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snowgaze, 8 months ago to random

This is "the thread". An Austrian, bothered with the lack of action by government on #inflation , built a software to track supermarkets prices. Then it got interesting. The data shows signs of oligopolic practices, supermarkets having the same price changes at the same time, and how variable prices (same product with or without discount) make it difficult to the consumer to show that prices have increased, while feeling it in their pockets. Read it, it's a great story.

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic/111071396799790275

mcc, 2 months ago to random

Today is my birthday!

If you'd like to do something for me for my birthday, would you please reply to this with—or by other means send me— something with colors you liked? Like an image or a video or a link. Music would also be acceptable if it gives you a strong synesthesiac association with color.

If this request confuses you, here are some examples of images with colors I found striking [Artists: Laurie Barmore, Vian Borchert, Erica Aurahack]. But your reply can be whatever colors you like.

Abstract art by Vian Borchert
Abstract art by Vian Borchert

snowgaze, 5 months ago to random

Wow. Can you imagine DRM on a train? We seem to be getting to a point where nothing you buy is yours, you're just lending from a company that may decide you can't use the thing anymore. Even a huge thing like a train.

https://c.im/@cdarwin/111593502318620913

snowgaze, 1 month ago to random

This is interesting:

"Barcelona removes tourist bus route from Google Maps so elderly locals can find a seat"

“We laughed when we first heard the idea because it sounded absurd and futile,” Ms Sánchez told the digital newspaper elDiario.

“But now we are amazed because the measure really is being effective:”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/12/barcelona-removes-park-guell-bus-route-from-google-maps/

snowgaze, 6 months ago to random Portuguese

Uma pequena parte da história de tantos, galegos e não só, obrigados pela miséria e pela ditadura a fugir para outras paragens. Migrantes económicos, pois, sempre os houve.
Quantas pessoas da minha geração foram criados por familiares, e viam os pais só no verão, com sorte também no Natal. Emigrados para França ou outros lugares, para ganhar a vida e sustentar os filhos.
Não foi assim há tanto tempo. Antigamente não era bom.
#memória

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/24/sea-crossings-cleaning-and-connerys-coffee-memories-of-galicians-who-came-to-britain

snowgaze, 6 months ago to pokemon Portuguese

Da minha experiência de gestão de hospitais privados, posso-vos dizer com o que contar:

• só mantenho abertos serviços com procura suficiente para darem lucro;
• os médicos de clínica geral têm sempre filas enormes, porque todos os doentes têm que passar por lá;
• os VIPS passam sempre à frente de todos;
• os funcionários (todos) são pagos o mínimo possível para não se irem embora;
• as férias dos funcionários são o mínimo possível; /1

#switch #2PointHospital

snowgaze, 5 months ago to random Portuguese

Este Last Week Tonight sobre chocolate é incrivelmente bom a explicar como controlar mercados. Há produtores que recebem quase nada, consumidores que pagam como se os produtores estivessem a ganhar bem, e quem tira proveito é quem controla o canal intermediário entre os produtores e os consumidores. Ou muito me engano, ou este é o princípio que rege muitos negócios hoje em dia. Olha o digital, as "app stores" e afins. Como é que um produtor independente tem hipótese?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwHMDjc7qJ8

snowgaze, 5 months ago to Wikipedia

#Wikipedia is asking for #donations and it's Christmas time. Today, wikipedia is the most valuable website on the whole of the internet for me, the only one where I get actual, factual, answers and no AI BS. So I donated. I hope it lives on for many years.

snowgaze, 4 months ago to photography Portuguese

#MeerMitwoch #photography #sea
Wednesday is the day of one of my favourite hashtags. 😍

snowgaze, 3 months ago to photography

#photography #SilentSunday

maique, 4 days ago to random

🌊 Today’s office was nice. Breezy, but very nice. We still have the mandatory three-hour drive back home (and it’s close to 11:30PM already), but it was nice.

A person with grey hair, dressed in a black suit, is seated on a woven outdoor sofa with a cream cushion. The person is facing away and appears to be using a smartphone. The setting is an outdoor grassy area.

maique, 6 days ago to random

🤸🏻 It was a crazy long day, but the funniest one so far. Today I even get to drop tinyMovieStar at school! Yay!!

webcubus, 11 days ago to Orange

Picture of the day: An ocellaris clownfish dancing among the tentacles of its anemone host. These fish were everywhere in Dumaguete, Philippines but they are in constant motion, so they are not easy to capture.

https://briangweber.com/featured/ocellaris-clownfish-brian-weber.html

#clownfish #fish #orange #white #anemone #Philippines #Dumaguete #olympus #scubaDiving #underwaterPhotography

maique, 12 days ago to random

😱 Remember when I complained about leaving early the other day? ETD for tomorrow is 4:45AM. There!

maique, 10 days ago to random

😴 I’ve been up for a while, I’ll try to sleep now. Still not too late, but tomorrow I’ll head north again, further than a couple of days ago. Getting closer to the Spanish border.

maique, 24 days ago to random

🐶 Kobo’s dog ears are cute.

OnceUponAGoblin, 20 days ago to random Portuguese

@snowgaze @maique como é que vocês metem o cravinho aí junto à foto?

maique, 15 days ago to random

👀 The Classics

Logo of Todd brand with a stylized illustration of a cheerful child wearing a chef’s hat labeled “Toddy” on a white and red background.

maique, 25 days ago to random

🤪 tinyMovieStar woke up. We told her we need to hurry, since Mom&Dad have to go to their offices, and she can’t stay home alone.

“Can I have a babysitter?”

maique, 2 days ago to random

😎 Today we have a day off, thankfully. Back on the road (it will actually be a boat) tomorrow at 7AM.

Hope you’re having a great Sunday.

ammdias, 2 months ago to mastodon

Using Firefox on my mobile phone to access Mastodon. Everything works fine with one exception: I can't find a way to read the Alt-Text of images. This is annoying 🙁

#Mastodon #Firefox