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gene wolfe in the streets, clive barker in the sheets
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nev, to random
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Tune in to Budget Committee wrap-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHaXP3JV25c

I am doing dishes and so on, so can provide only sporadic comments.

nev,
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Can't believe I'm listening to Budget Committee instead of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

On the bright side, opening a nice-smelling new bag of coffee beans :blobcoffee:

nev,
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ok even I'm not enough of a masochist to listen to City Council while doing laundry

nev, to random
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anyway, instead of watching budget stuff I'm at the vet with poor Wasabi

Wasabi inside a soft cat carrier rubbing her head against my hand through the mesh window.

nev,
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update: Wasabi and I are back home. I am slightly motion-sick. Wasabi is on painkillers and antibiotics but is back in her windowsill bed with her eyes glued on the dark-eyed juncos that are hopping around eyeing the chunks of suet on the windowsill.

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In the same vein as https://mastodon.social/@danluu/109537224752779343, something that surprised me is the rate of people LARPing the lifestyle of a successful businessperson, farmer, or whatever.

Now that you can make a ton of money on insta/youtube/etc., there are famous examples of this, but what got me were the mundane examples, e.g., this seemingly successful businessperson would constantly post about her business acumen, and then one day she starts posting about being a realtor, which seemed weird. Years later,

nev,
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@danluu Source for the more curious: https://www.businessinsider.com/ballerina-farm-controversy-rustic-videos-family-wealth-critique-tiktok-2024-1

nev, to random
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Got my cup of herbal tea so you know I'm ready to PARTY HARD for .

(Obligatory reminder to mute me/hashtag if you're not interested.)

nev,
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I love leaf-cutter ants! I have never seen them in real life but the nearest colony, as far as I know, is at Montrรฉal's Insectarium.

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nev, to random
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Was hoping to go in to City Hall tomorrow to watch public deputations on the budget, but looks like I'm going to be staying at home (or going to the vet) with poor Wasabi who I think has some kind of urinary infection and is miserable.

nev, to random
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bashurday: using api.sunrisesunset.io to quickly look up sunrise/sunset times for my location

(see reply for script)

edit: fixed UTC offset

nedbat, to random
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Tired of this: "learn C so you can understand how a computer really works."

So much of modern computers is not visible from C (pipelining, virtual memory, branch prediction, cache misses, etc).

I guess what they mean is, "you learn about pointers and consecutive memory locations"? How is that helpful for programming in other languages without pointers?

C teaches you an abstraction of computers based on the PDP-11. It's interesting, but it's not essential.

nev,
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@nedbat wired: learn redstone in Minecraft so you can understand how a computer really works https://youtu.be/hFRlnNci3Rs

nev, to random
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Hit the first "fucking inject this into my veins" Magnus Archives episode because I am a complete and total sucker for space horror, self-contained little stories, and more "creepiness" than "jumpscare": https://snarp.github.io/magnus_archives_transcripts/episode/057.html

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(Doesn't require any background knowledge of the series; the import of the stuff at the end is that, as you can probably guess, the people/companies/places mentioned have repeatedly come up in the series before; and that the narrator is extremely paranoid about his co-workers and very bad at hiding it.)

nev,
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Two episodes later: another "icky spiders" episode :blobdisapproval:

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Google News is indexing and promoting websites that immediately rip off others with AI clones of their articles. These websites are absolutely littered with Google ads. Our website, in which real humans do journalism, is not indexed by Google News

https://www.404media.co/google-news-is-boosting-garbage-ai-generated-articles/

nev,
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@jasonkoebler Hi, these images are not loading for me. Could you (or someone else) please provide alt text?

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    nev,
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    @vantablack vanta you're spiralling, cut it the fuck out

    have you eaten? hydrated?

    nev,
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    @vantablack noooo not the lunchable

    have you napped? gotten high? played a computer game? all things to get around to

    maybe afterwards, talk to the roommates about the living situation?

    nev, to random
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    need a laptop sticker that says I'd Rather Be Listening to King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

    thisismissem, to random
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    Spotify about to leave the EU, let's goooooo!

    https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/17/24041343/eu-music-streaming-platform-artist-pay-europe-regulation

    nev,
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    @thisismissem spotifexit

    nev, to random
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    Shout-out to @thetyee, a non-profit media outlet that makes this Torontonian actually care about something that happens west of Hamilton. Give 'em a follow for quality media.

    nev,
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    @thetyee I was expecting to get cussed out for being from Toronto so this is a pleasant surprise

    nev, to random
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    morning everyone! here at City Hall for the start of 3 days of division-by-division budget reviews.

    on the agenda: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.BU5.1
    livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7fGQi7x3wQ

    nev,
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    Back at Budget Committee where heads of city departments are answering committee questions.

    As always, ask me anything about the city budget (or anything at all ig)

    agenda: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/#/committees/2562/24426
    livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7fGQi7x3wQ

    nev, to random
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    oh my god
    so i'm listening to horror podcasts the only way i listen to horror podcasts, lounging in my room in broad daylight, but i forgot wasabi was in the closet and suddenly she comes hurtling out of nowhere and lands right behind me. reader, i shat bricks

    nev, to random
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    At The Local, 77-year-old Marni Jackson reflects on her over 50 years of biking in Toronto: https://thelocal.to/biking-aging-seniors-toronto/

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