Dave MacFarlane

Some guy in Montreal.

Admin account for doomscroller.social.

Mostly interested in #COVID, #aikido, #plan9 / #9front, #science and #neuroinformatics.

#BringBackMasks

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2024-07-22 10:56:57

I think the CBC has been spending too much time hanging out with the New York Times
https://doomscroller.ams1.vultrobjects.com/firefish/webpublic-4af0ae91-2765-4294-b5a3-7f2340a2f59c.png

2024-07-19 20:04:36

I can confirm that this fabled Japanese marvel of technology was not affected by the "global IT outage"
https://doomscroller.ams1.vultrobjects.com/firefish/eb5ca405-dbea-4007-b1e2-ad51a9782c7e.webp
https://doomscroller.ams1.vultrobjects.com/firefish/c79bafbd-438e-4bde-bef3-3abcbf6c6ae5.webp

2024-07-16 00:06:54

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@npub1r47…wytr yes, because any successful mechanism will need to be actually useful to advertisers. You don't want the web browser on your computer that you're running to be useful to advertisers?

2024-07-15 23:49:05

"This second point gets to a deeper problem with the way that privacy discourse has unfolded, which is the focus on choice and consent." -- the Mozilla CTO
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1e43w7v/a_word_about_private_attribution_in_firefox/

2024-07-07 21:11:05

Just bought an eSIM for Japan. This trip is startin' to get real.

2024-06-18 00:32:44

When education is outlawed only outlaws have education.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-police-consulting-rcmp-in-probe-of-mcgill-encampments-ad-for-revolutionary-lessons

2024-06-11 17:08:12

I haven't been using any mail clients that auto-load images for a while and now I'm starting to get spam saying they've detected I haven't been reading their emails and threatening to take me off their spam-list.

2024-06-11 13:30:15

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@npub1c9n…5q09 cat notes that you're awake and can't get back to sleep: mission accomplished.

2024-05-29 11:36:52

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@npub1nac…0mta the chances of the people with the power to do something with this data doing anything with it is close to zero which begs the question: what is the efficiency of one-way masking with high quality masks on long haul flights?

2024-05-28 21:49:47

Congratulations Ottawa on being the first city in Canada to get a modern fare system.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/oc-transpo-now-accepting-debit-tap-on-buses-lrt-1.7217083

2024-05-20 12:40:00

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Google (trans v.) (goo-gul)
1. To destroy a product while coasting on your reputation
2. To take a well liked product and cancel it
3. (Archaic, obsolete) To search on the internet

2024-05-20 12:31:58

I'm going to start using the verb "Googled it" to mean "to take a widely used and well liked product and turn it into something horrific beyond HP Lovecraft's wildest imagination while coasting on inertia and the nostalgic memories of my users"

2024-05-16 20:56:01

RIP Google Search, 1998-2024
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-search-adds-web-filter-as-it-pivots-to-ai-focused-search-results

2024-05-06 21:04:26

McGill "security" seizes N95s masks being delivered to protesters.
McGill is very committed to being on the wrong side of history.“I came to bring these masks to my students,” said the man, who teaches in the dentistry faculty. “I told them, ‘I’m a doctor at McGill and I care about the well-being of my students.’https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/goods-entering-mcgill-protest-encampment-seized

2024-05-01 23:24:24

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@npub1mmf…eknq whatever the issue I don't think "vote for me or my opponent will do what I'm doing" is an effective election strategy but it's America so who knows

2024-05-01 23:18:31

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@npub1mmf…eknq from over here his re-election pitch seems to be more focused on protecting the abortion rights that were taken away and while he was in power and he didn't protect the first time around.

2024-05-01 14:14:48

Protesters have now installed wooden pallets over the muddy lawn and erected several sun shelters, extending the protest’s presence on campus.Protestors do more safety-related maintenance on campus than university administration who claims encampment is a safety concern.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/pro-palestinian-encampment-at-mcgill-enters-5th-day-as-court-decision-looms

2024-05-01 01:58:17

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@npub1mmf…eknq what the fuck? That's from the party led by GND?

2024-04-30 21:05:45

Noice.
Wait, all Conservative MPs left in protest? Holy shit IMAGINE HOW MUCH DID COULD HAVE GOTTEN DONE WITHOUT ANY CONSERVATIVES IN THE HOUSE.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/politics/house-speaker-kicks-pierre-poilievre-out-of-commons-over-unparliamentary-comments

2024-04-23 19:35:37

Pretty sure if I worked in retail and either Plante or Roberge came in I would greet them with a friendly "bonjour-go-fuck-yourself"
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-merchants-should-speak-french-to-customers-valerie-plante-says

2024-04-11 01:23:43

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@npub1mmf…eknq why Ontario and not Canada?

2024-04-11 00:56:59

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@npub1mmf…eknq doubtful. the feds can barely even declare a state of emergency for terrorists holding the nation's capital hostage for a month and prefer to just capitulate to the terrorism.

2024-04-02 22:13:00

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@npub1mmf…eknq the second least likely to agree is the GPC 🤦

2024-03-27 00:34:34

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@npub1gmx…atcq so I see that's where you stand on the fuck/fucks/fuck's/fucks' sake debate.

2024-03-27 00:26:31

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@npub1gmx…atcq wait if Zuck is literally 21st century Hitler then what is Musk? Mega-Hitler?

2024-03-26 23:16:12

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@npub1mmf…eknq Just ask yourself "If we didn't have the worst minister in the history of Canada* in charge of foreign affairs what would we do?" and that's the opposite of what we'll do.
* Other than perhaps Guilbeault

2024-03-21 15:50:05

I want to say if I were a public figure and there were wild conspiracy theories about my health going around that I could easily quell by posting like a 10 second YouTube video or social media status update or something I'd take the 10 seconds to do it but honestly that's not true. I'd just sit back turn on the television and see how wild the theories can get.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kate-middleton-has-been-working-from-home-during-recovery-report

2024-03-19 20:57:12

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@npub1mmf…eknq more than the 12 we're currently at?

2024-03-17 00:33:41

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@npub1gmx…atcq when climate change starts throwing out EF5 tornados regularly I wonder if they'll blame them on lockdowns or masks.

2024-03-17 00:21:55

"I don't understand why people are so $X since COVID"
COVID you dumb bastards. COVID is the thing that's changed since COVID.

2024-03-10 00:29:12

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@npub1mmf…eknq I'd love to but this is the fediverse so half the replies don't show up based on the whims of admins and where the replies were federated.

2024-03-04 01:43:11

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@npub1mmf…eknq "first they came for the Jews (Netanyahu and Ben Gvir) than they came for the Italians (Giorgia Meloni)" is some kind of take.

2024-03-01 21:33:15

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@npub1gmx…atcq is there no intersection of "people I follow that post too much so I muted them"?
Phew.

2024-03-01 19:24:39

The Center For Disease Promotion
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-cdc-drops-five-day-184128668.html

2024-03-01 03:00:42

Now that the unholy trio of Lyin' Brian, Thatcher and Reagan are all finally gone if you don't have anything nice to say please say it over here. I'm there for it.

2024-02-29 18:22:18

Turkey that terrorized Quebec town taken down by slingshot-wielding resident
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/agressive-wild-turkey-slain-1.7129460?cmp=rss

2024-02-27 22:42:02

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@npub1xl5…wsca why would the Saudis pull the plug on Twitter? I'm pretty sure they're getting exactly what they paid for.

2024-02-23 17:54:47

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@npub1c9n…5q09 Things you can build on Bluesky’s open APIs:
- LLM-powered recommendation engine
- AI bot detection to label spam
- Social graph community detection algorithm
- Deep learning for post image classificationAre they trying to convince me to delete my account?

2024-02-21 17:57:55

Me: It's so nice working from home and not worrying about distractions from coworkers demanding my attention.
My cat: Hello? Hello? I'm here! Hello hello hello? !!!!!

2024-02-19 16:32:29

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@npub1asr…u4w5 100 years from now the world will look at LLMs the same way we look at snake oil salesmen today.
So, basically the same way sane people look at LLMs now.

2024-02-18 23:43:13

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@npub1mmf…eknq no, both of the internet and video games are inherently social. There's no reason activism needs to happen in the places that socialization happened in the past in the future if it's not where people are.

2024-02-18 23:32:22

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@npub1mmf…eknq 1. Why do you want to get people off the internet? 2. Perhaps video games are a bigger opportunity than you think too.

2024-02-17 00:41:20

Headline: School closures didn’t prevent community spread of COVID-19: study
First sentence if you bother to click through: McMaster University researchers have found that when masking and vaccinations were used, schools were not a major source of COVID-19 transmission.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10300870/school-closures-ontario-not-prevent-covid-study/

2024-02-15 21:28:32

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@npub1aar…88uu I can't think of a single person less qualified for the role than Bonnie Henry.
Okay, John Conly. Other than John Conly I can't think of a single person less qualified for the role than Bonnie Henry.

2024-02-14 02:28:02

#CDCSays their website is best viewed with Google Chrome

2024-02-13 23:46:03

Mozilla neglecting its core product for years and losing marketshare while the suits that run it flail around wildly feels really true to its Netscape heritage.

2024-02-13 17:29:42

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@npub1gmx…atcq Trying to thin the herd by killing off the immunocompromised by spreading a disease which causes immune disorders seems kind of counter productive.
In both cases.
So it's probably accurate.

2024-02-08 09:43:11

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@npub1mmf…eknq I wish Nicaragua the best of luck.

2024-02-04 12:08:59

I am thinking of trying to migrate from Firefish to misskey and then reset my password. It's possible I'll screw things up and this is the last you'll hear from me. I'll spend the next 5-10 years slowly going insane and debugging while you just keep logging in to your Mastodon account, meet the love of your life, have kids together, and go on with your life.
If that happens, congratulations.

2024-02-03 17:34:22

You must refer to the Premiere of Alberta by her birth name of Marlaina Smith. I am sorry but I don't make the rules, it's the law.

2024-01-29 23:27:55

Now that Google is going to start training it's AI on your SMS messages without consent I'm thinking of going back to my old phone. Such a great phone.
https://doomscroller.ams1.vultrobjects.com/firefish/webpublic-7d86256a-7746-468a-b532-11bba9f2f95d.webp

2024-01-28 02:51:09

I don't understand why there aren't any leftist COVID realist political parties anywhere. There is a demand for it. Go anywhere online and look at all the people angry about being abandoned and getting sick over and over again. Do you see them on the street? No, they stay home as much as possible because they know they're on their own if they go out. Do they vote? Yes. Do they have anyone to vote for? Hell no.
(yes, Americans, I know, you're terrified of Trump but the rest of the world exists and has elections that Trump isn't running in too)

2024-01-27 01:30:45

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@npub1gmx…atcq Should I get an account there?

2024-01-20 00:23:47

I swear to god I am this close to trying to code using ed on my phone someone stop me
https://doomscroller.ams1.vultrobjects.com/firefish/webpublic-d742b53e-8713-41c4-99d2-0986e7919e49.webp

2023-12-30 20:51:51

2023: The year of the total COVID cover-up
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/29/pers-d29.html

2023-12-30 10:38:16

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@npub1scr…teus been a while since I flew from YYZ but from what I recall YUL is about equivalently bad.

2023-12-22 01:16:41

Not to brag or anything but I'm pretty sure I did this.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/analysis-quebecs-covid-19-resurgence-is-the-biggest-in-canada

2023-12-11 02:57:32

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@npub1nsl…fm3z @npub1mmf…eknq Yes

2023-11-28 13:04:34

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@npub1lf3…8pta désolé. Je ne peux pas vous aider.

2023-11-26 21:49:00

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@npub1vju…8ulw what exactly is a "mild hospitalization"?

2023-11-14 20:05:58

All CSSDM schools closed for an indeterminate amount of time as of the 21st 🥴
Thanks to Legault my kid gets to learn what it was like growing up under Mike Harris's reign of terror. What a world.

2023-09-12 01:11:28

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@npub1r5j…ky3p @npub1xsy…cevg @npub1aar…88uu @npub1783…g3xe ffs it's already Sept 12 and they "scheduled a briefing" after telling people to not get the existing ones because new ones are coming. No rush or anything.

2023-09-02 20:21:17

While discussing people who've caught #COVID multiple times someone told me "maybe it's better to catch it and get it over with" and I don't know how to say "???" irl.

2023-09-02 11:16:34

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@npub1r47…wytr I'm not familiar with git deborig but git is pretty extensible in that anything in your path named git-something can be invoked as git something so it's entirely possible it's just something Debian provides on the system.

2023-08-28 01:10:44

Is this.. satire?
https://www.today.com/health/mind-body/silent-walking-rcna101793

2023-08-25 21:42:43

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@npub1gmx…atcq not sure but I'm pretty sure McKinsey had something to do with it

2023-08-04 12:08:50

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@npub1nqz…838y if we try really hard maybe we can put them there earlier.

2023-07-28 15:39:35

My phone has an option to turn on dark mode "at bed time" and I don't understand the logic here.. if it's bed time I should be in bed with my eyes closed?"

2023-07-28 13:49:49

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@npub1trd…ussx It's been a while since I've done it but if memory serves you just write the new OS to an SD card (instructions vary by distro) and that has boot priority over the flash memory.. basically the phone equivalent of a bootable CD or USB key.

2023-07-28 13:47:23

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@npub1trd…ussx @npub1z2j…r69f Not at the moment. The name is a stub and I haven't decided on a license yet (though who am I kidding, it'll probably end up being MIT) so I'm just doing builds on a "personal use but whoever wants can use it" basis right now.. fdroid is probably a good middle ground between "app store" and "here's a link to the apk" but I don't have the time to look into how to package it there right now.

2023-07-19 14:29:56

Fuck you and your calling masks in healthcare settings "lingering rules", CTV.
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/lingering-covid-19-mask-rules-are-now-completely-lifted-in-quebec-1.6485479

2023-07-15 00:36:18

Here is a #photo of a #chipmunk, a #cat and a #dog that I took today.
https://doomscroller.social/files/cc666a6a-146f-4368-93db-c168cf657d39
https://doomscroller.social/files/ccb1d91f-2ad5-4342-99c7-7a56a2abd66b
https://doomscroller.social/files/dff90cc2-bc1d-42dc-bd6c-8e40adc4587b