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Shawn Gettler @shawngettler@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

North America: You can't buy that part for your old bike since that tech is out of fashion. We'll give you something that won't quite work for $400.

Europe: Sure thing, €12.

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Shawn Gettler @shawngettler@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@Centretowner@urbanists.social Seriously. What are the numbers at the art gallery? Do people cut through the block for a bit of relief on cold/hot days? Is anyone stumbling across an interesting event at Jean Pigott Place?

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Shawn Gettler @shawngettler@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@intrepidhero @vampiress I was going to say the same thing. The cockpit HUD was information-dense without being cluttered and, despite there being like 47 keyboard shortcuts, the controls felt perfectly manageable.

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Shawn Gettler @shawngettler@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@mariellequinton@ottawa.place @ottaross@mastodon.social @tantramar@zeroes.ca I am reminded of French teachers making the je suis fini/j'ai fini distinction and wondering if it only comes up in places with this construction.

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Shawn Gettler @shawngettler@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Chromebook in extended support apparently means everything stops working. Android apps gone, now Chrome apps gone. Making do with Linux apps; might as well just install Linux.

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Shawn Gettler @shawngettler@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@david_megginson@mstdn.ca And I didn't even get around to writing to my councillor to complain about the city renaming a street in my neighbourhood to celebrate a private corporation which proudly employs an infamous homophobe.

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