John Olinda @jackivan88@mastodon.social
Christian. Husband. Father. Teacher.
Joined Feb 2017
John Olinda
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“Tor Publishing Issues a 4-Month E-Book Embargo on Libraries, Cites Retail Sale Concerns”
This doesn’t bode well. https://io9.gizmodo.com/tor-publishing-issues-a-4-month-e-book-embargo-on-libra-1828578445
I'm determined to get something a little more exotic than Ubuntu 18.04 running on my old MacBook Pro, but so far most distros are just refusing to work. Starting to wonder if the hardware is finally giving up the ghost 😕
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RT @andrewheiss@twitter.com
Excited to use this "Individual-1" business as an example of how to not anonymize qualitative data in a future methods class
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me taking all my electronic devices out of the airport security bin after being scanned
I'm setting up a Surface Go for our math department and so far I'm very impressed. I've never used a Surface of any kind before this, but this one seems particularly suited to handheld use with the excellent stylus and handwriting input.
Benjamin Sisko 2020
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@irl with the documentation the original IBM PC came with you could essentially build the computer from scratch, even had commented BIOS source code.
The ads on YouTube have increased dramatically in the last couple of weeks, at least on channels I frequent. I guess they're getting more popular?
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You: Why can't you do the SIMPLEST thing???
Me: Uh, because the simplest thing is recursively composed of even simpler things, and those are super complicated. You want me to do a quark? Or a gluon? Well... i cant. It's impossible. Because of quantum physics.
You: I was just ASKING if you'd taken out the TRASH
Me: But trash is made of LOTS OF GLUONS and they're really yucky ones.
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Generic Epipen finally approved by the FDA
https://gizmodo.com/fda-finally-approves-a-cheaper-generic-version-of-the-1828400920
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After sleeping on it, I think #Mastodon should rename ‘instances’ to ‘Communities.’
Instances feels too technical and I see even savvy people struggling to understand it.
I argue communities would make much more sense. It denotes much of the purpose behind _why_ this service has different instances, and many people will already be familiar with the concept from Reddit (the, what, sixth most popular site on the net?).
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A helpful guide for introductions in social situations:
I don't understand why places that have Google Suite still use Office. I have yet to meet someone who can show me something they need to do in Word that they can't do in Google Docs.
Now that I have kids, I'm learning to savor the 7.3 seconds that my house stays clean when I'm finished cleaning.
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@Tom It's that old parable: sell a man an iPad, you can support him for a day. Sell a man a WinCE thin client through three layers of RDP that run a CLI on AS/400, and you can support him for a lifetime.
@romanzolotarev Oh whoops, just realized the picture of the stickers is a link and read up on them.
@romanzolotarev Where can we buy the RunBSD stickers?
Wireless charging still feels like sci-fi every time I use it.
Well I made it through breakfast, so now a nap seems like a good idea.
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"Don't Feed the Trolls And Other Hideous Lies – The mantra about the best way to respond to online abuse has only made it worse" https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/17561768/dont-feed-the-trolls-online-harassment-abuse
Christian. Husband. Father. Teacher.
Joined Feb 2017
