2026-07-11T20:48:09Z https://njump.me Tyler Smith 🫐🫒 https://njump.me/npub1s7hatddda3hjyvncecc0rh7ax3mr0tzfq38e373e39wmp8d7xcaqudfx8m https://assets.ottawa.place/accounts/avatars/109/451/639/061/564/239/original/7c824d9deb255c7f.png https://assets.ottawa.place/accounts/avatars/109/451/639/061/564/239/original/7c824d9deb255c7f.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfcxenf43d20zs25snc3s8egqsc34pmvw0f556j62rkxu8632qquczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr54mutyh Just upgraded the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rk6czmpvny876kqvc4aqseuku3zmnxlphyxs2940g6u59te5m2yq57hv4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nextcloud 📱☁️💻</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rk6…hv4q</span>)</a></span> client from version 4.0.8 to 33.0.0? Pretty sure 4.0.8 was only installed six days ago, did I miss 29 releases in less than a week?<br/><br/>#nextcloud 2026-03-28T23:31:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2zlu5ahhpnwq858nsyhhakmuyhvvkgnq2scjta7p9tcj6sz2edjszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5ka04wx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvg9rgacyus4752w9xk4cqzp7vpjckzzzmdujvhrzemcgmf9ah3nql9c6c9'>nevent1q…c6c9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is Pipsi! Pipsi is the sound she makes, and also an Inuit snack made by drying fish in the sun. Pipsi the kitten&#39;s breath does bring Pipsi the fish to mind 👃<br/> <img src="https://assets.ottawa.place/media_attachments/files/116/189/203/122/044/235/original/f56f5a1428b2e22d.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-07T18:04:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrv42hgm2gu062hexfedc3mqd8pez2kvuanf7vjc6c2khaq7m54cszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5m6pc7r <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> on authentic creation in an age of relentless commodification:<br/><br/>Deplatform yourself (23 Feb 2026)<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/23/goodharts-lawbreaker/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/23/goodharts-lawbreaker/</a> 2026-02-26T13:26:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvsklecqa00c9mqgkcdwq60egywcxj3hg9mmlt2gggh7758r60kagzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5gj5fwm Noted libertarian Cory Doctorow <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/>on Mamdani&#39;s program of socialist excellence in New York City (24 Feb 2026)<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/24/mamdani-thought/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/24/mamdani-thought/</a><br/><br/>An insightful critique of the mythical value of running government like a business. <br/><br/>It continues to amaze me that we can watch the private sector fuck up at global scale (subprime, crypto, AI, Xitter, climate change, tobacco ...) and think &#34;we need these people running our governments&#34;. 2026-02-25T14:10:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx4lmc7jts6y5yzeeatax8qwfan8es5pk4xgnh2qvk4v4vw8rfqrszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5l99cgs &#34;I&#39;m not asking you to credulously accept Carney&#39;s conversion at face value. Rather, I&#39;m asking that you celebrate the vision that Carney articulated while threatening to destroy his political life if he breaks his word. Let every politician know that there is glory in standing up for us – and let them know that betrayal will see them tossed overboard, to drown in our wake.&#34;<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> : #Carney isn&#39;t a hero (and that&#39;s OK) (27 Jan 2026)<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/</a> 2026-01-29T16:03:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfvsljeyr6gnu792yxwpn5t3myhfwqyal4qz50e793mts5zunp6pszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr54cvks0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspenuwc9p7u3qha3shmxtlqqtf25xhd6xnffhqhqefjz4fn6acgrshnke85'>nevent1q…ke85</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d love to self-host my photo archive. But at 2TB and growing, VPS disk space is much more expensive than using external hard drives locally.<br/><br/>I briefly looked at using my own hardware and either getting a fixed IP or using some kind of dynamic IP. That sounded either expensive or slow. But I still like the idea of developing full data sovereignty for my work. 2026-01-11T19:08:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgzgvc6t8eyju7eyk3z6m0qwgwqsvaeaml0f4u7d7lv2jcvkrrnkqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5wtwvdg Snake Canyon, Oman<br/><br/>#Photography<br/> <img src="https://assets.ottawa.place/media_attachments/files/115/873/478/451/143/374/original/6d09633ab55d44f1.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-10T23:51:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy443vvc6swns2d66grcllsu3s7c5ptnawlv96hcd9xzppdfj485gzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5kske57 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcuw70t7plehf7x2m8eavwchcvk670778t7890g38g5j05dh2llcph6jfe'>nevent1q…6jfe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is there anyway to tell if an account is bridged before you click the link? And ideally, to block all accounts that aren&#39;t bridged, so I don&#39;t waste my time following broken links! 2026-01-03T15:17:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstcz8yvmlt4udtru8tun820rms0pxc3gmccnjk60yveuertdjwpjczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5klvmp8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nu958jgs46ezmqk3tfmmhzvu7d3fxe0slu3up6dsxx77uhhqqmggum8ne'>nevent1q…m8ne</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In some ways that&#39;s worse, as I never know until I click the link if it&#39;s going to show me anything. I was curious about Bluesky at the beginning, but the spotty way it is connected to the fediverse is irritating 2026-01-03T14:21:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvng0es5yjz2ktumpzv7nqkdjuframxc3g4cgnmt78wm8lt4z86aqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5neju7j What&#39;s the point of federating with #Bluesky if I can&#39;t see posts there without having an account? 2026-01-02T21:01:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxydpk33yvws97wlak3j5pj8qscw7xkcg8cts9dneukwesq5qxx9czyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5rwjts8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxddaazjssvfjfm75tfjngmal5e0cklvmlg5faywkcv3zkvau2ng5zsdsq'>nevent1q…sdsq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>for text editing, #Emacs does exactly this. With a region of text selected, &#39;undo&#39; is limited to undoing changes in that region! 2025-12-31T12:47:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr7md3r95q2ym65nqkqyzlf0nyn2v8vzm4h2gg4lpvreafz9m8fjczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5ctx4vc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance (18 Dec 2025)<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/</a> 2025-12-22T14:25:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2e6fq6t2kjjvqdk39c0glgkravz7q6lq6zla2he7xar22wpt9fmqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5lgrprt The promise of #solar, if it doesn&#39;t get enshittified. from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#enshittification <br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/23/our-friend-the-electron/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/23/our-friend-the-electron/</a> 2025-09-25T18:26:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdfmmnh3syq7uw3swcws4qsuj5teh8jmvvn0ud44tc8ulhuajx5pqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5dcyahf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgykuqp36mhmy29w35f79ndj3zacrj55vaz64zzmkeehaz2xsdm9gam40u5'>nevent1q…40u5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ha, no problem. I wasn&#39;t particularly clear! 2025-09-17T14:37:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspxjptzyc6xe3cktcn62ezxpfpqgjd9cux407w7hxke92yetkxmqczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5fr3m8e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ygu6096schy7mhy46xv04r5usruh8k48pt3jgx76ny6c5hydqeg785wh8'>nevent1q…5wh8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, I&#39;m vaguely aware of these approaches. It seems like accommodating existing elisp code is a substantial effort. <br/><br/>What I&#39;m asking about is projects that explicitly set out to create a hackable editor in the Emacs vein, but without worrying about being able to port elisp. That obviously means that they don&#39;t have access to the enormous library of emacs packages. But it also frees up the work required to support them.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know enough to advocate one way or the other, just curious. It looks like lem does what I&#39;m describing. 2025-09-17T14:10:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfn4lrh9rxpl5jvau3s3lu7c5wl2zr96e82aw95jxshx0tjpqra3czyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5knanwc Idle musings from a only moderately technical Emacs user:<br/><br/>One of the recurring issues in the #Emacs world is that it could/should be rewritten in scheme/lisp/python/whatever. And one of the main barriers is the volume of existing elisp code that would have to be ported to the new system.<br/><br/>I wonder, what if we didn&#39;t care about that barrier? Just started over with the goal of making a new editor in a &#39;modern&#39; language that was designed to be extensible like Emacs is, from the ground up. Does anything like that exist?<br/><br/>Not intended as an argument, just curious if the user-customizable ethos of Emacs exists in other programs. 2025-09-17T13:46:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0sgzkl9d6h6ns4u8fvrgj2zeu6hn9qz5ahcagyx73g3t638d7n2qzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5hp32cr Good ideas are popular, from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/07/the-people-no-2/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/07/the-people-no-2/</a><br/><br/>#capitalism #democracy #oligarchy 2025-08-13T11:54:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspz4gu5n7ns35cl0ews2vmr5d4hmfyx8p6nw9zmtr9wrmu2xyzxxszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5f7l9rt Just phoned the bank to cancel a credit card we haven&#39;t been using. And heard this:<br/><br/>&#34;To verify your account we are going to text you a code *to the number you are calling us from*.&#34;<br/><br/>I understand MFA, but surely this is single factor authentication? If some crook has access to my phone, how is sending a code *to my phone* providing any security? 2025-08-12T19:37:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyzdfsh42e8vxaxrr0wcmmxawq533250sgl72x5wy039eqqy96lsczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr56prga4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsycpmtpzfc2mxh2klvy8xarmn97ymehv3htuud4mr94qz3pnjxsvsty79pe'>nevent1q…79pe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wrote a short post on getting started with #Emacs #ess:<br/><br/><a href="https://plantarum.ca/2020/12/30/emacs-tutorial-03/">https://plantarum.ca/2020/12/30/emacs-tutorial-03/</a><br/><br/>I have a complex config myself, but the defaults get you pretty far imho. Especially if you take the time (20 minutes or so) to work through the built in Emacs tutorial. 2025-07-25T12:45:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsygls9ngv3hqf37ax96fg6ru92ys59cj6dnw7gknzxmsm02mtg0jqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr574gqjd We now have our own in-house #AI chatbot. Interesting to see how AI is being promoted as providing solutions to all kinds of problems in the #agriculture sector. <br/><br/>The term &#34;AI&#34; is used to frame all this innovation as part of the current #LLM-fueled boom (bubble). But when asked for specific things that AI can contribute to agriculture, the examples all sound like machine learning, model optimization and related approaches that we&#39;ve been doing for years, and will continue to do, that don&#39;t have anything to do with LLMs. 2025-07-17T18:08:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszavr3v2kldps32ucv0x9pza0tp8tc9fv49g3u4wmhgsfdm6rlqcgzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5fecw0h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lctycy8tv2vq4jzx86z4prmfgqqm5cm7jkqx6nxsm44jwwn5x5q9vsedu'>nevent1q…sedu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow, neat progression! I haven&#39;t noticed flowers opening like that before. 2025-07-10T14:56:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspa2uzvgxf45ja85vwgxr3655wmc5ggeeala8udurhgazlve7tpxczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5tjlgm0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5ppevye98wc2eq07vjz7ag820sn794rw8aqta00rsdklwp8rhmszvvnvt'>nevent1q…vnvt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>super frustrating that we are forced to use consultants, at exorbitant cost, to do work that can&#39;t get done cheaper because they won&#39;t let us fill permanent positions 2025-07-09T20:00:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszgx02x8qt3sj8tt80vdj260wehtha5h4ztxfgzj5504sv8flmpfgzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr57rj9ds In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszck52ql0anjl2tc333xr0tcdnd6engg4rancfu9kd9meu9pqcgzqk5mvjy'>nevent1q…mvjy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the bane of the civil service: politicians vowing to fix all the rules all at once without ever leaving Parliament Hill, and management defending each and every signature on each and every form as absolutely essential to the functioning of democracy. 2025-07-09T18:31:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqste9zc3rvlgg40xyexty5zz8v76r7gd86d5js9et2zjpkydck4zpqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5jx0pkz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrd5mn2z7wktxcfm0fsua7egawrwg24jvuf2r74zxzflu40wcja8qy82j97'>nevent1q…2j97</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We have one in particular that seems to take up residence in our very residential neighbourhood each spring. We&#39;ve got photos from our (tiny) backyard, the parking lot at Sherwood Deli, the front garden :) 2025-07-09T18:28:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8nals8ygxuwxfsfdfrvrk86xm944lqx0peh5en5qxkzcumw0v46szyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr50hwgma In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvgfy0v2psk5z4rwv05hvv8duspx4a6gv7q6rpulqz280weffmeqwrkd0f'>nevent1q…kd0f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t see it, but I understood it anyways! 2025-07-09T18:26:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfwmvs5hy0qgl6tvy7g8atvk3jylxtmxdfgzw7w00cuq9p3fdl5sczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5s85tmp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfa0tdtwtmkmghag7eqfw2zntmttn7z4km0lfs0c3lxv5tl9nnufsdv89zu'>nevent1q…89zu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tough call between Wild Turkey and Cardinal in my neighbourhood. But Cardinals are already the official bird of too many places (including 7 US states!) 2025-07-09T18:25:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs88y5thg3r0ppfa4jac5p7dsv0lne2dd0k39u0zgveke0yqeddhzgzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5hr67sy It looks like the place to go to support writers I like.<br/><br/>But it&#39;s also a big walled-garden platform with a sketchy relationship with disinfo and hate speech. Is it just the &#34;least bad&#34; option for independent writers?<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been avoiding it because I thought it was just another corporate platform, but I keep finding myself there after following links to people who&#39;s work I respect.<br/><br/>I mean, if <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub157rhhk6qgt4lwe4uyktun2pp6vs9wslqg9lp098ep3f5urs3kw7szq8pny" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Paris Marx</span> (<span class="italic">npub157r…8pny</span>)</a></span> is there it can&#39;t be all bad, right? 2025-07-08T17:12:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdefeyf5n0450cxrtugfmlafx3kjldulvppcxf7zc4fg3xxycxzrqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5cne5c5 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> on the lack of privacy in #Facebook&#39;s #AI prompt<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/19/privacy-breach-by-design/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/19/privacy-breach-by-design/</a> 2025-06-24T11:04:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyyw8g39lxlapnayv57p4yzx3qushm6dxnu3aqc4vc9y4ldstjgjszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5e3ggqt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvupfsckmtta8xt6qw3c9858rhnjlrd0c7wvk7tzdcuazp0heyd4cxx767m'>nevent1q…767m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh nuts. How much does your bike weigh? 2025-06-15T17:30:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfway62ps6ruqftexem4xgv2jnmhnhst5tscun5dsxj093g9wgyqqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5p9jch3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5x04smmyry605n83tq9rted4rq24wfe26ku9yl5gcw5r5mp3aeqw4suye'>nevent1q…suye</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree. The ones that mount on the back of the car go on and off pretty easily. I really don&#39;t think you&#39;ll have enough room for snacks otherwise! 2025-06-15T17:12:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd5pd6tlpu8qgnvnrx9jw4ghryhg8fqqj5rxkdx3qnkm7e06xayrqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr52gfu8n Bakeapple has started flowering on the north coast!<br/><br/>#botany #photography #NewfoundlandLabrador<br/> <img src="https://assets.ottawa.place/media_attachments/files/114/661/622/810/108/011/original/cc07d69e13f3866c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.ottawa.place/media_attachments/files/114/661/623/586/776/169/original/42b37e07ad4b369c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-10T23:21:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqyl2trd0tua2yxffyvqd0mymfn20uzsvluvcupw0n6jr3cwvufagzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5stanw4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqjhga95sqaapcpd0elvx73dk02hdyhv9hdn7j3kgg90a8wwhuvrq5wyzl4'>nevent1q…yzl4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we had air quality advisories regularly in Ontario in the 80s, before coal was phased out. I&#39;m not sure if masks are effective against that kind of smog, but no one ever wore one that I recall. 2025-06-06T19:28:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszlv0l32ygfk6kh0ssmvnq7xnwmlqqhx8uc02vevwr4g90wwc7mnszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5pwgwek In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfu7a42244lnrf6n46mc4nxd2tczn4j8dxde8fnqq78gxqwfu3tuqzcrd0y'>nevent1q…rd0y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s really frustrating, this kind of invented nonsense just undermines actual journalism, and feeds the narrative that everyone is a partisan shill. 2025-06-06T17:52:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv8r4vcd9psgg38k8cwazfldu02c35j0nfx9n7e67paazvvernk2czyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5tx0c8m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6k3wv90nc3axej45mrqx80v2rfqdpdtpj89hu8fu3a4ujx29xpq0z3hhx'>nevent1q…3hhx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think he was the source for the rumour/conspiracy that Carney had gotten all the western leaders to team up on Trump with some US bond thing that was going to save us all. Subsequent events suggest this couldn&#39;t have been trie, or if it was it didn&#39;t have much or any impact.<br/><br/>Either way, he strikes me as an unreliable source, even if it means ght be nice if his stories were true. 2025-06-06T17:44:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8zz7at0zlkz69q828hk2amxkjxh2eqhdxvpdee8n4hgcyx2f3faszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr55kzay2 I have prevailed over the #GC travel system! <br/><br/>Unbeknownst to anyone, including perhaps the travel agency themselves, they no longer book approved travel automatically, you need to complete an unspecified extra step before they will actually book your flight.<br/><br/>In practice, this step appears to be calling the service desk and insisting that they book the travel that is already fully scheduled and approved in the system.<br/><br/>All of which I discovered at the check-in desk yesterday where the agents informed me I didn&#39;t have a seat on the flight I was trying to board. 2025-06-06T15:36:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy7hpd98t36urq3ugl8vwl0vskq3qn2aq6qge8cunmjlhpd3wcllqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5ar3qj6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgx2gga43lcttx5m7304f9yljplwtrp5xcwjkcj5sn3eh9nqjx8s8583l8'>nevent1q…83l8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>huh. I thought Trump&#39;s supporters knew and didn&#39;t care. Is it actually they didn&#39;t believe it until one of their own admitted it? 2025-06-05T19:47:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyhcdt8z3suwm6fflymt7te43h7rpjfrn6dsctxcw3twxx67nafdczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5mdv9fp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszvznawe3z8yqwmam5fps5pjwqk0nsguzszm4n0ahm4efcv9e82gstwqmdv'>nevent1q…qmdv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wasn&#39;t that already common knowledge? or has everyone just been assuming trump is in the files without confirmation yet? 2025-06-05T19:26:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyfupdvy0sd4ge3r0kx7pysa9xtw56q9z472a0ddr6dnzcq6649jqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr52fawr4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88tfxake769ln99nev224ym9a5wu4hkfjahmsznp7dqzs3jkyexgwwnf0p'>nevent1q…nf0p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s a more descriptive name for sure, I didn&#39;t know that one. Its scientific name is Carex grayi, which just means &#34;Gray&#39;s sedge&#34;. 2025-06-05T19:23:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszn0t5dwcg8dtq5t06ectyfv0cus3z85zv9tlzs8jr88d2kphm2dczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5xl2nn5 Some garden macros.<br/><br/>#photography #botany #focusstack<br/> <img src="https://assets.ottawa.place/media_attachments/files/114/632/353/599/275/662/original/4bf57eed0891885b.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.ottawa.place/media_attachments/files/114/632/354/037/490/702/original/aed4aa0620115008.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-05T19:19:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswcvxcw2aggspj7txk9l5ncgxmux4nd8kdggd8cak4ydkdqtd994szyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5stsm82 Do I want to bridge my account into #Bluesky?!<br/><br/>#fedihelp 2025-06-04T19:52:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgv6788z2rps0jqdtfns5747yha08jq3ry2r8ufct7cn7afekz8xqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr56q8ejp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2xuehq59lnvdhx8v9lyhkvyp65ac6vex6pcykvw0kc9xhucsx6gng7xfm'>nevent1q…7xfm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the way they act like they&#39;re doing you a favour when that happens 🙄 2025-05-15T23:51:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy2uylwyydmay4vxwqe4dpygtjse6dfxj5rntpqhjpksu8ssxsy8czyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr522yay4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9py3ene6fg93asxz9dk3vqvj8qaxjcp3vdj2awkdkjjvaq7h8p5c5lg0uy'>nevent1q…g0uy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anand seems like a very competent leader, from what I&#39;ve heard. This is finally a step in the right direction. 2025-05-14T18:12:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf5lxajj4uw5q69yu3euracgk0h4vzstn0pjg6eh3j4007jn3zfpczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr56lswsf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdkwwmw44w27vzr4qnwwcenwfcs9fl4907qmqncvq8yjzhjedv3cekhcj8'>nevent1q…hcj8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As a GUI. <br/><br/>If we rule out Emacs as out of scope, certainly all my window management/program launching/web browsing is shortcut heavy. But other than the browser, these are mostly custom shortcuts, often running scripts I wrote to solve regular issues. 2025-05-02T16:21:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqcnjnyx9llxytjg4w2e04zfwflrrxugn22a5xh5jl0r3yxe52l8gzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5qmvndj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9a2c276uelqtxz4numlrpn3j9tyyjltdp7cgwljmwhlhetaqjapgxg0f7m'>nevent1q…0f7m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At times I may use more keyboard shortcuts than regular typing! I&#39;ve got a dozen or so for managing windows and workspaces, launching and closing programs. I have the Vimium plugin for Firefox, so most of my browsing is done via hotkeys. And I do most of my work in #Emacs, which is really just a mob of shortcuts in a trenchcoat. 2025-05-02T16:15:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv244ke8qac6gf89yjudtthmt2f2fnyd6d85dmdugh2yhtxxlkk3qzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr58vgtu8 Reminder to future me. To plot from a remote #rstats instance running in #Emacs on my local computer, if R is unable to open a connection to the X11 display, run this in R:<br/><br/>```R<br/>Sys.setenv(DISPLAY = &#34;localhost:12.0&#34;)<br/>```<br/><br/>The `localhost` argument may need to be tweaked. Logging in from a terminal emulator via `ssh` and looking at the output of `env` may give you a hint. 2025-04-28T15:57:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs84f5e0r73v22ywsmd3f745z25tz6asyhlv0dlqs2du3ht7dxgq6czyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5r3yfes In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqste0alnvlf4s9rcdhr3gn4vdeyvxtexzh4dfqj9dq380pew4putcc32eze8'>nevent1q…eze8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it did motivate me to check that they are still legit. Charity Intelligence Canada rates them 4 stars out of 5, for what that&#39;s worth 2025-02-07T21:51:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqkg5ppkk5tgpx2qssx9x5g35eeysp80qhy248wgatgqk0d96r9szyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr53xkdu0 We just received a letter from a charity we&#39;ve been supporting for decades. It asked us to increase our monthly donation by $4. Fair enough. Except that it&#39;s &#39;opt-out&#39;. If we don&#39;t reply, they&#39;ll just increase our donation starting next month.<br/><br/>Creepy to see these scammy &#39;dark patterns&#39; making their way into the charitable sector. 2025-02-07T21:46:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2z5z0v20w4983xvs35hmw8tsqu44l48xxjwk6yxezg7xjy9l34ugzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5x0hkxm As someone who&#39;s prone to engage in too many time-consuming obsessions/hobbies, I should probably stop following so many people who post in languages I don&#39;t know. 2025-01-31T20:26:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs06hy3vqjc0tlhxlfjeuwh2hmyeyltl6w3pk65f9wz3na6w5tzw6czyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5d4qepw Just discovered the power of <br/><br/>`find ./ -name &#39;pattern&#39; -delete`<br/><br/>Magic for cleaning out auto-generated files scattered throughout a directory tree.<br/><br/>#bash #linux 2025-01-28T21:26:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz5k9uh5m6g26rlt5fzp3swwujpunvaqqw7zpxcqcgf4muewarv0czyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5ze82wp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9vgtxnc7xpzmywv4rtc4ykfslpdhw2lk2d5rmd3wfv5rfw4ljk7sv9l8tc'>nevent1q…l8tc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow, that sucks. I understand &#34;no masks&#34; as a (misguided!) response to public health measures. Backpacks and sunglasses seem a bit random though. 2025-01-25T19:08:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrllqnp6wk9ee58mtw9e6679qqpl4d39vsrv5yxhr30lzm2j6umzszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5gqac7q What do people recommend for #WindowsLaptops? My wife&#39;s Dell Inspiron is fine, but apparently support for windows 10 ends in October and it won&#39;t run windows 11?<br/><br/>Our needs are modest, just email, office suite, zoom. <br/><br/>Linux is a non-starter in this particular case. I know, please let&#39;s not have that conversation ;) 2025-01-25T19:02:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxy3wmrhvtqecuzppz4h9lgqpjvhm5mc779m68u2hnkauu6lz8nhszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5p9cwx7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyjs0a5tlr9cetszw35qtarl7mzskqg34qfek44r809s0820lax9q6cadt7'>nevent1q…adt7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cheers! Brings me right back to Thursday nights in the early 80s with the whole family curled up on the couch to watch together! It&#39;s also aged much better than most other shows of the period.<br/><br/>Ted Danson is killing it lately too/again, with The Good Place and Man on the Inside. 2025-01-21T03:06:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst8cn24lx3k6dqrln7c6duht3gyl7mtztw3f2e92628j2w4g9y52czyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5nqy2ze If I can follow #pixelfed accounts from #Mastodon, and I can follow Mastodon accounts from pixelfed, how is my pixelfed account not just having another Mastodon account? 2025-01-19T16:18:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsda94ztmkx898qm9qwn68gauhm656aa320jn5h66zf9shr4cw7lsqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5aj6k6c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqcrtvjtdk8p2yw0utf8c8dlg866u5txpy77h5nuep784h6cztl6slm8wzm'>nevent1q…8wzm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I do use nextcloud, primarily and almost exclusively to sync files between laptops. It works for that, but the installation process is pretty much as you describe. If you are prepared to dive into the rabbit holes, it can be made to work. But hard to recommend to anyone. 2024-12-14T15:25:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfxdc4e5w659kjuhnwsvtl7jdj5ckaw6qqx6v9tfkgmncdj8er62czyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5v602ac It looks like there&#39;s no way to publish a #PowerPoint presentation as a slide show on a webpage.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve never wanted to do this before, but now that I do this seems like such an obvious gap in a modern, professional presentation program.<br/><br/>After a quick look, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tgg430m4q5ak0zezsxp4vvglkcu3vxtykyc272khxs4axddh0wxs7hqwzh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LibreOffice</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tgg…qwzh</span>)</a></span> doesn&#39;t appear to support this either :(<br/><br/>Anyone know a way to convert slides to webpages? Bonus points if it preserves animations, but not necessary.<br/><br/>#LibreOffice 2024-11-29T16:06:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8jm00qwsz07a66aklacl6crhtfh47j7dh8faak7du8c9u6z5fakczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5jk7pts Hey #ottawa folks: does anyone know why #CatherineMcKenney is running for the provincial #NDP. I&#39;m a fan, but I&#39;m also a fan of #JoelHarden and didn&#39;t see any news about him not running again 2024-11-22T20:37:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0wv0e58s2gnsvzewe9ze5ju2pxsxtjkfvttvu0yczh9eq8drxqzszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr53maehw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswsp4zu2nvx64mlkfu6z32259nazsm80ejcq9s4aat94gd63m8r2cvl3f3w'>nevent1q…3f3w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I work with entomologists, and they use brightly coloured bowls (some yellow) filled with liquid to catch bees and other pollinators. This is a standard method called &#34;pan traps&#34;.<br/><br/>So yes, bees will investigate colourful objects, sometimes at their peril! 2024-10-05T12:48:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs02aeqn3t7nnxw2a7gsqlym46t9wg8ay2syytvyj0773eq9sr2wuszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5a3n0y8 More playing with #FocusStack #macro #photography.<br/> <img src="https://assets.ottawa.place/media_attachments/files/113/183/129/109/160/663/original/f419e76fd6f7d6a0.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-22T20:41:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswhwqujqvx3z863fqhrspp36qtepemq5dt3pefu9ce22jrj64n67qzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5ddkn4m My canada.ca email address will be officially shut down this month. <br/><br/>This was the email I used for about 12 months, following a years-long process moving from the departmental agr.gc.ca to the civil service-wide canada.ca.<br/><br/>The canada.ca emails were phased out in September 2023, and are now considered &#34;legacy&#34; (jfc, after barely a year in service). Now we&#39;re back to agr.gc.ca. Actually have been, in practice, for a year or two already.<br/><br/>The only lasting impact on me of this multi-year long process involving god knows how many IT professionals and budget dollars, is my address, originally tyler.smith, is now tyler.smith3.<br/><br/>So. Job well done everyone!<br/><br/>#gc 2024-09-16T14:30:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszmpu7skqauru9su7f2yyr6rgw0nn9mlwkwczjeen8z23de55wg5qzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr56q3rlz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw8qawrwxf47ynct3nfcnmc20wcw454us0k5lh2v4d42wsxhudj3cr83uv8'>nevent1q…3uv8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Apparently the NDP opposed the original version as proposed by Stephane Dion, and wanted cap and trade instead. Singh sounds like he wants taxes at the industrial level, not the consumer level.<br/><br/>But the way this has been rolled out is atrocious. The NDP has to own that, in part. But I wonder if the press is intentionally muddling this on his behalf. Most Canadian media seems solidly committed to the idea that the NDP isn&#39;t a serious party, and they treat them as such. 2024-09-13T23:33:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswad6sgdllnt4h83wywu9hyxxjsxgrny58n0f0k057ff0r239s8mgzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5j5f6j3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx9nsu4wxx6m0557hf3wys4uvf40gcm290v6755fz66q87dfw8h2qncdya2'>nevent1q…dya2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>your password manager review doesn&#39;t include the one included with Firefox. I find it very convenient to use. Does it have shortcomings I should be aware of? 2024-09-13T12:56:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfrl5esuxnhy5e8emv9s3dkpqu9t09qjnqjdlrhkmz44rd9282n9szyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5tuvjpu My wife scolding me about &#34;doing nothing all day&#34; while I&#39;m over here reading the internet and giving the cat a belly scratch like a champ! 2024-09-07T17:03:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdwpzla5wqyjrxj98kpuhwqe6dd4ejm33l4aktt8f0678pkr0rpwgzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr52hydr5 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ucc2pev2yexpz5csxh35nvkkay0rcmnxjz7v4trztscxwpl8kzssdnjxn6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alex Wild</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ucc…jxn6</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ppewzys45ygvxrmaxs9hwwrtt706u2pgcwrllex9dpqyt7wpnthqjaqv2g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>myrmepropagandist</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ppe…qv2g</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>I have an ant question that I&#39;ve been thinking about since I found a lone worker when I unpacked the car.<br/><br/>What happens to individual ants that are disconnected from their family? If one gets in my car and I accidentally take it 100s of km away, does it join a new family, try to find its way home, or just become a free agent?<br/><br/>I&#39;m hoping they don&#39;t just starve to death, but I don&#39;t know how capable they are of independent life without the rest of their sisters around for mutual support and direction. 2024-08-28T16:31:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9avr9xl38awzzj6n8vnsc424tspfvxg8wu0djvwyry36ee8fvdjgzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5pwv9c0 It&#39;s a great year for berries in #Labrador. This is Northern Blueberry, *Vaccinium boreale*, in Goose Bay.<br/><br/>This is a dwarf (and diploid) version of the more widespread Lowbush Blueberry that&#39;s common in eastern Canada (and tetraploid).<br/><br/>#botany #photography<br/> <img src="https://assets.ottawa.place/media_attachments/files/113/031/286/531/622/562/original/9658d3da8de66ffe.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-27T01:06:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsws32f5zsg5nzjt580g6m0v5ry5ma57ktdk8g2xmxyttc5mycqdzszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5ewps4f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0guc3afpwqs67n59vutxjtyttpe7t955haq7cf4qfqeq202gpfgqp6dqje'>nevent1q…dqje</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>how big would you like it to get? I wonder what the optimal size is for coop.<br/><br/>Also, what is your geographic composition? I&#39;ve been very interested in coops in general, so this is very appealing. But I also like my comfy Ottawa server, which is so far run by a couple of admins who volunteer all their time and resources. 2024-07-31T02:49:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9gm2tuke95yyqs0ym0cvn7j2gcgwckwve3avawwuxhahtuy4urcszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5tkystt Doctorow&#39;s latest strikes a chord that resonates with this week&#39;s SCOTUS decision: we live in hope of finding the right dictators, because we cannot imagine a world without dictators.<br/><br/>&#34;The idea that monopolies are benevolent dictators has pervaded our economic tale for decades. Even today, critics who deplore Facebook and Google do so on the basis that they do not wield their power wisely (say, to stamp out harassment or disinformation). When confronted with the possibility of breaking up these companies or replacing them with smaller platforms, those critics recoil, insisting that without Big Tech&#39;s scale, no one will ever have the power to accomplish their goals&#34;<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> The reason you can&#39;t buy a car is the same reason that your health insurer let hackers dox you (28 Jun 2024)<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/28/dealer-management-software/">https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/28/dealer-management-software/</a> 2024-07-03T16:49:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst803r88e05uyunje2d0nwf68h7pwv5ak48fglq3x28ak6wp94dmqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5ku833s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqp8xvszl93plpxl973ayak5726pvtk8qu0756335v6x9fj28luycmfzqc9'>nevent1q…zqc9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>An anti-climatic resolution:<br/><br/>apt-get upgrade<br/>apt-get dist-upgrade<br/><br/>and all is well!<br/><br/>I reviewed the lists of packages to remove, to check there was nothing too critical, before confirming.<br/><br/>And that&#39;s all it took.<br/><br/>Lesson learned: #apt is indeed a more powerful tool than #aptitude.<br/><br/>#debian 2024-05-22T23:15:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0sxzvv5zj3a39jqmq9ujdv2dls4rwed7eln99nkqgcujy036lcaqzyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5p73q39 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyr7asjpftvv4x8hf3uepyx8xva5c78pqge4svcw9hge0exvwcf4gun0ske'>nevent1q…0ske</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oof. Sounds worse than I&#39;d hoped. But that&#39;s also freeing in a way, as if reinstalling is a likely result at this point, I don&#39;t need to be so concerned about breaking something as I try to fix it in place.<br/><br/>Thanks! 2024-05-22T14:21:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqp8xvszl93plpxl973ayak5726pvtk8qu0756335v6x9fj28luyczyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5qj0pf4 Question for #Debian users:<br/><br/>I&#39;m running testing on my laptop, as I have been for a couple decades. I&#39;ve been waiting for the t64 transition to settle out before resuming updating packages.<br/><br/>I think the transition is now (mostly?) done, but aptitude is still flummoxed when trying to resolve 1300+ package updates.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve tried to find small groups of packages that I can manually select and upgrade, but with few exceptions pulling on one of these threads quickly leads to a tangled mess of broken packages.<br/><br/>Any advice for how to tackle this would be most appreciated! 2024-05-22T13:21:35Z