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tuban_muzuru

@tuban_muzuru@ohai.social

Old software guy, raised in France and west Africa, came back to the States,

US Army 79-83, spent four years in West Germany, (yeah I'm that old), lived off and on between Chicagoland and Quetzaltenango Guatemala. Worked back and forth between Osaka and the USA.

Kids are raised and gone. Remarried and living in western Wisconsin. Enjoy photography, writing a book about The Driftless, learning to made drone video. Life's been good to me.

Breathe in: life is going on all around you.

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Binder, to random
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My manifestation of traditional Midwestern US values is that I also don’t believe in the concept of “not w/i driving distance”.

tuban_muzuru,
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@Binder

I used to be one of those guys with the backpack in one hand and the laptop bag in the other, running like a demented lemming through the airport to catch a flight, twice a week

After 9/11 things got very bad indeed.

So I talked to my clients, asking for a per diem, hotels and meals and suchlike. The kids were old enough, I"d fly them down every so often. It was great.

But I'd drive to these destinations and just stay there, to avoid going through the airport and TSA.

GottaLaff, to random
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And thank you for playing “Republicans Eating Their Own”

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.):

“She is a horrible leader,” Tillis said of Marj Q Greene. “She is dragging our brand down. She — not the Democrats — are the biggest risk to us getting back to a majority…is “uninformed” and “a total waste of time”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4617334-gop-senator-thom-tillis-says-greene-dragging-our-brand-down/

tuban_muzuru,
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@GottaLaff

Sigh.

https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2024/1/tillis-colleagues-file-supreme-court-amicus-brief-in-support-of-former-president-donald-trump-s-appeal-of-colorado-ballot-disqualification

tuban_muzuru,
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@FrankFrank @GottaLaff

The story of Linda Lovelace is full of tragedy and abuse.

But lemme tell yez all, if DJT put up a sign in front of Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in NYC reading "The line to suck Trump's dong starts here." - every Republican east of the Mississippi would be in line.

futurebird, to random
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For an acquittal at least two or three jurors AND much of the general public in NYC would need to have serious doubts about the legal soundness of the case. It would need to start with "My client is difficult, not well liked, and he continues to refuse to admit that he had an affair but none of these things are illegal... blah blah blah"

Trump can not abide. He hamstrings his council by insisting they maintain his self-image AND keep him from being found guilty.

tuban_muzuru,
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@futurebird

The defense is playing a dangerous game, but it's their only winning strategy - well, one with any hope of scaring off guilty votes in the jury room:

TFG's vindictiveness has led him to snarl at everyone in the justice system, people who will go through their lives surrounded by security. Not the jurors.

GhostOnTheHalfShell, to random
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#audacity #askfedi

So they've posted an update, but I wanted to ask around here, because audacity had taken some problematic steps in the past.

Is it radioactive or not?

tuban_muzuru,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell

... I use Audacity a lot - but I am usually the last to hear about this-n-that. What sort of problems are we talking about here?

SallyStrange, to random
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Aww looks like the frost got some of the ants in my front walk. I'm sure the queen is fine tho

tuban_muzuru,
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@ai6yr @SallyStrange @ColesStreetPothole @futurebird

I'm all about the amazing inter-relationships of the insects and the rest of the earth's life forms.

Except one: Solenopsis invicta.

The toll they've taken on ground nesting birds is giving Homo sapiens a run for his money in terms of annihilated life forms.

My hatred for those li'l guys cannot be described in English.

reay, to animals
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May I formally introduce the newest member of our family, Radar…

#DogsOfMastodon

tuban_muzuru,
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@reay

Are you suuuuure Radar is a good boi ?

Free_Press, to news
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Trump's Silence is Deafening!

Trump says a lot by saying nothing at all - about Ukraine aid passing by a huge majority.

Trump is dancing on the head of a pin trying to stay in Putin's good graces after he failed at keeping Ukraine aid blocked.

What will Putin do to Trump?
What will Trump do for Putin?
How far down the rabbit hole will MAGA go for Putin?

WATCH TRUMP CAREFULLY!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #BreakingNews #Breaking #Trump

tuban_muzuru,
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@paninid @Free_Press @caban4

You watch Beau ? Made it over here, you gotta see this -

https://youtu.be/hNTOONmcDmM?si=CpNuSvw7sclTjyJS

Skepticat, to random
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Is this an old person thing, or does my personality no longer care?
I feel like I've turned into some sort of Mazeratti of irritability.
I go from zero to completely over it in seconds now.

Social events
The grocery
Standing in line
Dining out

If anyone is boring or annoying, or God forbid the lethal combination of boring and annoying,there's literally a hole in the door the shape of me.
And I don't even bother with the niceties half the time.
I don't know.
What do you think?

tuban_muzuru,
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@Skepticat

I've been watching myself change, over time, the metaphor of the Ship of Theseus returns, as I throw away raggedy old clothes, raggedy old thinking I've hung onto for far too long. Who am I becoming?

I hear you about the irritability - I'm no longer willing to put up with people's bullshit - even my own bullshit.

I have to be careful, for the elderly fall into the traps of sarcasm, which is like vinegar, or cynicism, which is so often the voice of disappointed idealism.

tuban_muzuru, to random
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lovelylovely, to random
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Confederate racist month 2024.

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

heritage month my ass......👇

image/jpeg

tuban_muzuru,
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@lovelylovely

There are days.... nights, too... when being White can be a goddamn Chore.

Embarrassing.

tuban_muzuru,
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@shuttersparks @lovelylovely

... looking at that half baked lump of bread dough, Tate Reeves --

Fremdschämen

Mrfunkedude, to random
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I wonder if this “sex“ thing will ever catch on?

tuban_muzuru,
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@Mrfunkedude

It seems to be some sort of conspiracy to get stupid persons to reproduce.

mcc, to random
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And now for what feels like the millionth time in my career with computers I type into google "useradd adduser difference"

tuban_muzuru,
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@mcc

Gack! Is it... Scott McNealy?

Cassandra, to random
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My partner has confirmed he would prefer I not answer the phone rather than answering just to say I can’t talk.

I’m happy to comply. I usually feel slightly chastised when someone answers to say “I’m busy right now.”

(I was already talking on the phone, explaining “safe foods” to a friend.)

tuban_muzuru,
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@Cassandra

So few situations require a voice call anymore - I often start a phone conversation: "Hi. Am I interrupting anything?"

dannotdaniel, to HashtagGames
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Make sure to keep your CYBERTRUCK in the garage because it cannot handle RAIN but especially THE LAUGHTER of CHILDREN

#RejectedCybertruckNames
#HashtagGames

tuban_muzuru,
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@dannotdaniel

I've been saying the Cybertruck looks like a vehicle drawing done by a seven year old boy with the assistance of a ruler.

ianRobinson, to music
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An Ars Technica article about that Udio GenAI music creator I posted about yesterday.

New AI music generator Udio synthesizes realistic music on demand.

But it still needs trial and error to generate high-quality results.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/new-ai-music-generator-udio-synthesizes-realistic-music-on-demand/

#GenAI #Music #Udio

tuban_muzuru,
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@ianRobinson

I've been playing around with it. Asked it for an SATB choir arrangement in G flat. It gave me two versions, both of which seldom drifted far from the tonic and did not understand harmonic resolution...

Verdict: this Udio is not ready for prime time.

aeva, to random
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I'm becoming increasingly convinced that it is inappropriate for bug trackers to be used as high level project management tools and vice versa.

tuban_muzuru,
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@aeva @paninid

The only part of Agile / Scrum which made much sense to me was the 15 minute standup.

I'm not sayng Agile is bullshit, but I've never seen it work. Well, I suppose it /could/ work, if all team members were effing geniuses, the budget was endless and the clients were endlessly toleratant of a no-spec deliverable.

grimalkina, to random
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Some metascience thoughts as we share our latest preprint.

Social science and the health sciences have so much to bring to help software teams, not just on the individual level but on the systemic organizational level. Not just in our "caring topics" but in our radical centering of human experience as a technical craft, our empirical methods.

There is an underinvestment in developer experience not just categorically, but within the topic itself

(Preprint here:
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/8k5a4 )

tuban_muzuru,
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@grimalkina

Having done a zillion code reviews, I can understand, in some fashion, the anxiety of finding problems at code review time.

I would say, remove the anxiety from the process by making it mandatory - just find someone on the team you feel could do a good job.

One on one is far better. Build up unit tests around what's found in code reviews.

evan, (edited ) to random
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I'm sort of interested in "Civil War", but I'm a lot more interested in the idea of nonviolent revolution in the USA; that is, a discontinuous change in the rules of government based on popular demonstrations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_revolution?wprov=sfla1

tuban_muzuru,
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@evan

"Feedback Loops"

-the important loops were created by Citizens United case....

jwz, to random
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Just explained to a kid at the bar why self driving cars will never work by making him fold a napkin in half as many times as he could. He got to 7. "Ok, you only need to do that 34 more times until it reaches the moon."

I will be your drunken anticapitalist science educator for the evening.

tuban_muzuru,
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@camerondotca @jwz

Who repairs these publicly owned vehicles?

tuban_muzuru,
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@jwz @camerondotca

paninid, to random
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WTAF does the phrase “reflexively liberal” actually mean?

Words are supposed to mean things, especially when used by journalists.

#BeBetter #NPR

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ericdeggans_many-things-wrong-wterrible-berliner-column-activity-7183836730439946240-zCUZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

tuban_muzuru,
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@paninid

After a big round goes off, the danger isn't over. In fact, it's why the military helmet was invented: big ol' chunks keep falling for a long time and the incautious are killed thereby.

By "reflexively liberal", progressives and other non-insane people are tired of writing anything which might convey gravitas or even sanity to the MAGA people. Yes, it's a knee jerk reaction, it's a bullshit allergy. NPR news may not always be to my liking, but it's believable.

Garwboy, to random
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"If you're under 25 your brain isn't fully developed, so you can't be trusted to make informed decisions"

I'm seeing this a LOT lately, especially today with the Cass Review fallout. And it's utter guff, based on hearsay, misunderstandings of neuroscience, or wilful ignorance.

Why? I'll tell you why

/1

tuban_muzuru,
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@Garwboy

I took my little kids (before teen yearz ) into the living room and closed the door and said I had a huge secret to tell them:

Everything about raising kids is bullshit. I put on a video of an F/A-18 Hornet being launched off a carrier.

"See that blast shield? That little pin in the front wheel? That aircraft is at full thrust. That aircraft is you."

You are supposed to rebel, to push hard, to become an adult. I know. I was once your age.

Keep pushing. I'm pulling."

Gina, to fediverse
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🇫🇷 Frenchies of the , quick question!! 🇫🇷

What is up with the region of Languedoc-Roussillon and why do I see entire wine estates for the price of a parking spot in Amsterdam for sale?!

https://www.french-property.com/sale-property/360-3516#&gid=1&pid=2

tuban_muzuru,
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@Gina

Heh! It's nice, imagining. I've dealt with restoration of old buildings - plan on paying three times for the property.

First, the ongoing upkeep - if you have to do a roof, move your number up to pay-four-times.

Second, the cost of labor. In France, this is a soap opera of its own.

There are teams now scouring Italy and France for this sort of joint, ten bedrooms, old estate, not too far from town.

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