robyn

@robyn@yeg.bike

๐Ÿšฒ urban utility cyclist (acoustic & #ebike)
๐Ÿ˜ฒ thinks that people who walk, bike, or roll shouldn't have to fear for their lives
๐Ÿ’ป numbers monkey in #tech

posts / geeks out mostly about:
๐Ÿšฒ #yegbike #urbanism #bikeTooter #running
๐ŸŒ‡ #yeg #Edmonton #yegcc #yegwx

and also:
๐ŸŽฎ #VideoGames #retroGaming
๐Ÿ’ผ #antiHustleCulture #consciousWork
๐Ÿ–ฅ #FOSS #privacy

'That girl,' tutted Alsana as her front door slammed, 'swallowed an encyclopedia and a gutter at the same time.' - Zadie Smith, White Teeth

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Coprolite, to random
@Coprolite@mstdn.ca avatar

So in Alberta, we're only allowed one booster per year now. This creates a dilemma: since I'm finally eligible for a booster, do I jump on the first options to market or shop around for a specific option that might be more effective.

robyn,

@Coprolite wait huh?? is this for real??

robyn,

@Coprolite Wow. Was completely unaware.

But hey, you can just get yourself some of that "natural immunity" for the time in between, right? ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿซ 

robyn, to random

so... it's a... body cam.. for regular people... that costs the same as a phone... and that you have to pay extra for on a monthly basis?

no yeah sure that makes sense

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/09/former-apple-designers-at-humane-launch-hands-free-ai-powered-pin.html

robyn,

@dragonfrog but those aren't "hands free AI powered", are they now!!1!

dragonfrog, to random
@dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

I participated in a "vision zero" consultation on my neighbourhood - both the online and the in person parts.

Just got the "what we heard" report in my email. Most of what I wrote isn't in there. I guess they didn't hear those parts.

robyn,

@dragonfrog I had the exact same experience when they did consultation for neighborhood renewal in my area. I took pictures of the dot voting boards etc, and when they sent out the "results", the top asks/wishes/priorities from the community were just like.... not reflected.

It was also notable that the priorities were basically the same as in a much richer area that had just gone through this.... and the outcome in terms of infra was VERY different.

I don't like this process.

robyn, to random

I didn't have "sh*tty wildfire air in November" on my bingo card......

Sometimes I legit have to wonder why I live here????

robyn, to f1

yes so at this point I think it's pretty clear Charles Leclerc is cursed

robyn, to random

I keep forgetting how many clocks and watches and clocks integrated with appliances we have in this house.......

๐Ÿ˜ก I wished we could just stop with this nonsense

or whatever idk

robyn,

@arratoon ugh. for us it's the stove, a cheap alarm clock, a cheap analog Ikea wall clock, the coffee maker,...

this is partially due to the fact that I am not a big fan of connected/IoT/"everything talks to google and amazon all the time" devices, which obv would update by themselves ๐Ÿ˜‚

honestly I'm basically at the point where I might leave a bunch of those the way they are, just like your cycling computer. they'll come back around to being correct eventually ๐Ÿคท

robyn, to random

this is our resident baby cat*

*he is three years old. just a little baby

robyn, to edmonton

๐Ÿค”
๐Ÿฟ

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-eyes-8-million-for-undisclosed-tech-item-in-2024-capital-budget

robyn,

@likelyjanlukas Huh! I'd have thought there'd have been SOME record - seems like a big change!!

Then again, as we all know, "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" was a thing that was said, so maybe... nobody thought that this was at all important at the time?

danwentzel, to cycling
@danwentzel@urbanists.social avatar

So, I took a bike in for maintenance, and they said the handlebar tape needed replacing. (Fine.) It had been pink to match the pink lettering on the bike.

However, when I came to pick up the bike they had put a boring gray tape on it instead. Was I unreasonable to ask that they exchange it for pink as it was before? Does anyone else care about the color of their handlebar tape?

robyn,

@danwentzel They should have asked. Or shared with you what options they do or don't currently have available to choose from.

I care about the colour of my bar tape as well (currently it is bright green).

gemelliz, to Alberta
@gemelliz@mstdn.ca avatar

Gross.

's $7-million dollar "clean energy" campaign now appearing on fully wrapped TTC streetcars.

robyn,

@gemelliz honest to blog I'm so embarrassed to be living here sometimes ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝ

robyn, to random

Slow cooker that cooks delicious food for you over the course of the workday - benefits:

  • delicious food smells fill your abode
  • yummy food is waiting for ya
  • cozy fall vibes

disadvantages:

  • delicious food smells fill your abode BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE THE FOOD YET AND HAVE TO WAIT EIGHT HOURS??
reallyflygreg, to ai
@reallyflygreg@mstdn.ca avatar

Well that's fun. I just read that there AI's can hallucinate, i.e. generate responses that are not reflective of the source data. What could go wrong?

robyn,

@reallyflygreg Yyyeah they do that quite frequently.

When I first started hearing about this, I asked about new publications in this very tiny academic field I used to work in, and sure enough...

The "authors" it mentioned truly did/do work in that field, but the collaborations between them, as well as the actual "papers", were all complete bogus.

robyn,

@reallyflygreg oh I am 99% sure you can prompt it to do that, and it will come up with... well, something!

Garbage in, garbage out tho. ๐Ÿ˜

robyn, (edited ) to edmonton

My city () turned a street in our neighbourhood into a one-way street with a contraflow bike lane three years ago. It's at least seven blocks long. To this day, there are no One Way signs. Not a single one.

Every time I am out for a walk/run/bike ride, someone drives up it in the wrong direction. Not an exaggeration -- every. single. time.

I have called 311 to ask about this three times. Jesus Mary HOW is this so hard.

robyn,

last time the agent said she had entered it into the system as a sign request, and also put in a "callback request".

welp that was... several months ago. I thought this time there'd at least be SOME action since the time I called about it previously, the agent didn't even understand the problem and told me "the City of does not use One Way signs" (!!!??? ๐Ÿค” ๐Ÿค” lol what??) and asked me to specify ONE intersection where the sign was required ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

... anyway. ugh.

Pentapod, to cpp
@Pentapod@mstdn.ca avatar

I don't know who originally created this but it was too true not to share. What else would you add to this list?

robyn,

@Pentapod

  • a call from DHL demanding, in Chinese, I pay import fees
  • an Office 365 2FA email coming from buttercup69@hotmail.com
robyn, to random

๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„ sure.

robyn, (edited ) to random

I loved Matthew Perry. ๐Ÿ–ค

I'm not super into celebrity culture, but a select few actors and musicians have a special place in my heart, and he was one of them.

robyn, to edmonton

Y'all I,,,

robyn,

@Daveography Oh, did it come to your phone as an emergency alert??๐Ÿ˜ฒ For mine it was just a weather app notification.

I do love me a bit of whimsy, but agreed, this should not have the same format as an emergency alert.

robyn,

@veith I had to do a double take when it first popped up on my phone!

I'm a bit conflicted honestly, I get they were trying to have a bit of fun with it, but also uh it is just a hockey game, and also maybe something like this should not feature the word "Alert" ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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