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Utility industry - fiber optics
Hibernating drummer
Griller of meats
Lover of puns
Hugger of fams
Sleeper of naps

Apps I dig:
Heptabase ⟶ as an amazing way to learn complex topics and to explore how my brain works.
https://heptabase.com/
https://wiki.heptabase.com/
Omnivore ⟶ A FOSS read-it-later and RSS feed app. https://docs.omnivore.app
Notesnook ⟶ An open source, encrypted, Evernote replacement. https://notesnook.com
@Vivaldi is my browser

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NeadReport, to random
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Mrs. Alito trying to figure out how to attach these upside down...

NeadReport, to random
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Truth.
https://beige.party/@RickiTarr/112457402126433096

ChrisMayLA6, to scifi
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This week I've been mainly reading, no. 153.

Each of Emma Newman's Planetfall quartet explores a different aspect of the same overarching story of religious driven intergalactic migration. In Atlas Alone (2019), the fourth story centres on an elite gamer & their attempt to uncover & then take revenge for a crime against humanity. To say much more would ruin the plot for you, but as with the others, this is great, fascinating sci-fi, which has a great payoff at the end.


@bookstodon

NeadReport,
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@firefly @fskornia @TimWardCam @ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon Interesting you quote the very thing you denounce.

NeadReport, to jazz
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Not sure if there are any Latin/Jazz music lovers out there; I'm plugging my good friend, former college roommate, and fellow musician, Jon Ball as he joins
"Gonzalo Grau & La Clave Secreta" at the Lincoln Center in NYC!
This ~ 2 hour event will be live-streamed on the Lincoln Center website as well as YouTube (link below).
La Clave Secreta has been together for 15 years and their eclectic blend is son cubano, jazz, rhumba, R&B, and funk... so tune-in an turn it up! 7:30p EST ⟶ there's a countdown timer on the YouTube site that should align with anyone's time zone)
⟶ If you know someone who might like some free, live music streamed tonight, boost it out! ⟵
https://lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/gonzalo-grau-andamp-la-clave-secreta

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NeadReport,
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side note: Jon will be playing alto saxophone and was called to fill in for the group's former alto player.

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@h_thoreson
They have some vids up on YouTube if anyone wants to get a taste of their vibe. Like this great rendition of a Stevie Wonder song "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" that they shot in the recording studio.
https://youtu.be/lx7D_IltAqw?feature=shared

NeadReport,
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@redcrew If only I was in NY! Free concert and I believe they will have a dance floor open - I'm super excited to see this :mastodance:

eclectech, to animation
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It's Friday! Woo! It's been an unusual week and I nearly forgot 🤦‍♀️

Anyhow, week 50 of the dancers and, as ever, I hope you all have a fine weekend if you possibly can 😀

Hand drawn animation loop. There are 50 simple figures each doing their own dance move. The main body of the screen is a red starburst sky, with a rainbow framing the top. 47 dancers are on the lines of the rainbow, doing their thing. The new dancer for this week is larger, and centre stage on a cloud at the bottom, with a dancer either side for company.

NeadReport,
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@eclectech Requesting a dance move... The lawn sprinkler
https://youtu.be/0i44NAn0bm0?feature=shared

NeadReport,
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@eclectech Thanks for the consideration! Dance on!

MinecraftWikiEN, to Minecraft
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Did you know Minecraft is celebrating its 15th anniversary? This day 15 years ago a first public version of Minecraft got released - Java Edition Classic 0.0.11a 🎉 🎂

Before you get dumbstruck by how old this game is now, and how we all are getting older with it, you can read a wiki page on anniversary celebrations:
https://minecraft.wiki/w/15th_Anniversary

(it's also perfect time to buy Minecraft at 50% discounted price)

NeadReport,
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@MinecraftWikiEN I just shared this with my 19 y/o son who responded, "I've been playing this for 13 years - holy cow!"

NeadReport, to pizza
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Team Trump arriving with fourteen (14) lunch break pizzas!
photo- Patrick McGeehan/The New York Times

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I was JUST wondering how many McD's cheeseburgers Trump was shoving in his pie hole during felony-court lunch break. None today! Instead...14 Pizzas for him, his lawyers, and his boot lickers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/nyregion/trump-trial-pizza-lunch.html?smid=url-share

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"The defense spent a whole day casting Cohen as a liar and elicited admissions that he had lied under oath during past cases, allowing them to cast some doubt on aspects of the story he’s told at this trial. But prosecutors will have three days to prepare for a crucial re-direct, in which they will seek to build Cohen back up and refocus the jurors on the most important elements of their case." - reporting from the courtroom, Jonah Bromwich, NYT

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Like I've always said, "Go big or go back to taking a nap."
https://sfba.social/@HumToTable/112452048312431789

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"Todd Blanche, the defense lawyer, is asking Michael Cohen how he can have specific memories of phone calls that he conducted eight years ago. Cohen responds that the reason he remembers them is because he’s been talking about the conversations for six years." - Jonah Bromwich, reporting from the courthouse for the NYT.

CakesOfPan, to random
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I swear, if I could rip Edge and Bing out by the roots, I would do so with great relish and considerable abandon.

NeadReport,
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@CakesOfPan I agree, but I'd probably substitute horseradish sauce for relish.

brucelawson, to random
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A nice stroll around the old town and a tasty stop at a Turkish home-cooking cafe in a residential area for some tea and a delicious gözleme (a thin savoury pancake folded, stuffed with feta cheese and then grilled).

NeadReport,
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@brucelawson Don't turn your back on those pancakes.

NeadReport, to random
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I have one... good observation and advise.
https://dmv.community/@killick/112447331032942008

divbyzero, to random
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One thing I learned from my tiling theory students this semester: Each of the 12 pentominoes can be decomposed into nine smaller pentominoes. Here's a decomposition of all 12 using exactly nine sets of pentominoes. (I believe the configuration is due to Aad van de Wetering.)
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The 12 pentominoes decomposed into pentominoes

NeadReport,
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@divbyzero And here I thought 'pentominoes' was the pizza joint where if you bought 4 pies, you got the 5th one free.

NeadReport, (edited )
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@divbyzero Wondering how you came up with the color pallet for this, because anything else would be distracting and too vibrant.

NeadReport, to random
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Cool thread on SpaceX junk found on Saskatchewan farm.
https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/112412755270980994

NeadReport, to Birds
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My son loves to sit out on our front steps and feed the blue jays peanuts (in the shell). And now my wife and I have taken to doing the same. Jays are Corvids and that means they are very smart birds. They come around about the same time each day and announce themselves with various calls and screeches. We will attract upwards of 5-6 jays at a time; perching in the maple tree out front and diving to pick up peanuts we toss out.
Yesterday, our kid placed peanuts on a porch railing and set up his phone cam to shoot video of the thieves in action. No sooner had he stepped inside and the nuts were gone! Here is that video.

Yesterday, our kid placed peanuts on a porch railing and set up his phone cam to shoot video of the thieves in action. No sooner had he stepped inside the nuts were gone! In this video you will see two different jays fly off with their treats.

NeadReport,
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@quixote Jays can already carry more than one (unshelled) nut!
"Blue Jays carry food in their throat and upper esophagus—an area often called a "gular pouch." They may store 2-3 acorns in the pouch, another one in their mouth, and one more in the tip of the bill. In this way they can carry off 5 acorns at a time to store for later feeding." https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/lifehistory

NeadReport,
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@quixote Jays will also 'weigh' a shelled peanut by picking it up and shaking it. They may opt for a heavier one if more are available.

nzakas, to random
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How can "what is your pet's name?" be considered a valid security question for authentication purposes?

NeadReport,
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@davew @nzakas Good suggestions for using password for security questions (which should be abolished). This all comes down to using a secure password management app - and using pass phrases* - which are harder to crack over time.
*Yes, I'll put my nonsensical 4-5 word passphrase up against your alpha numeric password any day.

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@davew @nzakas Yes! I have this info graphic!

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