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platypus

@platypus@glammr.us

Threadcovered. Pieces prayers. Builds libraries from pixels. Hopes in rotting logs & knotted vines. Hella left, hella Mennonite, hella disabled. Bury me in a bog. She/her. 🕊

dayjob: technical librarian

Ham callsign: KC3AF

Glammr.us admin team (mod).

AKA ruthbrarian on the olde site.

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hedgielib, to random
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Today's Survey Demographic Questions include:
Gender Identity
Race
Age range (decades)
Years in Libraries
Highest Degree of Ed
MLS y/n
Disability y/n
Caregiver y/n
Job Class (faculty, staff)
Library Dept type
Are a Manager y/n
Geographic Region
University Type
Faith based uni y/n
FTE students
Library FTE
Union y/n

Y'all at this point just ask my first and last name, it'd be easier.

platypus,
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@hedgielib oh my GOD. ... what's the subject of the survey?

I do sometimes find myself wishing I collected more info so i might try to know more things, but like nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nopetopus.

platypus,
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@hedgielib oh wow, that is not the direction I expected from the questions.

Like with the incorporation of disability/union/size/region/faith I was wondering if it might be about accommodations in workplaces (since I know unions can positively impact that and faith-based schools sometimes avoid rules)

jalcine, to random
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Has Brianna Wu always been bad news?

platypus,
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@jalcine Yeah, she used the platform she got from being very truly harmed in gamergate to be various levels of bad news, even before her harder righter turn the last few years

(ironically, it feels like she's oblivious to her alignment with gamergaters)

dsalo, to random
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which is the worst workplace communication app and why is it Microsoft Teams

platypus,
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@dsalo ok but their emoji are 💯

should my workplace smiles all be vaguely traumatized? yes

dsalo, to random
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Jeeeeeeeeeezus, MDPI. It's not plagiarism if it's from a thesis?

I think y'all missed the bit where it's not plagiarism if it's from YOUR OWN thesis. If it's somebody else's, it's mos def plagiarism.

https://retractionwatch.com/2024/06/03/a-disturbing-experience-postdoc-fights-to-have-work-that-plagiarized-her-thesis-retracted/

platypus,
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@dsalo even if it may not count in their "previously published" works thing, they're completely missing the "somebody else's work" portion. Like you also couldn't just reuse someone's conference presentation.

platypus, to random
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Every once in a while, I think of the choice to cast Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, whose key characteristics include being 6'5" and built like a wall.

dbs, to random
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I have to be in my office to be able to transfer files from our local VMs, so ~50GB of data is now on my work laptop ready to transfer to a hosting partner.

But our work firewall blocks port 2223, which is used by Globus transfers, so now I have to take the work laptop home to be able to transfer the data to our hosting partner.

I filed a ticket asking for the port to be opened for me, of course.

platypus,
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@dbs double sneaker net

platypus, to random
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One fascinating little thing in library automation history—we are not “big data” these days, but back then we were stretching the bounds of what commercial providers were ready and able to give us. Even our necessarily compact data was big and our expectations for simultaneous user numbers (patrons and workers) were high.

platypus, to random
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Tfw John McPhee describes time-share computer use as an early form of cloud computing. 💀

(He is entirely correct)

platypus,
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Marianne Belotti also writes about this in KILL IT WITH FIRE but I did not expect it from this book

platypus, to random
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Microsoft has announced a new (preview status) Windows "feature" to screenshot your work every few seconds. So you can look at it later.

It'll remain on device and locked to your user which... in no way makes it actually safe.

The good? news is Ars Technica reports some base technical specs you'll need to use it, so your current PC has high odds of being immune even when it's rolled out.

Also it doesn't record DRM which is the most Microsoft thing EVER.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

platypus, to random
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I love that almost every All Trails review of the place I'm going to hike today is like "got lost but it was ok."

Helps me set expectations. It's a rather small place -- really the worst case scenario for being lost if you can't also use your phone's GPS (which you can, it's got coverage) is that you just have to go find one of the boundary roads.

platypus, to random
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Me to podcaster: I’ll see you in hell!

Podcaster: tell them I sent you! with code …

platypus, to random
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At NYU in 1970, 150 protestors broke into the computer lab.

When they left 2 days later, they rigged the mainframe with improvised napalm connected to a slow-burning fuse. (two math professors disconnected it while it was burning)

platypus, to random
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Your friendly local metal show going gal has logged on! (Don’t worry, I have a mask and a backup mask for when I get there!)

Selfie, ec

platypus,
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Yoooooo

platypus,
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New nightmare unlocked: you’re in a metal band, in the middle of rocking out, and the overhead lights come on.

The crowd pretty much turned en masse toward the sound booth.

The band rocked on.

(Luckily this is the opening band but I suspect from the number of runners I’ve seen that there are some tech issues)

platypus,
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Well, Night Demon are real troopers. At the end the lead singer was like “well some nights shit comes unplugged, shit goes flying, it’s heavy metal!” And we all cheered and threw horns because they really did a great job. If I’d had my eyes closed I would’ve missed the issues.

Here’s hoping they attracted all the bad tech / other luck and Blind Guardian has smooth sailing.

platypus, to random
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I have been reading the book AUTOPSY OF A CRIME LAB and it didn’t surprise me too much that there was not any scientific data on things, but I was unsurprised and extra angry to learn that:

In 1985, the FBI convened an international symposium of scientists to set its guidance for hair matching forensics. Their report was that you cannot match hair. Hairs can at best be used to exclude someone. Like my husband’s red hairs and my brown hairs.

platypus, to random
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Just asked if someone has a portable Bluetooth speaker:

"But if you don't have one, I am capable of rigging up an extension cord, a boombox, a 3.5mm male-male cable between the boombox and an adapter for my iPhone."

Honestly, the thought makes me feel a bit tipsy with power.

platypus,
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"Why don't you get a Bluetooth speaker, Ruth?"

WELL I HAVE AN EXTENSION CORD, A BOOMBOX, A CABLE, AND AN ADAPTER.

platypus, to random
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Ultimately, students are protesting mass destruction of universities, libraries, and human lives, so it is both much higher stakes than our libraries and it makes sense that the collection is pretty much fine.

“Every individual I spoke with was there to truly protest genocide, for non-violence,” Bug said. “We were all actively discouraging any acts of destruction to the books and archives.”

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/07/portland-state-university-library-collection-largely-unscathed-despite-building-damage-protest/

platypus, to DuckDuckGo
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Ok #DuckDuckGo -- I am really curious about this one!

I searched for: david sedaris blood work

because I wanted to see if the piece was online anywhere. The result I got on both my phone's Firefox Focus and my work laptop's Firefox says "not many results contain test, search for david sedaris blood 'test'?"

but the word "test" is not anywhere in my query.

Searching for: lab blood work

does not get me this. Nor do other things I've tried.

platypus,
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@djfiander it seems like it’s constantly evolving. I boosted because of todays DDG issues

platypus,
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@djfiander 👀

platypus, to random
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Variation in the size of library staff.

platypus,
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@djfiander this is actually a legit thing! It's from the early eras of automation and reflects a concern that typing and processing setups don't just average out to that middle lady but accommodate everyone. However it's also hilarious.

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