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I take pictures ๐Ÿ“ธ and live with two cats ๐Ÿˆ ๐Ÿˆ and another human in #Portland, OR. ๐ŸŒฒ I love #photography, mostly with #fujifilm cameras.

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๐Ÿฉธ Went for my periodic checkup and learned my A1C dropped a good amount. Still not quite where I want it, but it validated my CGM readings over the past quarter and told me I'm on the right track with how I've been handling my diet.

mph, to random
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Podcasts circling about the ideological accretion disk
https://mph.puddingtime.org/post/podcasts-circling-about-the-ideological-accretion-disk

mph, to random
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Mary's Peak, Hoka Anacapas, Alsea Falls
https://mph.puddingtime.org/post/mary-s-peak-hoka-anacapas-alsea-falls

The front of a store with a sign reading "Alsea Mercantile," with fish-shaped signs that read "YES" "TACKLE" and "DELI."
A red gas station with old pumps painted green and blue in front.
A battered blue building with a brown flag/sign that reads "Espresso."

mph, to random
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"ChatGPT is now better than ever at pretending itโ€™s something that itโ€™s not."
https://open.substack.com/pub/maxread/p/the-point-of-ai-is-to-talk-to-a-cool?r=1mjwf3&utm_medium=ios

mph, to random
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I never got a Micro Four Thirds camera: My first mirrorless was a Fujifilm X100S, and my first mirrorless ILC was an X-T2. Before those it was Nikon and Pentax dSLRs.

Lately YouTube has been serving me up a lot of stuff around bargain digital cameras from 6-10 years ago and the whole M43 ecosystem looks fascinating. The little street rigs people make seem pretty cool.

mph,
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@spacewizard I keep seeing Panasonic Lumixes and then some Olympus PENs (but "inexpensive" isn't quite right, there).

mph,
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@spacewizard Nice! I've been thinking about classes, myself.

mph, to random
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Oh gosh. https://mastodon.social/@tsalvo/112349268130086053

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after a few months with Scribbles ...
https://mph.puddingtime.org/post/after-a-few-months-with-scribbles

mph,
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@lkanies I think I will need you to say more.

mph,
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@lkanies No, I get it. I had a side hustle getting text out of databases. I know what I'm choosing here.

mph, to random
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The content producer ouroboros (or: Lou Plummer is right)
https://mph.puddingtime.org/post/the-content-producer-ouroboros-or-lou-plummer-is-right

mph,
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@lkanies He just said "the best." ๐Ÿคฃ

mph,
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@lkanies Struggling with the idea it's "cynical." Maybe pessimistic? I've got no issue with people pushing back. I understand why they're disappointed.

I also don't think Gruber's inventing something when he says โ€œPro" is a semantically slippery designation in Apple parlance & I buy his โ€œthink what you want, but this is what they are" line of reasoning.

Even Gruber stripped of his raging brand identification might say the same thing. You see a lot less clever AppleScript from him these days.

mph,
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@lkanies .... better than the worst way.

mph,
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@lkanies I see. I thought you were characterizing my position, which is not "stop asking for more," "you're wrong," "you don't need it," &c.

My position is more like โ€œI'd love Apple to loosen up a little here. Come get me when that changes. Meanwhile, the most useful consumer review will consider the device as inseparable from the OS it can actually run when you buy it."

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@lkanies I don't judge, man.

mph, to random
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๐Ÿฆท My two angry teeth have decided to acknowledge they received care and treatment yesterday, so maybe they'll let me think straight today with just a Tylenol or two.

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Dental work
https://mph.puddingtime.org/post/dental-work

mph,
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@lkanies It's the worst. I'm definitely all in on "music and shades" now.

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While updating my subscriptions spreadsheet (a sorry state, needing one of those), I realized that I have several listed as "current", for which I'd paid for a year in advance, but don't intend to renew. Would you consider those "current" or paid for and done? I'm thinking the latter, because it moves my totals lower :).

mph,
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@jbaty I do a quarterly steering committee on IT portfolio governance. My CFO loves me. AMA :-)

Overview: Columns for the trailing quarter + next 4
Green: Renewing/renewed
Yellow: Under consideration for termination or replacement
Red: Terminating
Strikeout: Terminated

No status: Unacceptable within 90 days of renewal

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The Oregonian runs an article about a new Covid variant urging you to "stock up on masks."

It includes a few decontextualized data points, copies and pastes a few words from the CDC website about viruses, then urges you to set up a Prime account (twice) so it can push affiliate link mask-buying options.

The linked text โ€œNow, some are considering whether masking up may be a safe option,โ€ which you'd presume is at least information about masking, is an affiliate link, too.

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lol omg. The "journalist" who wrote this piece for the O is the proud winner of the โ€œ2023 Commerce Award for Publishers."

What's wrong with a commerce awards, Mike?

It's โ€œthe sole industry awards program dedicated to celebrating excellence in commerce content," awarded by a company that makes affiliate marketing easier.

mph,
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@spacewizard It is very annoying to me on so many levels. Just ... a disservice to people who are trying to weigh risk, a disservice to people who struggle to weigh risk, a disservice to, like, society. Because opinions are all over the fucking place and this just ... wow it is not helpful. Of all the things. I don't care if they want to hire a fake journalist to fake report about the best streaming service or ear wax removers. Fine. This is just dereliction of duty.

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Solid review of the many shortcomings of ipadOS. I am not as heavy an iPad user as @viticci, but itโ€™s been my favorite computer since it came out.

At this point, Apple needs to either dramatically increase the pace of change, or start knocking down walls and letting people do what they want without Appleโ€™s help. The constraints of the system are becoming too burdensome.

Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesnโ€™t Get the Basics Right https://www.macstories.net/stories/not-an-ipad-pro-review/

mph,
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@lkanies @viticci "Only Nixon could go to China." ๐Ÿคฃ

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