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Chancerubbage

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Fifteen years at the other place. Post Punk tech Luddite. First toot June 2 2023.

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Do you think Pull for pick up grocery delivery systems are out of the single digits yet?

I would be surprised if so.

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Centimeter is to inch as Fahrenheit is to Centigrade.

Discuss.

I have rules of thumb for approximate conversion in my head for liters to cups and quarts, and for millimeters to inches. 5 k is 3 miles? Or two miles is almost 3 k?

The only landmarks I have for centigrade is zero is freezing, 100 is boiling and 20-22° c might be comfortable?

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‘Congratulations!’ exclaimed the watch, as you got up to pee.

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I think the idea is this is to help you remember whether or not you're at home right now.

It is a 100-minute print, but I guess it might help a lot of people who sometimes aren't sure whether or not they're at home.

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@hotdogsladies

Sure I don’t know where I am, but What if it is a co-inhabitant surveillance state? What if the keys are still in someone’s pocket?

What if there is a surprise birthday party ambush in the next room and you have spinach in your teeth? What if the cat has knocked the keys to the floor?

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@lazyb0y @hotdogsladies

Are you suggesting the key hooks are for visitors? Name a home you have visited and decided to take out your keys and hang them on a hook.

Community Fishbowls don’t count.

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RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@incomparable/116041875759452021

French Bread pizza is neither French Bread, nor Pizza. Discuss amongst yourselves.

By the way, if you do favor some dry brick like a French bread pizza, do yourself a favor and have a slice of Detroit style pizza instead.

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Yesterday we had some elderly people over for our bday and at some point we talked about billionaires and how they should not exist

I started about taxing the super rich and getting rid of loop holes but they kept repeating stuff like:

"It's just how it is, accept it" and "We can't do anything about it, it's just how it woks."

And it kinda triggered me a bit..

Why the F would you accept shit as is?!

These are the same people who allow fascists to take over and start another world war..

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@stux Usonians ‘Americans’ think of FDR’s new deal as more fair, equitable . Actually, from the depression, to Reagan’s election. Although there was a little thing called WWII thrown into the mix, for good or ill.

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What is the active Astronomical event furthest from earth that has been observed and recorded as a time lapse film?

@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social avatar Chancerubbage , to random

Nothing much, just writing a lengthy email to this ‘Do Not Repky’ address.

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RE: https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/116007821831076101

Cape Fear as a ten episode miniseries is something that appears from descriptions as treading the exact same general plot as the last two times it was made. Hopefully it will expand and do more.

I preferred the one with Robert Mitchum.

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20,000 leagues is not straight down under the sea, but 60,000 miles, the equivalent of going around the earth’s circumference three times.

Which means a lot of time in that tin can.

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If you lost interest in a band you loved long ago, but they kept working diligently recording after your attentions shifted, but wonder if they still did good work, if you can’t find a recent greatest hits compilation, check out a recent live recording, which is likely to have curated the bangers you’ve never heard into that set list.

A less work intensive approach at reexamining a career you have admired. Often surprisingly pleasant.

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You can only choose one:

First three Police albums

Last two Police albums

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I’m not quite sure what this is trying to tell me, us.

And also, what is the point?

Some apps may not appear? How would we know? What hidden restricted app are we being denied, and how or why?

What is the purpose of this message in an App Store promo?

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115927430221365614

I don’t think Paramount should have it although Netflix shouldn’t either. BUT Netflix/WB is the lesser of two evils despite shareholder payouts. Do I think simple ownership by the Ellisons would be more damaging to WB legacy? Yes.

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The rule of thumb about surveys is most only get a 1% to 3% response.

What would happen if it were an important election?

@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social avatar Chancerubbage , to random

Where I tend to repeat or self boost is when I have posted a survey where I want responses. May be some like such questions

Would simply adding the hashtag increase the chances of a survey getting votes? Seven day survey, pass it on.

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This is not your father’s Twitter, where you had to place some things on a robotic repeat schedule to get them seen. Chances are on Mastodon your followers have seen those repeated thoughts numerous times. Don’t water down your message with overexposure.

And maybe those habits are built into a blast everywhere at once routine. But keep interactions real.

Well at least for me, I tend to be chronological timeline completist.

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Today is the first time I associated the Fleetwood Mac song ‘The Chain’ with the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors where Mick Fleetwood’s balls are on a chain.

It took me long enough to notice the ‘here are my clackers’ symbolism of the photo. It was so ubiquitous on release those who did absolutely become huge fans learned to ignore it.

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An overwhelming reason M4 is the dominant Mac hardware in an independent census of users is because M5 requires Tahoe.

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‘Rumor expert’ is a horrid sobriquet to label one of your staff journalists, and reflects one of the primary flaws of your sites editorial focus.

@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social avatar Chancerubbage , to random

If an uber driver asks you about your destination even though it is on his apps session map, I take it as a good thing— it isn’t necessarily small talk it can mean they would rather rely upon and build their own internal map and experience than blindly follow turn by turn that technology is provided to them.

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It was about an hour into the conversation before I sussed that Bowie had died, as every comment could have applied to the new record or at least that’s how I took it. Reading my social media for the first time that night I saw the news confirmed.

I seem almost NV about the way a sudden flush of attention on my favorite artists escapes my attention that it is in memorial. Because I initially see it as just another opportunity to celebrate their work. Do it every day. While they are living.
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@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social avatar Chancerubbage , to random

The first time a web certificate expired on me, it sorta freaked me out.

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Either one of these show horrid taste. No need for multiple colors of lighting in the same room.
https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/115853837966557321

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Probably primarily because the AirBnB renters want to remotely make sure the rental is shut down and secured.

But I don’t think they should be that far away. Want to rent an air BnB? Be a proper on site manager, for housekeeping. The remote crap should be illegal.
https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/115850347952236405

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If you cat has ever sat comfortably on the one inch max frame surrounding a doorway, raise your hand🖐️
https://toot.cat/@yudderick/115849930821214802

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Do you, or someone you know, pull duty at a fast food takeout window?

What percentage of drive ups do you reckon actually ‘use the app?’

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How I long for the days when the moon was merely mild mannered reporter Clark Kent!

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I wish I could search streaming services ever changing limited catalog by decade. Or year.

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If you are a ‘coffee makes me poop’ sort I’m happy for you, and envious.

It has never been a magic poop beverage for me. I have too much caffeine constantly for one. https://toot.community/@openculture/115736271645826059

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Bands for whom the ‘greatest hits’ collection is enough… GO!

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How many Toots did I have to go back and ‘edit’ for tech induced typos today?

All of them.

@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social avatar Chancerubbage , to random

Here is a strange observation regarding

Despite the potential chaos suggested by last nights surprise (to me) congressional session, my rates only went up for a similar plan, same company, by my estimate of hopeful worse case (twice as much). Took 30 minutes. More streamlined.

The strange observation was texts to do the same, which oddly went directly to a proper looking site, yet pushing the GOP ‘savings account’ plan that did not pass either.

Beware of phishing!!

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Often the neighborhood names in large cities make perfect sense.

But frequently enough, it isn’t helpful. It is more like the city is putting on airs. The neighborhood names don’t make sense even if you are a realtor or developer inventing the naming distinction for your own convenience.

It is laughable in some medium sized cities, and even the residents don’t have an idea of where you are talking about.

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What makes this seem a more likely problematic disruption is the Netflix dude shown walking out of the Executive in Grift’s bribing office with a big grin as the deal seeks approval. https://mastodon.social/@appleinsider/115684643561049461

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I wish I wasn’t so negative about people cross posting from Instagram, Threads, BlueSky and Xhitter .

But I do admit I’d like to mute or unfollow the accounts that make a habit of it.

I know it isn’t inclusive, but in many cases it is clear they consider Mastodon an also-ran, not a primary location for their social media presence.

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I wonder if the Howard estate was ever approached by some company wanting to use Curly to sell Curly Fries?

@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social avatar Chancerubbage , to random

Anyone a Wikipedia editor?

About 40 minutes into Without The Beatles podcast, the host asks Terry Gilliam:
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“Yeah. It's often quoted that George mortgaged his house to Life of Brian. Is that true?

No, it wasn't his house. It was their office building in Cadogan Square in Ninesbridge, much more valuable. No, it wasn't his house, but it was a mortgage.”
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From Without the Beatles: #3 Terry Gilliam (Monty Python), Oct 7, 2024
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3-terry-gilliam-monty-python/id1771087283?i=1000672155488&r=2592
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It’s widely quoted, including Wikipedia articles on Handmade Films, that George Harrison mortgaged his estate, Friar Park to finance the film, but it was much more valuable real estate he held.

“It was their office building in Cadogan Square in Ninesbridge, much more valuable. No, it wasn't his house, but it was a mortgage.”

Gilliam stumbles over the phrasing, transcription has parsed wrong. Is Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge is the correct name.

The connected wikis need updates

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It was the building to where Handmade films moved their office, that was mortgaged to finance Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

Not Harrison’s Friar Park Home.

26 Cadogan Square

(See rest of thread)

https://www.tracks.co.uk/product/b30489-george-harrison-1993-handmade-films-change-of-address-letter-uk/

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I think the Black Friday deals are mostly to prevent family visiting the folks using their password at a new location. A gimme. They also probably have some well paid ads they want people to watch Thanksgiving.
https://mastodon.social/@verge/115606094046025405

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I am terribly sorry to interrupt your doomscrolling, but tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Cat Bread Pillow. Look at him. Was he born? Was he baked? Can a vegetarian eat him? I have many questions, and I would appreciate it if random internet strangers answered them.
https://collabs.shop/hptrd1

A pillow that looks like a loaf of bread that looks like a cat.
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@lowqualityfacts @dgar

If you bite into the tummy area, watch out for the ensnaring and kicking claws that will commence

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The rather baffling entry for “X” in The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800). See the other 25 letters here: http://buff.ly/1QGXAjR

And more examples of how the letter “X” has been treated in alphabet books here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/x-is-for

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@publicdomainrev

Spoiler:

Xerxes brought chickens on his invasion of Greece.

@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social avatar Chancerubbage , to random

Did Bruce Banner have to learn to dress in loose clothing?

Seems suspenders might have been necessary.

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@stux

The upper left (eyes on same level) simply because the bitmap character abstracts away from recognizability too much in the other examples.

@Chancerubbage@mastodon.social avatar Chancerubbage , to random

No, YOU actually did the math to figure out how large Dino DeLaurentis’ Kong as so pictured would actually be.

By the way, the illustrator, who did a lot of complex SF paperback covers, and I think also did some matte paintings, was a master of eking out Photorealism from rather impressionistic brush strokes of the right color and intensity. At a certain magnification it appears quite abstract.
https://mastodon.social/@aaronmeyers/115556604410503184

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This guy runs the Windows unit at Microsoft, and he's telling you that the company intends to infiltrate "AI" into every aspect of the operating system.

If you use Windows, this is an injection of a living, self-replicating virus into your digital existence.

Yes I use Linux.

Twitter post: "Today we’re taking the next step in making powerful AI easy and useful on Windows 11. With Copilot and new agentic experiences at the center, every Windows 11 PC becomes an AI PC that empowers you to connect, create, and work in more natural ways. Voice is becoming the next..."
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@dangillmor @shoq

This sounds like something that enterprise should probably strongly reject, but will probably blindly accept anyway.