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johnefrancis

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Independent #Softitute #Java #developer #architect since 1997 #Bitcoin. He/Him/His. Married to a lovely lady. #fedi24 #ottawa #cats #dogs #fishing #hunting #onpoli #cdnpoli #ottawa #barrhaven #aquarium #geology #onstorm #antifascist #antihate #gardening #MMT #canada #NoWarButClassWar

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GeekSusie, to random
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Sámal Joensen-Mikines, Ships Depart on a Spring Day, 1937-1938

johnefrancis,
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@GeekSusie I guess she's not going because she gets seasick just being on land next to the sea.

johnefrancis, to random
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Staggering around Rib'n'Poutine fest covered in BBQ sauce and gravy is no way to go through life son.

mikaeleiman, to programming
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Recruiter wants me to describe what the position entails, and give at least three examples. I come up with:

  • development
  • debuggning
  • … isn't that all we do?

johnefrancis,
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@mikaeleiman put down "consensually massaging the synergies"

johnefrancis, to gardening
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Sorted out the . Drip tape leaks fixed. A few weeds pulled. Ground cloths adjusted to cover a few bare patches. About 10 tomato plants from a neighbor put in. Mine need a few more days to grow inside under the lights.

Opened a corner of the tarp and turned that and put in 10 potato plants.

Some tomatillo and eggplant still germinating or sprouted under the lights.

Ate a few asparagus a while ago. Year 2 for them so I will leave them to get stronger.

johnefrancis,
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I have about 1kg of mammoth sunflower seeds saved from last year. I want to plant a wall of them, but I have to figure out how to protect them from vermin until they reach 2ft and toughen up.

johnefrancis,
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@Dogsbody someone on a bike could look at them and enjoy them

johnefrancis, to ontario
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If you thought the idiots and enforcement on roads were bad, you should see the ones on the water.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/3-dead-5-injured-in-evening-boat-collision-on-lake-north-of-kingston-1.7208950

johnefrancis,
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@MichaelPorter a municipality can ask for a VOR...an official Transport Canada restriction on vessels. Not sure if that's what they are doing in Quebec. They also sometimes set the ramp fees as $1500 but free for cottage members...I don't like that...lakes are for everyone.

YOW_Weather, to Ottawa
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With a forecast high of 31°C, tomorrow could be #Ottawa's hottest day so far this year. #YowWx #OttWeather

johnefrancis,
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@YOW_Weather do you'll think we break the suspiciously-round 100F barrier this year?

johnefrancis, to animals
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The beautiful Rideau at night when your drunk and smoking a cigar with a #dogsofmastodon

ajroach42, to random
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Lightning just struck about 12 feet from me. That was scary.

johnefrancis,
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@ajroach42 be careful. You don't want to get hit and end up with a permanent white streak of hair down the middle of your head.

ottaross, to random
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A first brew-pub, outdoor, snacky supper of the season. Pretty perfect temperature, and a tasty bowl of nuts with the craft beer.

johnefrancis,
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@ottaross I remember a wicked hangover after a night of beer and olives for dinner and not much else. Hopefully the nuts help.

thomasfuchs, to random
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“In Toronto, the percentage of seven-year-olds fully vaccinated for measles dropped from 80.2 per cent in the 2019-2020 school year to 38.9 per cent in the 2021-2022 school year.”

It’s child abuse not to vaccinate your children and yourself against deadly diseases.

https://www.cp24.com/news/child-under-5-dies-of-measles-in-ontario-pho-1.6890989

johnefrancis,
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@thomasfuchs conservatism, putting the "me" in measles since the 90s

ottaross, to random
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Intending to start some yard work shortly, hoping it would be a truncated session halted by impending rain, but just looking at the weather radar, it appears rather devoid of any easy escape.

My only hope is some spontaneous pop-ups late afternoon.

johnefrancis,
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@ottaross back to the blazing fields for you!

johnefrancis, to random
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First swim of the year in the Rideau. Pretty warm for May 18.

Beiz, to random
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A lot of fish died shortly after water change. Something's wrong with my well water. Not sure what I want to do now. But it really sucks the joy out of things.

johnefrancis,
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@Beiz ☹️ sorry about your fish. I'm also on a well and bought a small RO system and many problems went away for the aquarium and houseplants too. I add minerals and alkalinity to the RO water.

Not many things like water that's been through the softener. My unsoftened well water has a lot of iron and makes algae go crazy.

johnefrancis,
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@Beiz mine comes out slightly acidic after an air-injection iron-sulphur filter. I use some GH and KH additions to the RO and it keeps everything happy, snails can grow shells and eat slime.

npilon, to random
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Expect another delightful year of national horserace reporters asking “well you said you’re not going to fund anything else does that mean you’ll cut (popular program)?” and PP refusing to comment, and it getting reported as “CPC won’t cut (popular program)”.

From: @gemelliz
https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz/112457507840217475

johnefrancis,
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@npilon huffing rwnj vibes is the new KoolAid

johnefrancis, to random
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I think we finished e5 of Three-body Problem last night and it did not disappoint. At the conclusion of every episode, the state of the plot is completely different, and it's entirely unclear how it will move forward in the next episode.

NuanceRhymesWithOrange, to Canada
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Latest issue of the Batshit Gazette. Commies everywhere! Even under your bed! ESPECIALLY under your bed!

johnefrancis,
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@NuanceRhymesWithOrange it's nice up there this time of year.

MikeImBack, to random
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2% inflation in Canada is pretty damn good when Argentina is at %289

#CdnPoli

johnefrancis,
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@MikeImBack never take out a lot of loans in a currency you can't print.

To me, it's a great example of decades of political can-kicking.

"I can't deal with this balance-of-payments and fundamental economic crisis now! I have an election to win! I'll just roll over debt and borrow more USD until...."

johnefrancis,
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@MikeImBack Canada doesn't take out significant loans in foreign currency.

When I read about the Argentine economy...I'm still confused how they entered the trap. They should've just defaulted on that debt decades ago and moved on. Tell the IMF to fuck off, default and nobody will remember in 2 years. That's what other countries do.

In the 60s...the US was still pretending they were on the gold standard. Part of that unravelling was Canada floating CAD vs USD...

johnefrancis, to random
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PP going on an anti public service rant this morning, among other lies, claiming that the public service doesn't do anything more than it did in 2015.

Canada's population has grown by 15%.

Core inflation over that period is 28%.

The feds now run public dental, daycare, and pharmacare programs.

They built a $40B pipeline for Alberta.

They spent 3 years bailing out conservative commercial landlords during the pandemic.

Every dollar spent went into the private sector.

johnefrancis,
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@npilon I think he's a kleptocrat, not a secessionist. Wants what to secede from what? Citizens from government? All the provinces from the federation? AB to USA?

johnefrancis,
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@npilon I don't think secession is too popular in the west, it makes their tar export goals worse. They already want tons of immigrants for cheap tar extraction labour. They already do tons of dumb hateful stuff and the feds let them. AB has a great ally in QC francofascists.

AB separation is a talking point to help sell national kleptocracy.

TheConversationUS, to Health
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Another mRNA win:

Scientists have developed a cancer vaccine that can deliver treatments more effectively in people who have brain cancer and teach their immune systems to fight back. They’ve tested it successfully in four people now, and are moving on to more testing.

https://theconversation.com/brain-cancer-in-children-is-notoriously-hard-to-treat-a-new-mrna-cancer-vaccine-triggers-an-attack-from-within-228666

johnefrancis,
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@TheConversationUS *antivaxxers ineligible

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