Mark

Mark

@thethinkingsir.bsky.social

Senior IT Operations Engineer | Mac Admin | SaaS Whisperer | Geek, Nerd Gamer, Hiker, Maker, Hobbyist | My opinions are my own | Minneapolis | https://thethinkingsir.com

56 Followers 70 Following 496 Posts Joined Sep 2024
6 days ago

California’s march towards controlling 3D printing (like how New York wants to do it) is also why @governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is a fucking joke. Make no mistake, it’s a push towards a surveillance state by the slightly-left-of-the-right. Remember this in 2028.

The powerful want power.

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1 week ago

That's not including ANY peripherals, monitors, etc.

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1 week ago

With the price of computer hardware going up in general, it's probably not stupid to increase insurance for replacement value. If I had to build the exact same computer I built in 2023, it would cost $2,392.94 MORE today, for the exact same parts.

$4,229.24 spent in 2023
$6,622.18 today

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1 week ago

@bsky.app @support.bsky.team It's kinda fucking weird that it's even possible to block a core moderation service in the first place, especially if adding it to a blocklist can be used maliciously to get users banned.

This is a technical design problem and not one users should be responsible for.

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1 week ago

Same. My order of preference now for Culver's:
Pretzel Bites > Onion Rings > Cheese Curds
Fries are the norm otherwise.

Cheese curds are a pub or fair food. Like, Shamrocks has Honey Glazed Bacon Curds that are fantastic.

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1 week ago

To be clear, even less than great cheese curds are pretty good. But Culver's cheese curds are "fine".

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1 week ago

Hot take:

Culver's cheese curds are overrated.

Bonus hot take:

Culver's pretzel bites hit in ways their cheese curds wish they could.

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1 week ago

I'm still sore.

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1 week ago
Close-up cropped image of hit meme "Hide the pain Harold"

Flashback to last week when I spent 3 hours up and down a ladder troubleshooting why a new Meraki MX85 couldn't connect to the WAN gateway, eventually having to revert back to the original hardware. When asked about it, Lumen basically said "Call us next time dummy". I still don't know why.

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1 week ago

We all got pissed at Discord but the reality is the governing officials are to blame for the surveillance state.

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1 week ago

Things like signing AB 1043 into law, requiring OS level age verification, are why @governor.ca.gov is a fucking joke

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2 weeks ago

I'm in my 30's and I don't think I'll be able to sleep until I make some.

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2 weeks ago

You know you're on the right track when @fiscaldisobedience.com gets its first pro-ICE troll submission.

That'll just make me work harder.

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2 weeks ago
ICE OUT NOW - ABOLISH ICE — Fiscal Disobedience Join us in canceling subscriptions to pressure for change. Every canceled subscription sends a message that we demand accountability and justice.

Hey you know what? Fuck OpenAI. I cancelled my subscription and you can too.

fiscaldisobedience.com

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2 weeks ago

Alright now do something.

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2 weeks ago

Oh.

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2 weeks ago

ICE is still terrorizing Minnesota even if the mainstream news tells you they left.

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2 weeks ago
Related Projects | Fiscal Disobedience - Blog You might find these interesting

I'm working on a "Related Projects and Cool People" page. What are some of your favorite projects, sites, services, etc that you've seen related to getting ICE out of our cities (and abolished!)?

blog.fiscaldisobedience.com/pages/related/

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2 weeks ago
Pledge | ICEout.tech

If you work in tech and have been following various boycotts, actions, cancellations (like @fiscaldisobedience.com ), you might like @iceouttech.bsky.social - iceout.tech .

We must continue demanding action any way we can.

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3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago

Excellent. I would be down to put together like, a site that people can submit them and pin the location on a map (and maybe a way to submit miscellaneous arts - signs, posters, shirts, things that aren't mappable, etc).

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3 weeks ago

If nobody chimes up with one, I think I might put some brainpower into a crowdsource option.

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3 weeks ago

Real question, is there a project to document these any where? If not, that would be a really sick project to get going on right away.

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3 weeks ago

Loins: girded.
Whistles: ready.
ICE: get fucked

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3 weeks ago
Two cats, one mostly white calico and one black-and-white, sitting face-to-face on a windowsill, silhouetted against the bright light from outside.

When Minnesota is getting the annual teaser for spring, it’s windows open time and of course the cats love it.

These two get along but don’t always see eye to eye, but any problems go out the window the moment it’s open. Pun intended.

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1 month ago
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Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.

www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...

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1 month ago
ICE OUT NOW - ABOLISH ICE — Fiscal Disobedience Join us in canceling subscriptions to pressure for change. Every canceled subscription sends a message that we demand accountability and justice.

In case you missed the bonus Discord age verification issues, one of the methods they're testing has ties to Palantir's Peter Thiel (article in reply).

I cancelled my Discord Nitro after having it for 9 years.

Commit to canceling Discord Nitro and more:
fiscaldisobedience.com

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1 month ago
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Are you loony for the Winter Games? Download your favorite Minnesota Oloonpian and share these GIFs as the 2026 Olympics begin.

I found it, www.startribune.com/are-you-loon... ,"Illustrations by Jake Lovett"

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1 month ago

Congrats on figuring out time travel! I'll be sending you a list of "stuff that needs to be changed" for future, or past, reference.

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1 month ago
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a man wearing a purple jacket with a star on it ALT: a man wearing a purple jacket with a star on it

Still don't get the helicopters over here in Woodbury. Not sure if I should be glad or feel left out.

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