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harmonicarichard

@harmonicarichard@techhub.social

On the web since 1996. I am currently playing with PHP. I also play with Harmonicas but I can't play songs yet.

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jmcrookston, to random
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We now live in a society where a man can literally assault a woman in front of the world and then claim he's the one being attacked.

Wow.

Throw him in jail already, Spain.

harmonicarichard,
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@jmcrookston The international community should pressure him to step down, and apologise.

doktorzjivago, to random Swedish
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    harmonicarichard,
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    @doktorzjivago I knew it as an insult for decades. Today I learned that it means "evil spirit".

    cpoliticditto, to random
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    harmonicarichard,
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    @cpoliticditto It's frustrating. For years we heard about Mickey Mouse news and Mickey Mouse courses, but we should have taken a look at the fox instead. It's the fox, not the mouse, that we should have worried about.

    ConnyChiwa, to random
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    I'm absolutely furious! NZ govt just scrapped all remaining covid protections (mask mandate in health care, isolation period). The PM acknowleded the concerns of disabled and high-risk people and then kicked those concerns in the gutter, leaving those behind that needed the protections most. 🤬
    Ka pai Team of 5 million.
    So is everyone U30 at least getting access to boosters now? Cause that's all that's left.
    Put on your masks and good luck out there! 😷

    harmonicarichard,
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    @ConnyChiwa Everyone can be disabled by COVID. Everyone is at risk. We need everyone to understand that they are at risk from being disabled by Long COVID. If we only worry about the vulnerable we give an excuse for "normal" people to be apathetic. This isn't right. Everyone needs to realise the danger they're in.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @ConnyChiwa It's interesting, because recently I have seen more people tooting about how the pandemic isn't over, on Mastodon and the fediverse. I see Twitter is still full of people keeping watch on the pandemic situation.

    clive, to random
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    “Clive” is a kind of weird name in the US

    Every so often, a service worker asks if my name is pronounced “C-Live”

    As if I were a DJ or something

    I’m tempted to roll with it

    harmonicarichard,
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    @clive I asked Bard about you (or at least your name:

    "Clive is not short for anything. It is a standalone name that comes from the Old English word "clif," meaning "cliff." It was originally a surname, but it became a given name in the 19th century.

    There are some people who believe that Clive is short for "Clifford," but this is not the case. Clifford is a different name with a different meaning. Clifford comes from the Old English words "clif" and "ford," meaning "cliff ford."

    Clive is a relatively rare name, but it has become more popular in recent years. Some famous people with the name Clive include Clive Owen, Clive Barker, and Clive Davis."

    Free_Press, to news
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    REPUBLICAN KILLERS!
    BREAKING NEWS

    Two bodies have been discovered entangled in the Rio Grande buoys installed by Texas REPUBLICAN Gov. Abbott!

    Yet MORE proof the Republican party is immoral and Illegitimate!

    harmonicarichard,
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    @Free_Press They were so critical of Europeans, and then Texans do something like this. The lessons that were taught by the Berlin wall were not learned by Texans.

    Free_Press, to news
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    Oil major BP posts 70% drop in second quarter profit

    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/01/bp-q2-earnings-2023.html?__source=androidappshare

    harmonicarichard,
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    @Free_Press https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M ;-). Over the top? ;-)

    anderseknert, to random
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    Call me old fashioned, but a pair of well placed googly eyes is still one of my favorite acts of vandalism. Used here to improve local real estate ads.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @anderseknert Do magnetic googly eyes exist? If they don't, they should.

    baldur, to random
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    ‘“AI” content and user centered design’

    "There are benefits to one-click-content-creation for organisations. But I don’t see how end users could benefit, at all." https://hidde.blog/llms-user-centered/

    harmonicarichard,
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    @baldur If people can't find the time to create content, what makes them think that people will find the time to read that AI generated content? We're already drowning in choice, without making AI generated crap, a bigger part of the problem. I love AI, but for things that can take a human months to do. AI that learns from humans is good, for media asset management, for example.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @baldur AI can speed up workflows, rather than replace humans.

    shoq, to random
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    Good morning. Today is the soft launch of the new, rebranded release of Calckey, the ActivityPub community software for choosy fediversians. Coming to a download server near you :)

    harmonicarichard,
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    @shoq I was so enthusiastic about calckey I made donations, and then the server became unreliable for weeks in a row. It's down now. I want to be excited, but how can I look forward to something that is always broken. As I said I was optimistic. Now I'm fatigued.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @shoq If I'm being an annoying pest, that's a good thing. I stopped complaining about twitter. Firefish was working better so far, this morning.

    Free_Press, to news
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    Could Norwegian Electric Planes Be a Model for the Rest of the World?

    The global aviation industry has a massive climate problem, and many are looking to Norway for a possible solution. The country wants all short-haul flights to be conducted with electric planes as early as 2040. But doubts persist about whether the technology will be ready.

    https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/pioneers-in-green-aviation-could-norwegian-electric-planes-be-a-model-for-the-rest-of-the-world-a-b3aef6b5-1078-4d1a-8699-ed37926797f9?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh

    harmonicarichard,
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    @Free_Press Bertrand Piccard has been working towards spreading this message. https://solarimpulse.com/

    Free_Press, to mastodon
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    Welcome to Mastodon!

    AURE FREE PRESS wants to be your news source!

    @Free_Press

    A retired reporter with 30 years of news experience, I've created this free channel with no ads to feed my passion and to bring YOU the latest news.

    Be social on Mastodon; soon you'll be a master of the Fediverse!

    Check out the latest Mastodon app in the play store!

    Please help me serve others by reposting my toots (posts).

    My Patreon channel!

    https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever

    harmonicarichard,
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    https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2o5ek9xdENCRloteFRoUVRVZF9DZ0FQAQ?ceid=US:en&oc=3 Meanwhile on Twitter.... "Elon Musk says Twitter is still 'negative cash flow'"

    harmonicarichard,
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    @Free_Press You're welcome. I was browsing through Google news and came across that specific topic.

    lauren, to random
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    Heat index in Middle East reached 152F. Very near limit of human endurance. One day, I predict, there will be an extreme event with temps even higher than that in an area with little to no air conditioning, and hundreds of thousands or more will die.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @lauren Before the last three years 40°c was seen as extreme heat. Now it has become tame, compared to 50°c expected in some places. I read about TDF riders with ice vests yesterday.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @lauren When I read a single article mentioning the effect that rocket launches can have on the stratosphere in regards to global warming I thought "We need to reduce rocket launches until we understand the environmental impact of water and other substances in the stratosphere, as a result of launches.

    jbqueru, to random
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    If you're worried that temperatures are several degrees above the 1980-2010 average, keep in mind that they're several degrees below the 2030-2060 average.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @jbqueru Don't give people an excuse to do nothing. I think we should be working to reverse the trend, rather than making assumptions about the future. I go several days a week without driving. My weekend sports are cycling and walking, from home, to reduce my cabron footprint (intentional spelling). The temperatures are already too high for normal people to cope with.

    Cacotopos, to random
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    It’s occasionally surprising how much I end up not needing to read some article with an interesting headline the moment it pops up a paywall.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @Cacotopos I would read Swiss news from more sources, if everything wasn't paywalled behind three hundred franc a year fees. That's why I read US, French and UK news. Not everything is paywalled.

    dankennedy_nu, to random
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    There are reports that engagement on Threads is plummeting. Bluesky is having big problems. Mastodon hasn't quite achieved liftoff. And Twitter is way down. What we're witnessing is the end of mass social media. As someone who uses it to promote my work, I'm less than thrilled. On the other hand, I'm sure it's better for our mental health.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @dankennedy_nu Threads was built on the premise that people want to see adverts, rather than socialise with friends. I am reassured to hear that engagement is tanking. P.S. It's the weekend, social media is used by people bored at work, due to design flaws.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @dankennedy_nu I read that the problem is that people don't want to be spammed by influencers.

    harmonicarichard, to random
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    For Hong Kong teens, Threads is ‘kind of pointless’ extension of Instagram https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3227534/hong-kong-teens-say-threads-lacks-twitters-anonymity-while-being-kind-pointless-extension-instagram :-D

    mikemathia, to random
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    Goddammit. These people roam among us.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @mikemathia when i was young, USB hadn’t been invented yet.

    stefan, to wordpress
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    Oh wow.

    harmonicarichard,
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    @stefan Time to write some test apps to speed up the process.

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