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cshlan

@cshlan@dawdling.net

Over educated under achieving one time computer geek, baker, and sandwich maker now delivery driver and bookkeeper.

I also dabble with knitting patterns which are linked below.

And I'm annoyed to have lost my "Joined Nov 1, 2022" in my instance moves.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

cshlan, to gardening
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I need more garden space. Or a trellis for the cucumber. I lost both zucchinis to vine borers 😑 I have a bit of one in water in hopes it'll root.

But mostly I'm pleased! Just wish I had room for greens and eggplant.

#gardening

patrickworld, to random
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🎶 ‘We’ll all die in a YOLO submarine/a YOLO submarine/a YOLO submarine’ 🎶 https://nypost.com/2024/05/27/us-news/ohio-billionaire-plans-to-take-20m-sub-to-titanic-site-to-prove-industrys-safer-after-oceangate-implosion/

cshlan,
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@patrickworld
I feel like the "industry" was relatively safe before the implosion. It was just that one idiot not following safety standards because "disruption" or something.

cshlan,
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@reddig33
Tomatoes (especially cherry tomatoes like Juliet or Sungold), peppers, okra and black eyed peas. I learned a few summers ago why those are involved in so much Southern cooking.
@31337

mekkaokereke, to random
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If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

cshlan,
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@mekkaokereke
Maybe we should push for the US to subsidize car manufacturers like China does. We've got low end EVs they're just not low end enough.

cshlan, to random
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Random question.

I have a 10 year old computer running Win10 that I will likely have to switch to some flavor of Linux in the next year or whatever. I basically use it for 3 programs and two of them will be available no matter what OS I use.

But my tape calculator is Windows only.... And it's so good......

Is there anything like DeskCalc that runs on Linux?

Edit to fix the part about Wne: I'll probably end up going with this but would like recommendations anyway.

Boosts appreciated.

molly0xfff, (edited ) to random
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<s>Two</s> Three more questions. Please answer both!

  1. When were the "good old days" of the net?
cshlan,
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@BoydStephenSmithJr
I think she specifically meant when you think the "good old days" of the internet were.

jeffjarvis, to random
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This is damning about The Times & A.G.:
"'All these Biden people think that the problem is Peter Baker or whatever reporter they’re mad at that day,' one Times journalist said. 'It’s A.G. He’s the one who is pissed [that] Biden hasn’t done any interviews and quietly encourages all the tough reporting on his age.'"
How The New York Times Became the White House’s Least Favorite Paper https://politi.co/4b9avJs

cshlan,
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@jeffjarvis
"All the news to give us fits."

That's brilliant!

Travis County DA faces removal attempt under Texas law targeting 'rogue' prosecutors - Austin Monitor (www.austinmonitor.com)

A Travis County resident is seeking to remove progressive District Attorney José Garza from office using a 2023 Texas law aimed at limiting the discretion of locally elected prosecutors. A state district judge in Comal County on Friday appointed an attorney to represent Texas and pursue the case....

cshlan,
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@dylanmorgan
They're not for local government. They're for State run government. They're not for small government. They're for small federal government so they can control more at the state level.
@logicbomb @austin

patrickworld, to random
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What do you guys think, Corinthian leather or nah?

cshlan,
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@patrickworld
Fine Corinthian leather!

Rushkoff, to random
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So I ended up meeting the Mastodon team in New York this week. They have like three people doing the whole company. Three sweet European hacker guys.

I do want to support them, and this place. They say some people are working on a bridge between Mastodon and Bluesky, which I do think would be great for both. Though I wonder if people have noticed any changes since Threads was federated.

I'm reminded of when AOL connected to USENET in '93..and that was kinda bad for the culture.

cshlan,
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@Rushkoff
I think the migration here after Musk bought Twitter has already changed the culture a lot.

Threads isn't totally federated yet, though. We can follow them if they want but I don't know how easily they can see our replies. And I don't think they can follow accounts here, yet.

metin, (edited ) to Paranormal
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Sculpting in Blender again, after months of using only MagicaCSG.

Switching tools after a long while requires readjusting to the different 3D viewport navigation controls. But muscle memory fixes that swiftly, and I quite enjoy mesh sculpting again, after lots of modeling with SDF primitives.

Updates will follow tomorrow.

#demon #devil #horror #monster #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #art #arte #DigitalArt #3D #B3D #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon

cshlan,
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@metin
Unless you want to specifically share this with the monsterdon movie watching group, you might want to leave that hashtag off. A lot of people block it 😊

schratze, to random
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Incredible how just in a few years, the smartphone went from

"a device that's nice to have and allows you to contact people, access your calendar, play games and look up bus schedules on the go"

to

"a device you're absolutely required to own and have access to at all times because if you don't, you don't get a bank account, health insurance, public transit, or basically any online service required for enrollment in a school or an employment contract"

cshlan,
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@grishka
There's also still a government program in the US to subsidize phone plans which people constantly complain about because "having a smart phone is a luxury tax dollars shouldn't go towards."
@passenger

ckkellymartin, to random

That folks born over '70 have been exposed to Measles 'wisdom' I keep hearing is garbage. I'm born in '68 and almost everyone I know born around the same time has not had measles. If this is you get your MMR titers checked if you can.

cshlan,
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@ckkellymartin
I believe that's based on the rate of cases during those years. We were likely exposed even without catching the disease.

There's even a theory that the reason the vaccine seems to not last as long these days is because we were getting boosted by exposure to the virus until the case rate plunged once the vaccination rate was high enough.

But it's certainly not a bad idea to get titers checked or just get the vaccine again if you haven't since childhood.

kitoconnell, to random

Woops almost let myself get picked up by a rideshare driver in a Tesla. 🫣

cshlan,
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@ai6yr
It's probably faster to climb out through the front or maybe the trunk.
@kitoconnell

coffeegeek, to random
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An interesting tidbit in my research on the affogato for our early summer How To. I make a lot of reference to Starbuck's famous Frappuccino in that article. The frappuccino obliterated the affogato's position in cafes when it was introduced.

But Starbucks didn't invent the frappuccino. They bought the recipe from the fellow who did, along with his entire coffee business.

That fellow is George Howell, the father of specialty coffee on the US east coast.

https://www.today.com/food/starbucks-didn-t-invent-frappuccino-here-s-who-did-t130891

cshlan,
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@ochaos
This is reminding me of the Flamin' Hot Cheetos stories.
@coffeegeek

dangillmor, to random
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It's not just that Trump world is awash in lies, which it is. It's that they use dishonesty as a routine tactic, knowing right-wing media will amplify it (if not create it). Case in point: the Katie Britt fabrication about the Mexican drug cartel rape case. (It happened during the Bush term, not Biden's.) Listen to all of this. https://www.tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/7344090454985624862

cshlan,
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@dangillmor
Beyond when it happened, evading trafficking and cartel violence is one of the reasons many people seek asylum in the US. To use a story like this to turn voters against asylum seekers is disgusting and immoral.

CaptAntagonist, to random
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Bro what

cshlan,
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@Itty53
This is what I came to say 😂
@CaptAntagonist

mshelton, to random
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The U.S. airdropping food in regions where it displaced people from their food

cshlan,
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@mshelton
Right. The US. Because the Israeli government has no agency....
@rysiek

cshlan,
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@rysiek

I mean unless you want the US invading Israel. I guess that could happen. Would be a real shit show, though.

cshlan,
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@rysiek
Sure. But I was originally disagreeing with the idea that the US caused the starving in the first place. I put that all on Netanyahu refusing to allow aid in. And now also on the Israeli citizens physically blocking the trucks at the border crossing.

cshlan,
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@reddig33
I'm also wondering if some of them are Democrats coming back to the party because there aren't sane Republicans to try to get into the main election.
@robolemmy

vlrny, to random
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Pulling a sports bra over your head immediately after a shower. 🏅

Tired Nafissatou Thiam GIF female athlete, post sprint, leaning forward, hands on knees, breathing hard.

cshlan,
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@vlrny
I step into mine after a shower. Still easier than pulling it over my head!

cshlan,
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@helenslunch
There are way more people with money offering (or being asked for) over the advertised rent to get an apartment than there are people getting help with rent. It's fighting over apartments that's driving prices up. Not aid.
@robolemmy

cshlan,
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@helenslunch
All the less than 7500 people getting rent assistance in a market with how many apartments? That's a miniscule part of the market.

Rents increase because more people are moving here (it's gone from about 100k to nearly a million in the 30 years I've been here without much new building until the last few years) and Austin already had a tight apartment market in the 90s.
@FigMcLargeHuge

cshlan,
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@helenslunch
Show me proof it doesn't matter and I'll believe it. There has been housing subsidizing for a long time. I had a subsidized apartment back in the 90s for a while. And yet prices didn't really spike until the last couple of years. I'll grant you it's possible subsidies cause landlords to raise rents a few dollars. But not to the degree we've seen lately.

What's happening lately is tenants are expected to bid for apartments. That's what's allowing the rents to skyrocket.

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