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ffmike

These days, just a retired guy who likes to hike.

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  • And just like DEI teams, ethics teams will be easy to cut back on if a company runs into economic trouble.

  • Sure, no argument there. There's a choice to be made between "post the second story as a comment to the first one" and "post the second story a a separate topic". I'm in favor of the first approach to keep discussion in one spot, but it's not something I feel super-strongly about.

  • Avoiding dupes is, I think, an important one. We've had multiple instances on Beehaw of the same story showing up more than once. If you try to post a duplicate link, Lemmy will let you know (by showing the previous copies to you as crossposts). It's harder to make sure you're not posting the second or third story from a different source on the same topic. Perhaps we can just encourage people to search before posting.

    I'd like the rules to at least ask people to add an image description in their original post. https://beehaw.org/post/686974 would be good to link to here.

    And given the nature of many posts in the news, I think it would be good for this community to remind people to be(e) nice in their discussions.

  • Clearly someone needs to figure out how to get an old Furby to interact with a new Furby.

    (Of course, someone has already done ChatGPT + Furby)

  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    Not quite your traditional gaming, but with 600 responses to user actions at least as complex as some interactive computer games I've played.

    [Image description: two new Furbies]

  • Their web site is down, but their Github account is currently still available, with 3D printing files and software for their microlab.

  • You appear to be unable or unwilling to distinguish between "preventing births" and "voluntarily choosing not to have children."

    Not sure why you're quite so interested in escalating the rhetoric here (forced sterilization? in a thread that started with individual action to save honeybees? really?) but in view of the first rule of Beehaw ("Be(e) nice") I'm not interested in joining you.

  • Science @beehaw.org
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    Wild. I for one would not have guessed that we could detect even moderately complex organic molecules from 1.6 billion years ago.

    [Image description: Geochemist Jochen Brocks and colleagues report they discovered the earliest molecular footprints of eukaryotes, dating back 1.6 billion years, in this Barney Creek rock formation in northern Australia.]

  • Telling one person that they can help out by not having kids is rather different from, as the dictionary says

    the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group

    Even suggesting to a whole group of people not to have kids is not the same as killing them.

    So no, it's not a logical conclusion. It's illogical rhetoric. But you do you, I guess.

  • Here in the middle of America, it's not SUVs - it's full-size pickup trucks. Just as much of an ecological and safety disaster though.

  • I'm pretty sure that discovering a new isotope while working on your MS guarantees that you'll get the degree.

  • Yep, I get it. Effectively block ads and javascript and it doesn't much matter what a site wants to do. I skip the few that have actually effective paywalls (as opposed to just putting a div over content on the page - as far as I'm concerned, if it's downloaded to my computer, I am allowed to read it). Of course, the sites that load up on ads tend to be pretty low-quality content anyhow.

  • World News @beehaw.org
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    ProPublica strikes back.

    [Image description: Justice Alito with a salmon, Wall Street Journal editorial page, connected by circles, lines, and arrows.]

  • This is why I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google, and Firefox with a few selected extensions that ensure I almost never see an ad. I would be shocked if Google enabled any long-term ad-free experience.

  • I've seen this "sub affects logitech stock" story a few times now, and I don't find it very credible. If you look at the 1-month or longer price of the stock, it's pretty evident that (a) a 5% intraday variation in price is totally normal and (b) the recent news that has actually hurt the stock price substantially is that their CEO resigned.

    I'm skeptical that Amazon review trolls are buying enough stock to move the market.

  • In addition to making it easier to find authentic perspectives, we're also improving how we rank results in Search overall, with a greater focus on content with unique expertise and experience. Last year, we launched the helpful content system to show more content made for people, and less content made to attract clicks. In the coming months, we’ll roll out an update to this system that more deeply understands content created from a personal or expert point of view, allowing us to rank more of this useful information on Search.

    That seems like just a step in the inevitable AI arms race.

  • This exactly. The more developers working on different parts of an application, the more chance of an apparently-easy merge having unforeseen side effects. git bisect is the easiest way to narrow down the problem so real debugging can begin.

  • hiking @lemmy.ml
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    Hiking Mogan Ridge West Trail

    cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/748817

    I spent most of the morning at Mogan Ridge West, putting in about 12 miles in all. Basically, I hiked the outer loop, though I did bushwhack about a mile and a half for variety.

    We're definitely into summer hiking weather here, with high humidity, spider webs, gnats, and ticks. This trail also hasn't seen much use lately, so it's overgrown in grass in many areas. About half of it is gravel road, so you can combine unpleasant walking surface with increased ticks and chiggers.

    Still, it was a pleasant walk in the woods and decent exercise. I met one other hiker about halfway and we swapped notes on which local trails were worth revisiting. Fortunately we were hiking in opposite directions so we didn't have to have the awkward conversation about whether to hike together.

    More pictures on imgur.

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    World News @beehaw.org
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    Once again the conservative republicans seem to be better than anyone else at finding ways to "win" at politics.

    [Image description: a row of "OhIo Voted" stickers over a blank ballot.]

  • Depended on the size of the team in my experience. With a project of ~50 devs split into 10 teams, I was having to resolve conflicts perhaps every other PR. But training and standards for workflow can certainly help.

  • World News @beehaw.org
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    [Image description: "Protect Trans Rights" and "Too cute to be binary" protest signs]

    World News @beehaw.org
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    Another bullshit legal theory from Texas goes down in flames. Justice Alito dissented because of course he did.

    [Image description: Migrants wait in line adjacent to the border fence under the watch of the Texas National Guard to enter into El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.]

  • Yes, that sentence is in the original article. Did you have something you wanted to discuss? There are three studies in all in the article, so I don't find cherry-picking a single sentence contributes much here.

  • I think one of the major benefits is that courts do take notice of science, even in this country. The more we get studies on the record, the harder it will be for transphobic laws to stand judicial challenges.

  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Actual evidence from actual scientists.

    [Image description: A patient holds bottles of medications for hormone replacement therapy as part of her gender-affirming care.]

  • I tend to wing it a lot with stew-ish things. Here's one set of rough instructions:

    • Saute any combo of mushrooms/onions/garlic/cherry tomatoes/peppers in olive oil
    • Add 3 cups water/vegetable broth, bring to boil
    • Stir in 1 cup green lentils/red lentils/yellow split peas/green split peas, stir as it comes back to a boil
    • Season with salt/pepper/smoke seasoning/chili/whatever looks good
    • Simmer 15-30 minutes till done

    Freezes fine, though I usually eat it before it makes it to the freezer

  • Non-paywall article on the same topic: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iowa-meteorologist-chris-gloninger-quits-18-year-career-after-receiving-death-threat-over-his-climate-coverage/

    I'm saddened by this, but not surprised. The rationalist in me wants to think that at some point the red state attacks on science will have consequences in worse quality of life for their residents, but I'm not optimistic enough to believe that will happen before the whole culture collapses.

  • It's not just about the information though, is it? Web forums can offer a sense of community that his preferred alternative (long-form Medium articles with comments) just can't match, in my experience.

  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Another unsurprising decision from this court. Apparently guaranteeing the Navajo Nation agriculture doesn't include water in the minds of the conservative justices.

    [Image description: the facade of the Supreme Court building in Washington D.C.]

    Socialism @beehaw.org
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    Sadly I suspect this will do nothing to push the average American closer to revolution.

    [Image description: stock photo of hands with calculator, pencil, and computer keyboard]

    LGBTQ+ @beehaw.org
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    Generally depressing societal news.

    [Image description: Bud Light, Target, and Disney logos overlaid with the "NO" circle-and-slash and surrounded by angry emoticons]

    World News @beehaw.org
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    TW: Some discussion of suicide

    This actually looks like a pretty responsible use of AI in healthcare.

    [Image description: an abstract and colorful representation of a random network]

    hiking @lemmy.ml
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    Golden Circle to Pounds Hollow

    cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/675946

    I spent the day yesterday wandering around some trails in the Shawnee National Forest (southern Illinois) from the Golden Circle trailhead to Pounds Hollow and back. I didn't keep super good track of my route, but it was something like (trail numbers): 1440 to 154 to 001 to 155 to 001 to 137A to 165 to 166 to 164 to 001 to 180 to 185 to 184 to 183 to 006, bushwhack to 134 to 006A to 006B to 109, roadwalk Karbers Ridge to 001 to 010A. Whew! The River to River Trail Society has some excellent brochures with georeferenced PDFs that cover trails in this area.

    The weather was a bit sticky, but not too bad - high temps in the lower 80s. Between some recent rain and increased horse traffic for the summer, low spots in the trails are getting pretty torn up in places, particularly as you get closer to the various horse camps. Poison ivy is out in force,

    Food and Cooking @beehaw.org
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    What do you eat that other people think is odd?

    I'll start: pesto as a bagel topping.

    World News @beehaw.org
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    "The broad attention is showing the world what local leaders have spent the past half-century trying to prove: This desert city can be a major player in global tech and manufacturing."

    But putting the water shortage in the very last sentence of the story? Seems like burying the lede.