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peterbutler

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CNET editor. Totally serious. No candy.

#Biking #Vegan #PingPong #LGBTAlly #Software #DiscGolf #IndieRock #BoardGames #JigsawPuzzles #Cats #PublicSchool #Parenting #Berkeley #Books #Writing #Horror #ScienceFiction #Sustainability #EconomicJustice #EndHomelessness #Libraries

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ascentale, to random
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@MartyCormack asks:

Q4. Most cyclists drive motor vehicles at least sometimes, and some more frequently.

How has your cycling affected the way you drive? Are you slower and more careful? Do you do anything differently when encountering cyclists on the streets?

peterbutler,
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@ascentale @MartyCormack I’ve been cycling for most of my driving life, so it’s a little hard to gauge the impact…

One thing I notice is that I often am guilty of not seeing cyclists at stop sign intersections, especially if there’s more than one, i.e. I’ll wave on one of them and totally miss the other

I always cede to cyclists if they are anywhere near the stop sign. I was hit by a car (twice) while cycling, so I am cautious to the extreme, especially opening the street-facing doors

billyjoebowers, to random
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Man, you guys were really into Winamp.

peterbutler,
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@billyjoebowers “were”?!

peterbutler,
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@benroyce @billyjoebowers @ampersine Yeah, last December they announced that the code would be open source … starting in September 2024 🤷🏼

https://about.winamp.com/press/article/winamp-open-source-code

Definitely one to watch for me. I’m long-term bullish on local-file music players, lol

Winamp on Android … doesn’t look so good

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.winamp.release&hl=en_US&gl=US

peterbutler,
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@ampersine @billyjoebowers I was only halfway joking

I still have a box running Win7 in my basement and when I use it (mostly to burn CDs), I listen to music with Winamp

I also used to listen to a lot of Muse. But not lately.

KatM, to iOS
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has gotten even worse! How is this possible, ?

Fix your shitty autocorrect! There’s no such thing at “there’re” so quit putting it into my content.

And how come I get a word suggestion as I type, I click on it, and an entirely different word is inserted that wasn’t even one of the options offered - sometimes not even an English word?!

🤯🤬😠😡😤

peterbutler,
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@KatM I just started using iPhone/iOS recently and I’m sort of amazed at how shitty it is overall 🤷🏼

peterbutler,
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@KatM Agreed that using a flip phone is looking more and more appealing. All I would really miss is the camera

peterbutler, to internet
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I’m gonna point people to this article anytime they say, “it’s not the phones” that are making our kids miserable

>> The fastest growing sector of the culture economy is distraction. Or call it scrolling or swiping or wasting time or whatever you want. But it’s not art or entertainment, just ceaseless activity.

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-of-the-culture-2024

GottaLaff, to random
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Damn. Award-winning actor Dabney Coleman -- who starred in hit movies such as Melvin and Howard, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond, and Tootsie -- has reportedly passed away at the age of 92.

He won an Emmy in 1987 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for his role Sworn to Silence, but was nominated six times. He also won a Golden Globe Award. https://local12.com/news/entertainment/report-actor-dabney-coleman-passes-away-dead-death-age-92-melvin-howard-on-golden-pond-tootsie-movies-film-television-emmy-award

peterbutler,
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@GottaLaff One of my favorite "grumpy bosses." I’ll remember him most from Buffalo Bill

SO many shows and movies

GrimmReality, (edited ) to random
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"A handful of cretinous shitsacks who fully legalized bribery in America because they hold to an ideology that insists rich, conservative people are inherently superior and should have carte blanche to rule unfettered by laws turned out to also take fuck-tons of bribes, dismissed every suggestion they account for that because those suggestions came from lowly pleb scum, and materially participated in an effort to end democracy in America" sure feels like a plot twist every last person with critical thinking skills should have seen coming.

peterbutler,
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@Frankc1450 @GrimmReality There was some reporting when the PP story first broke. These were the two major reports, but no, nothing came of it, i.e. no audits or charges of tax evasion

https://www.levernews.com/billionaire-gifts-to-thomas-generosity-or-taxable-income/

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3981587-the-potential-gift-tax-implications-of-clarence-thomas-luxury-trips/

peterbutler,
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@Frankc1450 @GrimmReality Ron Wyden tried...

https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-statement-on-clarence-thomass-forgiven-quarter-million-dollar-rv-loan

bacchus1234, to random
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https://open.substack.com/pub/friendlyatheist/p/texas-megachurch-caught-manipulating?r=3b1sh&utm_medium=ios

peterbutler,
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@bacchus1234 Using SignUpGenius for the drivers is the 👩🏼‍🍳 💋

the_etrain, to random
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Beginning to think some people aren't compatible with the internet.

peterbutler,
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@the_etrain I feel seen 🙏🏼

StillIRise1963, to random
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If anyone asks who did something, just say Mrs. Alito.

peterbutler,
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@StillIRise1963 He threw her under the bus with no hesitation! 😡

popcornreel, to golf
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Scottie Schleffler, world’s number one male golfer, after being arrested near Valhalla in Kentucky on felony second degree assault of a police officer and three other charges. He was in handcuffs, detained and released later. Is now on the golf course. #PGAChampionship #golf

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peterbutler,
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@popcornreel

>> Preliminary information indicates an officer tried to stop Scheffler from going around the detour, and Scheffler‘s car made contact with that officer. The officer was not seriously injured.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/sport/scottie-scheffler-detained/index.html

The real crime here is Louisville’s traffic infrastructure and lack of pedestrian safety protections:

"Earlier in the morning, a pedestrian had been fatally struck by a bus while trying to cross the main road leading to the course” 😢

ernie, (edited ) to random
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How I fixed Google so it doesn’t shove AI into my face anymore.

https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/

new @tedium

EDIT: Nobody cares if you use DuckDuckGo, you do you

peterbutler,
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@ernie @tedium

Great tip! (I was just writing up my own article on the same thing, lol)

Bonus tip: If you want to go further and restrict Google Search results to both web links AND the exact terms in your query (rather than synonyms or what Google thinks you mean), append “tbs=li:1” to get “verbatim” results

The shortcut would then be:

[google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14&tbs=li:1]

taylorlorenz, to random
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"Dr. King said that in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Sadly, medically vulnerable people are under no illusion that the Democrats are any kind of friend. But their silence is surely loud and clear." https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/biden-cdc-silent-as-north-carolina

peterbutler,
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@taylorlorenz Totally in line with the Biden admin’s policy to pretend that COVID doesn’t exist anymore :(

It’s shameful, and they should be ashamed. They should have actively been promoting masking this whole time

peterbutler,
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@taylorlorenz They could have even been neutral about it, but also encourage and accept it:

“My fellow Americans, you won’t be forced to wear a mask, but these masks work well to help transmission of respiratory viruses. Let’s give thanks and support to the people who are willing to wear them to protect us all, especially our friends who work 30-40 hours per week as grocery store cashiers"

2 sentences. any time. press gaggle before helicopter or AF1 😞

SteveThompson, to random
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"Even Clarence Thomas Can See That the 5th Circuit Is Just Making Up Nonsense"

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/cfpb-funding-supreme-court-clarence-thomas-fifth-circuit-nonsense.html

"The conservative justices finally sent a strong message to a rogue lower court. But the sanity might not last."

peterbutler,
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@SteveThompson My guess was Gorsuch and Alito … and I was not wrong! The absolute worst

luckytran, to random
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"lf a person refused to (unmask), that right there should cause you some sense of alarm."

NYC Mayor Eric Adams continues to encourage businesses to request customers to unmask. This is ableist, puts people's health at risk, and is NOT required by law.

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peterbutler,
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@heretical_i @luckytran Utter nonsense 🤷🏼

w7voa, to random
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NY Times: After the 2020 election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that Biden had stolen the office, many of them displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their cars and in online posts: an upside-down American flag. One of the homes flying an inverted flag during that time was the residence of SCOTUS Justice Alito. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.dA3q.762sBv-t9c_6&smid=url-share

peterbutler,
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@LilPecan @rustoleumlove @w7voa I’m aware of all the (ridiculous to me) laws, but what are the punishments … Pretty much none?

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title4/chapter1&edition=prelim

>> The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.

>> The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.

To those laws, I give the big middle finger. Is this not America. land of free speech and expression?!

peterbutler,
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@rustoleumlove @LilPecan @w7voa Yes, exactly. Not the details of the flag offense, but what the message indicates about the deep corruption of the court(s)

peterbutler, to ai
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This “AI robot” commencement address at D'Youville University is beyond dystopian

Pure nightmare fuel, complete with WWE fireworks intro

AI robot part starts around 52m (can you imagine if this were your graduation? 🤮 )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXyEXjkBvQ&t=3191s

#AI #Robots #Graduation #DYouvilleUniversity #YouTube

bikenut, to ai
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#linkedin wants my ‘expert’ opinion to feed some #ai

Nah

peterbutler,
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@bikenut I get so many of those pitches on LinkedIn. For $25/hour :blobcatmeltcry:

peterbutler, to random
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Red Lobster received a Service Mark (℠) for the term “Ultimate Endless Shrimp”

I am thinking about that a little tonight

peterbutler,
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>> "It wasn't the second helping on all-you-can-eat, but the third" that hurt profits, a Red Lobster executive said at the time to analysts.

I might never stop laughing. I loved Red Lobster as an 11 y.o. boy in Detroit

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

https://abc7.com/post/is-red-lobster-closing-2024-bankruptcy-endless-shrimp-locations/14819751/

peterbutler,
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Fill up that Red Lobster with free shrimp and 11 y.o. boys and it will be closed in 2 days

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