randulo (Randy)

If you know an Irishman who visited France for two weeks in July and who saved my life at the Piscine du Grand Parc, get us in touch. He'll remember as much as I do. They visited all the swimming pools in Bordeaux. Please boost and see if anyone is on Mastodon who can help. #Irish #Ireland

RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/116967906745828691 I'm reading this right now and I believe it to be the most important book on this topic ever published. I'm reading it thanks to Libby and my library. I think you should try to gift to anyone who is worried about robots making us extinct. Anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of Magic (my personal substitute for AI) should read this. The authors have done a great service to us all by writing this thoughtful analysis. #AI #books

@futurebird@sauropods.win It would already be good if anyone trying to reach an audience created a presence on the Fediverse AND of course, told people about it repeatedly, flaunting the advantages of independent distributed networks. I still have a Twitter account with my Mastodon address visible in my handle. I don't post there, though because it's trash as is Instagram.

@futurebird@sauropods.win Yes, it's happening, not just social but all media is being bought and run by people who want to be in charge. Their agenda is to transform society via their control and it's frightening AF.

Glad we straightened that out!

Over thirty years of original music compositions are available at https://randulo.com for free listening or download. If you want to donate, do so for the Internet Archive. I did, and will again. It's an impostant record as history is being erased and rewritten. #Music #History #Internet

@andycarolan@social.lol In all fairness, some people just want to read "news & views". Not everyone has something to say (yes, I swear) and in that case I'm glad they just read. But of course this is a social network and being social is definitely a part of it.

@alicetragedy@mastodon.social The Decree was published on 27 May 2025 and reflects the intentions of the French government for increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves to form an integral part of the risk assessment and prevention measures that must be taken by employers. https://iuslaboris.com/insights/too-hot-to-work-france-introduces-new-heatwave-law/

@marcelcosta@social.anartist.org @fairplayer@social.anartist.org @sknob@mamot.fr @conniptions@mastodon.social @mirlo@musician.social You make an interesting point. We have the technology to stream live video (with audio for those who just listen) performances, many are already doing it. Federating those events might bring a radical change to things.

@kevinrns@mstdn.social @pascaline@mastodon.nl Went out for a walk this evening and had to turn back because of the smoke in the air! Hoping for (predicted) rain tonight. We haven't owned a motor vehicule in decades and do not do intercontinental flights (due to other reasons). This shit is getting personal, and we do our part.

@sknob@mamot.fr @conniptions@mastodon.social @fairplayer@social.anartist.org Red flag for me, but I dunno, some may be good with it. I don't quite get the model, but the real problem, as you probably know, is that there's no Bandcamp competitor with the larger audience. As each new site comes online, the audience is fragmented more. In the case of Ampwall, they are (or were) big on metal, so maybe a focus on genre could help.

@idoubtit@mstdn.social you would have to be raised to know the difference

@fairplayer@social.anartist.org @sknob@mamot.fr @conniptions@mastodon.social @mirlo@musician.social

3/ I have to stop this, I've written extensively about my views on the current situation, AI, streaming, etc. Most of what I say revolves around the following.

1. The world is flooded with music and all art, thanks to the ease with which it can be "produced" (as opposed to "created"!).
2. In the first half of my career, people bought albums, put on headphones or quality audio systems, smoked a J and listened.

@sknob@mamot.fr @conniptions@mastodon.social @fairplayer@social.anartist.org Had not heard of wavlake. Not sure I get what they do but then bitcoin, yeah, no.

Reminder: the words are banned for use on US Gov sites. Government employees can't use them on sites or on reports.

@paul@oldfriends.live Ah, ok, that makes sense (the outrage) although they often do this in movies... in other countries. EDIT: Plus I didn't register the title's important word: Passengers!

@drewph@ieji.de @dfx4509b @lydiaschoch@mastodon.social Yes, in many countries, the Meta properties are the Internet via their apps. It's unfortunate, but there's no solution at this time. I also detest cities and consulates using those properties, and they COULD afford a site.

@dgar@aus.social "Other"

@MLE_online There are many examples of this. Useability isn't tested, some dev just does what they think it should be (their preference).

@MLE_online I agree the default should be no format, option with format

RE: https://mastodon.social/@randulo/117038131120101532 I'd have liked to have seen more than 9 replies...

@noplasticshower@infosec.exchange Oh, I have several suspended disbelief moments that don't work, but at least the story was different. The sensitive ear as a tool was good. Jean Reno is a fine actor, but what he did (no spoilers) was pretty hard to imagine.

@kingconsult@berlin.social @_elena@mastodon.social I am constantly disgusted with cities who do their things on FB. This includes US Consulates, too.

@drewph@ieji.de Agreed, you have to live in the world with things you can't personally change.

@grassrootsforeurope@mas.to How many dead leave vs dead stay? The graphic suggests more leave have died.

@grassrootsforeurope@mas.to And another question, who voted? Did young people vote on Brexit? Is there a breakdown somewhere?

What do we want? Universal health insurance that covers life-threatening diseases (cardio, cancer...) 100% and mostly all medical expenses for the rest. Basic income that would reduce crime committed, not for fun, but to feed a family Safe shelter for all. When do we want it? It's complicated.

@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange You are correct, usability studies have shown that it's common to scan, not read, text on web sites and apps. As for a post that annoys, I would generally move on, unless there's something pertinent that I'm in a strong position to bring to the table.

This morning the sky is the color of Armageddon.

"Tuner" turned out to be better than I expected! https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1340206-tuner

What would this part, jutting out of the exterior wall of a building be called?

@ilumium@eupolicy.social So, they got an AIdience?

@sknob@mamot.fr @conniptions@mastodon.social @fairplayer@social.anartist.org Ampwall.com ?

@paul@oldfriends.live No, the article title in the card is explicit. BUt drivers always have to ID during a stop. Even if the stop is because the cop sees a pretty female he wants to chat up. (Sorry, it happens.)

@marjolica@social.linux.pizza "only read more closely if the text is actually interesting and insightful." Read closely to see what the statement you are responding to was. We do scan ^H^H^H skim, and if I can't find what I'm looking foir quickly, I leave. But the OP is talking about replying to a post. Many people are not used to reading carefully. Another example that has ruined us is ToS. Who reads those whole things?

HOWEVER, I see there's a strike at a factory and what I read about the actual law has no details about temperature, hours, etc.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Teri_Kanefield/116824691884849251 A valuable read, this. "Having different brands of the news should be an inherent contradiction."

I say this as someone who had to write error messages in French in 32 character strings in industrial device programming. We used to joke about "Pompe 3 foutue" (pump 3 is fucked)

More on "everything is evil"; a positive thought. Yes, not only is the Internet enshitified, but businesses and most of the world needs a reset. What has not changed in my observation, is people. That is face to face interaction. I walk everywhere, we have no car, or, I take public transportation. I meet with friends as often as possible. We are subjected 24/7 to malaise on the Internet. Understandable, but not healthy. People are a remedy, even a smile exchanged on the street is golden.

@nixCraft@mastodon.social I'd love to find a way to know the air quality PM2.5 and PM10 in my city.

@noybeu@mastodon.social in the ALT are the emails all formatted to just paste into your email client (i'd use BCC)

Thank you for calling 9.1.1 Your call is important to us. If your call is about a fire, press 1 for electrical 2 for gas stove 3 for wood 4 grease or * for other #1 Electrical: press 1 for outlet 2 for light bulb 3 for appliance 4 for wires to the home #2 Gas stove: press 1 for stove made before 1998 2 for stove with wifi If your call is about a robbery, press 1 if you are extremely rich 2 if you are comfortable 3 to hang up

@zeborah@mastodon.nz I skimmed through your comment. @marjolica@social.linux.pizza @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

@paul@oldfriends.live I don't understand? Every traffic stop begins with "License and registration" or was that just Ohio not doing it?