davidbraze

davidbraze, 5 months ago to random

just stopping by to say that #MicrosoftTeams still sucks

davidbraze, 5 months ago to connecticut

Harvested the last of the kale, and finally got the garlic and shallots in the ground. Gardening for 2023 is a wrap

#Connecticut

davidbraze, 6 months ago to random

"There's plenty of things the Biden administration is getting very, very badly wrong, but we shouldn't lose sight of how its progressive wing is making real, lasting change for the better. Competent Administrations are the true peoples' champions."

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/23/everorangeing/#taste-the-rainbow

davidbraze, 6 months ago to random

Ziggy is tired this morning. It's tough being a puppy...

futurebird, 6 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Mathematics has many daughters. Nearly all are beautiful. Physics & Chemistry are dutiful & visit home often. Life science is always away on some exotic research trip, hardly has time to write. Three of the girls live at home: Statistics, Computer Science ... & The Other One.

Statistics spent some time in a sanitarium, no one talks about it. She's doing better now, dotes on mother. Computer Science puts on a suit each day for her Big Important Job. But she still never moved out. 1/ #ideas

davidbraze, 6 months ago to random

still a few carrots in the garden that we're pulling "as needed"

wish I remembered what variety I planted...

davidbraze, 6 months ago to random

Gilead rising

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/27/mike-johnson-christian-nationalist-ideas-qa-00123882

BayesForDays, 7 months ago to random

What is the opposite of a day spa

davidbraze, 7 months ago to random

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die."

-- Roy Batty (2019)

davidbraze, 7 months ago to random

I'm really happy to be starting a new job (after a long and demoralizing search) but the nearly 200 pages of HR and other docs I have to sign off on are making my eyes bleed. yes, I'm the sort that can't sign something without reading it first...

davidbraze, 7 months ago to random

Should I open the file?

davidbraze, 7 months ago to random

#scienceOfReading in practice

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/10/reading-phonics-literacy-calkins-curriculum-public-school.html

davidbraze, 7 months ago to Insurance

loosening of regulatory requirements for #insurance companies unwinds decades-old rule and reduces mandated financial reserves

gee, what could go wrong?

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/insurers-poised-us-break-investment-losses-high-rates-2023-08-14/

davidbraze, 7 months ago to random

current #library holds for #ebooks

davidbraze, 7 months ago to random

Tried out #grammarly (free tier) for the first time ever

Ran a ~350 word passage of my own writing through it

It flagged 6 items. Only one of those was at all useful (an unnecessary comma)

It also failed to flag a duplicated 4 word sentence

So, at first blush, the signal to noise ratio is not great

joonhyeok_ahn, 7 months ago to emacs

It’s been a week using #emacs. I’ve come farther than I expected.

I set up from the vanila to

• Basic UI
• Neotree
• Org
• Org roam
• Ivy/Counsel
• Evil (#vim!)
• Ace window..

I’m trying to setup the projectile and magit next week to use it as a code editor too!

davidbraze, 7 months ago to random

so, it looks like rupert murdoch will choose the next speaker of the house

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4241800-fox-newss-bret-baier-to-host-televised-forum-with-three-speaker-candidates/

davidbraze, 7 months ago to ukteachers

$50,000,000 fine levied against software vendor in massive 2020 data breach that impacted more than 13,000 organizations, & millions of individuals, in #nonprofit and #education sectors across the USA, including #Connecticut

#k12 #HigherEd

https://tristatealert.com/nonprofit-and-school-software-company-fined-50m-for-massive-2020-data-breach/

davidbraze, 7 months ago to connecticut

what a shit show

government at all levels took its eye off the ball

" #covid vaccines have been limited in states around the country, including #Connecticut ... manufacturers have informed DPH that this is not a supply issue but rather shipping problems are responsible for delays"

https://www.ctpost.com/connecticut/article/covid-vaccine-coronavirus-cvs-walgreens-18397111.php

thetechtutor, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to Idaho

This photo, of the local Safeway’s coupon, shows that the store is incentivizing shoppers to get a #flu #vaccine - shocked me. In a good way.

Shocked because this was in my wife’s hometown in northern #idaho where #antivax protestors made a huge fuss during the #covid lockdown.

So I’m curious…

Are any of you around the #US also seeing this at your local #safeway or other drugstores?

eddelbuettel, 7 months ago to random

Quick PSA that I am enjoying the 'blue sky' over there quite a bit so if somone wants to join drop me a private note and I respond with an invite code. First come, first served, and supplying til they are gone.

davidbraze, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to bluesky

"#Bluesky was cofounded by #Twitter founder #jackDorsey, so it’s about as legitimate as you can get"

Rather, being a for-profit enterprise, bluesky is doomed to the same cycle of enshittification that's taken down #Xitter & so many other social sites

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/what-is-bluesky-how-to-get-invite/

davidbraze, 8 months ago to microsoft

Why is #Microsoft #Teams video conferencing such shit?