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Hurricane Daveosaurus · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq8p3dyh487mgegv63afnxrc30vx7va9uesvv625fz3j3x8s4qdawqvkxvcz That's a better banger rate than actual 1990s radio would have served up. Source: having been there at the time.
Thomas Beagle profile picture
The wind noise in an older Wellington 8th floor apartment is pretty impressive. I've totally changed my mind about wanting to live here!

It's one of those skinny apartment blocks so there are windows on three sides. Which is cool but... <howl>
JustSaying · 2w
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JustSaying · 2w
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JustSaying · 2w
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nostrich · 3w
Modern cars are the biggest #dataprivacy challenge we have in rich economies. Is this getting the attention it deserves? nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqampjvc0g3f44lrv9sfxjjcs7...
Thomas Beagle profile picture
@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... So I've got a Chinese Jaecoo J5 on order and I really wasn't sure whether to count "not connected/no app" as a plus or minus when it came to buying it.

Sure I can't monitor the battery state and control charging when not in the car - but neither can anyone else.
Jessamyn · 3w
Today's library outreach: getting my snows off. Gave the guy at the tire shop my zip code. He said "best zip code" I asked if he lived in town. He did. I asked if he had a library card. He said no but...
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@nprofile1q... I'm now imagining a TV series where the two of you travel the country, deliberately setting up circumstances where you can push libraries on people. Lib1: "First library card is free!" Lib2: "...And so are all the next ones."
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Jessamyn · 3w
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leighelse{} · 3w
Georges on why he misses Terry Pratchett. https://www.mahl.me/blog/the-spell-that-wouldnt-leave/ 'There is a kind of reading you only do at fifteen, and only really in places you are not supposed to...
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@nprofile1q... At the end he worries about "What I miss, less selfishly, is whatever Pratchett-shaped object is supposed to be reaching teenagers now, and isn’t. The on-ramp to reading, for a kid who finds school boring and homework worse, used to be a small, thin, slightly battered book with a lurid cover and footnotes that talked back. I don’t see them, lately, in the back of any classroom I walk past."

From my experience, they're reading fan-fic on their school-issued Chromebook while they're meant to be doing school work.