Geoff
@opinionatedgeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Easily confused.
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i just want to go on the computer and have a good time but the gosh darn racket that civilization is making as it collapses is *really* distracting
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
i just want to go on the computer and have a good time but the gosh darn racket that civilization is making as it collapses is *really* distracting
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🎶 Here comes the Moon, doo n’ doo DOO🎵
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
🎶 Here comes the Moon, doo n’ doo DOO🎵
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I just realized the current stable version of Python is 3.14.1, which makes it Pi-thon
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I just realized the current stable version of Python is 3.14.1, which makes it Pi-thon
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This is potentially one of the best projects for community information to emerge in years. (Glad it'll be a web app.) Several questions:
Is it open source? If not, why not?
Will this tech be centralized? If so, why?
Why is it using the odious Substack for the main blog? […]
Is it open source? If not, why not?
Will this tech be centralized? If so, why?
Why is it using the odious Substack for the main blog? […]
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mastodon.social
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
This is potentially one of the best projects for community information to emerge in years. (Glad it'll be a web app.) Several questions:
Is it open source? If not, why not?
Will this tech be centralized? If so, why?
Why is it using the odious Substack for the main blog? […]
Is it open source? If not, why not?
Will this tech be centralized? If so, why?
Why is it using the odious Substack for the main blog? […]
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"Even Carrington would be impressed" 😬
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=02&month=12&year=2025
Hopefully we just get "someone should check on our satellites" levels of auroras and not "A bunch of open questions in solar-terrestrial physics are about to be answered"
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=02&month=12&year=2025
Hopefully we just get "someone should check on our satellites" levels of auroras and not "A bunch of open questions in solar-terrestrial physics are about to be answered"
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Even Carrington would be impressed" 😬
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=02&month=12&year=2025
Hopefully we just get "someone should check on our satellites" levels of auroras and not "A bunch of open questions in solar-terrestrial physics are about to be answered"
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=02&month=12&year=2025
Hopefully we just get "someone should check on our satellites" levels of auroras and not "A bunch of open questions in solar-terrestrial physics are about to be answered"
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i'm participating in a challenge called "december" where for the whole month of december, you december
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
i'm participating in a challenge called "december" where for the whole month of december, you december
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continually astonished that every package delivery service on earth seems unaware that the #1 reason people are visiting their website is to use the track-and-trace and not to read their mission statement
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
continually astonished that every package delivery service on earth seems unaware that the #1 reason people are visiting their website is to use the track-and-trace and not to read their mission statement
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#CervicalCancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if:
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#CervicalCancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if:
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
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Aotearoa is the land of the long white cloud, and, for part of yesterday afternoon, the skies over Ōtautahi really took that and ran with it.
Here are a couple of photos I took when I was out for a run. The sky was dressed in white stripes.
#nz #clouds #weather #christchurch #Ōtautahi
Here are a couple of photos I took when I was out for a run. The sky was dressed in white stripes.
#nz #clouds #weather #christchurch #Ōtautahi
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Aotearoa is the land of the long white cloud, and, for part of yesterday afternoon, the skies over Ōtautahi really took that and ran with it.
Here are a couple of photos I took when I was out for a run. The sky was dressed in white stripes.
#nz #clouds #weather #christchurch #Ōtautahi
Here are a couple of photos I took when I was out for a run. The sky was dressed in white stripes.
#nz #clouds #weather #christchurch #Ōtautahi
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The old adage:
Everyone has a test environment. Some people are fortunate enough to have a separate production environment.
Everyone has a test environment. Some people are fortunate enough to have a separate production environment.
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The old adage:
Everyone has a test environment. Some people are fortunate enough to have a separate production environment.
Everyone has a test environment. Some people are fortunate enough to have a separate production environment.
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Problem: You have your printer listed twice for some reason, only one of them works, and you can never remember which one
Solution: Delete both and re-add the printer
Results: You have three copies of your printer listed
Solution: Delete both and re-add the printer
Results: You have three copies of your printer listed
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Problem: You have your printer listed twice for some reason, only one of them works, and you can never remember which one
Solution: Delete both and re-add the printer
Results: You have three copies of your printer listed
Solution: Delete both and re-add the printer
Results: You have three copies of your printer listed
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yes yes Yes YEs YES YES YES!!!
PURPLE! RED! ORANGE!! GREEN!!! WOWWWW
(It was not this bright naked-eye, but these colours are all totally visible! Incredible!)
PURPLE! RED! ORANGE!! GREEN!!! WOWWWW
(It was not this bright naked-eye, but these colours are all totally visible! Incredible!)
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
yes yes Yes YEs YES YES YES!!!
PURPLE! RED! ORANGE!! GREEN!!! WOWWWW
(It was not this bright naked-eye, but these colours are all totally visible! Incredible!)
PURPLE! RED! ORANGE!! GREEN!!! WOWWWW
(It was not this bright naked-eye, but these colours are all totally visible! Incredible!)
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Thinking about all these repeated attempts to strip away privacy to make it easier for cops to catch bad guys.
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
Original post on mastodon.monoceros.co.za
mastodon.monoceros.co.za
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thinking about all these repeated attempts to strip away privacy to make it easier for cops to catch bad guys.
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
And honestly, I get their point. Figuring out who dun the crime is really hard, there's a reason TV detectives are admired as such super-smart people.
But... I think it was Pratchett […]
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I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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President #MichaelDHiggins & Sabina left Áras an Uachtaráin for the last time. His term ends at midnight. Their route was lined by the #SanctuaryRunners, where Irish ppl run alongside and in solidarity with, migrants, asylum seekers & refugees. Monica Pumpkin […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
President #MichaelDHiggins & Sabina left Áras an Uachtaráin for the last time. His term ends at midnight. Their route was lined by the #SanctuaryRunners, where Irish ppl run alongside and in solidarity with, migrants, asylum seekers & refugees. Monica Pumpkin […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
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CI/CD means "crashes immediately, can't debug"
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
CI/CD means "crashes immediately, can't debug"
Oh no! I remember @shezza_t and I being surprised when we saw surfers in wetsuits so far inland when we visited Munich. Hope the wave comes back soon. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/04/munichs-surfers-left-stunned-after-famed-river-wave-vanishes
Munich's surfers left stunned after famed river wave vanishes
Eisbach wave in the Bavarian city had been a surfing magnet for decades but disappeared after a recent cleanup
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Oh no! I remember @shezza_t and I being surprised when we saw surfers in wetsuits so far inland when we visited Munich. Hope the wave comes back soon. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/04/munichs-surfers-left-stunned-after-famed-river-wave-vanishes
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Linux: spending hours of your precious and finite life trying to figure out how the fuck do I make it do the thing
Windows: spending hours of your precious and finite life trying to figure out how the fuck do I stop it from do the thing
Computers in General, man
Windows: spending hours of your precious and finite life trying to figure out how the fuck do I stop it from do the thing
Computers in General, man
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Linux: spending hours of your precious and finite life trying to figure out how the fuck do I make it do the thing
Windows: spending hours of your precious and finite life trying to figure out how the fuck do I stop it from do the thing
Computers in General, man
Windows: spending hours of your precious and finite life trying to figure out how the fuck do I stop it from do the thing
Computers in General, man
Now that Halloween is over can we go back to agreeing that people with animated avatars are the *real* monsters?
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Now that Halloween is over can we go back to agreeing that people with animated avatars are the *real* monsters?
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Cutest trick’or’treater tonight was the little girl in the princess costume who came as we were getting to the bottom of our bowl. “How many pieces?” she asked quietly. “Just one. We’re running out and there’s still a lot of kids.” She looks at us with an earnest expression “Do you want some of […]
Original post on beige.party
beige.party
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Cutest trick’or’treater tonight was the little girl in the princess costume who came as we were getting to the bottom of our bowl. “How many pieces?” she asked quietly. “Just one. We’re running out and there’s still a lot of kids.” She looks at us with an earnest expression “Do you want some of […]
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Wow, well, fuck, that's one way to deal with crowding in orbit: https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/the-next-carrington-level-solar-superstorm-could-wipe-out-all-our-satellites-new-simulations-reveal
"The next Carrington-level solar superstorm could wipe out 'all our satellites,' new […]
"The next Carrington-level solar superstorm could wipe out 'all our satellites,' new […]
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mastodon.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Wow, well, fuck, that's one way to deal with crowding in orbit: https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/the-next-carrington-level-solar-superstorm-could-wipe-out-all-our-satellites-new-simulations-reveal
"The next Carrington-level solar superstorm could wipe out 'all our satellites,' new […]
"The next Carrington-level solar superstorm could wipe out 'all our satellites,' new […]
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Killer quote:
“I’m going back to the Fediverse. Back to Mastodon. To the nerds, the hobbyists, the idealists. The people who don’t talk about reach, but about relevance. To those who understand that decentralization isn’t nostalgic, it’s the future. That digital sovereignty isn’t a gimmick […]
“I’m going back to the Fediverse. Back to Mastodon. To the nerds, the hobbyists, the idealists. The people who don’t talk about reach, but about relevance. To those who understand that decentralization isn’t nostalgic, it’s the future. That digital sovereignty isn’t a gimmick […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Killer quote:
“I’m going back to the Fediverse. Back to Mastodon. To the nerds, the hobbyists, the idealists. The people who don’t talk about reach, but about relevance. To those who understand that decentralization isn’t nostalgic, it’s the future. That digital sovereignty isn’t a gimmick […]
“I’m going back to the Fediverse. Back to Mastodon. To the nerds, the hobbyists, the idealists. The people who don’t talk about reach, but about relevance. To those who understand that decentralization isn’t nostalgic, it’s the future. That digital sovereignty isn’t a gimmick […]
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Look I get that it's fiction but in a hospital setting there's no need to feel for a pulse WHEN THEY'RE HOOKED UP TO A HEART MONITOR.
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Look I get that it's fiction but in a hospital setting there's no need to feel for a pulse WHEN THEY'RE HOOKED UP TO A HEART MONITOR.