tantramar

tantramar, 4 hours ago to random

opened the kitchen window tonight. the screen has some holes, but I didn't have the light on, so I didn't worry about bugs getting in.

next thing i know there's a massive June Bug in the living room, FLAGRANTLY VIOLATING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN ITS NAME.

tantramar, 9 hours ago to random

I suspect I could listen/work to this for hours. “Is that you or are you you?” by Chris Zabriskie. From a video game, apparently (the last time I was a gamer that meant stacks of quarters). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed8N141l9FQ

tantramar, 11 hours ago to random

I am absolutely that guy 👍

tantramar, 23 hours ago to random

I can’t recommend being woken suddenly in the wee hours of the morning by your shower curtain collapsing.

Because then you don’t get back to sleep. 🤦‍♂️

tantramar, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

this whole OpenAI/Scarlett Johansson thing really boils down to… a man who thought he could take what he wanted from a woman even after she clearly said no.

tantramar, 1 day ago to random

I’ve had a favourite author for more than 20 years. I really didn’t like their second-last book — after loving everything else they’d ever written.

I’ve never reviewed or even named that book publicly (nor will I now). And I unhesitatingly bought their next book (which I still haven’t read).

Support artists if you want to see more of their art.

tantramar, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

a friend — whom I’ve known 30 years — recently pulled me (back) into WhatsApp. She has a Mac & an iPad, but video chat with her granddaughter happens on WhatsApp; there are no Meta-is-evil arguments more powerful than that.

It immediately requested full access to my contacts, which I denied, explicitly to be uploaded to Meta’s servers.

Apple should disallow this. People have the right to share their own info with Meta (et al) — they do NOT have the right to share other people’s.

tantramar, 2 days ago to random

I feel like some of you could be posting more cat photos. 😇 #YouKnowWhoYouAre

tantramar, 2 days ago to random

The party of “fiscal responsibility”, my arse. https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz/112482133543063939

tantramar, 2 days ago to random

Me: I want a way to search through my recent feed; I saw a thing and scrolled past it, but now I can’t find it again.

Mastodon: absolutely not.

tantramar, 2 days ago to random

Someone pointed out on a podcast recently that in the metric system, there are units — metres, grams, litres, etc. — and that all multi-unit prefixes are Greek (deca, kilo, mega) while all sub-unit prefixes (deci, centi, milli) are Latin. (Yes, since 1935 there have been exceptions… still.)

I’ve been using the metric system since I was 6 and never noticed this.

🤯 #metric

tantramar, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

@pcalc @jamesthomson PCalc sighting in the wild — (fellow New Brunswicker) Matthias Wandel doing some quick number crunching on his 1.7 million-follower YouTube account (“An Engineer's approach to woodworking”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tqNmV8KaZU&t=1m56s

tantramar, 3 days ago to animals

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T_hD188jbaU #blackcatsofmastodon #CatsofMastodon #LaVieEnRose

tantramar, 4 days ago to random

“Looking for an alternative to Big Grocery? Moncton woman has a map for that” | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-online-alternative-groceries-map-1.7203870 #BoycottLoblaws

tantramar, 8 days ago to random

Good. “Education minister goes silent on Policy 713 dispute” | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bill-hogan-wont-comment-713-fight-1.7204096

tantramar, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to random

Question for every candidate: are you running to make things better or to attain power? Because if your first job isn’t stopping Higgs, you’ve lost me. Ideological devotion to party over policy outcomes is disqualifying. #NBPoli “Why a Liberal-Green 'coalition campaign' to beat Higgs is an unlikely fantasy” | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/liberal-green-coalition-campaign-1.7203761

tantramar, 9 days ago to animals

Gargoyle on my rain spout. #CatsOfMastodon #NotMyCatEither

tantramar, 10 days ago to random

How much did Apple pay some designer to find all of the most hideous possible options for Playlist artwork in Apple Music? This sampling barely scratches the surface of how truly awful they all are. Staggering achievement, really.

tantramar, 11 days ago to random

a) to hell with Adobe
b) I love how instead of yanking old media/apps I’ve paid for, Apple has, in contrast, upgraded old movies from SD > HD, and SDR > HDR — at no cost. Including titles that were digital downloads that came as codes redeemed from DVDs (in other words, not even purchased from Apple).

There are good and bad ways to treat customers. https://shakedown.social/@AAronL1968/112430436484912924

tantramar, 12 days ago to random

Relented and signed up for Amazon Prime for a 1-month trial. Opened Prime Video app on Apple TV, chose something “included with Prime” to watch (because Prime Video seems mostly to exist to upsell you on channels/partners for more money), then got hit with unskippable ads — 3 of them.

Deleted the app. Cancelled the trial. Despite 357 warnings, I’m delighted to be losing out on my “Prime benefits”. 🙄

It’s amazing how little I want to pay to watch ads.

tantramar, 12 days ago to DoctorWho

I’ve really tried to get into Doctor Who. It’s never stuck. Even Jodie Whittaker and David Tennant — bags of charm, both of them — couldn’t pull me in. Matt Smith seemed fun, too. Ncuti Gatwa was good in his small role in Masters of the Air, and he more than held his own alongside Tennant, but I think I’m resigned to the fact that the Doctor just isn’t my bag. It’s the stories. They just aren’t aimed at me. #DoctorWho

tantramar, 14 days ago to random

THESE ARE MY HIGHEST-QUALITY TOOTS, PEOPLE

tantramar, 15 days ago to random

NY Times interviews economically anxious brain worms at rural diner. #balance

tantramar, 16 days ago to random

Making a list of cranky old white guys whose opinions usually suck & who should therefore mostly be ignored.

Top of the list: Christopher Mackay

tantramar, 16 days ago to SF

The latest Robert J Sawyer novel — The Downloaded — was, uh, downloaded to my Kindle today. Easily my favourite SF writer. You might know him as the writer behind the novel that 2009 TV series Flashforward (Joseph Fiennes, Sonya Walger) was based on. Check it out at: https://sfwriter.com. #sf #scienceFiction #CanadianWriter #CanadianSF