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indigomirage

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We are just seafoam froth on the rising tide of entropy.

Fumbling Towards Entropy.

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protonprivacy, to passkeys
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By popular request, #ProtonPass now supports #passkeys — on all devices, for everyone.

Passkeys provide a secure and convenient alternative to passwords.

✨ Save, store and edit passkeys in Proton Pass.

https://proton.me/blog/proton-pass-passkeys

indigomirage,
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@protonprivacy
Not interested in protonpass (congrats, nonetheless!), but am very eager to learn when Proton Mail will support passkeys as a login method?

indigomirage, to random
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@justinling Quick question... Roughly when were you at Vice? Wasn't sure if it was before or after your time doing OPPO at Canadaland (which you were great at). Only asking idly for context after listening to Shortcuts today (also well done).

indigomirage,
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@justinling
Much obliged!

c_9, to random

Honey, your Daily Elon Musk schadenfreude has arrived!

"Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit

The company is selling assets, laying off remaining employees."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-21/hyperloop-one-to-shut-down-after-raising-millions-to-reinvent-transit?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwMzE5NDcyMCwiZXhwIjoxNzAzNzk5NTIwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTNjE2VVFUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI2MzE5RUU4MzM2MjA0QzM1OTdFMzAxM0Q4RkQ1NEFCQiJ9.he4VD8dEtPBZH2p7HSmQUuGayZhuhCUxDxTCl0HP-Sg

indigomirage,
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@c_9
I'm not convinced it was ever intended to be a serious company - just too far fetched. But I expect there may have been some grift involving tax incentives and environmental goodwill marketing.

I really don't know though.

fahrni, to random
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The Verge has some of the best RSS support in the business and they understand what the web is supposed to be.

Custom Verge RSS feeds let you roll your own news - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/25/2732963/verge-rss-feeds

indigomirage,
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@fahrni
RSS is underrated. Not sure why it fell out of favour. So many people complain about aggregator sites foisting their algorithmic content, but with RSS, you get the control back...

indigomirage,
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@fahrni
I'm finding cases where it's not kept current. The Toronto Star, for example, has been complaining vociferously about the way Twitter and other sites are pilfering its content. Yet it won't post current RSS feeds that direct to its site!

marcelias, to random
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    indigomirage,
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    @marcelias
    TFG is cancer. Sometimes the patient dies. I hope is doesn't.

    indigomirage, to random
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    I just got the latest newsletter from Metrolinx wrt updates. Unfortunately, the content for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension was missing (only the title was there).
    Transparency.....?

    CodeRedTO, to Toronto

    Metrolinx social media post, November 30:

    Today, at the public session of the Metrolinx Board of Directors meeting, CEO Phil Verster shared details around the status and progress of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project:

    “We will announce an opening date for the Eglinton Crosstown three months before opening day. We are not there yet. We are making sure everything is built right and operates correctly and safely.”

    🧵

    indigomirage,
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    @CodeRedTO

    The only thing transparent is their opacity.

    taylorlorenz, to random
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    A flight attendant told gospel singer Bobbi Storm she’d be removed if she wouldn’t stop singing/be quiet

    I’m gonna be a hater here and say tbh, good. She should not be allowed to sing. Flights/public transport should be quiet. Singing also expels more airborne disease into notoriously poorly ventilated planes.

    This woman is undeniably brilliant & talented, but the plane is not a place for a concert!

    What’s ur take? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/us/bobbi-storm-grammy-delta-flight.html

    indigomirage,
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    @taylorlorenz

    Something like this?

    c_9, to random

    I’m somewhat* behind on my podcast queue but I have to say the story of how @notjustbikes met Mayor Olivia Chow is solid gold. (Also @RM_Transit you’re a hoot in improvised conversation format!)

    https://pca.st/episode/084ae96a-0e50-4e50-ac58-8ae8cf707560

    *very

    indigomirage,
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    @c_9
    Awesome - I must listen! (And bonus points for Pocket Casts url... lol)
    @notjustbikes @RM_Transit

    arstechnica, to random
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    Tesla deletes clause threatening to sue buyers who quickly resell Cybertruck

    Deleted clause threatened $50,000+ suits against people who violate resale rule.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/tesla-deletes-clause-threatening-to-sue-buyers-who-quickly-resell-cybertruck/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    indigomirage,
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    @TacticalGrace_

    I'm assuming this is because, as buyers, they're deemed to have suffered enough (in the form of embarrassment and dimished bank accounts)..?

    @arstechnica

    indigomirage, to random
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    https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/mid-humber-gap-trail-study/

    Hopefully some progress here.

    anneapplebaum, to random
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    "Putin still believes that time is on his side. If he can’t win on the battlefield, he will wait for the democratic world to splinter, and he will encourage that splintering. He will wait for the Ukrainians to grow tired, and he will try to make that happen too. He will wait for Donald Trump to win the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and he will do anything he can to help that happen too."

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/us-ukraine-support-putin-defeat/675953/

    indigomirage,
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    @anneapplebaum
    Yup.

    c_9, to history

    On a Facebook post about the current calendar and how September is the 9th month instead of the 7th, as it ought to be by its name, a friend has just been put in Facebook moderation jail for commenting that whoever messed that up should get stabbed. 🙄

    indigomirage, (edited )
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    @c_9
    Et tu, Facebook?

    (Maybe suggesting he should be julienned instead it'd have been better..?)

    Great_Albums, to music
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    - – Rubber Soul (1965). Moving toward their mature second phase, the Beatles shift gears between McCartneyesque love songs (the exuberant “Drive My Car” and Parisian “Michelle”) and Lennon’s weird tales (the surreal “Norwegian Wood,” the ominous “Girl,” and the disturbing “Run for Your Life”). George’s sitar and various keyboards broaden the Beatles soundscape as the album (rather than singles) becomes their primary medium of expression.

    indigomirage,
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    @Great_Albums
    Great album!! Sets the stage for what (in my opinion) is their magnum opus... Revolver.

    (Abbey Road ain't half bad either... 😉)

    Great_Albums, to random
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    - – Please Please Me (1963). Signed to Parlophone after years in the musical sticks, the Beatles stormed through 14 songs under the production oversight of George Martin on their first UK album. The frenetic energy of “I Saw Her Standing There,” “There’s a Place,” “Boys” and “Twist and Shout” didn’t so much revive rock and roll as reinvent it for the 1960s. And with ballads like “Anna” and “P.S. I Love You” the grownups liked it as well as the kids

    indigomirage,
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    @Great_Albums
    I could listen to I Saw Her Standing There and Twist and Shout on repeat for days.

    Listen to the way Ringo controls the intensity of the drums in ISHST. Most underrated drummer ever.

    And John's voice on Twist and Shout. He had the flu and knew he had only one take in him, so he went all out. It's glorious.

    notjustbikes, to random
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    Ten years ago today I sold my car (Toyota Aygo) in Brussels. It turned out to be the last car I ever owned!

    I really don't miss it. Owning a car is more of a pain than anything ... if you live in the right kind of city.

    indigomirage,
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    @notjustbikes The trick is getting the town you're in to become the "right kind of city"... I remain hopeful, though...

    stux, to random
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    Wanted to mess around with controls real quick, i don't know :blobcatgiggle: now back to finishing the game-ish :blobcatgamer:

    http://stux.stuxnet.ai/rolling-around
    https://gitcat.org/stux/rolling-around

    Rolling around with a low poly Pokeball on a very empty plane

    indigomirage,
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    @stux

    It's got some Katamari Damacy vibes!

    Great_Albums, (edited ) to random
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    - - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967). Long reviled as a "failed" Sgt. Pepper (which it isn't, being much much weirder), this LP catches the Stones in a state of playful confusion. The blurry "Citadel" sounds like a template for 90s Britpop. Bill Wyman "sings" on the acid trippy "In Another Land." "She's a Rainbow" is the band's best baroque ballad, and "2000 Light Years From Home" rivals early Pink Floyd in the mindfuck space race of '67.

    indigomirage,
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    @Great_Albums
    To be fair, Pink Floyd upped their game considerably as time marched on (even as lunacy was sidelined and replaced by festering egotism). And She's a Rainbow sold a lot of iMacs.

    (Also, see if you can find the hidden Beatles in the album art...!)

    c_9, to random

    Did they check their seat pocket and the overhead bin

    Boeing Has Now Lost More Than $1 Billion on Each of Air Force One's Two New Jets https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/10/25/1833242/boeing-has-now-lost-more-than-1-billion-on-each-of-air-force-ones-two-new-jets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

    indigomirage,
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    @c_9
    I genuinely appreciate that humour.

    jgayfer, to RSS
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    What's your preferred way to consume blogs?

    I need to get a better handle on blogs that I follow beyond a few email subscriptions and some links saved in Obsidian.

    An reader seems like the best bet. I've never set one up before, but RSS feeds seem to be more common these days.

    indigomirage,
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    @sass
    RSS is the best way I've found to aggregate content, but still have control over it.
    I have no sympathy for newspapers that don't keep their feeds up-to-date yet complain about vulture social media eating their lunch. (I'm looking at you, Toronto Star...)
    @jgayfer

    georgetakei, to random

    One thing I’ll never understand is why the GOP rails against Biden for stopping loads of fentanyl from entering the country. Every time there’s a major bust, they treat it like it means things are going badly for the country—when in fact it means the precise opposite. They are stopping more of the bad guys. You just can’t win with the GOP spin.

    indigomirage,
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    @georgetakei
    It's like survivorship bias.

    bagder, to random
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    Attempt 1. What happens when you invoke . In a single picture.

    indigomirage,
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    @bagder
    This is very enlightening. Thank you!

    adapalmer, to random
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    When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is:

    Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem -- which did we fail?

    indigomirage,
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    @adapalmer

    I like this insight.

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