And tomorrow we're back to cooking breakfast from the grid rather than the solar panels, because they aren't producing enough yet
who is saving energy now?
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It's blowing my mind that Final Fantasy, one of the most Japanese of 'Japanese Role Playing Games' was programmed by Iranian-born Nasir Gebelli, who left Iran to avoid the 1979 revolution.
Studied programming in the US, and did notable work on the Apple II before being recommended to Square.
He programmed the first three Final Fantasy games and also Secret Of Mana.
What a champ.
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Now _that_ I somehow did not know until now. Mind definitely a wee bit blown. 😲
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Parte oggi una serie di interviste ai responsabili dei progetti Linux italiani presenti nel fediverso.
IL FediLUG intervisterà le distro attive e partiamo con @fuss una distro storica fondata più di 20 anni fa:
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CERN just managed to transport antimatter via truck, and people are asking what happens if it gets into an accident. the answer is... a car accident.
the energy equivalence of antimatter is huge — 10¹⁷J/kg, but the amount is tiny — 92 protons. it's so tiny that if i placed all 92 in your hand, the destruction and release of energy would feel less warm than mere sunlight, by a factor of at least a few thousands.
i'd be more worried about the 2-ton magnetic containment machine in that truck.
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You will pry my em dashes from my cold — and dead — hands. I had them before AI was conceived and I’ll have them long after it’s gone.
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As someone ruined early on by LaTeX, I can point to a ... well, depends on how you count, but it's got a 30-40+ year history in digital text.
I do very much hope that "AI" will son be dust and ashes, and the em dash can return to its proper function.
@robparsons It won't, any more than the Internet went away when the Internet bubble burst.
Generative AI will spend some time as a punchline, and then it'll come back, somewhat tamed by the bubble, so people will be more likely to use it where it makes sense, and not try to shove it into everything.
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@arensb I was thinking wishfully, but with my rational mind I think what you say is accurate. I am more scepical about genAI having uses that justify the costs, but I'm sure there are some once those who care about the financing stop having wet dreams about it.
Hell yeah!
EMDASH FTW!
and in my case,
ELLIPSES FTW!
@rickf ellipses, semicolon, and rule of three!
That is ... an excellent saying --- truly!
they've always been out of my grasp due to a reliance on Windows and Linux. Having a keyboard without a numpad has really finished it.
It's a shame cus I do associate them with people that do the good writing with sentences and all.
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I have Emacs set up to make it easy to enter en-dash, em-dash, ellipsis, and proper quotation marks, but there are alternatives:
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Unsure how to produce en dash and em dash on Linux, looking for the typographically correct characters instead of a dash-dash-dash replacement? Find out here how to insert en dash (–) and em dash (—) on Linux using the keyboard or character pickers.Heinz Tschabitscher (La De Du)
I wish AI had seized onto :-- instead, because that particular punctuation has largely fallen out of use.
I'm just happy to see uppercase letters and a period at the end of a sentence.
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So happy that in German – as well as my scientific environment – we're only using n-dashes.
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"You will pry my em dashes from my cold — and dead — hands..."
And making sure they have a little space around them, despite the pressure to exclude it (from editors and convention)!
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Well now I'm curious about the history of that convention. I'm used to seeing em dashes without space, but in a literary context. As in Joseph Conrad, Melville,et al. (Bit of a stab in the dark, can't confirm such use by those particular authors...)
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Well now I'm curious about the history of that convention. I'm used to seeing em dashes without space, but in a literary context. As in Joseph Conrad, Melville,et al. (Bit of a stab in the dark, can't confirm such use by those particular authors...)
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It’s also called a mutton!
Me as well! I have found them very expressive—dynamic.
I wasn’t expecting Em-Dash Hill to be the one I’d die on, but I’m right there with you.
That, and my Oxford comma!
as a member of team parentheticals with spaced en-dashes: i stand with you against the ensloppifiers!
I have a strong opinion that the em-dash has a very specific, narrow set of correct usages and should not be tossed about willy-nilly.
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Agreed - I feel exactly the same.
I have taken the same position on semicolons; a perfectly cromulent punctuation that nobody, including me, uses correctly. And yet...like the ellipsis..they shall never take it from me.
You have to provoke them — ideally by inserting several sorts of punctuation; en dashes (–) and hyphens (-) included. 
Technically your em-dashes are wrong. em-dashes are generally not meant to be surrounded by spaces—unlike en-dashes, which the Germans use for speaking their German language – a truly marvelous one, probably.
Practically, have fun! Rules for language don't matter.
@divVerent I learned something new today—thank you!
@divVerent Germans use en-dashes? That's possible, but I'd love some explanation. I see Germans use mostly hyphens or em-dashes, and for "speaking" we have quotation marks (that are different from the English style ones I used just there).
By German typography rules, indeed, en-dash with spaces around it is.
I also can confirm that most books do follow that standard.
Germans who write emails or documents though very frequently use the em-dash with spaces around it, or just a single dash and don't care (in my case, I might use it more if it were more convenient to type, like the --- alias most word processors have).
@divVerent You confused me a little here, but fair enough. I was wondering about your point on *speaking* German, because I don't tend to speak dashes.
So I thought you meant speech/quotation marks. I've encountered German text that used en or em dashes here as well, but that's a fairly rare thing.
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They're so much nicer than having to put in two separate dashes to loosely represent them. I will never go back — if someone accuses me, so be it.
Damn right. I’ve always been a bit embarrassed by how much I overuse em dashes — and, really, who wouldn’t be? — but I’ve decided THIS is the hill I’m gonna die on. They can’t take them away from us. Dash proudly.
The problem with using them is now that — if you do — you are suspected of having an LLM ghostwriter. Personally I find their usage clunky.
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@edwtjo The problem I run into is my writing was used to train LLMs without my consent so sometimes I get flagged for sounding like myself
@Dr. Amy, Psy.D. @Edward Tjörnhammar This is the reason I don't trust those LLM detection tools any more than I trust the LLMs themselves. It's all cheap* parlour tricks.
* Actually, they're rather expensive, but you know what I mean.
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two nights ago I woke up with the idea that once in a while The Magic calls a very powerful muggleborn to become a pureblood, a sort of first of their name situation; after the call this requires a ritual that requires also a pureblood and results in the two being married.
After the war the Magic calls Hermione, Lucius Malfoy finds out about it, kidnaps Hermione, brings her to the Malfoy sacred grove or something. Draco has been summoned there, arrives, realizes what's happening, tries to run away, gets full-body-bound too, and the ritual is performed.
They find themselves warded in a very newlywed themed wing of Malfoy Manor, with the ability to have visitors, and to receive most of what they want through the house elf (including books from the Malfoy library), but unable to leave, they start cooperating to find a way to undo the ritual.
Narcissa didn't know anything, and allies with them.
For some reason, both Draco and Narcissa's first though is that Hermione should have had the chance to marry Neville, since he's suitably pureblood and a friend. Nobody considers Ron worthy of Hermione :D
Have I been reading too many dramione fics?
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#iGattiSiArrangiano , giusto?
per cui non abbiamo appena passato la domenica pomeriggio in un pronto soccorso veterinario perché il gatto che non è nostro ha fatto la guerra e si è fatto male
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Ma povero!
Come sta?
Come sta?
@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Ju al momento chiuso nel locale dove ha cercato di entrare tutto l'inverno (e non lo lasciavamo entrare, per svariate ragioni), perché per un po' di giorni non dovrebbe andare in giro a far reinfettare la ferita.
non sappiamo ancora come prenderà la cosa
e a digiuno fino alle 22, che è una cosa inaccettabile
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@GustavinoBevilacqua patata, fategli un grattino da parte mia 💙 digiuno fino alle 22 vuol dire che siete in pieno concerto di miagolii?
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@Vi 💙 @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Ju i locali dove siamo noi adesso non sono cat safe (troppo materiale craftoso appuntito in giro), quindi è in un altro locale, e da fuori dalla porta sembrava abbastanza tranquillo. fino a che non ci ha visti arrivare per andare a dargli un'occhiata e ha iniziato a far sapere che la poltrona non è male, ma su quel tavolino manca una cosa FONDAMENTALE (ovvero la ciotola coi croccantini)
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Vi 💙 @Ju e con non cat safe si intende: sono appena andata in bagno, e per terra ho trovato uno spillo
in bagno
(il locale dove c'è sua Grazia non è nei pressi delle mie attività sartoriali, è stato scelto apposta per quello)
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E' uno dei motivi per cui limito le attività sartoriali alle riparazioni indispensabili, almeno fin che non riuscirò a liberarmi un locale apposta.
Adesso per cucire devo: togliere i gatti dalla stanza, tirar fuori tutto il necessario, cucire intanto che i gatti miagolano oltraggiati fuori dalla porta, rimettere via tutta l'attrezzatura con cura e poi riaprire la stanza.
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@Vi 💙 @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Ju alle 22 ha ricevuto, finalmente, la pappa
l'abbiamo trovato seduto sulla poltrona, non particolarmente sconvolto, e si è alzato solo quando ha visto arrivare la ciotola (e non ha mostrato segni di inappetenza, anzi!)
credo che sia tutto sommato non troppo ostile all'idea di passare la notte al chiuso, vedremo come va domattina col non poter uscire, anche se è previsto sole
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Vi 💙 @Ju e stanotte ha anche mangiato la pastiglia che gli era stata messa nella ciotola dei croccantini (oppure la ritroveremo nascosta sotto uno degli scatoloni?)
quel gatto è un santo
chiedo invece a @Diego Roversi aggiornamenti sullo stato della ferita, visto che la crema cicatrizzante gliela sta mettendo lui
Non vedo puss o sangue che esce, che suppongo sia un buon segno. In compenso si vede il buco nella pelle del morso.
Il problema è che è un gatto abituato a comunicare a morsi. E alla fine della anestesia, siccome non avevamo ancora capito che era ora di dargli da mangiare, cercava di mordere "con affetto" ad ogni occasione.
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ferito nell'orgoglio
ferito nell'orgoglio
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pora stella ❤️🩹
(ma almeno ha raggiunto il suo scopo ed è nel locale che era suo di diritto!)
Numerosi grattini e coccole se mai li gradisce.
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua bisogna schivare la parte massacrata, ma mediamente quando ne ha voglia gradisce i grattini
al momento preferirebbe altro, ma per quello manca ancora mezz'ora :)
(il problema è che lui vorrebbe avere accesso al locale, ma anche poterne uscire quando ne ha voglia, e quell'opzione è complicata, e non solo per il fatto di installare una porticina (quella sarebbe la parte semplice))
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eh ci vuol pazienza...casa mia negli anni è stata gattoformata (e comunque i cuccioli son riusciti a scovare problemi che nessun gatto prima...)
ah...ma per caso avete anche fatto controllare il chip?
E soprattutto, come sta? Com'è andata la notte?
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua non ha fatto disastri in giro per il locale
quando siamo scesi era ancora sulla poltrona, la ciotola dei croccantini era vuota, e anche quella dell'acqua (ci avevano detto ieri sera di lasciargliene poca)
è rimasto sulla poltrona a guardarci fino a che non si è aperto l'armadietto dei croccantini, e a quel punto è saltato giù dalla poltrona e salito sul tavolino dei croccantini con la solita prontezza.
missà che ha dormito meglio lui di noi O:-)
ed ora, appena apre il negozio di articoli per animali, si va a procurare della sabbietta, sperando che la usi (visto che è abituato ad andare nel bosco per i bisogni)
(uops, non avevo spedito il messaggio. siamo andati al supermercato a prendere della sabbietta, perché il negozio per animali al lunedì mattina è chiuso)
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Aneddoto sulla sabbietta.
Una particolare marca va benissimo per fare stampi per fusioni in metallo.
Un tipo è andato a comperarne vari sacchi, e il commesso del negozio di animali, basito, gli ha chiesto se avesse dei leoni 😄
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(conviene comprarla online, io compro due sacchi da 40 litri di lettiera vegetale che mi durano quasi 3 mesi)
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Non so di che tipo si trattasse, essendo per fusioni in metallo.
Che sappia io la lettiera la trovi in materiale vegetale (scarti di lavorazione del mais per esempio), silicio, argilla e bentonite.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua credo sia la Almo Nature, i miei gatti pisciano certe opere d'arte a stampo perso…
@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Ju adesso quando entriamo nel locale si aggira facendo il giro delle porte e dicendo “ehi, servitori, qui c'è una situazione inaccettabile” (è lo stesso meow di quando ad esempio la ciotola è vuota, infastidito ma non disperato), ma quando non vede servitori con cui lamentarsi sembra tranquillo
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ben dai, mi pare si stia sistemando ❤️.
Mi sembra anche ben avviato a diventare *il vostro* gatto, siete dei bravi servitori umani! :D
Riguardo l'acqua, salvo diversa prescrizione veterinaria, gliene servono da 40 a 60 ml per chilo di peso corporeo, può essere presa in parte con il cibo se è umido - le bustine di solito hanno un 60% di acqua, le crocchette invece un 10%.
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(lo so perchè anche stamattina stavo facendo i conti con la calcolatrice per dar da bere alla Picù 🤦)
@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua mah, per ora non mi pare molto intenzionato a diventare un gatto di casa, visto quanto punta alle porte per uscire, mi pare più desideroso di avere la sua libertà *e* i vantaggi del gatto di casa, compresa la copertura sanitaria
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Ju aggiornamento: ha usato la lettiera
(fiuuuuuu, avevo il terrore che facesse quello che faccio io quando ho a disposizione solo bagni chimici o simili, e non è una cosa sana)
(no, non è “farla altrove”)
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La Picù se ha dei dubbi sulla situazione va immediatamente in sciopero della pipì.
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua io sono estremamente grata al marchese di non averci dato anche quella preoccupazione, proprio perché sapevo che sarebbe stata una possibilità
anche stanotte il metabolismo sembra essere stato regolare :)
sono solo i miagolii strazianti mentre guarda le porte che non mi stanno assolutamente facendo venire il magone al pensiero: è che sono uscita ad appendere un avviso per gli altri servitori del quartiere per far sapere che non si è perso, e c'era un po' di aria, mi sarà entrata un po' di polvere negli occhi :D
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Il problema con i gatti è che sono assolutamente certi di sapere cosa è meglio per loro, specialmente quando non stanno bene.
Spiegargli che le loro certezze non sono la realtà richiede un capitale di pazienza e, ogni tanto, di lasciarli miagolare.
Vedila così: se stesse veramente molto male e a disagio probabilmente sarebbe ritirato in un angolo con lo sguardo cupo, il pelo arruffato, zitto e aggressivo.
Se gira, miagola e pretende vuol dire che sente di poterselo permettere.
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua io lo so
il mio centro del magone meno :D
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua credo di aver bisogno di stamparmi questo post e rileggerlo un po' di volte
oggi i miagolii sono stati particolarmente strazianti
coraggio, persisti, è per il suo bene!
Quanti giorni ancora?
@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua sette
se tutto va bene
al momento la ferita è ancora bruttina, però non sta neanche peggiorando, e sono passati solo 3 giorni
abbiamo ancora solo due giorni di pomata cicatrizzante, invece
eh...sette son tanti poverino.
Potresti provare ad ampliargli lo spazio?
O...uhm...fondamentalmente i gatti hanno bisogno di distrazioni continue che li tengano mentalmente impegnati (a parte le 16 ore di sonno al giorno)...provare a insegnargli a giocare è fattibile?
@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua oggi dopo il lavoro abbiamo comprato una pallina morbida, e stasera abbiamo provato a lanciarla
si è girato a guardarla smettendo di miagolare per un attimo, poi ha deciso che miagolare era più urgente
idem la seconda volta che è stata lanciata
adesso la pallina è stata lasciata sul tavolo in una posizione da cui possa essere comodamente fatta cadere, e domani proviamo a riprovarci coi lanci
purtroppo allargare lo spazio non è un'opzione :(
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uhm...
prova con le palline di carta, per esempio Tuffolo adora i sacchetti di carta appallotolati oppure le carte di caramella o anche un qualche pezzetto di stoffa appeso con uno spago a un bastoncino.
Lasciagli anche stracci o gomitoli o cose che possa sbranare se gli viene il nervoso.
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prova con le palline di carta, per esempio Tuffolo adora i sacchetti di carta appallotolati oppure le carte di caramella o anche un qualche pezzetto di stoffa appeso con uno spago a un bastoncino.
Lasciagli anche stracci o gomitoli o cose che possa sbranare se gli viene il nervoso.
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua ecco, il primo pensiero era stato sulle palline di carta o di stagnola.
e poi il mio centro dell'ansia “oddio, e se lanciando in giro cose rigide così si colpisce nonsocome la ferita e si fa male, forse meglio quelle morbide”
troppo centro dell'ansia?
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Anziché la carta, che potrebbe contenere sostanze chimiche nocive per il micio, consiglierei di realizzare palline morbide usando scroti di leghisti.
la stagnola va benissimo!
Basta che non siano incarti di cioccolata o con tracce di cioccolata, che quella sì che fa male ai gatti.
(Cioccolata, latte di mucca e cipolle vanno evitati)
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Basta che non siano incarti di cioccolata o con tracce di cioccolata, che quella sì che fa male ai gatti.
(Cioccolata, latte di mucca e cipolle vanno evitati)
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua sisi, stagnola pulita
e per un gatto con la pelle integra mi risulta che sia particolarmente divertente perché fa anche rumore correndo in giro, ideale per l'esercizio delle :3 di notte :)
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Ju ho provato a lanciare la pallina un paio di volte e l'ha seguita con lo sguardo, poi ha dato un'annusatina veloce quando si è fermata e l'ha ignorata
nel frattempo ho procacciato il rotolo di stagnola che sapevo di avere (ancora in uno scatolone)
oggi però tra lavoro e appuntamenti (plurale!) dal dentista non riusciamo a dargli l'attenzione che si meriterebbe :(
ma rientrando riproviamo un altro giro di lancio palline di ulteriori materiali
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volendo in commercio ci sono anche palline di plastica che si possono riempire di crocchette, poi quando la pallina rotola molla un po' di crocchette.
Oppure ci sono i giocattoli con il catnip (che a me non garbano molto) o con la valeriana (la valeriana non fa addormentare i gatti, anzi.)
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Oppure ci sono i giocattoli con il catnip (che a me non garbano molto) o con la valeriana (la valeriana non fa addormentare i gatti, anzi.)
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua per ora abbiamo provato con le palline di stagnola che fanno più rumore
e poi ci proveremo ancora
e spero che gradisca almeno lo spettacolo degli stupidi umani che lanciano in giro palline :D
l'uso di stupefacenti (catnip), boh, un po' perplime anche me invece
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Il problema inizia quando oltre al catnip pretende anche le Rizla.
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il mio ruba pacchetti di fazzoletti che nasconde......eh si ha la passione anche per le cartine 😅
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua il chip è stato controllato all'ingresso, e no, non c'è
il mistero si infittisce (ma forse l'obbligo di registrazione dei gatti in lombardia è più recente?)
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@GustavinoBevilacqua per il mio sarebbe più inaccettabile stare in casa. Vive ufficialmente con noi ma è un gatto abituato a stare all'aperto. E se non lo facciamo uscire la sua reazione varia da "piangere" a "distruggere tutto"
@Sabrina Web 📎 @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Ju questo non è neanche ufficialmente il nostro gatto: è un gatto che vive all'aperto, nutrito da mezzo quartiere, e noi siamo gli ultimi arrivati
quando durante il trasloco abbiamo messo sotto il portico un divano che era da dar via o buttare ha deciso che era un posto comodo per dormire, e quando abbiamo dato via il divano l'abbiamo sostituito con una poltroncina con dei cuscini (e d'inverno una coperta a mo' di baldacchino) che è stata apprezzata, per cui ci frequenta quotidianamente, ma non era mai stato in casa
tutto sommato la sta prendendo *molto* bene
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La cosa fantastica del Fediverso è che le persone sono più interessate a questo gatto che a Cirino Pomicino.
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beh onestamente...non c'è paragone!
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ma no, se miagola, mangia, fa le sue cose e gira non è distrutto, solo contrariato
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@LaVi @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Sabrina Web 📎 @Ju non credo che lui pensi di essere il nostro gatto
lui sa che noi siamo i suoi servitori, è diverso :D
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A me piacciono tanto anche mosche, lucertole e uccelli vari. Ma i miei bipedi non apprezzano questa mia passione. Ah, non è male nemmeno il serpente¹ che vive attaccato al vestito vicino alla doccia.
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¹ @LaVi mi informa che il serpente si chiama "cintura dell'accappatoio"
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@Puxi_Il_Gatto @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju sua Grazia si sta lamentando del fatto che lo stanno tenendo chiuso in un posto dove non ci sono lucertole! e neanche mosche! figuriamoci uccellini!
una cintura dell'accappatoio di scorta in effetti ce l'abbiamo, potremmo provare ad appenderla da qualche parte
@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju comunque, siamo arrivati al giorno 6 su 10, abbiamo finito di mettere la pomata, e abbiamo preso un appuntamento da un veterinario per settimana prossima per farlo rivedere prima delle dimissioni
la tecnologia delle palline continua a rimanere un mistero
le due finestre invece sono più interessanti, dato che fuori si vede cosa succede in una piccola parte del SUO territorio, se non altro
e si può provare a miagolare ogni volta che passa qualche bipede con il pollice opponibile (vicini compresi) a vedere se si impietosiscono
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non siamo tutti uguali, magari ciò che piace a me non piace a Sua Grazia e viceversa. Ma un tentativo col serpente... pardon, cintura, lo farei.
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La gatta Sulsy in gioventù era una grande cacciatrice, ci ha portato ogni sorta di volatili, compresi i pipistrelli, numerosi rettili e topi.
I topi li portava ancora un po' vivi e ci chiamava a gran voce per illustrarci come si fa a cacciare e poi mangiare la preda (a partire dal muso, la coda per ultima).
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju intanto lunedì¹ sua Grazia è stato portato dal veterinario
che ha detto che effettivamente la ferita sta guarendo correttamente
ha fatto un altra iniezione di antibiotico
e ha detto che ci vorranno ancora due settimane in casa, e poi dobbiamo riportarlo da vedere, perché è ancora bella aperta, e prima di tornare ad infilarsi nella terra o peggio fare guerra deve prima richiudersi per bene
¹ chiedo scusa per la poca prontezza degli aggiornamenti
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju e oggi l'abbiamo portato dal veterinario per il controllo, per vedere se si poteva pensare ad una dimissione lunedì
e invece no, la ferita sta migliorando visibilmente, ma abbiamo appuntamento per mercoledì per un altro giro di antibiotico, e poi si vedrà
intanto sua Grazia sta iniziando un po' ad innervosirsi e a trovare indecente questo fermo forzato, lui ha da *lavorare*!11!ONE!1!1!!!
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@Signor Tigrillo 😻 @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Ju sua Grazia ha indubbiamente ragione!
ma anche il veterinario ha le sue valide ragioni :(
(anche perché lo so che quando apriremo quella porta sua Grazia correrà subito ad attaccare l'invasore grigio e farsi male di nuovo, e se lo fa senza ferite in guarigione è meglio)
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju il veterinario ha firmato le dimissioni!
sua Grazia è stato riportato in casa, gli è stata data della carne fresca (cotta al microonde), è riuscito ad evitare strategicamente la pastiglia antizecche che era stata mescolata con la carne, ma vabbé, abbiam deciso di arrischiargli a lasciargliela fuori nella ciotola e sperare in bene.
e quindi abbiamo aperto la porta, è uscito guardingo e annusando, ha annusato i vasi al margine del portico, poi ha annusato la nostra auto (nel caso ci fossero dubbi: ha ribadito che è SUA), e poi sempre annusando in giro è salito verso la catwalk al confine col bosco, è andato avanti e indietro un paio di volte, e poi si è infilato nel bosco
speriamo domattina di trovare avanzini di carne e croccantini finiti (e anche la pastiglia)
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non mangerà la pastiglia.
per il resto, beh... evviva! Siete stati molto bravi!
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 anche lui è stato bravissimo. per le prime due settimane almeno :)
gli ultimi giorni si sentiva l'insofferenza
stasera @Diego Roversi ha sentito fortemente l'insofferenza. nella mano con cui cercava di infilarlo nel trasportino.
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju credo che al massimo da queste parti possa trovare qualche ratera (it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierophi…)
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Beh la prima volta la pastiglia se l'è mangiata insieme ai croccantini, in modalità aspirapolvere...
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@AL.FA (NONOINO) @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju anche da noi di solito si vedono quelli neri, e sono bellissimi
visti da lontano :D
@AL.FA (NONOINO) @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju appunto, mi pare meglio stare a distanza e lasciargli modo di scappare
per entrambi :)
@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju ieri sera siamo andati a dormire, abbiamo spento la luce
abbiamo sentito vocalizzazioni intense provenire dall'esterno, abbiamo aperto la finestra e siamo andati a vedere cosa succedeva
sulla catwalk (che è davanti alla finestra della nostra camera) c'era il gattone grigio che arretrava *molto* lentamente, come se stesse cercando di non far notare la sua esistenza, e il Marchese che gli ringhiava contro.
Speriamo che risolvano le dispute territoriali vecchie e nuove così, da persone civili, senza arrivare ai morsi :)
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju ah, e stamattina gli avanzi di croccantini e carne erano spariti, la pastiglia era ancora lì, e non c'erano tracce che avesse usato la sua poltroncina (come ci aspettavamo)
abbiamo aggiunto croccantini
probabilmente il grigio s'è un po' allargato durante l'assenza del Marchese e già stava pensando di prendersi il territorio.
Se il grigio fa marcia indietro dovrebbe essere un buon segno che si son capiti su chi comanda, ma non si sa mai.
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Se il grigio fa marcia indietro dovrebbe essere un buon segno che si son capiti su chi comanda, ma non si sa mai.
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 si è allargato il grigio, si è allargato il nero, li abbiamo visti entrambi da queste parti, e non sappiamo chi perché il nostro olfatto è sottosviluppato, ma qualcuno si è pure permesso di urinare nel nostro giardino, che contrariamente alla catwalk (territorio comune) era dominio incontrastato del Marchese in cui al massimo può entrare la Signora.
Sapevamo che ci sarebbero stati dei conti da regolare
Speriamo che vadano avanti a farlo in modo poco cruento, ecco.
Non è stata una lunga assenza, ora il Marchese farà le sue pipì nei suoi posti, si farà le unghie sugli alberi giusti e tutto tornerà come deve... 🤞
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 @Ju l'ho appena visto passare in direzione bosco
nel dubbio sono scesa a controllare se aveva mangiato (sì), ed è sparita anche la pastiglia!
magari a forza di stare in mezzo ai croccantini la pastiglia aveva preso l'odore giusto 👍
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Qui c'era la gatta dei vicini che quando è mancata la gatta Picia, sua grande rivale, aveva cominciato ad espandere il territorio.
Ma adesso c'è Tuffolo!
Tuffolo fa un ottimo lavoro di distribuzione puzze! 😁
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@Ju @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi @Puxi_Il_Gatto @AL.FA (NONOINO) @Signor Tigrillo 😻 speravamo che l'odore glielo desse la carne fresca, ma oh, va benissimo anche così :D
l'importante è che non venga impestato dalle zecche!
(quando torna a farsi vedere proviamo a mettergli anche il repellente, come consigliato dalla veterinaria)
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Alura.
Questa è l'istanza Gancio della Provincia di Varese. Potete caricare tutti gli eventi belli della provincia anche senza dover creare per forza un profilo.
Diffondete il verbo.
Questo è un side-project sperimentale. Se volete dare una mano a gestire l'istanza scrivetemi in DM (ne ho bisogno)!
Fino ad allora... sa vedum!
Potete seguire gli eventi dal fediverso: @relay
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@alorenzi Se vuoi puoi metterci i prossimi eventi di @circologagarin 👌🏻
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I gatti, soprattutto i gatti grassi, è importante che non stiano a digiuno.
Questo perchè se stanno a digiuno il corpo inizia a consumare i grassi, i grassi si accumulano nel fegato e il fegato si intasa (lipidosi) e la situazione diventa in breve tempo gravissima.
I gatti a volte smettono di mangiare per le cause più sceme: raffreddore (non sentono l'odore del cibo), mal di gola... boli di pelo (boli di pelo e erba!) o magari associano un cibo a un momento di malessere e decidono che è veleno.
A quel punto bisogna (!!!SENTIRE IL VETERINARIO!!!) nutrirli a forza, poco ma spesso, fin che non gli si scracca il neurone e ricominciano a funzionare come niente fosse.
La mia Picù ha già avuto dei seri problemi di fegato due anni fa (sulla cartella clinica c'è scritto "viva per miracolo") e appena vedo che va in sciopero della fame mi allarmo molto.
Comunque stamattina ha mangiato di buon appetito. Forse sta meglio.🤞
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Bernadette Banner, in the video that is coming out in the next few days on youtube (I think):
“I'm a huge proponent of leather thimbles. You can very easily make these if you have just a scrap of leather”
true. as long as you also already have a thimble
you all see what's the issue here? :D
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find friends you can borrow a thimble from, then make thimbles to gift thus spreading the love.
@vicarvernon I do have a bag of leather thimbles in different sizes exactly for that reason :D
I mean, a block of wood or some pliers will do in a pinch, if you don’t have a thimble
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@infryq I've done a bit of sewing using the table as a thimble -- kind of -- pressing the fabric down over the needle braced on the table.
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no, un momento, sono morti nello stesso giorno Chuck Norris e Bossi?
noi di Boyager non crediamo alle coincidenze!
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A Cannes, davanti al Palazzo del Festival, c'è un muretto con piastrelle nelle quali sono impresse le mani di varie attrici e attori.
Nell'impronta della mano di Chuck Norris la mia mano non ci entra (in quella di Depardieu invece di balla)… ma la fece dopo che la piastrella era stata cotta 
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@LaVi temo che per indole politica Chuck Norris sarebbe stato più propenso ad aiutare Bossi che non a tirargli calci :(
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“Sette cantieri e 66 lavoratori controllati dalla Polizia Cantonale nel Mendrisiotto: “Non sono emerse violazioni””
ora la domanda è: ma la cantonale del Mendrisiotto è meno brava della nostra guardia di finanza a farsi fare soffiate, o gli imprenditori edili del Mendrisiotto sono onesti (e/o più controllati)?
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Just to be clear
a hiking outfit is first and foremost a *practical* garment, as evident from the fact that the skirt is not supported over a bustle but just a bit of padding
so if I'm making a matching hat it's perfectly reasonable to add earflaps to it, even if it's something that is vaguely shaped like a top hat, right?
#sewing #historicalSewing #theJaegermonsterSchoolOfMillinery
I've cut the pattern and started sewing and I have to say that it's not exactly a top hat, it's significantly shorter than that (something I'm tankful for, since sewing it is already unwieldy as is :) )
But is has all of the parts of a top hat, and I'm following instructions that could, with a wider crown side, result in a top hat (the milliner version in fabric over a buckram and wire structure, not the hatmaker version in mercury-treated felt)
and I've shamelessly cut earflaps for it.
meanwhile, life has happened, and progress on the hat has been slow, but
a) there *was* progress
b) yesterday I spilled blood on it (luckily on the buckram, and it won't be seen
c) I was starting to see the finished shape of the hat
and then I had to unpick all of the work from the last half an hour or so, because I am an idiot and didn't mark properly the center front and back and sides.
intanto son successi casini e il cappello è andato avanti più lentamente del previsto, ma
a) è andato avanti
b) ieri ho compiuto il sacrificio di sangue (per fortuna è finito sul buckram e non si vede)
c) stavo iniziando a vedere la forma finale del cappello
e poi ho dovuto scucire tutto il lavoro dell'ultima mezz'ora e passa, perché sono un'idiota e non ho segnato correttamente il centro davanti, dietro e i lati.
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no, un momento. in italia beviamo 20 caffé al giorno? ah sì?
si vede proprio che vivo in svizzera!
(no, non vivo in svizzera. vivo al di qui del confine con la svizzera. ci tengo a precisare)
La macchina del caffè che la Nazionale italiana di baseball ha sempre in panchina
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Ma quando mai!?!
«In Italia beviamo caffè circa 20 volte al giorno. È una tradizione. Stai camminando per strada, vedi un bar e prendi un caffè. Poi chiacchieri un po’, e poi continui a camminare e fai la stessa cosa ancora e ancora. È così che funziona in Italia».
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Dalle mie parti, sostituendo "bicchiere di vino" a "caffè", allora sì, ci siamo.
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Ma infatti, è assurdo! Io ne bevo dai 4 ai 6/7 al giorno e già son tanti.. con 20 prima o poi ti esplodono i nervi, non è una "tradizione" da nessuna parte
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Ma infatti, è assurdo! Io ne bevo dai 4 ai 6/7 al giorno e già son tanti.. con 20 prima o poi ti esplodono i nervi, non è una "tradizione" da nessuna parte
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Quindi per ognuno come me, che ne beve zero, deve esserci qualcuno che ne beve quaranta.
Mi immagino già i loro ECG.
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Se un mug lo divido in 10 microscopiche tazzine forse arrivo anche a 30.
Confermo: 20 caffè, 1 kg di spaghetti, 5 pizze pro-capite al dì. Soprattutto se il tutto cucinato da mammà mentre il babbo, coi baffi - of course - strimpella la chitarra.
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@Volyumm pensavo il mandolino :D
eh non ci sono più i luoghi comuni di una volta
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@Elena ``of Valhalla'' è matematica. In America usano tazze da mezzo litro per la stessa quantità di caffeina. Se in Italia un espresso è ~25ml , ne consegue che un italiano beve 20 tazzine al giorno.
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Made a quick bookmark for the case when "was I on the left page or the right page, and which paragraph was I looking at?" is a relevant question...
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I heard the sound of my cat in the kitchen hacking away. I went to have a look and it turned out I was right – he was establishing an SSH connection to a custom port while wearing a black hoodie.
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For my birthday, I’ve bought myself a fancy new expensive1fountain pen.
Such a fancy pen, of course requires a suitable case: I couldn’t use the failed prototype of a case I’ve been keeping my Preppys in, so I had to get out the nice vegetable tanned leather… Yeah, nope, I don’t have that (yet). I got out the latex and cardboard material that is sold as a (cheaper) leather substitute, doesn’t look like leather at all, but is quite nice (and easy) to work with. The project is not vegan anyway, because I used waxed linen thread, waxing it myself with a lot of very nicely smelling beeswax.
I got the measurements2 from the less failed prototype where I keep my desktop pens, and this time I made a proper pattern I could share online, under the usual Free Culture license.
From the width of the material I could conveniently cut two cases, so that’s what I did, started sewing the first one, realized that I got the order of stitching wrong, and also that if I used light blue thread instead of the black one it would look nice, and be easier to see in the pictures for the published pattern, started sewing the second one, and kept alternating between the two, depending on the availability of light for taking pictures.
One of the two took the place of my desktop one, where I had one more pen than slots, and one of the old prototypes was moved to keep my bedside pen, and the other new case was used for the new pen in my handbag, together with a Preppy, and now I have a free slot and you can see how this is going to go wrong, right? :D
- 16€. plus a 9€ converter, and another 6€ pen to get the EF nib from, since it wasn’t available for the expensive pen.↩︎
- I have them written down somewhere. I couldn’t find them. So I measured the real thing, with some approximation.↩︎
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Is there a #python module for #activitypub #c2s I can use for a silly idea? My search engine foo seems to suggest rather No, but maybe you know one 😉
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@𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓯 𝓓𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓽 thank you for the link! The calf client that is mentioned might be a basis for what I had in mind :)
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I consider writing software a kind of craftsmanship. It's important to me to think through what I build, to consciously make design decisions based on knowledge and the existing problem space. To understand why things work (or not!) and be able to solve problems as they come up. To keep things readable, understandable, maintainable.
In the end, I want to be proud of what *I* build.
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The amount I say "Just because it works doesn't mean it's right."
Functionality, maintainability, efficiency, elegance, scalability, portability, development cost, development time.
Looks like the MBA crowd has noticed they can use tools to affect one or two variables, and since they don't understand the others, those must not matter.
We'll be cleaning this mess up for decades.
@PhilSalkie That's my worry too. And while I'm pretty sure I have (and will keep) the necessary skillset for that cleanup, I DO NOT WANT TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS 🤮
@PhilSalkie and part of maintainability is managing of complexity (the accidental type, where we as devs have control), and with gen AI this is hard (if not impossible) to control. This defers maintenance costs, which as we all know (right?) increases them, and also makes the whole system harder (sometimes impossible) to change.
This model only makes sense if the software being shipped is short-lived/throw-away, a model fit for VC-backed companies designed to be acquired.
Especially that last word is very important, I can only maintain and fix something that I understand well :)
so you don't write your own code, why should anyone listen to what you say then..
@sotolf that’s probably what they told the first person who refused to write assembly code and instead invented a higher-level language.
The resistance is futile, and the writing is on the wall. I understand very well where the limitations of the statistical machines are, and try to play with them to my advantage. Nothing more nothing less.
I’m not trying to convince anyone that that’s the right way to go - only that there other ways to fulfill your life creatively than programs.
@preslavrachev @sotolf I'm not sure why you keep thinking my statement was about scratching a creative itch of all things.
And the comparison to the move from assembly to higher-level languages is one of apples and oranges. A compiler is deterministic. An LLM *by design* is not.
But as I already said elsewhere, you do you.
as a long time user of Octoprint, I’d say you’ve wildly succeeded.
There's some of us still out here!
I’ve been writing code for 25 years. Allow me to disagree. While I love building things, programming is just a tool for achieving a goal, not the end goal in and of itself. While I’m meticulous about what comes out as a final product, I don’t care anymore if it’s written by me, by a colleague, or by a machine, as long as it meets my strict criteria.
If you’re looking for an authentic form of expression, try creative writing. This is one area I’d be ashamed of delegating entirely to AI
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Hello! Because I clearly hate myself I have written about some of the tradeoffs involved in allowing non-free blobs of code to be updated at runtime and published it on the internet: codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/to-…
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I feel like writing anything about computers and putting it on the internet is an act of hating ones self
(Unless you turn the comments off, first)
I enjoyed reading this as a mostly layperson in this area. I’d seen some of this in your posts, but it is nice to see it all laid out.
Spot on. Choice is literally the point of freedom. The prescriptivism and absolutism around this issue represent one of the most ironic aspects of the free software movement, in my book.
@Matthew Garrett how dare you be so *reasonable* about this topic!
You lucky bastard! I hate myself, too - but have nothing to write about.
I was thinking about this kind of stuff today when I saw there was an "intel-microcode" update for my computer. My computer is pretty old now, and it seems to work fine. So I wonder what the update is about. And it crosses my mind that the political situation in the USA might mean companies are pressured into doing things they wouldn't have done in the past...
That said, I'll probably install the update. I think it unlikely to be malicious. But this forced-trust really isn't a great way for things to work.
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Che ne dite del CW quando si parla di guerra?
Non perché non me ne frega ma perché attualmente non ce la faccio.
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Un cw più che necessario. E secondo me non servono nemmeno spiegazioni, i temi forti sono da mettere sotto cw, per avere cura delle altre persone
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The internet tells me that there is a book called “Natural dyes for education and colour experimentation”, targeting educational and artistic users, that can be downloaded (licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) and looks quite interesting:
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It turns out I had another stained glass project in me after all. I just couldn't resist the heady contrasts of strength and fragility, profanity and sanctity. Plus, it used up a lot of random pieces of leftover glass!
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It turns out I had another stained glass project in me after all. I just couldn't resist the heady contrasts of strength and fragility, profanity and sanctity. Plus, it used up a lot of random pieces of leftover glass!
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i really like the way the colour blocks interact with the corners of the letters
Oooh, very well done!
@relache I would proudly display that in my window
is it true many (most?) stained glass windows use lead in between the shards?
Soldered direct to glass?
Woah... I would've guessed the glass to shatter!
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And so but anyway, did I ever tell you about my most humiliating experience as a skilled and successful computer programmer?
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Canada has serious ports that are, well, kinda up-north-ish. In order to get ships in to those ports, which include some significant manufacturing and other supplies, one must use a kind of ship called an icebreaker.
Icebreakers are, basically, a big-assed razorblade at the prow, and big-assed engines at the stern.
Being an icebreaker captain is one of the most stressful jobs you can imagine.
You're working in harsh weather. You can't see shit. You have these client ships that are very slow and very large and very expensive. If you even *touch* one of the client ships, that's $3m, minimum, instantly.
An icebreaker would go right through an oil tanker, and come out the other side of it with a broken radar antenna, covered in oil.
And the icebreaker runs in front of the client breaking ice so it can get where it's going.
There are three main modern tools you can use, versus the old days: You have a radar system, you have a speed log, and you have GPS.
All of those tools have serial outputs on them, good ol' RS-232.
So here was the concept: take a PC and make a custom "ice breaking" UI, taking input from the three devices, and rendering it in such a fashion that the icebreaker skipper could get all the info in one place.
And I was sub-contracted to do that. It was about a six month long project. I wrote an entire windowing system on top of DOS to use VGA to show the display.
(I'm a good fucking programmer, and that's not the only time I've written a graphical UI from scratch.)
And. A comical note: about six weeks before the project was due, my hard drive died. And. My backup drive died.
All I had were some two-month old printouts.
So, for my juniors, when I tell you "typing is not the bottleneck", I know what I'm fucking talking about.
It took me a couple of weeks to re-create 4 months worth of work. If I had to bet, I'd bet my second edition was *better* than the edition I lost.
So we come down to the day, and I am ready.
First, I had to go before the admiral's board of the Canadian Coast Guard and give a demo.
*Second* comical note: the fucking app froze in the middle of the demo, and w/o in any way acknowledging this, I used it as an opportunity to demonstrate that even if we lost power, the app would restart correctly.
Yep. That's right. I rebooted the computer and startup.bat did its magic.
Anyway, the admiral's board is like, "cool, let's try it in the field."
So I fly to Newfoundland, and I get on an actual icebreaker ship.
Oh my people, it was so fucking cool. Icebreakers aren't gigantic, like container ships or tanker ships, but they're *big*, just the same.
And the Canadian Coast Guard is a commercial service, not a military one, so even tho they spend months at sea, they take very good care of their sailors, so, broadly speaking, the place was all modern cons.
(You still have to take navy showers, but other than that.)
Now. I was afraid of sea sickness. I'd been on fishing trips on the open ocean, and had been very sick. So I wore a patch.
You may not know this, but there are still Royal Navy traditions practiced aboard ships.
One of the important ones: there's always a comedy officer. Someone whose job it is to be funny, to make sailors smile.
You think that's silly, but sometimes these people are on board these ships for a *year*. It is important that they be amused.
And the other Royal Navy tradition: Captains are inviolate commanders, at all times in all settings. They present "serious". They eat and drink separately from the crew. They have only three or four other officers that they ever get to, comparatively, relax with.
So, you have a comedy officer, and you have a captain, and the captain simply looks the other way when the comedy officer is up to their hijinks.
He *knows* the hijinks. He *sees* the hijinks. But he pretends not to.
I'm up on the bridge, with my PC, connected to my three devices, and we're getting close to the ice.
Comedy officer comes up to the bridge, and *he* also has a sea-sickness patch.
Kids, the icebreaker, as I said, is not tiny. There's no tossing about in the waves. You do not need a seasickness patch.
Then he comes back an hour later, and now he's got *two* patches.
An hour later, he's got *four* patches.
Then he comes to the bridge and his whole jaw is covered with them.
The captain is totally ignoring this guy. He's not even spozed to be on the bridge, let alone covered in little patches (just circular bandaids, actually). But the rest of the crew is laughing their ass off.
And it's *funny*.
I mean, yeah, I was embarrassed, but, whatever, I got it. I took off my stupid patch.
We're getting to the ice, and getting to the ice is so amazingly cool, I didn't even mind the comedy officer making me the butt of the joke.
Now we're in the ice. We have a convoy of 3 container ships behind us.
If you stand at the stern, you can see those huge twin engines throwing 4-meter chunks of ice up into the air.
And I have my PC. And it has its three devices feeding my slick-assed custom icebreaker display. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Here's the thing. Three devices, innit:
1) The GPS works but is spotty, cuz you're in a constant storm.
2) The speed log is basically a vent on the bottom of the hull, measuring the water passing by. But the ice is rushing under the bottom of the hull, and it jams the vent.
3) The radar tracks the target, but the target is so close it might just as well be the icebreaker itself, and the tracker gradually creeps on to the icebreaker's own ass.
So my display, which is accurately showing the data, is like:
We're going slower than a Toronto pub crawl. No, wait! We're going faster than the speed of light!
We're somewhere in Mexico. No, wait! We are probably in Kansas.
The client ship is going the exact same speed at the exact same location as us! No wait. It *is* us. No wait, it's *ramming* us at full speed!!
Man, I had some fails in my time, but this one wasn't just a fail, it was fucking *embarrassing*.
"Build a special custom icebreaking display using the hardware on the ship, it'll be brilliant!"
The hardware doesn't work in the ice. Any actual icebreaker captain could have told me -- us -- that, had we -- they -- ever actually consulted one.
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Fedi, a good friend needs to find a place to live in Padua (Padova), Italy. He has citizenship, but doesn't speak the language well. He's not wealthy but he's able to afford a small place. He's currently in the UK.
Can anyone help me find him a letting agent or any other source where he can view and apply to rent an apartment? He's tried calling a couple of places to no avail.
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@Marcos Dione I thought I had alread boosted the post (I hadn't, done now)
but I'm not near enough Padua to have specific tips
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Fedi update: He's willing to look anywhere in Italy now -- suggestions welcome. (He was interested in that area because his family is from there, but no one is left there now.)
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is he interested in staying in the Alps?
Ehi Fediverso italiano!
Aiutiamo l'amico di @wohali a trovare un appartamento a Padova!
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🇮🇹 Going to Italy in the near future. Exciting!
Does anyone have recommendations for learning to read/ speak Italian? Hopefully not AI-cooked like Duolingo
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@oblomov to me understanding a new language being spoken is the hardest part. Luckily Italian has very few vowels, but OTOH they tend to speak really fast.
@mdione but as someone said above, watching movies or series for which you know the script by heart (in my case it was The Simpsons) helps a lot, including picking up translations for expressions.
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Listen to Fabrizio De André ;)
My suggestuon is not to try to learn Italian, just go there and keep a little diary of expressions people tell you. Depending on where you go, you might also learn some dialect!
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I don't care what tools you use. Whether your use is ethical or not is not my business, it's yours, and it is your conscience you'll have to clear. I used to be a gatekeeping elitist prick who judged people who used software I disliked. I try not to be one anymore.
But - and this is a very, very big but - if the tools you use only exist because they're scraping and DDoSing the entire internet, and the cost of their existence is externalized to me, and everyone else running a website?
Then I will care, and I will call you out on your bullshit if you try to present yourself as an ally, while making excuses for the damage these things cause.
This is not about ethics. This is not about copyright, or rights in general. This is about externalizing costs to people who do not deserve this level of abuse, and then denying their complaints.
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(no, il caso che era finito sui giornali era della samsung)
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It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post. Read it and notice where you start to struggle. Notice where you give up entirely.
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How far back in time can you understand English?
An experiment in language changeColin Gorrie (Dead Language Society)
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Fun post. I notice the dialect shifts to West Saxon near the end.
@valhalla I made it to the end of 1300, but beyond that, I could decipher no more.
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@David de Groot @Yogthos yeah, beyond that I recognized a few words, but some of those I recognized from the time when I played a medieval nun on the internet :D
(I hand copied a text in Old English of which I had read a translation, so I had a vague idea of what was happening, but I couldn't exactly understand what I was copying in each individual sentence)
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I forwarded the link to my wife once I got back to the 1300s where I was certainly struggling but still getting the gist of it, and she ended up helping me get to 1200 as she studied Lit at uni.
1100 we had no chance.
I often found I could go back a century after attempting the next, and figure out what things meant.
1100 we had no chance.
I often found I could go back a century after attempting the next, and figure out what things meant.
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Dear people who use #warpWeightedLoom : how noisy are they?
I've seen videos of human-powered mechanical looms and there is quite a bit of *clack* noise when it's used, and I have some experience with backstrap looms where the moving parts are mostly soft and there isn't a significant noise.
Are the warp weighted ones somewhere in between? do the weights hit each other? Anything else that isn't soft hitting some other hard part?
Would it be possible to have somebody read a book in a room with a few looms in use, for the weavers to listen to, or would it be hard to hear them?
maybe @Dr. Morgan Lemmer-Webber knows?
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As for the *why* I need¹ to know this, I'm not overthinking the worldbuilding for a piece of smut.
I've resigned myself to the idea that I will never write said smut, and this is purely an exercise in SFW worldbuilding porn :D
it helps me fall asleep. when I don't get stuck on this kind of questions I don't know the answers for :D
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Do you have 5.25" and 8" floppy disks that are spare, low-quality, degrading, or just generally in bad shape?
I'd like to take my floppy disk data recovery game to the next level. I have equipment, but there's no substitute for experience. Therefore I'm looking for loose collections of old floppy disks to practice on. I'm especially interested in working with disks where the binder affixing the media to the donut is starting to fail.
I'm in London; will pay shipping; can pick up disks around here as well. Boosts are appreciated!
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What is the web I want?
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@vasilis asks¹, so here:
I want a web that is accessible.
I want the web that works without issue in a terminal browser like lynx(1) or a light-weight browser like @dillo, a web that doesn't require 1GB (or even 1MB) of RAM just to display 25KB of actual content.
I want a web that doesn't run random, untrusted code on my machine.
I want a web that doesn't try and track my every movement and click across every site.
I want a web that doesn't require cookie banners on every site.
I want a web that doesn't have popups.
I want a web that doesn't beg for me to sign up for mailing lists.
I want a web that I can mark up semantically and instruct my browser how to style in my own fonts/colors that *I* find most readable.
I want a web that I can deploy on a low-end hosting box for $1/month² that doesn't require cloud-fronting services, CDNs, complex deployments, dozens of frameworks, and a complex build process.
I want a web that doesn't try to shove AI down my throat—whether useless slop content, or pounding on my poor server to scrape what I've created.
I want a web that is simple enough that a single developer could write a new/novel browser.
I want a web that connects people instead of companies inserting themselves between people to extract profit.
I want a web that is passionately crafted with love, not for capitalist motives.
Instead we somehow have [gestures around vaguely]
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Yes, the #EU has a lot of regulations.
But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything, rather than 10 different connectors and adapters as it was common until 10-15 years ago.
Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you no longer have to pay eye watering roaming fees for calls and data when you travel to other EU countries, as it was common until 5-10 years ago.
Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if big tech has at least some constraints onto what it can do with your data and how much choice you have as a customer.
Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you, as a EU citizen, can benefit from the services of any other embassy of any other EU country if stranded abroad.
Those who try to depict the EU as a bureaucratic hell worth dismantling are those who hate the impact that its laws have on their freedom of exploiting markets, exploiting customers or living out of rent money.
Or those who hate the combined economic and political power of a united Europe with a single market because it threatens their national interests, and they’d rather exert their leverage with a bunch of divided and weaker countries instead.
Europe isn’t perfect and a lot can be improved. But those who call for its demise DO NOT talk in your interests.
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The way I was taught to look at regulations is that they are a careful record of past fuck ups.
And then there's the *incredibly predictable* consequences of not understanding.
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"This leaves Britain as a rare modern case study: a rich country that deliberately raised barriers to trade and cooperation and paid the price. "
And now we have the States: a rich country that deliberately raised barriers to trade and cooperation and paid the price.
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> Man tries to burn EU flag. Flag doesn't burn because of EU regulations on flammable materials.
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@Julio J. 🀲 I didn't know about this, thank you for the discovery!
@cstross mmm, yes, I used to have one cable, a lightning cable, and it did everything. Now I have a cupboard full of USB-C cables. Some do 100W, some don’t, some do display port alt mode.
Did you know it’s possible to get a USB-C cable that only does USB2? I didn’t, until I only got USB2 speeds on my SSD.
Calling USB-C a standard is like calling all 4 legged animals dogs.
@cstross And I do get that, but I think this is a case of careful what you wish for. Lots of battery powered electronics now come with a USB-C charge cable that you want to throw in the bin, because it will get mixed up with all your other cables and you will use it and spend 30 minutes wondering why your device is slow/doesn't work. Of particular joy to those performing tech support for parents.
Apple tried to stop shipping cables with everything, and people got pissed about that too.
Europeans have no idea what it's like to live in the unregulated hell that is the US.
Thank you! Very well put!
those regulations also include other perks like:
- Prices you see in the store or online are final (no hidden fees).
- You get European movies and content on Netflix and other platforms
- When you order something, you get info when it will be delivered
- When you buy food, you know it’s safe to eat
- 2 years of free warranty for gadgets and electronics
- Your kid can go to school or get a degree regardless of your financial situation
… and that’s just scratching the surface
@iamkonstantin lol the info you get for things ordered online in France is “it’s not gonna show up, what makes you think it’d be different this time?”
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@iamkonstantin all cars have to make annoying beeping noises when you go over the speed limit!
@iamkonstantin plus the biggest, implied perk, we now got 80 years without tearing the continent apart in a war.
@MikeFromLFE The European union is incredibly strict. It's like dealing with a principal at your high school.
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I'm not sure that's a good analogy.
The EU is perhaps more like a benevolent uncle who keeps you safe and looks after you from a distance.
Oh how I wish we were still European here in the UK!
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As an American, I'm jealous of that willingness to reign in the worst behaviors society can create.
If you think the EU's regulations are excessivly strict, I can promise you the reality of an unregulated hellscape of amoral predatory rent seeking is far worse.
@NicksWorld @MikeFromLFE Not really true. Enforcement of regulations is largely down to member states not the EU*, which has fewer employees (about 32,000) than some medium sized city councils. It's sometimes the case that national political factors influence the enforcement of regulations delegated to member states. Eg, Ireland is generally regarded as being soft on lawbreaking by US big tech companies bc of heavy US presence
*though the EU has a Court of Justice that can be appealed to
They're trying, at least...
But those 10 different connectors and adapters are still 10 different cables, they just all have usb-c plugs on now so you can't see the difference anymore.
Example: The multi-port 140W usb-c charger I bought last year came with a cable that would only charge at 10W. Different but identical looking cable, 60W.
Example: My Noco (so, not some Ali special) battery booster has a usb-c charging port, but only charges at the typical 7W of a micro-usb connection.
Because of EU regulation, we don't live a hellhole country like the USA.
If European capitalists were allowed to, they would exploit and abuse us the same way.
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One might point out that the chinese were first in mandating micro-USB for phones. Then EU came along mandating USB-C.
Also, one may acknowledge the (very small) benefits like phone connectors and roaming, larger benefits like climate policies (impotent, but still), and more, and still think that the downsides of bureaucracy, bad democracy deficit and ingrained, foundational neoliberalism equals net negative.
One might also point to small things like data roaming or consumer protection stuff like @iamkonstantin lists, and ask: which of these would likely have passed even without an EU? Most, I think.
Some things like enforcing standards like USB-C, *could* have happened without EU, but EU makes it more likely.
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It's so frustrating how people take regulations for granted. When things are going fine and safe they're oblivious to how many times per day they were spared of dangerous, deadly, or costly problems.
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but French farmers don't think that way...
And thanks to those EU regulations, one does not have to deal with 27 completely different sets of regulations. As soon as you displace your work or leisure a bit away from your hometown, EU regulations are a REDUCTION in paperwork, bureaucracy and headaches, compared to separate countries with separate legislations.
I mean I like the connector standardization but I still need multiple USB-C cables for devices with different power/feature requirements on cables...
@gourd That is a mess indeed. Still I think the decision to go with the (already relatively established) USB-C connector is sane.
not to forget that I can pay with the same currency in all countries!
I'm currently furious about #Brexit because I learned that the EU has a unified process for Small Claims Court.
I'm being stiffed on a holiday-related deposit by a Greek company and I need to hire lawyers to submit the claim in Greece on my behalf instead of being able to file it in the UK.
I'm a federalist, but even I have to recognise the EU is beyond reform, Europe needs a post-EU, federal future.
A monetary union lacking fiscal and investment structures means a structurally dysfunctional EU. A EU Commission that cannot be held responsible by it's constituents is structurally dysfunctional. A democratically elected EU parliament that can't draft laws is structurally dysfunctional. The Euro being a low-value Deutsche Mark, pushing Southern, deficit nations like Italy into endless austerity (causing the rise of populism), while keeping German exports strong, is structurally dysfunctional. Having strict budget deficit rules which cause perpetual austerity after periods of economic crisis, yet loosening those deficit rules only for military spending, is structurally dysfunctional.
No amount of USB-C and no roaming fees will cover the fact that the EU is at an impasse, and the current Brussels political class is invested in the status quo, that will lead to the unravelling of the Euro and the EU itself.
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The other thing is: a common set of regulations for the whole of the EU is good for corps too. It means they don't have to deal with individual countries' regulations nearly as much.
@JessTheUnstill (except, of course, those who would make money from violating the regulations, see the lobbying about relaxing the GDPR)
it's also why out hardware is made in Asia and our software is made in USA
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Nah, the push to China was thanks to logistics getting a lot cheaper thanks to invention of cargo containers in the 1970s, and GATT morphing into WTO in 1995.
Otherwise, hardware would still be made in USA (it isn't).
As for software, it's still being made in Europe (as it's made everywhere), but USA can dominate thanks to a large internal market and leveraging their earlier dominance with mainframes. (IBM, arpanet, etc.)
Another good one is telecommunication companies have 48h to change your mobile phone provider if you ask for it and follow the procedure, no longer have to fight with them and their retention department cause you wish to switch.
France is veering dangerously close to electing the national front, and I shudder at the thought, for all the obvious reasons but also because it will take France out of the EU.
not forgetting the integration of energy markets making it easier for renewable energy to be traded across borders
The “regulation is tyranny” line is U.S. propaganda - it was never about freedom, it’s about the freedom to exploit a captive market without constraint.
@oatmeal grapes of wrath is a great example of where we all end up without banking, industrial, and health and safety regulations, as well as what happens when there is no minimum wage and people are actively stopped from forming unions.
And of course they have the power to REMOVE ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION REGULATIONS! Which would benefit everyone except Elon, Zuck, and Sundar.
I see a lot of capitalistic regulations, not many oriented towards the people and its freedom...
It's not just about bureaucracy and the economy
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@martinvermeer Ah, yes. I remember visiting my aunt when I was young. We had to cross the border between Germany and Belgium, with customs officials, passports and all this. Then all of a sudden: Autobahn all the way through. The main difference is that all of a sudden there's street lamps on the Autobahn 😁
And let's not forget: it has been a long time since Germany and France last had a war.
And it’s thanks to the EU that some of us non-EU residents that benefit as well, like quasi-universal USB type C.
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True, but I'm not looking forward to the regulations when right wingers are in charge.
I fear massive power concentration, even if it had some positive outcomes up to now. The EU can change and then it still affects the whole slew of countries.
Also the EU is not very democratic AFAIK.
seems to me, from admittedly, a great distance, that the EU gains strength from the union, a sum greater than its parts. I admire the EU.
+ correct me if I’m wrong (checked that fact long ago:) - it was second most efficient bureaucracy in the world. And first if you just count just democracies;)
I have so many cables wth so ma USB plugs each end. It will be great in the future but in reality we have to deal with USB b, A, mini, micro, C, lightning in this house
EU still has at least something left of the idea that the government is supposed to serve the needs of normal people.
As I brit I now have to pay around €20 to use my mobile for 8 days in France.
But hey, at least we now have blue passports and get to queue at the EU airports (we do love queuing).....
But hey, at least we now have blue passports and get to queue at the EU airports (we do love queuing).....
The big issue I can see is that you let in a country like Hungary. Are there ways to manage a member state becoming authoritarian? I've read about article 7 but it doesn't seem to be effective.
@EdBruce In theory there are penalties etc but in general the EU seems to avoid this route. Although they did withdraw lots of money from Poland after the anti-lgbt zones were formed.
Do remember that the EU parliament is voted for so there are large numbers of right wing and even fascist in the parliament. We daily fight these people to maintain some kind of liberal democracy. Given a chance many of these people would dismantle the EU.
One of the positive things to come out of Brexit was that other nations saw the horrific economic fallout and in recent polls the EU is more supported than ever. So thanks Britain, your sacrifice is noted.
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I think it’s good that Europe has some regulations, but it’s also true that there are some that don’t make much sense, and its bureaucracy can sometimes make taking action a little difficult
I do not want to see a weak EU/Europe.
What I do want to see is politics for the people, far too much is still pleasing the criminal trump.
Lobbyists, stop pandering to them, kick them out of Brussels.
Why you say. Think Epsteins web of corruption was definitely not the only one.
Take the illegally transferred millions back from Hungary.
Ensure those who approved that transfer are appropriately punished
Stop LIES surveillance is not needed to protect children. Privacy is a right
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And this is why I stay in California; the rest of the US is one giant "flyover" country until I get to the EU.
<giant "flyover" country>
frequent flying by the super-affluent is a significant contributor to the #climateCrisis
thermodynamics allows no-one a cop-out
carbon offsets are largely greenwash
climate crisis drives many of the migrants to the temperate zones, contributing to the authoritarian backlash from which you want to flee
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Also: EHIC card gives you access to free or affordable medical help when being abroad. Erasmus program alows to study in foreign country for a semester or two.
Funny. I also only need one single charger, no regulations needed.
YES! whenever I see an anti-EU person, usually on X shithole, it is some "tech guy" complaining why they cant abuse something, or can't get things so cheap that it would need slavery.
and parasites that profit from no regulation get exploited by all other parasites (many) that thrive in a market without rules
@Stedtenhopp I agree with everything in your post. Just let me add that I’m extremely happy that the EU agreed on mandating a plug only after USB-C had been introduced. Imagine the hell we’d live in if we were stuck with Micro-USB.
@RaffKarva I miss it every day, one way or another.
Also due to these regulations I cannot buy antibiotic ointment when the Czech regime is depriving me of healthcare when I have an infected eczema and am afraid it will produce sepsis and I die, because antibiotic ointment ran out and when I call a dermatologist and tell I need it urgently she gives me an appointment 4 months (!!!) in the future!
In a corrupt developing 3rd world dictatorship Cambodia it is possible to buy antibiotic ointments without prescription and also dermatologist wait there is only 7-10 days, not 4 months.
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Its also those regulations that enforce VIOLENT borders
Dont try and sugar coat it
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"Brexit Benefits" include those roaming fees coming back.
Before we left the EU the fees weren't just scrapped for EU countries, but also for select non-EU countries, e.g. the USA. Now most providers have roaming fees for all of them, the ones that don't still have more restrictions on where you can roam without those extra fees
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Sounds like how people complain about California, but with more power. Honestly part of me wants to move to Europe.
@gudenau I did move to Europe and now I have to convince California that I really and truly am no longer a resident, so they don't keep charging me state taxes forever 
Here in the US, its basically baked in to Republican politicians and business owners to complain about regulations. But what they forget (or ignore) is, most regulations aren't just dreamt up by someone trying to make life difficult. Most are there either to make things work (standards) or a reaction to people/businesses doing bad things (polluting, defrauding, etc). If companies choose community over higher profits, we wouldn't need so many regulations.
Remember when someone tried to burn an EU flag as a protest, but due to EU safety regulations the flag had flame retardant materials...
Rome is good for the Romans, until it isn't anymore.
> But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything
buddy there's like a dozen different USB-C cables with different capabilities and even devices with USB-C ports that can't be charged with normal USB-C cables+chargers unless it's a dumb USB-A on the other end which guarantees that it only uses 5v and no PD negotiation required
and then there's the devices where it actually matters if you actually plug the USB-C cable in "upside down" or not because not all devices have all the pins on both sides
don't build your enthusiasm up for the EU's over-regulation on a such a silly lie
@feld yes, I’m aware of the different types of USB-C conventions out there. Also when it comes to different current/power requirements.
But I see it from the perspective of someone who believed it to be impossible 10 years ago to even be able to plug the same thing into a laptop, a phone or a headphone.
Even being able to plug the same thing into different laptops was unthinkable. I had a stash of “universal” power cords with at least 15 different barrel connectors, and 5 different addons to adjust for different voltage and current requirements.
And let’s not talk of smaller devices using combinations of mini USB, micro USB, USB-A and other exotic variants (a problem that still affects HDMI btw).
Of course the USB-C standard is still fragmented and confusing, and a lot of work must still be done, but we’re in a state that is light years ahead of where we were a decade ago.
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I always find it wrily funny when euroskeptics talk about "bureaucrats in Brussels imposing rules".
Er.... no
Countries who are in the EU send representatives to Brussels. That's where our representatives get together, talk to each other, reach a consensus and agree on the rules that we will all follow. Every country in the EU is taking part in that decision making process. We make our rules together. So those who then refuse to be team members? They're the arseholes.
Regulation and bureaucracy are conflict management tools.
Their extent is determined by the complexity of the society.
Eliminating both without reducing underlying complexity will just bring you unmanaged conflicts and more decisions determined by relative strength.
important to note that overregulation was a complaint of the Brexshiteers. Peoples lives were being ruined by "red tape", and Brexshit would fix it!!
But the regulations they overturned once they left were all of a type.
Consumer protection from scams and frauds.
Environmental protection from corporate malfeasance.
Consumer protection from overreaching corporate control of public spaces.
Anything which helped make life a little more bearable was first destroyed. The current state of the UK shows the results, with life expectancy plunging, education levels declining, insolvency and pollution skyrocketing.
yeah there's a difference between "we need to fix X" and "we should tear it all down because I feel I'd be able to fill a power vacuum!"
the "no roaming fees" is great, but remember that for years before that, the EU mandated maximum roaming rates, which slowly went down (and (IIRC) the 60€/month max roaming fee).
It's been 20 years since people experienced real unregulated roaming in the EU
while I agree, I kinda managed to bump into the growing pains of the transition towards USB-C standard in jist the perfect ways to have maximum annoyance.
Every time I visit friends at UK, I have given like 5 - 6 reminders why EU is actually great for what it's worth.
Also it is very visible that EU is last bastion standing against corporations ruling with iron fist. Yes, not perfect, lots of insane lobbying as well, but people have chance to fight back.
Also it is very visible that EU is last bastion standing against corporations ruling with iron fist. Yes, not perfect, lots of insane lobbying as well, but people have chance to fight back.
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At this point, open-source development itself is being DDoS'ed by LLMs and their human users.
At the risk of being a bit gross: this is the software development version of peeing in the pool. If *one* person does it, it's gross but will probably go unnoticed. However, at this point, it's like having 100 people all lined up on the side of the pool peeing into it in unison. I don't really want to swim in that, do you? And now they've started eyeing the punchbowl and watercoolers too. #AI #AIslop #LLMs
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oh wow, thank you to everyone who made this possible! I've always wanted to maintain a local mirror (and long ago had a home brew script to do just that for a local college network: ninad.pundaliks.in/blog/2008/0…) and have been wondering about the legal Implications of doing this in the present age. Y'all answered some of these questions for me now
ACAD - wget PI
Today, we’ll have a look at one of my favourite download managers. Every Linux system includes this tool, wget. It’s manpage describes it as the perfect tool...ninad.pundaliks.in
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consigli su dove dormire in zona Lugano senza svenarsi?
@thunderpussycat e io saremo a Hacking New Year questo fine settimana (programma qui: hny.indyfac.ch/schedule) a presentare i nostri libri.
ogni consiglio per una trasferta non troppo costosa è benvenuto. grazie!
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sul sito dicono che non posso ospitare e consigliano un ostello in città (che mi sembra caro).
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sul sito dicono che non posso ospitare e consigliano un ostello in città (che mi sembra caro).
@thunderpussycat
lugano
non troppo costosa
non pervenuto
(è possibile che qualche albergo economico ci sia lungo la S50 Malpensa - Biasca, però poi c'è da contare il prezzo del treno, in cui la tratta svizzera non è da poco)
come comodità del servizio credo che sia fattibile, c'è un treno ogni ora e viaggiano abbastanza bene, di solito
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@kappazeta @thunderpussycat dimenticavo: trenord.it/linee-e-orari/circo…
(ci sono treni comodi anche da como, ma di là c'è l'effetto comoLake e sospetto che non troppo costoso non sia pervenuto neanche lì)
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eh, infatti ero più orientato a cercare in Italia, che a Lugano ci sono già stato per lavoro e anche no, prezzi assurdi per tutto (ma quella volta fortunatamente ero spesato).
grazie delle dritte!
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nooo non ci sono questo weekend se no vi venivo a vedere! Mi informo per dormire
Non so come sei messo coi mezzi ma volendo puoi dare un occhio nella provincia di Varese. Tipo Brusimpiano, Lavena Ponte Tresa, Porto Ceresio…
Ovviamente dovresti avere a disposizione un’auto per spostarti fino a Lugano
Ovviamente dovresti avere a disposizione un’auto per spostarti fino a Lugano
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@emanuelecariati dovremmo essere in auto, per cui grazie, do un'occhiata ai luoghi che mi suggerisci! @thunderpussycat
@kappazeta @thunderpussycat @Emanuele Cariati avete già la vignetta per l'autostrada?
e credo che per parcheggiare a lugano l'unica possibilità sia il parcheggio della stazione, che dovrebbe avere dei prezzi quasi ragionevoli
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ottimo, grazie. vignetta non so ma non credo (l'auto non è mia), ma immagino si possa entrare anche fuori dall'autostrada, nel caso... (non ricordo i costi della vignetta, fatta una volta sola, anni fa, per lavoro, ma di sicuro non sarà economica :D)
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ottimo, grazie. vignetta non so ma non credo (l'auto non è mia), ma immagino si possa entrare anche fuori dall'autostrada, nel caso... (non ricordo i costi della vignetta, fatta una volta sola, anni fa, per lavoro, ma di sicuro non sarà economica :D)
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@kappazeta @thunderpussycat @Emanuele Cariati dovrebbero essere 40 CHF, e sì, per fare poche decine di km una volta sola non è per niente economica e non conviene, si può tranquillamente fare la cantonale
attenzione a non entrare per sbaglio in autostrada, però, visto che non ci sono i caselli
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> attenzione a non entrare per sbaglio in autostrada, però, visto che non ci sono i caselli
Ma ci sono gli sbirri con la SIG-Sauer.
@kappazeta @thunderpussycat @Emanuele Cariati e sì, mi ero interessata sui prezzi di treni e parcheggi per andarci anche io, e il piano è di andarci… se non si sarà a letto con l'influenza, eventualità che non mi sento di escludere :(
@kappazeta @thunderpussycat @Emanuele Cariati se ci sarò (ovvero, se mi riprendo in tempo), nel dubbio sarò ben mascherinata, per evitare di portarcela
(in realtà probabilmente è raffreddore e non influenza, ma le mascherine aiutano pure per quello)
se avete l'auto potreste anche dare un'occhiata nella zona tra la frontiera e Porlezza, che dista una quindicina di km da Lugano.
visto che lo fate all’USI a Viganello, se avete contatti con loro proverei a chiedere un paio di stanze nel campus
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •E da domani si ricomincia a scaldare la colazione con energia proveniente dalla rete anziché dai pannelli solari, perché è troppo presto e non producono ancora abbastanza
chi è che risparmia energia?
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in reply to Dario Zanette • •@Dario Zanette ma la colazione è il pasto più importante della giornata!
(e portare a quasi 100° quasi mezzo litro di acqua è una componente fondamentale della colazione)
(tostare il pane è molto gradevole, ma in caso di emergenza ci si può rinunciare)
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