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dpflug

@dpflug@hachyderm.io

Literally just some guy

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paninid, to random
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You aren’t special, and the government doesn’t really care about you enough to spy on you.

dpflug,
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@VikingChieftain
Keep an eye on the helicopter colors. Are the unmarked helicopters circling the area black? Probably World Government, not a good area for play that day. Are they blue? That’s the Sheriff’s Secret Police, they’ll keep a good eye on your kids, and hardly ever take one. Are they painted with complex murals depicting birds of prey diving? No one knows what those helicopters are, or what they want. Do not play in the area. -- Welcome to Night Vale, Episode 1
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dpflug, to llm
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There appears to be exactly one LLM that is attempting ethical data sourcing.

https://huggingface.co/kernelmachine/silo-pdswby-1.3b

I don't have a GPU that'll run it, so I have no idea what it's like, but it deserves more attention for the effort. Boost for visibility if that's your thing?

dpflug, to random
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@amaditalks
@mwl is writing a book about self-hosting. @fastmail, @protonprivacy, and @Tutanota are all services that can host for you, and I believe they all support custom domains.
@revndm

dpflug, to androiddev
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I was going to take a peek at reverse engineering a cheap BLE sensor I nabbed, but it seems like recent versions of Android truncate the (G)ATT packets in btsnooz_hci.log. I'm gonna go ahead and guess Google's just kicked us in the shins for no reason and there's no way to reverse that?

rasterweb, to Milwaukee
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Whoa... "New Online Tool Reveals All Milwaukee Properties Owned by Big Landlords" And guess what? 1% of landlords own 44% of city's rental units...

➡️ https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/03/25/new-online-tool-reveals-all-milwaukee-properties-owned-by-big-landlords/

dpflug,
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@PeachMcD
This is a great idea. What would it take? FOIA the cities and/or counties or just scraping their sites?
@rasterweb

ai6yr, to movies

It appears the copy of Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End I purchased at a thrift store the other day is NOT the standard Disney version. 🤔

I'm curious if this is an authorized dub or not, I now realize the cover looks like it's color copied... and the video quality looks like it was filmed off a movie screen from the back seat of a theater.

dpflug,
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@ai6yr
Looks like Thai: https://www.omniglot.com/writing/thai.htm

atomicpoet, (edited ) to random
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Should I continue my movie reviews & live posts?

dpflug,
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@wolfensteijn
This is my answer as well. I like seeing them, but not at the expense of your emotional health.
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LeftistLawyer, to random
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Serious question, please boost for reach.

I’m a 50+ white male.

How many old white guys out there would be willing join a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to oppose old white guys in positions of power? How many people would be willing to provide financial support for the same?

Nothing like this currently exists in the U.S. and I think it could be a damn effective form of protest. Personally, I’m sick and tired of seeing old fucking white guys in power everywhere I turn. Am I an aberration?

Oh, and despite thinking of myself as a bit of wordsmith, I’m admittedly terrible at acronym generation. What’s a good name for an organization pursuing said mission?

dpflug,
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@agiletortoise
To stay true to the cause, have it in the charter that all higher management be BIPOC. Public events could sandwich diverse speakers between white bread doing the "This next speaker is good people. Listen to them." thing. (Has anyone done Hawaiian shirts in Pride flag colors?)

You could take that entire slice of shared identity & Americana and use it to model/normalize equity. 2/2
@LeftistLawyer

dpflug,
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@agiletortoise
Aren't there quite a lot of currently-successful opposition movements happening? Anti-abortion, anti-LGBT+, anti-immigrant, etc? The left has historically been bad at capturing & utilizing the same sort of outrage. If you'd like a more positive spin, maybe there's a space for something like DADBOD: Dad-bods Against Dickheads, Bigots, Or Demagogues

Have grilling events, lawnmower races, handyman fix-ins. Public uniform is Hawaiian shirts & cargo shorts. 1/2
@LeftistLawyer

mekkaokereke, to random
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Me, reporting bugs to small devs vs giant devs:
"I love your app! But when I click on "share" links, it sends folks to the Apple App store, even if the user is on Android. This might be sending a lot of users to the wrong place. Browser detection before routing would help!

Small dev:
Meh. We'll get to it.

Giant Dev:
On it today! Fixed! But... 🤔why are you even looking at this? And why now? Is this for I/O?! It's for I/O isn't it? Ha! Deny it, but you can't fool me! Do you need assets?

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@mekkaokereke
That's so weird. My experience is basically the opposite.

molly0xfff, to random
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http://indieweb.org is a terrible influence

dpflug,
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@thomasfuchs
Chuck Moore seems to agree with him.
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atomicpoet, (edited ) to random
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People talk a lot about “cozy” games, but I don’t think there’s anything cozier than a point & click “hidden object” adventure game.

With how popular these games are, I’m surprised nobody talk about them.

Here’s an example of what I mean.

So I got to ask, do you play them?

dpflug,
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@atomicpoet
No, but I'm open to changing that. Any free or cheap recs?

Impossible_PhD, to random
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Presented without comment.

dpflug,
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@Impossible_PhD
I need to be better about this.
@baishen

Bypass apps that require Google Play?

I used Avenza Maps in the past for offline navigation at various state parks. The park service provides maps and the app will let you navigate the trails. It’s been a long time since I used it and I now have a new phone on which I never installed the Google Play services. The app is complaining that “check that Google play...

dpflug,
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@lemmyreader
None of those change that the source is open.
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raineyday, to random
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https://luulapants.tumblr.com/post/702916118971629568/my-dad-and-i-once-had-a-disagreement-over-him

dpflug,
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@raineyday That's pretty good.

The other part of that is that sometimes the wood beside the glue is still weak. So, you'll break at almost the same place again.

Almost, but not quite the same place. Being more intentional about the healing (reinforcing the area, for instance) can help prevent that.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Like your gay or interracial marriage? Enjoy it while you can.

dpflug,
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@Oggie
Yeah, it's already in motion:
https://newrepublic.com/post/172444/florida-passes-bill-allowing-trans-kids-taken-families
@Ricardus @StillIRise1963

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, to random
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    dpflug,
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    @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs This is vital. Kids often don't yet know to hug gently, not hug them with a finger in the eye, not step on paws, etc. Sometimes they'll do these things on purpose just to see what happens. Dogs are understandably concerned about these tiny, erratic humans.

    We knew our pup to be a gentle pushover the ~6 years we've had him, but we watched him like a hawk as soon as our daughter was born.

    Dog bites can cause lifetime consequences. Don't take the chance.

    DrJackBrown, to random
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    Ego much, Donald? Well, at least you each have your decades-long, severe drug abuse in common.

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    @TheJen
    With his fans insisting his death was faked for decades?
    @DrJackBrown @qurlyjoe

    dpflug, to random
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    Who attacks Elmo? Seriously.

    BrentToderian, to random
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    STUDY: Cars are rewiring our brains to ignore all the bad stuff about driving. “A new study reveals how unconscious bias leads us to neglect negative externalities of driving. You may call it ‘car brain,’ but this research team calls it motonormativity.” https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/31/23579510/car-brain-motornormativity-study-ian-walker

    dpflug,
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    @niavy
    I'm surprised it's as high as 40%, honestly
    @BrentToderian

    18+ SrRochardBunson, (edited ) to random

    I'm a curious cat. :blobcatthink:

    If you can't hold your nose & make yourself vote for Biden in November, what will you do?

    Please boost, if inclined.

    dpflug,
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    @SrRochardBunson
    I didn't realize No Labels was a movement. I thought it was a weird way of saying third party.

    GreatBigTable, to random
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    Now that I have a smart phone and I'm listening to audiobooks during my forced commute days, I'm getting through a lot more books.

    I finished Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. It was excellent overall. I have a few minor quibbles, but I definitely enjoyed listening to it.

    It was more of a character study than a detailed post-apocalypse account. I like the themes about the pursuit & survival of art & the overall hopefulness.

    Hoping to watch the miniseries.

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    @thebeehammer

    A lot of @pluralistic's stuff carries that same gritty hopefulness. "Fuck the bigots. We'll build the future we want to see."

    @GreatBigTable

    impactology, to random
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    What would a Disneyland for inventors, scientists, engineers, designers, artists be like

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    @impactology
    Makerspace writ large?

    mekkaokereke, to random
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    Happy !

    Not ready to talk about Black History. Still talking about white US history.

    Q: Why are Black neighborhoods so often high crime neighborhoods? Must be a lawless people! Violent! Thieves! Predators!

    A: There is no such thing as a "high crime neighborhood." The whole concept is entirely made up based on our notion of what we consider a crime.

    You may be thinking:🤔 Wait... What?! Not true! A high crime neighborhood has more drug use and sales, theft, and even murder!

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    @mekkaokereke
    I've seen that story passed around in the last decade, but I only just noticed that it says federal forfeiture. Are there state forfeitures as well?

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    @mekkaokereke
    $50 stolen can be devastating. There were parts of my life that would've been a double digit percentage of my monthly income.

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