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josephdickson

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Frontend #WordPress developer and #PeppermintOS contributor. IT Communications Specialist at Cal Poly Pomona.
📍 San Dimas, CA

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nixCraft, to random
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how do you feel about employers not providing bonuses around the holidays? 😠

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft an employer should pay more in salary or hourly. Bonuses are just carrots to dangle in front of employees. 🎣🥕

Watch the bonus sub-plot from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation for more details.

https://youtu.be/TQXuazYI_YU?si=RCD_s93Qc_s1gdg3

arstechnica, to random
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Report: Google Ads restructure could replace some sales jobs with AI

When AI can make assets and text for ads, you don't need humans to do it anymore.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/report-google-ads-restructure-could-replace-some-sales-jobs-with-ai/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

josephdickson,
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@arstechnica

Me: "The ad experience on Google platforms can't get worse."

Google: "Hold my beer."

estherschindler, to random
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How the ballpoint pen killed cursive (paywall possible) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/ballpoint-pens-object-lesson-history-handwriting/402205/

josephdickson,
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@estherschindler join the community. 😉

Seriously though, this article played a part in my interest in fountain pens and cursive during the pandemic lockdowns.

nixCraft, to random
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Even my core audience doesn’t believe that the year of the Linux desktop is 2024 😭

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft you can thank smartphones for that, desktops are no longer a thing in 2024. :D

zackwhittaker, to random
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New, by me: Hackers stole the personal information of more than 14 million Mr. Cooper customers, the mortgage and loan giant has confirmed.

Mr. Cooper previously said that it believed that customer banking data was unaffected. But now the company says hackers stole customer names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank account numbers.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/18/mr-cooper-hackers-stole-personal-data-on-14-million-customers/

josephdickson,
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@zackwhittaker whenever possible use a local credit union. These mega investment organizations don't care about their clients.

josephdickson, to fountainpens
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I didn't feel like buying a cover for my 2024 Hobinichi Original and wrapped it in Rhodia dot grid paper instead.


https://www.linuxbookpro.com/rhodia-paper-cover-for-my-hobinichi-original/

nixCraft, to random
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This is both funny and sad, af. Thanks for free GPT 4 😂

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft this is precisely why AI is a scam just like NFTs. 🤣

nixCraft, (edited ) to random
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Poll: Will 2024 finally be when 🐧 conquers the desktop market? Is 2024 the year of the Linux Desktop?

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft 2024 won't even be the year of any desktop. You're probably reading this on a phone right now.

nixCraft, to random
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Google is doing everything to drive Firefox users with adblock extensions crazy. Some Firefox users are still experiencing a 5 second delay when trying to view YouTube content.

YouTube's response: Pay for premium, switch to Chrome or disable your ad blocker.

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft I've been drastically cutting back my YouTube usage for the following reasons

  1. Ad Experience.
  2. YouTuber Sponsorship ads.
  3. YouTuber begs for likes.

What was once a resource is now a wasteland.

nixCraft, to random
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The Kernel version is now officially 666 😈

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft 🤘😈

nixCraft, to random
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To celebrate the 30th birthday of DOOM, here's a thread of everything that I've found that DOOM can run on. Some are real, some... maybe not. It's up to you to figure out which 😉

Let's begin with:

DOOM... on an ultrasound scanner. Full thread here on X/Twitter https://twitter.com/Lord_Arse/status/1733921349356146787

DOOM... on a Disney Princess TV.
DOOM... on a thermostat.
DOOM... on an oscilloscope.

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft as cool as this is, I'm not giving X my page views.

nixCraft, to random
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It is still a helpful book. Not many computer books can say that. Do you still have old and favorite books that are useful in programming?

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft I have a copy and use it more than all my other reference titles combined.

nixCraft, to random
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Heads up: YouTube premium prices are going up again. Ugh. How many times are they going to increase the price? Didn’t they also crack down on adblockers? It is getting ridiculous expensive now. I would just go walk outside instead of watching stupid videos

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft not to mention all the sponsorship ads creators pump into their videos. 🙄

nixCraft, to random
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I received an email notification from one of my Patreon supporters mentioning that my pages are displaying ads. However, I do not have any ads running on my pages. I asked him to provide me with the URL and domain of the website he was referring to. He shared an imposter domain with me, but it seems that he missed the "www." part. It is interesting to see somebody is making some coins from typos. 😡

josephdickson,
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@nixCraft missing the www. shouldn't cause this and www. is a subdomain of your domain. If the domain address itself is correct you've got a bigger issue and should take it up with your web host and domain registrar immediately.

You paid for the domain address and that includes all subdomains.

chris, to random
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    josephdickson,
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    @chris I've always loved the simplicity of liferea. https://lzone.de/liferea/

    nixCraft, to linux
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    My gentoo setup 😱😰

    josephdickson,
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    @nixCraft "I'm waiting on an automated task."

    The Narrator: "He isn't running a task, that was a lie."

    josephdickson, to fountainpens
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    My wife just sent me this out of the blue. She knows too much.
    https://paperplant.co/products/merry-christmas-tree-card-set-of-6-holiday-cards

    nixCraft, to random
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    Do you remember the first operating system you used at school/home or workplace? What was it? 🤔

    josephdickson,
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    @nixCraft BASIC or whatever variant the Commodore 64 used. 😉

    nixCraft, (edited ) to random
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    😂

    josephdickson,
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    @nixCraft actually, it's Peppermint Linux. 🤣
    http://peppermintos.com/

    josephdickson, to fountainpens
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    Noticed a little feathering with Pilot inks and realized this Midori 003 refill came with my Travelers Notebook which might have absorbed oils from the leather. My 026 dot grid doesn't have the issue. I'm really enjoying this system.

    Also pictured is a 011 band and fabric insert pocket.

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    ramsey, to random
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    > Do you consent to use of Automated Employment Decision Tools (Assisted/Artificial Intelligence)?

    What happens when I chose “no?”

    josephdickson,
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    @ramsey If a company cuts corners during the hiring process they'll probably be a terrible company to work for or with.

    arstechnica, to random
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    Hate speech group calls Musk “thin-skinned tyrant” amid X advertiser fallout

    Brands claim ad controls don’t work, urge X CEO to quit over antisemitism.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/hate-speech-group-calls-musk-thin-skinned-tyrant-amid-x-advertiser-fallout/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    josephdickson,
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    @arstechnica to paraphrase the Battlestar Galactica reboot. "All this has happened before and under Elon Musk all this will happen again."

    nixCraft, to random
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    🤡

    josephdickson,
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    @nixCraft that's a good sign and allows for the creation and maintenance of your own personal test environment. 😉

    nixCraft, (edited ) to random
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    Who used to do this?😁

    josephdickson,
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    @nixCraft I used a Post It on my screen and walked away.

    nixCraft, to random
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    You know it’s bad when I can’t tell if this is parody or legit 😅 this is the way 😉

    josephdickson,
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    @nixCraft I don't have time to work I'm attending my bi-weekly meeting on "let me google that for you" with 100 attendees on Google Meet, Duo, Hangouts... What do they call that app?

    And just like that I was promoted into a job to rename Google's meeting app, bi-weekly.

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