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nrohluap

@nrohluap@ioc.exchange

Just another human looking to build community and share without making yet another techbro a billionaire.
Cybersecurity professional. Family guy.
Human for three crazy dogs.
Cyclist.
#InfoSec #OpSec #CyberSecurity
#MastoDogs #DogsOfMastodon
#BikeTooter #Cycling

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nrohluap, to random
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Busy Spring day in the yard today. Me, the birds, and the bees were all enjoying the riot of flowers on display.

The birds were also fighting over what’s left of the neighbor’s Pampas grass seed fronds. Couldn’t get a decent picture, but nests around the place are loud with song and the cheep-cheep-cheep of newborns demanding food.

nrohluap, to animals
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Someone is in full-on Antisocial Wildebeest mode.

I feel ya, Stella Luna!

nrohluap,
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The shunning continues.

What did we do?

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    nrohluap,
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    @rooster @erl “But now I am Six,
    I'm as clever as clever,
    So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.”

    Good old Pooh Bear.

    nrohluap, to cycling
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    First acoustic MTB ride in a long while. Good to get out of traffic for a spell.

    Recent heavy rains have already undercut the new boulder + concrete attempt to shore up the abutments under Istik Bridge over Lemon Creek.

    Good to get some organic grime on the old legs, too!

    A wooden pedestrian bridge over a rocky creek bed with scattered vegetation and a palm tree in the background. Below the bridge, on both sides of the creek, the banks have been reinforced with concrete and boulders. At the lower left, the reinforcement has been undercut and fallen away from the main part into the creek.
    A person's lower leg showing a sock with a red paint splat design on the ankle. Dirt marks are visible on the sock and leg, with one large smudge on the leg.

    nrohluap, to animals
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    The little ones were in SERIOUS need of some grooming. Stella Luna has tan fur and generally looks less messy at first glance. Eloise (aka Wheezy) is largely white and shows dirt immediately.

    In an effort to preempt the usual shit show, I took them for a pre-visit walk until they both did their business. Success! A poop-free trip to the salon!

    Taking them in using a shopping cart is necessary if you’re one human vs these two.

    They do clean up nicely!

    Close-up of Eloise, a white small dog with a fluffy coat wearing a collar with a bone-shaped tag. Her fur is trimmed and much cleaner than the first photo.
    Two dogs on a blue leather couch, Eloise looking elegant in white and lying down, and Stella Luna looking trim in brown standing to the right.

    nrohluap, to LosAngeles
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    SoCal sunset behind the neighbor’s Norfolk Pine (which isn’t actually a pine, but it’s pretty)

    venya, to random
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    I like to put some of my random activities in checklist form just for the dopamine hit of having accomplished so many things

    nrohluap,
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    @venya “Breathe” works for this. It also helps me with “oh, yeah! I should!” moments

    NorcalGma2, to random
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    I have been spending more time than usual keeping my husband company while he is watching television.
    I am not really a fan of network television.
    Almost every commercial break a person says, "50 is the new 20" which bugs the bejesus out of me. This implies that being 50 isn't ok. I loved 50! I took downhill mountain bike lessons on my 50th birthday.
    I wish the media would allow the celebration of each age for the accomplishment it represents and stop glorifying youth.
    Not that youth wasn't fun when I was 20.
    Even at 65, I wouldn't change a thing and am proud to represent the age I really am.
    End of rant.

    nrohluap,
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    @NorcalGma2 Heck yes! We spent my 60th bombing Mammoth Mountain on mountain bikes.

    I received my first longboard skateboard and some sliding gloves at 50, and promptly learned how to bleed speed by sliding board and gloves on asphalt. Don’t ask how that adventure ended; let’s just say it rivaled any crazy escapades I’d had to date.

    Age is truly just a number. The only thing that seems to change is the recovery time after a hard fall 😉. But if you learn HOW to fall correctly, even that can’t stop you.

    nrohluap,
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    @NorcalGma2 I’m glad you healed quickly. I got lucky - a stupid turn to get off the trail and out of the way of other riders left me with a slashed and bleeding wrist. Luckily it was superficial and didn’t need more than some dirt rubbed on it.

    I ride more cautiously now that I used to, I suppose. Better to be able to come back for more fun!

    nrohluap, to ai
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    I had my first real-life experience with AI* today.

    I ventured in to an Amazon Fresh store for the first time.

    It was an eerie experience. The mighty forest of cameras on the ceiling were one thing. Kind of expected, honestly. The absence of customers was odd - most of the people in the place were employees.

    But the weirdest thing - which I still can’t wrap my head around - is that bagged “whole chickens” - wait for it - All. Weighed. Exactly. 64. Ounces.

    I mean, I get the reason: each item is priced as an “each” so there’s nothing priced by weight. Everything placed in the cart is “an item” with “a price.”

    But … how do they get ALL THE WHOLE CHICKENS to weigh EXACTLY four pounds?!? What on God’s green earth are they putting into the bag to make the target weight? Or are they butting in on the chicken disassembly line, diverting all 64 ounce whole chickens to the Amazon truck, leaving the rest to go to restaurants and “lesser“ grocery stores?

    The mind boggles.

    • Absent Indian. It’s a joke in India that many things passed off a as “AI” by tech bros are actually a bunch of underpaid workers in India pretending to be computers. In this case there are precisely correct.
    Alice, to random
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    Does anyone know how late Circuit City is open? I need to buy a replacement zip drive ASAP.

    nrohluap,
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    @tantramar @Alice Catch 22. Need the flux capacitor from Radio Shack, but need the time jump to get to RS.

    DeliaChristina, to random
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    I've been on calls since 8 am straight.

    Having a small break, I turn toward the couch and approach a very cute, curled up Benson for some Schmoopie time.

    I need some emotional support, animal!

    He allows me ONE scritch, then gets up and goes to his bed, where he HMPHS at me and goes back to napping.

    nrohluap,
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    @DeliaChristina Our emotional support animal is also one who NEEDS support!

    nrohluap, to random
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    Well, THAT will keep our Lizard Overlords and other cold-bloods off the seat … wtf?

    bits, to programming
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    Nine people can't make a baby in a month.

    -- Frederick P. Brooks

    nrohluap,
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    @bits True, but TWELVE people can make one baby per month all year starting at month nine.

    I tried to explain that to the last PM we hired, and I’m pretty sure I heard their brain explode just before they quit.

    nrohluap, to random
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    Silly Eclipse Tricks.

    Find a colander or other object with small perforations. Enjoy a pattern of mini-Eclipse images!

    Me, holding a metal colander and throwing a shadow onto concrete.
    Shadow of a steamer basket with even more holes

    dreid, to woodworking
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    Oops, I went on Craigslist.

    nrohluap,
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    @dreid A brace of braces!

    nrohluap, to random
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    Spiffy backyard light show tonight

    nrohluap,
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    Tail lights of an LAX-bound airliner visible just left of center beneath the topmost arch.
    Jupiter is visible to the right of center, peeking out between the upper smoke trails.

    jsr, to random
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    You would be surprised at how much I would pay for this, if it actually existed.

    nrohluap,
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    @jsr That REALLY whips the 🦙 🫏

    GottaLaff, to legal
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    1/…

    Via Anna Bower:

    NEW: Judge McAfee denies 's efforts to throw out criminal charges in Fulton County on First Amendment grounds.

    Read the order: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24531545-order-on-first-amendment.

    nrohluap,
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    @mikemead @tomiahonen @GottaLaff At first glance I thought you meant the Led Zeppelin bassist. Then I realized it works either way.

    nrohluap, to random
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    You’ve heard, perhaps, of the brand @BigAssFans?

    May I present to you - Sad Ass Fans!

    PSA: Don’t hang an indoor fan in a nursery cash register space which, while covered, is technically outdoors.

    nrohluap, to random
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    @pooh knows what’s what.

    nrohluap, to homebrewing
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    Tonight’s wine is PMS. Because reasons.

    Food pairing: yes. Please. Now.

    Venteaux Vineyards 2019 PMS Wine bottle label 240 cases produced

    schratze, to random German
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    Getting my Muad'Dib removed so I can jabbar my own gom

    nrohluap,
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    @schratze i had to try it 😂

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