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wcbdata, 7 days ago to random

Finally got corn started using the @richrollgardener method!

wcbdata, 16 days ago to random

@AbandonedAmerica - Dude, your piece about Gary, Indiana on Atlas Obscura is phenomenal. Growing up outside Chicago, Gary was just a syncopated song and a smell when the wind came in hard from the east. I loved learning more about its history and decline.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-america-gary-indiana

wcbdata, 20 days ago to random

Found my ideal job:

wcbdata, 25 days ago to random

Maryland has become the 3rd state to legally require the government to provide new luggage to foster children when they enter the system or move to a new foster home.

Foster children almost always stuff the entirety of their worldly possessions into trash bags for such moves, an act and an image that imprints on them and us a sense that the world considers them a waste, trash. This law mandates a simple step to help preserve their human dignity.

Gift link:
https://wapo.st/4aWTnqm

wcbdata, 28 days ago to random

Went to the first ever #RepairCafe here in my town just to check it out and meet some of the folks running it (tbh, I'd only heard of its existence yesterday).

Not 10 minutes later, I was accidentally volunteered to help fix small appliances! I managed to help out with one of several broken humidifiers (bad bearings on an easily-replaced motor), but had no tools to do much else. I'll be at the next one, this time legit: with meters, soldering supplies, and maybe some parts!

wcbdata, 28 days ago to random

Anyone know if there's a hashtag for the Montreal Clown Festival this weekend?

wcbdata, 1 month ago to random

Jolene is the I Can Run Doom on That of cover songs.

wcbdata, 1 month ago to random

@futurebird - Did you see that the Annals of Improbable Research has a special issue about #ants this month?

🤯

https://improbable.com/annals-of-improbable-research-march-april-2024-vol-30-number-2/

wcbdata, 2 months ago to UXDesign

Not sure whether to place this under #DataPrivacy or #UXDesign, but it's a fun one.

For US users, at least, when exporting all of a LinkedIn account's data, if a user selects "Download Larger Archive" to get the full archive, when they click to request the archive, the UI just switches their selection to "Select the data files you're most interested in" instead, then selects ALL THE OPTIONS, and finally disables the form and submits the request. I guess the BE developers were busy that sprint.

wcbdata, 3 months ago to random

Who knows a fedi-present artist who sells embossed metallic Linux badges for rescued PCs? 😁

wcbdata, 3 months ago to random

Hey @signalapp - any chance you'd work with LightPhone on a tool (they don't use "app") for Signal on the LightPhone2? All it has right now is SMS...

wcbdata, 5 months ago to random

Youngest asked why my chin whiskers are grey while my moustache-esque whiskers are brown. So I explained gravitational time dilation.

wcbdata, 5 months ago to random

This was #JohnMastodon

wcbdata, 5 months ago to random

#JohnMastodon Day lasts 48 hours

wcbdata, 6 months ago to random

Debating whether I should add a "Key Incompetencies" section to my resume 🤔

wcbdata, 6 months ago to random

Okay, Mastodon... Actually Good Companies.

Ones that pay well and fairly, are genuinely pleasant to work for, fill an actual need or desire, do not enshittify, ideally contribute to the well-being of humanity and the planet (but at the very least, do not make either worse), are committed to a sustainable model (no, "unbounded growth" is not a sustainable model), do not intentionally mislead or lie, and support employees' diversity without tolerating intolerance.

Go.

wcbdata, 6 months ago to random

Fully remote companies saw 4x the revenue growth of hybrid or all-office companies. (Bloomberg)

wcbdata, 6 months ago to random

I don't know if she posts on here any more, but this 2020 interview with @annapickard about the origins of the Dusty Stick slackmoji is wonderful. I have used it infrequently, but with careful deliberation for the last few years, and I hope you will now, too.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a30247655/slack-emoji-dusty-stick-meaning/

wcbdata, 6 months ago to random

Welp, here we go. Laid off. Basically no severance, insurance, or notice. Not awesome.

wcbdata, 6 months ago to random

Anyone know a good resource for learning to buzz out a nonfunctioning PCB? I know the principle, but I don't really know where to begin when there isn't obvious damage, especially with more complex boards (multiple layers, vias, etc.)... (Maybe @tubetime or @danfixescoinops know one?)

wcbdata, 6 months ago to random

Headlines followed by a bunch of embedded Twitter posts is the new listicle. And it deserves the same fate. FFS Boston Globe, Wash Po, and everyone else doing this bullshit, write a damned story.

wcbdata, 6 months ago to random

I've seen quite a bit of discussion here about the privacy, surveillance, and other issues with monitoring & filtering apps in a school setting. I have the opportunity to provide some info and guidance to school IT types here in the US.

Does anyone know of good resources for in-depth research and guidance around tools like Deladao, Proctorio, and the like?

(Plz boost if you have a good network for this kind of thing)

wcbdata, 6 months ago to random

Middle kiddo did a thing with a pumpkin. It's pretty dang cool, and I thought @neilhimself might like it, too. Happy Fall/Halloween/apocalypse, everyone!

wcbdata, 7 months ago to random

This is not the State Department I know. That’s why I left my job.
By Josh Paul
https://wapo.st/3rWbegb

wcbdata, 7 months ago to gardening

Pumpkicchinni? Zucchumpkin? This thing grew from commercial pumpkin seeds, but I have no idea what happened... #gardening