marqle

I can't knit or sail a boat. I can't speak French or fix a car. I can't sing in tune or play an instrument. I must have been learning other things

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2024-08-27 19:17:35

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@npub19yp…jgqr
I think it's mistake to change the #Mastoon #logo now - that's for sure.
I was only vaguely aware of the original and i still don't know any of the other logos - for other types of #fedi
At least give the existing one time to bed in.

2024-08-27 19:12:14

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@npub19yp…jgqr
What did it used to be like?
/me searches

2024-07-06 10:35:55

Sometimes we make odd connections in our minds.
I saw this story about restricting new #drivers and thought...
Isn't this the kind of infantilism we're talking about when we say our kids aren't growing up?
We can't expect them to take responsibility if we don't give them the privileges that come with it, can we?
This is why I'm politically confused. I think I'm a left wing #libertarian.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-13587603/Graduated-driving-licences-clampdown-young-motorists.html

2024-04-15 08:17:12

Whenever I see the #telegraph cover #tax #stories I can't help crying hypocrites
#media #news
https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/dec/17/barclay-brothers-bbc

2024-04-13 22:23:20

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@npub1xj8…egqe
I suppose the one thing #Iran is factoring in is they might as well get it over with before the #US #election?

2023-12-31 22:54:39

I was invited to a #newyear party and declined. I'm officially old

2023-11-12 21:26:43

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@npub1t7d…pqpp
Funny you should mention that. I'm seriously thinking of getting a #fairphone and everyone is asking me…
… when everyone uses #Google or #Apple.
I think the need is more pressing to move from these walled gardens, but it's also more effort which is why it's taking me longer.

2023-11-07 23:18:10

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@npub182s…q6t5 @npub1t7d…pqpp @npub12q5…hvxk
Thank you. That is indeed the one I was trying to remember.

2023-11-07 22:29:36

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@npub1t7d…pqpp
I really must have another go at running #BSD.
I read about a new graphic desktop version recently but the name slips my mind now.
Searchin…

2023-10-21 13:13:30

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@npub1khx…geyg
I wonder how this has changed over time? When I went to college in the late seventies, a slight majority of the team were women and so was the principal.
Have things actually got worse or is this a UK US difference?

2023-10-18 22:03:10

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@npub1cmg…rzd2
Well I guess, if #BlueSky becomes part of the #fediverse that bit will have that feature just as #lemmy has longer posts and #qoto has quotes and other extras?
No two instances need be the same.

2023-10-08 23:02:03

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@npub1vkc…0wyj
Dangerous well leave aside.
But how can a small number of individuals, not working together in any way, be fascist? Surely the first test of fascism is collective action?
This is what I'm saying. Some of the things that change the future from here on in probably won't involve collective action, so collective action won't stop them.
Individuals cant be socialist or capitalist, only groups or systems can. So almost by definition #biohacking is not fascist, is it?

2023-10-08 22:52:02

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@npub1vkc…0wyj
But you see my point about left right. Is #biohacking left or right? I certainly see no answers to it on either wing.
It's not just about mutilation by the way. That's just the cosmetics.
I think the more dangerous area is hacking genes, because that might not be restricted to the person who does it
https://frontlinegenomics.com/biohackers-and-diy-gene-therapy/

2023-10-08 22:44:59

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@npub1vkc…0wyj
I just realised you're thinking in terms of #cybernetics. I was thinking more of #biohacking, which I think will mainstream a lot earlier.
I see how #paywalls might work with cybernetics, but not any easy way they could control biohacking?

2023-10-08 16:06:18

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@npub1vkc…0wyj
I'm not sure left and right are such good guides to understanding people any more.
Example: are transhumanists left or right? Is artificial intelligence a free market goal? Is plutocracy still capitalism?
Gradually the world is bending away from the left right axis. Do you not think? Surey if having a left or right position doesn't give you the answer to modern questions, it's not a real position?
#transhumanism #ai #politics

2023-10-08 00:24:56

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@npub1vkc…0wyj
I think in a lot of cases, it's picking the least worst option.
That's the real problem with the left. They won't play clever.
The Right will play to win, so for example they'll shift on abortion or play it down.
They still want to ban it but for the right, winning is more important than anything else.
That's why they keep winning, single mindedness.

2023-08-29 17:03:57

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@npub1xj8…egqe @npub1aq2…4nfw
It was decades before I realised I was morbidly sceptical, because of course the rest of the world has just the right amount of trust 😏
I remember in school thinking why does everyone believe each other.
But I still can't empathise with the conspiratorial idea.
"We don't trust our govt, but we have complete faith in this other random group of people we've never met."
How does that work?

2023-08-26 14:55:47

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@npub1psd…9sr7
It probably says most about my youth but I always think of an #MC as someone like Scotty #Uroy or #BigYouth 🔘

2023-08-21 21:29:20

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@npub1m26…2jhh
We drink a lot more wine too, don't we, from what I read recently?

2023-08-20 17:22:17

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@npub1xj8…egqe
It was a great game and the truth is, there wasn't much in it. If #Russo hadn't fumbled in front of goal, it could have been different, but that can happen to anyone. It was just bad luck.
To be honest, I think we're past the point where women's football has anything left to prove. It's only the #pay that has to catch up now.
Having said that, I'm being very #Western there. It's clearly not good enough the way things are for the #African teams.

2023-08-20 16:43:02

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@npub1xj8…egqe
I wanna forget that now. I was really disappointed. I thought Britian would get our first major competition win in six decades and it didn't happen.
Aston Villa won, but it didn't make up for it 😞

2023-08-20 15:17:28

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@npub1psd…9sr7
It's an interesting fact that £1.99 to £2.99 is the best bargain range on the store. Most of the #freebies are not very good - except for #classics.
I got a short #history of #ireland in that range last year. Having that that, the battery on my #kindle isn't what it used to be so I use the #library more these days.
Do #authors get something every time we borrow their #books? I thought I read they did, but it may be a #myth for all I know.

2023-08-18 21:04:16

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@npub1q5l…ywp3 @npub1y6j…9xyc @npub15cd…3mv2 @npub1z94…xc7v @npub1j74…w8vl
I do still use #Inkscape most recently to create a company logo. I've seen people do amazingly creative work with it though. My recipient liked my logos but they weren't art :)

2023-08-18 20:58:43

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@npub1q5l…ywp3 @npub1p99…e4ad @npub1y6j…9xyc @npub175g…swvr @npub1rgf…c5m0
I really liked #krita when I used it. I have no real occasion for graphics now but it's an amazing piece of free software

2023-08-10 09:58:18

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@npub1psd…9sr7
I did find 39C uncomfortable, but that was the only time.
Maybe it was psychological, because 35C was okay and that's only 4C away :)
Side issue - there's no degree key on this mini keyboard. I never noticed that before. It's a tiny bit annoying.

2023-08-08 21:17:05

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@npub1cmg…rzd2
But at the same time many of the smaller networks will be effectively disconnected due to other changes in the pipeline.
It strikes me, the taste-makers aren't actually going to be able to move fast enough to get what they want here.
As soon as they get one thing, something else changes and they get a devils bargain.

2023-08-06 21:24:42

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@npub1cel…pmxm
It's probably public information somewhere to be honest, but I won't highlight it. Don't worry.

2023-08-06 21:19:31

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@npub1cel…pmxm
Is it on the list?
https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/parish-reorganisation-and-church-property/closed-churches/closed-church-buildings
Apparently some are popular with champers [sic]
You've sent me down a rabbit hole here :)

2023-07-18 00:29:39

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@npub1f87…d2q6
There was talk of integrating #xmpp so DMs could be encrypted with #omemo but it seems to have petered out. That's a shame.
#privacy #security

2023-07-16 14:16:36

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@npub1ahq…wjwd
I think the idea that our selfishness will lead to our extinction has a kind of poetic symmetry to it.
I never really cared whether our species is the end of evolution or not. I'm not sure it really matters.
The idea we're the most advanced species the earth will ever produce is a sort of arrogance really.

2023-07-15 15:07:47

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@npub1psd…9sr7
I have to admit. I'm uneasy about any restrictions on protest. I can see the need for this, just as the UK Govt can see the need for climate protest restrictions around national infrastructure, but I'd really like different solutions in both cases.

2023-07-15 11:37:46

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@npub15zu…s7lx
Thanks Glyn. I always like to follow the sources.

2023-07-15 09:57:51

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@npub15zu…s7lx
Do you know where the original Wired article went to? Their link no longer works for me.

2023-06-11 23:25:35

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@npub17df…m5wm
So is this the #fediverse host type for #forums? I haven' come across it before

2023-03-13 21:03:58

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#[0] #[1]
#[2] and #[3] are really interesting to me. I haven't written longform in some time, but I wonder which one I'd choose if I restarted.

2023-03-13 20:15:25

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#[0] #[1]
I suppose every reasonable person likes the fairness paradigm, myself included. The problem is, there's no widely agreed test for it.
There would always be more loopholes than catches. Like Free Speech, Fairness will probably always be more of an ideal than a policy.