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  I’m sorry but everytime I read of a solution for all the plastic and microplastic in our environment being eaten by a microbe, I can’t help but think of Crichton’s Andromeda strain, where most of the plastic being eaten was vitally useful. A story that should be in the back of anyone’s mind of anyone expecting a biological solution. The world is rife with examples of invasive species that were initially brought in to solve a problem, or simply looked attractive.

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  RE: https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/116999756208606118 Maybe ‘stack’em high!’ warehousing isn’t the best idea in areas prone to earthquakes.

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  @tvaziri@mastodon.social @joesteel@duck.haus Camera rigging.

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  @marcoarment@mastodon.social Those bemoaning the ‘lack of whimsy’ in Apple Operating systems— be careful what you ask for.

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  @marcoarment@mastodon.social ‘Hey what if we made it like a hula hoop?’ ‘Done’

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  @macsparky@mastodon.social experience tells me my ‘stretch’ tends in the opposite direction. I haven’t reset any baselines, or made my to do tasks shorter because frequently I will need to switch to an alternate because of circumstances outside of my control.

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  Man, that’s something!

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  @Ashedryden@xoxo.zone @wellingtonrock@mastodon.social @verge@mastodon.social My initial feeling that someone simply wants to kill such platforms entirely.

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  @gedeonm@mastodon.social Just for Quebec? Or? That is, I suppose he only had to dub for French speaking markets?

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  @krishnadraws I used to think Landau replaced Nimoy, but apparently I got it backwards?

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  @flargh We were out of high school and into college by the Reagan/Thatcher years, and tended to voluntarily segregate, because we could. And shows like The Young Ones, Eagles ‘new wave’ songs like Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks, played into that tension. But K-12 was possibly a different place

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  @scalzi I’d probably read the most gloomy paranoid dystopian one. But that is not ANYTHING I want to carry into the new year, fiction or IRL nonfiction.

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  Where’s James Bond now that there are so many Bond Villians running around unchecked?

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  Anyone with any insight able to answer this question? Why is Netflix going into streaming games? Whose milkshake are they drinking exactly? Are they feeding ads into the games? I get that if they actually do get someone to play a game, that is customer engagement they are capturing that competitors are not. Especially depending on the stickiness of the game. The right game will engage for hours longer than a film or series episode Is it a good play for Netflix? A new lock in? Who wants this?

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  I say yee-roh. But when the Mediterranean guy handing me a pita and shaving the shawarma kebab or whatever says Hard G Gee-roh, I wonder if there is some regional variation. By the way, I have never calmed it J sound soft G Jee-roh, although I hear that back too. And I have never calked it Jy-ro, as in Gyroscope or gyrocopter.

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  On dead bird site, I followed a comic artist I stumbled upon. Eisner award winner. He posted videos of his drawing work in progress. I thought he was great I went to a comic store to buy some of his books.. Not only were none of his books in stock (major publisher) the proprietor couldn’t even find him in his online database, even if I mentioned the titles. The owner running the store is a fool who refers to books as ‘keys’. Haven’t been back.

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  @flargh@mastodon.social I’d eat it. But I think trail mixes sometimes try to avoid meltables like the exteriors of goobers or raisinets. Or go whole hog naturalist Euell Gibbons on the mix. But an overheated hiker may not want to reach into a bag of goo. Trail mix should survive the interior of a parked car in the summer sun. Planters nuts has tried to market some trail mixes lately, and I can say- not impressed. Buy the mixed nuts, use your own add-ins. Get dangerous depending on weather.

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  @mattsheffield@mastodon.social @Barbramon1@mas.to I suppose this means the only trustable bylines in newspapers will come from Reuters. The rest is low quality propaganda the owners farm out to their papers.

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  There may be no atheists in foxholes, but there are a shit ton of them in the military, and they don’t appreciate being told they are fighting a religious crusade.

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  New Moon Crater story quote: “That could be bad news for future moon bases. Bits of rock ejected from impacts could hit lunar habitats at high speeds from very far away.” I’ve got worse news for you. If you expect to build a base that might have anything beyond occasional AirBnB short term visits, you’d best be building it underground, if you expect human beings to survive in them. New Moon crater is Over 200 meters wide and over forty meters deep. Godzilla size nap.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116325364614119223 Film makers tend to forget how much Mario was a solo adventure quest for almost everyone ever behind a game controller. They need to remember this, as it will connect deeper and more emotionally if and when they do. It doesn’t need to be crowded.

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  I ‘ve seen a handful of April Fool’s gags so far this morning. Bravo. Very Lame guys!

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  @gedeonm@mastodon.social I remember when the early neural network AI graphic engines pumped out nightmare fuel full of chihuahuas and other pareidolia knotholes. And I kinda miss it.

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  @gedeonm@mastodon.social There are warning signs further away, usually before a lane that would provide a turnaround I am of the mind many with commercial drivers licenses can’t read. Or are at least too preoccupied. Many have become dependent on audio turn by turn directions that do not account for any vehicle taller than a midsize sedan.

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  @gedeonm@mastodon.social they need to be at least two semi truck lengths away. With a turnaround. A common problem with can opener bridges.: The trucker knows the bridge is 13.5, and his trailer height is 13. But the bridge is actually over a dip. 30 feet back from the bridge, the rear of that trailer is relatively over 14 feet relative to the over pass. The trailer wedges as the cab reaches the other side because the rear of the truck is higher. Roof of trailer is peeled off

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  As I watch the AI bubble start to collapse it reminds me of past wars, where the victor did not win as much as the losers had to concede after going into debt.

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  Fricking 2 factor authorization sent a verification code to the wrong number because some frickin idiot typoed.

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  Whatever consumer belief or behavior it is that is tweaked by knowledge ‘secret menu’ items at fast food places, I don’t like it. Order from the damned menu.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116212810600061707 It me.

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  @flargh@mastodon.social @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social Those hot air hand dryers in public bathrooms want to have a word with you.