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WearsHats

@WearsHats@realsocial.life

40-something disabled nerd who doesn't know what he's doing. #Progressive #SecularHumanist

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WearsHats, to random
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I finally did it. I used an LLM. A couple of months ago, MS added its Copilot to Windows. I turned it off. But the latest update shoved it back in my face and tried to get me to let it use my data. So I asked it a question: How do I get rid of Copilot? It suggested I uninstall it like any other program, but MS removed that option. But Copilot went on to tell me the exact registry key to change to block it from loading, and now it's gone.

WearsHats, to random
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US Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a new rule requiring hospitals to electronically report cases of respiratory illness such as COVID-19 on a weekly basis, even in the absence of a declared public health emergency.

Public comments on whether to adopt this policy are open.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/02/2024-07567/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-and-the-childrens-health-insurance-program-hospital-inpatient

LiamOMaraIV, to random
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Take a look at this person's flag choices. Ask yourself what similarity they see that brought them together. Take all the time you need.

WearsHats,
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@LiamOMaraIV That's easy. They're southern Evangelicals who believe in white Christian supremacy. They have supported Israel since the beginning because they believe that a fully Jewish state in the holy land is the key to triggering the Rapture.

WearsHats, to random
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Cooking revolutionized food safety so much that the appendix (which existed to try to deal with foodborne parasites) became vestigial. Germ theory led to pasteurization, vaccines, and sterile medical environments, which all but eliminated a whole swath of deadly infections.

Those measures were so successful that we have trends of raw diets, raw milk, antivaxxers, and anti-maskers because people don't remember why they're able to feel safe.

futurebird, to random
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Ever since I broke my leg I sometimes trip. It's scary since I'm scared I'll land in a way that could set off a lot of pain. But what's worse is I'm not doing so great being reasonable about it after. I first feel very stupid for falling over, then upset that I'm so upset about something so stupid.

Whoever designed emotions was and idiot and should be fired.

Like obviously I have a mostly metal leg, not walking perfectly is normal. But I still beat myself up for not being more careful. WHY.

WearsHats,
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@futurebird We all suffer from internalized ableism. I'm sorry you're coping with that. But... are you using a cane? It took me way too long to admit that I needed one. I was scared of what others would think/say. But I was so much better off with it, and no one ever questioned it, even though I was in my 20s (and looked like a teenager). Got a pretty nice stylish cane, too, which felt cool.

WearsHats,
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@futurebird Ah, yeah. That would be very disorienting. Hopefully you'll get into new habits that work better. Always takes a while to relearn your stride.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I’d like to see a contest where people paint Trump’s Dorian Gray attic portrait.

WearsHats,
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@StillIRise1963 It would be hard to make it look uglier and more poorly aged than he is...

StillIRise1963, to random
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We need a teach-in so ALL AMERICANS understand what ACTUAL powers a presidents has. MAGATs are not the only confused and undereducated people in this nation.

WearsHats,
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@StillIRise1963 Can we please include SCOTUS in that? As students. They need a refresher course. And one on the Second Amendment (which says in its own text that it only exists to arm the National Guard) while we're at it...

dgar, to random
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Invisible planes?

Can’t see them taking off...

WearsHats,
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@dgar Shared from Lynda Carter's official account a few years ago:

imtheq, to random
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The past couple weeks I’ve been embracing silence. Max 1 hour TV/ day, no background music while I work, no music at all with vocals, etc.

This morning I sat still in the back yard with a cup of tea and I heard EVERYTHING. The breeze through the treetops; a half dozen different bird calls; a squirrel scuttling on the top of the fence; distant sounds of traffic. It was exhilarating!

WearsHats,
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@imtheq Funny you mention that. I just read an article this week about John Cage's 4'33" (a musical composition consisting of 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence) and how it's supposed to make you contemplate all the little sounds in your environment that you'd otherwise ignore. Specifically, a professor at Columbia cut it from his music class this year because what students would have been hearing was the protest outside.

Gift link: https://hellgatenyc.com/this-ny-times-columnist-should-probably-not-be-teaching-john-cage-to-columbia-students?giftLink=4b941a6fe7bf4fd1cb2f7fc48fe3667a

GottaLaff, to random
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🎯 Via Jim sciutto:

The script-flipping here is a remarkable: rather than focus on the severity and precedent of what’s before them - whether should be prosecuted for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election - they appear focused on the potential for a future president to be frivolously prosecuted. There appears to be little concern among the conservative justices for the substance and significance of the case.

WearsHats,
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@GottaLaff Should be simple. If other Presidents want to avoid prosecution, they should uphold the law and not do crimes. Although even Nixon, Reagan, and Bush managed to avoid it...

WearsHats,
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@WmShakesp3are @GottaLaff @otownKim

I don't want to let him off the hook, but it's hardly on the level of Watergate, Iran Contra, or Abu Ghraib.

StillIRise1963, to random
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So, the nazi Speaker of the House is going to speak to Jewish students on campus. Hmmmm.

WearsHats,
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@StillIRise1963 He's having security walk him past the Jewish students on campus who are protesting against the war, so that he can instead pretend to be concerned about antisemitism. For his own End Times antisemitic reasons. And so he can make a speech decrying educational institutions that don't brainwash kids with right wing talking points.

GrimmReality, to random
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Our local minor-league team just outshitposting the living shit out of the shitposters.

WearsHats,
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@GrimmReality @notroot

Why are they advertising my family on their bus?

WearsHats, to tesla
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Thank you, Associated Press, for getting this subhead right.

Amazing they can charge for the feature (which is just a software update, since the cars already had the sensors it uses) when it's still so far short of actually working.

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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"The Why Files" is a youTube channel that regularly has videos with over a million views. They started as a kind of paranormal/fringe science channel that was mostly harmless, and that often debunked conspiracies.

But, they've moved beyond that in to material such as suppressed patents for cars that run on water. And treating climate change like it's a unresolved question. This has made their audience grow.

The things is they aren't just spitting lies. 1/

WearsHats,
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@futurebird @GiddingsMJ

I remember seeing an article. I can't seem to find it again. But something akin to these two:

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/06/a-dangerous-question-does-internet-advertising-work-at-all/372704/

https://slate.com/technology/2014/06/online-advertising-effectiveness-for-large-brands-online-ads-may-be-worthless.html

They're a decade old, but they make a good case that most online ads don't work, or at least not well. Besides, our brains filter out most ads by just refusing to pay attention to them.

WearsHats,
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@futurebird @GiddingsMJ

Found it. This is the article I was thinking of.
https://thecorrespondent.com/100/the-new-dot-com-bubble-is-here-its-called-online-advertising

ottaross, to random
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The existence of dumplings implies the existence of larger, precursor dumples.

Why are they hiding them from us and what do I need to do to get some?

WearsHats,
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@ottaross Bao before them.

GottaLaff, to random
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Should I be posting dopey countdown posts to my move to BC?

Your choice.

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@Snowshadow @GottaLaff No happy ones? Sleepy ones? You outta at least feel bashful about that. Don't make me grumpy.

WearsHats,
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@GottaLaff @Snowshadow I guess I'll call for the doc.

dgar, to random
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Origami business is in creasing.

WearsHats,
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@dgar Really? I heard a lot of places were folding.

imtheq, to random
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Today's blog post is a little whiny, but I needed to get it out before I started working on the novel:

https://www.amandaquraishi.com/blog-4-18-24/

WearsHats,
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@imtheq I believe in you! And weird people are the best. "Normal" is just a way of calling someone boring, unimaginative, and/or conformist. And I think every author struggles to convey what they want, and worries they're doing it wrong. The only way to do it is to keep going. Push through and learn from experience.

WearsHats,
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@TerryHancock @imtheq Normal is having 2.5 kids, but I've never met anyone with half a kid.

kissane, to random
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A few weeks back I encountered a FOSS guy here explaining that when he sees open source devs ask for money, he blocks them and then stops using their code because they're morally wrong and he only wants to work with tools made by people who are doing the work for the right reasons. (I'm paraphrasing to avoid indexing the post.)

I've resisted writing about it because I'm slammed, but the question I can't shake is: Who benefits from the ideology of "pure" volunteerism?

WearsHats,
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@kissane Does this guy think that there are no paid staff at the local food pantry? At the art museum? The Trevor Project? That none of those are worthy of donations? You can have a non-profit that provides free services, and maybe it's largely staffed by volunteers, but still need to pay for operating costs and the labor and expertise of core staff.

WearsHats, to random
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From a friend of a friend (so make of it what you will):

A friend of mine is doing her PhD Dissertation in Community Engagement - specifically exploring the connection between nonbinary people’s communities and identities. She's collecting research data, so if you identify as nonbinary and would like to help please take a look at the survey.
https://www.courtneytobin.com/nonbinary-identity-community

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