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airwhale

@airwhale@mastodon.social

Hi all, I am Tormod 🇳🇴🇸🇪 (he / him)

My days are spent as a consultant in enterprise IT organizations, mainly focusing on teamwork and the people side of delivery. In particular with coaching, processes and enabling teams to work better together across departments and vendors.

My passions are in the areas of #photography, #graphicdesign, #typography and #music. And, of course, family ❤️

Happy to talk to anyone, and I will assume you're awesome until proven otherwise.

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purplepadma, (edited ) to random
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Do you prefer your battles to use…?

airwhale,
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@purplepadma

I'm a lover, not a fighter.

davew, to random
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I'm tired of people using the term "podcast" when I can't find it at the place where I get my podcasts.

airwhale,
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@ericjmorey @davew

Eh... through RSS feeds, naturally. All searchable from inside my podcast app.

Worried I misunderstood the question?

Verso, to random
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I have a Sonos Roam speaker (waterproof wireless triangular one). I know I can boss it around with my voice to play music. Is there a way to have it pass things (like Reminders for example) to Siri? I doubt it but I figured if anyone did know they hang out on Mastodon and might tell me.

airwhale,
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@Verso

Looks like you can at least add it to your Apple Home app, so maybe there's a way. Sonos does have a list of voice commands (didn't find an exhaustive list online), and once you've set it up, you can ask it "Hey Sonos, what can you do?"

Best of luck with that.

inthehands, to random
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JFC

“One [oil] executive complained about how they continued to face burdensome environmental regulations despite spending $400 million to lobby the Biden administration in the last year.

“Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean:

airwhale,
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@inthehands

“We have the best democracy money can buy” right?

(Sadly a global problem too.)

anandamide, to random
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Who would've thought?

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/08/neuralinks-first-in-human-brain-implant-has-experienced-a-problem-company-says-.html

airwhale,
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@anandamide @purplepadma

I have long suspected Elon of using the beta version of NeuraLink. The side effects are quite severe.

mxtthxw, to random
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    airwhale,
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    @mxtthxw

    Meme Reset GIF by PEEKASSO

    eclectech, to movies
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    A decidedly more upbeat film than the original

    airwhale,
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    @eclectech

    Finally, the sequel to Aardman’s “Chicken Run”! 🐓

    Daojoan, to random
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    The Human Tenure Trap is a systemic issue that plagues entire industries and even governments.

    Politicians facing re-election prioritize voter-pleasing policies over tough long-term challenges.

    How do we escape the trap?

    https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-human-tenure-trap

    airwhale,
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    @Daojoan

    This was the base premise of HBO's "The Wire". Lots of individuals, most of them trying their very best, but being hampered by the very system they operated within.

    airwhale, to random
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    Office wear for Project Managers: GANTT

    viticci, to random
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    so do we know what Apple "let loose" yet or no

    airwhale,
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    @viticci

    It wasn’t the Kraken, he’s still here with me.

    rbreich, to random
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    Donald Trump has violated the gag order placed on him during his NY trial ten times so far. If he keeps violating it, what should Judge Juan Merchan do?

    airwhale,
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    @rbreich

    Nobody could have predicted this. We are in uncharted legal waters.

    viticci, to random
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    ah yes, post-iPad event bad takes. One of my favorite moments that occurs once every 18 months, like an eclipse of Apple pundits

    airwhale,
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    @kraigschmidt

    Yes, very intrigued by that myself, as the one available on the Studio Monitor is strictly “Do NOT Touch”.

    danilo, to random
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    preface to say: I don't want to be friends with you because you hate Apple—it's among the least imaginative things to build your personality on 30 years running yet people still do it with gusto

    But man, what a sad moment for a company that's built all its good will on the fusion of engineering and the humanities. The whole point of Apple products is to support your success with everything this ad so gleefully destroys

    But there's a deeper irony…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjkwIXWtrc

    airwhale,
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    @danilo

    Agree they would have done way better with “Squeeze” and somehow magically squeezed all of those representations of creativity in there, without damaging anything.

    Also, every time I hear “even thinner” I think “just keep the old thickness and give me more battery!”

    kevincollier, to random
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    USAA really really not reading the room here and is now unveiling voice account verification, just as the whole world knows it's trivially easy to clone someone's voice with AI. Incredibly bad decision that will undoubtedly lead to bank accounts getting drained.

    airwhale,
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    @jack @kevincollier

    …and all that with “effortless convenience” no less.

    airwhale, to apple
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    Well, , this feels like the year I might just upgrade my 2018 iPad Pro. Well done indeed!

    airwhale, to random
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    ? I mean this in the most supportive way, but we need to talk about yellow. As in very light skinned people should choose basically any other color as their top. Just watched the , and... that objectively stunning Elizabeth Debicki and whoever the charming +1 to Kieran Culkin was-yellow is NOT a charming color for very white people.

    Sure, any Latina, Black or Indian person can rock it, caucasian people just look sick from that reflection.

    Bracing for impact, but can't you see it?

    paninid, to random
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    The precede the .
    https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/112399989793545485

    airwhale,
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    @gerrymcgovern @dgavin @paninid @aral

    I just can’t accept the conventional wisdom that liquid cooling using water by default needs to contaminate that water.

    Sure, use the water for cooling, but keep it in a closed and clean system so it can be recirculated or reused. This seems like a problem current engineering should be able to solve (supported by AI, naturally.)

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    airwhale,
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    @psychicparrot42 @aral

    It there is anything mankind can learn from history it is that there is an exceptionally low number of Eurovision songs that you will ever remember the next morning.

    When there is another "Waterloo", you will not miss it.

    TCatInReality, to random
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    Now that the IDF has operational control of the main crossing into Gaza, the food, medicines and aid are going to pour into the country, right?

    Right?

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/israel-idf-control-rafah-crossing-gaza-palestine-side-hamas-war-latest-update

    airwhale,
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    @TCatInReality @aral

    Wait, what? Who had control of it previously, and why wasn't aid pouring in then? Dang, this is complicated...

    jensclasen, to random German
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    Some German nouns are used completely out of context:

    Bock = goat
    Ich habe keinen Bock (I have no goat) = I don't want to

    Wurst = sausage
    Das ist mir Wurst (That's sausage to me) = I don't care

    Besen = broom
    Ich fress einen Besen (I eat a broom) = I don't believe this

    Keks = cookie
    Du gehst mir auf den Keks (You go on my cookie) = You're annoying me

    Bahnhof = train station
    Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof (I understand only train station) = I don't understand anything

    ❓
    🤔

    Enjoy our language!

    airwhale,
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    @hopfgeist @jensclasen

    Exactly what I was thinking. ...and young bucks usually want to.

    Also, quite a few of these idioms translate perfectly to corresponding Scandinavian ones.

    FakeScrumStats, to IT
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    #scrum #devteam #scrumteam #it #itbudgets #devops #DevEnvironments #memes #Meme

    airwhale,
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    @FakeScrumStats

    Nah, the quarterly earnings are the money NOT spent on highly needed maintenance and upgrades.

    Tattooed_Mummy, to random
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    But is AI a scam?

    Tick tock video asking if AI is a scam. the answer is yes.

    airwhale,
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    @Tattooed_Mummy

    Yes.

    LALegault, to random
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    Nobody can sleep properly knowing what is happening in

    airwhale,
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    @LALegault

    If I understand the concept of borders correctly, there are TWO sides. How the Egyptian side could be taken over by the IDF doesn't make much sense, unless it's an act of war against Egypt. Right?

    renere, to random

    ​:boost_ok:​ FYI - please do not watch eurovision this year. there is currently a boycott going on due to Israel's participation and use of the contest for pinkwashing

    airwhale,
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    @renere

    Not that I watch, but pinkwashing? Please explain - I can't think of anything non-Barbie related. Thanks!

    airwhale,
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    @renere

    Thanks! Guess this is not very uncommon, unfortunately. I just had never heard that term before.

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