CrazyITGuy42

@CrazyITGuy42@mastodon.online

Long time IT worker. Amateur birder, photographer, historian.

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kshamrick, to random
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Double Zambonies.

CrazyITGuy42,

@kshamrick

Reminds me of this song from the Gear Daddies. Remember hearing it at San Diego Gulls hockey games.

https://youtu.be/vVkJbvv3pHg?feature=shared

ColMarty, to Birds

Hahahaha!

CrazyITGuy42,

@ColMarty Truth. Daddy tried to get my brother and I to say hippopotamus we were younger. Couldn't. But he said "Son of a b*tch" and we repeated it right there! 🤣🤣🤣

Satori, to random
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I am causing chaos this morning! 😏 -Skye

Bunny hops to man’s legs, standing on hind legs and climbing on him. Whiskers are highlighted by a smoky sun. Then she decides to take matters into her own paws and leap like a little package onto Mum’s magazines on the couch.

CrazyITGuy42,

@Satori @Byronrabbit @ncrav Tazzy! Haven't seen him in ages!

CrazyITGuy42, to random

Well, this is not a way to wake up in the morning - see that Jimmy Buffett passed away. I was at one of his concerts - they were fun affairs!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/entertainment/jimmy-buffett-death/index.html

inex, to random
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Want to know what a real dystopian corporate cyberpunk ecosystem looks like? Here, welcome to Moscow.

While it is also a dystopian totalitarian cyberpunk city, with absurdly wide centralized face-recognition-powered CCTV coverage actively used for prosecution, it is not the focus of our today's post.

You can rent an apartment using Yandex.Rent (Yandex.Realty is also a thing if you are not a fan of subscription service for an apartment), and if you pay with Yandex.Bank card you get 3% cashback in Yandex.Points. What can you spend Yandex.Points on?

  • Get a ride with Yandex.Taxi (the only viable competitor, Uber, was acquired and now operated by Yandex)
  • Send something with Yandex. Delivery
  • Buy literally anything on Yandex.Market
  • Get groceries from Yandex.Lavka
  • Get food from restaurants delivered with Yandex.Eats (the only viable competitor, Delivery Club, was acquired and now operated by Yandex)
  • Rent a car (or an electric kickscooter) from Yandex.Drive
  • Have your own car? You can get fuel, or charge it (if you have an electric vehicle) using Yandex.Fuel (btw you can also buy a car on Yandex' Auto.ru)
  • Get some tickets to events on Yandex.Afisha
  • Traveling? Get tickets and a hotel room on Yandex.Travel.

Also, did you know they have a virtual currency, ✨. You can get ✨ for using all things listed above, and also for listening to the music on Yandex.Music and watching movies on Kinopoisk (acquired by Yandex). You can convert ✨ to coupons, for example, to get a discount on taxi ride.

How about the classic ecosystem services? Well, they got you covered. Yandex Search, Yandex.Mail, Yandex.Disk, Yandex.Telemost and others are here. And if you need a smart home, the virtual assistant Yandex Alice will happily spy on you.

Want to get somewhere? Yandex.Navigator will help you, and show ads along the way. Want to use public transit? Ah, Yandex.Maps, Yandex.Metro, Yandex.Transport, Yandex.Timetables will help you. Want a very precise forecast for your street? Yandex.Weather knows it.

You can also get education on Yandex.Practicum, Yandex.Academy, Yandex.Tutor and Yandex' School of Data Analysis. And yes, you can pay with Yandex.Pay not only on Yandex. There are also installment plans available with Yandex.Split.

And yes, they are hiring. As a bonus, you will get a free smart speaker and the Yandex.Plus subscription.

this is so cursed

CrazyITGuy42,

@inex Sounds like I've heard of this before in fiction. This came to mind:

https://pixar.fandom.com/wiki/Buy_n_Large

CrazyITGuy42, to Flowers

The corpse flower at Walter Anderson's nursery in Poway, CA started blooming on Wednesday. Finally got a chance to see it in bloom today!

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CrazyITGuy42,

@thepoliticalcat Double-checked. I had a shot with the tag from the nursery. It's actually an Amorphophallus.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum

Deglassco, (edited ) to history

The 1980s brought rising poverty, unemployment, gang activity, drugs & violent crime to the poorer neighborhoods of Los Angeles, CA. Repeated violent encounters between police officers and civilians led many minority communities to believe that LAPD brass were not holding officers accountable, Thus, the stage was set for one of the most significant civil uprisings in American history.

https://youtu.be/3MRFdYPLRX0?si=G3fxiBN9YtR2Y5u9

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@blackmastodon @BlackMastodon

CrazyITGuy42,

@Deglassco @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon Thank you for this perspective. I remember it well, but did not really understand the significance of this until much later.

CrazyITGuy42, to random

We were planning on catching "Porco Rosso" at the theater, but Hilary changed our plans (really want to see it on the big screen). So we took out our DVD, switched sources, put in the disk, let the commercials run while I grabbed food.

I saw we got to the selection screen, reached down, grabbed the remote I recognized, and pressed "play" - @#$%! Roku starts up again! Put down the Roku remote, then grab the DVD/TV remote, reset the source (again), and started the video.

Anyone else do this?

CrazyITGuy42, to Rabbits

Some interesting behaviors in our backyard - a desert cottontail rabbit flopped under a sage, and a California ground squirrel who has climbed into our bird bath for a drink.

A California ground squireel, who has climbed into a blue plastic bird bath, drinking the water.

CrazyITGuy42, to Birding

From this morning and yesterday (8/18/23, 8/19/23), on our suet feeder - Acorn Woodpecker, female black-headed grosbeak, and white-breasted nuthatch.

Female Black Headed Grosbeak sitting on the top of a green wire suet feeder.
White-breasted nuthatch hanging on a green wire suet feeder, poking at the suet bkock.

CrazyITGuy42, to random

Right now, awaiting Hurricane Hilary. Will be a tropical storm most likely by the time it gets to San Diego County. We're prepped as best we can be. It's weird - very light rain, light winds, warm and muggy right now.

Dark clouds up in the sky, with a slight break of sunlight shining through.
A creek that flows into a concrete channel under the street. The channel is wet, with small pockets of water on the surface. There is no flow yet.

CrazyITGuy42,

@Satori Thank you! Right now, things are light. Places are closing mid-afternoon for safety's sake (which is good!). We've got extra food and lots of bottled water, so if something does happen, we should be OK. I'm hoping the strength keeps dropping, and it's similar to one of the El Nino storms that comes through every few years.

CrazyITGuy42,

@Satori It's actually up to a lot of the individual business. But they are actually showing sense. One of the nice things of living in California. 🙂

cazabon, (edited ) to journalism

: Hey govt, do us a solid and make and give us .

Govt: Uh, for what?

CLM: You know, because they have money, and we can't figure out how to get some ourselves.

Govt: I'm not sure...

CLM: You're , and you'll get to publicly stand up to .

Govt: Sold!

Govt: Bill C-18 will make Big Tech for the of to Canadian media.

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CrazyITGuy42,

@cazabon To quote the famous Yogi Berra, "It's deja vu all over again." How many times have we seen this result now?

CrazyITGuy42,

@cazabon I actually like following Techdirt.com. They are very good at covering all sorts of these issues. Just a quick search of link tax broight up the following articles:

https://www.techdirt.com/tag/link-tax/

If only people would listen to the experts.

arstechnica, to random
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Microsoft shuts down Windows’ Cortana voice assistant as it chases AI ambitions

Cortana will remain in Teams and Outlook, for now, but is going away in Windows.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/microsoft-shuts-down-windows-cortana-voice-assistant-as-it-chases-ai-ambitions/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

CrazyITGuy42,

@arstechnica And there was much rejoicing!

CrazyITGuy42, to Rabbits

When a wild bunny sploots on your back porch! Desert Cottontail.

WinnieWithWilma, to random

We did a thing! ❤️ After five days, we came out of our hideout long enough for mom to get a good look at us! :barley: :barley:

CrazyITGuy42,

@WinnieWithWilma Hi there cuties - meet Gouda and Stilton, our little piggies. Oh, and our bun Cocoa.

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CrazyITGuy42, to random

The Social Experiment

A lot more background on Truman's desgregation order for the armed forces of the U.S. Some details.

CW: Racism and racial violence.

https://kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/campaigntrails.co/p/the-social-experiment?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

CrazyITGuy42, to random

First time in ages I've been to , and not seen a major studio exhibit in the dealer's room. But it's nice to see a lot of smsller dealers here. .

CrazyITGuy42, to random

Not surprised to see this...

CrazyITGuy42, to random

Parade of Captain Crunch cosplayers on the way in.

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CrazyITGuy42, to random

At today. Will try to add pics throughout the day, as I gave time.

One of the more interesting costumes I ran into already.

Satori, to random
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Happily, we got the account lock sorted and @TheBunnyWitch is now here for all our friends to see and enjoy! 🥰 Please welcome this lovely friend and two sweet buns to our floofy family, we are so happy to have them join our server! 🤗❤️

CrazyITGuy42,

@TheBunnyWitch @Satori Hi Bunny Witch! Welcome!

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