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mindshoot

@mindshoot@mastodon.xyz

Things I love: making music, reading, fitness training, my family. Never far from something electronic. Areas for improvement: sleep, avoiding distraction.

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mxtthxw, to random
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People in the UK, is there any decaf filter coffee that doesn’t taste awful?

I’m generally anti anti caffeine but I’m also aware it’s an addiction and I’d rather be on top of that.

Any info appreciated.

mindshoot,
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@mxtthxw not gonna argue with the conclusion, but we drink quite a lot of the lavazza blue decaf ground coffee (or beans) and it is not bad between cups of the proper stuff..!

davew, to random
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I came up with a motto for Joe Biden's presidential campaign -- Old Enough to Know Better.

I asked ChatGPT to draw a campaign rally with a banner that said that, but it wouldn't do it for Joe Biden, so I changed the name to Bull Mancuso, and had him run for governor of Calif instead of president of the US.

It still couldn't spell the banner correctly but it is pretty inspiring.

mindshoot,
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@davew that’s what I say to my kids when they’re REALLY NAUGHTY!

mindshoot, to london
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I first worked near Covent Garden 29 years ago, and have been in and out ever since. But today’s the first time I’ve set foot in the Opera House. Won’t be the last though…

mindshoot,
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@fitheach that was the year I started working just off the Strand, and occasionally got lunch over towards Covent Garden. My brother and his family now live there so been spending more time in the area recently. Each time I’m there the shops are more up-market!

me, to random
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Hello world! This is my little space in the Fediverse.
Have a great day!

mindshoot,
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@me welcome onboard!

b0rk, to random
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i don’t think i’ll ever understand monads even though I literally spent years studying category theory in grad school but I really liked this paper “What we talk about when we talk about monads” https://tomasp.net/academic/papers/monads/monads-programming.pdf

I love that it talks about cases where monads have been misapplied and the social aspects of how they’re used

(please do not try to explain monads to me and please no links to your favourite monad explanation)

mindshoot,
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@b0rk slightly unrelated, but your pinned guidelines appear to have genuinely made replies to your posts much more entertaining to read!

kosmikus, to haskell
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Day 22 done in . After the rather weird previous two days where the exact nature of the input played a large role, this was finally a rather straight-forward and enjoyable programming task again.

mindshoot,
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@kosmikus thank goodness, yesterday’s was a nightmare and more graft than fun (well the second part at least). I hadn’t realised what a time commitment was!

mindshoot,
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@kosmikus same, if it wasn’t for the Sunk Cost Fallacy and the fact there’s a work leader board, I would totally have baled! I’ve been going round like a zombie for the last few days as family and the lead-up to Christmas has filled the days, leaving only the small hours to feed this unhealthy addiction!!

mindshoot,
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@aoanla @kosmikus honestly if I’d had any idea how much time it was going to soak up, I would never have started! I would consider just doing the first part each day next year, though. Or perhaps a crossword! 🤣

mindshoot,
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@aoanla @kosmikus yes this is my first year too, and funny you should mention that - some of the people on the work leader board have GitHub repos and I can see those extra years. And their solutions often start by importing helpers as you describe. I had actually initially planned to use this as a chance to learn a new language (lisp) but that’s just a step too far for me now!

mxtthxw, to random
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    mindshoot,
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    @mxtthxw we’ve been doing the Zoe nutrition thing, and they talk a lot about gut microbiome. Food wise it seems to be largely about eating a wide range of different veg, legumes, pulses, fruit etc. Their podcast has a few episodes on the subject that might be worth a listen too.

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    "Drugs, failed relationships, and the child that was left behind."

    This is the story of how my abandonment issues with my parents informed my relationship with my daughter.

    https://mrfunkedude.wordpress.com/2023/10/20/drugs-failed-relationships-and-the-child-that-was-left-behind/

    mindshoot,
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    @Mrfunkedude wow, thanks for sharing that. Perhaps it sheds some light on the way you now work to bring people together around these parts. Respect!

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    Hey Linux fans. I've got a question.

    What do you think Linux provides, that Windows can not, to the average user aside from a smaller footprint on their hard drive?

    I await your response.

    mindshoot,
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    @Mrfunkedude a few things. First, a lack of distraction - doesn’t try to get me to play candy crush saga, or keep on getting me to install updates etc. Instead it just keeps out of my way. Next, stability - a crash that actually loses anything is pretty well unheard of for me. Updating software is also waaay easier than other OSs I’ve used, too. Finally, hardware support. I’ve used it for something like 20 years as my main platform at this point, love it!

    zachleat, to random
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    New cookie consent dark pattern dropped: obtrusive popup in the corner of the page that only goes away when you hit the Accept All Cookies button

    mindshoot,
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    @csilverman @zachleat useful for me - thanks!

    evan, (edited ) to random
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    When your device asks your permission to start an automated software upgrade, how often do you say yes?

    mindshoot,
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    @evan the thing that finally bumped me from an android phone to iPhone was my old OnePlus announcing a system upgrade. I accepted it … and lost critical stuff like NFC, mobile data and gesture navigation for over a month. I’m a bit more wary now!

    revk, to random
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    I did not spend much time on deck trying, but this is about the best I got.

    mindshoot,
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    @revk envious, on my bucket list…

    s, (edited ) to random
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    People in relationships:

    mindshoot,
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    @s if you include children, I’m working against a 3:1 weirdo split

    mindshoot,
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    @s my two oldest at uni are rubbish at putting away too, so all credit to my 15yo who is my only ally!

    Tattooed_mummy, to internet
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    ‘At first I tried to be polite, not to hurt his feelings’: how a regular ‘liker’ on social media became my stalker.

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/16/laura-barton-stalker-nfbntw

    mindshoot,
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    @Tattooed_mummy thanks for sharing, people go through a lot they shouldn’t have to

    badlogic, to random
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    Today was ... interesting. If you followed me for the past months over on the shitbird site, you might have seen a bunch of angry German words, lots of graphs, and the occassional news paper, radio, or TV snippet with yours truely. Let me explain.

    In Austria, inflation is way above the EU average. There's no end in sight. This is especially true for basic needs like energy and food.

    Our government stated in May that they'd build a food price database together with the big grocery chains. But..

    mindshoot,
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    @GhostOnTheHalfShell @2du @badlogic there’s a good Amazon price history / alert site called camelcamelcamel if you haven’t come across it…

    Mrfunkedude, to random
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    Sitting in a lobby waiting for my daughters appointment to finish and I forgot my headphones.

    So since I can’t listen to my audio book (The three body problem) I’m going to just toot the entire time.

    You have been warned.

    mindshoot,
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    @Mrfunkedude I absolutely loved that book, I hope you can get back on it soon!

    mindshoot,
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    @Mrfunkedude it’s a bit mind warping at times so be prepared to slow down once or twice! 😂

    garius, to random
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    How's your evening going?

    mindshoot,
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    @garius not as well as yours…

    kev, to random
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    Wife’s 40th birthday today, and we’re having a party. So I’ve been running around all morning and thus wearing my Mudman G-SHOCK.

    However, now I’m ready for the party, today’s is this exquisite Baltany field watch. 👌

    mindshoot,
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    @kev that's actually a really pretty and clean-lines-looking watch, nice!

    fitheach, to mastodon
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    My gf can't get Mastodon Web UI to display on her 'phone's browser (just a blank screen). I blamed it on "bloody Chrome". However, when I tried to demonstrate it working on my browser (Privacy Browser), it also had a blank screen.

    JavaScript, cookies and web storage are all enabled. Both browsers were able to display Mastodon pages until recently.

    Anyone have an idea what might going on?

    mindshoot,
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    @fitheach annoying - I'm also on team "bloody chrome" in that case! Hope you get it sorted...

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