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mrcompletely

@mrcompletely@heads.social

He/him. Tyler IRL. If you've seen this handle elsewhere yeah that's probably me. Moderator at https://heads.social Mastodon instance, admin at https://Jerrybase.com

#PDX #oregon #PNW #software #dev #deadhead #gratefuldead #bluegrass #jazz #phish #psychedelic #artist #DigitalArt #painting #mandalas #nba #nature

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grimalkina, to random
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Do people want to be productive? A perspective from a PhD scientist studying innovation on software teams:

Yah, when the benefits flow to them.

Nah, when the benefits don't flow to them.

Hell nah, when actual damage flows to them instead.

Ok we solved Developer Productivity. Good talk.

lauren, to random
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Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/slack-defends-default-opt-in-for-ai-training-on-chats-amid-user-outrage/

PlantHumboldt, to cannabis
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It's that time of year! We don't sell plants until we can definitively identify them as female, distinguished by the little white "hairs" (called "stigma") protruding from the green pod-like "bract" (what most people call a "calyx").

Once a plant declares its sex this way, we can sell it. Once we identify males, they go into the compost. (Though we do occasionally save a few for people who want to juice the leaves or dabble in breeding.)

We guarantee our plants are female, but it's critically important that anyone growing cannabis understand that ANY cannabis plant, whether from clone or seed, can produce male flowers at any time in its life cycle. This happens due to stress, genetics and possibly other factors. So check your plants regularly throughout the season or you could end up with a seeded crop.

A close-up of a cannabis plant at the node where a small branch comes off the main stalk. There is a tiny green pod like structure with two tiny white hair-like structures protruding from it. An arrow points to this, labeled "female pre-flower."

parismarx, to random
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lmao yes, the webbies really did get maggie haberman to present an award to kara swisher

noirlover, to random
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Transcendent song ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท

Melodies galore. Best descending bassline you will ever hear. Amazing bridge with swooning strings leading to cathartic landing. Trippy background vocals make me wish I was on mushroom tea. And Jorge Benโ€™s vocal phrasing just takes you on a ride. Sublime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws3r24Uhu74

metin, to Facebook
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Who would have ever guessed thatโ€ฆ?

๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™›๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ๐™จ

https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-05-14/deactivating-facebook-for-just-a-few-weeks-reduces-belief-in-fake-news.html

exchgr, to random
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because mona doesnโ€™t support threads post urls/quote posts yet, i will sometimes click into the quoted post, which opens it in the browser. under the post is a โ€œrelated postsโ€ section. reader, the posts are not related in the slightest

exchgr,
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also i hate that meta is just turning random words into trademarks. i canโ€™t even say โ€œthatโ€™s so metaโ€ or โ€œthreadsโ€ without generating some confusion

peterdrake, to random
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Grant me the serenity to do by hand the things I cannot automate,
the skill to automate the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

gwenbeads, to Astronomy
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I feel like all that time Iโ€™ve been practicing shading is starting to pay off.

Sitting atop a fractal surface of black holes, Tribert tries to make Adenine, one of the molecules in DNA, but he didnโ€™t get it quite right, probably because he got distracted by the cats. Maybe next time, Tribert.

Tribert Tries to Make Life
Doodle No. 140

8โ€ square

Ink, highly lightfast (fade resistant) watercolor pencils and paint, and mica paint on Arches 300 GSM 100% cotton paper

You can find my original paintings, like this one, in my Etsy shop, gwenbeads.

mrcompletely, to books
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Recently finished and recommend Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor aka @nnedi. I haven't read everything she's written, but everything I have read I've liked a lot, so I'll certainly read the second book in this series. She writes everything from "good for adults too YA" like the Binti stories to "very much NOT for youth" like the superb but intense Who Fears Death. Shadow Speaker lies somewhere in between, I'd say, and I enjoyed it a lot.
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wobs, to random
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The son who avoided a TBI this morning has delivered! As promised, Cupcake is on her back in play-off form taking full advantage of the perfect combination of full sun, perfect temperatures, and a cool breeze.

Pinchy is definitely over-performing in her favorite indoor nap spot. She's typically in a tight curl, so the full extension curl with chin perched on paws is a high degree of difficulty and a real stretch for her.

Another tortoise shell cat napping in an elongated curl on a blue sheepskin in a modern chair.

tor_haxson,
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@wobs it has everything, a simple move with an added flourish, a location, a composition.

Is Lily still in that box? Because this place is getting hot.

How Hot?

Hotter than the sphere that is for sure, I mean who could sleep in a place like that?

mangrovevalley, to random
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This one will surely be a hit.

bourgwick, to Futurology
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does anyone happen to have access to the wall street journal archives from the '70s? i'm looking for one specific article that should be pretty easy to find (and, really, just the date of that article) & would very much appreciate some assistance.

InstituteJerry, to random
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Try to contain your enthusiasm, but (when viewed on desktop) now has a "Detailed View" for shows.

Not much shaking here yet, a few metrics we've not yet exposed, but this will soon house more goodies, like hopefully song durations.

lauren, to random
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How Makers of Nonconsensual AI Porn Make a Living on Patreon - https://www.404media.co/how-makers-of-nonconsensual-ai-porn-make-a-living-on-patreon/

tor_haxson, to random
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Good Morning MSTDN

The in honor of the Dead and Company thing that we are all going to ignore, has started.

Use the hashtag, find the action.

May the best cat win

LostReflector, to random
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Just got invited to a pre Dead and Co happy hour sponsored by a publicly traded REIT so all I need now is an EDC tie in and I'll hit the trifecta.

I am very much looking forward to the noncongruous overlap of EDC folk, Dead and Co fam, and about 30,000 commercial real estate people that is about to descend upon Vegas. And there's always much more mixed in I'm not even mentioning

mangrovevalley, to random
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There's a new live Bevis Frond release that should be on any self-respecting psychonaut's radar. Recorded in 1998 at The Great American Music Hall, this one will take care of whatever ails you. Listen up. https://bevisfrondmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-great-american-music-hall?from=fanpub_fb

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didgebaba, to random
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mckra1g, to pdx
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Request for help promoting this alcohol-free bottle shop locale in Portland, Oregon. My daughter is serving as a consultant. Please follow and boost!

https://www.instagram.com/everafteralcoholfree?igsh=MWdub3lkcTFpMWZkZw==

exchgr, to random
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bluesky is the punk rock of social networks:

  • fashionable among iconoclasts
  • antivirtuosic execution
  • secretly extremely corporate
mrcompletely, to books
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After a long run of disappointments and a lot of reading in other genres I'm finally hitting a run of good modern I can recommend. First across the finish line is The Future by Naomi Alderman. It starts off in a pre-apocalyptic, more hopeful Bill Gibson mode with a highly capable young female protagonist getting dragged into an oligarchic power struggle by means of a Macguffin. Very readable, enjoyable catnip for anyone who despises tech billionaires.
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-future-naomi-alderman/19830305?ean=9781668025680

mrcompletely, (edited )
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There's a lot going on in this book but it moves along quickly. I suppose it is in the style I've seen called "hopepunk" but people need to stop trying to make fetch happen with that. There were a couple minor things about it that I personally didn't love, like too much time spent retconning the Bible and a primitivist-Romantic cultural vibe I can't buy into but these are nitpicks. Mostly it's a smart, well told story of resistance to the looming tech driven disaster.๐Ÿงต

mrcompletely,
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Some other bullet point/keyword type notes on The Future by Alderman:

  • forcefully, thematically feminist
  • lesbian main character
  • diverse characters
  • very on trend/current in its tech biz references

None of the above feels forced or anything at all though. And the politics in the book are interesting, being anti techbro capitalist but not anti technology. I'm not really buying it but it's enjoyable to read and think about.

arghdos, to funk
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Itโ€™s wild how having Toussaint do a horn track can just drop a healthy dose of Nola on almost anyone:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4qB39mU0yP8deXVQpQ6E2B?si=VwPE8uSESEGNSvEc81Dztg&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5AGEtvnz7g4k1EI6wbekv2

arghdos,
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Was waiting for Toussaint to kick in on this album, and โ€ฆ yup, there it is:

https://youtu.be/CDj-CtwKSYU

Then I got bombarded with carbon-copy Toussaint tracks from half a decade earlier ๐Ÿ˜‚

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