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LoneLocust

@LoneLocust@mastodon.social

I am a retired government CIO. #Podcast host (Fusion Patrol.) Married, 25 years, kids at university. Citizen #Potawatomi Nation member. #Ebike enthusiast. #Atheist. SciFi & Tokusatsu Fan (Trek, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Babylon 5, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and many more.). Love a good crossword or #KillerSudoku. Recently published app in iOS App Store (Killer Sudoku Aide.) Probably other stuff but I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

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rebeccawatson, to random
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in your FACE people who very kindly and accurately told me this would be an incredibly painful undertaking
https://mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson/112436105096260237

LoneLocust,
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@rebeccawatson How long did it take?

LoneLocust,
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@rebeccawatson Not bad at all! 👍🏻

LoneLocust, to random
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“I pledge to use and internalize the Metric System in my own life wherever possible, so long as it does not impact safety. Further, I will not make it easy for others to cling to outdated measurement systems.”

— The Metric Pledge

LoneLocust, to random
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Oh, Taiwan…
https://mastodonapp.uk/@foreignersintw/112461569466111503

LoneLocust, to random
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Watched #Argylle last night. Can understand why it may have underperformed with theatre audiences and critics. Not unenjoyable, but a bit of a hot mess, structurally.

Genuinely surprised that the trailers didn’t give away everything.

I’ll maintain that it’s too damned long for a theatre viewing, and the wrong TYPE of movie. Should have been a 90-minute light comedy/action/romance romp. Not a 2.5 hour ramble.

jeffjarvis, to random
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It is not news to report that airlines suck. What is amazing is how hard they work to find new ways to suck.
https://viewfromthewing.com/run-to-your-gate-lose-your-seat-two-new-american-airlines-policies-leave-passengers-stranded/

LoneLocust,
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@jeffjarvis @kerim Soon, AI will make it even easier for them to find new ways to suck.

Techaltar, to random
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People who use Apple's memojis or similar as profile pictures: I totally get that it's mostly anonymous while still somewhat personal, but ... do you find there is recognizability in it? My brain just subconsciously recognizes it as a memoji but then doesn't bother to look for any features. I never actually remember or recognize them. Is that just me?

LoneLocust,
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@Techaltar people waste time giving two seconds thought to avatars?

LoneLocust,
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@Techaltar It wasn’t meant as snarky, if it came off that way. Your question caught me off guard, I’d just never actually gave anyone else’s facial avatars any thought. Especially not recognizability.

LoneLocust,
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@Techaltar Well, I do have “resting snark voice.” ;-)

LoneLocust, to Phoenix
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So, Weee! (https://www.sayweee.com/en) is an Asian grocery delivery service. (Probably not very carbon-friendly.) They deliver a lot of goods difficult, if not impossible to find in , but they also (apparently) listen.

I ordered Chashu from them a while back but, being frozen, large, and uncut it was problematic if you’re just making a single bowl of ramen.

1/?

LoneLocust,
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I left a review of the chashu and pointed out how inconvenient the packaging was and, now, they’re selling it in smaller, pre-sliced packaging. Full marks.

2/2

LoneLocust, to random
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I woke up this morning to this alert on my phone.

My first words uttered this morning were, “Go home, Siri, you’re drunk.”

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LoneLocust,
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However, stepping outside I found spittle on the sidewalk, and a lone, desultory cloud in the sky, weeping gently.

Better stay off the roads today. THIS is enough rain to cause drivers to run off the road.

2/2

A single gray cloud in the sky.

LoneLocust,
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Follow up on the rain in story: I turned on the TV to watch todays IPL match (sorry, that’s “Tata IPL 2024” match) and found out they’re getting rain-delayed in Hyderabad. (Is it raining EVERYWHERE today?!)

LoneLocust,
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@Ertain The emergency vehicle sirens have been happening every 5-10 minutes all morning.

It is almost inconceivable to a non-Phoenician how awful the drivers get with even that little amount of rain.

LoneLocust, to Taiwan
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Many details to square away, but No. 1 Offspring, having completed their university degree, and with no immediate prospects for gainful employment beyond McDonald’s, has opted to go live with their grandparents in for up to a year and participate in the government-endorsed (?) Mandarin language learning program.

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LoneLocust,
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At age 4 on a 3-month visit to , No. 1 was in a preschool program and, after a couple weeks switched to speaking Mandarin like a light switch was flicked on.

That has long since faded away through disuse, but I suspect, it might come back under immersion conditions with instruction.

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LoneLocust,
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In any case, my wife was planning a two-week trip to in October to visit her parents and now, it seems, No. 1 as well.

I guess that means I’m going, too. I haven’t been there since 2019.

3/3

LoneLocust, to DoctorWho
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My son came into the room a few minutes ago and said, “You know what we should do? We should watch an episode of from back when it was good.”

probably wouldn’t be happy to hear that.

LoneLocust, to Taiwan
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TSMC plant in north Phoenix: Fire units responding to hazmat call.

#TSMC #Taiwan #Phoenix https://archive.is/2024.05.16-005612/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2024/05/15/hazardous-materials-call-at-tsmc-plant-in-north-phoenix/73707664007/

forkevinssake, to random

“There is undeniably an impression out there that [COVID-19] is no longer a major threat to human health. I think it’s largely driven by opinion and an emotional itch to move beyond the pandemic, to put it all behind us. We want to believe that it’s like the flu, and we did — until we saw the data.”

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-05-15/covid-19-remains-deadlier-than-the-flu

LoneLocust,
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@forkevinssake @simonwood I just hope H5N1 isn’t standing in the wings going, “hold my beer.”

LoneLocust, to random
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The patio reads 60.5°C
The cool deck around the pool reads 40.2°C
The pool water reads 30.9°C

Yep… summer is coming.

LoneLocust, to random
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Took the kids to #RoundOne #SpoCha today. It was alright. Spent a fair amount of time in the batting cages.

Don’t think I’ve swung a baseball bat since… 1978?

I think I’m going to hurt tomorrow.

LoneLocust, to random
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Time for a reboot of #Airwolf https://mastodon.social/@verge/112446603299892761

realtegan, to random
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For Americans looking at people posting in Celsius temperatures: don't try to convert, just remember this...

Zero is freezing,
Ten is not.
Twenty is warm and
Thirty is hot
(And forty is DAMNED hot)

LoneLocust,
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@realtegan Thank You! I’ve been arguing this for years! No American thinks twice about 2-liter soda bottles and never converts them in their head… they just use them.

Temperature is the same. Just use it.

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