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timoj

@timoj@mastodon.online

Failed Diplomat/Ex-Councilman/Indistinguished Technologist/Former Mad Man/Entitler of Global Nomads/Friend of Finns/Birdsite Abandoner. Views are my own. #NoBridge 🇺🇦🇫🇮🇺🇸🇪🇺

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clive, to random
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As I behold "Crush!", the new Apple ad for their Ipad Pro ...

... I fluctuate, with heisenbergian indeterminacy, between "they are clearly trolling us" and "they are totally earnest and have no idea how completely sociopathic they appear"

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

timoj,
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@clive As a man who spent way too much time watching the Hydraulic Press Channel on YouTube, I support this commercial concept. It was, however, missing a monotone Finn providing commentary, so 8/10.

evacide, to random
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This is your regular reminder that most communications on Telegram are not end-to-end encrypted. Channels and groups are never end-to-end encrypted and 1-on-1 messages are only end-to-end when explicitly enabled.

timoj,
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@evacide I’m a big fan of #Wire for that purpose. I know one of the cofounders and he’s legitimately invested in security. I don’t know why it isn’t raised more often in these conversations.

universalhub, to boston
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More gas is gas, says Stan: Jamaica Plain gas station files plans to add more pumps

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/more-gas-gas-says-stan-jamaica-plain-gas-station#comment-970594

timoj,
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@universalhub How is there not a state mandate to add EV charging in these situations?

DJDarren, to random
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It’s just been pointed out to me that the reason Apple runs a trade-in programme for older devices is so they can reduce the size of the used market, and has fuck all to do with recycling.

That’s blown my tiny mind.

timoj,
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@DJDarren That explains why I’m not constantly bombarded by opportunities to buy older, refurbished, or used iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, etc. from practically everywhere… oh wait. I absolutely am. Spend any time in the developing world and you’d be amazed how many phones have a second or third life.

kfury, to random
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I think most people don’t know that “Pravda”, the name of the propaganda paper for the Russian communist party since 1912, is “Truth” in Russian.

Trump’s name choice for “Truth Social” was no accident.

timoj,
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@kfury Hm. I always assumed it was rooted in .

RickiTarr, to random
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Can you imagine being in diplomatic politics right now? I'd be an overcaffeinated tired mother cryptid screaming at the children to stop poking each.

EVERYONE SIT ON YOUR HANDS UNTIL WE GET HOME, THEN WE'RE ALL HAVING A NAP UNTIL OUR ATTITUDES ARE RIGHT!

timoj,
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@RickiTarr Please. Diplomats are doing cartwheels right now. Any time they’re not bailing out drunk tourists or arguing about grain subsidies is practically a Christmas party.

timoj,
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@RickiTarr Right back at you. I’d be doing it if it weren’t for the need for foreign language proficiency, the advanced degrees, and a completely misaligned temperament.

danyork, to random
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We have high wind alerts and as I watch the trees blow outside my windows... I'm also thinking about how many old trees we have around... and about how all our power lines are above ground on poles.

So if I'm not online later... there's a reason... 🙂

#Vermont

timoj,
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@danyork @Schouten_B Cheaper, of course, but also trenching in granite isn’t fun. What makes Vermont a fun drive makes it a utility nightmare even before you factor in the long lines from Quebec’s clean hydropower infrastructure.

timoj,
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@Schouten_B @danyork I once did a project in Hawaii and it gets even more interesting when you are dealing with volcanic soil.

CmdrTaco, to random
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Google never “won” the war against SEO & Bot Spam… it just barely stayed ahead, and only because search quality was a top priority for the company. That isn’t remotely true any more, and the avalanche of AI generated mediocrity has made that obvious… assuming you scrolled past all the ads to find that garbage results.

timoj,
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@CmdrTaco @Jonathanglick The walled garden NYT Cooking app is a great fallback to the open web, though I find I need to triple the amount of garlic in any recipe. ;)

timoj,
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@CmdrTaco @Jonathanglick Who knew that a couple of experts could best curate a list of instructions? Also, Alt-Lopez is a national treasure… between NYT and Anova’s apps, my game is much tighter on this side of the pandemic.

lkngrrr, to random
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The most bored cops on the planet are at

timoj,
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@lkngrrr I think they’re overprepared to take on multiple Jedi at a time and protect the citizens of Boston.

9to5Mac, to random
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Apple @ Work: Is there a place for an Xserve type device in 2024? https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/23/is-there-a-place-for-the-xserve-type-device-in-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

timoj,
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@9to5Mac There is. It’s called Synology.

timoj, to random
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Why does anyone think that can and should be provided through for-profit entities? Duty of care is not compatible with fueling of jets. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/23/business/steward-hospital-massachusetts-healey-deadline/

RickiTarr, to random
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If two restaurants were going to date, who would date each other?

timoj,
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@RickiTarr Ronald and Wendy would smash. They’d make see-through restaurants and everything would have too much ketchup on top.

universalhub, to boston
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Developer proposes ten-story life-sciences building at the edge of the Seaport to go with the ten-story life-sciences building it's already building there

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/developer-proposes-ten-story-life-sciences

timoj,
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@universalhub Cool. Are they also building a way to get there? No? Affordable housing for technicians to live nearby? No? Good luck with that.

timoj,
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@universalhub @timoj Four lines that rarely work to get to one line that barely works.

timoj,
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@universalhub The whole idea that a bunch of underpaid postdocs can be convinced to commute inefficiently to such an expensive cultural and culinary autoclave is madness. ICA aside, it’s the lifestyle equivalent of drinking Clorox.

the_etrain, to random
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Look kid, you've either sprinted through a Kmart because of a blue light special or you haven't. I can't describe that magic to you.

timoj,
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@the_etrain For me, the real magic was flicking the switch of the unattended blue light cart and getting away undiscovered.

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
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Bridge to Bluesky

Apparently, Ryan Barrett @snarfed.org@snarfed.org, an engineer/developer, is about to connect a bridge between Mastodon (Fediverse) and Bluesky.

Announcement here: https://snarfed.org/2024-02-12_52106

Of note the bridge is OPT-OUT. That is, your content will be automatically bridged to Bluesky, UNLESS you OPT-OUT.

So how do you opt-out? You have to DM Ryan Barnett at @snarfed, email him (somehow), file a GitHub issue, or put in your profile bio.

timoj,
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@snarfed @snarfed.org@snarfed.org @mastodonmigration Great way for the European Union to drive you into immediate bankruptcy! Good luck with that massive GDPR violation. -in

danyork, to random
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It’s rather mind-blowing 🤯 (but not entirely surprising) that over 200,000 people are willing to pay $3,500 for Apple’s new Vision Pro goggles! I mean… they do look like the most interesting entry into the VR / goggles world we’ve seen so far, and being deep in the Apple ecosystem I’d love to try them out. But that price point is a bit beyond where I’m ready to spend…

From: @Techmeme
https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/111841918474702042

timoj,
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@danyork They created an instant billion dollar revenue stream out of a corner case. That’s impressive, even for Apple.

9to5Mac, to random
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Netflix says Vision Pro is too ‘subscale’ for it to care about https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/netflix-vision-pro-app/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

timoj,
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@9to5Mac It’s the only way anyone’s ever going to stream House of Cards again, so maybe reconsider.

jeffjarvis, to random
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I have a new op-ed at NJdotCOM and the Star-Ledger proposing that the soon-empty Bell Labs headquarters should be turned into a Museum and School of the Internet. Where better?
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2024/01/save-the-old-bell-labs-as-a-new-museum-of-the-internet.html

timoj,
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@jeffjarvis Yes, but it would have also prevented the creation of the Internet. We’d still be doing circuit switching, metered billing, time-division multiplexing and dropping SONET rings all over humanity if their communication systems theory won. Ethernet, TCP/IP, the Internet Router, and the IETF came out of an entirely different tradition.

timoj,
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@jeffjarvis I’d also propose that the Holmdel facility is an equally good location and has been mostly rid of its asbestos. ;)

jamesthomson, to random
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Why I said “fuck off” in the Oxfam bookshop.

timoj,
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@jamesthomson I like how it decapitates the user with a CD.

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