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displaced_city_mouse

@ displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

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Writer, teacher, data driven humanist. Tech geek, model builder, mini-painter, reader. He/Him.

  • Washington wants your 3D printer to spy on you - here's the bill

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  • So reading the commentary in the first link, if you flash your printer with new GPL firmware that bypasses these restrictions, you're now in violation.

    And what if I move (back) to WA with my printer purchased out of state that I've already modded?

    I see what they're trying to do, make ghost gun production illegal, but turning makers into criminals for flashing their printers with new firmware seems the wrong way.

  • Asking my Congresscritters not to attend the "National Prayer Breakfast"

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  • My Congresscritter will ignore this when I send it.

  • The labeling on OTC pain relievers, etc. This is why I just pop 3 and hope for the best.

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  • I've a list of all the drugs I know from commercials - started writing a song about them all, just need to get the bridges done between verses.

  • The labeling on OTC pain relievers, etc. This is why I just pop 3 and hope for the best.

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  • Ever listen to the voice over in the commercials for <insert name of drug you don't need>?

    After telling you how much better the drug is than the competitor, but before imploring you to "ask your doctor if <$1> is right for you", they list the side effects, which often include a worsening of the condition it treats as well as death, all while a bunch of actors get paid to show you what the best scenario looks like.

    It's the same thing, but for illiterate hypochondriacs.

  • AI "Phone Farm" Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam

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  • It would have been too sarcastic for them to have touted it as a "legitimate" "new" "business".

  • ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, OpenAI boss says

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  • So how much electricity will be used to power the data centers to plagiarize Chuck Tingle and Danielle Steele so someone can quickly self-publish their pedantic wet-dream fantasy... Sorry, "magnum opus"

  • Podcast clients?

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  • I use AntennaPod on my phone - highly recommended.

  • Why Conservatives Are Attacking ‘Wokepedia’

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  • Every time I hear someone say something like, "Experts - what do they know?", I want to reply, "Yeah, you're right - now, when can I come by to fix your roof? I'm not a roofer - don't know shit about roofing or construction, actually - but you don't like experts, and I'm certainly not a roofing expert, just another ignorant monkey with a hammer and a lot of misplaced confidence in my abilities. "

  • Atheism @lemmy.ml
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Happy Blasphemy Day!

    cfe.centerforinquiry.org /international-blasphemy-rights-day/
  • Southern Illinois @midwest.social
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Forest Service logging at Bell Smith Springs in the Shawnee National Forest.

    www.shawneeforest.com /bell-smith-springs/

  • Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year

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  • This device looks really interesting, but I don't see anything on their site about how I can write software for Light Phone, or install anything except what they provide through their app.

    How is that any different from what Google plans to do to Android?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Looking for Neomutt, but for calendars?

  • Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So

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  • There's a similar bill working it's way through the Senate here in the US.

    The Kid's Online Safety Act has the same problems as the one in the UK, and people here like the EFF have been sounding the alarm. I've written to my Congresscritter about it, but sadly, they're a bloody co-sponsor of the bill. Like the article said, they think the internet is made up of Facebook and Google, and they're ignoring the impact it will have on the small players, like Lemmy server operators.

    In this case, I don't think just a VPN will help -- I think Tor might, as long as the small operators don't mind being borderline outlaws.

  • Southern Illinois @midwest.social
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Bad storms in Williamson County

  • I wonder what AGPLv4 would look like

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  • You forgot "defines a code of conduct and social responsibility so I don't have to resign from the FSF again."

  • Turning my printer on v. turning it off

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  • Meh, if that happens I'll just replace the cheap commodity printer... I'm not fixing anything, except the cats.

  • Turning my printer on v. turning it off

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  • Yes, it's an accident - the power button is just a touch sensitive spot on the printer - but they do like to play witn paper, so this would invariably lead to more shenanigans.

  • Turning my printer on v. turning it off

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  • I just spit out my coffee reading that, and I wasn't drinking coffee at the time...

  • Turning my printer on v. turning it off

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  • Which is why I don't mind if they break it - it would let me justify getting a decent laser jet printer.

  • Turning my printer on v. turning it off

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  • W. T. F.

    I will repeat my earlier statement: I hate printers.

  • Turning my printer on v. turning it off

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  • I appreciate the info, but I wasn't looking for a solution - I just wanted to vent a little...

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Turning my printer on v. turning it off

  • Avoid over-commenting in Python

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  • Meh.

    I'll agree, docstrings are better for documenting a function than just a comment.

    However, the author seems to jump through hoops in the next example to break one function into four, just to avoid some single line comments. Unless those code blocks make sense as functions (they're used/duplicated elsewhere), you're just making work for yourself. Why not turn it into 12 functions? One for each line of code?

    I'm reminded of the admonition that there are only two hard problems* in computer science -- cache invalidation, and naming things. The more functions you have, the more things you have to name.

    The rest of it -- name your magic numbers, use tuple unpacking, comment "why" instead of "what" -- is good practice. I'm just not a fan of making functions just to avoid writing a comment.

    * And off by one errors.

  • Atheism @lemmy.ml
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    US: Contact your Rep about H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act

    www.votervoice.net /Shares/BKbfxAR6AC-BdAN9Yxe7FBA

  • Limited Edition!

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  • Like a eucharist lunchable

    Don't give the Catholic church another idea how to get kids in the door.

  • Atheism @lemmy.world
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Happy Blasphemy Day!

    centerforinquiry.org /blog/secular-rescue-blasphemy-rights-day-2023/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    EFF: Stop the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act

    act.eff.org /action/stop-the-protecting-kids-on-social-media-act
  • St. Louis, MO | Gateway to the West @midwest.social
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Q: Why do some musical artists bypass STL?

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Cleaning build plate (was How hot is too hot for FDM printing?)

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Problems with Sunlu PLA+ Matte filament on Ender 3 Neo

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Reporter bias in local newspaper?

    thesouthern.com /news/local/communities/anna/resource-fair-offers-dignity-to-those-facing-homelessness/article_2d9af31e-1535-11ee-954d-639c9dd3b616.html
  • Illinois @midwest.social
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Buckminster Fuller's home gets one step closer to opening as a museum

    thesouthern.com /news/local/communities/carbondale/buckminster-fullers-home-gets-one-step-closer-to-opening-as-a-museum/article_3768aca2-0eef-11ee-bdea-4f363109b0e0.html
  • Illinois @midwest.social
    displaced_city_mouse @midwest.social

    Carbondale City Council makes more history with new appointment

    thesouthern.com /news/local/communities/carbondale/carbondale-city-council-hill-appointment-community/article_850f5b72-0af8-11ee-83cb-cb6655d79ee2.html