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lol, matrix is so janky

This whole thread is great, and makes me think of this “Schlock Mercenary” strip
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gyyq55ydkyp5aighjvp5vmjh/post/3mq6ppk6ro22t

RE: https://pdx.social/@mossyfoot/116540612531133912
If I were not old, tired, and obligated otherwise in half a dozen ways, this could entice me into another excursion into management.
Not that I’d do it well, of course, but I’d try for long enough to …

welp.
#footiMac remains in a state. If you are reading this, that is a small victory :)
I tried a few things but it remains burdened by I/O activity.
it was still overwhelmed even when I shut down mastodon and nginx so I think it is either the constant sftp traffic or something related to the update to Trixie that I am as yet unaware of.
Regardless, I am taking the opportunity to create docker containers on another machine for postgres and redis to live on.
I'm now waiting for a database dump to complete so that I can try migrating those services over and leaving footiMac to only do nginx and sidekiq
Probably work on it some more tomorrow. Until then this account will be up and down. But at least I'm learning and that's what I like to do.
#mastoadmin

One of those notes is that China may well be doing the modern equivalent of Charles De Gaulle buying American, but this time it's releasing open models.
Another note is that people can be both evil and incompetent, and that the systems of control that have been built over the last several thousand years have evolved to be extremely resilient.
I think there's also a tendency to ignore emergent intelligence, or at least to assume that it must not be as smart as individuals. But the emergent intelligence of the capitalist system should not be underestimated. Even when run by the least many of the least competent people in history, the system can be quite adaptive when it comes down to self-preservation.
The point is not to try to out think it, because that's actually impossible. The point is to design systems that can think faster.

Using my last days with Claude Fable to finish some projects that will increase my productivity as a scholar. One plugin lets me use Claude and ChatGPT in Zotero, another integrates GoogleLM into Zotero.
Any alpha testers out there who would like to try this? There's a link below. #zotero
1/2

etrade 2fa wants to send a code to my phone number, sure. but.. if I click "try another way", it asks me to enter a phone number that it will send a code to? checkbox compliance, "yes we have 2fa"

I pay for the Economist. Every time I want to read a new article in the Android app I have to swipe forward. Twice, once to skip over the ad page. Then I let the article sit on my screen for about 10 seconds ready to swipe back to it because the app navigates forward to another ad page. It does that twice, then I can read the article.
I think the underlying problem is I'm blocking their ad server via DNS. So those ad pages don't load and show up blank. And then they have some aggressive error handling to try to force the ad to load again if it failed the first time.

The average user who switches to Linux goes through several phases:
1. Oh, this is really different from Windows, I’m not really into it. Where are my damn installed programs?
2. Well, it’s not that different. There are windows, folders, and its own app store.
3. I’m still not really into this desktop. I’m going to customize it to my liking… Or maybe I’ll just try another one.
4. I’ve already tried all the desktops, I’m going to check out that WM thing.
5. I think i…

Romo again falls short in elusive bid for U.S. Open https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/48619157/ex-cowboys-qb-tony-romo-fails-advance-us-open-qualifying

I couldn't care less about a bunch of rich people in Brooklyn, I just read the article for the delicious drama. However, about halfway through the article, I started to see so many #FreeSoftware parallels.
1) Volunteers spend countless unpaid hours creating/maintaining something to better their community.
2) For-profit business packages it up as part of their offering.

Made another loaf of #sourdough bread this morning. I have seldom tried it but the wife loves the stuff.
To many carbs in bread so I avoid it.
I did try a small piece of the crust. Had good flavor.

A little discouraged this afternoon as I spent part of the day adding extension wire into the 2nd pump as I had the first.
Two tries on both ends splicing in the cord and both times the pump fails to start with a low voltage on the pump-side error. 😢
Hate losing a day… but also unsure where the problem is. If it’s the pump, my splices, or the quality of the extension cord spliced into it (it is the other half of the same cord used to extend the first pump.) Really hope it is not the first! But the other two options suck too because it is an annoying job to do the splices.
Bummer.
Also after the foaming in, it looks like I still missed a significant gap somewhere. Only redirected about half the water. There is a lot more coming down to the end of the waterfall which is good. Still lots coming out the bottom under the flat rocks.
I think I am going to try splicing in a newer extension cord another day since that will kind of answer both the splicing and cord questions at once.
For now though, no extra bottom poolpond circulation/sprayers, just the main pump. And I still have 1.25 cans of foam to use, so I will plan for another day of foaming when I can take a super close second look at where the water is going that it shouldn’t.
Can’t all be successes. Like computer stuff 😝
Onward!
My outdoor office was fun tho. 😊
#poolpond #backyardProject
#diy #pondlife #success #failure #life