"If you're famous, they let you do it."
Things happen.
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bonked 06 Nov 2024 14:36 +0000
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bonked 06 Nov 2024 14:34 +0000
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“We are here, and this is now.” Constable Visit, a strict believer in the Omnian religion, occasionally quoted from their holy book. Vimes understood it to mean, in less exalted copperspeak, that you have to do the job that is in front of you. Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
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bonked 06 Nov 2024 14:32 +0000
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Huge love to everyone who did anything to try to stop this. We developed some muscles through this work, and we'll keep using them. Never stop sticking up for yourselves and your neighbors.
Who's gonna call Putin and congratulate him?
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bonked 06 Nov 2024 06:34 +0000
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yes there’s a lot of voter suppression and structural issues are at play but also, damn that’s a lot of people affirmatively voting for the most racist possible thing
knapjack
bonked 06 Nov 2024 05:56 +0000
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As @jvl.bsky.social pointed out, Harris ran a smart campaign. She was a solid candidate. Trump ran a disastrous campaign and is in clear decline. This was a clear choice. No matter who wins, half of voters either chose bigotry and authoritarianism, or had no problem with it. And that’s hard to take.
knapjack
bonked 06 Nov 2024 05:27 +0000
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I think regardless of how the election goes, all of Europe really needs to rethink tying so much of their security to a country that's always a coin toss away from descending into fascism. Russia taking Ukraine shouldn't rest on the vibes of a bunch of people who can't grasp the fact that the president doesn't set gas prices.
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honked back 05 Nov 2024 15:16 +0000
in reply to: https://mas.to/users/buffyleigh/statuses/113430985397047041
@buffyleigh Whenever my kid says either of those words I say, "What? Cinnamon? Synonym? Simanon? Simonym?" If I do that like twice in a row, they can't remember which one is correct. #BadDad
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bonked 05 Nov 2024 15:12 +0000
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Today in Labor History November 5, 1916: The Everett Massacre occurred in Everett, Washington. 300 IWW members arrived by boat in Everett to help support the shingle workers’ strike that had been going on for the past 5 months. Prior attempts to support the strikers were met with vigilante beatings with axe handles. As the boat pulled in, Sheriff McRae called out, “Who’s your leader?” The Wobblies answered, “We’re all leaders!” The sheriff pulled his gun and said, “You can’t land.” A Wobbly yelled back, “Like hell we can’t.” Gunfire erupted, most of it from the 200 vigilantes on the dock. When the smoke cleared, two of the sheriff’s deputies were dead, shot in the back by their own men, along with 5-12 Wobblies on the boat. Dozens more were wounded. The authorities arrested 74 Wobblies. After a trial, all charges were dropped against the IWW members. The event was referenced in John Dos Passos’s “USA Trilogy.” #workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #anarchism #Everett #massacre #vigilantes #police #policebrutality #union #strike #books #fiction #novel #writer #author @bookstadon
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honked back 05 Nov 2024 14:16 +0000
in reply to: https://aus.social/users/dgar/statuses/113429265893614786
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honked back 05 Nov 2024 14:04 +0000
in reply to: https://mastodon.social/users/hrbrmstr/statuses/113430481216884597
@hrbrmstr Aw! I was hoping it was going to be an epic mecha vs kaiju discussion with zero product placements. 😂
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honked back 05 Nov 2024 14:01 +0000
in reply to: https://syringa.social/users/IdahoLark/statuses/113430528162509729
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bonked 05 Nov 2024 05:14 +0000
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📷 Minolta XE-5
🔎 Minolta MD Rokkor 50 mm f/1.7
🎞 Agfa APX 400 (2006, EI 100)
#AnalogPhotography #ExpiredFilm #VintageCars #BlackAndWhitePhotography
knapjack
bonked 05 Nov 2024 05:13 +0000
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Have two of these words been expunged? Should we impinge them upon the language? https://sesquiotic.com/2024/11/04/impinge-expunge-impunge-expinge/
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bonked 04 Nov 2024 15:54 +0000
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bonked 04 Nov 2024 14:27 +0000
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Whoa… a very elegantly crafted #DuckDB integration with Google Sheets https://github.com/evidence-dev/duckdb_gsheets DuckDB is very rapidly replacing a large % of data ops I used to lean on #RStats for.
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honked back 04 Nov 2024 05:29 +0000
in reply to: https://infosec.exchange/users/hacks4pancakes/statuses/113420746989211445
knapjack
bonked 04 Nov 2024 05:07 +0000
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Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe
Credits: High-Z Supernova Search Team, HST, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography
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honked back 04 Nov 2024 05:03 +0000
in reply to: https://alaskan.social/users/seachanger/statuses/113422489026023692
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honked back 04 Nov 2024 02:59 +0000
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bonked 04 Nov 2024 02:54 +0000
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i hadn’t touched a computer in 10 days and today i did and it was fun. computers are fun when you’re not forced to stare at them 10 hours a day who knew.
knapjack
bonked 04 Nov 2024 02:53 +0000
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bonked 04 Nov 2024 00:34 +0000
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I liked this post from Cory Doctorow about ActivityPub and Bluesky.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/
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bonked 04 Nov 2024 00:25 +0000
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bonked 03 Nov 2024 23:30 +0000
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In early February 1979, Matanuska Valley schools were closed for at least 5 straight days due to high winds. I've grown tired of people who say AK schools never used to close in winter so I'm just starting to research it. Already have examples from a century ago. #alaskahistory
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bonked 03 Nov 2024 19:53 +0000
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honked back 03 Nov 2024 19:50 +0000
in reply to: https://social.lol/users/jbaty/statuses/113420477395118027
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honked back 03 Nov 2024 19:49 +0000
in reply to: https://sfba.social/users/cynblogger/statuses/113419603894895250
@Jgmeadows @Shivviness @ChrisMayLA6 @cynblogger And it's actually more shameful than that: https://daily.jstor.org/how-19th-century-scientists-predicted-global-warming/
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 19:45 +0000
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That time—today actually—when random guy mansplains The Handmaid’s Tale to the author of The Handmaid’s Tale.
#books #handmaidstale
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honked back 03 Nov 2024 19:42 +0000
in reply to: https://typo.social/users/Luke/statuses/113420622481749523
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honked back 03 Nov 2024 18:27 +0000
in reply to: https://toot.cafe/users/thereisnocat/statuses/113420170395762605
@thereisnocat @Luke I nearly bought the Voigtlander 21 for my Leica, but I have the 20/4 Nikkor for Nikon and it's such a good lens.
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 18:24 +0000
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10yrs ago give or take a month, I was broken. Then I went on a trip around Scotland. Still working on it. But no regrets. Nature can heal. 🙏
Then I bought a camera I didn't know how to use.
Then I went out in the landscape every single day for just over a year.
Then I had an exhibition.
Then I had a new career.
Then I was a little less broken.
One of my first shots, 15 Nov '14.
#AilsaCraig
Chipping away at my backlog, developed a couple of rolls Ilford FP4+ yesterday. No idea which cameras, but extremely happy with the exposures. This is a light table snap, still in the sleeve. Can't wait to scan it.
knapjack
honked back 03 Nov 2024 15:49 +0000
in reply to: https://eponaauthor.social/users/KitMuse/statuses/113160909689077965
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 15:46 +0000
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#SilentSunday
📷 Minolta XE-5
🔎 Minolta MC Rokkor 55 mm f/1.7
🎞 Kodak Gold (~2005? EI 64)
#AnalogPhotography #ExpiredFilm
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 13:53 +0000
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honked back 03 Nov 2024 13:50 +0000
in reply to: https://beige.party/users/alexpsmith/statuses/113418531368374267
@alexpsmith It's a genuine mystery. My dad is one of those people who has fallen under Trump's spell. If I had told him twenty years ago that he'd be willing to take up arms for a convicted felon who wears a suit and makeup to pose for pictures in a dump truck, he would have said, "Shoot me now." He sees Trump as a builder, and doesn't see how he scams his contractors. He sees him as strong and doesn't see how he grovels to tyrants. He sees him as an Everyman and doesn't see his gold toilets and penthouse. He sees him as Christian (nearly messianic) and doesn't see him doing so many things Christ never would have done. I really think the US is deeply rooted in a kind of Christian patriarchy: God gave dominion over the earth and over women to men, and Trump embodies that idea. A huge swath of Americans subconsciously embrace that idea, and feel that pull that if Trump is elected then the rest must be true, and there you go. Daddy Issues politics, so says the peanut gallery.
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 13:23 +0000
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Today's coffee shop sketches. Saturdays are the best. These are postcards again, and I still have not sent any. #urbansketching
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 09:56 +0000
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As we entered astronomical twilight this morning at Mount John, I started a 15 minute exposure with my trusty Fujifilm GFX 50SII camera. Quite pleased with the result. Star trails and an aurora, with dawn breaking. #Beauty #astronomy #NewZealand
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honked back 03 Nov 2024 08:07 +0000
in reply to: https://photog.social/users/carusb/statuses/113417899895909730
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bonked 03 Nov 2024 08:07 +0000
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bonked 03 Nov 2024 02:21 +0000
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Your friendly neighborhood poll worker would like to remind you: It's against the law in most states to wear items that promote a candidate into a polling place. Many states have expanded this to coded language such as "Let's Go Brandon" gear, "Childless cat lady" clothes, etc. We election workers are all nervous given that there has already been one violent attack on a poll worker due to this regulation. Please be kind to your election volunteers and leave the campaign clothes and buttons at home! #uspol #uspolitics #election
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 00:23 +0000
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Chapati man and his tandoori oven. Dude is an artist. #Kathmandu #Nepal #TandooriOven #Chapati #Photography #LumixS9
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 00:23 +0000
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My heart is filled!!! ❤️ just got home from the Snohomish, WA #womensmarch and I feel hopeful. We. Cannot. Go. Back.
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 00:14 +0000
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There are exemplary #JapaneseMaple, #AcerPalmatum trees in other Oregon cities. This is #SalemOregon
#FallColor
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honked back 03 Nov 2024 00:13 +0000
in reply to: https://mastodon.social/users/hrbrmstr/statuses/113415917772456685
@hrbrmstr @yanlyesin @pluralistic Do you think that's Mastodon in particular or the Fediverse in general? I mean, I'm a nobody, lying low off Mastodon, but I find that I don't see the kind of negative interactions that some other folks have seen, and I'm starting to attribute that to the way the server feeds work.
knapjack
bonked 03 Nov 2024 00:06 +0000
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#Belgrade in the evening
📷 Olympus OM1
🎞️ Ilford PAN 400
#FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead
knapjack
bonked 02 Nov 2024 23:53 +0000
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Getting ready to develop some film. My "room temperature" water is 18.0°C. Thankfully it's monochrome, so I'm just going to be a little slower than normal. #AlaskaProblems #Crafternoon
knapjack
honked back 02 Nov 2024 22:25 +0000
in reply to: https://beige.party/users/amiserabilist/statuses/113415471655513357
US: politics, electioneering
US: politics, electioneering
During the hours the polls are open, a person who is in the polling place or within 200 feet of any entrance to the polling place may not attempt to persuade a person to vote for or against a candidate, proposition, or question. The election officials shall post warning notices at the required distance in the form and manner prescribed by the director.
knapjack
bonked 02 Nov 2024 18:49 +0000
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I just released v2.0.0 of d3-geo-polygon — just in time for the #30DayMapChallenge New projections, new documentation & lots of other changes, see details here:
US: Politics
triggered US: Politics
energized
knapjack
bonked 02 Nov 2024 14:51 +0000
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That morning-after feeling where you wonder if you were too loud and weird talking about books and movies and things your like.
knapjack
bonked 02 Nov 2024 14:26 +0000
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Wow. Tonight had it all here on Mount John. We started in a blizzard of snow and ended the night with a blizzard of solar particles visible in the sky! #aurora #auroraaustralis #NewZealand
knapjack
bonked 02 Nov 2024 14:26 +0000
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My mother-in law who refused to wear a face mask during the pandemic because it ‘made her look dumb’ is now wearing a garbage bag in support of Donald Trump. Adding this to the Wikipedia entry for “I can’t even”
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bonked 02 Nov 2024 13:09 +0000
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bonked 02 Nov 2024 13:08 +0000
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Susan B. Anthony broke the law by voting in 1872. In 2024, women honor her courage More than 150 years after Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting despite being a woman, Americans take to the polls on the anniversary of her historic ballot casting. #press
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honked back 02 Nov 2024 12:57 +0000
in reply to: https://beige.party/users/LRRRonEarth/statuses/113412023000332376
@LRRRonEarth Counterargument: Hope you like the taste of McDonald's with a side of stupid. You may take us, but you're next on the platter.
knapjack
bonked 02 Nov 2024 12:49 +0000
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The Dublin Halloween parade that was actually an AI hallucination thing is pretty funny but things could turn real bad if it draws attendance to a fake event with dangerous crowd control implications like a large, disorganised protest https://defector.com/thousands-turn-out-for-nonexistent-halloween-parade-promoted-by-ai-listing
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bonked 02 Nov 2024 12:47 +0000
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bonked 02 Nov 2024 12:45 +0000
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honked back 02 Nov 2024 03:41 +0000
in reply to: https://mastodon.scot/users/marisa/statuses/113409592581324186
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bonked 02 Nov 2024 03:40 +0000
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Friday afternoon reminder to not empty your inbox at the expense of someone else's. I've got the day off today after a wild night of handing out candy to tiny deadpools, spidermen, chuckies, zeldas, marios, and barbies. A lot of "Angel or witch?" ambiguity, that I'm bringing into the long weekend which is a refreshing change from "email or meeting?" Have a good weekend. Image credit: Florida Memory, on Flickr Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/31846825@N04/10573278664/
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honked back 01 Nov 2024 20:36 +0000
in reply to: https://bonk.cozysumo.space/u/knapjack/h/m4sP813ms2jmQ8117L
knapjack
honked back 01 Nov 2024 20:29 +0000
in reply to: https://beige.party/users/photovotary/statuses/113408246149075849
@photovotary Be warned: pretty certain everyone who reads it accidentally screws with our timeline. You may be judged later.
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bonked 01 Nov 2024 14:11 +0000
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honked back 01 Nov 2024 14:09 +0000
in reply to: https://mastodon.flockofnazguls.com/users/flockofnazguls/statuses/113407589048365408
@photovotary @flockofnazguls It's actually way easier than that. All you have to do is read this: https://onezero.medium.com/anxiety-is-the-dizziness-of-freedom-b5ab45cae2a5
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honked back 01 Nov 2024 14:02 +0000
in reply to: https://cyberplace.social/users/GossiTheDog/statuses/113407488717633509
@GossiTheDog You jinxed it. Now we're going to get aliens or the invasion of Taiwan or some crap. I thought you worked in technology? Don't you understand how superstition works?
knapjack
bonked 01 Nov 2024 13:56 +0000
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During Canadian Federal Elections, poll workers have been known to direct husbands and wives to booths at opposing ends of the room, so as ensure spouses are not ‘monitored’ by each other. I have worked one once and was told by the husband “I just want to make sure she doesn’t make a mistake.” I told him that she was probably old enough to manage to make an ‘X’ on her own. She looked down as she smiled. He wandered off grumbling. I didn’t care how he reacted.
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/113403485880930199
knapjack
bonked 01 Nov 2024 13:55 +0000
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Yesterday was a beautiful morning in East Tennessee. Site of my company's newest medical facility. I was there to set up their computers. #FensterFreitag #KnoxvilleTN
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honked back 01 Nov 2024 13:29 +0000
in reply to: https://photog.social/users/carusb/statuses/113406431505531464
knapjack
bonked 01 Nov 2024 06:17 +0000
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A quick T-Shirt Design. Inspiration https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@bt/113283612910042153 Puffy SVG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OpenBSD_Logo_-_Cartoon_Puffy_with_textual_logo_below.svg and a blatant license violation, via the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD page Font New Century Schoolbook Bold and Bold-Italic PNG with Transparency suitable for T-Shirt print Do with it whatever you want. "Kris, kann ich das SVG kriegen?"
Fish Linux
VIA https://safelyendangered.com/
"Es gibt kein SVG und Du willst auch keines. https://blog.koehntopp.info/2023/08/17/t-shirts-selbst-designen.html"
knapjack
honked back 31 Oct 2024 14:08 +0000
in reply to: https://bsky.brid.gy/convert/ap/at://did:plc:ovyajbnegrir2ddtwfhijiob/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7snghenot2i
@GossiTheDog @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Not defending Musk, but some of those states have negative contribution to US GDP. #AlaskaProblems
knapjack
bonked 31 Oct 2024 14:01 +0000
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Tons of great Sophos research is dropping today which I’ll link in thread. China goes brrr. I want to give them particular credit for directly talking about the cyber industry elephants in the room, both in the research and during media interviews e.g. insecurity in appliances, need for industry change, monitoring threat actors through telemetry etc etc. It’s really refreshing as they’re talking about what is *actually happening* - not all vendors do this. https://www.wired.com/story/sophos-chengdu-china-five-year-hacker-war/
knapjack
bonked 31 Oct 2024 02:25 +0000
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bonked 31 Oct 2024 02:21 +0000
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1. I didn't do it https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168356/cheddar-cheese-stolen-neals-yard-dairy
2. nobody saw me do it
3. you can't prove anything
🧀
knapjack
bonked 31 Oct 2024 02:20 +0000
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Nothing replaces the hours of wandering around the wastelands of "how do I do this?" when learning how to CAD or code, or learning anything on computers. Trying, failing, trying, failing. trying, failing and then FINALLY, it works 😍 and when you learn keyboard shortcuts - it's LIKE the clouds have parted and the tech gods shine their goodness down on me #CAD #coding