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inkican

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Hard SF Author. Readers call my stories 'Cory Doctorow meets James S A Corey.' I like making scifi concepts easy to understand. If you like Linda Nagata, Kim Stanley Robinson, and John Scalzi - I'd love to get to know you.

My dream is to take care of myself and be nice to people - I'm doing that by practicing to be a self-sufficient science fiction author.

#author #indieauthor #writer #scifi #futurology #technology #cyberpunk #spaceelevator #spythriller

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inkican, to scifi
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Sci-Friday – The Making of Tron – Scifi Movies - This homage to imagination and innovation is nothing short of remarkable - enjoy! - https://inkican.com/sci-friday-209-the-making-of-tron-scifi-movies/

inkican, to physics
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A decade-long effort to build a machine to unlock the promise of nuclear fusion fell victim to budget constraints and competing science, and was shut down the day it was dedicated. It was never turned on.
https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/the-mirror-fusion-test-facility/ #physics #science #chemistry #biology #astronomy #neet #space #quantumphysics #engineering #physicsfun

inkican, to apple
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Never mess with Mastodon

https://cabel.com/2024/05/16/the-forged-apple-employee-badge/

inkican, to sustainability
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Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production
https://newatlas.com/energy/natron-sodium-ion-battery-production-startt/

Mrfunkedude, to random
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I hope that your day is more productive than mine #today. The only thing I need to do is laundry. AGAIN.

inkican,
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@Mrfunkedude I'm missing a sock - should I talk to you, or is there a form I fill out?

Mrfunkedude, to random
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If you don't boost this that means you like Threads more then the Fedi.

Sorry. I don't make the rules.

inkican,
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@Mrfunkedude I strike you with the Fedi Chancla of Justice.

inkican,
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@Mrfunkedude My aim is true

Dude lasers a chancla into the camera

Mrfunkedude, (edited ) to random
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Holy shit I just looked at the calendar and realize that I turn 55 next Monday.

How the fuck did that happen?!?!

Where did I go wrong?

inkican,
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@Mrfunkedude It's okay, Grandpa - we'll get you a nice warm blanket - it's almost time for Matlock

inkican,
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@Mrfunkedude You put the petty in Perry Mason

inkican,
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@Mrfunkedude Well, not with that attitude!

GottaLaff, to random
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FYI, someone just asked me, "Could you please put a CW on those US politics posts?"

I said no sorry,, just mute me.

I don't understand CWing political posts. And that doesn't mean you need to @ me explaining why. I know THEIR reasons, I just disagree with them and won't do it.

I respect CWs for other things, but not politics. Politics is news and people need to be aware of what's happening. It's not gory or violent, it's politics.

Kthxbye.

inkican,
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@GottaLaff You can go all Miss Manners on them: "Instead of asking the world to regulate what it might allow you to see, you might try regulating yourself so that when you see something 'distasteful,' you can approach it with calm and maturity."

inkican, to writing
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Indie publications are finding success with an old-school recipe: high-quality print, a tight-knit community, and less advertising.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91114936/magazines-arent-dying-just-ask-these-indie-publishers #writing #writer #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #creativeprofessional #creativebusiness #creativebusinessowner #creative

arstechnica, to random
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Apple apologizes for ad that crushes the sum total of human artistic endeavor

An ad that isn’t about generative AI but somehow manages to be about AI anyway.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/apple-apologizes-for-ad-that-crushes-the-sum-total-of-human-artistic-endeavor/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

inkican,
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@arstechnica When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.

TerryHancock, to random
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"I have never met a professional carpenter who uses only a multi-tool to get their job done."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24152987/apple-crush-ad-piano-ipad

inkican,
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@TerryHancock When people show you who you are, believe them the first time.

mcc, to random
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Hard to imagine a signal that a website is a rugpull more intense than banning users for trying to delete their own posts

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

Like just incredible "burning the future to power the present" energy here

inkican,
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@mcc "We have met the enemy, and he is us."

arstechnica, to random
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Critical vulnerabilities in BIG-IP appliances leave big networks open to intrusion

Hackers can exploit them to gain full administrative control of internal devices.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/critical-vulnerabilities-in-big-ip-appliances-leave-big-networks-open-to-intrusion/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

inkican,
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@arstechnica OMG HaCKING the gIBson!

Sheril, to random
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FWIW I’ve never met anyone at PBS that looks like that fellow. 🤔

inkican,
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@Sheril 'The heart of Mr. Rogers - rage of Oscar the Grouch.'

hankg, to running

I did my first heavy leg day in a month, but not as heavy as the last one that I felt fo ra week. I was pretty tight yesterday morning so did an easy run but followed by lots of walking throughout the day. I'm feeling it a lot more today. Time to work out the beef jerky!

inkican,
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@hankg The foam roller is your friend.

arstechnica, to random
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No one has seen the data behind Tyson’s “climate friendly beef” claim

Millions of taxpayer dollars flow to livestock companies raising "low carbon" beef.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/no-one-has-seen-the-data-behind-tysons-climate-friendly-beef-claim/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

inkican,
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@arstechnica It means they used fewer carbon-based lifeforms in production (Translation: Layoffs)

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Well it's Wednesday.

And there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

inkican,
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@Mrfunkedude You shut your filthy mouth - I won't have that vulgar word used in my presence.

inkican, to science
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Mini ponds are 'tiny universes' of biodiversity for gardens and windowsills https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240423-how-to-make-a-mini-wildlife-pond

inkican, to random
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Know how lawsuits will force a company to change its name so they can declare bankruptcy and move everything over to a new corporation?

Yeah, it's like that.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/07/boy-scouts-of-america-name-change/73599643007/

#boyscouts #currentevents

Mrfunkedude, to random
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I woke up and chose violins.

inkican,
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@Mrfunkedude You muenster - such a cheesy joke.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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The place my daughter has been working at for over 2 years has been slowly reducing her hours to 8 a week. They even tried to split that into two days at 4 hours each.

She's never liked the job. She's always had a hard time working and dealing with the public but she's pushed herself to keep going because she doesn't like being a "quitter".

I told her to just quit. It's not worth her time and she'll be starting community college twice a week anyway this summer.

It's hard for her regardless.

inkican,
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@Mrfunkedude That's not a job, that's an abusive relationship.

inkican, to Futurology
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"One of the assumptions built into these calls is that if the tech community would just nerd harder, a solution could be somehow magically found that preserved privacy and security while letting the ‘good guys’ have access. With all respect to the valuable work that law enforcement does to protect society, it’s equally as valid to as them to just police harder." https://www.mnot.net/blog/2024/04/29/power

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