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roadskater

@roadskater@mastodon.social

Inline skating the mean streets of NYC since 1993 and still alive to kvetch about it.
Webmaster for some scientists.
Java netCDF dataviz and cartography coder.
Somewhere left of center.
Recovering Idahoan.
Bobcat grad.
Jack Methodist.
Once upon a time RPGer and developer.
Erstwhile alternate history authority.
Miscellanea and erratica.

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jamesthomson, to random
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I didn't mean watchOS, but I'm sorry I forgot you.

roadskater,
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@jamesthomson I just bought an Apple Watch two days ago, and I'm still figuring it out. Now they want to add more features?

mergesort, to random
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Web apps by Apple, what a novel concept.

roadskater,
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@mergesort I recall Steve J introduced those 15 years ago, for the iPhone.

mergesort, to random
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This is going to make the

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zero presentations I give so much better

roadskater,
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@mergesort I have to participate in work-related presentations, but the agency I work for is locked into MS.

mergesort, to random
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I can only imagine the Mac Pro will be an incredibly affordable computer.

roadskater,
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@mergesort Drool!

jamesthomson, to random
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I will actually be more surprised if Apple doesn’t announce a calculator for the iPad this year. It seems like it’s such low-hanging fruit that they get teased about a lot. Especially if the headset gets one, and the iPad doesn’t. In the end it probably doesn't affect PCalc either way, as most people use it on the iPhone or Mac.

But, this is the post you can link to in your articles talking about it 😉

roadskater,
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@jamesthomson What little the basic macOS Calculator app can do, I find myself just typing into the Google search bar to calculate, because I almost certainly already have a browser window on screen. But anything that requires power or trig functions, out comes PCalc.

mergesort, to random
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Cannot believe that the Ted Lasso finale is airing three hours later than usual, this is an outrage.

roadskater,
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@mergesort @flovilmart @Palleas I've been able to watch them at like 3 a.m. Eastern Wednesday mornings. Which is to say, there's a reason I was staying up so late Tuesday nights.

nixCraft, to random
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Oh my https://yourmom.zip 😅😂

roadskater,
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@nixCraft What? 413 is content too large. It's 431 that is request entity too large. Which I learned a few days ago when I encountered it for the first time ever on a Word Press website with a particular plugin installed.

jerry, to random

Don’t forget to push your changes to production on your way out the door this afternoon before the long weekend.

Elmo summoning fire

roadskater,
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@jerry Did that once just before a ten-day backpacking vacation.

mergesort, to random
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It's kind of amazing that we've collectively decided to hallucinate the idea of a time zone.

roadskater,
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@mergesort @krzyzanowskim it’s all due to railroad schedules.

helenczerski, to random
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Public service announcement, just in case anyone had forgotten: Covid is still out there and getting it still sucks. I didn’t wear a mask on a busy ferry last week and I am absolutely paying for it now by being stuck inside/sick/frustrated and having to cancel and rearrange all sorts of fun things this week. If you’re in a crowded space, FFP2 or N95 masks are definitely still worth wearing!

roadskater,
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@helenczerski I get the weird side-eye when I wear a mask in many situations.And I admit, I am erratic about it. Nevertheless, sad to hear you got it; seriously hope it's not the long version.

AbandonedAmerica, (edited ) to random
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    roadskater, (edited )
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    @AbandonedAmerica What was the wind direction like? Any sort of breeze blowing the slightest hint of bear smell downwind toward you, I'd think the dog would have gone absolutely beyond his shit.

    P.S. Have encountered bears in the wild. Thankfully not at close hand.

    AbandonedAmerica, to random
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    You can always tell when prolonged exposure to social media has critically damaged a portion of someone's soul by the fact that when they make any statement online there is also an addendum addressing what they know the inevitable misreading or crappy response to that statement will be

    roadskater,
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    @AbandonedAmerica Oh, man. The anti-waffle people. They are the worst.

    roadskater,
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    @AbandonedAmerica Oh, god, that's they were trying to do to you. Mind-F-ing.

    roadskater,
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    @AbandonedAmerica As long as they shut the hell up about hash browns, I can probably get by.

    roadskater,
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    @AbandonedAmerica Okay, now I'm affronted.

    roadskater,
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    @AbandonedAmerica Circling back to the original point of your thread, "Don't dis my food!"

    roadskater,
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    @AbandonedAmerica Sounds like a tasty deal. I will admit I am partial to French toast rather than waffles.

    AbandonedAmerica, to random
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    "Just wanted to hop on a phone call with you and pick your brain about (x)" is just another way of saying "just wanted to have you do some consulting for us in your area of expertise, but we don't want to pay you for your time"

    roadskater,
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    @AbandonedAmerica I keep getting e-mail very much like that, but it's spammers who want to pick my brain about improving either my website or my office telephone system.

    roadskater,
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    @AbandonedAmerica The phone system spam always starts with a comment that they tried to call and maybe the message they left got deleted?

    nixCraft, to random
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    roadskater,
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    @nixCraft I'm sure there's a harsh burn in there, but I do not recognize six of the replaced icons. Okay, one or two seem familiar. But, WTAF?

    AbandonedAmerica, to random
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    The fact that there is no current gen remake of Burnout 2, 3, or Split/Second is a crime against humanity. A crime against me, at least.

    roadskater,
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    @AbandonedAmerica I have no idea what you're talking about, but you're human, so it could be a crime against humanity.

    atomicpoet, to random
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    Folks, you don't know what other people are going through.

    Let's be kind to everyone.

    roadskater,
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    @atomicpoet It's true. I have no idea what Clarence Thomas is going through.

    jamesthomson, (edited ) to random
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    Well, I guess somebody at Apple is having a bad day today.

    UPDATE: Their day got slightly better, it's fixed.

    roadskater,
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    @jamesthomson Same same.

    jamesthomson, to random
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    James wants to play shiny new Star Wars video game. Game has 150GB day one patch. James is sad.

    roadskater,
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    @jamesthomson That's like getting a shiny new Mac, and once you've finally got it set up and logged in and are looking at the desktop, it says there's a system update.

    Green_Footballs, to random
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    Jack Dorsey enthusiastically co-signed the deal that betrayed 200 million Twitter users and handed their accounts over to a fucking right wing egomaniacal billionaire. You’ll have to excuse me if I’m not eager to sign up for another one of this dude’s schemes.

    roadskater,
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    @Green_Footballs Post Elmo buying Twitter, Dorsey has tried to back off his earlier endorsement. But meanwhile he's been busy F-ing up SQ with crypto/blockchain voodoo. By which I mean $SQ is dow 43% since this date last year. And close to 75% since its peak in Aug 2021.

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