EverydayMoggie

RickiTarr, 4 months ago to random

Today let's spread the love!

@ someone in the comments who has made your Mastodon experience better, a little explanation as to why would be awesome too! You are welcome to do more than one.

PlinyTheOlder, 5 months ago to random

Well, this is intriguing — an online book club, powered by ActivityPub, moderated by the same great team that moderates this instance, with the capability of importing your current StoryGraph or Goodreads book ratings, and with more social features.

I’ve signed up as plinytheolder if anyone else wants to try it out.

https://sfba.social/@announcements/111632672632831903

NamelessCynic, 5 months ago to random

For the record, no, dishwashing liquid cannot be used in place of dishwasher detergent.

futurebird, 5 months ago to random

The "poisoning the blood" is getting a lot of attention ... as is should.

But can we also meditate on "immigrants"

Not "illegals" (gross term) just... every "immigrant" except when he goes to give examples he says:

“They’re poisoning the blood of our country... All over the world, they’re coming into our country, from Africa, from Asia, all over the world.”

Yes. "all over the world"

Feel like something was left out of that list?

drahardja, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

It turns out that Target and Walgreens LIED to #sfba residents that a crime wave was what forced them to shut down their stores.

The real reason was underperformance. They slandered the cities they did business in because it was convenient.

Told ya. https://ruby.social/@adarsh/111599128171788363

seb, 5 months ago to random

#sfba team (minus @Moritz and plus @briskwhisk ) having our monthly team dinner.

We made a bunch of plans and decided to add more team members - Will post more info soon.

Remember to show your gratitude to our volunteers when you see them online!
@cd24 @neuralgraffiti @Ingurido @Moritz
@briskwhisk

NickEast, 5 months ago to Writers

What, to you, is the most important ingredient to a great story? 🤔

@writers @writingcommunity @writing

#AmWriting
#Author #Authors #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #AmWriting #Writerdons #Writers #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #Writinglife #WritersOfMastodon

elizabethtasker, 5 months ago to vr

Tried out Meta's Horizons Workrooms with @futuremeetings and I'll grudgingly admit... not bad!

Workrooms lets you join either in #VR or video conferencing and sit around a table, share screens, and chalkboard. It doesn't let you do anything else: you are in that chair and you will STAY THERE. There's no free movement.

But it performs well at that limited scope. Directional audio is perfect, you can port your computer screen into the VR space, and there's passthrough to see your keyboard.

A view of the same VR room showing another screen with two people joining via video conferencing. You can see their webcams, similar to zoom. They see a view into the VR room, with us as avatars.
A view of the table in front of me. I see my friends' displays as translucent shadows, but in front of me, is a view of the screen of my desktop (there's an app on my computer that is doing the sharing with my headset). The black square on the desk before me is actually passthrough: I can see my real desk and keyboard. It's not bad on the Quest 2, but I suspect would be fabulous on the Quest 3, which is more designed for mixed reality.
I can even turn on my desktop webcam, and project a view of myself wearing my headset into the VR space! Incidentally, Horizons Workrooms has decent hand tracking, but I picked up my VR controllers so I could take this photo.

drahardja, 5 months ago to california

Huh, so weird… the California Secretary of State sent me a notice that I’m registered as a No Party Preference, but I’ve been registered as a Democrat before. Did I miss a notice to refresh the registration? #sfba #california #voting

drahardja, 5 months ago to SanFrancisco

Just your regular reminder that the real money behind #RTO is commercial real estate. Downtown areas — especially those like #SanFrancisco that steadfastly refused to build high-density housing and mixed-use areas for decades — are now suffering because the commuters they depend on for income are no longer showing up.

What a shame that $800B of “value” will be lost, but hey, that’s business, right? Surely we’re not going to nationalize the losses by forcing people to commute against their will, right? What’s that? Oh, we are?

“Remote work could cut the value of office buildings by $800 billion by 2030 — with San Francisco facing a 'dire outlook,' McKinsey predicts”

#ReturnToOffice #remoteWork #flexibleWork

https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-work-could-erase-800-billion-office-building-value-2030-2023-7?op=1

drahardja, 6 months ago to random

Tonight’s by-myself dinner time: Delicious Phở (house special with the giant rib on the side), and Sinatra/Jobim on the speakers.

Macallan 12 afterward.

I’m having a great time.

futurebird, 6 months ago to random

Why are all the 5’4” blonde girls in NYC allergic to getting the sleeves on their pea coats hemmed ? Is having sleeves over your hands like a Jim Henson creation the new fashion or something?

hrefna, 6 months ago to random

To belabor the point slightly: Cross gender play is all over the place in like every form of traditional theater.

5th century BCE Greek? 17th century CE Kabuki? Noh? Shakespeare? Chinese Opera? French opera? Spanish plays? 1920s film?

Like throw a dart. You almost can't hit a form where it hasn't been done at some point or in many cases is still done today.

https://urusai.social/

drahardja, 6 months ago to random

I’m at the point in my life where I need to plan on leaving my family behind with a “passive” source of income beyond my life insurance. One of the most obvious things I can do is to buy houses (outside the SFBA, so I can afford them), and rent them out to tenants.

BUT I DO NOT WANT TO BE A LANDLORD. I fucking hate landlords.

What have you done to achieve this end?

dangoodin, 6 months ago to random

I so, so, so don't want to drive any new car that can do this:

A federal appeals court refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs.

The court ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors, which are defendants in five related class action suits focused on the issue.

The plaintiffs had appealed a prior judge’s dismissal. But the appeals court ruled Tuesday that the interception and recording of mobile phone activity did not meet the Washington Privacy Act’s standard that a plaintiff must prove that “his or her business, his or her person, or his or her reputation” has been threatened.

A suit filed against Honda in 2021, argu[ed] that beginning in at least 2014 infotainment systems in the company’s vehicles began downloading and storing a copy of all text messages on smartphones when they were connected to the system.

An Annapolis, Maryland-based company, Berla Corporation, provides the technology to some car manufacturers but does not offer it to the general public, the lawsuit said. Once messages are downloaded, Berla’s software makes it impossible for vehicle owners to access their communications and call logs but does provide law enforcement with access, the lawsuit said.

Many car manufacturers are selling car owners’ data to advertisers as a revenue boosting tactic, according to earlier reporting by Recorded Future News. Automakers are exponentially increasing the number of sensors they place in their cars every year with little regulation of the practice.

https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy

futurebird, 6 months ago to random

Are Trump's lawyers naturally terrible, or do the conditions of their job, probably getting yelled at for making reasonable suggestions... train them to be terrible since it's the only way they can keep the job?

If they aren't getting paid weekly... they aren't very bright.

I expect it's similar to a NFT or crypto reddit forum where there is a "no FUD" (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) rule. Of course he'll win!

At a recent event he said that he "won all 50 states"

Yeah. And they all clapped.

frameworkcomputer, 6 months ago to random

Would you be interested in a raw machined aluminum chassis?

An unfinished Framework Laptop 13 Top Cover, another angle.

drahardja, 6 months ago to random

By sheer coincidence, I’m home alone tonight. I am having a freakin’ BALL.

I have Nigerian pop music playing on every speaker in the house, a delicious take-out from a great Chinese restaurant, and I am relaxed and chillin’ out.

Dang. This is nice.

stux, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

Should I go with a dancing animation instead of idle or is it too much? :blobcatgiggle:

I also have a "YMCA" version

Techaltar, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

Edit (check my profile for more up-to-date info)

If you are still a CuriosityStream subscriber, be aware that they are currently mass-emailing subscribers with what I think is a VERY deceptive "offer". They push users to renew 2yr subs, promising continued Nebula access for bundle subscribers. In reality, Nebula access for CS subscribers expires on Dec 31st. This means you'll have <2 months of Nebula out of your "locked in" 2 year contract. All their communication seems to imply the opposite.

evacide, 6 months ago to random

Some of you don't come from a family where "Is the political situation bad enough for us to flee the country?" is a regular topic of dinner conversation and it shows.