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@nyquildotorg@gts.nyquil.org Mozilla built a telemetry kill switch into Firefox after its users demanded one. Only 0% have used it. The rest left everything on.
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@xssfox@cloudisland.nz can you control the readings at all, such as by moving fingers? Do they have Bluetooth? Is this a weird midi instrument?
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@nedbat@hachyderm.io modern x86 is nothing but a comforting lie implemented in microcode
Family grocery shopping trip on Sunday. Waved to so many puppies. Stopped to look at ducks with excited children. Saw some magnolias in full blossom. Just bicycle things.
The nice thing about #solar energy is the sun doesn't go out when some wannabe dictator has a hissyfit.
The cucumbers are flowering already. It's 3°C tonight. What the heck.
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@Yehuda I struggle with discerning things at low-contrast, or just knowing wtf I'm supposed to be looking at.
The text is important. The image is optional, but usually doesn't provide anything that the text didn't already do. It usually feels like a waste of bandwidth more than anything else.
I show the alt-text first and click through to the images sometimes.
The Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee is holding a community ride in Ward 1 on 2025-05-03.
This is a family-friendly no-drop ride. Expect a conversational pace of 10km/h for an hour.
Meet at 12-noon at Kiwanis Park with your own helmet & bike ready.
Details at https://events.burlington.ca/default/Detail/2026-05-03-1200-Community-Bike-Ride-Ward-1
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@NunavutBirder Today I learned that the northern lights are actually long wisps of epic polar bear unicorn hair.
#todayilearned
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@SarraceniaWilds@sunny.garden @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange idk, I'd rather not have a chunk of single-use plastic. And if that means no extra/controlled JIT sauce, that's ok.
Ann-Renée Desbiens got ready for this game by watching Shaolin Soccer.
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@Centretowner@urbanists.social last few times I went to city hall I left my tools on the bike and carried my whole dang bicycle in. I don't think that's in the security desk person's training manual.
Train station onigiri is so good. I'm glad it's freshly stocked right before rush hour. I wish it wasn't ridiculously overpriced, but it's still way better than fastfood.
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@catsalad Right I am! That HCI stuff is a tool, and neural embodiment has absorbed it into my limbs. Laying on it is unwanted touching, and covering it in hair & scratches is a violation of bodily integrity. Your right to lay on stuff ends where my tools begin.
Laura Stacey with the hat trick!!
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@tod@hci.social why are your snack-filled domain names not links here... are you eliding the protocol (https://) Links are good!
Clicky https://snacks.todmaffin.com and https://www.ohfudgepei.com
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@hiisikoloart@writing.exchange Probably in one of dozens of data leaks. And someone is trying to enrich their dataset with a "person responds to shit on signal" column in hopes of selling it.
I needs to be camping season soon.
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@PapyrusBrigade@cosocial.ca a website search engine (DDG) blocked Libby (an installed app) from attempting to do tracking? Wat. What does this mean?
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@theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social our corpo stuffed pronouns into /everyone's display name/ in ldap, so they show up in email & chat & calendar.
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@nedbat@hachyderm.io sounds like someone doesn't like treating other people with respect...
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@SarraceniaWilds@sunny.garden @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange ooh? These are refillable? I've only seen flimsy ones you kinda rip open with your teeth. How do the reusable ones differ?
o/' The Polka Dot Door, the Polka Dot Door
See you soon at the Polka Dot Door
for songs and stories and so much more
Through the Polka Dot Door! o/'
Any indication there'll ever be a Metrolinx Go bus (or train) between Hamilton/Burlington and Kitchener/Waterloo?
This detour via Square One or Brampton first is ridiculously long and makes regional travel painful.
A better route keeps showing up in plans like https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1671552931/Images/Metrolinx/Metrolinx_-_2041_Regional_Transportation_Plan_Final_-_EDIT_kk1qax.pdf (page 70). But I'm not sure whether it makes more sense to wait/hope or just relocate to somewhere else that already has functional regional transportation.
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@burnitdown@beige.party @dadbod@pdx.social whaaa? Can you find out?
I have an old kobo glo that I've been looking to replace the software on.