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ethanschoonover

@ethanschoonover@mastodon.social

Photo & Design & Tech & RPGs / SeattleACS ham radio volunteer / Cascadia Radio cofounder / RPG XRAY host / TeenHorrorCast intern / "skoon-over" / he

Maybe you use Solarized (colorscheme), maybe you used my Kinkless GTD sytem (which became OmniFocus), or maybe you followed my D&D clubs at a Seattle girls' middle school.

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CaramelizedShallots, to random
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yvanspijk, to random
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Why is 'laugh' written with -ugh while it ends with an [f] sound?

It's because the spelling 'laugh' reflects how the word was pronounced in Late Middle English, some 500 years ago.

Click the video to listen to a phonetic reconstruction of how this verb evolved from 3rd-century BC Proto-Germanic to modern-day Standard English.

The Middle English to Early Modern English stages are based on the dialect of the region of London.

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mysk, to apple
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Apple Music has such a poor recommendation system, even though apps collect loads of identifiable data about me.

Apple knows what music I like, which podcasts I watch, which books I read, and how I exercise. What are they doing with all this identifiable data?

In contrast, I use a throwaway account to sign in with , I pay with gift cards. They don't know who I am. I listen to a couple of tracks, skip a few, and then almost all the recommendations that follow match my taste. 🤯

Screenshot of the privacy nutrition label of Apple Podcasts
Screenshot of the privacy nutrition label of Books
Screenshot of the privacy nutrition label of Fitness

b0rk, to random
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some good news: thanks to @ondrej and the folks at Apple who pushed this through, as of MacOS 14.4.1, dig's man page on Mac OS now no longer says "domain information groper”! (it had been fixed in the upstream version of dig since 2017)

here's the before and after! it's really just so nice to see that things can get fixed ❤

re https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/110797431090302792

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ethanschoonover, to random
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TFW My Mastodon account meets my Threads account

ethanschoonover, to random
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As a deep-in-my-dna-nightowl, I wish more apps would do what Streaks App (by @qzervaas ) does and let me choose when a new days starts.

I have a bunch of workarounds for Apple Reminders to generate my completed tasks log for the day when I finish at 1 or 2 am, just so it grabs everything from my "day" (2am to 2am roughly).

tromano, to random
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Seattle! I will be back and talking with @fakedansavage at Town Hall on March 14th

Read a preview from author @charlescross in the @seattletimes. We talk oral history and alt weeklies!

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/author-qa-tricia-romano-chats-village-voice-ahead-of-town-hall-event/

chargrille, to random
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Big Tech is the equivalent of Big Tobacco.

They are absolutely aware that they are peddling behavioral addictions that cripple 10% of the population (conservatively, imo), & that their products, which are building vast empires of cash for a few white men who own them, are harming 100% of human society.

I see them no differently. I am sad that anyone is duped by their pretend "philosophies" taken straight out of an Ayn Rand CrackerJack box as a snack to keep their power trip going. It's profit.

cascadiaradio, to hamradio
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In recognition of International Women’s Day, Cascadia Radio would like to encourage all those in the ham radio community to celebrate women in , consider how we can continue to improve the diversity of our community and actively reduce sexism in the hobby.

Cascadia Radio re-affirms our commitment to these values, recognizes the great contribution of women to , pledges continued effort, & wishes everyone happy !

Join us https://cascadiaradio.org

tromano, to random
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Some of my favorite quotes from the book, in one graf!!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/books/review/village-voice-oral-history.html

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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How can we prevent Wikipedia from crumbling under the weight of "AI" garbage spewing, and disinformation specialists' gleeful use of the garbage?

@molly0xfff says you can help best by becoming a Wikipedia editor.

It's not difficult. We all need to participate.

https://www.citationneeded.news/become-a-wikipedian-in-30-minutes/

(I'm assigning this to my students.)

brewsterkahle, to random
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"Demand for e-books is at an all-time high, but library collections are being hijacked by corporations."

"Love e-books? We do, too! Tap the comics to learn more, play games, and test your knowledge of e-book contracts."

go @libraryfutures !

https://www.ebooksforus.com/

bud_t, to hamradio
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I should be working on other things, but I am finishing up my open letter to the . I'm really motivated to get this finalized and sent.

If you would like to be a co-signatory, either reply to me here (public or private) or comment in the doc by Monday Feb 19 at 1200 UTC.

And thank you again for helping to make our hobby more inclusive.

pls boost!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i6S-_xPrU2dNZoCsnXFLgFXJ1New7hUr_vmRXEcK3Z8/edit?usp=sharing

bud_t,
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Wow I've got 30 co-signatories so far on my open letter to the about working to promote equity and inclusion in Thanks for the support, folks.

tromano, to random
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Good things happen when I'm sleeping. Thank you @dwightgarner and @nytimes for this amazing rave review for The Freaks Came Out to Write! calling it "a well-made disco ball of a book" and "best history of a journalistic enterprise I’ve ever read." !!!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/books/review/village-voice-oral-history.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U00.QoEP.9rScpOmsYYpC&smid=tw-share

molly0xfff, to random
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Motherboard found that firms linked to a16z and general partner Chris Dixon bought numerous copies of his new book promoting cryptocurrencies, which became an NYT Best Seller.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7emkx/chris-dixon-a16z-read-write-own-nyt-bestseller

ethanschoonover, to Horror
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If you love horror movies please give my daughter's TeenHorrorCast a listen. She's so right that she, as a girl, had a really different take (and the right take I think) on this film than I did at first, and she changed the way I thought about it completely.

https://mastodon.social/@TeenHorror/111888830766610239

TeenHorror, to random

EP14 - BARBARIAN ! ! ! 🔦🍼
OUT NOW !

In this episode:

  • How my dad tried to trick me into watching REC
  • Men, what even
  • Empathy (who has it who needs it who lacks it)
  • Crying
  • Sage’s special guest makes his debut
  • ethan’s three Dude Archetypes theory

https://podcast.teenhorrorcast.com/1686031/14454276-e14-part-1-barbarian-2022

ethanschoonover, to random
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Building AI summarization tooling without thinking about how it impacts the source content authors and publications is like setting a field of wheat on fire and proudly exclaiming that you've more efficiently exposed the caloric value of food.

panic, to random
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🖥️ Introducing Prompt 3. It’s a major upgrade to our popular, well-loved iOS terminal app. It has a bunch of new features (Mosh, Jump Hosts, more.) It’s faster. It’s more customizable.

And it now comes with a Mac version! With Mac-only features like Omniview and local shells. Better yet, you get both apps automatically — for the price of one.

Learn more on our blog: https://blog.panic.com/introducing-prompt-3-now-on-all-of-your-devices/

Or grab it now on the App Store! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prompt-3/id1594420480

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tromano, to random
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Announcing my first book event with the illustrious Gillian McCain, co-author of the LEGENDARY oral history Please Kill Me. It is the bible of oral histories, the model on which all others shall be judged. She has been such a help during this process and I am such a huge fan.

caseynewton, to random
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Platformer is leaving Substack https://www.platformer.news/p/why-platformer-is-leaving-substack

taylorlorenz, to random
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NEWS: One of Substack’s most prominent writers is abandoning the platform over its decision not to moderate praise for Nazis and pro-Holocaust material. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/11/substack-platformer-nazis/

abbynormative, to random
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A lot of no-car advocates really have their order of operations wrong. The first step should be making public transit as accessible and easy to use as possible. That includes things like making sure people have the personal mobility equipment they need to use transit, like wheelchairs and scooters. Making sure elevators are working. Making public transit free, if possible.

Eliminate the need to use cars first, then disrupt car infrastructure.

convelocity, to DigitalArt
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"I dug out so many bones, but they were never my own."

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