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tallship

@tallship@social.sdf.org

Slackware, OpenBSD, and a bit of a Debiantard.

FOSS and Privacy Advocate. Secure, Enterprise Cloud.

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maerlynofmiria, to random

The thing I don’t understand is, why on Earth or under it do sighted people seem to think that the only way to clean something is to scrape it with a fork, regardless of how they know that what they’re scraping with a fork is a non-stick surface, which can get damaged when scraped with forks. And they only seem to do this with someone else’s equipment, never theirs. I had to throw one Forman grill that didn’t have removable plates away thanks to someone doing that three years ago, this person being someone who worked in the apartment building I’m living in who should have known better, and now I’m having to figure out whether or not I can get spare plates for the grill I have now, once more because someone, this time a staff member at a hotel I was staying at during the time the lift in my apartment building was broken, decided “Oh, let’s get the fork out and scrape away, regardless of how a Forman grill’s plates are non-stick”. And when you confront them about it, they say “Oh I was in a hurry”, or “how was I supposed to know that’d damage the plates”? I mean, are george Forman grills really that uncommon these days, regardless of how I’ve seen them in multiple stores right up to the present day? And, of course, when you tell them they damaged the plates, they act like it’s no big thing. Of course not. At least not to them. They’re not the ones who have to deal with burger patties sticking to the plates, and they’re sure not the ones having to figure out if they can find replacement plates anywhere. Ok, rant mode disengaged.

tallship,
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@maerlynofmiria

You said...

> And they only seem to do this with someone else’s equipment, never theirs.

There's the crux of the issue.

No one ever takes care of our stuff like us.

It would be nice if they did, I always try to afford the respect for other people's shit the same as I would my own, but the reality is that other's don't respect our stuff like they would their own.

That's a sad social commentary my friend :(

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tallship,
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@maerlynofmiria

Yes, precisely why I listed it as a shortcoming of the originals - you really had to take good care of it and make sure not to submerge it.

Removable plates would be a welcome upgrade, but the one's they sell nowadays just don't seem as durable as the old ones.

tallship,
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@maerlynofmiria

never had that issue w/a Geo Forman Grill - I have two originals. I've seen the one's they make nowadays (they fuckin' suck donkey dicks).

The originals were total qual, and fun to cook on, easy to clean but you did have to make sure you didn't submerge them.

the non-stick aspect? I dunno. If something sticks then it isn't non-stick, the implication being that it's a shit product.

If this is truly a recurring prob, I recommend going back to iron skillets - can't be beat!

tallship,
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@maerlynofmiria

If you like those George Forman Grills (um.... who doesn't like George Forman?), then considering I saw some here and there and these newfangled one's don't seem to much resemble the originals, perhaps scouring garage sales (or cough, cough, eBay) for those first generation one's might be a good idea.

But yah, using a metal utensil on a non-stick surface? hm... like those old Pace Picante Sauce commercials.... "Get a rope!"

So many went directly to storage for counter space.

danie10, to technology
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Journalists are realising Mastodon and the Fediverse is not so complicated to use after all

As Notopoulos writes, the Fediverse is a better, more user-centric social media concept than the one we currently have, where you amass followers on a single platform then lose them if that platform dies or becomes bad and you decide to quit. Federated social ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/journalists-are-realising-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-is-not-so-complicated-to-use-after-all/

tallship,
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@danie10

How can the one we have be better than the one we have?

Perhaps it would have been clearer if the latter was presented in past tense - the one we had?

does not, however, qualify, since it is itself the deprecated model, considering it's just another monolithic silo itself in most respects.

Journalists are also realizing stock Mastodon isn't acceptable either due to a paltry 500 char limit; , , , - much better!

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tallship,
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@danie10

Let's not forget (shameless plug coming) your excellent 'walk-through tutorials' for and other technologies that folks should be aware of.

I know I send folks links to those on a regular basis and they really help people understand how the Fediverse, and to a more general degree, and empowers them via your explanations and guided tours.

Your commitment is truly an asset to the community at large 👍

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reidrac, to random
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I hate when people put meetings at lunch time. Is it hard to find space in the calendar? Do it in advance, or early (I never have meetings from 8 to 10, why is that?).

Is not hard to realise that there's free time at lunch time because... that's when people have lunch!

tallship,
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@reidrac

They learn real quick, when you just take your hour long lunch immediately after their lunch-time meetings (where they often even try to feed you processed crap).

That boi is his own person.

The other thing that I found amusing was when the entire dev team told me that we had a on Wednesdays.

"Yah lemme know how that goes kiddos - I work to live. I don't live to work."

I'm not one of your devs - I"m your !

mikedev, to random

The best fediverse server you never heard of.

https://fediversity.site/photos/mikedev/image/f1944675-531f-4845-a3e8-dbcbe7510d02

tallship,
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@mikedev

The times they are a changin' - it's quite the popular topic in and closely followed by many....

But, how 'bout you enlighten many with a few pics? It's very pretty - and more importantly, intuitively operable by the average user due to the simplified UX it exposes :)

Thank you for your envisage of what social communications can be today, right now, without waiting!

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tallship, to fediverse
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There's a new kid on the block - and there's no punches being pulled here either - I would love if some of the folks could weigh in here with their thoughts about the developer's observations...

https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/azorius-01

Maybe some of our friends such as @mauve , @silverpill , @smallcircles , or
@helge could offer some observations?

I wonder, considering the rapid explosion of development in our , how much was born of frustration or disdain?

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tallship,
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@wraptile

Ah yes, i just started a conversation in the Fediverse-City Matrix run here:

https://matrix.to/#/#fediverse-city:matrix.org

Your very welcome to join if you like 🙂

shoq, to random
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That’s the common refrain. If you only want to server smaller communities and never have an impact on the mainstream, that’s a choice that can be made. But journalists aren’t the only people who want QPs, I assure you. They are just the people we need to popularize decentralized networking as something that can replace the big silos for serious news producers and analysts.

Source: @hilljam
https://mastodon.social/@hilljam/111259450945800799

tallship,
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@shoq @hilljam

It's not a refrain.For observant, privacy conscious folks, it's not even a random thought - it is what it is - We Own our stuffs and We are Happy!👯 🕺 💃 🎵

What journalists are doing is stupid - creating accounts on silos that only support a paltry 500 characters per post, like .

And the deprecated monolithic silos have been obviated.

I don't really give a shit what the subjugated chattel do.

Stupid goes all the way to the bone 🦴

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lunarobverse, to random
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Anyone have experience setting up a wiki? My webhost (BlueHost) has four different wiki installs available and I have no idea which to choose: DocuWiki, MediaWiki, PmWiki, and WikkaWiki.

I'm reasonably tech-savvy. Not a programmer, but I understand shell scripts and basic HTML/CSS.

My goal is a wiki to organize and share campaign notes for my homebrew D&D campaign. Centered around a big map with links off to pages that expand on locations, people, factions, & history.

Feel free to share!

tallship,
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@lunarobverse

I can wholeheartedly recommend - easy peasy, you can just start using it, place the one file in your environment, etc.

https://tiddlywiki.com

Also, for the full featured big and bold, there's https://tiki.org/HomePage

I think if you just start off playing with the family, you'll be more than pleasantly surprised and it will grow and morph to your own requirements.

I hope that helps!

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hesgen, to random

My Mastodon instance, mstdn.media, is shutting down on 3 December. Time to quickly find a new home in the fediverse.

tallship,
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@hesgen

https://Firefish.Social

and

https://Vernera.Social

are Excellent servers to check out :)

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youronlyone, to Anime
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Belle (2021)

A great adaptation and reinterpretation of “Beauty and the Beast” as a Japanese anime set in modern times.

I love how they used Virtual Reality as a plot device only; and avoiding the pitfall of explaining things that are not needed to be explained.

I now understand why this received a 14-minute standing ovation at Cannes (the 7th longest at the festival). It truly deserves it. A Masterpiece. I've never seen this level of reinterpretation of the classic “Beauty and the Beast”.

https://trakt.tv/comments/609192

tallship,
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@youronlyone

Are you talking about the TV series starring and of fame?

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mikedev, to random

Oh great. After the rodents and the locusts, here we go again. Summer is always bad around here for flies, but apparently this year is a record breaker. Yesterday I had to put on the head net while working in the paddocks because they kept trying to fly up my nose.

'A real boom in numbers': Why Sydney has become inundated with flies earlier than usual

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-08/nsw-flies-inundate-sydney-due-to-early-summer/102940464

Scientists say you can thank warmer weather for the mass of flies this spring and summer.

tallship,
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@mikedev What are chooks?

tallship, to TeslaMotors
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A buck a year!

Finally, someone understands the value of requiring someone to pay "SOMETHING", in order to alleviate and hold people posting their thoughts accountable as the individuals that have done so.

It's a proven concept by the Foundation that has proven that even some pittance of monetary consideration breaks Spam because Spammers follow the path of least resistance (zero cost).

Thanks !

You da man! 🤘 💀 🤘

https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/

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tallship,
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@indieterminacy

One good turn deserves another my friend ;)

There once was a lady named Bright  
Whose speed was much faster than light  
She departed one day  
in a relative way  
And returned on the previous night

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thedaviddelta, to random
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⚠️ Important warning regarding Lingva:

The ML top-level domain has been removed from Freenom for almost a year, and is now a paid domain. For this reason, I was unable to renew it and moved the official instance to https://lingva.thedaviddelta.com

But someone has apparently paid and registered lingva.ml and is pretending to be the official instance. For the moment I haven't detected any suspicious activity but I wouldn't recommend using it just in case.

tallship,
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@thedaviddelta

Why would you even think about doing something like that? Running a production service under that shady TLD? With all those people and services depending upon it?

Well, no surprises here.

A hard lesson learned I suppose. It's not like you don't know this was likely to happen. The Lemmy project placed themselves in the same similar predicament for what many have pointed out is the result of ill advised reasoning.

cosullivan, to random
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I searched online for " Bruno Gerussi" and " Celebrity Cooks", a daytime cooking show he hosted when not filming "The Beachcombers" . I found compilations including clips from a Bob Crane episode, taped days before Bob Crane's murder in June 1978, and this blog post:
https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/2015/10/celebrity-cooksthe-real-story-behind.html

tallship,
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@cosullivan

OMFG! I was still in high school then and his untimely death was such a shock!

I dunno who is/was, but if he was prominent it is quite likely that there's some semblance of a collection in the at https://archive.org :)

Well my friend, you know I'm a foodie so if you find more than the Gourmet and other contemporaries do hit me back, okay?

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tallship, to history
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Just part of the that spawned social processes bringing us to where we are today...

FYI, yesterday was the 40th Anniversary, if you will ;)

https://www.gnu.org/gnu/initial-announcement.html

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tallship, to TeslaMotors
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Well dang!

is really ramping it up again. just released audio and video calling, which is pretty kewl - had to actually login and test it myself; but what's really kewl is all the PayPal-like functionality coming to an #X near you, lolz.

It's about time he got busy finishing what he started off doing with a couple of decades back before bought it.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/23934216/x-twitter-bank-elon-musk-2024

🤘💀🤘

He's on a roll, already evicting by charging a buck a year.

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tallship, to random
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A nice, relaxing read...

https://research.swtch.com/nih

#C

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tallship, to foss
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Well it's come to that point. Sadly, it is now time to see what happens when your assets at were unwisely licensed under a license other than a license...

Because some as of yet unnamed (for profit) creditor now owns the code you're using to publish your videos.

https://odysee.com/theendoflbryinc:d434ed74a2a4874358eca22702dd25289d8fc1cd

There's plenty of blame to throw around between the "Inc." the "Foundation", the obvious demise of the original concept, but your thoughts?

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tallship, to Dogs
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Simply precious 💞 💕

https://invidious.fdn.fr/shorts/ORpgpV6dO8Y?si=EVtT0mtqDtIQNrNl&local=true

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tallship, to linux
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New release (v2.2.0) a couple of days ago with many improvements as well as new features, and 6.5 support.

https://9to5linux.com/openzfs-2-2-released-with-linux-6-5-support-block-cloning-and-more

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tallship, to random
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Happy National Comic Book Day!

tallship, to random
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This plays out all too often in the world where domestic abuse is concerned.

This time, it's the "Nancy" character cast as the villain, rather than the "Sid" in the equation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/courtney-clenney-model-arrested-murder-charge-hawaii/

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