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brandon

@brandon@fosstodon.org

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EN-CA/FR-CA

Big tech will kill you.

send me an email: _@bnolet.me

#nobot

I manage https://botsin.space/@vimtips, https://botsin.space/@promptodon, and https://botsin.space/@factsbot

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brandon, to random
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Don't save photos of your personal ID on your work laptop, for fuck's sake. You don't know what kind of person might have access to the data there.

I'm not saying to be inherently distrustful of your IT folks but damn you never know. And this is coming from an IT guy!

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As a help desk employee, you'll hate your job a lot less if you have empathy for those you help.

brandon,
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@kai Nah, the LUsers

brandon, to random
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The idea of a literature clock just really tickles the right part of my brain: https://literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com/

kai, to random
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I have visited this art gallery many times, but this is the first time I have tried hanging out at the gallery cafe.

It's a dramatic looking space with a very strange crowd. 🤔

brandon,
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@kai I don't like this place. It feels too exposed and very lifeless. It's the opposite of what the dutch would call gezillig (meaning a combination of warm, intimate, cozy, and pleasant vibes)

brandon,
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@kai This is like having a blank canvas and calling it art

brandon,
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@kai garbage

brandon,
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@kai 88 million if someone is willing to pay that much. Just like NFTs, art pieces can go down in value if the seller doesn't have the fortitude to wait for the right buyer

stfn, to transit
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I'm thinking of buying a CO2 cartridge bike pump to take with me on trips. I'm looking for opinions, I don't have any experience with them. Thanks!

brandon,
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@stfn Don't not bring your minipump if you're going on a long trip. You don't want to end up popping a tube and then being stuck without enough air to finish your trip. Yes you can bring multiple cartridges, but CO2 can pass through the valve a lot easier compared to regular air so you'll end up with a flat in the morning anyway

brandon,
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@robryk @stfn I can't remember all the science but something about the differences in permeability and size of the molecule, as well as the thermal properties between the two

brandon, to random
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TIL Skeleton Coast. This place looks fascinating and if I had the opportunity to visit I would drop everything.

thewk, to ubuntu
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Testing time 24.04 :-)

brandon,
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@thewk I can't wait to try out the new autoinstall framework :D

brandon, to random
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But the search engines aren't paying us enough for the excerpts they show. Meanwhile in Australia it's all just the same site regurgitating the next one's content

christianselig, to random
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SwiftUI (and maybe visionOS specific?) question: how do you show a search bar in the middle of the navigation bar, like Apple does in a bunch of apps?

brandon,
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@christianselig Does this help?
https://www.swiftyplace.com/blog/swiftui-search-bar-best-practices-and-examples

brandon, to random
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I feel truly blessed to be where I’m at in IT

christianselig, to random
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I wonder when it launches in Canada if I can take my US one to the local Apple Store
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112091087183815981

brandon,
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@christianselig you’re Canadian? That’s awesome! Hi!

btp, (edited ) to random
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Micro blogs are the worst platforms to consume or express political discourse.

brandon,
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@btp Wow that's so classist of you Brandon, how dare you assume that I have enough time to consume political content longer than 280-500 characters at a time

/s

brandon, to random
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Rustaceans: I'm having an issue nailing down a bug.

When I specify a crate using just cc = "1.0.73" in various cargo.toml files, the build fails saying that MSVC cannot be found.

However, when I clone the repo and use the same version but specifying the path:

cc = { path = "C:\Users\...." }

The build runs just fine.

I even tried specifying the path that cargo caches crates, and that also successfully builds.

I'm at a loss as to what to focus on next

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If it's not DNS, then it's DNS, but if it's really not DNS, it's IPv6

brandon, to random
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Sooo, I was able to upload a 0px by 10000px photo and the Mastodon preview did not get cropped.... not good. I had to use the mouse on the scrollbar to actually get access to the delete button

brandon,
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@kai I think so 😅 But after work

brandon,
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@kai Done: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/29310

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Using ed25519 keys is just cleaner

brandon,
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@kai

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Do you rice your Firefox?

brandon,
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@Anachron @fatboy What do your rices look like?

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