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johnlogic

@johnlogic@sfba.social

Dutch-American Silicon Valley native EE/CS developer (not a PE), long-time user of Unix & Linux, pilot, amateur radio operator (HAM) volunteer for IEEE (Senior member) & CAP; past: Atari, IBM research, game dev (mostly NES-PS3), Texan, adjunct prof, and some stuff with robots, railway equipment, and rockets; online since 1985

I love science, music, social dancing, and people (E Pluribus Unum), want to see more democracy and equality, and am probably a little OCD & ADHD. Also, hail Satan!

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ProPublica, to news
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Multiple Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign

Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more.

If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime.

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits

johnlogic,
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@ProPublica

It looks like Trump is trying to get a new high score... in the court system.

"One campaign aide had his average monthly pay double, from $26,000 to $53,500. Another employee got a $2 million severance package barring him from voluntarily cooperating with law enforcement. And one of the campaign’s top officials had her daughter hired onto the campaign staff, where she is now the fourth-highest-paid employee.

These pay increases and other benefits often came at delicate moments in the legal proceedings against Trump. One aide who was given a plum position on the board of Trump’s social media company, for example, got the seat after he was subpoenaed but before he testified."

johnlogic, to random
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Growing up, I watched reruns of the 1965 series .

I've started watching the Netflix 2018 reboot.

It seemed futuristic until they mentioned needing a 11/16" torque wrench.

I'm pretty sure that even the US space program adopted the a long time ago.

mina, to random
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Dear Friends, I'm heading towards bed.

If you also do, have sweet dreams.

🖼️ © Yosuke Hyodo

johnlogic,
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@mina

CW please...

wxcafe, to random
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    johnlogic,
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    @donw @wxcafe @cstross

    I'm inclined to change the output message to discourage contact by prospective employers that use technologies easily fooled by such a trick.

    I wonder if anyone would catch the reference if the machine looked at my resume and spat out "A straight-shooter with upper management potential written all over him."?

    johnlogic, to Workday
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    This article on makes me think that I want not to work for any organization that uses it.

    If well-informed self-respecting potential applicants turn away from prospective employers because of such an impediment, might this self-selection also decrease the average quality of candidates for those organizations?

    If--as an applicant--I happen to see that yellow arch over the W frowning at me, I'll surely know to turn away, not just because I'll know that applying to the organization sucks, but because working for the organization will suck too.

    Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic ) receives a nice mention.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/everyone-hates-workday-human-resources-customer-service-software-fortune-500-2024-5

    Extelec, to random
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    Tell me you have been doing networking for a while, without telling me you have been doing networking for a while :)

    In my network cabling box. (With the crimpers)

    johnlogic,
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    @Extelec @latelesley

    I remember running Netware on Arcnet and 62-ohm coax...

    Edent, to random
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    So, back when I was a Civil Servant, I wrote a bunch of blog posts which I absolutely couldn't publish while employed there.

    I'm rather looking forward to publishing some of them in the coming weeks!

    Picard from Star Trek looking

    johnlogic,
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    @Edent

    Isn't a collection of unpublished blog posts something that used to be called a diary?

    kde, to kde
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    If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

    https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

    They are not wrong.

    To mend your machine:

    1. Ditch Windows
    2. Install Plasma
    3. Your computer is ready.

    https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

    @kde

    A laptop running the laters version of Plasma, Plasma 6.

    johnlogic,
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    @enigma @kde @kde

    As I recall:
    Microsoft Windows used to have good online help, circa 1991-1994 (Windows 3.1).
    It was based on the Rich Text Format (RTF).
    Then Microsoft added a web browser, and called it Internet Explorer.
    Internet Explorer really wasn't very good for exploring the internet, apparently because its development had been rushed and it didn't display some things like other browsers would.
    Then Microsoft argued in court that its web browser was an integral part of Windows, which Windows could not work without.
    Then the judge removed the web browser from his own Windows-based computer and experienced no problems.
    Then Microsoft changed its online help to HTML and made us use its web browser to access it.

    sysop408, (edited ) to photography
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    johnlogic,
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    @sysop408 nice! We drove around that yesterday to go biking on the trail from Campbell Park!

    johnlogic, to ArtificialIntelligence
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    Earlier today I searched on an interesting question, and found this article that appears to have been generated synthetically by an LLM AI and not proofread at all by humans.

    Can you spot where it breaks?

    "Can I Use a Crows Foot on a Torque Wrench? Explained by Experts"

    By Michael Graw
    September 22, 2023

    https://www.toolsadvisor.org/can-i-use-a-crows-foot-on-a-torque-wrench/

    when demonstrates

    dougiec3, to random
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    Ohman!

    johnlogic,
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    @OhOkKay @dougiec3

    Could Pence run?

    gratefuldread, to music
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    Warren Haynes Details Red Rocks Stand with Colorado Symphony https://jambands.com/news/2024/05/13/warren-haynes-details-red-rocks-stand-with-colorado-symphony/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    johnlogic,
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    @gratefuldread

    Red Rocks is "magical".

    I once caught a show there with Psychedelic Furs, Go Gos, and B-52s. As someone who grew up on that stuff, for me it's hard to imagine a better show.

    thomasfuchs, to random
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    Just read a take that “30 years ago we’d have to wait days for pictures of the Aurora”.

    I think this is a case of “mysterious old technology mythical tales”.

    First of all, digital cameras or the ability to convert analog video to digital stills existed, widely, since the 1980s. For consumers digital cameras were available in 1994.

    For film, the fact is that in the 80s/90s there were 1-hour photo places literally everywhere.

    Newspapers had photos of current events since the 19th century.

    johnlogic,
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    @thomasfuchs

    I recall attending a presentation in 1989 at which Kodak described a product line with three digital cameras.

    I also recall them looking more like camcorders than today's small portable cameras.

    TonyStark, to random
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    Republicans’ declarations of support for Israel are simple to see through, but this is a good run down on most of the antisemitic tropes I’ve been seeing all my life.

    So, don’t believe anything Republicans are saying about it. However, if you read it, you’ll see some portion of the left is using antisemitic tropes, also, over and over. Antisemitism is antisemitism. There’s no excuse for it.

    How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/us/antisemitism-republicans-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk0.hFpm.l8GXNmRteK9s&smid=url-share

    johnlogic,
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    @Snowshadow @TonyStark

    The USA has long recognized limits on First Amendment rights to free speech.

    The old line is "shouting fire in a crowded theater".

    In the era of the Trump presidency, I believe the concept is better encompassed by the phrase "stochastic terrorism".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

    benroyce, to twitter
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    I've been pretty tolerant of people still on

    I'm now going to full intolerant

    recently reinstated the account of an outright

    GET. THE. FUCK. OFF. TWITTER.

    It is a Russian farm, , paradise. Stop feeding this cesspool!

    GET. THE. FUCK. OFF. TWITTER.

    NOW

    johnlogic,
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    @benroyce

    I just wrote to my congressional representative, Ro Khanna, asking that he stop using (former) Twitter.

    I hope he'll consider using Mastodon instead.

    Aleenaa, to news
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    India ranks below Pakistan at 159 among 180 countries in World Press Freedom Index. It is an unofficial state of emergency for India!

    https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-ranks-below-pakistan-at-159-among-180-countries-in-world-press-freedom-index-unofficial-state-of-emergency-11714737826054.html

    @mastodonindians

    johnlogic,
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    @Aleenaa @mastodonindians

    The United States, "once considered a model for freedom of expression", has dropped 10 places (from 45th to 55th, among 180 nations) in terms of press freedom.

    https://rsf.org/en/country/united-states

    atomicpoet, to random
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    Certain people say, “You can avoid the problems of delistings if you just buy the game physically.”

    Physical games have their own problems. For one thing, physical games often cost 10x more than the digital equivalent. You have to contend with scalpers and flippers—especially with limited run physical releases.

    And the other problem is that many “physical” releases require updates. And if servers are not available, the update can’t happen—rendering the game unplayable.

    Or worse, sometimes you don’t get a disc or cartridge. You only get a download code instead. You’re paying a premium for a literal box.

    From what I can see, the best compromise is to acquire a DRM-free digital edition of the game and keep a back-up copy of its installer on a hard drive.

    johnlogic,
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    @atomicpoet

    Sometimes I miss video games cartridges.

    Binder, to random
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    I’m starting to think that Sales loves acronyms not to tighten up their communications but to obfuscate their ignorance of what they’re talking about.

    johnlogic,
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    @Binder

    I once explained to someone who sold electronic connectors that "mils" was not cool slang for "millimeters".

    (A mil is 1/1000 of an inch, or 0.0254mm.)

    johnlogic,
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    @Doomstrike @Binder

    Using a "grid" in PCB design seems like an idea that came and went, as it should.

    Some components played well with grids (US ICs), but some never did (D subminiature connectors).

    johnlogic,
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    @f4grx @Binder

    I recently read how we got the name mile from a thousand Roman paces, where each pace was 5 feet. Then the English based their mile on the nearby length of 8 furlongs, which were each 10 chains, giving us the headache of 5280 feet apparently largely for tax purposes.

    Here in the US, I see the word micrometer used more often to describe devices for measuring small distances than as a unit of measure; for that instead I usually see micron (μm, often rendered um).

    Another fun bit of confusion seems to come with the financial suffix MM (million, explicitly "thousand thousand", used to minimize confusion internationally), which of course has nothing to do with mm. So, I try to make sure that these are correctly capitalized (or not).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile

    mstarace, to random
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    @blogdiva @mstarace

    Instead of the Batmobile, the guy who could have been Bruce Wayne wound up with a Cybertruck and a large following of Nazis.

    ai6yr, to Japan
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    AP: To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji https://apnews.com/article/japan-fuji-tourists-screen-9ac5d8f02062ff3c1e573870a6787f16

    johnlogic,
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    @weezmgk @ai6yr

    I share your weird cognitive dissonance about American brands in Japan.

    Who would have thought that a chain of convenience stores such as 7-11 would become a major bank in Japan?

    GottaLaff, to legal
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    🧵starts HERE. 1/…

    👀Via Katie Phang:

    Interestingly: Eric Trump has accompanied his father to court today. Perhaps Trump’s legal team heard all of the chatter about the appearance to the jury with no family members being present?…

    johnlogic,
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    @GottaLaff

    Is Eric Trump the son with the dope problem or the other son with the dope problem?

    johnlogic, to random
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    Tonight I had to think of my friend Jennifer Nalley, who helped bring back roller derby and at age 39 was murdered by the father of her unborn child.

    He was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison, which doesn't seem enough.

    https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/cops_courts/jennifer-nalley-s-killer-sentenced-to-25-years-to-life/article_4f2cc8ef-9747-5ab7-bf1f-f92078832484.html

    johnlogic,
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    Today I was again reminded of my friend Jennifer Nalley, who in 2016 was murdered by the father of her unborn child.

    I found this AP article from back then:

    https://apnews.com/article/jackson-3293c462b89f48e392fec17336c62dcd

    johnlogic,
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    After reading (and re-reading) the stories about her murder, I wanted to make sure that her killer doesn't get released any time soon.

    It looks like he's eligible for parole 25 years after the crime.

    If I'm still around in 2041, I think I'd like to tell the parole board why 25 years doesn't seem like enough. Marking my calendar...

    https://www.idoc.idaho.gov/content/prisons/resident-client-search/details/132480

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