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ecstaticcling

@ecstaticcling@pnw.zone

just a weird guy

I'm a big manufacturing nerd. I enjoy board games and video games. I tend to hit like on a lot of selfies because I think it's neat people put their pictures online.

"Some people have a rapier wit, he's got a claymore wit." -Some guy in high school who might have been insulting me

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RickiTarr, to random
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Sometimes the way people phrase things is so telling. For instance, telling women they should be "taking care of" their husband and children. Another adult doesn't need taken care of like a child, what you want is for women to be a Sex Mom.

ecstaticcling,
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@rooster @RickiTarr
I want him fed!
I want his family fed!
I want his house cleaned all around!
I want to go there in the middle of the night and turn down his bed!

mhoye, to random
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As always, domestic abuse is the flagship infosec threat model, the one where the victim has the least resources, the least recourse, where they're closest to immediate physical harm.

That this industry has failed at and mostly abandoned the idea of even pretending to try dealing with a threat model that's difficult and unprofitable and mostly hurts women is not news, but this new Windows Recall feature is next-level professional negligence.

ecstaticcling,
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@mhoye It's really tough to develop tools to allow employers to monitor their employees without also making tools that allow abusers to monitor their abusees.

RickiTarr, to random
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You know the word queue is French, because they literally could have just spelled it "q", but there's four silent nonsense vowels at the end of it instead.

ecstaticcling,
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@RickiTarr I can still hear my moms laugh when I asked her what a "kay-yu-ee" was when I first read it in a book.

Snowshadow, to random
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🇺🇸 🇺🇸 💨 🔥

Because our Canadian wildfire smoke is drifting across the US, you might want to share this with your followers.

It is website where you can check the air quality of any US area, simply type in your area code, city, or state for results.

@TonyStark
@GottaLaff

https://www.airnow.gov/state/?name=california

ecstaticcling,
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@Snowshadow Purpleair is another good source for air quality information. They pull from private monitors as well so they have better local data for many areas.

https://map.purpleair.com

RickiTarr, to random
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Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:

https://youtu.be/KovrJ8HXI1Q?si=HOYIG7YMuAUTsJz6

ecstaticcling,
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@RickiTarr Rhiannon Giddens is amazing.

https://youtu.be/LFitzERXbqg?si=nd7oSNxc4cY7FxdL

ecstaticcling,
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@RickiTarr Even someone living under a rock would have heard of the Weather Girls. Just try not to tap your foot to this.

https://youtu.be/l5aZJBLAu1E?si=uVhstTe_zPQMIB3P

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 31: "Separated from employment" is a new one on me.

ecstaticcling,
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@fkamiah17 Supporting genocide is ok, but they draw the line at aggressive language like "terminate" or "fire."

ecstaticcling,
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@fkamiah17 The phrase "unmanned signs" really worries me.

paninid, to random
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This stage of is something.

https://www.zeck.app/

ecstaticcling,
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@paninid You can use AI to generate graphs based on automated KPI and then use AI to generate key takeaways from those graphs and generate your report.

This is what rich people do and then lecture everyone on hard work and long hours.

RickiTarr, to random
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https://youtube.com/shorts/2jajLTrjIsg?si=IbJgabbMLqMCjFZN

OMG, my husband does this, but he just sits in silence!

ecstaticcling,
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@RickiTarr I use filler words a lot. Um, uh, err, hmm, ah, well, etc. They're like a verbal loading gif.

Also why would someone ask if I wanted something from the store if they knew darn well I needed toothpaste?

glynmoody, to random
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A Boat Speed Limit Is Pitting Yacht Owners Against Lovers - https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/whale-sailors-speed-limit-east-coast-6e4c9799 "Proposed rule would slow boats to 10 knots along the East Coast" hardly much to ask; staggering sense of entitlement from people who fish

ecstaticcling,
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@glynmoody Yes. Make the speed limit slower based on vessel draft too. If rich people want their yachts to dock quicker they can invest in developing sea life friendly means of propulsion.

RickiTarr, to random
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What is a little white lie you were told as a child, that you believed for too long?

I was way too old when I figured out a human couldn't actually get sucked down a drain or flushed down a toliet. I used to cling to my little brothers, and pull them out of the bath any time my Mum would pull to plug.

ecstaticcling,
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@RickiTarr My father told me that the hazard lights on older German cars could be set to only flash on one side or the other. So if you pulled off on the right side of the road you could set the left side hazards blinking or vice versa. This was so the battery would drain slower and the lights would keep working longer.

stfn, to random
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Scott Manley gives us another banger of a story from the Space Shuttle times: STS-37 mission, when the shuttle landed short of the runway because of adverse winds.

I also learnt that the shuttles were coming down at an angle of 20 degrees. In commercial aviation, the typical landing slope is 3.5 degrees, some airports like London City require a "steep landing slope" which 5.5 degrees. And the flying brick called the Space Shuttle was going down at twenty!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4UWbt6vZg

ecstaticcling,
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@stfn For reference, the steepest street in the world, Baldwin Street, is 19 degrees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Street

the_etrain, to random
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I get it, man. You hate AI because I used it to make deepfake porn starring your parents and tricked you into opening it. I get it.

ecstaticcling,
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@the_etrain But did you really have to get them transferred onto VHS and stuff them in that suitcase in the closet?

RickiTarr, to random
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I love that nearly everything in the 90's had a rap for no apparent reason.

ecstaticcling,
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@RickiTarr Tom Hanks went pretty hard though.

https://youtu.be/pT_QRKfv8H4?si=qD7uUZVdxjLhihwD

thomasfuchs, to random
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Lieberman died.
You should not speak ill of the d…

Bullshit, he’s the reason we don’t have public health insurance.

ecstaticcling,
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@thomasfuchs He spent the past year campaigning for the no labels party.🤡

RickiTarr, to random
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FFS 3 Body Problem, SCIENCE CAN'T BE BROKEN, it's not static, it's observation.

ecstaticcling,
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@MikeImBack @RickiTarr I decided to wait on the netflix series when I saw it was done by the game of thrones people. I really liked the books and I don't want to see them fuck it up.

It's not hard sci-fi. It's using a sci-fi setting to tell a story and explore difficult concepts. rule applies. Repeat to yourself, "It's just a show. I should really just relax."

ecstaticcling,
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@RickiTarr @MikeImBack In Star Trek has replicators and warp drive. Star Wars has the force and light sabers. Space Truckers has square hogs and homemade brains. Don't get caught up in wondering how these things work, just enjoy the ride.

RickiTarr, to random
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Listen memory foam, I don't want you remembering my body, you pervert.

ecstaticcling,
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@RickiTarr That Ed Sheeran song hits different if you imagine he's a memory foam mattress in disguise.

"Last night you were in my room
and now my bedsheets smell like you,
everyday discovering something brand new.
I'm in love with your body."

LeftistLawyer, (edited ) to random
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Holy shit, this so long overdue.

National Assoc. Realtors (NAR) agrees to drop 6% commission in monopoly lawsuit

I've maintained forever that you are better off finding some places you like and going to a lawyer. Even at like $300 hr, you will always come in cheaper than the commission, with some assurance that your attorney agent knows what to do if things go sideways during your deal.

I'm just wrapping up a 2.6 million commercial sale right now. I have maybe 10 billable hours into the matter. Do the math at whatever billable rate you choose vs. the standard 6% cut from realtors, who basically just check boxes on a form and let the title company do all the real work. You'll see the disconnect.

Celebrate folks. This is a big victory for consumers over monopoly.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/economy/nar-realtor-commissions-settlement/index.html

ecstaticcling,
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@LeftistLawyer Requiring written agreements with buyers is huge too. Having your broker paid by the seller was such a huge conflict of interest.

ned, to random
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❌ "The middle-class is shrinking."

✔️ "The working-class is getting poorer, while the ownership-class is getting richer."

Lower, middle, and upper class definitions simply divide the working-class into income levels, focusing on how much they make rather than how they make it.

This does nothing but divide workers and distract from the real issues of how they're exploited. There are two classes that really matter: the working-class and ownership-class.

Solidarity to ALL the workers!

#abpoli

ecstaticcling,
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@ned White collar workers don't work with their hands, but offices are full of people fighting carpal tunnel.

ecstaticcling,
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@ned There's the old LBJ quote, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

As always, class and race divisions are inexorably linked.

TechConnectify, to random
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A thought stirred by a jaded commenter:

One of the many half-truths that gets perpetuated is that new cars have many more issues than old cars and that they're only designed to make it past the warranty period before they crumble apart.

The average age of cars on the road keeps going up. That could not be possible if recently-made cars were in fact less reliable or repairable.

I would submit that the actual problem here? It's mechanics who don't keep up with the times.

ecstaticcling,
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@TechConnectify The frustrating thing with modern cars is that they've been made to be difficult for the owner to service.

My 2016 Ford has a touchscreen infotainment system connected to the rest of the vehicle systems. Why do I have to read the manual to know the difference between a solid or flashing CEL? Why do I need an OBD2 scanner to check the codes and a secret decoder ring to figure out their meaning?

mcc, to random
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Currently looking down an unusually strange YouTube rabbit hole

ecstaticcling,
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@mcc You might hate this one...

https://youtu.be/ZPjSV-lnqvg?si=T-ISc6Bx6QbF9dwz

amoroso, to random
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If it's free you are the product. If it's paid you are the product.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hp-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-36-month-to-rent-a-printer-that-it-monitors/

ecstaticcling,
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@amoroso Are there still people who haven't bought one of the cheap brother laser printers that last forever?

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