Can’t wait to find out if NASA discovers intelligent life after this landing
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Tom Harrington
@atomicbird@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06iOS developer emeritus and cybernetic entomologist in Colorado. Welcome to the after party.
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Apple Maps ads seems to be a “feature” of iOS 26. As if Liquid Glass wasn’t enough.
A moment of silence-- no, of soul music-- for George E. Johnson, founder of Johnson Products, maker of Afro Sheen. Johnson was the main sponsor of Soul Train, and his sponsorship made this local Chicago-area show into a national event. Johnson passed away this week at age 99. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ7FjvXbzfo
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@jwz@mastodon.social wow, time flies. It feels like only yesterday that it was 1234567890.
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@swachter @KarenDorman if Soul Man is too obvious, maybe Kirsty MacColl - “There's a guy works down the chip shop, swears he's Elvis” https://youtu.be/QccPUSTMriM
Kirsty MacColl - There's a guy works down the chip shop, swears he's Elvis 1981
In case anyone thought I was being hyperbolic about Tim Cook kissing Trump’s ass, that’s how Trump saw it.
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@benaar@mastodon.social @tjw@social.lol wow, I remember when they had the same problem when it hit $1 for the first time.
"Scan this QR code with your mobile device to verify you are human."
That's a new one on me. Apparently you need to download a reCAPTCHA app to pass verification of this. I declined, so I guess I'm a robot now.
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@incanus@mastodon.social @steveriggins@mastodon.social @briankrebs@infosec.exchange oh nice I didn’t know about that
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@steveriggins@mastodon.social @briankrebs@infosec.exchange if you go to Terminal, you can often get the answer with “lsof [path to SD card]’
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@alienghic @FeloniousPunk Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s video for “Two Tribes” was a masterpiece of explaining the Cold War
Anyone else here know who Claus von Stauffenberg was? I don't know why he comes to mind today.
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@pgor@mastodon.social @octothorpe@mastodon.online @chartier@toot.cafe @drahardja@sfba.social $25 a ride, same as in town. Kayaks aren’t free.
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@Remittancegirl @cstross I’ve long thought that the idea of kompromat gives Trump credit, in a way, because it assumes he wouldn’t act as he does unless he was being blackmailed.
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@NanoRaptor this would be like Dr. Who meets South Park, with the Doctor as Kenny. “Oh my god, they killed the Doctor! You bastards!” [cue regeneration]
I guess blockading the strait of Hormuz is our job now? I’m so old I remember when having it closed was bad, and the USA wanted it open. That must have been, what, two or three days ago?
For folks who remember my bird house cam of recent years— it’s up and running. But we seem to have fewer birds this year, especially the chickadees who usually nest in this house. It’s been completely dead so far.
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@SecureOwl@infosec.exchange having the shotgun so close to the server room was good planning.
A president who would post a rant like this is a president who would use nuclear weapons to carry out his war crime threats.
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@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org for those not in San Francisco, watch it here: https://archive.org/details/morocco-30-1538596735589
Surprised that @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org didn’t include a link to their own web site.
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@heathborders@hachyderm.io I had never heard of any of them. I don’t know what if anything they were doing back in the late 80s when I was considering the question.
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@Dhmspector it’s extremely plausible but I can’t figure out why this guy would know about it.
More insanity from the guy the USA put in charge of a nuclear arsenal and who is surrounded by ass kissers.
I found some inexplicable things I can only describe as Russian nesting Easter eggs in my house and I have no idea where they came from. Has anyone seen something like this?
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@weirdestate Is there a side view that would show that -- pillar? -- from a different angle?
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On the bottom, from one of the visits where I tried to get Core Data for iCloud working.
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online how long until you’re old enough that you’re required to switch to pickleball?
"A whole civilization will die tonight". Place your bets.
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@_elena@mastodon.social @inthehands@hachyderm.io “We didn’t donate to DHH, we donated to the foundation DHH controls. It’s completely different!”
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@mergesort@macaw.social there’s more than one Obsidian app for Macs? I see a bunch of add ons and plugins but no full replacement apps.
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@indivisibleteam@mastodon.social It would be a lot more useful to post links instead of pictures of URLs.
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@tewha@appdot.net how about Apple’s iTunes remote app? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/itunes-remote/id284417350
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@ii_infinitum@mastodon.social @benaar@mastodon.social @tjw@social.lol I remember them setting the pumps to half of the price per gallon and then doubling that when people paid. (There were of course no automated payment systems then, always had to pay a person)
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@stux@mstdn.social there’s an old song that’s newly relevant here— “When That Man is Dead and Gone” https://youtu.be/UM1Rn3PD3Z0