Harold Asmis @hasmis@qoto.org

@szescstopni I guess she should be peeing on the trees?

#Linux **Zoneminder** Such a complicated thing that it has to be run on its own old mini-computer with no KDE. That interferes with mariadb. So the files have to go on NFS to the big machine full of disks. But ZM can't clean up old files through nfs. So a crontab has to be put in the big machine. ZM can handle files missing with zmaudit.pl

I love running zm on its own machine. The only big trouble is when php is updated, and there is a little trick, which I can never remember, about updating php on apache2.

You can see our endless rain in Toronto. but the file upload is out right now on qoto.

@lupyuen Yeah, soon we engineers won't have to write. ...

@adamrichard The big coal plants are over 3000 MW, which is a very large nuclear plant. This article looks like a mini 300MW plant. Also, all coal plants I've walked through tend to be falling down.

#physics #weather **Australian rain not stopped yet** You can see the tropical warm air is being driven down by the cold equatorial belt. This meets the southern cold. The result is continuous rain. Under normal circumstances, that tropical air should stay north. I'll keep looking for it to stop.

@freemo @Pat @2ck Oh! I am sooo old! ...

@zleap He is unconvictable...

@trinsec @2ck @freemo Hey, my dog can fake sign language! ...

@freemo Just realized he never sees my freemojokes. Maybe I can trademark that? ...

Having a bash at the upstairs shower, using my Dupray steamer and Amazon 75% vinegar. Man, the vinegar steam is great for the sinuses on this cold, miserable day.

**Deep Fakes** Lots of money being scammed with this.

https://gizmodo.com/ai-deepfake-voice-how-to-avoid-spam-phone-calls-1850245346

Fremofake calling his mom: "Help, I'm being chased by a giant octopus. Send money!" Mom: "Get outta here!" ...

**Open source chatter** Yeah, now you just need a few billion to offer this for free, to suck the soul out of everyone...

https://www.geo.tv/latest/478456-databricks-pushes-open-source-chatbot-as-cheaper-chatgpt-alternative

I just read an article on my favourite topic of how ocean currents control the weather. It was on one of those super-cheap sites with horrible ads. And it was written by a cheap AI. Talk about soul sucking! ...

#physics #weather **Another monster storm hits Toronto** And we know what caused it...

@trinsec @freemo There was an article about it. I was just thinking along the line of these companies giving up on something that people rely on, and then backtracking when everybody leaves.

@freemo Neat, following Netflix. Now, Amazon is giving up free delivery...

**Moral Dilemma** I make a lot of raisin bread for breakfast, and buy a lot of raisins from Costco. Quel Horreur! I'm out of raisins! I end up getting a pouch from Amazon which is more expensive, but no endless trouble getting in the car, and eventually dealing with Costco wrapping to stop shoplifters. You could accidentally slit your throat with that stuff! .... But the Ammie trucks go by 3 times a day, and deliver to every other house. Less gas wasted than going to the store... Oh well...

@freemo Oh, the first thing the hackers should do is put up a screen - If you get hacked, call this number... I would modify the statement to: Old people should use Chromebooks...

@gpowerf And I'm happy I don't get death threats for a little geophysics....

@gpowerf It still maintains the feeling of the early usenet, so I like it.