szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

Why is my orchid so covered in flies?

They're not moving around trying to get pollen or nectar, just sitting motionless.

Did you play in a band in high-school?

Were your parents in a band in highschool or college? Did they know people in bands?

I wanna hear the cassettes those bands recorded in their basement, or the see the VHS tapes they have of the time they played a show in the highschool gym or whatever.

I'm working on a documentary about the history of independent music and local music, and I need examples and interview subjects from the last 75 years.

Ok, look: I know it feels bad being "accused" of #mansplaining. I know that most of the time we're "just trying to be helpful." I've been on both sides of this.

Here's the thing — if the person you're trying to be helpful to tells you that you are not being helpful, that's that. Accept it, apologize, and move on. 👈

Trying to "explain" and "clarify" will only make you look more like a jerk. Just don't. ✋

Instead, you can go and (re)read this stellar piece of advice:
https://anotherangrywoman.com/2023/01/18/how-to-give-advice-on-the-internet-without-being-an-utter-menace/ 👀

Wanna learn more about Soviet bone #music? (My avatar is an example of it) Read this (via excellent Music Journalism Insider newsletter): https://foxdan.substack.com/p/issue-19-bone-music

Zoom's terms of service now include training GenAI with no ability to opt out

Check section 10.2 Service Generated Data; Consent to Use.

https://explore.zoom.us/en/terms/

@HRandbusiness @pluralistic

Slightly related, Google+ had a requirement for using your real name. I of course didn't want to, I was using 'Jason Gutentug' and they banned me, but after getting about 40-60 people to say it was my real name, they accepted it.

Point being, even if they require real names, trust me, people will always find a way to trick the system.

Forcing your computer to rat you out. ‘Zuckerberg insists that anyone who wanted to use a pseudonym online is "two-faced," engaged in dishonest social behavior. …Zuckerberg…claims that forcing people to use their own names is a way to ensure civility… From the very beginning, social scientists…told Zuckerberg that he was wrong. …a Real Names Policy affects different people differently.’ | Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/02/self-incrimination/ @pluralistic

I’ve worked with many kids who genuinely didn’t understand what was happening when adults were kind to them because of their home lives, so it’s no exaggerating to say that your kind words might be some of the first someone has ever heard. Lots of kindness-starved people out there, especially kids.

HER: What's your cell plan?”

ME: Bodily decay over decades until inevitable mortal collapse. You?

HER: ... V-Verizon.

I am in some bizarre multi verse. No line for the ladies room at citizens bank park. Huge line for men

Zima kilka lat temu, nie pamiętam dokładnie. Poszliśmy zwiedzać stację towarową Łódź-Olechów (to olbrzymi terminal kontenerowy, położony na południowym wschodzie Łodzi). W ramach atrakcji można było też zwiedzić jedną z hal i obejrzeć świeżo wyremontowaną lokomotywę SM31-143 (na zdjęciu). Można było wejść do kabiny, z czego skorzystałem.

Jakie wrażenia? Otóż maszynista nie widzi NIC na odcinku mniejszym niż kilkaset metrów. Z krótszego końca (bo lokomotywa ma kabinę umieszczoną asymetrycznie, bliżej jednego końca niż drugiego) to jeszcze jak cię mogę, ale gdy patrzy się przez to małe okienko na "dłuższy" koniec... zapomnijcie o czymkolwiek. Widać tylko semafory.

I warto o tym pamiętać, gdy zechcemy się pchać na tory przed taką lokomotywę. To nic, że jedzie wolno, bo akurat ciągnie jakieś ciężkie wagony. Maszynista po prostu nie ma szans Was zobaczyć. #kolej #lokomotywa #sm31

Blog posting below is by a client who hired me to challenge an overbroad patent covering his community's open source (GPL) 3D printing device.
A client's perspective on the process (and how often people are offered the most expensive alternative, or not to even try).
There are some larger lessons here that I'm going to write on in a bit, after the patent office process is officially complete.

H/T to Alex Moss @ Public Interest Patent Law Institute for the referral.
https://torbjornludvigsen.com/blog/2023/#patent_1

Thank you all who sent me sweet messages when beloved Drake died in early June. It was a very rough time for me. But after the Buddhist 49-day mourning period was over, my need to become a dad again for the unfortunate grew strong.
Here, meet Kengo. A mutt, estimated to be 6-7 years old, spent 8 months in a shelter, put on the death row, a rescue group pulled him out in time. I hope he and I will have a happy next chapter together. #rescuedogs #dogs #DogsOfMastodon #photography #FujiFilm

Tech question. My 12-year-old Canon Pixma MP990 printer-scanner is still going strong. Both functions work fine with a 2015 iMac running Monterey, but I'm about to shift to an M2 MacBook Air. Could never persuade the MP990 to print over wifi, but it has an ethernet port and an old mini USB port, so an adapter should hook it up.

Software-wise, I probably downloaded a 3rd-party driver years ago after Canon support stopped. Any thoughts on whether this set-up will still run? System report in pic

if you just started getting comfortable with the command line in the last year or three — what helped you?

(no need to reply if you don’t remember, or if you’ve been using the command line comfortably for 20 years — this question isn’t for you :) )

Good morning! Meet my new friend. Doesn’t she have the most beautiful speckled nose?

Guten Morgen! Was war gestern schön was hat euch gefreut? Es sind die kleinen Dinge die zählen. Wenn ihr mögt, lasst eure #diekleinendinge hier.

Hier: Der Parasol ist aktuell sehr häufig zu finden. Die Hüte schmecken köstlich. Falls ihr einen findet, trocknet den Stiel und macht Pilzpulver, ein fantastisches Gewürz. Achtung, der Parasol wird immer wieder mit giftigen Pilzen verwechselt. Sammelt nur was ihr sicher kennt!
#fungi #speisepilz #Biodiversität #Macrolepiota #naturefoto

Istoty na tym świecie mają różne przeznaczenie. Mój kot dziś najwyraźniej prosi się zostać mufką.
Dziś jest demonem zła i zniszczenia. Dodatkowo trenerem cierpliwości.