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davidr

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Heinlein is problematic for a lot of reasons, but I've always been inspired by this:

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

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davidr, to random
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Here's a thing that apparently still exists.

davidr, to random
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It's really incredible (and I mean very predictable, but still nice to see) how the economic sanctions against #Putin are showing up as #GOP funding problems at every level. The #NRA, state parties, etc.

If we can just freeze out the #fascists for a few years, we might recover and even gain ground.

davidr, to programming
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You know that thing where you find old of your own and marvel at how stupid you used to be?

I just had the opposite. "Wow, this is a good idea. Hey, that was my idea!"

What a warm and fuzzy feeling! I've grown as a professional!

Except wait. This means my peak is behind me. I'm on the down slope. These are my declining years!

Soon some young pup will burst into the saloon and challenge the old dog to a duel he can't win.

davidr, to ComputerScience
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and ball trees seem cool, but require full knowledge of the thing I'm searching for. What if it's 7 dimensional and I only know 4 of the values?

I feel like a "parallel kd tree" with a separate binary index on each dimension would work better here.

Reduce depth. Allow unspecified values. It'd also be a snap to create and search each dim in parallel.

This must already exist...

davidr, to ADHD
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takes on

** input works great! **

I like saying "set a 10 minute timer", "remind me at noon on Tuesday" or "play Song X" because I can do it NOW without have to fumble through my phone or clean my hands if I'm cooking

** output does not work well **

Alexa, what's the weather?

Today's forecast is already stopped listening

Ugh. ALEXA. What's the weather?

Today's foregone

A L E X A what is the high temperature today?

67

That's all I need!

davidr, to fediverse
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can keywords and users but how do I filter keywords from a particular user?

Like lets say I love card games and don't want to filter "card" out. But one particular person I follow talks about their business card collection too much. How can I filter "'card' but only in posts from @businesscardfan"?

davidr, to windows
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10 virtual desktop. Most apps are behaving, but keeps popping up on other desktops.

Googling this gives me solutions for putting it on all desktops. I want to pin it to a single desktop.

I know I did this before on another machine.

davidr, to guitar
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Make my own lead sheet(s) instead of the stupid chord sheets/tabs available everywhere.

seems really great for this.

The only problem is that while I know about than a chord sheet assumes I know less than I probably need to, for instance, line the lyrics up with the beat.

But it's all a process! It's OK to be terrible! Everyone starts somewhere! (he snarled through gritted teeth)

davidr, to firefox
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And speaking of

I paid for a subscription. And they are now effectively blocking , at least on . Every fetch requires me to "verify I'm a human" so none of the images or load. It works in (for now...?)

, just say "no" to this kind of garbage.

davidr, to food
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Almost all crunchy plant-based food is based on rigid, fluid-filled cells. Celery. Apple. Lettuce.

Almost all crunchy human-made food is based on brittleness. Chips. Crackers.

My fellow madscientists, I propose a new field of satisfyingly crisp food built on the principle of the plant cell. A taut, bursty, fluid-packed membrane.

We made gushers, but we can go farther, reach higher, chew louder.

davidr, to random
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I'm chaotic good at home, lawful evil at work.

Yeah, that make sense.

davidr, to ADHD
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Was it stupidity, denial or just obtuseness that made me not recognize for 50 years? Not even an "oh, it's that feeling again where I'll do anything I can to avoid this simple 5m task, maybe listening to music will help".

Or . Prooooobably most people aren't assuming that everyone not currently actively praising them is deeply angry at them for unspecified reasons.

Anyway, talk to your doctor and try some medication. It's pretty great.

davidr, to random
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I feel like Griz must have watched Secret Life of Machines as a kid

https://soundcloud.com/biggigantic/open-your-mind?si=958db16407f04aa0a42f4501622a2f84&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlrbMHLBd4&list=PLtaR0lZhSyAPLuoSbMA29s3Ry8ZUvKff3

davidr, to random
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Got yet another request that ignored my calendar but listed me as "required".

This time I declined and "proposed a new time". Politely but tersely noted if I was truly required I wouldn't be available at that time but that "my calendar is up to date".

My proposed new time is in a slot their calendar says busy. Huh!

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Flying "business class" (i.e. American first class) on and this is my first time in a lounge.

wtf, over.

Why can rich people have all-you-can-eat buffet and custom catering for FREE and poor kids can't have school lunches?

davidr, to Cat
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We got a new-to-us #cat on Thursday afternoon.

Thurs aft: It was under the bed
Fri noon: Under the couch
Fri evening: Spotted briefly coming out from under the couch

It is now Saturday evening and we haven't seen the cat in almost 24h. It's a big house with LOTS of places to hide.

Negligible chance it's gotten out. The other 3 #cats seemed to trigger on it a couple times but we still couldn't find it.

I just hope it isn't stuck somewhere...

davidr, to cocktails
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Here's a hot take

Irish Whiskey is kinda gross.

Even hotter take

I think I just don't like whiskey. It tastes like licking a dead branch.

davidr, to microsoft
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Any company that uses for is fundamentally unserious.

davidr, to cocktails
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Over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to try all my favorite Cointreau-containing with limoncello instead.

Like...why is Lemon Drop made with orange liquer?

(Unrelated sidenote: While buying another amaretto, I noticed a hazelnut liquer. We'd already tallied >$100 so that intriguing item goes onto a future list.)

davidr, to guitar
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Having a heck of a time figuring out what chord is playing here. The intro is G Em Am D. "although she will concede" looks like a C. "the cold rather gets to her knees" is ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPRxSi79scA

Ultimate Guitar thinks the C is Am (by ear maybe, by eye no way) but worse thinks the unknown chord is a D7. That's definitely wrong both by ear and eye.

davidr, to random
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If Putin and divorce, who gets custody of the kids (Trump, Carlson, Jones, Vance, etc)?

davidr, to guitar
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omg omg omg omg

18yo started learning #guitar a couple weeks ago and doesn't object to being guitar buddies! I've never played with anyone!

Also 16yo is in chorus and was willing to sing the gospel song the class has been practicing!

So we just had a 3 member family #music #band

We sound awful! But we had fun! And I think maybe intrigued the 23yo...

#parenting

davidr, to art
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#wip #art

davidr,
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#wip (except I'm done...) #art #mastoart #sculpture #adventuretime #bmo

davidr, to OSINT
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I was doing some extremely basic this weekend. Just going through pipe bomber info released by the

One task I set myself was to find the camera each video/photo was taken from. I found them all except this famous shot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ0KUK7PmuY

Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/j9dddxVZSfQQZXL66

Reverse angle shows that the lightpole has to be the camera. Those exist nowadays, but except for a paintjob this light has been here since at least 2007.

davidr,
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First stab was via the scooter in the DNC video that the walks right next to. In 2021, there were only a few companies providing scooters and this one looks a lot like one of them that has a known height. I got 5'9"

Second stab was from a video the didn't post but did in early reporting. Bomber walks close to a car of known height. I got 5'9" again

It's worth noting that as much as I don't like her, popular suspect is easily in the clear. She is 5'3".

davidr,
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The published a lot on the but missing some things

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/suspected-pipe-bombs-in-washington-dc

There are vidcaps there that aren't from videos posted. Also videos in some early reporting that aren't on the page

Anyway, the next task was figuring out how tall the bomber is. The obvs place to start is the trashcan, but nope. Too many trashcans look exactly like that except for scale

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