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garthc

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#Cellist, tech escapee, #greyhound dad. Formerly @garthcummings_ on Twitter. He/him.

#cello #ClassicalMusic #MusicTeachers #Equality #aviation #SanJose #StarTrek #wx #CrowOrNo #nobridge

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ai6yr, to VegetableGardening
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Solar storms forced farmers to pause planting to do lack of GPS! https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/

garthc,
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@ai6yr Have you heard anything about aviation impacts of the solar storm? I haven’t seen anything myself.

garthc,
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@ai6yr Curious as to why ag was affected but not aviation.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Obama advisor Eric Schultz:

wow - NYT reporter says their nonstop coverage of ’s age is retribution for not giving their boss an interview:

“It’s A.G. He’s the one who is pissed [that] Biden hasn’t done any interviews and quietly encourages all the tough reporting on his age.”

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/25/new-york-times-biden-white-house-00154219

garthc,
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@GottaLaff @StillIRise1963 Tell A.G. that his pettiness cost him a subscriber.

ai6yr, to science
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Interest to hear on our ham radio net about one of our amateurs telling the story of how he had to explain (to a couple of college kids) not only that there was an eclipse happening "why is it so dark... why is everyone out here with those glasses?" AND having to explain to them what an eclipse is. 😬

garthc,
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@ai6yr I wonder what they were majoring in.

ai6yr, to random
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Yay! Finally, the vehicle won't start at all... rather than being intermittent. New starter or cables needed, likely. Has been spotty for months, but neither I nor my mechanic had been able to diagnose it since it was so intermittent. Intermittent car problems are worse than car problems.

garthc,
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@ai6yr Solenoid?

garthc,
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@ai6yr If so, whack it with a screwdriver and see if it unsticks. Classic VW Bug repair that also worked once on my wife’s Corolla.

ai6yr, to Plumbing
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Drat. Kitchen sink has a leak now. I wonder if it's because they loosed everything up but did not remove it. Think I'll fix this one myself, because:
A. doesn't leak unless you fill the non-disposal side of the sink
B. It's just one seal (tightened the P-trap and no issues there now)
C. The plumber charges more per hour than my own hourly rate writing software (!).
D. I will learn plumbing just to avoid the annoyance of dealing with caustic/flakey/expensive plumbers, in this case (easy to avoid this leak - not use that sink until it's fixed). Non-pressurized side of the plumbing system.

#disasterremodeling #plumbing

garthc,
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@ai6yr Another source of leaks are the holes in the sink for fixtures, air gaps, etc.

ai6yr, to solar
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August 2017 solar eclipse traffic, in a nutshell... apparently turned some routes into hours and hours long traffic jams.

Photo of Eclipse Traffic jam on Aug 21, 2017

garthc,
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@ai6yr We were at Evergreen Aviation Museum for the 2017 eclipse. The traffic jam was when everyone started leaving. We waited an hour or so and the jam was gone.

larsibacken, to classicalmusic
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@classicalmusic
@womencomposers

1858-1944

'The Wreckers' (Overture) (1906)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj9U3QLTd1c

garthc,
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@larsibacken @classicalmusic @womencomposers I performed that last year. Smyth’s cello sonata is also a good listen.

announcements, to random
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Happy Friday, !
Our fiscal host, Open Collective Foundation, is ceasing operations, and changes to how we handle donations are afoot.

Please see the linked post on the information hub or see the thread below.

https://hub.sfba.social/2024/03/08/important-transition-announcement-for-our-sfba-social-community/

garthc,
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@announcements Can you please post instructions on how to cancel recurring donations on OCF? They don’t make it obvious and their docs don’t match the actual layout of their website. Thanks.

amyfou, to Dogs
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    garthc,
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    @amyfou @dogsofmastodon Good news that it was an easy fix! Maybe the backup battery in the thermostat has died.

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    Now, the fascists are trying to tell the anti-fascists that they're too tired to stop this. NO, WE'RE NOT.

    garthc,
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    @StillIRise1963 That was the bridge too far for me. I canceled my NYT subscription.

    18+ drahardja, to random
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    My senior dog is suddenly showing worsening signs of twitching and shivering yesterday. Trying to get a slot at the vet’s this morning but I’m worried sick that there’s some neurological problem with her.

    garthc,
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    @drahardja In our experience Sage 👎 MedVet 👍

    ai6yr, to Plumbing
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    Something this old and everything else attached of similar era makes plumbers grumpy! Lesson so far on this disaster is to plan on refreshing plumbing more frequently. That was not in the "becoming a homeowner" brochures, LOL. #plumbing #plumbingdisaster #homeownership

    garthc,
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    @ai6yr BTW, did you ever figure out why Flume didn’t flag the original leak?

    We installed Flume based on your recommendation and it recently caught a hose bibb that a contractor had left on. The hose and nozzle were attached so not a lot of water was leaking.

    The leak was flagged at 2 hours at 0.02 gpm. So we lost about 2.5 gal by the time we were notified.

    garthc,
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    @tocopherol Reminds me of the Northwestern University football cheer, “We don’t cry, we don’t fuss. Someday you’ll all work for us!”

    ai6yr, to Aviation
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    Stolen plane detected via ELT (emergency beacon) "On December 30, 2023, the victim... received a phone call from Air Force Search and Rescue at about 6:00 p.m., after they received a notification from his Kitfox personal aircraft's emergency location transmitter. This beacon signals a downed aircraft when activated. Jeff advised he was not flying his aircraft and immediately drove to his hangar in North Las Vegas where he discovered the aircraft was not in the hangar. " #usaf https://local.nixle.com/alert/10536279/

    garthc,
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    @mattblaze @ai6yr Entirely plausible. It’s recommended after a hard landing to check that the ELT hasn’t been triggered. Modern ELTs activate when they sense an acceleration of 3.5 feet per second.

    garthc,
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    @mattblaze @ai6yr Flight plans are optional for visual flight rules in the U.S.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    If this is how my day is going, I may just get offline early.

    If you pretend to be my pal and then reply with insults because I say I try to avoid certain topics because they invariably result in volatile exchanges, well lets just say it's Toodles time.

    There's enough stress in our lives. Sometimes it's healthier to alleviate them when you can.

    garthc,
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    @GottaLaff Your feed, your rules.

    ai6yr, to retrocomputing
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    Ha, somebody ported CP/M to an old Z80 word processor. That seems like an incredible amount of work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYo0fhXl754

    garthc,
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    @ai6yr I suspect it just needed a few device drivers. Much simpler back then, wasn’t it?

    Hey_Beth, to random
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    garthc,
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    @Hey_Beth Not like Nancy Reagan, I hope

    divya, to random
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    garthc,
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    @divya An X-free link https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/kellogg-kraft-win-in-price-fixing-suit-against-egg-companies

    design_law, to random
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    Ugh, I forgot (or maybe blocked out) this truly horrifying acronym created by USPTO.

    Whatever you think about the underlying policy issue, can we all agree to never use this atrocious term?

    garthc,
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    @design_law Right up there with POSSLQ

    ai6yr, to Colorado
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    The mandatory evacuation order in Wellington, Colorado yesterday was for this (explosion, no fire).

    garthc,
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    @ai6yr Looks uncannily like a house that exploded decades ago in Madison, WI. Turns out that the subdivision was built on a reclaimed landfill and installing a methane capture system was considered “too expensive.”

    The owner lit a cigar and landed his girlfriend and himself in the burn unit.

    atomicpoet, (edited ) to random
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    I’m annoyed that PC Gamer says Doom is the “spiritual” start of PC gaming. No, it isn’t.

    I don’t deny Doom’s impact, or that it’s become the “mascot” of PC gaming—much like Super Mario has become the “mascot” for console gaming. But to say it’s the “start” of PC gaming, even if spiritually? No, not at all.

    Look, Doom itself had a spiritual ancestor: Catacomb 3-D released three years prior.

    But PC gaming is not about first person shooters. Other games have been just as impactful as Doom: Zork, Rogue, Castle Wolfenstein, King’s Quest, Wasteland, Civilization, SimCity, Wing Commander—all games released before Doom.

    This narrative of Doom being the “start” of PC gaming needs to stop.

    https://www.pcgamer.com/the-most-important-games-and-moments-in-30-years-of-pc-gaming-part-1-1993-2003/

    garthc,
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    @atomicpoet @atomicpoet An older version of this is the assertion that the IBM PC started personal computing. It’d be interesting to know the age of the folks making those statements. I suspect a lack of awareness of the world before the author arrived on the planet.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    adopted binding code of conduct for the first time, responding to a stream of ethics controversies that have undercut its public standing and shined new light on the justices’ friendships and financial dealings.

    The high court has been under pressure for months to act amid the revelations, which included reports that Justice Thomas received lavish vacations, private jet flights and other gifts funded by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow

    http://blawgo.com/lsVGuwM

    garthc,
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    @GottaLaff We’ll see how serious they are if Thomas is shown the door. Not holding my breath.

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