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rbos

@rbos@mastodon.novylen.net

Administrator of novylen.net. Weekly sourdough bread baker. Servant to a barfy void cat. Linux wrangler. Space nerd. Sustainability advocate. Cishet white dude trying to be aware of (he/his) robot suit. Neoluddite. Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Birds aren't real.

"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased. Thus do we refute entropy." -- Spider Robinson

GNU Terry Pratchett.

"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love." --Carl Sagan

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msquebanh, to eggs
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2 out of my 4 #FarmEggs were #DoubleYolks 🍳

#Eggs #SupportLocalSmallFarmers #Frying #Food #Saanich

rbos,
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@msquebanh Nice! Loading up on those B vitamins.

rbos,
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@MicroWave That's cool. I got the HPV vaccine a few years back (because why not) and I'm glad to hear that it might actually be preventative. It was a "can't hurt, might help" kinda thing. Plus you don't want to spread it to other people.

atomicpoet, to random
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Okay, so something that been living rent-free in my head today: a woman I know is distraught because she’s 37-years-old and doesn’t think she’ll find a man with small toes.

And small toes are a dealbreaker for her.

But for the life of me… aren’t all toes small? I really am empathetic towards her. I just don’t understand how small a small toe is.

EDIT: Oh yeah, this ideal man has to have big feet and small toes. Size 12 and higher. But this big footed man must have small toes.

rbos,
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@atomicpoet
... wat

msquebanh, to random
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Enjoying this locally made fizzy #kombucha #drink made by #BabesHoneyFarm in #VictoriaBC - it is absolutely delicious! No bitter after taste. Very smooth & not overly sweet. You can smell & taste the lavender & citrus. I highly recommend this tasty non-alcoholic #beverage 👍

#Saanich #MadeInBC #CountryBeeHoneyFarm #SupportLocalFarms #VancouverIsland #MadeWithHoney #Honey

rbos,
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@msquebanh
Interesting, I hadn't thought to make kombucha with honey. I'm going to start doing that now!

TechConnectify, to random

Real talk time:

"Just asking questions" is a weapon. We know full-well that some people exploit it to feign innocence when deliberately throwing noise into discussions. And it works in large part because it encourages otherwise earnest discussions which then contribute to the noise.

So be careful.

rbos,
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@TechConnectify You've probably seen it, and I don't want to imply that you haven't, but some people reading this might not have - the Alt-Right Playbook is a good reference for this kind of strategy.

A good starting point that touches on the JAQ thing -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaPgDQkmqqM

RickiTarr, to random
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Tell me a silly/funny childhood story!

I'll start:

One time in Sunday School, the teacher was talking about the difference between humans and animals, and mentioned that Animals had Tails and humans didn't. I let her know this was not true, because my Dad had a tail, just in the front, instead of the back. The teacher was silent for several seconds, and tried to correct me in a church appropriate way, but I doubled down, and insisted that my little brothers also had front tails too. This got so heated that the teacher had to go get my parents to take me out of Sunday School.

rbos,
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@RickiTarr The best part is, humans CAN have tails! It's extremely rare.

Everyone has a vestigial tail in the womb that drops off, too.

arstechnica, to random
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Russia has a plan to “restore” its dominant position in the global launch market

"So we are working on the same trail blazed by Korolev."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/russia-has-a-plan-to-restore-its-dominant-position-in-the-global-launch-market/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

rbos,
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@arstechnica
Good luck doing that while burning the next generation of young minds on the fields of Ukraine.

gwynnion, to random
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The social media sites I've been on:

MASTODON: "You're not cynical enough! We're all going to boil to death because of capitalism!" or "Why don't you love Biden like I do?!"

BLUESKY: "Yeah, we're all going to die. Ho-hum."

"X": [wall of slurs and AI generated text]

FACEBOOK: "You're dead to us since you don't come here anymore."

rbos,
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@gwynnion Maybe I'm in the minority, and I do try to curate my feed, but I've found more optimism here about (eg) climate change than in most places.

We can still minimize the damage. We can prevent collapse. A lot of good progress is happening.

Doomerism only makes it harder and plays into the Bastards' hands.

atomicpoet, to random
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I’m convinced that people don’t dislike AI so much as they dislike AI + The Cloud.

Gamers have been running what is now known as “AI” on their local PCs for a long, long time. It’s partially why Nvidia has become the number one manufacturer for AI cards. Nobody batted an eye until The Cloud became the go-to manner for accessing LLMs and image generation.

And to be honest, The Cloud sucks for AI. It’s a lot of work for terrible results—often censored to fulfil corporate goals as well.

In fact, I’m convinced that all this fear-mongering over AI is an attempt to make it illegal for us to run it on our desktops.

Why, if we did that, civilization would end! It’s better to give Open AI your money so that no one haphazardly triggers the apocalypse.

rbos,
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@atomicpoet
I've been running tokenized text recognizers on my email server for like 15 years now. Longer. LLMs just sounded like the natural extension of that when I heard about them at first.

PublicKnowledgeProject, to random
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📢 A fantastic opportunity to work with Simon Fraser University -- SFU is seeking a Dean of Libraries!

Salary & Benefits: The expected base salary range for this role (exclusive of pension and benefits) is $227K - $267K CAD per year

Closing Date: April 14, 2024

Formal Interview Date: May 30-31, 2024

Expected start date: October 1, 2024

Access the full description and application here: https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/4128/university_librarian_dean_of_libraries/

@sfu @sfuscience @sfuced @sfuced @stranack @rbos @juancommander
#AcademicChatter

rbos,
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@PublicKnowledgeProject

Also, neat, I see the post on Lemmy. I didn't know you could tag like that.

@sfu @sfuscience @sfuced @stranack @juancommander

atomicpoet, to random
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Today is bloody crazy day, and I’m feeling euphoric – trying to calm down.

But basically, due to an amazing opportunity that came my way, I’m taking care of my family. 😊

The amount of freedom this affords me is second to none.

rbos,
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@atomicpoet Congratulations, whatever it is!

chris, to random
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Yesterday I asked you all to predict which mode of transportation would have the least CO2 emissions per passenger to get across the water from Vancouver Island to Vancouver. Most of you picked the Catamaran. (https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/112016093668782869)

Here are the actual numbers assuming 100% capacity. ( in kg of CO2 per person)

Big Traditional BC Ferry Car Ferry (1400ppl): 5.3
Fast Catamaran Passenger Ferry (354ppl): 11.7
Small DHC-2 Beaver Float Plane (6ppl): 9.5

More details in next reply.

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rbos,
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@DavidM_yeg

Even assuming walk-on, you have to bus to Horseshoe Bay and then bus from Nanaimo to Victoria.

bus/skytrain(downtown)+HA+walk might come out ahead of bus(Horseshoe Bay)+ferry+bus(Victoria).

Various ways you could slice it.
@stephanie @chris

notjustbikes, to random
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The latest PhilosophyTube video just came out on Nebula, and you might recognize which other Nebula creator contributed to it. 😉

https://nebula.tv/videos/philosophytube-why-we-cant-build-better-cities-ft-not-just-bikes/

rbos,
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@notjustbikes
I have been vaguely aware of PhilosophyTube for a long time but never actually watched it before. That was a truly excellent presentation and I am an instant fan. Good collaboration, and thanks.

mitchw, to random
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Clarkesworld: “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole,” by Isabel J. Kim.

Via Pluralistic — thanks! https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/

rbos,
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@mitchw I would also like to point out NK Jemisin's "The Ones Who Stay and Fight".

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-ones-who-stay-and-fight/

@pluralistic

mmasnick, to random
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I know that lots of folks here don't like Bluesky (and I understand most of the reasons why), But now that it's open, I tried to explain the reasons why I am excited about it and hope it succeeds. https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/06/bluesky-opens-up/

rbos,
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@mmasnick I'm skeptical of their survival - they have yet to engage with many of the really hard problems of moderation in a federated world, and with governance and funding as they move away from centralization.

But that said, the enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. I'll cheer them on to the extent that they don't become my enemy. :)

I wish them all the luck engaging with these problems and hope they succeed and become part of the wider federated social media space.

rbos, to random
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After an hour or so of research trying to figure out how to get a Windows install USB drive made up (with my help), my partner threw her hands up and just asked me to install Mint.

Microsoft makes it REALLY hard to install Windows these days! If it's not preinstalled, it seems like a huge hassle. Used to be you could just flash an ISO onto a CD or flash drive and you'd be good to go.

I've been spoiled at work, with WDS deployment and base images already being handled by central IT.

MelodyWainscott, to random
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I did not realize until today that @pzmyers is here on Mastodon.

Almost 12 years ago I was still extremely angry about my abusive childhood and life in Texas and so I found Dr. Myers’ email address and wrote him this, which he published.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/04/why-i-am-an-atheist-melody-wainscott/

rbos,
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@MelodyWainscott Myers was among my very first follows here, and a wonderful addition to my follow list! I wasn't into the spider posts at first, but I'm loving 'em now. American politics I can put up with in moderation. :)

@pzmyers

samwho, to random
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Does there exist a tool to "tail" signals sent between processes? You run it and it'll show you in real time signals (e.g. term, int, hup) being sent, which pid they came from, which pid they went to, etc.

rbos,
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@samwho
strace, maybe?

TodayInTwitter, to random
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Happening right now on X:

rbos,
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@TodayInTwitter what does that mean? Is someone threatening Swift?

Daojoan, to random
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Don't believe the doomers claiming RSS is dead.

RSS lives.

rbos,
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@Daojoan Yeah, it's one of those invisible technologies that underpins a lot of things. Just because something isn't making a billionaire more billions doesn't mean it's not a success.

The end goal of any technology should be to become invisible. The more attention it takes up, the less successful it is as a technology. One that is always front and centre, one that's constantly novel and interesting, is a failed tech. Good tech is fated to become BORING, eventually.

eniko, to random
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lol i'm so jaded in minecraft. i have like 5 stacks of diamonds and i have nothing to use them for. meanwhile what i'm hurting for is wood, iron, and coal

rbos,
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@eniko
Is it a server like PaperMC or Bukkit? Entity activation may come into it.

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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So what can we do to get stock prices to drop after companies conduct mass layoffs?

rbos,
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@BlackAzizAnansi In all seriousness, banning stock buybacks might go a long way toward that. Mass layoffs are often used to free up capital for buybacks.

Stock buybacks are market manipulation, IMO. Dividends already exist, and are taxed more appropriately as income.

snarkysteff, to random
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Significant weather migraine. Might be getting that big snow dump here in Victoria.

I wouldn’t mind if we did.

Later, a trek for smoked turkey legs & a couple groceries pre-storm. I don’t need much.

I’ve never used smoked turkey legs, they’re not common here. I’m excited to discover why they’re so popular in southern US communities, particularly Black chefs.

They’ll keep fine in the freezer. They’re on for 2 for 1! Love me a post-holiday turkey sale.

rbos,
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@snarkysteff Those do sound good. Never had smoked turkey legs either. I bet they'd be great shredded on sandwiches with a spicy sauce, or dumped into a stirfry, or atop rice with some soy sauce. Casseroles. Mixed into Kraft Dinner.

thetyee, to mastodon
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Post Canada's and Meta's ban on Canadian news content, sharing journalism on social media has been tough to say the least.

And yet The Tyee has seen much growth here on .

We want to see how far we can go. If you enjoy coming across Tyee stories on your Mastodon feeds, share our profile with your friends, or repost this toot, to help us get to 6,000 followers. 🐘🌟🗞

A pair of hands from the bottom right corner of the frame throws a folded newspaper — which reads "THE TYEE. News. Culture. Solutions. We put readers first!" — onto a beige surface. Another hand in the form of a thumbs-up appears enthusiastically from the left side of the frame.

rbos,
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@thetyee You guys have been a reliable source of interesting stuff in my feed. Much appreciation.

thisismissem, to random
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How's platforming nazis going for business? Oh right, about as well as expected: https://www.platformer.news/p/substack-says-it-will-remove-nazi

rbos,
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@thisismissem It's maybe too little too late, but I think maybe there's value in showing organizations that there is forgiveness if they put in the time and effort to fix the problem and atone. If this is atonement.

They have some trust to earn back, for sure.

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