Don Thompson @guardeddon@qoto.org
Long career in telecoms, aerospace & IT. Adept at troubleshooting & problem resolution.
Fascinated by the milieu.
Pic: JFK 22L over the captain's shoulder.
Joined Nov 2022
@bazcurtis @bloor
Jeff Wise… when he parted with the Independent Group in early 2015 I knew exactly where he was going, he hasn’t contradicted that appraisal.
He knew how intractable the problem is.
Have to say, the US Army & defence tech companies sponsoring a music festival is peak enshitification.
From: @mark_ohe
https://mastodon.energy/@mark_ohe/112088180020079653
Don Thompson
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I’m still pissed at Elon for two things:
1) making me learn how to spell Mastodon
2) that he didn’t buy and ruin LinkedIn instead
Don Thompson
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I want to try the "make 50 of something" technique again!
So this week, I'll try to find 50 things to do with a Software Defined Radio! 📻
I'll use this simple USB dongle, which you can get for around $30.
@jon
Cross border rail improvements, Irish Rail/Translink-NIR
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/ni-enterprise-train-guaranteed-seat-booking-and-double-capacity-as-part-of-translink-plans/a943915693.html
@JohnS_AZ
‘Then came the lawyers, then came the rules’
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The discussion about "Lemmy and the GDPR" is interesting.
Some broad thoughts:
1) Software does not need to (and, indeed, cannot) comply with the GDPR
The GDPR imposes obligations on people, not software.
There is no such thing as "GDPR-compliant software".
Well-designed software may help a person in scope of the GDPR comply with it, in respect of their processing of personal data, sure.
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This shining example of a man drove his Cybertruck on our local beach near Santa Cruz and of course got it stuck. This car is really becoming a symbol for poor life choices.
@ImpossibleUmbrella
Californication!
(Altho aware that there’s a railway running nearly parallel to El Camino Real in Silicon Valley)
@neil
OpenCore Legacy Patcher might get the Mini up to Monterey & so a presently supported OS?
Given some knowledge of the MacOS directory services I likely could have simply modified group membership, that might come later.
While intermittently cursing MacOS’ obfuscation of something analagous to other *nixes ‘single user mode’, my realisation that recovery mode affords, practically, the same thing has been a useful learning point.
I hit a snag after the OpenCore upgrade to Ventura. Somehow, the ‘admin’ privileges previously attributed to my user had been rescinded.
Booting OCLP recovery is at present (v1.3.0) non-functional so I used my Big Sur install media to get a ‘terminal’ & delete the AppleSetupDone file off the system volume thus enabling me to rerun local machine setup & create a new user with admin privileges.
Don Thompson
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I am quite excited by this… the Macbook Pro that is displaying the installer is officially only supported by Big Sur, OpenCore Legacy Patcher has configured a Ventura install. The hardware was bought to provide a donor screen to a more recent Macbook & this is a useful ‘sandbox’ unit for testing, experimenting, and so on.
@neil
Worse, those on Insta. A few local fast food emporia post their menus only on FB or Insta. It’s as if they don’t know how the algorithms work. A single page cardd or similar site would be so much more customer friendly. Pet peeve.
I am quite excited by this… the Macbook Pro that is displaying the installer is officially only supported by Big Sur, OpenCore Legacy Patcher has configured a Ventura install. The hardware was bought to provide a donor screen to a more recent Macbook & this is a useful ‘sandbox’ unit for testing, experimenting, and so on.
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Ooh, I've just seen the final schedule of sessions for the FullyCharged & Everything Electric LONDON show on March 28th, 29th and 30th: https://uk.everythingelectric.show/london and we have a FANTASTIC show for you. We'll be covering all the big questions about the future of energy and transport, with lots of new topics and amazing exhibitors. And it's definitely not just about cars - plenty of home energy, micromobility and society-level stuff. Do join us!
@neil Direct connection & via hub using same fixed connector port on PC?
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Trajectools 2.0 released 🎉
It's my pleasure to share with you that Trajectools 2.0 just landed in the official QGIS Plugin Repository. This is the first version without the "experimental" flag. If you look at the plugin release history, you will see that the previous release was from 2020. That's quite a while ago and a lot has happened since, including the development of…
http://anitagraser.com/2024/02/24/trajectools-2-0-released-%f0%9f%8e%89/
Don Thompson
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Well, if this isn't clear IDK what is...
"'International law does not enforce itself,' the experts said. 'All States must not be complicit in international crimes through arms transfers.'"
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/arms-exports-israel-must-stop-immediately-un-experts
Don Thompson
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Long career in telecoms, aerospace & IT. Adept at troubleshooting & problem resolution.
Fascinated by the milieu.
Pic: JFK 22L over the captain's shoulder.
Joined Nov 2022
