George Budd @Gbudd@qoto.org

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accidentally wrote "saad" instead of "saas" in a text to my partner; they immediately coined "Software as a Disappointment"

and honestly, where is the lie

In the latest issue of my "Our Land" newsletter, I examine the pressing issue of Warren Zevon’s possible induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Plus, how the Myanmar tragedy has disappeared in the media.

Also in this issue, a most moving episode of HBO's “The Last of Us” that you should watch, even if you can’t stand zombie TV. Kudos to Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett.

Please read/RT: http://link.motherjones.com/public/30473014

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Why does 0.1 + 0.2 = 0.30000000000000004? https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/08/why-does-0-1-plus-0-2-equal-0-30000000000000004/

A counter argument #cats #funny #meme

How an African American woman helped invent GPS. Absolutely fascinating. “GPS Only Exists Because Of Two People: Albert Einstein And Gladys West.”

https://hiddenheroes.netguru.com/gladys-west

Know what the absence of racism would look like for Black folks?

Ordinary-ness.

Just life.
Ordinary life.

I think we deserve that.

Don't you?

#BHM
#AntiRacism

Elijah McCoy was born in 1844 in Ontario to formerly-enslaved parents from Kentucky. They saved enough to send him to Scotland to study mechanical #engineering. When he returned and couldn't get work in his field, he took a job as a train oilman and invented a method of automatic lubrication that eliminated the frequent stops trains had to make to oil up axles & bearings. Railroad companies asking for his product rather than copycat devices spawned the phrase "the real McCoy." #BlackHistoryMonth

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history. I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people. That's what people don't know.

Try this: Ask your white US friends what the statue of liberty celebrates.

Now ask your Black friends. Or French folk of any color.

1/N

#BlackMastodon

"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"

"Yes, I used LaTeX and couldn't fix that bit"

#caturday

The cat is not stuck.

Why do old fogey Sys Admins like me get twitchy when they see cron jobs scheduled to run between 2am and 3am? Why do modern Sys Admins not care?

#Linux #DFIR #CommandLine #Trivia

Step 1 - Open the Terminal app on your Linux, macOS, Unix, BSD, WLS, or Android

Step 2 - Type `curl wttr.in` OR `curl wttr.in/lon` (replace LON with your city's code)

Step 3 - Enjoy an excellent weather report from the CLI.

Photo: A blank white billboard on some derelict buildings in Dublin City. Someone has painted the text "Fáilte roimh theifigh"* on the billboard in black.

*"Refugees welcome"

created by drawing with my eyes. I ALS and am a quadriplegic. This drawing is done using #eyegaze camera and ArtRage app.

#als #alswarrior #alsawareness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_suy7gARps

"2001: A Space Odyssey" directed by George Lucas?

This literally had me laugh out loud...

This sailor company has my number and is going to take all of my money. MY GOD. So many cute pens.

This one isn't really around much anymore without paying "collector prices"

#fountainpens