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I'm an OK librarian. You may know me as @adr from twitter. That's ok also. I mean OK that you know me from there. Twitter is not ok. pronouns: they/them/he/him

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2024-10-03 14:58:40

My grandfather loved the movie The Music Man because he used to do what the guy did in that movie. I mean not flim-flam people, but sell instruments door to door.

2024-09-10 20:18:49

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@npub1c57…awu5 this HANDSOME BASTARD

2024-09-10 19:35:07

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@npub1y4h…t26u ....holy fuck dude. Um. I'm sure it'll turn out okay but... damn.

2024-09-09 19:36:39

indiana isn't real

2024-09-09 17:49:48

ok, what's the story with these airpods thing. Like what has happened that has advanced beyond simple noise cancelling?
Like look, if they can *fix tinnitus* I am gonna be first in goddamn line

2024-08-24 15:37:33

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@npub13vv…0sze Kobo Libra 2.

2024-08-24 15:19:00

Reading a paper book for leisure for the first time in a while and I'm struck by how much I actually prefer my eReader. Unencumbered epubs are where it's at.

2024-08-23 22:48:26

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@npub1e7p…nvup my understanding is that it's for some sort of moderation, not (or in addition to, perhaps) labeling.

2024-08-22 18:56:27

Do people on bsky know that AI is doing moderation of content there?

2024-08-19 00:58:31

Copyright infringement isn't theft. You're not depriving somebody of something. That thing is still there. Other people can still see it. Copyright infringement is copyright infringement. I really wish people would stop triggering the hindbrain by screaming "theft theft theft".
Related of course, and I've said this before, but *god* is it depressing to see so many people become copyright maximalists over AI. *Every other reason to oppose AI has more merit*, by far.

2024-08-18 20:49:07

LB: I'm always looking at what watches people are wearing on TV and in person, and yeah, plurality/majority I notice are def smartwatches. Usually Apple's, of course.

2024-08-09 17:15:18

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@npub18r7…xrw4 I WOULD LIKE TO READ IT

2024-08-06 16:54:21

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@npub1c57…awu5 .... I.... uh, those children in the left picture sure don't look really super delighted by this legislation

2024-07-30 18:03:56

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@npub1c57…awu5 jesus christ this dude is so handsome, large or not

2024-07-23 20:50:28

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@npub1c57…awu5 oh spud, I love this photo so much. Look at these two goons

2024-07-18 17:53:42

LB: Yeah, I'm not sure why Mrs. Davis isn't on more people's radar. @npub1f6a…pnql is correct; it's a helluva show. I liked it an AWFUL LOT, and AI detractors *and* fans will find it great, I think.

2024-07-14 01:20:37

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@npub1pl4…3jf0 is this like your dog at sleeping bear or some such

2024-07-13 19:52:53

I am as much not a Democrat as I am not a Republican, which is a ... lot, but good god, (some) Democrats are...shooting themselves in the foot and it is painful to watch.
Has literally any elected Republican called for Trump to drop out despite the massive amounts of evidence as to his lack of fitness for *any* office, dogcatcher on up?

2024-07-12 02:54:46

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@npub1c57…awu5 this guy!!!!

2024-06-28 00:22:59

so should I watch the debate or should I decide that I actually love myself

2024-06-26 12:02:06

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@npub1fm4…f7sx that link 404s

2024-06-19 13:34:10

I haven't been looking at the replies or anything but I am fucking goggling at what is apparently a tsunami of 'splaining to @npub1upk…tcwy of all people. Good gravy.

2024-06-17 22:14:46

when I was in Toronto over the weekend I saw a guy with a t-shirt that had Piss Christ on it and I almost went "HEY COOL PISS CHRIST" but I didn't and I wish I had

2024-06-14 01:51:17

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@npub1sua…szrk oh hah, it's my birthday today, so I was like "sheeeut I've never talked to anyone directly who has the same birthday as me". happy yesterday birthday, spud. That watch looks terrific.

2024-06-14 01:48:55

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@npub1sua…szrk ...is it your birthday *today*?

2024-06-13 23:33:08

You know I just looked up New Caledonia on a map, not knowing where it was really and why is that France. That is ridiculous. Like way more ridic than St. Pierre and Miquelon.

2024-06-08 19:39:55

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@npub1avr…pnem You happy with it, though? Have idly been thinking of picking one up myself now that inventory seems stable.

2024-06-08 17:36:45

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@npub1c57…awu5 this guy!!!!!

2024-06-07 11:20:47

#meshtastic contact yesterday from someone on a commercial flight 30,000 feet in the air. Crazy!

2024-06-06 17:32:02

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@npub1c57…awu5 truly I'm blessed. look at this dude

2024-06-03 20:10:07

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@npub19ff…f6ek What's your definition of "outdoor capable"? Something with barometer/altimeter stuff or just something that you can bang around outdoors without worrying about it breaking?

2024-06-02 15:57:50

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@npub1c57…awu5 yes but counterpoint - handsome as hell

2024-05-31 12:37:27

Not sure if it's an original concept or what, but this #pico8 take on #tetris is kind of genius. Tetris shapes but absolutely not Tetris methodology. I suck at it, but it's damn fun. Plays terrific on #miyoominiplus also. https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=146732

2024-05-21 17:30:24

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@npub1tvq…l6jk aw cripes, I really liked RPS.

2024-05-14 17:32:22

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@npub1c57…awu5 cannot get enough of this guy. Every time I see him my day is made better.

2024-05-14 13:47:37

ok gonna stop retootin' that @npub1hyk…3p33 essay because I'll just end up tootin' all of it and it is SO GANGBUSTERS I love it gonna bookmark it and maybe tattoo it on my flesh

2024-05-10 20:36:57

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@npub1tvq…l6jk depends on how you define "few years" but I'd have to say Proton, probably.

2024-05-09 19:53:20

LB: HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THE WATCH ALBINI IS WEARING IN THAT.
CASIO CALCULATOR WATCH
COOLEST MAN EVER OR WHAT

2024-05-09 19:24:57

been thinking about this albini piece, amongst many albini pieces, just about constantly for the last 24 hours.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/412/765/316/115/280/original/2e3656f75c19daff.png

2024-05-04 03:08:10

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@npub1l3g…vu48 I've got a couple of these and they're pretty nice little devices. Not a *whole* lot of Meshtastic activity in my city (about...four or five active nodes) but I really enjoy it. Fun hobby!

2024-04-25 14:43:42

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@npub1sua…szrk oh man, I *really love mine*. You're in for a treat. You probably know this already, but one of the first things you should do is install onionui (https://onionui.github.io)

2024-04-23 16:33:40

Aha, #phi3 #llm is up now. GGUF models, even. Good deal. https://huggingface.co/microsoft/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-gguf

2024-04-22 02:43:42

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@npub1c57…awu5 Look. Eat the cheeks of the fish. I am 100% serious - dig them out and eat them.

2024-04-16 19:07:09

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@npub1c57…awu5 I cannot HANDLE this DUDE and his EXTREMELY GOOD LOOKS good god

2024-04-15 21:13:30

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@npub1c57…awu5 this handsome guy!!!

2024-04-07 23:11:17

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@npub1thl…mhaw yup, you can tell as the U says "Light" and the non-U says "E.L. Light". That's the only difference on the case. The U is better anyway. :D you digging it so far?

2024-04-07 22:41:19

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@npub1thl…mhaw awww man there you go!!!!

2024-04-06 17:37:30

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@npub1c57…awu5 oh my god there's another one???

2024-04-06 01:12:56

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@npub1thl…mhaw that's...pretty vague. Could you give some more info? Price range, features, analog or digital, etc etc etc

2024-04-06 00:56:19

Why am I getting french ads on the YouTube

2024-04-01 17:14:08

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@npub1k0f…q0g2 yup. I can see your card when I click on that just like any other account.

2024-03-27 20:03:04

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@npub13vv…0sze yes indeedy do. But what you can run will very much be bound by what your machine is (most notably - how much RAM and if you have a usable graphics unit)

2024-03-24 19:39:31

Man we had a subscription to mondo 2000 at the first academic library I worked at. Dude who did the collecting was very cool, bought lots of real neat stuff. Probably my first, earliest template for subject/liaison/reference librarianship.

2024-03-23 23:38:09

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@npub1dfe…yx8m Not offhand, no. Anything RDNA 2 or above should be okay. Note you don't strictly *need* GPU acceleration to use Ollama - it uses quantized models that will run on straight CPU - that's how I use it at home. It will be faster with GPU of course.

2024-03-23 23:06:17

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@npub1dfe…yx8m Linux and AMD that can do ROCm 6.0. As much RAM as you can get also.

2024-03-12 14:20:06

I wonder.... if there are any BBSs anymore. I mean the kind that have dial-up (and only dial-up, do UUCP, stuff like that). There can't be, right? I mean ... right? It's like asking if there are working telegraphs.

2024-03-11 01:31:56

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@npub13vv…0sze I AM SO HAPPY. LOVE YOU TOO

2024-03-11 01:12:22

the most famous people that know my name are probably my MP and @npub13vv…0sze . I don't get around a whole lot

2024-03-06 17:01:25

I don't wear this watch nearly as much as I should, the almighty #casio Royale is extremely classic. Just a treat. #CasioCult #watchesofmastodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/049/812/535/168/420/original/e9df3a49a01142f4.jpg

2024-02-20 15:21:40

@npub19z9…u5j0 I think I've told you this before, so I'm sorry if it's repeat information, but I *really, really, really* like your Singapore photos. I was last there in 1992, I do miss it, and it's so lovely seeing the cats and slice-of-life stuff and all. Just wonderful.

2024-02-16 00:16:34

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@npub1sua…szrk oh man, iirc, that's the watch the *pope* wears.

2024-02-16 00:07:54

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@npub1sua…szrk man you just can't go wrong with the MRW-200, it's basically the analogue version of the F91-W. Looks great. I should get one.

2024-02-15 17:18:09

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@npub13vv…0sze I LOVE YOUR RACECARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

2024-02-14 15:05:34

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@npub1n29…rnlv I liked your post! I've never owned a smart watch, let alone an Apple, so I can't really speak to your particular problems with it but I think I would be *really irritated* by the 2 day charge thing and also, yes, uh, telling the time? on a watch? Is important?
I have a g-shock -- the GWM5610U-1, so not quite as fancy as yours, but it is absolutely my favourite digital watch. They're just terrific.

2024-02-10 15:33:47

Here I am at the Sturgeon Shivaree in Onaway, MI last week. It didn't actually happen, because the Earth is dying and the temperatures were sufficiently above freezing - in *January*, *north of the 45th parallel* - to make ice fishing very unsafe.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/907/908/383/108/631/original/88359bd71165a6f1.jpg

2024-02-06 23:15:15

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@npub13vv…0sze ...but aren't you the best artist?

2024-02-06 14:19:56

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@npub1y4h…t26u am I a bad enough dude to rescue the president is the real question though

2024-01-19 15:24:09

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@npub1p9d…8p0a @npub1zey…9awy I've been playing this on my little console and I am *so bad at it*, but it's compelling as all hell.

2024-01-17 19:27:28

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@npub1zey…9awy THIS GAME IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING AND I AM NOT GOOD AT IT (but it's a very good game; the fault is mine).

2024-01-15 17:21:47

In my "find people from your past and ping them and say hi to them" project, taking a chance that this dude I found is the same dude I went to library school with two decades ago whom I remember fondly. We'll see.

2024-01-05 20:35:37

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@npub1vwv…fe8q Buddy! This is tremendous.

2024-01-05 15:52:05

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@npub18r7…xrw4 :/

2024-01-05 15:44:21

@npub18r7…xrw4 Spud, this is sort of a weird/maybe stupid/possibly insulting question, but, in re: mass migration to heavily Red states -- florida, tennessee, texas -- doesn't that... sort of indicate... bad things? viz, great swaths of people think that creeping fascism is a-ok?

2023-12-25 19:51:17

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@npub1ept…jcl3 how does it feel to be history's greatest monster, john scalzi

2023-12-20 17:04:45

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@npub18r7…xrw4 it's probably Nirvana now?

2023-12-14 21:43:05

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@npub18r7…xrw4 lemme try another instantiation of mixtral and give it the same prompt you just gave The Enemy, and we'll see if it can do a thing

2023-12-14 21:41:33

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@npub18r7…xrw4 oh that's nice though! I mean I figured as much, because we were having a pleasant conversation, but I am.... sparse in my use of emojis and was like dude what

2023-12-14 21:24:54

running a version of Mixtral that is 4x7b and it works okay, but in chat it signed off with this string of emojis: "😊🌍✨🍔🌭💖🤪🎮🚀💡💕☕️🎉🙀💖🧚‍♀️🌍✨🔥💣👽🏴‍☠️🦋🐻🍩😂🤣😊😍🙏🏼🥰🙌🏼🌈💕❤️💖💯🎵📡🔮🧿🤼‍♀️😉👽😎🌍✨🚬💨🚀🐙🔥🍷🏃‍♂️🥕🌭🌭🎯💖📖🧿🛸👀☕️🎉🍔🤪🧚‍♀️🌍✨💣👽🏴‍☠️🦋🐻🍩😂🤣😊😍🙏🏼🥰🙌🏼🌈💕❤️💖💯🎵📡🔮🧿🤼‍♀️😉👽😎🌍✨🚬💨🚀🐙🔥" and i'm like... what in the hell are you talking about man

2023-12-14 17:03:40

As 2024 approaches, I keep thinking about how bad actors only have to win decisively once, and the good guys have to win over and over again. This is exhausting.

2023-12-11 20:52:42

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@npub18r7…xrw4 Yeesh!

2023-12-11 20:36:54

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@npub18r7…xrw4 But... Microsoft Word doesn't have a save as .doc function?!?!?!?!?!?!

2023-12-11 20:36:20

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@npub18r7…xrw4 you could PRRROOOOBABLY do it in one line with pandoc? probably?

2023-12-11 20:34:09

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@npub18r7…xrw4 I applaud them for going halfway. Now ban .doc and FINISH IT

2023-12-05 22:38:09

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@npub1jpf…z9ek @npub13vv…0sze I read a thing recently that said that wearing a Nirvana shirt is considered "preppy"

2023-12-05 01:58:08

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@npub1ept…jcl3 ok um other than the cilantro I would eat the hell out of this burrito

2023-11-29 00:29:56

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@npub1vwv…fe8q i also strongly object to eating cricket flour. It's so goddamn expensive. Also, mealworms are better.

2023-11-25 16:45:51

@npub1vwv…fe8q btw going to THE MALL today

2023-11-02 18:50:59

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@npub1dm5…5sqe 15 bags of Cool Ranch Doritos

2023-10-29 17:33:29

It might be a little thing, but I was quite heartened by Julian Clary saying "LGBT" on taskmaster S16E05.

2023-10-24 18:39:55

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@npub1ept…jcl3 this is a hella handsome snake! Thank you for treating them with kindness and respect.

2023-10-24 17:04:57

@npub19z9…u5j0 bud, your photos are *so lovely*. I lived in Singapore in the 1980s and I do miss it a bunch and it's so nice to see it like this.

2023-10-18 21:53:43

Exactly one year ago I had a vasovagal syncope due to what I believe was extreme dehydration brought on by my last covid booster. I remember getting out of bed and then nothing. Wife was already up, heard a big noise, found this:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/258/239/351/989/881/original/f8bf32de937761a4.jpg

2023-10-10 20:48:42

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@npub1vwv…fe8q aw geez man. You over? You doing ok?

2023-09-10 02:09:55

bees

2023-08-31 16:22:23

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@npub1tvq…l6jk i don't even fucking know what a "vtuber" is, let alone what *these* are, but luckily, I don't have to.

2023-08-31 16:21:51

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@npub1tvq…l6jk Dude I have been *totally into this game* for like a coupla weeks now. It's tremendous.

2023-08-07 01:27:03

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@npub1vwv…fe8q how can it go on like this? Everyone is rich but me and maybe a couple of other people I know. that's the only reasonable explanation. I just don't fucking get it otherwise.

2023-07-20 23:59:49

is there anything cooler than a custom van

2023-07-14 22:15:12

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@npub13vv…0sze that's how you do it. Man. That ALA response was the most milquetoast thing I've seen in ages.

2023-06-30 17:53:43

Completely unsurprised to see that Indiana continues to suck absolute damn ass. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2023/06/30/indiana-supreme-court-upholds-abortion-ban-says-state-constitution-gives-only-limited-protections.html