Jim Smyth

@techconnectify.bsky.social watched your renewable energy self-therapy session on connextras. Enjoyed it. The camera being closer makes for a more personal video. The slightly downward angle I think might be somewhat belittling to yourself. Probably splitting hairs. It's subtle. But it's there.

Hell, where are the actual investigations? So far we've only seen screenshots. Where are the reports by forensic accountants? Where is any transparency into this process at all? - Of course, we know the answer to these questions. And it breaks my heart to have family who cheer for it.

The #Apple tax sucks, but it somewhat balances out. Just sold my 2021 MacBook Pro for 42% of the original purchase price. Certainly helps that the M1 Max is still a powerhouse.

Colony of Cobblestone The blue cobblestones of Old San Juan look nice on a postcard, but they also tell a long history of exploitation.

In #OldSanJuan, how old are those cobblestones? Tourist sites talk about rocks used as ballast on old ships and metal working slag, but it seems those bricks are long gone. This article suggests they were replaced in the early 20th century with artificially weathered bricks.

And this is why being a hacker and being a security engineer are two very different things.

Just landed back in Baltimore. Hey #PuertoRico did we miss anything here?

A beautiful time at #HaciendaMuñoz

Back in Old San Juan

What struck me about #DeepImpact was how when the mission was an apparent failure and the world was going to end in a day or two, people are still commuting to work. Like, how? I'm watching my country implode and it's hard enough to keep focus on much of anything.

Is that laid out in the EoB? Is the dentist going to try to adjudicate it? Really messed up.

Aldi quietly scrubbed its careers website of all DE&I initiatives According to one employee on Reddit, information on Aldi’s DE&I efforts is now only visible on the company’s internal employee website/portal.

Well, that sucks. Grateful a #Lidl is nearest. Sad to see all these companies drop diversity as a "core value" the moment they see shifting clouds. Goes to show that such things don't really exist.

The universe speaks in mysterious ways.

#Google #Gemini is a great and helpful LLM, but god I wish there was a variable "Patronization" level. Every question I ask has a response starting with "You're on the right track---", "You're right to consider---", "You're right to focus on---", "Good point!---". Take off the kid gloves, please.

Michigan priest defrocked by church after mimicking Musk's straight-arm gesture A priest in Grand Rapids, Michigan, had his license revoked by the Anglican Catholic Church after the priest mimicked a straight-arm gesture performed by Elon Musk earlier this month.

Well the #Anglicans aren't putting up with any #Nazi foolery.

Donald Trump blames Obama, Biden, DEI for DC Plane Crash It was Trump's first press conference after a plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter.

Whenever #Trump blames something on #DEI, I can only hear him saying "The problem was we hired women and colored people." I mean, really, what else could he be saying?

I am really confused. I keep reading the Ollama DeepSeek R1 models are just a Llama variant fine-tuned on DeepSeek output. Is the 671b version the actual released weights?

Reminds me of another use of the Rubicon. I feel like my MAGA aunt is so desperate to defend Trump because she's so far beyond the point of no return. If she was wrong, the emotional toll is too great to acknowledge. I think the right intentionally pushes people to that, so they can't turn back.

Some frozen goodness on the Patapsco.

I should have known better than to trust a freeport Fortizar in #EveOnline. Thankfully I was moving an empty Ark and can eat the loss without much fuss. Decided to just eject and let them have it rather than embarrass myself with the killmail.

For the life of me, I want a USB sound card that outputs 5.1 over optical. But it seems like it's a product that doesn't exist. Why is Dolby Digital Live only available in PCIe cards?

Finally, #Google #Gemini is letting me play the kind of open-world game I always wanted.

#EyesOnBreen

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Thanks #ASML for bringing #EUV to the #Lego world! Going by (very rough) scale, I suppose this would be 0.2nm resolution to power their tiny Lego phones.

@southwest-airlines.bsky.social What is this? I wanted me some salty cheesy mix. Last flight was delayed and we didn’t even get precious brownie brittle!

BWI be running #Ubuntu Jammy.

Dude, your topics of interest are "everything". The recruitment targeting algorithm doesn't know what to do with you.

It's narrow, and the counting took a long time, but now Harris has the popular vote. I'm angry at lot right now, but none more-so than the states dragging their feet on the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Trump hasn't been "chosen" by the American people once, but the electoral college did

I think we need to admit that Kramer's analysis of #Ukraine military capacity was greatly underestimated, and that fellow on the subway was right.

A cartoon image depicting a man in formal attire with a stern expression standing next to a restroom sign labeled "Women." He is speaking to a young woman wearing a skirt and a long-sleeved shirt, saying, "Let me see your genitals first!" The illustration appears to be a commentary on gender and access to gendered spaces.

How bathroom bans actually work.

Fox News host slammed over 'pathetically stupid' birthday claim for Biden's 82nd Fox News host Jesse Watters has been slammed by viewers after claiming on his show that men shouldn't wish each other a Happy Birthday, despite having done so in the past

Oh yeah? I'm going to wish other dudes even *happier* birthdays now. Like, I want them to go *hard* on happiness. In fact, I wish for joy every day and live with a smile!