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"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves."
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Hey, @frameworkcomputer -- since you like big tents, you should also welcome krita, even if the maintainer is a trans woman.
After all, you use Krita in your 12 laptop page...
So, how about you start sponsoring us, too? I think that becoming a corporate sponsor would be great?
Let's talk euros!
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Smashing idea.
How about donating to some more actual non-fascists, since you see to believe that "big tents" is the best way forward.
Not sure how many projects or groups would accept though 😔🤦♂️
Maybe a in house training course on ethics, diversity and philosophy (including some Karl Popper) would be a very good idea.
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@halla alternatively you could pursue legal action against @frameworkcomputer for having your brand associated with nazis
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@halla @frameworkcomputer thanks for reminding me about Krita. I’d been meaning to try it— since Affinity has hinted it might be going the enshittification route later this month.
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@halla God damnit. I just bought one of their laptops. Was super excited too. Why the fuck is it so hard for people to not be a giant piece of shit.
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@halla @frameworkcomputer give them a break, they have seek permission from their investors... Like Linus, no no not that real one, the wanna be tech bro whiney loud mouth one. He is also very apolitical just like Framework - guess that's were their shared values come from, only time he shows any interest in politics is like that time Canadian right wing truck convoy in during Covid, not at all a libertarian capitalist wanna be like the daddies he worship like NAZI fElon.
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@halla @frameworkcomputer They hired a human rights opposer and called it a big tent? Cringe. Unless I see an equitable effort to hire marginalized folks I'm probably not getting a framework for my next laptop. I read the job listings before hand and I got the feeling people like me didn't belong... Guess this comforms that...
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@halla @frameworkcomputer Yes please! I'd love for Krita to get more resources, I know professional artists that rave about it 😁
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@serebit @halla @frameworkcomputer With the current state of the framework stuff I would be ASHAMED if krita accepted money from them.
better stay poor than accepting sponsoring from fascists.
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@mayintoronto @f4grx @serebit Yeah, I doubt we'll be getting money from them. Pity, since #krita really needs some more money right now.
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@halla @mayintoronto @f4grx @serebit Good to hear that!
"Pecunia non olet" (money does not stink).
Also, thanks for Krita 
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@frameworkcomputer Anyway, with help of @irina , my 12 has been thoroughly exorcised.
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it still thinks that fedi servers should just allow inline css in posts and most html tags. fedi devs are just boring
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Honey, remember you are amazing. Even with so many scars, everyone thinks the moon is beautiful. And so are you.
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I bring you today some stuff of nightmares:
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@Illuminatus the nightmare is looking up the term "ring finger degloving", seeing the images and so learning never to wear a ring when rock climbing.
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@stevel @Illuminatus The only safe way to deal with this is a careful surgical amputation and re-attachment of the finger. (With the surgeon and nurses wearing asbestos aprons.)
And it's an IDIOTIC design flaw! All Samsung needed to do was mount the battery on the OUTSIDE of the ring. Or better still, use a non-lithium battery technology. They need to be sued into a smoking crater, then their entire (male) board of directors issued with and forced to wear "smart" cock rings.
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@Illuminatus @cstross Jesus Christ I had to google to discover that this is not in fact made up. Not only is it not made up, but it’s made of titanium (ask your friendly ER doctor why they would never wear a ring made of titanium). I would never put one of these things on any finger I wished to keep.
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@raaahbin @Illuminatus @cstross I mean, just yesterday these brightest of people, the STEMmers, posted a video in which they deepfaked Sam Altman shoplifting, done with their own tool. THEY DO NOT THINK AHEAD. THEY CANNOT. Thinking ahead about consequences is something that one apparently learns in the liberal arts courses.
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@adriano @raaahbin @Illuminatus Hey as someone with a STEM education I resent that remark, I do NOTHING but think about (and write about) consequences ...!
This is more about entitled techbros from a very specific culture who've never been whacked in the face with the handle of the rake they just stepped on because they live a life of unquestioned privilege.
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@cstross @raaahbin @Illuminatus You're a writer though, you must have gotten your critical thinking skills from the liberal arts side of your career.
(this is a joke, yes)
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I have a fitbit but the rings scare me. I can always loosen the band on the fitbit.
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@raaahbin @Illuminatus @cstross have been wearing a plain titanium wedding ring for 25 years, what's the issue? Hard to cut off in emergency?
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@glaringanomaly @Illuminatus @cstross that is the danger, yes - although ER doctors are probably more paranoid than most people need to be … but a titanium ring with a built-in explosive is a very different story.
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@raaahbin @glaringanomaly @Illuminatus The irony is, Samsung could have sold it for more if it was made of silver without driving up the cost of goods much—with a dotted line labelled CUT HERE IN EMERGENCY. So, much less unsafe. And profitable! Who hates safety AND profits? Why, Samsung of course!
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@cstross @raaahbin @glaringanomaly @Illuminatus
Choice of metal might also have been motivated by mechanical properties - if you wanna keep a reasonable overall thickness then silver or gold could be a bit too soft.
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@cstross @raaahbin @glaringanomaly @Illuminatus Samsung would of course complain that this would make the product appear unsafe (which this case would evidence…), so, would make it appear more unsafe than it is, and so they'd sell fewer, and with the US currently in full "contingency planning is fear-mongering" mode, I suspect many, including the law, would take their side.
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@cstross
my engineering opinion is that it's almost certainly possible to design it such that should the battery swell, it would swell towards the outside.
This, I think, is a lawsuit in the making.
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@raaahbin
Rings in general are pretty risky: I remember an accident at a concert venue where I used to work. Someone tried to sneak in by climbing a fence, fell, and caught their ring on the top of the fence. That turned most of their finger inside-out. I don't know what material that ring was made of, but I doubt it would have mattered much.
Titanium can be cut, but any given ER might not have the tools to do it.
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@jozeldenrust @raaahbin @Illuminatus @cstross
I'm an electrical engineer, and (like machinists) never, ever wear a ring. Bad Things can happen when metallic objects get in the way of electrical circuits.
And that's even without considering the built-in incendiary in that ring. Try to cut it off, and once you eventually get through the titanium, you internally short the lithium battery and set it afire. Brilliant design!
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The SAFEST way out of a Samsung Ring that goes bad is a planned amputation and re-attachment surgery for that finger.
I doubt the owner will be a repeat customer ...
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@cstross @n1xnx @jozeldenrust @raaahbin @Illuminatus
Reportedly hospital got it off with ice and lube.
He did say he won't be wearing one again.
https://www.tomsguide.com/wellness/smart-rings/samsung-galaxy-ring-owner-reportedly-hospitalized-after-it-swells-wont-be-wearing-a-smart-ring-ever-again
Samsung do provide instructions on cutting the ring without cutting into battery.
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshoot/TSG10003554/
(If the battery has already caught fire, amputation might be the least bad option.)
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@raaahbin @Illuminatus @cstross Had a friend whose work involved handling medical images from research papers. Asked her what the goriest thing she's been forced to look at was. Do not look up "degloving injury"
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@technicaladept @raaahbin @Illuminatus ESPECIALLY do not EVER look up "penile degloving injury". It's a close second to "Fournier's Gangrene".
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@cstross "Penile degloving injury" is to circumcision what a "Rapid unscheduled disassembly" is to a rocket launch. @technicaladept @raaahbin
@cstross @raaahbin @Illuminatus I'm not sure Samsung make that sort of ring, though I'm aware there are other battery operated smart devices operating in that area. Usually however when the hydraulic bolt cutters come out, the swelling subsides all on its own.
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Have you ever seen a website that is not under construction?
WOW it's so delightful and worrying that makes me wanna cry.
hunting around here is so uncontrolled that makes me anxious about him/her.
I don't think I can sleep tonight.
wish I could do something about it 😭😭
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Can anyone recommend any Black Death dramas? I'm kind of fascinated by the enormity of it.
I have seen and love The Decamaron. Would prefer less of a comedy, though. Book recs also good.
Specifically looking for fiction here. I have consumed a lot of up-to-the-minute research on this, I want to explore it imaginatively now.
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black and white photo of two kids and 5 ducks. They are standing on the sidewalk of a city, ducks are very close to each other and each of the boys is standing on one side of the sidewalk looking at ducks with confusion.
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You see, Watson, the door was locked from the inside. The murderer wouldn't have been able to leave the room.
So what killed the Duke? If there was ...
Boredom, Holmes interrupted me impatiently. The Duke was bored. And so am I. Frankly, I can't be bothered to find out what happened to the knife. Lestrade will come up with something to put into his report. The Duke is dead, one way or the other.
Holmes hurriedly gathered his instruments. If we leave now, we can still get onto the 11.32 to Victoria. I have a three o'clock appointment with Lord Holleyhall, in his Mayfair offices. He wants me to become a partner in his hedge fund. They have their own cook on the premises, did you know that, Watson? Holleyhall snatched him from the Deux Chevaux in Paris, he doubled his pay. The good life, Watson, the good life.
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@the_roamer
I'm reminded, too strongly, of the rush to certainty, at the end of The Hound of the Baskervilles, that the evil genius had died in the mire. The boot was a plant.
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@nadiyar
I loved the title they chose for their paper: "We Politely Insist: Your LLM Must Learn the Persian Art of Taarof". As if AI companies are constantly refusing the offer, and these are insisting 😂 well in-line with the taarof.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 18: Have you written something blasphemous? Tell us about it.
I'm an atheist who had a non-mainstream religious upbringing and I blaspheme gleefully and at length at every opportunity against any religion that privileges dogma over humanity.
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@cstross This reminds me when I was looking for the reading order of the Laundry Files, and stumbled upon some disgruntled Christian's review where he warns others that 'The Fuller Memorandum' contains stuff that he considers very offensive to his beliefs. And then I started listening to 'The Apocalypse Codex' and kept giggling whenever I imagined the poor sod's face when he started this one...
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@cstross Years ago (while still considering myself christian) I wrote a song called "The Saviour had an Accident" that was deemed very blasphemous by some (the last line of the refrain being "we only recognise him when he's carved in stone")
Even now I'm very much - if not atheist, then athier than most - I stand by it
IDK but it seems like bad practice to me.
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@nadiyar Entirely possible that this is just a project with something like 80% code coverage.
Programmers often don't understand how complex the code they are creating really is, until they start creating tests with reasonable code coverage. Cyclomatic complexity is a beast.
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I meant spending more time on writing test code than developing main logic
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@nadiyar @ghost_letters But how do you know if the main logic is correct? This is why we have tests. With tests, we can be sure that our code works. The tests also allow us to refactor our code, to tidy it up, without fear of breaking it.
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But this approach is really in need of improvements.
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@nadiyar @ghost_letters Why, what’s wrong with it?
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@nadiyar @ghost_letters What’s wrong with that?
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@nadiyar @ghost_letters Ah, I see. I disagree. Our job is mostly to change code. And it’s easy and quick to change code that has fast automated tests.
If you don’t have those tests, it might be fast to change the code, but it’s slow to find out if your change is good. And bugs will be reported later, and be hard to fix.
Investing in good tests (especially through TDD) helps you to go faster.
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@nadiyar It is. Why people write tests? To make sure that their code work as expected, free from bugs, maybe corner cases and so on.
But depending on the language, you may want to write more tests. For example, langs like Java, javascript, c/c++ and such, don't protect the user from writing poor quality code, so you have to cover that by writing tests. But if users use a better language, then you can just verify your code. Langs like #agda #idris #lean and so on.
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im a hopeless lesbian romantic except i'm not lesbian i'm bi but same thing. i feel like my gender tends to adapt to the people around me, that kind of thing, because i don't really feel myself as a specific gender.
تازه رسیدم خونه و خیلی خستهم
ولی درونم بدجور طوفانیه
امیدوارم امشب زیاد سمت گوشی نیام
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Java 25 has been released, congrats for this milestone!
Of course, API documentation is readily available on APIdia:
https://apidia.net/java/OpenJDK 😎
https://mastodon.social/@openjdk/115215881287270436
#java #java25 #jdk25 #openjdk #javadoc #apidia
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Alonso is helping me bisect kernels again. We're on the trail of another network bug...
🐞 🐕
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Found it, just as his owner arrived to collect him.
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Alonso didn't come today to review my kernel patch. I've submitted it anyway, but if it's wrong I blame Alonso.
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Alonso has now arrived, far too late to add his sign-off tag, but in plenty of time for dinner.
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For new Alonso readers, the previous threads are here:
https://chaos.social/@dentangle/113561039557941252
https://chaos.social/@dentangle/113828638454122506
https://chaos.social/@dentangle/113963664683369533
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To the most International of Dogs, Alonso, on #InternationalDogDay
He's not here (yet), but give him time...
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A small white terrier, standing on an office chair with his paws up on a desk, looking out a window. There is a shelf of language books in the background.
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non-vegan food mention [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Alonso arrived just in time for lunch.
We had a leftover lamb chop (I know, how is that even possible?!) and used it to make lamb nachos, which Alonso was very excited to share a bit of.
He is now very contentedly curled up under my desk.
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Big day for Alonso! He made two new friends!
We started taking him for a walk to the lac, which he was very excited about. I even took the camera to get some photos of him for his International fans.
Before we got there, however, the two longdogs that appeared in our driveway a few weeks ago came running up to us to say hello. Seems they live at a house that's just being renovated.
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After a brief pat from us, the two dogs ran up to Alonso and surrounded him, towering over our little hero. Alonso stood his ground.
After a sniffographic key exchange and creating a shared secret, they started a private conversation that we weren't party to, although the exposed metadata suggests some sort of game was afoot.
Alonso and the other two dogs disappeared chasing each other and playing. We waited a moment before continuing to the lac without him.
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At the lac, we found a large retriever in the middle of the lac swimming.
We did a lap and returned homewards, picking Alonso up more or less where we left him - he came bounding up and led us home.
Our International Dog of Mystery will return in new episodes soon!
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Alonso topped off his International Dog Day with a sleepover, as his owners didn't come to collect him yesterday.
A storm 🌩️ rolled through early this morning, which was Alonso's cue to find a way to lie across both of us to make sure neither of us could escape.
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After an exciting walk to the lac followed by breakfast, Alonso's owner came to collect him. She warned us that he might be back later today. This warning is probably not required at this point in our relationship, but we appreciate the concern.
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A small white terrier trotting along a dirt path between a lake on the left, and a forest on the right. The day is overcast.
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Well, she wasn't wrong. Alonso is back.
We had another huge storm with strikes very close by and the power was knocked off again.
Poor Alonso was out in it and arrived absolutely *soaked* but was too worked up to let us towel him off properly.
Such a brave boy, who deserves some croquettes, non?
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We've told Alonso's owners it's ok for him to stay until tomorrow. I hope they leave him here. When he's run all that way because he's scared I'd rather he's not taken straight back.
There is still thunder rolling out there.
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Alonso was allowed to stay. His owner texted back to thank us for looking after him. She was still at work and likely to be working late.
We had instant noodles for dinner between power cuts and had an early night as all three of us were shattered. The power was knocked out a few times overnight with more electrical storms 🌩️
Nuclear power may well be wonderfully stable but, if combined with long runs of overhead power lines, we're often back to rubbing sticks together.
Time to look at solar.
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Alonso was collected last night after spending the previous two nights in a row here. It now feels strange when Alonso is *not* here.
No storms last night, so hopefully the poor boy got some rest. He was so sleepy yesterday.
Here he is on our way to the lac on International Dog Day.
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A Jack Russell terrier looking straight at the camera with his tongue hanging out like he's laughing. His fur is white, with a large black patch on his side. He is standing on a patch of grass next to a hedge.
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Any port in a storm? 🌩️
Not according to Alonso. He chooses this port specifically.
Another storm, and here he is. At least he managed to get here just before the worst of it hit. It's horrendous out there now.
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Alonso has been thrown out of the kitchen for bad behaviour.
He is now repeatedly searching every other room in the house for my other half, who he knows perfectly well is in the kitchen preparing dinner.
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Thunder, lightning, and... here is Alonso.
🌩️ 🐶
Absolutely soaked, of course.
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We have what must be a year's supply of dog food for Alonso. We ordered some, and then his owners gave us a big bag of his "senior" kibble and some chews.
We have been feeding Alonso regular adult dog food, which he evidently prefers.
When given a bit of each he will demolish the adult dog food and ignore the smaller "senior" kibble to first come see what we're eating.
Only when he's *sure* we're finished will he eat his old manny porridge, clearly thinking "I get this rubbish at home!"
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There is a small human that lives with Alonso and today was her first day of school. Aw. 😃
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"But what about second breakfast?" asks Alonso, who has just arrived.
🐶 ❔
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We let Alonso out to have a little poo 💩
He decided we were going to the lac and excitedly ran off in that direction.
Unfortunately not feeling up to that today, so we stood at the top of the rise and watched.
He ran down the hill, and stopped looking back at us, wondering why we weren't coming. 😔
At this point his owner drove up and greeted us. We pointed down the hill "[Alonso] est la". She peered down the hill, at the distant white object, thanked us, and drove down to pick him up 👋
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We were expecting storms and an Alonso this afternoon but so far neither have materialized.
We have some of his favorite sausage so I'm sure it won't be long now 😉
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Apparently he comes by post now ✉️
The postie arrived just now, and up the stairs past her trotted Alonso, who would like some breakfast. 🐶
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Took Alonso for his walk to the lac.
🧑🤝🧑🐕
On the way back Alonso stood under a tree to rest in the shade. As we were about to walk on he came running up in a big arc and... ran smack into my stationary leg. 💥 This was quite a surprise to both of us, but Alonso tried to style it out 🤣
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Alonso's coordination and balance aren't great it must be said. Whenever we see him standing on anything high (like the dam wall by the lac) we wonder if he should really be trusted with that much gravity...
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Alonso has been thrown out of the kitchen again, and has come upstairs to see if I might intercede on his behalf.
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Just returned home from a short walk to find Alonso waiting for us. 😃
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Phew. Alonso is here. My day just got a lot better.
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Alonso was delivered with this morning's post again ✉️ which also happened to be when we were having breakfast. 🥣
Now we can finish debugging this code together...
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Alonso has hiccups. He does not think it is as funny as we do. 😅
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food mention [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Alonso had another sleepover so he's still here. I think his owners have been very busy.
Last night I cooked egg-fried rice and sichuan pork and let Alonso try a little bit. He likes those very much. I think he would have wolfed down an entire bowl of both if we'd let him, but he'd already eaten. He probably shouldn't be eating spicy food, but he likes to try a little bit of whatever we eat. 🍚
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We bumped into Alonso's owner on the way on our walk yesterday. Alonso was NOT ready to go home yet and refused to get in the car. 😉
Alonso has his own opinions about how his time is scheduled.
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Alonso says it has been a long week. You deserve some rest.
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A small white terrier curled up nose to tail on a bed.
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Alonso has arrived for one of his rare Saturday visits. Today must be special.
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I just asked Alonso what he'd do if he saw a wolf and he licked my face.
🐺 🐶
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WUFF! 🐶
Alonso is very keen to get started work today.
He barked four times to be let in and then raced past me up the stairs to the office.
Such enthusiasm on a Wednesday.
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Alonso had many adventures today.
We walked him to the lac. There were some people resting with their ponies in the shade. Alonso isn't interested in horses, and stays away from cattle (having apparently been kicked by a cow once according to his owners). He ignored the ponies, sniffed the people and continued with us.
🐴 🐴 🧑🤝🧑 🧑🤝🧑 🐕
So far so good...
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There are a few houses we pass on the way back from the lac. Alonso goes through a little routine with each, and this is generally fine.
The first is a cabin set back from the road in some trees. This has no fence. Alonso sometimes rests in the shade here waiting for us to catch up, or goes for a sniff and then catches up with us.
So we continued on...
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The next house has a dog-proof fence around it, because the previous owners had some (lovely) dogs we used to talk to. It has an electric gate that is usually shut (thankfully), otherwise we have to persuade Alonso not to go inside. I had to chase him out of there a couple of weeks ago. He thought it a wonderful game.
Today, the gate was shut, so we continued on...
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We waited in the next patch of shade for Alonso, but he was taking a long time. Normally we'd just walk on and let him catch up, but I thought I heard a noise, and decided to go investigate.
Alonso was in the yard of the second house. The one with the "dog-proof" fence and electric gate.
He ran up to the gate and looked at me happily. 🐶
I tried in vain to suggest he go out the way he came in, but you'll be surprised to learn this didn't help...
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I went back to the first house. We don't know the owner, but, thanks to Alonso, I know she is the niece of the Dutch couple who own Muffy on the other side of the gated house.
I've been meaning to tell you the story of Muffy, but you'll have to wait. First, we need to rescue Alonso!
I inspected the yard and found a couple of places where an Alonso might have squeezed through. I call him over. He comes, but shows no interest in coming back through the fence.
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I'm trespassing in someone's private yard, and calling over the fence to Alonso who is trespassing in someone else's yard.
I give up, and walk back around to the metal gate. Alonso runs up excitedly waiting for me to open the gate.
The Dutch couple next door see me. We are discovered! They laugh out loud, obviously understanding our predicament. Muffy barks. Alonso looks at me.
I push the buzzer for the locked gate and wait.
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A woman appears, pushes a button somewhere that starts opening the gate, and laughs. Phew! She has a sense of humour. I explain that Alonso has found a hole in their fence and she nods.
We bid her a good day and leave quickly, waving to the Dutch couple and heading home. 👋
Thanks to Alonso we are gradually getting to know *everyone* in the area. 😉
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food mention [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Alonso popped by for a late afternoon/evening visit.
I'm making goat curry (karahi gosht). Alonso was very interested and wanted to help.
When his owner came to collect him she said she thinks he likes coming here a little too much... 😉
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Teaching Alonso how to use #jitsi
🐶 💻
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Photo of a laptop running jitsi. On the screen is a man with a long grey beard, looking at the camera he is taking this photo with; the head and shoulders of a small white terrier is in the middle of the screen as though the dog is the one using the laptop, and has turned his head to look at the man.
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Alonso came for a late visit this evening, no doubt hoping for another sleepover.
Unfortunately, his owner came to get him, thwarting his plans.
She said he'd had a fight with the cat this afternoon and ran off. We're not sure we're buying this story. We think this was just his cover and that he'd planned the whole thing. 🤔
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It pisses me off that some stupid Iranians are advocating for Charlie Kirk, just because they found some word of his aligned with their agenda. Without knowing the whole ideology of his. Obviously, I'm sad that he got killed, it's not ok to hurt anybody. But at the same time, it's a typical behaviour of Iranians that idolize and worship people after their death. Think for yourself idiots that why you're in this shit already. Think
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Specially when i read the comments of other people about these nonsense shit.(my translation):
"Ah Charlie, God's prince, the messenger of goodness and god's grace, your rest in peace in heaven. I wish I can see you there. May jesus save us all".
You fucking moron, you're a slave of Islamic regime and as resort your fall for another cult. Stupidity is getting bitten with the same shit twice. They just don't want to think, they want to be a follower. And it really doesn't matter who 🤦♂️
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I'm a black and white (mainly architecture) photographer based in Derby, UK.
Let's see how it goes...
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #architecture #architecturephotography
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A black and white photo looking up inside a modern architecture building.
Location: Birmingham
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Dear #Tusky beta testers, how is v31 going? Release for everyone, yay or nay?
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@nadiyar logically speaking, exiting from a place means entering another place, since our space is continuous and coherent.
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I don't know what the more usual collective noun is for sparrows, but I think a cacophony should be acceptable.
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Absolutely delighted to meet LaurieWired. They say you shouldn't meet your idols but Laurie was lovely and graciously let me get a selfie! If you don't follow her or subscribe to her YouTube channel; go to so now! https://youtube.com/@lauriewired
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Selfie of Matt and Laurie in a conference hallway. Matt is grinning like a Cheshire Cat
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Reading self-help books like:
Renaissance man reading a paper intensely.
"Surround yourself with people who-"
Renaissance man appears concerned.
“Surround myself with people??”
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keyspam [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
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keyspam [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
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@nadiyar@nadiyar.com sjjejejbebhrheieiehrbjruebrjrijenejeienjrienejei3jnejejeijenejejejurydbbryrytegyeurhrbgry3ueuuwoqoqphndjwiwnvdgstywiwjs
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Social media post by EricTastic: He was killed on camera. No one's family deserves to have to witness that. It's unthinkably cruel that people would then go on the internet and use their platform to say about an innocent man that "I don't care that he's dead." "He's not a hero." "He's a scumbag." "He
shouldn't be celebrated." I'm talking about George Floyd. You thought I was talking about Charlie Kirk? No, those are actual quotes BY Charlie Kirk about George Floyd. Outrageous that anyone would say that
of the dead, right?