brennansv

brennansv, 24 days ago to delhi

It is amazing how neglected Meetup.com has become. I am trying to search for an event and it keeps changing the location to Verizon, NY. Is there even a place? #Meetup

brennansv, 28 days ago to OpenAI

Random thumbnail placement on YouTube too good not to share. #SamAltman #OpenAI #TRexArms

brennansv, 1 month ago to scifi

Alien was released in 1979. It is hard to believe that film was made 45 years ago. Some plot details in the movie are still so relevant today. The sci-fi styling, visual aesthetics and music also really hold up.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk #SciFi #Alien

brennansv, 1 month ago to random

Hack the Planet! https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2024/04/18.html #DNALounge #HackThePlanet #Hackers

brennansv, 1 month ago to random

Biden finally admits that bombs supplied by the US have been used by Israel to kill civilians. Tanks have already been shelling civilians who are in tents with no way to defend themselves.

“Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah” https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-bombs-us-has-paused-sending-israel-have-killed-civilians-2024-05-08/ #Gaza #Rafah

brennansv, 1 month ago to random

Watch how families keep their kids distracted from the bombings all around them in Gaza. They may not survive the night and have no way out. Just imagine if this were your family. #AllEyesOnRafah #Gaza #Rafah https://www.tiktok.com/

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brennansv, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Electronics

Weevil Eye on a breadboard.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10723 #electronics #weevileye

brennansv, 1 month ago to random

Today is a rainy day in SF. As I was waking I thought I heard rain drops, so I asked, “Alexa, is it raining?” I was expecting the usual stock weather response that I’ve been getting for years. This time Alexa simply replied, “Yes, it is raining.”

This is a first. Next I want to see how much Alexa is able to adapt to unique requests. I could ask, “Alexa, will I need an umbrella tonight?” This would requiring connecting me to my location and umbrella to rain along with time of day. The stock response has just used the address set with my Echo device and responded with the forecast for the whole day. Connecting these dots from a spoken request would truly be a big step forward. #Alexa

brennansv, 1 month ago to random

Hospitals will soon stop reporting COVID cases. So I had a look. The numbers appear quite low here in San Francisco.

https://www.sf.gov/resource/2021/covid-19-data-and-reports

The worst in the state was Orange County which also appears to be low.

https://covidactnow.org/us/california-ca/county/orange_county/?s=49873732

Is there zero risk of COVID? That will not be true anytime soon. It is still important to do self tests if you feel you have symptoms and mask up when you feel you are in an environment with greater risk of exposure. Personally I feel every environment I have been in over the past year has been relatively safe and I have not been aware of any outbreaks in my vicinity. But I continue to watch out for signs. #COVID

brennansv, 1 month ago to iPhone

Just learned these Siri commands inspired by Harry Potter from a TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/ #Siri #iphone

Lumos - turn on light
Nox - turn off light
Assio [App] - open app

brennansv, 1 month ago to mastodon

Is there any good Mastodon client? #Mastodon

brennansv, 2 months ago to random

State green lights Cupertino’s housing plan for more than 4,500 new homes

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/11/state-green-lights-cupertinos-housing-plan-for-more-than-4500-new-homes/ #YIMBY #housing

brennansv, 2 months ago to mastodon

Which Mastodon app do you use? Does it work well for you? #Mastodon

brennansv, 2 months ago to random

@drahardja 😅 https://mastodon.social/@pallenberg/112253947326204009

brennansv, 2 months ago to Redis

The whole Redis fiasco has resulted in Valkey emerging which will likely leave Redis behind with MongoDB and MySQL which were also taken over by companies which tried to monetize them. Long story short, a VC back company assumed control of the Redis project which was Open Source and promised the project creator to keep it that way, but broke that promise. It has been forked and major cloud companies are funding the fork which is called Valkey. #Redis #Valkey

brennansv, 2 months ago to random

There’s a Monster Truck event at Chase Center in August. #MonsterTrucks #HotWheels

brennansv, 2 months ago to random

One way you can help the people of Gaza right now is to simply open news stories about World Central Kitchen to drive up views. This story is now all over the news, as it should be, and this attention to the misuse of US supplied weapons to kill aid workers will put pressure on those who have ignored calls to allow more aid to reach civilians and to stop the indiscriminate attacks on civilians. #Gaza #WorldCentralKitchen

brennansv, 2 months ago to random

Dropping aid into Gaza is only necessary because the Israeli forces have blocked aid from coming in on trucks at the border despite being a violation of International law. Now Egypt and UAE are airdropping aid into Gaza after aid workers were hunted down and killed. https://sfba.social/@Sherifazuhur/112204113763920510 #Gaza

brennansv, 2 months ago to SanFrancisco

See what I see from McLaren Park in San Francisco? #SanFrancisco #McLarenPark https://maps.apple.com/?address=1100%20Mansell%20St,%20San%20Francisco,%20CA%20%2094134,%20United%20States&auid=2261637778806046636&ll=37.718590,-122.411256&lsp=9902&q=Outward%20Bound%20California%20Ropes%20Course&t=m

brennansv, 2 months ago to random

San Francisco is such a beautiful city. https://maps.apple.com/?address=Wayland%20and%20University,%20San%20Francisco,%20CA%2094134,%20United%20States&auid=2182813688698705070&ll=37.722307,-122.413391&lsp=9902&q=Louis%20Sutter%20Playground%20Picnic%20Area&t=m

brennansv, 2 months ago to random

The UN Security Council has finally passed a ceasefire resolution. The US abstained from the vote. https://apple.news/APR2MMb4ZSLi0zUcSowLLEQ #Gaza #genocide

brennansv, 2 months ago to random

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the Gaza border near Rafah and now aid trucks are moving through the border with desperately needed aid. We must begin a cease fire now. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/23/un-chief-says-blocked-gaza-aid-is-a-moral-outage-calls-for-war-to-end #Gaza #Rafah #ceasefire

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brennansv, 2 months ago to random

Over 1 million people are starving in Gaza because Israel has made it impossible to get aid to the people. Israeli forces have even fired on starving people as they approached aid trucks. These attacks on unarmed civilians are being called the flour massacres. Men who left their families to get food will not return. Nobody is stopping Netanyahu. Biden has done nothing. #gaza #famine #warcrimes #FlourMassacare

https://apple.news/A5gbeeFTZT9-moK2oIbj2mw

brennansv, 3 months ago to random

Streaming service fatigue is so real people are buying up DVD collections. https://www.theverge.com/24044151/streaming-subscription-prices-dvd-collection #DVD

brennansv, 3 months ago to random

Have you seen the package access modifier added to Swift 5.9? I could have used this a couple years back. #SwiftLang
https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0386-package-access-modifier.md