie The Fish" and offering my casual observations* as a "Trump Trial Pundit" to any news organization(s) that might want to "utilize my services" in explaining the low-life-ness of the defendant.**

*available via Zoom
** have your lawyers call my lawyers and we'll do some lawyering.

#trumptrial #hushmoney

verge, to random
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The Blink Mini 2 security cam is an even better value now that it’s on sale for $30 https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24156352/blink-mini-2-security-camera-apple-ipad-10th-gen-deal-sale

NeadReport,
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@verge
Pffft! Get the 2 cam wireless, WIFI, Blink OUTDOOR/INDOOR cam for $99.00 (Reg. $179.00)
Who wants to install wires? Not me. I own the 2 unit cam listed below AND I don't get paid any referral/click-through goodness like you guys do!

https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Outdoor-4th-Gen-2-Camera/dp/B0B1N6B8QT/

nzakas, to random
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How can "what is your pet's name?" be considered a valid security question for authentication purposes?

NeadReport,
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@davew @nzakas Good suggestions for using password for security questions (which should be abolished). This all comes down to using a secure password management app - and using pass phrases* - which are harder to crack over time.
*Yes, I'll put my nonsensical 4-5 word passphrase up against your alpha numeric password any day.

NeadReport,
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@davew @nzakas Yes! I have this info graphic!

NeadReport, to random
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Which weekday is going to be "Aurora Day" going forward? Saturday is already locked down.

NeadReport, to random
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When your extremely popular 'make things' YouTube channel starts running out of 'make things' content.

interfluidity, to random
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who elected sam altman? who elected elon musk? who elected george soros? who elected charles koch? who elected robert mercer? jeff bezos? mackenzie scott? michael bloomberg? melinda gates? bill gates? dick uihlein? mark zuckerberg? peter thiel? howard schultz? who do we vote for to throw the bums out?

NeadReport,
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@interfluidity The 'Board of Directors' is really running the show.

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I just followed back @merileedkarr after looking over her profile and finding this nugget:
"I don't follow blank, bio-less accounts; you might be a dog. Or a MAGA dog."
There you have it!

grumpybozo, to Michigan
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This is how we get rapid scattered systemic collapse. We elect lawless people to positions which a large fraction of them believe to be the only legitimate law enforcement authorities and effectively above the law.
There are counties in that I would be unsurprised to see openly reject the authority of state or federal law enforcement. https://infosec.exchange/@nathans/112434989146661808

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@grumpybozo
As a reminder, a County Sheriff is the only law enforcement officer that is elected to office. Only a governor or voter recall election can remove one from office.
This scenario drips of irony.

HarrietMonkhouse, to random
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@davidwilkins I saw this interesting car yesterday, belonging to my sister's neighbour. I think he said it was a Shrike. He wore a helmet to drive it, went out for several hours, and spent half an hour or so cleaning and polishing the bodywork when he got back.

ETA: @n8zug has solved it! The vehicle is a Trike! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorized_tricycle

NeadReport,
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@HarrietMonkhouse @davidwilkins @n8zug It's a motorcycle grocery-getter that doesn't require a kickstand. I'd rather be seen on a Vespa, strapping grocery bags to the handlebars at Trader Joe's, than on that suped-up, tri-bike-a-cycle thing.

sundogplanets, to random
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I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)

NeadReport,
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@sundogplanets
If you are using Gmail, click the 3 dot menu at the top of any email you have open and choose "Create Event".
This will add the entire email to your Google Calendar as 'event details'. Then you can schedule the date and time like normal.

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