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stuartl

@stuartl@longlandclan.id.au

Software developer, electronics enthusiast, Amateur radio operator, lover of classic rock.

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YurkshireLad, to lemmy
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Someone posted this on .

stuartl,
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@YurkshireLad @jensorensen hit the mark pretty well there. (Edit: I see looking at the original thread on mastodon.social, lots of people have said as much…)

https://mastodon.social/@jensorensen/110838313154327216

18+ drahardja, to random
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chefs kiss

Credit: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1882891175458845

Dashcam taken on a Canadian highway of a Cybertruck on the rightmost lane crossing multiple lanes of traffic to make it to an exit on the left, all the while signaling a right turn.

stuartl,
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@drahardja Surely that vehicle wasn't sold like that… wrong side and wrong colour… that's a brake light!

mikemathia, to random
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stuartl,
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@mikemathia

Hmmm… so "brakes that won't slow you down", what other could they start making?

Fans that won't cool you down?

Umbrellas that won't keep you dry?

ai6yr, to linux
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Hmm, I feel like I have reached some kind of secret level of geekdom, figured out you can play Internet radio stations on your command line in Linux. (using a package called pyradio).

stuartl,
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@ai6yr I get all kinds of strange looks from co-workers when I play a song from the command line on my laptop.

They just don't consider that such a thing is even possible because they grew up with GUIs.

Meanwhile, I grew up with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1… where you were never far away from needing a CLI to do something. I started with Linux shortly after I started with Windows 95.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to australia
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🇦🇺 Australia: Festive warning as poll reveals lax COVID-19 attitudes.

"It found 33% of Australians do not think COVID measures, such as wearing masks, hand sanitisation and social distancing, are important for protection against the disease."

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8464400/festive-warning-as-poll-reveals-lax-covid-19-attitudes/

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stuartl,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

The other day, I was called irrational for choosing to work from home on Mondays and Fridays because (amongst other things) of COVID-19.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
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New study proves that COVID-19 is far more harmful and deadly than the flu.

Dr. Al-Aly wrote, “We observed higher risks of death, healthcare utilization and hits in most organ systems in COVID-19 than the flu. This was evident in pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron. And also evident in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. COVID-19 remain a much more serious threat to human health than the flu.”

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/18/covi-d18.html

stuartl,
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@Scienceisnotopinions @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

It gets worse than "the flu"… I was told it was like a cold now. I really don't think that's a good equivalence.

Only treatment for a cold is rest… there's some things that reduce symptoms, but it really just needs a week's rest and there's minimal damage left behind.

COVID-19, you might be lucky and get away with a bad head cold. I got through without any loss of smell/taste, or any obvious lasting effects. Or you might be one of the unlucky ones, for which symptoms never leave you.

Anti-virals exist now, but they can also have "bounce back" -- just ask Joe Biden.

That aspect makes it feel like Russian Roulette to me.

ifixcoinops, to random
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Wanna see how a pinball/arcade tech does his xmas lights?

The wise among you will be thinking "Now this could go one of a couple ways," and you'd be right

It's either gonna be 🎇✨🎆

or 🦝

stuartl,
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@ifixcoinops Tell me the firmware is written in Rust too. 🙂

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to Canada
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🇨🇦 "Canada has the worst record for COVID-19 deaths in long-term care homes compared with other wealthy countries, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)."

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canada-record-covid-19-deaths-wealthy-countries-cihi-1.5968749

stuartl,
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@SpaceLifeForm @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

That there, is probably the biggest issue we face right now. Our buildings have rubbish ventilation, and so viral loads, whether it be COVID-19, influenza, the common cold… whatever… build up.

We need to move beyond masks, we need to fix the ventilation. Medical facilities and nursing homes being of high importance here.

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to threads
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IMPORTANT. Threads stated policy is to collect and exploit Fediverse user personal data without explicit consent.

Now is a very good time to review Threads Terms of Use (https://help.instagram.com/769983657850450) and Supplemental Privacy Policy (https://help.instagram.com/515230437301944).

Note just by following a Threads user or replying to a post, Meta claims they are entitled to your personal data.

And what do they say they will do with your data? Provide you with "business services (including ads)."

stuartl,
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@mastodonmigration

It's worth noting that the first quoted section, seems to be more an artefact of how federation works. By me replying to this thread, a copy of my post is hosted on the "home" server for the thread (mastodon.online), and for the post to render correctly, it also hosts a mirror of my profile.

For Meta to participate as a Fediverse instance, it would more-or-less have to do the same thing.

I don't have a particularly big problem with that.

One thing we sadly cannot control or enforce, is how any HTTP client (whether it be, web browser, Fediverse instance or other piece of software), interprets and uses the content of our posts.

So nothing stops anyone from archiving what we've posted and doing whatever with it. We can ask that it not be fed into a , but it's symbolic, with no technical means of enforcement and no obvious means of detection.

As for ads, I'd love to see how Meta is going to display "targeted ads" on the instance I run.

If they sent me ads as "mentions" from an account, I could simply mute/block that account. The only other way I see is that they exploit the fact that Meta produce ReactJS, which Mastodon's web UI is built on, and mount a supply-chain attack to inject an ad banner on my Mastodon instance.

I think the implications on the latter would make their position untenable.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to australia
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🇦🇺 Australia: 4-year ban for the Hobart GP who said doctors in COVID-19 vaccine rollout were ‘war criminals’

"Dr Stephen Hindley also 'lectured' a patient for having a COVID-19 vaccine and used 'disgraceful' language to describe AHPRA officers: tribunal."

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/four-year-ban-for-gp-who-said-doctors-in-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-were-war-criminals/

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stuartl,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

Is 4 years enough? That is truly disgraceful. I wouldn't see that man for medical advice in a fit!

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
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COVID in WA: Virus wave expected to stretch to Christmas as anger mounts over closure of important clinic. By John Flint

@auscovid19

Source: https://thewest.com.au/news/coronavirus/covid-in-wa-virus-wave-expected-to-stretch-to-christmas-as-anger-mounts-over-closure-of-important-clinic--c-12819380

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stuartl,
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@RebelGeek99 @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

This is a disease that thrives in a human body at a quite warm 37°C. What difference does the season make?

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
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The COVID mask rules of Victoria’s major hospitals revealed.

@MaryAnneThomas @auscovid19

Source: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/canine-covid-how-to-avoid-passing-the-virus-on-to-your-dog-or-cat/news-story/59b72fe597989ce99e6f8631d7c3703b

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stuartl,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

St. Vincent's Hospital seem the most reckless… "all visitors are now required to wear a surgical mask (rather than N95), except for when visiting COVID-19 patients where full PPE, including an N95 mask, is required"

If someone rocks up to a general ward sporting a properly fitted N95/N100 mask, why would they compromise that by insisting on a shitty surgical mask?

Fine, they might not supply N95s for those who lack anything… but as I've said before, tell me to take my properly fitted mask (full-face elastomeric) off for a surgical mask -- I'll tell you to go get stuffed.

ai6yr, to movies
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Went back to DVDs (on my PC), after one too many evenings dealing with advertising in the middle of free streamed movies. ("free" i.e. paid for by that advertising). Amazon Prime used to be not-so-bad, but it's terrible now. I forgot how awesome it is to NOT BE INTERRUPTED in the middle of key movie scenes. Borrowing them from the library, and buying some of the ones I'll watch multiple times from thrift stores/library sales.

stuartl,
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@ai6yr People at work have tried to "evangelise" Spotify to me.

My arguments against it have basically been:

  1. I've been collecting albums (CDs and vinyl) longer than they've been alive.
  2. The albums I have in my collection from that time, still play just fine.
  3. Lots of stuff I listen to isn't on the streaming platforms
  4. Since it's all "ripped" to the computer, I can pretty much access any of it at any time, without incurring data charges.
  5. No big yellow taxi will be taking my "Harvest" away just because it was sharing a server with a conspiracy theorist.
  6. When I go, executors of my estate can pick through what I have, keep what they want, and sell the rest.
ai6yr, to Dog
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Interesting doggie rescue in Sumter, South Carolina. Oopsie, little pup!

stuartl,
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@ai6yr Dog should quit while he's still a head.

dgar, to random
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Banana bread.

Follow me for more recipes.

stuartl,
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@dgar You could have skinned them first… I don't find that dish very a-peeling.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
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Maybe if radio shock jocks like Chris O’Keefe stopped playing down the seriousness of the pandemic and stopped questioning public health officials advice the public might take it more seriously?

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/please-just-stop-dr-norman-swan-accused-of-scaremongering-with-covid-christmas-advice/news-story/68dbd2657c30b685d6ce15d32c531fff

stuartl,
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@rdm @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

<sarcasm>Of course… they're experts in everything… Second only to podcasters!</sarcasm>

ai6yr, to hamradio
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Hmm, dude with a broken Marine VHF radio. Not often you see a loose PL259 connector as a scene focus in a movie, LOL.

Famous PL259 connectors I have known

stuartl,
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@ai6yr There's a website "Starring the Computer" which features various computers (including ) being used as props in movies.

I think there could be an opening for a sister site: "Starring the radio". Then we find all the technical flaws in their set-up and technique.

ai6yr, to ai
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Filed for the robot apocalypse: the AI image recognition on Wyze cameras is easily fooled by mottled sunlight through trees on a white surface; multiple, false detections due to blobs of sunlight changing in the wind. "Vehicle!" "Pet!" "Person!" "Package!" (no... it's just shadows in the wind).

stuartl,
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@me @ai6yr

Not only is that a denial-of-service vulnerability… but if it then came to "trust" that "face"… anyone could defeat your security system by buying and wearing an identical T-shirt.

stuartl, to Portugal
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Well done -- 6 days running on nothing but .

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/portugal-just-ran-on-100-renewables-for-six-days-in-a-row

I think there's a message in it for Australia. Like Portugal, we're nuclear-free. Hydro will be a challenge, we don't exactly have a lot of dams suitable for that, but we should be putting solar on every roof we can, setting up wind farms and improving our battery storage.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to China
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🇨🇳 China: Current Virus Due To Lower Immunity After A Covid Infection.

"Beijing has told the.. WHO that the increase in cases of people with flu like symptoms is down to a new winter bug that has taken over due to Covid LOWERING IMMUNITY to common viruses"

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/24851455/desperate-parents-children-hospital-chinas-mystery-pneumonia-outbreak/?utm_source=native_share&utm_medium=sharebar_native&utm_campaign=sharebaramp

stuartl,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

…'eeeere we go again!

ai6yr, to delhi
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Interesting traffic sign running in Arizona this weekend.

stuartl,
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@wd9ewk @ai6yr

Some people seem to drive like they're wearing blinkers too!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkers_(horse_tack)

stuartl, to random
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Ohhh, good one #BoM -- you've broken your own website.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR664.loop.shtml#skip

HTTP link? I click that now and get told:

> The Bureau of Meteorology website does not currently support connections via HTTPS.

Maybe they should start supporting HTTPS instead of falsely accusing us of using it.

stuartl,
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@flameeyes Beats me.

Admittedly, it's a useful way to know squid has silently died… since most sites are HTTPS, they bypass the transparent proxy I have here.

Interestingly, it's only that page which has the problem. This is the same radar at 128k.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR663.loop.shtml#skip

That loads, click the 64k link though, and I get thrown into the re-direct to the front page.

ai6yr, (edited ) to diy
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This morning's task--install a Structured Media Center box into a closet, start running Ethernet from wherever I can access. (Update: Dog wondering where the CATs are?)

stuartl,
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@ai6yr The cats come down the copper pairs in that cable… that one's rated for 6 at a time.

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stuartl,
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@mikemathia In my defence, I never read the actual sign, only its photo. 🙂

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