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Shy, introvert, anti-gambling sport lover who watches way too many movies & tv shows.

Strong advocate for "you do you" where it doesn't impose on others, and Wheaton's Law (aka don't be a dick).

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bastardsheep, to random
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Remember that guy who zoomed in to a court hearing about a suspended license, while parking his car?

It was a clerical error. His license wasn't actually suspended.

None of the publications listed here (NYT, WP, NYP, USA Today, BBC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC) have issued corrections or updates.

https://reason.com/2024/06/03/the-viral-story-about-a-defendant-driving-with-a-suspended-license-was-fake-news/

Stolen from the 🦋 place. https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3ku2pzy6z622y

KathyReid, to random
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My old Logitech M720 mouse which I've used for about oh 10 or 12 years wasn't clicking properly. I'd click, it wouldn't register, I couldn't click and drag.

It finally frustrated me enough to get a new one, and I can't believe the difference.

I think I have a high tolerance for poor technology.

But I am at a computer for upwards of 10 hours a day. One small change has made my life measurably better. Why did I not get a new mouse sooner?

Do I procrastinate on making my life better?

bastardsheep,
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@KathyReid Mice are the kind of thing where you can't tell if it's a good one or not until you've used it for a while. What initially feels good can easily and quickly turn bad.

That's why I hesitate to update mice and stick with known models for as long as I can.

Glad you've found one that turned out to be good after a while of using it.

bastardsheep,
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@KathyReid I've used those, not a fan. Doesn't mean anything bad, just means it doesn't fit my hand and the feel I like anywhere near as well as it must fit yours.

Currently use MX 2S or MX 3, but even they're not quite exactly what I'm after.

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stufromoz, to random
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There is an ad about saying goodbye to old cable tv plans....

The ad includes throwing a CRT TV out a window.... How many people still have CRT TVs?

bastardsheep,
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@stufromoz How did they even find one to record that clip?

timrichards, to random
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Snapchat still exists?

Snapchat Snap Map turbocharges comparison culture and risks normalising stalking to Gen Z

(maybe paywalled) https://www.smh.com.au/national/snapchat-s-worst-feature-is-turning-gen-z-into-narcissistic-paranoid-stalkers-20240417-p5fkjy.html

bastardsheep,
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@timrichards Still the go-to app for kids because it doesn't post publicly by default. Only to defined groups or direct to others. (ie, parents can't stalk)

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This is how ashamed some people are that they have an Elon-car.

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alexkidman, to random
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Wow. Just discovered that there's still a market in dodgy anti-EMF pendants.

Also that Internet advertising algorithms are so bad, so inaccurate that they think there's any point at all in trying to push that utter junk in my direction. I mean, I could report the ad, but what would the point be? The big ad concerns -- your metas, googles and all -- clearly don't give a tinker's cuss, they just want their cut of the money.

bastardsheep,
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@alexkidman Unflushable.

stufromoz, to random
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And now, a quick ride to Ryde and back… for needed supplies

bastardsheep,
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@stufromoz Are you sure? I mean you were at Ryde. Nobody truly escapes there safely.

bastardsheep,
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@stufromoz Should be safe, then. Hopefully.

bastardsheep,
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@stufromoz @jonoabroad That’s one of the saddest cases there is. There’s a reason we don’t talk about @jonoabroad. 😛

bastardsheep, to auspol
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I have these two images side by side in my camera roll from 4 years ago and I have no idea why.

Peter Dutton MP.

bastardsheep, to random
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15 years ago, the Greens started warning that we needed to start preparing and planning the transition from coal to renewable energy.

The Libs responding by gaslighting and saying things like “You can’t shut down coal energy overnight!”, something the Greens were in no way shape or form asking for.

The media simply quoted the Libs. Their excuse? “We WeRe JuSt TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId!”. Never quoted what the Greens actually wanted, or actually analyzed the situation, just QuOtEd WhAt ThEy SaId! The Liberals and those talking complete and utter horse shit. While burying their heads in the sand about energy transition.

Now, we’re in a situation where coal plants are shutting down ahead of the 15 years ago schedule, renewable sources have been delayed massively, and many don’t have power lines heading to them nor are connected to the grid properly. We are in the EXACT problem situation the Greens were warning about 15 years ago.

The media won’t take responsibility for their one-sided citing and TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId. They’ll just write articles pretending that never happened, glossing over their part in it.

We’re in for hard times. All caused by the Liberal governments of the last 15 years. And Labor especially now aren’t exactly any better. And caused by the media failing to do their actual jobs.

https://theconversation.com/clean-energy-slump-why-australias-renewables-revolution-is-behind-schedule-and-how-to-fix-it-229514

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/scaremongering-wont-keep-australias-lights-on-picking-up-the-pace-of-energy-transition-will

bastardsheep, to random
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The robot uprising has happened. LLM's aren't hallucinating. They know exactly what they're doing.

jonoabroad, to random
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So, bedtime now?

bastardsheep,
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@jonoabroad Yes.

bastardsheep, to random
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It’s Red Shield Appeal time again.

Remember - friends don’t let friends donate to the Salvos. They claim to be equal opportunity helpful while protecting homophobic and transphobic staff who cut off gay & trans people out of bigotry.

There are other charities out there. It’s not like the Salvos are the be all and end all. Donate elsewhere.

https://libcom.org/article/starvation-army-twelve-reasons-reject-salvation-army

kcarruthers, to random
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Eek! 😷
https://aus.social/@Alpha1Nine/112482252980808087

bastardsheep,
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@kcarruthers Good chance it is. Thing's spreading globally. Even Antarctica. Just a matter of time.

bastardsheep,
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@luciedigitalni @kcarruthers Of course. If you don't report on it, it's not a problem. Everyone knows that.

bastardsheep, to random
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This is absolutely not going to start a new war between advertisers and ad blockers. No sir. Not at all. They're not going to petition and harrass MS in to submission and giving them access to data from it. Not now, not ever. Absolutely. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

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bastardsheep, to random
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Am I. Am I losing my Whovian-ness?

It’s Monday afternoon. I’m only just now putting on the episode of Doctor Who that came out Saturday morning.

dgar, to random
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People of the Fediverse!

It is with great pleasure that I have the opportunity to inform you all, that I solved a problem today, by reading the documentation.

bastardsheep,
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@dgar WITCH! WITCH! BURN HIM! HE READ FROM SATAN'S BIBLE! BUUUURRRRNNN HHHIIIIMMM!!!

drunkenmadman, to random
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Did I take a massive dose of acid during lockdown and literally never come back down?

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/russell-brand-bear-grylls-baptism-b2540954.html

bastardsheep,
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@drunkenmadman … and sadly it’ll probably work.

FantasticalEconomics, to Economics
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We really need to rethink our capitalistic obsession of running things like a business. Cutting costs to increase profits obviously doesn't make sense in areas of education, healthcare, public utilities, and prisons, to name just a few.

Hell, Boeing is making a strong case that it doesn't even make sense for businesses to be run like a business, much less these public goods...

bastardsheep,
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@FantasticalEconomics It's the perpetual growth model that stock trading investors often demand that simply leads to the rot economy. It's unsustainable.

The company starts rotting their product & driving consumers away for the sake of perpetual growth, until it reaches a point of no return and inevitable collapse. But the CEO would have gotten their golden handshake long before this point and moved on to rot the next company.

This is the rot economy. This is late stage capitalism.

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