szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

Data Colada with a fascinating bit of forensics to show almost certain data fabrication: http://datacolada.org/109 One takeaway: Excel files contain a LOT of information about what's happened to your file! Which is useful for good purposes as well as nefarious ones...

Quebec has silly saints

Book purge. See the MS-DOS 5.0 one at the top? That was my first computer. I came late to the game in our family. My sister was already teaching Comp Sci when I got this. State of the art. 386. It cost thousands of $$. I got it running and then c:\ blinked at me for weeks until I figured out how to read the manual. I just flipped through the pages again. OMG it's just as obtuse today as it was then! This is why I eventually switched to #Mac #blastfromthepast #computers

My friend Geoff's 6-mile commute costs him half a penny, including parking.

Tell me again why we are subsidizing #EVs instead of #EBikes.

via @geoff_green

https://friendsofdesoto.social/@geoff_green/110564930401127822

Eine Babymeise planscht das Vogelbad leer. 🥰

#Blaumeise #Meisensucht #birds #bluetit #garden

Znajoma w okolicy jakoś daje sobie radę ze stadkiem kóz oraz paroma kucykami i owcami, ale czasami brakuje jej sił. Ktoś chętny zobaczyć, czy umie żyć na wsi? Mieszkanie, wyżywienie, wifi (światłowód), niezbyt ciężka praca, ale fizyczna. Idealna odskocznia dla osoby anarchistycznej. Za rogiem park narodowy, mokradła, komary. Jak coś pójdzie nie tajk to zadbam o transport z powrotem do miasta :)

Do I know any older folks who've been in tech for decades? I'm trying to work out how to protect my tech career from ageism over the next 25 years. I'd love to hear your perspectives.

I've been a web developer since 2000. Oxford Msc compsci. I'm really quite good at what I do, and still getting better, but I'm 40 now.

I feel ready now to reach new heights. Back in the day I had facebook cold calling me to interview with them, but I wasn't confident enough, and I'd spent too long in small, fun, companies so lacked experience in larger orgs.

I'm worried that in 10 years I'll be so obviously older and will be suffering from ageism, let alone as I reach 60+.

What can I do, now, to protect my career into my late 40s, 50s, and 60s? I'm nowhere near ready to retire early!

Everyday actions can help fight hate speech online:

💠 check facts before sharing;
💠 support those targeted by hate speech;
💠 challenge hate by sharing messages of tolerance & equality;
💠 prioritise positive content on your social media feeds.

By respecting diversity, tolerance, being aware of the freedom of speech, we can build a safer online experience.

#NoPlace4Hate #FactsMatter #NoToHate

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"Smooching Mushrooms"

(I took this picture 2019 in a field somewhere in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)

#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography

Over 1.25” of rain yesterday. During one heavy rain I looked out the back door to see this Downy Woodpecker snuggled into this nook, out of the rain.
Just a coincidence that its genus is “Dryobates". “:^)

#birds

somedays i wonder why i dont just write simple software, free of weird issues like "perforating the user"

Close to releasing the biggest update to @buttplugio Device Control APIs in the 6 year history of the library.

All I have to do is write documentation for the code I've written.

Join me this weekend as I skeet my descent into the hell of trying to explain generalized buttplug control in English.

Heather setting up the logging system on the mast from which turbulent fluxes are measured.

#ARTofMELT2023 #ArcticOcean #PolarScience

You might have heard that the company that owns Instant Pot has filed for bankruptcy. The makers of Instant Pot did something horribly wrong: they made a really good product that works very well and does not need to be replaced frequently. This means that owners of Instant Pots might only need to buy one and rarely replace it, if at all.

This is a great success from the perspective of *industry,* in Veblen’s sense, but terrible for *business.* The makers of Instant Pot failed to sufficiently sabotage their product by, say, building in intentional obsolescence. Maybe they should have used cheaper parts that wear out faster, or installed software that requires regular updates, or deliberately inserted components designed to make it fail.

But they didn’t, and so sales were stagnant. The firm that owns Instant Pot borrowed lots of money in an attempt to make a new version of Instant Pot they somehow hoped to sell to consumers of Instant Pot. It was too much; the firm did not earn enough differential profits—profits at a faster rate than its competitors—and so the firm is failing, despite the success of the product.

https://thetakeout.com/instant-pot-maker-parent-brand-file-for-bankruptcy-2023-1850534708

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