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@nostrich

Middle-aged nerd who is really bad at describing himself. I don't boost as often as I should, but when I do you'll know it's a good one. Or at least silly.

Banner: My standard poodle (supposedly crossed with golden retriever, so said the RSPCA, named Harley

#Autism #ADHD #StarTrek #Farscape #Stargate #Astronomy #Engineering #FOSS #Linux #vim #selfhosted

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You'd think that using the toilet with the door open would mean I don't get the cat paws under the door since the cats can just come in. You'd be wrong.
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The kittens have discovered that they can reach through the gap between back of my chair and the seat and poke me in the lower back with their claws. I'm pretty sure they think it's funny.

#CatsOfMastodon
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I got the kittens a rechargable ball that rolls around on its own and everyone's very confused by it. They're playing with it, but they're looking at it like it's doing something insane and inexplicable. It was advertised as exercising their predatory instincts, but prey usually runs *away* from the predator, not just in completely random directions, including very fast directly toward the predator. Maybe "play" is a bit of a strong word. They're following it around and occasionally batting it.
Sci-Fi Girl [has moved, see bio] · 10w
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@nprofile1q... I was gonna say "maybe he could have made it better" but then I remembered what they did to Icheb.

Tangentially, have you seen Angela Collier's 3¾-hour takedown of Picard? I never did finish season 2 and was planning on only watching the video until that point, but I ended up watching the whole thing through and I think I'm ok not watching the rest of the show. https://youtu.be/MdLHKdn0JTY
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Daniël Franke :panheart: · 10w
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lxskllr · 10w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq80d8r7djdr4y9mypytzss2lgtr62584q42g5wwgc3xyym855k63q9vffur nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqw737tq6e24kvhsllzyvkdlgdvf5x53rqejgqzexfezd2zds2x3lsk28tgv I've watched a few of her videos now. She's fun to listen to. It's lik...
Sci-Fi Girl [has moved, see bio] · 10w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq80d8r7djdr4y9mypytzss2lgtr62584q42g5wwgc3xyym855k63q9vffur The difference being that i would trust Prodigy to do something fantastic with that story. But the Picard show... 😬
Henna Virkkunen · 10w
The AI Gigafactories call is now open. Today, we launched a call for tenders to establish up to 7 AI Gigafactories across Europe, boosting Europe’s computing capacity and unlocking more than €30...
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@nprofile1q... What an absolutely horrendous thing to be pleased about. "AI" is worse than CFCs, tetraethyl lead, and thalidomide combined. The pro-AI crowd all sound like drug addicts and cultists when they aren't obvious grifters, racists, and fascists. It's awful for the environment, causes what amounts to brain damage in its users, it relies on stolen works, and is extraordinarily damaging to society as a whole. Why in the hell would you want to invest in such an insane venture?
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Why is it that alcohol bottles have "drink responsibly" printed on them, but if I tell a bunch of kids to "do drugs responsibly" suddenly I'm the bad guy?
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I spent a couple nights camping with my mum and stepdad who have iPhones. I brought four powerbanks and a mattress pump that provided charging. Their phones absolutely refused to charge with all but the most recently-bought powerbank. 🤦

Then we get home and I try to set my stepdad up with an account on my audiobookshelf server. Apparently Apple has a hard limit on the number of users that can download beta apps. 🤦

Holy crap. How the hell can anyone at all be comfortable using those devices?