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Montag

@Montag@linuxrocks.online

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I don't like Twitter, but I'm giving Mastodon a try to support FOSS
Other interests:

  • Backpacking
  • Board games
  • Books
  • Computers
  • Internet privacy
  • Environmentalism
  • Homebrewing/making cider
  • Judaism
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Montag, to random
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A seeing eye dog licked my leg while I was standing still. I thought they would be trained not to do that.

ai6yr, to random

Bids only at $1250 so far! It's the cheapest Antarctic Hagglund you'll find in Ventura County.

Montag,
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@ai6yr I feel that I need one. I live in the Middle East so I'll need help to come up with an excuse... I mean a use for it

usabach, to random Hebrew
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טוב, אני מחזל"ש את האירוע.
ציון 6.7 בקושי. אפשר היה להתאמץ יותר.

Montag,
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@usabach היה נחמד להכיר את השכנים החדשים אבל הייתי מעדיף בלי ההתרעה מראש. לקח לי המון זמן להירדם ולא צברתי מספיק שינה לפני העזקה.

Montag, to random
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I don't like appliances that play musical notes as notifications. Our old dryer finished a cycle with the same three notes that start the chorus of The Divine Comedy's Tonight We Fly. Eventually I couldn't hear one without thinking of the other.

I just realized that the new dryer's notification matches Stan Roger's Music in Your Eyes.

shanecelis, to emacs
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INTERNET QUESTIONER: Why ?

ME: Because the old hacker at my first real job used Emacs so I thought I should too. Copied his config and here we are, 24 years later still Emacs-ing.

Montag,
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@shanecelis I did a coding bootcamp a number of years ago. The instructors spent a day or two at the beginning showing us Vim, and mentioned that there's a similar program called Emacs.

I don't keep my fingers on the home row so Vim didn't work for me. I gave Emacs a try and within a week was much more productive than anyone else in my class. It helped that the only editors we were allowed to use were Vim, Emacs and gedit.

qrper, to random
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Free e-Book version of The ARRL Antenna Book

https://qrper.com/2024/03/free-e-book-version-of-the-arrl-antenna-book/

Montag,
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@qrper thanks. I'm not a member and I was able to place an order. We'll see if I get a copy.

Montag,
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@qrper update: it's been over half an hour. I got the website registration confirmation email but not the book.

Montag,
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@qrper update 2: I got a link to the download an hour after placing the order

W6KME, to random
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Talked my wife, who has resisted getting her own ham license for years (in spite of being a solo backcountry hiker) into trying a practice test for the Technician license. She beat 50%, which is double what a random distribution of answers would be. She needed 8 more correct answers to pass. This is someone who has refused to study or even look at the material.

I'll keep up the fight, but EVERYONE who ventures further than their own neighborhood should get a license and carry a cheap radio.

Montag,
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@W6KME one of my initial inspirations for getting a license was because I like to hike in areas without cell phone reception. I took a HT on a few hikes but never heard a thing other than a repeater beacon.

If you want to be safe in the backcountry a Garmin InReach would be much better than a ham radio.

array, to random
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I began with programming about 3 years ago, and did an Associate Degree in web programming. If I may say so, I passed with pretty good grades, but 3 months after I landed my first gig, I am more convinced every day that I arrived too late for this. I have an Humanities background, zero Science/Maths in my belt, and I'm just too old for this. It's been a ride, trying to make my way from zero to code monkey at 50. So let's call it a day now that I'm still winning. <3

Montag,
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@array @AndyScott I also have a humanities background, and didn't learn any STEM after my freshman year of college (I got a C in Calc I). A few years ago I decided to change direction and did a six-month coding bootcamp.

I now work on very low level development for the flagship product of a leading tech company.

I was only in my 30s when I did the course but some of my classmates were older and found good jobs in the field.

Best of luck to you.

Montag,
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@array @AndyScott I regularly struggle with new-to-me issues but my coworkers are very helpful. They and my superiors make it clear that I am able to pull my own weight, even if I started much later in life than anyone else on the team.

Montag,
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@array @AndyScott one last point, have you looked into embedded programming? I find it's much better in terms of ageism and demanding the latest framework. Everyone else in my team is at least 50 years old.

The initial learning curve is steep but things don't change too much once you get there. We regularly solve bugs because someone encountered the same issue 30 years ago.

Montag,
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@AndyScott @array
The cliché is right - the hardest part is getting your foot in the door. With that, I think it's best to begin in a well-established company that has a lot of experienced developers.

An old roommate did the same bootcamp as me and got a job at a small outfit with only one other programmer who had a few years in the field (sounds a bit like @array 's situation). I feel that I've improved much more than him because I can learn from many others' experiences.

Montag,
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@array @AndyScott

I think there's a universal sense of imposter syndrome.

https://linuxrocks.online/@Montag/109279722809084822

shtrom, to firefox
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Just upgraded , and got greeted with this nice table on protection across various

Montag,
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@shtrom websites can track when you copy their URL?

Montag,
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@shtrom OK, thanks. I manually delete those whenever I share a URL

Montag, to random
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@pluralistic I pledged for the ebook of The Bezzle. The pledge manager insists on taking my home address, even though I didn't order anything physical.

Does this affect you at all? Will it cause any problems if I give fake information?

Montag,
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@pluralistic just got your update. Thanks for the quick fix

ai6yr, (edited ) to climate

NYTimes: "Patagonia’s Profits Are Funding Conservation — and Politics

$71 million of the clothing company’s earnings have been used since September 2022 to fund wildlife restoration, dam removal and Democratic groups."

(gift link!) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/climate/patagonia-holdfast-philanthropy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R00.xnO7.tnTPRQQoEzgM&bgrp=a&smid=url-share

Montag,
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@ai6yr there's a good documentary about conservationism with the founders of Patagonia, called 180 South

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1407927

Montag, to books
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Can anyone recommend a good English-language of ?

alxd, to solarpunk
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On the topic of / I recently played my first game of Daybreak, by the designer of the Pandemic.

https://daybreakgame.org/

There's a lot I could say about the mechanics and how it draws equivalence between "green capital" and activism, but there's something more jarring.

There are 4 factions:

Europe
US
China
Majority World

With the last one being the hardest to play, the least sustainable, the most crippled with emissions and population growth.

Montag,
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@alxd have you played CO2 Second Chance? It's too depressing for me to call it but it's a good board game that shows how hard it can be to avoid a climate catastrophe in the next few decades.

Montag,
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@eastoahu96825 @alxd does it help you in the game to use cards that get more cards?

One of my big problems with Dominion is that you can either choose to play the fun way (lots of cards that give you extra actions and fun mechanics) or the winning way (getting a lot of money quickly to buy provinces).

skaeth, to books
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What are your thoughts on DNF (Did Not Finish)-ing books? Do you feel guilty about it? Do you worry you missed out on something? Or are you confident in dropping a book and reaching for the next one?

At what point are you most likely to DNF, if ever? What sorts of things cause you to DNF?

My friend, book blogger Kriti, was musing on these questions a while back, and it sparked this new post: https://armedwithabook.com/dealing-with-dnf-the-practice-of-did-not-finish/

@bookstodon

Montag,
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@skaeth @bookstodon I'm a very impulsive reader. I can start a new book, read 20 pages, then switch to a different book, even though I enjoyed the first one.

I very rarely give up a book. According to my bookwyrm account I'm currently reading 17 books, not including a few that I set aside before I opened the account and just haven't gotten back to yet.

When I'm debating whether to stop a book permanently I feel very bad, but I get over it quickly once the bookmark is gone.

kurtpankau, to boardgames
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Any enthusiasts out there? I got my hands on a copy of and have written up my thoughts and taken pictures!

http://www.kurtpankau.com/2024/01/first-impressions-wyrmspan.html

Montag,
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@kurtpankau very nice review but you didn't actually answer the most important question: "Should fans of Wingspan also acquire this one?"

Is it different enough that's it's worth spending the money and shelf space?

atomicpoet, to random

As someone who is Jewish but grew up going to church (hence my name), I’ve encountered much more hostility from Reform Jews than from Orthodox Jews.

The moment Reform Jews hear about any connection to Christianity at all, they get very upset and don’t want to talk to you.

But if an Orthodox Jew knows your background, they ask who your mother is, who your grandmother is—generally where your family is from—and then ask you to put on tefillin and hand you a prayer book.

Now I’m not saying this is always the case, but it’s a trend. And after spending time away from Judaism—and religion in general—I’ve come to appreciate Reform and Conservative Judaism a little bit more. But I really do appreciate that Orthodox Jews were (and are) willing to talk to me and teach me about Judaism.

Montag,
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@atomicpoet I grew up in your usual Reform Jewish environment, more culturally Jewish than religiously.

I was always uncomfortable with the way people around me treated Orthodox Jews, as if they were backwards cultists. I doubt many of us had ever seen an Orthodox Jew - I didn't until I was in college.

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