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Jim Spath

@jspath55@chaos.social

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Workforce exile.
Ugly American.

#Environment #NetBSD #Baltimore #Trails #Perl #Bengies #RaspberryPi #Fail #Panoramio #QGis
#DinoJuice

Once upon a time in the city: https://jspath55.blogspot.com/2015/04/death-in-custody-1992.html
'Death in custody 1992'

423 Followers

769 Following

50 Posts

Joined April 26, 2022

SAP Community:

https://people.sap.com/jspath10

Blog:

https://jspath55.blogspot.com/ https://jspath55.blogspot.de

Bengies:

Row 5, Left of center aisle

Panoramio (defunct):

https://web.archive.org/web/20160930004036/http://www.panoramio.com/user/1197306

Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2w ago

Replying to

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Baltimore's alternative gender-free version is "hon." As in, "how do you like your eggs, hon?" Someone repeatedly stapled an 8 1/2 x 11 paper under the BW Parkway sign that read "Welcome to Baltimore" to add ", Hon" so many times I think DOT made a permanent version. (Edit: checked my recollection on street view--yes).

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2w ago

RE: @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org

https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/images/10.2/

mastodon.sdf.org

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Boosted by @fedicat@pc.cafe

On a Raspberry Pi 0W. Not even the 02W. 1 core. 512 MB. Outstanding work, can't wait to check it out and maybe run my own. #NetBSD @stefano@rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@LabSpokane@mas.to @cvvhrn@sfba.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Second place might be Green Bank WV. https://greenbankobservatory.org/

Green Bank Observatory - Home of the GBT

Green Bank Observatory

Green Bank Observatory - Home of the GBT

The first national radio astronomy observatory, founded in 1957. Supported by the National Science Foundation and operated by Associated Universities,

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@LillyHerself@mastodon.social That reminds me of a similar line from The Conversation, ‘He’d kill us if he got the chance’. https://hollywoodauthentic.com/the-conversation/

Hollywood Authentic -

THE CONVERSATION - Hollywood Authentic

The Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of 1917, Last Night in Soho and The Good Nurse, Krysty Wilson-Cairns

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@pietervdvn@en.osm.town Good focus on license language.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Although delayed because of nontrivial steps, the last Pi in the house has #NetBSD11RC3

chaos.social

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@BruceMirken@mas.to @aram@aoir.social I am #antifascist I am #antifa So was my father, who also served in WWII.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@ramsey@phpc.social Spouse and I were both avid fans and know too many obscure jokes they told. This (mp3) list has dupes because some tracks are only samples. The pre-1970 albums are, well, peak hippie humor.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

The Pi rig, with an extra wifi dongle, for reasons. No fan, honking heat sink instead.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@zwol@masto.hackers.town if I know about anyone who would know, it is @jwz@mastodon.social "Your post advocates a ( ) technical ( ) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante approach to fighting spam. Your idea will not work. Here is why it won't..."

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@ginaintheburg@mastodon.world We have a female youth Lodge leader in Scouting here. We are not going back to the 1950s, or 1850s for that matter.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@saraislet@infosec.exchange groan on me too.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@jalefkowit Reminds me of 1980s era video arcade machines (I once met a guy who repaired them), where there was a looping display of game action, that was called "attract mode." Sound, colored lights, high score displays. Pseudo use. Put money in to play, or just earworm it.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org The Dead. https://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-bertha

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@MarkHoltom I remember Jack Kennedy (etc.). Well done.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@mttaggart@infosec.exchange There goes the weekend.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@dramypsyd@ohai.social Let's see... 40 some years since Compuserve, yeah. I have learned the concept of waiting for the reactive feelings to subside before replying or biting the figurative tongue and *not* answering. Always applied? Er, no.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@tayfonay Saw this a few years back at an #SAP event. Even without a spill-the-beans badge, the sensor bricks could pick up your phones Bluetooth waves and ID you. Or so I was informed when I asked.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@chessert I clipped the Baltimore Sun article when that image was published and still have the yellowing fragment. Unforgettable.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt At least they aren't buttonholed.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @AkaSci@fosstodon.org Algae growth, promoted by, um, a change in the pool ecosystem? #Fail

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@PaulaToThePeople@climatejustice.social Props to @ordnung@chaos.social !

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp And here I thought Toms of Maine was hard-core. https://www.tomsofmaine.com/pages/our-mission

tomsofmaine.com

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@mwl@io.mwl.io I was going to joke about Cologne only coming from Germany, but I held back. Fabuloso is odorous, by my measure.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Plot to The Usual Suspects.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@CIMB4@norden.social "growing" -> "grow'in" -> "groan" word play. Plus "groan" for the humor.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@amapanda Beyond me. But I recently saw the clever Māori theme variation posted on Mastodon. (edit - https://aus.social/@timrichards/116359820009972582 ) Ref: https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=116392

Tim Richards: "Fun pedestrian lights with Māori designs here in …" - Aus.Social

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@kentpitman@climatejustice.social Very cool. I remember being an undergrad doing term papers on my manual Olivetti portable typewriter (mid 1970s) while EE majors were using TECO on keypunch machines for their work. It was revolutionary.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@se38@nrw.social Naturally. Untouchable.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@samlitzinger "In this town, the tornadoes don't wreck nothing at all. They just stand back and let it all be."

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@wendynather@infosec.exchange And all of the Pope's divisions! https://icds.ee/en/the-popes-divisions/ :)

The Pope’s Divisions - International Centre for Defence and Security

International Centre for Defence and Security

The Pope’s Divisions - International Centre for Defence and Security

The influence and actions of the Pope are global

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt I can *hear* these panels. 😃

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@ramsey@phpc.social Yeah, except for the difference in spelling theatre. https://firesigntheatre.com/ I've got a license plate frame from "Ralph's Spoilsport Motors" which is so obscure no one has commented yet.

firesigntheatre.com

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@se38@nrw.social Who controls the blacklist? Is it like rogue email senders?

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Has anyone seen a 3GB Raspberry Pi 5 in the wild? Announced on 01-April-2026 but still unlisted on the main site or any sellers I've seen.
#RaspberryPi

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@hannah Time to beat a hasty retreat.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2w ago

So we're going to play whack-a-doodle now?

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/gibberish
#Fail

calendar.google.com

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@noplasticshower@infosec.exchange Great book! Clavell was great, starting with King Rat, up through Whirlwind, which was awful. Both Tai-Pan and Shogun are epic tomes.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@EvenRouault@mastodon.social Feeling the "go to the school principal's office" vibe. Been there, done that. :)

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@mycotropic @MarkHoltom Bentsen's or Kennedy's?

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2w ago

#HandsOffTheArts
Send.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Got an email announcing #FOSS4GNA for 2025, or maybe 2026? Did not see the location in the *text* and clicked on the link to find it's on the left coast.
#Sacramento
Then I noticed the city and state in the *image*, all curled up and hiding at the bottom of the circle.
#Sigh

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@LillyHerself@mastodon.social Glad my brain is still functioning to jump from the quote you posted to the one from The Conversation. Time for a re-watch.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@ramsey@phpc.social No, comedy troupe from the 1960s/1970s. The Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@ramsey@phpc.social Good thing you didn't walk into a (sandstone) building! #FiresignTheatre

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@simon@mastodon.simonhardwick.com I tried my best to define "cache coherency" to partner recently after a similar spate of non sequitur process steps. Didn't bother to mention cookies.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 5mo ago

Listening to loud diner patrons orate about internal combustion engines and thinking they're killing the planet and I've got nothing but hope they go away quickly and permanently.

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Jim Spath @jspath55@chaos.social

· 2mo ago

Replying to

Sigh. Updated 14 years ago: https://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/cpu_frequency_scaling/

wiki.netbsd.org

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