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Weanerdog

@Weanerdog@c.im

Seeker of the truth. Amateur philosopher. Play games do stuff.

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ainmosni, (edited ) to fediverse
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So, I have the feeling that the is a very left-wing dominated space. Let's see if that feeling is correct.

Please boost for reach.

I consider myself:

Weanerdog,
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@ainmosni

Lawful neutral

RickiTarr, to random
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My hacker name is KillSwitch, what is yours?

Weanerdog,
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@RickiTarr

Mine's Redacted

Weanerdog, to random
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I have selective short term memory loss go to the third paragraph.

So I have recently let's say April gone for electro convulsion therapy. I have treatment resistant depression and anxiety disorder. And I have tried all medications that I think I possibly could. I've tried hero shroom doses more than once. Nothing was working so off to hospital for the ECT. Okay background over.

So this has caused me considerable memory loss. Done fuck all for the depression and anxiety but the memory loss is bad. Apparently it is a side effect that always happens but to varying degrees and the memories eventually return. I have broken memories for at least 6 months before the operation. Certain things I just can't remember, others I remember in promoting, but for example I went to a dermatologist in January and I remember leaving the office and there was a guy washing our car. I remember that interaction. He did a really good job. I have no memory of the doctor or the surgery, but I do remember that the one but of skin I was concerned about is merely a skin tag. (Wow this is getting long).

I haven't turned in my computer since before I went to hospital day early April. And do I did it this week and downloaded all the updates etc. And then I find Ubuntu on my windows drive. I am totally confused. I know I was planning on installing mint in a new sdd drive that I installed before going to hospital. Still need to designate the drive as a boot drive. But Ubuntu. Like why where how. Anyway today I googled Ubuntu on Windows and it mentioned WSL. But I have no idea what I was using it for.

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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You get to sentence Trump for falsifying documents in an attempt to hide his affair during a presidential election. Which is sentence is fair?

Normally first offenders do not serve any time for this crime. But those same first offenders normally plead out, and this may be why their sentences are light.

Weanerdog,
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@futurebird

I'm not in the US.

But I think he will probably get 12 months probation. No jail time.

I would like for him to get 4 years jail time. Maybe with the possibility of house arrest after 2 years served.

But I would also like all appointments to state positions like Supreme court for example to be inspected and any person not qualified/suitable for the position to be removed and replaced in a fair manner.

Any and all laws signed by Trump during his presidency to be reviewed and if found to be an issue to be withdrawn.

So that anything bad that resulted from his presidency, that was won through fraud, be reversed.

I also think that as the fraud was directly done to open the way for him to be a candidate, that he should be barred from running for any public office for at least as long as his sentence is.

dgar, to random
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Me: My doctor said I could touch myself whenever I wanted.

Them: No, they said that you could have a stroke at any time!

Weanerdog,
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@dgar

I snort laughed.

RickiTarr, to random
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These dudes are saying they can't believe women would choose the bear, and then threaten Assault and Violence on women for choosing said bear.

Weanerdog,
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@RickiTarr

I must be honest, I find the man versus bear thought experiment to be a bad comparison. I feel this way because the men that should be taking note will never understand. I think woman have overestimated the logical prowess of many men in this.

Sorry for the mansplaining.

samuteki, to random
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The reason a Black Mastodon needs to exist is because White people have proven countless times to be so deeply entrenched in White Supremacy that they will, consciously or unconsciously, destroy everything that Black people make.

To even question a Black Mastodon is to admit the desire to erase even the idea of its existence.

Weanerdog,
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@samuteki

Hi Sam

I am not here to try and tell you anything. I support your idea for a black Mastodon. And I wish you all the best with it. I would just like to ask you to maybe reconsider for the following reason.

Without you and other fellow people of colour, Mastodon is a worse place. Mastodon has a narrower perspective and I know it's not your job to teach white people how to behave. But maybe the new generation can learn that for themselves by just interacting with people like you.

I understand, that I will never know how bad the white supremacy is. And I respect that if you need to leave because of those white idiots that you need to go. If logging on is not a good experience then I get your need for your own instance.

Good luck with however this plays out. And fuck the white twats who make you feel this way.

GIbiz, to random
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Lawsuit claims Uvalde school shooting gunman bought a gun after using it in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/victims-and-parents-of-uvalde-school-shooting-sue-activision

Weanerdog,
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@kennergf @GIbiz

You would think that the ability to buy a weapon of war is actually the problem, not that they played a video game.

I've been trained to use an actual assault rifle in both convention and counter-operations. I have been taught to kill people. Luckily I never saw an active theatre. But I never felt the need to ever buy such a weapon, although that is very difficult in South Africa. I have also never had the inclination to want to go on a killing spree. I too play video games.

The US's right to bear arms made sense when the second amendment was written. Because the new democracy was susceptible to be corrupted or taken over by a foreign colonial power. Many farmers and persons living far from major towns would need to hunt to supplement their food. And well, as the settlers were taking first persons land there was always the probability of retaliation. So a civilian militia made sense. None of those reasons hold water today and the only reason that assault rifles are available is because people want them to be. And they have established a "club" that has enough money to pay politicians or fund their campaigns so that it's members can be like spoilt children and get what they want and fuck the consequences of idiots, crazy people, evil arseholes also having access.

Imagine if you could do a medical care club that worked like the NRA.

AlarminglyBad, to Funny
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COMIC: Neptune

All I'm saying is if I ever got genie wishes, things would get weird

Weanerdog,
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@AlarminglyBad Damn that's funny.

Loukas, to random
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Swedish is like Linux. It's quite obvious how the language works, and you can make your own words if you care to.

French is Apple. Try to make your own modifications and they will SEND YOU TO JAIL.

English is your grandparents' PC. We have no idea how it works. Where did all these weird plug-in words come from????

Weanerdog,
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@Loukas

Am I my own grandparent.

English is easy. Sure you have to learn some words three times but just cause the are spelt the same and look the same doesn't mean they are the same. It's like having different clients for your different emails. Or using 3 office suites because they do different things better.

When you get down to it is like having PHP, JavaScript and Django to build a website.

So randomly here is the etymology of the word scale.
Scale, verb, to climb from Latin for ladder
Scale, noun, object that measures weights from old Norse Mug or tankard was also used for measuring.
Scale, noun, hard skin or bone protrusion protecting the animal, like the scales on a fish. This is from French. Not sure what the French word is. Those 3 meanings will very rarely be confused.

Weanerdog, to random
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A Lilac to you Sir Terry.

You Had to be there.

kevsherrystuff, to art
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Day 4: Learning to draw. Via the magic of the book, I can now apparently draw my own hand with varying levels of proficiency. I’m amazed at how good this book is. You should all try it (unless you can already draw - in which case, ignore me)
#art #drawing #sketch #dailydrawing

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Weanerdog,
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@kevsherrystuff

I'm just replying so I can get the name of the book if you are inclined to divulge said information.

Weanerdog,
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@kevsherrystuff

Thanks. Also your drawings are really great by the way.

FiStitchWitch, to random
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How to tell I'm coming out of this latest suicidal state -

I'm chatty.
I have 101 ideas bouncing around my head.
I'm chatty.
I want to be around people.
I'm chatty.
I want to organise a craft group so I can stitch and be with people.
I'm chatty.

Omfg shut the fk up Fi.

Sorry!

Weanerdog,
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@FiStitchWitch

I'm glad you're chatty. Don't say sorry It's a good state for you to be in.

Also I like chatty people, because I'm really quiet.

Fury, to DuckDuckGo
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Is DuckDuckGo search down for anyone else?

Weanerdog,
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@Fury

Down in South Africa as well.

static, to random
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Password complexity has increased in the last decade or so and so has support for managing and entering them. A lot of websites have an "unhide" button, for instance, and some sort of complexity meter.

But not everything.

I just changed one of my corporate passwords on a browser-hosted RDP screen. So, Windows, basically. The passwords are now so long and complex the lack of an unhide button was a real problem! Took me 4 tries to change it (it was a few days from expiring, so I had to).

Weanerdog,
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@static

Copy it straight from your password manager. Not sure if that floating around in ram is a security concern though.

Hopefully the password manager has a password Unhide function that you can use.

KathyReid, to microsoft
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Why does want to implement ? It's not about images. It's about modelling what workers do on Windows, and then replacing them.

The most expensive part of a computer is the fallible feelings-filled unpredictable meat sack that operates it.

Google has YouTube, Google Photos, Maps, and a bucket load of search data, Google Analytics, advertising, as well as it's data (e.g. transcriptions). And a bunch of data from Android services. From this data they can model speech, model videos and model advertising systems, and how humans respond to them.

But they can't model what people do on computers.

Amazon has Prime data, and a bucket load of compute. But no operating system data. They can build models based around e-commerce and advertising systems.

But they can't model what people do on computers.

Meta has waves hands enough analytics to model human behaviour in the Metaverse.

But they can't model what people do on computers.

Microsoft has GitHub.
Microsoft has LinkedIn.
Microsoft has SharePoint.
Microsoft has Teams.
Microsoft has Dynamics.
Microsoft has O365.
Microsoft has Windows telemetry data.

Microsoft can model what people do on (Windows) computers. Like fill out spreadsheets.Write emails. Synthesize web pages of research. Interact with colleagues on Teams. Create and edit documents.

Microsoft wants data so they can model what people do with operating systems.

Then replace them.

Imagine a CoPilot that doesn't just write buggy code. Imagine one that also does spreadsheets. That creates documents on SharePoint. That communicates with colleages on Teams. That has a customer pipeline on Dynamics.

That's what Recall is about - 360 degree surveillance of the worker, to model their functions, make them fungible, replicable - and replaceable.

Weanerdog,
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@KathyReid

AI training on porn, so much porn.

Prepare for some delightful AI PowerPoint presentations.

Tattooed_Mummy, to microsoft
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Dear . Maybe sort out how Word handles formatting changes before launching into a Clippy upgrade. Thanks

Clippy by Microsoft the worlds most annoying personal pc assistant GIF

Weanerdog,
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@Tattooed_Mummy

Personally I think Libre office does word processing better than MS Word.

Excel and PowerPoint are better than the Libre office versions. I haven't really gone into the relational databases.

So unless you are using VBA in word there is no reason to use it. Just my opinion.

Weanerdog,
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@Tattooed_Mummy

:bd236: yeah employees love MS.

vagina_museum, to random
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More and more at-home microbiome testing kits are popping up on the market, sold directly to consumers. There hasn't been much peer-reviewed research into them yet, so let's take a look at a recent paper by Diane E. Hoffman and colleagues to find out what's known... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4271

Weanerdog,
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@vagina_museum A question. I'm from South Africa so young ladies get German measel booster shots around 15 or 16 at school. So I was wondering and discussing with my wife why boys and girls don't get HPV shots at school at that age? Seeing as vaccinations have a precedent.

I was wondering if HPV vaccines were available in schools in first world countries? I am assuming you're in England.

arstechnica, to random
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Daily Telescope: The oldest merger of two black holes to date

Webb wows us again.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/daily-telescope-the-oldest-merger-of-two-black-holes-to-date/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Weanerdog,
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@arstechnica

So does the mass of the black hole increase to the sum of the individual blackholes? What about the surface area of the event horizon what happens to that area, as that is where the information is supposedly held?

BenjaminHCCarr, to Dogs
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found in every in study
say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in counts in men around the world
Scientists tested 23 human and 47 from . They found microplastic in every sample. The human testicles had been preserved and so their sperm count could not be measured. However, the sperm count in the dogs' testes could be assessed and was lower in samples with higher contamination with PVC
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts

Weanerdog,
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@BenjaminHCCarr

I seriously need to consider reducing my microplastic intake. Any missions to Mars looking for a crewmate.

tristanls, to random
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I'm starting to think there will be business opportunities that are branded as "AI-free" much like food is branded Organic.

I'm already starting to look for products like that.

It's the same rationale for why my refrigerator doesn't need to be connected to the internet. Or why my hammer doesn't need to ask me about my day when I take ot out of the toolbox.

Only Machine Inside™️

Weanerdog,
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@tristanls

Me a psychopath torturing someone with my hammer.

My hammer: Err. ... I don't think you should be doing this.

Me: Just shut up already.

My hammer: I think I should phone the police.

Me: How about I strap you too the bench and get the saw.

The Saw: whoa dude chill I'm a pacifist.

The angle grinder: Hey you want to go out for dinner sometime. Hehe.

Weanerdog,
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@tristanls I don't recognise the name but my memory is a little shot at the moment. So it's completely possible. :bd06:

lanartri, (edited ) to random
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Weanerdog,
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@lanartri I can only admire the woman of Iran and how they are fighting for their personal freedom.

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