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LoneLocust

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I am a retired government CIO. #Podcast host (Fusion Patrol.) Married, 25 years, kids at university. Citizen #Potawatomi Nation member. #Ebike enthusiast. #Atheist. SciFi & Tokusatsu Fan (Trek, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Babylon 5, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and many more.). Love a good crossword or #KillerSudoku. Recently published app in iOS App Store (Killer Sudoku Aide.) Probably other stuff but I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

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donburnside, to random
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I'm not typically a delivery guy, because today I just spent an extra $30 on grocery shopping because I have a serious eye problem.

Can't see myself going to the grocery store today or tomorrow.

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside Is that a pun?

simonwood, to random
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Goals for tomorrow

  • watch a brand new Doctor Who
  • cuddle a hen
LoneLocust,
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@simonwood I’m taking bets on which one will be more enjoyable. (Even if the he ’s name is Le Diable.”)

LoneLocust, to random
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Normally, I’m on the side of television/movie writers. They’ve got the most important job because without a good story, everything else is just shallow window-dressing.

But… I am so sick to death of Star Trek writers bitching that they “can’t write drama” within the Star Trek universe as defined.

As my kids would say, “get good.”

http://archive.today/2024.05.10-061215/https://www.slashfilm.com/1574895/star-trek-replicators-why-writers-hated/

heavyboots, to random
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This is fascinating stuff! Gates Pass and Mt Lemmon are prime candidates for this technology. Motorcyclists and cars love to do fast “canyon runs” up both those roads and blind corners become a huge issue if the car is going like 2x the speed limit around a blind corner with a cyclist using the lane ahead. https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112407010282309595

LoneLocust,
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@heavyboots Did that ride… ONCE… scariest traffic I’ve ever ridden in.

LoneLocust, to random
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Angie’s & Jimmie’s Pizzeria has a surprising number of custom rugs.

donburnside, to random
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Took 3 months, but I have access to an elevenlabs account for work. WOOHOO!

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside I wonder how long it will take to get the twelvelabs account?

LoneLocust, to random
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As I watched this ad, my first thought was, “WTF?” But about halfway through, I realized it was being compressed INTO an iPad. “OK, I get it…”

But

The misstep to me is that the items are (a) obviously being destroyed and (b) leaking out and therefore escaping being part of the iPad. The iPad is therefore less than the sum of the parts.

Also, the rubber ball face doesn’t look happy being squished.

I reckon this ad will disappear very soon.
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112411319892987319

LoneLocust, to random
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Damn.

I just thought I coined a clever new word, “metropocalypse” referring to the clusterfuck that is urban design in places like Phoenix.

However, I see there is a podcast of that name, which appears to be about (I'm guessing) the clusterfuck that is/are Metros (as in "subways”.)

I'm using it anyway.

LoneLocust, to StarTrek
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My years-long watch/re-watch of every episode of every series of has brought me to today where I start series 5 of .

I have caught up to the current season and will be caught up to the current episode by next week.

Just in time for the end.

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside Yup.

I’ll confess, it stumbled a bunch in S1-2, and I really disliked the S3 attempt to be 9/11 relevant, but S4 is one of my favorites of the Trek Lites.

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside I should add, while I am not offended seeing Naked T'Pol, I was regularly offended by the fact that the showrunners/network felt the need to trot out Naked T'Pol all the time.

rscottjones, to random
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🏥 Welp, I’ll be at the hospital all night with my dad, who is having difficulty breathing and battling some sort of infection.

LoneLocust,
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@rscottjones Sorry. Best wishes for recovery.

davidonformosa, to Taiwan
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🧋 Australian scientists have developed a healthier form of bubble tea. The new product blends oat fibre with tapioca which reduces the drink's sugar content

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-05-09/australian-oats-healthy-bubble-tea-variety-cereal-farmers/103821108

#Taiwan #Australia #science #tea #BubbleTea

LoneLocust,
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@davidonformosa It was just a matter of time, but who knew it would the Australians who took the fun out of bubble tea?

jnye, to Writers
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📚 , , nerds: opinions, please? Reading or using term "faux pas"--we all know basic definition: social blunder. But do you assume-and/or do you think others assume--the term implies that the blunder happened b/c someone knew better & "oops, forgot!" Or that the blunder happened b/c someone didn't know better in 1st place? No wrong answers here. I just have reasons for wondering how others view this. Any input appreciated! 😎

Clearly not 's most critical post!

LoneLocust,
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@jnye My interpretation is that they did not know better.

LoneLocust, to apple
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I mean it’s cool that has been pushing forward with their processor line, and while the sounds cool, at this point I might as well wait for the M5, because we all know the M5 is the ultimate computer.

LoneLocust, to random
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Funny thing is, I’ve always found this tune to be a bit of an ear worm…

https://youtu.be/W8EOIFmEtp8?si=6d1VwiXy1xPbnJUS

LoneLocust, to cycling
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Oooo, my watch gave me a badge for foolishly riding 50 km when I was planning on maybe 30 at the most.

donburnside, to random

GenEx checking in.

Dude > Bro

I said what I said.

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside @donburnside Where is “hep cat” on that scale?

LoneLocust, to Phoenix
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Nasty little secret about : They claim to have 700-800 miles of bike paths, and while I don’t doubt the number, I do doubt the value of them.

There are many, many demarcated bike lanes that go a couple blocks and then end.

I’ve started a little project to write up and highlight a number of the useful bike paths — the ones that can get you some distance reasonably easily.

Today’s ride (as was yesterday’s) was Maryland Ave.
(1/2)

LoneLocust,
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The write-up on Maryland is coming soon, but it has a few surprises for me today.

I thought it was going to end at an undeveloped lot at 75th Ave, but that was just a bizarre little graveyard, it it continued on from there.
(2/2)

LoneLocust,
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@rscottjones Thanks!

It’s a hell of a map, isn’t it?

Looks a bit like set design for a 70’s scifi show.

LoneLocust,
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@rscottjones Funny thing is, that interactive map isn’t even up to date. They’ve added bike lanes on Maryland west of 27th Ave in the last year or so, but not showing on the map.

LoneLocust,
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@rscottjones You and me both. It would be nice.

LoneLocust,
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@NewNordicNormal The canals are very popular bike paths across Phoenix, and in the last few years, they’ve put a lot of effort into improving them. Most are paved now.

Weird thing though, because of right-of-access, the cities control one side of the canals and the Salt River Project controls the other.

It means in most places, only one bank is paved, and it sometimes switches between one side and the other.

LoneLocust, to cycling
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Reminder to self: eBike battery meters are apparently exponential, not linear.

1 bar and 4.5 km to home.

LoneLocust,
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@NewNordicNormal @rscottjones @vees NO FUN!

donovan_smith, to random
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Yikes, who was that commentator that suggested that!?

LoneLocust,
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@donovan_smith I wasn’t sure but couldn’t think of a different word. “Commentator” would probably have been a better word.

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