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Dianora

@Dianora@ottawa.place

live in #Ottawa, #Canada (Unceded territory of the #Anishinaabe #Algonquin Nation) My Background is #Programmer #RealTime #Embedded some #ScientificProgramming Hobbies? ;) #FreeBSD dev. #amateurRadio, #Musician #Baking (I love to bake Universes) #Cooking some Uni. #Maths #Physics #Linguistics now interested in #Philosophy #Propaganda #CriticalThinking If you know who I am, you know.

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%% Summertime, and the gasoline is expensive, Driving less and walking more....

johnefrancis, to Ottawa
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I'm a bit confused why police describe the murder of a 53yo badminton coach as a "targeted killing".

Targeted by whom? The bagmimton mafia?

Dianora,
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@johnefrancis Selling ping pong balls on the black market. nod nod
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More likely he was engaged in a drug sideline..

Dianora,
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@johnefrancis Honestly it's not the drugs that bother me as much as the guns.

grivettcarnac, to Ottawa
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    Dianora,
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    @grivettcarnac Ugh. Years ago I was walking on Shillington to a bus stop to get home. Dog and owner on thick chain (deliberate) despite my wide berth the damn dog put a few teeth through my thick winter coat. Dog ended up in quarantine I ended up getting treated for dog bite at the Civic up the street... That dog needs reporting.

    FoodieKenobi, to Ottawa
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    Dunno what to wear in this cold in the morning but warm in the afternoon weather!

    Dianora,
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    @FoodieKenobi Layers all the way down. ;)

    fkamiah17, (edited ) to random
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    @dgar Thought you'd enjoy this protest outside the White House a few days ago while the Japanese Prime Minister was visiting 😂

    Dianora,
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    @fkamiah17 @dgar This is great! Pity about the Alt Text though.

    dgar, to random
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    I will no longer be fighting my inner demons.

    We’re friends now.

    Dianora,
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    @dgar There is a song my daughter wrote long ago about inner demons I think you might enjoy.

    Dianora,
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    @dgar Hang on if I can trust you with a PM and PM'd webpage

    Dianora, to random
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    If you are anti-woke you are a fascist.

    KatM, to random
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    The humor of my day just gets better!

    I met the construction foreman outside right after I'd showered. No makeup. Hair in a pile. Wearing sweats and glasses.

    2 hours later he knocks on the door to ask a question. I appear dressed for work. Makeup on. Hair down, no glasses...

    He looks at me strangely, "Hi, um, I was talking to the other lady about trimming back some bushes. Can you ask her if that's still ok?"

    Poor guy was so embarrassed when I had to tell him I was, in fact, the same "lady."

    Dianora,
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    @KatM Undiagnosed prosopagnosia can do that. ;)

    Impossible_PhD, (edited ) to random
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    You haven't heard from me on the Cass Report because I'm busy at work, and halfway through the last of the Oh Shit articles. I haven't had a chance to read it in any detail.

    But from the skimming I've done, and even early scholarly rebuttals, it sure as hell looks like a textbook example of how to produce sham science, even independent of its impact on trans kids' lives.

    Dianora,
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    @Impossible_PhD Furiously agreed. "No evidence about puberty blockers." Bullshit

    Dianora, to Ottawa
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    Every time I see a lost cat sign taped to a mailbox I remember hearing about the Coyote a neighbour saw in her backyard.

    Keep your cats inside for your cats safety and wild bird safety.

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    @WTL I furiously agree with all. We never have let any of our cats out like that.

    Dianora, to Ottawa
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    Girl Guide COOKIES! in this neighbourhood. We just bought a couple of boxes..

    arstechnica, to random
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    5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030

    "We have a technical debt that stretches back many decades."

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/5-25-inch-floppy-disks-expected-to-help-run-san-francisco-trains-until-2030/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    Dianora,
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    @johnefrancis @stephanie @MichaelPorter The original floppy was an 8" monster meant to load microcode on IBM computers. Lot's of systems used that, including me when I wrote my very own small operating system for the 6502. whistles innocently

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    @johnefrancis @stephanie @MichaelPorter I heard a hilarious story from a cow-orker at Dynalogic. Before I joined they were selling a 6800 system with an 8" floppy to business users. One company called to complain that their floppies didn't last long. So cow-orker goes out and asks to show them how they were being used only to see the user rip the plastic sleeve off of the bare floppy complaining that the wrappers were so tough to pull off... I've heard stories of users using fridge magnets to hold these on walls and the like as well. The 3.5" floppy certainly prevented that.

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    @MichaelPorter @johnefrancis @stephanie I suspect that it didn't actually do much to the data but as I am not support person but a coder I couldn't say for sure. I do know that they once experimented with a strong magnet and magnetic tape. It takes a lot and it has to be moving to leave the magnetic domains in a random order.

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    @human3500 @johnefrancis @stephanie @MichaelPorter I have a box full of floppies I need to toss.. hopefully responsibly. Plastic plastic plastic.. And oh yes, some reels of 9t tape which no one in the classic computer hobby seem to want!

    Dianora, to mastodon
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    hrmm seeing CSRF 422 problems once in a while. I should dig into the code as I am curious why. 😀

    GottaLaff, to random
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    I'm rich again!

    $48 residuals from The Jetsons and Hogan Family! Beats the 12 cents I usually get.

    Drinks for everyone, I'm buying!

    Dianora,
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    @GottaLaff I remember the Jetsons. whistles innocently

    Dianora, to Catroventos
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    English. Let's go back to Old Norse or Old English eh?

    Dianora, to Ottawa
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    https://www.theenergymix.com/energy-for-all-local-ownership-builds-community-wealth-peter-says/

    I have a small tiny "toy" solar system up (400w solar/200w battery) but looking for decent upgrades. Anyone in Ottawa have experience? I'm OK with some DIY but not sure about roof work on Bungalow water leaks etc.

    Dianora, to Ottawa
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    Warming back up. Needed a jacket a few minutes ago!

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    Birds are getting confused.

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    IT SURE IS GETTING DARK IN HERE.

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