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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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Dianora, to Ottawa
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And here is the Apple pie with maple sugar…

Dianora,
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@elaterite Yes and yes and it’s still cooling down but we’ll be trying it tonight after dinner eh? ;)

RickiTarr, to random
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I talk to people from the UK pretty regularly, I watch a lot of BBC programming, I read a lot of books by authors from the UK, but sometimes they will suddenly use a word I've never heard in my life, and I'm beginning to think they are pranking us, and every other person from the UK is in on the joke, and just validates whatever the other person says!

Dianora,
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@RickiTarr @olena There is a story of a Spanish speaker TV announcer moving to another Spanish speaking country using not quite the right slang and getting into... considerable trouble.

Dianora, to Ottawa
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Centrepointe already has no more glasses left this morning.They were all gone shortly after they opened. There must have been quite a line up!

dkmackinnon, to Ottawa
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The library will be giving away glasses starting March 28. Supplies will be limited.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/solar-eclipse-glasses-buy-get-free-ottawa-1.7155665

Dianora,
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@dkmackinnon And... the Nepean Centrepointe library was sold out when we went. We have our own we bought already but saving people a trip..

Dianora, to linguistics
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The defenders of pure English would have a hard time reading Beowulf let alone something written in the 1920's or 1950's.

Just sayin'

ottaross, to 3DPrinting
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My primary died in the middle of a big multi-print session. Had it all apart yesterday to see the remedial work I did on the hot end last year isn't cutting it anymore.

Part I need is a new PTFE heatsink throat liner, but it's an OD of about 3.5 - 3.8mm (depending on which calipers I believe) which doesn't seem to be sold anywhere. 3mm is prob too small and 4mm (of which I have plenty) is too big.

Ordered some 3mm overnight anyway. Will try it today.

Dianora,
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@ottaross I bought some nozzles, filament dryer and some replacement Bowden tube some months back. They are pretty close to me (There is also Nita beer, purple cow and the buyapi shop on Colonnade. ;)

Dianora,
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@ottaross They are very close so very handy for me! I was surprised to find them then find out they were so close. I prefer shopping local and it's handy for emergencies.

Dianora,
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@ottaross Ditto on the premium! I looked at a few spools myself but I was fairly well stocked. It's nice to be able to see a spool up close before buying! Let me know how the spool works.

Dianora, to random
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So how many nurses/doctors etc. could we have hired for that 8million for the "It's happening here" commercials in Ontario?

#Onpoli

Dianora, to random
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-einstein-really-thought-about-quantum-mechanics/

blogdiva, to random
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happy to say, Richard Dawkins has me blocked on Xitter because, during his Hijabi concern-trolling days, i not only dared to question his knowledge of Islamic traditions, but called him a bad atheist for not even knowing the basics of Christianity history, doctrine & theology.

i regret nothing.

https://mastodon.social/@babadookspinoza/112123357574601170

disco chicken GIF, wearing a beret with the a super-imposed JE NE REGRETTE RIEN (i regret nothing) while the twirls like nobody is watching.

Dianora,
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@HeavenlyPossum @blogdiva @trochee @SallyStrange We should form a club! I was also blocked by Pinker on twitter!

grivettcarnac, to Ottawa
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    Dianora,
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    @grivettcarnac All that extra CO2 as well (either ICE or EV) and wasted time.

    Dianora, to Ottawa
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    Anyone else a https://wildoat.ca/ fan?

    Dianora, to science
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    The scientist talking on Quirks and Quarks on CBC's Quirks and Quarks thinks killer whale poop is beautiful.. so maybe it could be made into earrings like moose poop!
    http://thewinkingmoose.com/

    Dianora, to classicalmusic
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    This is a rather good page about historical tuning.
    https://www.kylegann.com/histune.html

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Why do all truck commercials sound like Lumberjack Poetry?

    Dianora,
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    @RickiTarr Sheep prions. That's it. You know, from RAMS.

    johnefrancis, to random
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    The boil is on..

    video/mp4

    Dianora,
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    @johnefrancis Wow. Just how many maple trees do you have to tap?

    Dianora, to internet
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    Re-reading this BBC article today.
    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240207-the-one-simple-change-that-will-improve-your-media-diet-in-2024

    It's a good read... this quote stood out for me.

    "The same 2020 Pew poll found that those US respondents who used social media the most, for example, were the least likely to correctly answer questions about topics in the news, like the Covid-19 pandemic and Donald Trump's impeachment. Only 17% of those who primarily got their news from social media had "high political knowledge", versus 45% who got their news from a news website or app.

    Not only were the social media users less likely to know what was going on in the world – but they were more likely to have heard false, or unproven, claims and conspiracy theories. And they expressed less concern about these claims than other cohorts."

    So what can be done about this?

    EricLawton, to random
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    Pierre Poilievre's 'Axe the Tax' rally draws thousands of supporters to Toronto Congress Centre

    https://www.thestar.com/politics/pierre-poilievres-axe-the-tax-rally-draws-thousands-of-supporters-to-toronto-congress-centre/article_b2a0a2f4-df2c-11ee-a0e1-c3d766a7f61f.html

    Explaining why he decided to spend his Sunday afternoon at a Conservative rally against the carbon tax, Graham Humphries expressed a common sentiment among those in attendance.

    “Trudeau sucks, obviously.”

    He couldn’t specify Trudeau’s policy failings.

    Poilievre is doing nothing but campaigning, while being paid by us, long before the next election.

    Dianora,
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    @gemelliz @LALegault @EricLawton Since Covid-19 virus is invisible it must be fake! /s

    Dianora, to Ottawa
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    Bread rolls and bread this morning.

    Bread loaf ready to be “tested” that’s it. TESTED only

    Dianora, to random
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    Flowers exposing themselves in public. They have no shame.

    Dianora, to Ottawa
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    Crocuses are starting to come up. These are next to the house so warmer in full Sun.
    I’ll have to stop being lazy and get out the real camera to get better photos.
    DoF and focus. Ugh. But still they are pretty so you get a sense of it!

    3 out of focus :-( purple crocuses
    A separate clump of 3 crocuses. I need to get the better camera out to get better photos.

    Dianora, to random
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    Do people actually buy a car for the "THRILL FACTOR!" Driving in dense fog last Saturday night was also thrilling...

    Just sayin'

    Dianora, to Ottawa
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    If you can get tickets, OLT's "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie is great fun! We saw the matinee today. http://www.ottawalittletheatre.com

    P.S. wear your N95 masks, a lot of coughing in the audience. 😠

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