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Archnemysis

@Archnemysis@mastodon.social

Migrated off that other place after 14 years. Been here for a bit now and kind of like it. Still not sure what to put in the bio though. Primarily a lurker with a dash of replies on interesting topics. I repost / boost others frequently. To only see posts I write and not those I boost, click the setting on my profile and select Disable Reposts.

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aaron.rupar, to random

"This is called running for office" -- Trump on a hush payment to a porn star

Archnemysis,
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@aaron.rupar Bonnie and Clyde: this is called making a withdrawal

Archnemysis,
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@aaron.rupar and once again I replied to a threads post and they will never see the response

darrell73, to amateurradio
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My non-blindness physical disabilities are worsening and I have realized after an antenna incident over the weekend that I can no longer maintain my #AmateurRadio station all by myself. If anyone out here is a #HamRadio op in the West Valley of the #Phoenix area in #Arizona I'd really appreciate a DM if you're interested in helping. I'd really like to keep my station on the air. Thanks and 73.

Archnemysis,
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@darrell73 Not me personally, but a coworker soon to retire fits this bill, though in the east valley if I recall. I will ask tomorrow.

shoq, to random
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There is still something weird about Threads. The most insipid accounts get thousands of followers, and the most vapid posts get as much traction as they did on Twitter. I can’t get any traction there at all. The most pedestrian stuff I post here, Sky, or even on Twitter can get at least a respectable response. On Threads, almost nothing. Nada. Zip.

Archnemysis,
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@shoq yeah, the algorithm knows your “just political” and is going to bury your content, even to your own followers. Threads is designed to be vapid and is very successful at it.

Archnemysis, to random
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Just a reminder to my friends and enemies: please don’t thank me for my service this weekend. I am not dead yet. This weekend, in the U.S., is about those lost to war. If that makes you uncomfortable, quit voting for war mongers while you wrap yourself in the flag.

evan, (edited ) to random
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"ActivityPub servers should use IPFS as storage for public binary files like images, video, and audio."

#EvanPoll #poll

Archnemysis,
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@evan Didn’t vote as I am no where near informed enough to offer an opinion about a specific technology.

To me, the question is: Which of these should AP servers prioritize when choosing a storage method for media: Cost minimizing for hosters, resiliency of media availability, ability to eliminate illegal content I.e CSAM (host ability to delete), right to forget (poster ability to delete).

I suspect there is no technology that prioritizes all of those things.

mxk, to hiking
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Back from an amazing hike. Did the big round across the Soierngroup mountains from Signalkopf to Soiernspitze, depending on how you count it 5 summits or so.
#hiking #wandern #mittenwald #karwendel

The cross on top of Soiernspitze, with a mix of clouds and blue sky above and still some snow visible in the shaded sides of the mountains
View through rough limestone mountain sides with a bright blue lake peeking out in the distance (Walchensee)

Archnemysis,
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@mxk tip of the hat to you sir. Thanks for sharing your photos.

shoq, to random
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@jeffjarvis Not to mention the dozens of stories from the “heartland,” where the good folks at Joe’s dinner discuss all their grievances as framed by last night’s Fox News broadcast.
https://mastodon.social/deck/getting-started

Archnemysis,
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@nlpbot @shoq @jeffjarvis #ALT4you screenshot of post from Sibylle @AHaschi with images of President Biden at West Point graduation handing out diplomas and saluting graduates:
He spent 70 minutes congratulating, saluting and shaking the hand of each one of the 1,036 graduates, plus gave his speech, but it's not worth any commentary by the media.
So you know he did well.

Archnemysis,
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@nlpbot @shoq @jeffjarvis I gotta say, that is a really efficient graduation to present that many diplomas in 70 minutes. Had about that same number in my high school’s graduation class and it took over 2 hours.

Archnemysis, to random
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Donald Trump promised to free a major drug trafficker tonight. Think anyone in the media will bother to ask his bootlicker endorsers in the Fraternal Order of Police how they feel about this? Will the media even cover that Trump is promising to pardon a major drug and sex trafficker?

darnell, to random
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Girl with peanut allergy ‘thrown off flight by captain’ via @darnell (Flipboard) 📰 https://www.yahoo.com/news/girl-peanut-allergy-thrown-off-144929061.html

Archnemysis,
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@darnell @darnell That is messed up. Although I do question why the family needed to prevent everyone from eating anything that could have nuts instead of simply wearing a mask. An N95 can easily block peanut dust. We are not talking about some type of microscopic virus. Regardless, the captain was out of line.

atomicpoet, to random
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I think Activision has been just as consequential to gaming as Nintendo.

Perhaps more so, in fact. They popularized the notion of 3rd party publishing.

Archnemysis,
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@atomicpoet I’m curious, are pinball machines and their arcade game predecessors considered by the gaming community as part of the video game lineage? Or does the gaming community view the history of video games as only going back to the dawn of the computer age?

Archnemysis,
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@atomicpoet I realize this is probably a lot like asking if games are sports. But growing up with video arcades that included space invaders, asteroids, pac man, and pinball machines, they all seem to be connected to me. Video game consoles were just an evolution from PC gaming, which were an evolution from arcades.

Archnemysis,
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@atomicpoet I guess I am asking as I don’t often see people who talk about retro gaming also talk about the pre-computer era.

Green_Footballs, to random
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Going after the libertarians is a sign that Trump’s shit is getting very messy.

Archnemysis,
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@Green_Footballs The interesting thing is it gives permission for the media to cover the libertarian candidates just as much as they cover RFK. I doubt they will give them any oxygen, but it could end up undermining Trump.

StillIRise1963, to random
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“War” my ass.

Archnemysis,
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@StillIRise1963 pretty much how I feel every Memorial Day weekend. A holiday meant to remember those lost to war, and instead we use it to glorify and venerate. Somehow perpetuating that which we should be seeking to avoid.

futurebird, to random
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“We see you haven’t voted yet. Your voting record is public,” a recent mailer to Texas Republicans says. “Your neighbors are watching and will know if you miss this critical runoff election. We will notify President Trump if you don’t vote. You can’t afford to have that on your record.”

The thing about a "strong" "leader"? Eventually you'll be the one targeted when things get desperate enough. No matter how much you think you are the kind of person who wouldn't be.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-supporters-are-now-sending-threatening-letters-to-get-people-to-vote-for-him/ar-BB1mV1XP

Archnemysis,
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@futurebird you’re not wrong, but this tactic didn’t start with Trump. I don’t know when the first research came out that social pressure was a strong GOTV motivator, but 20 years ago when I was still doing campaigns the big GOTV operations were sending similar letters.

jacqueline, to random
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whenever i see a new little open hardware thing, i immediately begin the game of "are you actually a little indie guy, or are you an established company pretending to be a little guy?"

always a true delight to discover it's truly the former

Archnemysis,
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@jacqueline ooh, I play this same game, but with craft beer.

darnell, to random
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😳 Dude was filming adults and kids in the airplane ✈️ bathroom 🚽 & American Airlines initially blamed the 9 year old girl‽

👉🏾 American Airlines backtracks after blaming child for being filmed in bathroom https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/05/23/american-airlines-flight-attendant-bathroom-camera/

Archnemysis,
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@darnell seriously, if any part of your job ever involves you having to write a sentence blaming a nine-year-old for anything other than getting their hand caught in a cookie jar, reevaluate your life choices.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Who’s unhinged NOW you fucks.

Archnemysis,
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@StillIRise1963 I have been offline all day. I just read your last three tweets and am very worried.

Archnemysis,
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@StillIRise1963 just read about the SCOTUS decision. Worrisome is an understatement. These 6 justices are doing everything they can to undo all the progress of the last 70 years. Hell, some of them would prefer we go back to 200 years.

GuerillaOntologist, to drupal
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Discovered yesterday that Masto embeds do not work on our Drupal site -- as in they are not visible on the public facing page, although they appear fine in the back-end editor. Anybody here know what might be the issue? I embed other <iframe> stuff all the time and have never had this problem before. Any and all suggestions welcome.

Archnemysis,
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@GuerillaOntologist If you inspect the page do you see the embed code in the source and it is just not visible? Or is the iframe tag not even visible in the source?

Archnemysis,
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@GuerillaOntologist Interesting. This feels to me like some type of CSS issue hiding it or something blocking the Mastodon.social embed.js. I tried on a sandbox on my end and it loaded just fine. In Inspector, under Sources, do you see the source for Mastodon.social and the embed.js file loading?

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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I serve on my HOA and our President just called me and essentially cussed me out because I'm having a Q&A for people who want to run to be on the board because, in her words, "You could have just told people to come to me" and "You didnt ask for anyone else's input" despite the fact that I did and she just never responded to my email about the idea.

Archnemysis,
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@BlackAzizAnansi sounds like you are being effective.

evan, (edited ) to random
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When is it OK to change the subject in your reply to a post?

Archnemysis,
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@evan you definitely have given me something to think about. I chose often, but I think that’s because I look at the social web more like a party. Yes, it is rude to respond to someone’s statement and completely ignore what was said and start something unrelated. But part of what makes conversation happen is the ebb and flow. If I were having a conversation in real life, I wouldn’t walk away from one conversation to start talking about a different subject they might be interested in

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