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swart

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Retired software engineer, formerly enthusiastic about all things computer, but now less so. Climate alarmist. Friend of old dogs, lifelong learner of new tricks.

North Vancouver 🇨🇦

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ai6yr, to Netflix
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The Verge: Netflix will stop working on older Apple TVs https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/4/24171111/netflix-stop-support-old-apple-tv-2nd-3rd-generation #netflix

swart,
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@ai6yr I’ve been working in tech for 35 years, developed for Apple for almost 20 years, and I have no idea what version of Apple TV I own

swart,
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@ai6yr also I still hold the remote upside down 50% of the time

swart,
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@sysop408 yes it seems random to me whether it will work or not, but nobody likes it when you pay cash anymore :)

paninid, to mastodon
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screenshots are showing up in news feeds, y’all 🥲

swart,
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@paninid sorry this is where I steal all my memes now

ai6yr, to random
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Yes, yes, we've reached the dumbularity, where the intelligence of technology has advanced to such a great level, people don't know their own phone number.
https://mashable.com/article/what-is-my-phone-number

swart,
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@ai6yr ah but do you know your ip address 😂

futurebird, to random
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Do you like parasites? Or dislike them but can't stop learning about them? The worst ones are in the sea. Makes all of the parasitoid wasp stuff seem tame! There are worse fates than being paralyzed and fed to a hungry larvae who eats your organs selectively so you live longer.

Here is a great video. It is very gross. But it's cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qZQ2wcQY3o

swart,
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@futurebird parasitoidism is not the same as parasitism. In this essay I will ….

ai6yr, to Canada
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PBS: A wildfire forces out hundreds of residents in Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-wildfire-forces-out-hundreds-of-residents-in-canadas-oil-sands-hub-of-fort-mcmurray #canada #wildfires #oilsands #climate #climateemergency

swart,
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@ai6yr John Vaillant’s Fire Weather is an absolute must read. It’s about a lot more than the 2016 fire in Fort McMurray — it’s about the reality of the climate most of us will be living in for the rest of our lives

https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/vancouver-authors-fire-weather-pulitzer-prize-finalist

swart, to random
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TIL the default Emacs calendar can
display the names of the months as they were used in Revolutionary France.

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