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ShaunOttawa

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Does boring stuff with computers for money.
Does music stuff with computers for fun.
he/him il/lui
Ottawa, Canada

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ottaross, to random
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Squeezed in a four km walk before noon, as it'll be warmer this afternoon, and there's not a cloud in the sky. By the end of the walk we were watching for the streets with shade trees to alter our route.

Guess it's that season to follow the weather choosing grey or drizzley days for the best walking.

ShaunOttawa,
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@ottaross I did a couple hours of yard work this morning. Got it done before it got too hot.

ShaunOttawa,
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@ottaross
We also did some gardening yesterday. It was teasing that it would rain, but we got it done without getting poured on. Tomorrow I don't have to get dirty in the yard so I can just relax after breakfast.

ShaunOttawa, to random
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Why is Presto's website absolute hot garbage?

ShaunOttawa,
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A month ago I cancelled my lost Presto card and ordered a new card to replace it. I still haven't received the new card. Went to order another replacement and I get this useless error: "Technical exception occurred. Please try again later." WTF?
Do they want people to use transit or not?

ShaunOttawa,
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@geekingirl
I remember that was a pilot a while back. Does it work everywhere now?

shawnhooper, to random
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Every time I'm forced to use Chrome, I find it so so slow compared to Firefox.

#browserthoughts

ShaunOttawa,
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@shawnhooper
I use it a couple time a week for work, and it takes like several minutes to launch sometimes.

stephanie, to Ottawa
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Hmm... Is that normal? Huge raccoon is broad daylight at our neighbour's 😳

ShaunOttawa,
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@stephanie
One of these sneaky dudes tipped over our green bin for a quick snack a couple nights ago.

lanastewart, to random
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Oooh you doubled your secure bike parking to 62. Welcome to 1985 ESDC.

ShaunOttawa,
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@lanastewart
I've easily worked in a dozen different buildings over the years, and only 2 had indoor bike parking at the time I worked there. Many don't even have a secure area at all, it's outside locked to whatever shitty rack they bothered to install. Frustrating how bad we are at this.

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@lanastewart
I'll be going from 1 day/month to 3 days/week at some point. For the once a month I go to Portage which does have a bike room. But for RTO3, we have no idea where we'll be reporting too. We need to conjure up some office space from somewhere while PdP3 is under construction.

ShaunOttawa, to random
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I didn't like school a that much, especially high school. Somehow that motivated me to get the fuck out of there as fast as possible and move on to the next thing.
My teens, they don't like school much either, especially high school. But instead they're languishing there. No end in site. One kid hasn't attended a single class in months. I'm tired of this 😭

casseagull, to random
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On the revert reds, TWICE this week I had revert reds happen to me (once I rolled off the dots too soon and the other I wasn't in the right place and forgot I wouldn't get my signal that way) and BOTH TIMES the motorists at the cross streets waved me to go through the intersection anyway. It was very nice.

I think that the first time (Kenilworth/Holland) the guy saw me swear up a storm when I saw it revert red lol

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@ksawatsky @dairpo @casseagull
All turns should be banned while there's a walk signal on. I've had way too many close calls even when the driver had a green light (but not the right of way, but many drivers think green = go no matter what.)

ShaunOttawa, to random
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  • submits another copyright dispute *
    SoundCloud needs to take their copyright detection bot out behind the shed and end its miserable existence. There's thousands and thousands of bootleg remixes on that site, and it keeps flagging my original works for non-existant violations. If some melodic loops or vocal samples were the same, that I'd understand. But nope, it's just totally different songs. You can't replace human ears with automated technology, it fails more often than not.
ottaross, to random
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This storm has some nice intensity, but is a little far north for giving us a light show in my area. Just one finger brushing by us here.

ShaunOttawa,
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@ottaross I was about to fire up the grill when it started raining. Looked at the radar, noped back inside. Made the right call. It's pouring here.

ShaunOttawa, to random
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Like many government institutions, we have a high turnover rate at the executive level. Seems like the latest batch want to "leave their mark" and are embarking on some change transformation initiative affecting some of our main business lines. So many buzzwords, yet not a single tangible goal was expressed. Sigh...

ShaunOttawa, to random
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I feel like I need an extra day just to recover from the weekend.

ShaunOttawa,
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@dairpo
I've actually been thinking about trying out compressed hours. Half my team already does it, so it's likely to be approved if I ask.
At lest until RTO3 kicks in, no idea how that could muck up a compressed schedule.

arstechnica, to random
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Google Fit APIs get shut down in 2025, might break fitness devices

Scales, trackers, and other fitness devices that don't get updated will stop syncing

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-fit-apis-get-shut-down-in-2025-might-break-fitness-devices/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ShaunOttawa,
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@arstechnica
Another one for the Google Graveyard.

johnefrancis, to random
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My recent COVID infection has been a real olfactory roller coaster.

I didn't lose my sense of smell at any point...if anything, it's become very sensitive to particular smells.

I accused my family of leaving one of their gross scented candles open, but it was actually a tree blooming outside.

I couldn't really smell my hockey equipment, but my body wash has now become a 20/10 in scent power.

Going for wings tonight, should be fun.

ShaunOttawa,
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@johnefrancis
Back in Feb 2020 when I had the mystery sniffles, I had a wonky sense of taste & smell for about a week. Last year when I had a really nasty bout of Covid, I only had the "everything smells like snot" phase like any old flu.

ottaross, (edited ) to random
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How does this Monday find you? (short window poll)

ShaunOttawa,
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@ottaross
Hard to get motivated this morning, but there's an abundance of work to do, so not like I can just take it easy. One task at a time, I'll get through the day.

grivettcarnac, to Ottawa
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One of the things that has fallen to the way side with the past few years is the idea of brand loyalty. Yes for certain items I have a preference (I’ve had some clothing etc for 5-10+ yrs) in terms of durability and quality but beside that? Fuck no. Price. Patagonia? Nope. Canadian brands? Not really. If it’s not on sale then won’t even bother. I have mostly had the same clothes for the past five years, repairing them, maintaining, which I’ve always done but now with earnest

ShaunOttawa,
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@grivettcarnac
I can relate on the weight fluctuations. I have a entire wardrobe that's a size smaller that's waiting for me in my closet.

geekingirl, to random French
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Galen called a friend at the CBC…

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaw-boycott-privilege-1.7192869

ShaunOttawa,
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@geekingirl
LOL, it's only been a couple days. Have their stores taken that much of a hit?

ShaunOttawa,
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@dairpo @geekingirl
I don't judge people who don't have much of a choice on where they buy their groceries. But CBC running such a piece when the impacts of the boycott are not even known yet sure is something. No reason for the national broadcaster to run defensive P.R. for a huge corporation.

johnefrancis, to random
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🌶️ take on the announcement of "in -office 3d/week" for public service employees.

The federal govt still has a 50% reduction of office space planned.

Most of the goals of the return-to-office policy can't be realized, because team members aren't even in the same province anymore, and they don't have actual office space to return to.

The policy is optional and low level managers will have the final say, not TB.

It's a fake. Nobody wants it to happen. RTO mostly won't happen.

ShaunOttawa,
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@johnefrancis
Optional? You wouldn't know that the way most executives talk. 🤣
From what I've heard, there hasn't been much enforcement for those not showing up.
Found out today our current office space usage is at 66% capacity with the current 2 days RTO. Add a third day. Remove exemptions. Reduce overall portfolio by 50%. Good look to Accommodations to figure this one out!

ShaunOttawa, to random
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Wednesday: TB announces new RTO policy increasing on site presence.
Thursday: Info comes out that the secretary of TB works remotely and regularly flies into Ottawa costing us tens of thousands of dollars.
Friday: Secretary of TB resigns for "health reasons"
That was quick.

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@casseagull
All summer, uh... why am I immediately thinking "cottage"?

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