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TacticalGrace_

@TacticalGrace_@mastodon.social

Virtual Photographer, Sim Racing newbie, lover of games, small animals, and good food.

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vicgrinberg, to random
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On the way to work... 🇳🇱

TacticalGrace_,
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@vicgrinberg That's a cute little windmill. The town I grew up in back in the UK had a functional one that ground wheat.

TacticalGrace_,
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@vicgrinberg I have to admit, despite being in my mid 40's, I never knew that Dutch windmills were used to pump water. It does make sense though, as you say. It would be quite soggy otherwise! If you do get to visit a functional farmers windmill I highly recommend doing so, it is a very unique experience.

TacticalGrace_,
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@vicgrinberg That makes me feel better! I wonder how many windmills are still in use for that purpose in this day and age?

buitengebieden, to random
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Sometimes you just need your teddy bear on a walk.. 😊

Dog with its teddy bear

TacticalGrace_,
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@buitengebieden My friends dog has anxiety issues, and she takes her favourite cuddly lamb toy with her when they go out. It's adorable.

darth, to PCGaming
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Big win for . :elmofire:

A screenshot of a social media post by PlayStation discussing feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update and announcing that a planned update for account linking will not proceed. The post includes engagement metrics showing reposts, quotes, likes, bookmarks

TacticalGrace_,
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@darth I really hope this will help push consumers of all types to keep fighting back against these multi-billion companies and their anti-consumer practices. We can win.

vicgrinberg, to random
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- the ones I recommend who may not be known to all my followers:

Iain M. Banks
Heinrich Böll
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Jenny Erpenbeck
Ursula K. LeGuin
Marge Piercy
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Christa Wolf
Banana Yoshimoto

Post yours?

TacticalGrace_,
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@vicgrinberg I'll second the suggestion of Iain M Banks. A wonderful man I was lucky enough to actually get to know a bit.

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@vicgrinberg I don't think that's strange at all. I feel the exact same way. I've got a nice hardback copy of Matter that Iain gifted to me, and then signed for me, when I met up with him in Glasgow back in 2009. He was a great man, a wonderful author, and there's a lot of him in his work. Outside of the Culture novels, I can also recommend, if you haven't read them yet, Feersum Endjinn, and most of his regular fiction work, too.

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@vicgrinberg I'm glad you've read that, it is genuinely one of my favourites. I would recommend caution when it comes to his regular fiction work, particularly The Wasp Factory, as that has some incredibly dark themes to it.

I bought a copy to read on the flight back to Bavaria from the UK, and finished it in about 3 hours. I'd only consider reading that on a nice bright sunny day, and when you're in a happy head space, or it could be quite unpleasant.

markmccaughrean, to Netherlands
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Found this bumblebee lying on the ground in our car port. Many insects get trapped under the glass & die, unfortunately 😕

I put the bee on a flower to feed, but when I checked back a bit later, it wasn’t active 😬

So exceptionally I gave it a little sugar water – I know it’s contentious – and it recovered 🙂

Not sure what species: perhaps a tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum), but with no trace of the normal white tail 🤨

#iPhone15 📱
#Netherlands 🇳🇱
#Photography 📷
#BackGardenEntomology 🪲

TacticalGrace_,
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@markmccaughrean You saved a little fluffy life, and that's what matters. You are good people!

tubetime, to random
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it's another electronics flea market here in silicon valley! slightly rainy today.

TacticalGrace_,
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@tubetime o0

mekkaokereke, to random
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H/T to Kelsey Trainor, for pointing out that
the women's college basketball finals today will get north of 14 million viewers... but will still not be aired in a primetime viewing slot.

One of the most watched sports events of the past decade! More than NBA finals. More than MLB world series. More than NHL Stanley cup finals. And they can't get a primetime slot?

This didn't just suddenly happen. The audience has been building for years. Last year was a huge indicator.

TacticalGrace_,
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@mekkaokereke It's not even a close competition in terms of viewers. 9.9 million watched the 2023 Fall Classic, and the NCAA WBNC has already breached the 17 million viewers mark last Friday. A US friend of mine says they're actually expecting to hit at least 20 million viewers for the finals.

bazcurtis, to random
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@smashingsecurity I got the LEGO Concorde as a Christmas present. I agree, it was so much fun to build.

TacticalGrace_,
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@bazcurtis @smashingsecurity Lordy that thing is big.

TacticalGrace_,
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@bazcurtis @smashingsecurity Dang that is nice. Good job!

Gargron, to random
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Fucking Boeing

TacticalGrace_,
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@Gargron What's up?

mattferrell, to tesla
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What do you think of the Tesla Solar Roof?

Check out our video on it, here: https://youtu.be/glgsGjvxvz8

Or check out the page on our website, here: https://undecidedmf.com/tesla-solar-roof-vs-solar-panels-which-is-worth-it/

TacticalGrace_,
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@mattferrell How did I not know you were on here! This is great!

Gargron, to random
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We've updated the rules of our flagship server mastodon.social today. Most are the same with some clarifications, but one rule is new: Content created by others must be attributed, and use of AI must be disclosed. Profiles that only post AI-generated content will not be tolerated.

TacticalGrace_,
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@Gargron I love you. Genuinely. That is a wonderful stance to take.

Gargron, to random
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Today it’s been one year since we got married! I’m a very lucky guy 🙂

TacticalGrace_,
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@Gargron Happy anniversary to you both!

jynersolives, to Germany
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away jersey for the , love it!

TacticalGrace_,
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@jynersolives Good lord. A football shirt I'd actually wear.

ryanhoulihan, to random
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We should all get a push notification about what happened to Kate Middleton so we know when to stop making jokes that will inevitably be in poor taste whenever it’s revealed which horrifying fate befell her

TacticalGrace_,
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@ryanhoulihan I thought she was off performing dark magik rituals to raise Liz and Phil from the grave.

tubetime, to random
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it's the first electronics flea market of the year here in silicon valley! (electronicsfleamarket.com)

TacticalGrace_,
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@tubetime I wish there was stuff like this near me. Looks like it would be so much fun.

Gargron, to random
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I'm tired of hearing about AI, to be honest. I never cared for it. I don't respect people who use generative AI, and I despise companies that sell out people's data to train it. Yes, people will lose jobs to it, but the world will not be better for it. It's just that consequences are rarely immediately apparent in such complex systems.

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@Gargron I've lost count of how many people I've blocked, including people I used to follow, who don't understand just how bad everything to do with generative AI, and AI in general, actually is for the environment, artists rights, and data privacy. It's alarming how many just go "Haha look, funny picture" and then dismiss all the problems out of hand.

dmoser, to random
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Germany. Third biggest economy of the world. Airports are bright, clean and quiet. Fast trains only slightly less comfortable than a living room. Incredible levels of wealth wherever you look. The world is coming to Germany and is marveled. Yet, have a look into the newspapers and all you see is doomerism. How can one explain this?

TacticalGrace_,
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@dmoser Cost of living, high taxes, 2nd highest electricity prices on the planet, rise of fascism, ineffectual government, etc etc. Those are just some of the more obvious things I see as an Englishman living in Germany.

n3wjack, to random
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Sad but true.

Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edge | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/

TacticalGrace_,
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@n3wjack I would also strongly recommend a piece of software called "StartAllBack", which gives users back the ability to move the taskbar (Something Microsoft have publicly claimed they won't do because it is too difficult. Yes, really) along with putting the right-click context menus back to the way they were in previous iterations of Windows. There's also a ton of other modifications, both visual and behind the scenes, that the software can do. All for $5.

TacticalGrace_,
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@n3wjack https://www.startallback.com/ Here's the software I mentioned. Having spoken to someone from Microsoft myself, they were adamant that Windows 11's design is "Complete" in that particular area, and they won't be changing it.

TacticalGrace_,
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@n3wjack They claim they won't ever do it because it "Might" break some of their advertising widgets in the start menu, because apparently making icons that can be re-sized to fit a vertical taskbar is somehow beyond them. Not beyond a single dev working on it on weekends, but absolutely beyond a multi-trillion dollar company.

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