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1. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Saturday, 20-Oct-2018 01:02:28 EDT rocky1138
   Surprisingly small turnout to the NASA Space Apps Challenge in Toronto. Ryerson's DMZ Sandbox is a nice space, though, and the people I have met are really nice to be around. If you're looking for pure engineering strength, look at Waterloo, however.
2. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Saturday, 20-Oct-2018 01:01:22 EDT rocky1138
   Can we talk about how refreshing it is to have a hardware manufacturer's team speak so informally about its thoughts and actions while making a product announcement? Build for nerds by nerds. Engineering first!
   
   https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=32536
3. NASA (nasa@apoil.org)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2018 20:09:07 EDT NASA

   How does human-caused air pollution affect clouds and rainfall? Using @NASAEarth data, researchers found that smoky air makes it harder for some clouds to grow. Light pollution energizes the clouds growth, but extreme pollution actually shuts it down: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-study-untangles-smoke-pollution-effects-on-clouds/ https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1044740593992306692/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1044740593992306692

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4. mastodomme2.0 (seagazelle@knzk.me)'s status on Monday, 24-Sep-2018 15:19:58 EDT mastodomme2.0

   Boobs smushed against someone else's boobs, boost if u agree

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5. KDE (kde@mastodon.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2018 10:46:03 EDT KDE

   #KDE Plasma 5.12.7 LTS desktop is out. This is a bugfix update for users on the Long Term Support cycle.

   https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.12.7.php

   ✰Prevent paste in screen locker.
   ✰Improve arrow key navigation of Kicker search results.
   ✰Fix File Dialog remembering the last visited

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6. rysiek ✅ (rysiek@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Oct-2018 22:35:27 EDT rysiek ✅

   Wow:

   "Most of the world's Internet users lost access to YouTube for several hours Sunday after an attempt by Pakistan's government to block access domestically affected other countries. (...)

   An Internet expert explained that Sunday's problems arose when a Pakistani telecommunications company accidentally identified itself to Internet computers as the world's fastest route to YouTube. "

   https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4344105&page=1

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   • rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Oct-2018 23:33:19 EDT rocky1138

     in reply to
     I've read that this is from 2008. Is that true?
   • rysiek ✅ (rysiek@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Oct-2018 02:30:43 EDT rysiek ✅

     in reply to

     • rocky1138

     @rocky1138 yes, apparently. I fell for it. :)

   • rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Oct-2018 11:56:46 EDT rocky1138

     in reply to
     @rysiek me too! How can a news company even be in business and not include a date of publication...?
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7. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Oct-2018 23:12:35 EDT rocky1138
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8. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Oct-2018 23:10:58 EDT rocky1138
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9. Dhave Config (paul@social.device5.co.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2018 06:28:07 EDT Dhave Config

   I look forward to Google engineers twisting themselves in knots to tell us that actually when the average user wants to delete all their browsing history they prefer it if they still have ads based on invasive tracking follow them around the internet

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10. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Sep-2018 02:43:43 EDT Nate Cull

    Oh boy oh boy Riven and Exile and Revelation, playable again at last!!!!

    https://www.gog.com/games?devpub=cyan_worlds&sort=popularity&page=1

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11. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Thursday, 11-Oct-2018 16:57:40 EDT rocky1138
    I've set up a webcam for downtown Guelph. It's pointed at the grand church up on the hill. For now it's updated manually, but I'm working on the scripts to snap a pic and scp them to my server. https://johnrockefeller.net/guelph-webcam/
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12. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Thursday, 11-Oct-2018 16:38:14 EDT rocky1138
    Anyone else going to NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018 in Toronto?
13. Brion Vibber (brion@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 11-Oct-2018 15:12:03 EDT Brion Vibber

    Apparently IBM briefly made PowerPC-based ThinkPads in the mid-1990s, which could run Windows NT, AIX, or Solaris (!)

    http://www.os2museum.com/wp/ibm-thinkpad-power-series-850/

    (found via osnews.com)

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14. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Thursday, 11-Oct-2018 11:59:50 EDT rocky1138
    Bought a new ebike. It feels good to be back on it. The battery out of my old one was stolen. Hoping for better luck this time.
15. Game Blaster 64 (gameblaster64@kwat.chat)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 23:05:19 EDT Game Blaster 64
    This Minecraft error message on Switch confused the hell out of me. You can't play with more than one player per console on local network on Switch? Too many controllers? Isn't that the whole point of joy-cons...? https://kwat.chat/attachment/103606
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17. Brion Vibber (brion@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 20-Sep-2018 20:47:18 EDT Brion Vibber

    Xbox One doesn't support USB audio devices, which causes me pain on my spare/dev unit where it's hooked up to my monitor which doesn't have audio yet cruelly advertises it over HDMI.

    This bad boy might be overkill but hooks up the optical audio out to my USB speakers' line-in.

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18. snowdusk (snowdusk@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 20-Sep-2018 12:33:44 EDT snowdusk

    • SDF.ORG :shinto_shrine:

    An article about the #SDF Public Access UNIX System from the National Public Radio:

    "In Noisy Digital Era, 'Elegant' Internet Still Thrives" https://n.pr/IuZ7VQ

    (audio of the podcast also available on the site)

    Please join our online community (go to http://sdf.org for more info) and follow @SDF !! 🤓😎👍

    #commandline #UNIX #hackers #vintagecomputing #BBS #90s #anonradio #NetBSD #opensource #free #freesoftware

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19. Ono Sendai (onosendai@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2018 11:11:28 EDT Ono Sendai

    #firewall

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20. Sargoth (sargoth@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2018 07:46:38 EDT Sargoth

    If you ever doubt the usefulness of your efforts, remember that a substantial amount of trees are planted by squirrels hiding nuts and then forgetting where they put 'em

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