reading an article from the economist and
> Tools that Silicon Valley has produced, such as email, video conferencing and messaging, make it possible to work remotely, which will help more companies expand in less expensive states.
damn, didn't know that ARPANET (email), Luxembourg (Skype), and Israel (ICQ) were part of Silicon Valley now
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yeah, multiple episodes of tinnitus means I should probably visit the doctor after this
Yeah I am 99% certain that it was a faulty unit based on observations. Landlady had an alarm under her arm. The fire department came by and did CO checks, seemed satisfied with what they read, I just wanna go back to sleep
Good morning, or I hope a better morning than mine at least
Fire alarms are going wild and because they're all linked we have no idea why or which one
We also don't know if they're CO detectors or not so we all opened our windows just in case
I can't get the cats out from under the bed so I'm kind of glad it's (probably) not a fire?
@elfi coffee first.......then trouble....
This is my favorite kind of code project - it's sloppy and arcane but it does something cool, enjoy my infinite vector bird avatar generator: https://codepen.io/gulfie/pen/PoGomGy
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aaand the USB drive that came with the printer is predictably failing as well, for a double corruption whammy.
whine
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oh ffs
my 3D print file got corrupted and made the printer start printing garbage. I'm not sure if I can even filter it out of the resin because it's a sticky sheet now
Yesterday some comrades were suggesting that people donate to the Mashpee Wampanoag. Earlier this year they dealt with an attempt by the federal government to revoke government recognition of their tribe & the land rights that entailed. They also run a community food bank. The US government recognizes today as Native American Heritage Day (controversially, as it coincides with what has unofficially been the major commercial free-for-all called Black Friday for decades now), so today seems like a good day to share their donations page
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