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tito_swineflu

@tito_swineflu@sfba.social

slum dweller, bridge troll and punk rock viking

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Lana, to random
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Anyone arguing in favor of arming school teachers needs to first explain to me where in the budget you're going to find the money to buy 27 Glocks when you cheapskates won't even buy us printer toner.

tito_swineflu,
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@Lana Seems to me that once you get those glocks, a gang of teachers can roam around town holding up office depots for school supplies. The guns will pay for themselves!

RickiTarr, to random
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I'm going to explain programming languages to you based on their emblems.

Starting from left to right, on the top line:

  1. This is some Sex Snake Cult bullshit, if you use this you may not be in a Sex Snake Cult, but you definitely want to be.

  2. This is some old school shit, you first learned this is a 90's coffee shop, while complaining about how fake Hackers was.

  3. Ya basic.

  4. This is the prequel to Big Hero 6, it wasn't good.

  5. Ya still basic, but you call yourself an overachiever.

  6. This is what the Programmer says when you try to ask him a single question. Fine BRIAN, I'll try to figure out what a browser is BY MYSELF!

  7. You're old, even older than #2, you complained about how War Games wasn't realistic.

  8. Whoever designed this emblem got their feelings hurt by Bell Labs, and it shows.

  9. Yeah guess what, ya STILL BASIC, now it's just really obvious to everyone, and you've definitely been involved in an MLM.

  10. You're pretty good at programming, but not at life, you probably sell drugs as a side gig.

tito_swineflu,
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@RickiTarr I guess assembly and atari basic don't have cool logos?

pseudonym, to random
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After all the news about Amazon grab and go being essentially Mechanical Turk, a friend on discord said:

"oh god now I'm thinking of a building full of teenagers with game controllers remotely steering 'driverless' cars through heavy traffic"

And I'm just afraid Tesla is going to totally "Ender's Game" this.

Shudder

tito_swineflu,
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@pseudonym They needed constant cell phone connections too, and would all fail together in some dead zones around the city.

Ooh! Look, that picture in the article is my old neighborhood. Always a good place for a picture of dystopia!

tito_swineflu,
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@pseudonym https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/07/cruise_confirms_driverless_taxis_need/

jwz, to random
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Is it true that all you need to draw a penis on a cybertruck is a squirt gun full of salt water? Asking for a friend.

tito_swineflu,
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@jwz I find that hydrogen peroxide mixed with salt water is amazingly effective.

mekkaokereke, to random
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🤷🏿‍♂️When I told y'all that the most frequently shoplifted items were women's razors and makeup, y'all thought I was playing.

I told y'all, you're following Black folk like me around the store, while non-Black people like Winona Ryder rob you blind. 🤷🏿‍♂️

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/bonsall-woman-retail-theft-ring-ulta-sephora-arrest/3459998/

Too much focus on who's not stealing from you, takes resources and attention away from who is stealing from you. 🙂🙃

False positives, create the space for false negatives.

Racism makes you bad at solving crimes.

tito_swineflu,
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@mekkaokereke I bet the rent on that Detroit Whole Foods was at least 1/10th of their rent in the Market Street location.
The Target near my house on 13th and Folsom just closed. Of course, they whined about crime, but the real deal was they didn't like paying high rent for less square footage than they could get elsewhere, and they need larger square footage for their pivot into more online shopping/delivery model.
It's amazing how easy it is for these companies to make things up in their press releases and have no-one fact check them.

Alice, to random
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Countdown until we learn that Waymo is similar to those Amazon stores where the self-driving cars are actually controlled by offices full of people who are playing a variation of Mario Kart in order to get us to our destinations.

tito_swineflu,
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@Alice There was a waymo confused by the left turn lane on Folsom and Cesar Chavez last week. It's the first time I've seen one of them have a public freakout, unlike cruise.

tito_swineflu, to random
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Anyone who says that smart people will find a way to get ahead is peddling some sort of capitalist snake oil. Simply meeting a few rich people should disabuse anyone of the idea that merit wins out.

tito_swineflu, to random
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Yesterday, in front of the Target at Folsom and 13th, a UPS truck pulled into the bike lane to park. A biker crashed into the bumper and flew into the back of the truck. There were cops all over, but I didn't see any ambulance.
My UPS driver, whose truck it was, but who was out at the doctor's yesterday, was upset that the driver parked in the bike lane, saying he wouldn't do that. He also said that he heard reports that the bicyclist had died. Does anyone know if the bicyclist survived?

tito_swineflu, to random
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Vote no on E, unless you're a moron.

tito_swineflu, to random
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Nothing says America like a gym with a giant parking lot.

historyofpunkrock, to punk
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Which punk rock album is the perfect top-notch record from start to finish?

I'm starting:

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables – Dead Kennedys

A must have in every the record collection

tito_swineflu,
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@historyofpunkrock These are all great, but this one introduced me to women in punk and is pretty flawless.

historyofpunkrock, to punk
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A retirement home without women and people of color, very unpleasant.

Be that as it may, arguing about the best band is worthwhile at any age




tito_swineflu,
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@TywyllSeren @historyofpunkrock posted it before, but I'm still proud I drive this around:

johnefrancis, to Ottawa
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81yo Dad has COVID. Doing OK so far.

65yo brother-in-law has COVID too.

I tested negative this morning, but have symptoms.

We've been out and about, and haven't been masking. Vaccinations up to date and no health issues, aside from Dad's age.

Sister's place, PWHL game, Dad visits his gf at the LTC home regularly, it's had a COVID outbreak, but I think it was a couple months ago...local restaurant, etc etc.

It's still going around #ottawa

tito_swineflu,
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@johnefrancis Assisted living and other senior centers are the absolute worst for covid. My father was in one for a year and a half and got Covid 3 times. Everyone got covid several times.

tito_swineflu, to random
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Getting rid of my old guitar.

guitar hanging from tree

historyofpunkrock, to punk
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I'm starting

Dead Kennedys, heard and I had the music that accompanied me my whole life

tito_swineflu,
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@historyofpunkrock Angry Samoans, Back from Samoa. My cousin had it. I had to listen to it three times before I could make out what they were singing. I can still remember hearing the sound go from buzzsaw to music in my consciousness. My cousin also had minor threat, negative approach and minor threat lying around, and that was it.

tito_swineflu, to random
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I like this paragraph:

"Given these constraints, it seems just as likely to me that generative A.I. could end up like the Roomba, the mediocre vacuum robot that does a passable job when you are home alone but not if you are expecting guests.

Companies that can get by with Roomba-quality work will, of course, still try to replace workers."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-openai-chatgpt-overrated-hype.html

tito_swineflu, to random
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Just saw a guy in the homeless encampment on the corner using water taken from the fire hydrant to water the plants in the planters that were installed to force him to move twenty feet down the street.

I feel like that's a metaphor for SF or America.

nix, to music
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What's the best way to actually own music nowadays? Like, DRM-free digital files. There's bandcamp, but that only covers certain (excellent) musicians. Is it really down to buying and ripping CDs?

tito_swineflu,
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@donutage @nix @Defiance
I made all the music I released on my circa-1999 mp3 store free to download, if you like 90's bay area punk and some weird stuff:

https://www.newdisorder.com/mp3store/bandbrowse.php

historyofpunkrock, to random
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42 years ago

"No Way" - Adolescents, 1982

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tito_swineflu,
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@historyofpunkrock This is a nearly perfect start to a song. What an amazing live band they were!

historyofpunkrock, to punk
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Happy Birthday to Penelope Houston, American singer-songwriter for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers, born on this day in 1958 Los Angeles, California

tito_swineflu,
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@historyofpunkrock I love the avengers! They were a big deal for me, and my band even covered one of their songs for this comp! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Wgdllu5dY

historyofpunkrock, to punk
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29 years ago today
Low ticket prices, that was typical for punk rock/hardcore concerts

Fugazi at Irving Plaza, New York City, April 4, 1995. Tickets are a super cheap $6 👍

📸 Kenichi Hoshine

tito_swineflu,
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@historyofpunkrock Of course, many bands (mine included) can't even make money by playing live, because we're punk and weird.

tito_swineflu,
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@historyofpunkrock One thing about ticket prices is the collapse of physical media sales. In the 80's and 90's, record labels were basically printing money. Someone like Fugazi, with limited marketing costs, could make as much as 4 dollars per CD. Given that Ian told me that they'd sold 2 million records by the time they released Red Medicine, that's a lot of money.
Nowadays, bands can only make money playing live. It doesn't excuse the high ticket prices, but there is a lot of pressure to fill the income hole left by the collapse of physical sales.

skinnylatte, to SanFrancisco
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The worst intersections in San Francisco

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/most-dangerous-intersections-data-18665443.php

tito_swineflu,
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@skinnylatte This plan has the most bang for the buck for reducing traffic violence.

historyofpunkrock, to punk
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42 years ago
The Misfits "Walk Among Us" Tour, Freezer Theatre Detroit, Michigan, April 3, 1982 supported by Necros, Negative Approach and The Meatmen

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tito_swineflu,
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@historyofpunkrock Oh man, what a lineup! I could have seen that show and bailed before the Misfits played and still be happy.

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