Post Ax2zi2lMVfj5O8lNWS by ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #Ax2XNxAym4obYLNSOe by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-10T22:00:10Z
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Sitting in a noisy cafe trying to be productive. Regretting that I didn't bring my noise-cancelling earbuds. Sigh. Next time will remember. Luckily this doesn't happen often.
(DIR) Post #Ax2Xohj0KVBdS032cS by geonz@mathstodon.xyz
2025-08-10T22:04:57Z
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@lightweight In a similar "I thought I set up to be productive" space here. Sigh, gotta do what I can.
(DIR) Post #Ax2assxumO7TKihwMS by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-10T22:39:22Z
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Could be confirmation bias, but I keep hearing people saying 'AI' all around me. It feels like people's minds have been colonised by bigtech's propaganda. It's quite alarming, actually.
(DIR) Post #Ax2bWHy3ksp6AcZ3GC by travisfw@fosstodon.org
2025-08-10T22:46:26Z
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@lightweight I don't think it's just you. It's really the worst.
(DIR) Post #Ax2cR1xfwEql2BRQ5A by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-10T22:56:45Z
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At the table next to mine, a trio are talking about how they're going to integrate 'AI' into their organisational portal. These people do not inspire *any* confidence in their understanding or competence.
(DIR) Post #Ax2faAgJBeyKXzMtH6 by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-10T23:31:59Z
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In another cafe now (work on car is taking longer than expected)... this one's relatively quiet. But the music vibe (alt country!?) is offputting. The chorus of the last song is 'Thank god' this and that - a weird Christian musical abomination. Maybe that's how the proprietors of this cafe roll. Doesn't seem to be helping their business given the lack of customers. Lots of sources of 'WTF' and general terror today.
(DIR) Post #Ax2fnvXyFm8lf91mCm by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2025-08-10T23:34:26Z
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@lightweight I can remember in late 90s in my old hometown (Reading in SE England, a bit like "British Seattle") how you could sit on the bus and you'd hear folk talking about .com / Internet / Windows and setting up computer networks (with many misconceptions and factual errors), this has been going on for a while and has helped cement the domination of big tech...
(DIR) Post #Ax2gEv4Q8LAG0G4oYS by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-10T23:39:21Z
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Turns out the music is the barista's choice (a young woman) - given that, besides me and the occasional takeaway customer, she's alone in here... fair enough.
(DIR) Post #Ax2gRvhd5rRHjGcVZQ by stevefoerster@social.fossdle.org
2025-08-10T23:41:39Z
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@lightweight Yeah, I prefer my Christian music to be old-fashioned, even if it's something newly written like something by Rutter.
(DIR) Post #Ax2gcQ1dD3eofWyezQ by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-10T23:43:35Z
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@stevefoerster heh. I prefer my Christian music to be ironic and highlighting of unbounded hypocrisy.
(DIR) Post #Ax2xi4eBIx5zK8I7FI by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-11T02:55:08Z
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Sadly, the prognosis on the vehicle whose fate was being decided while I was attempting to work in various cafes is not auspicious. Looks like it's not worth doing much of anything to fix it given its state & max potential value. My boy, a learner driver, loves the car, as it's a 4WD wagon with a manual transmission. But it's got some rust and other expensive issues that likely to make it unwarrantable... Guess we'll find out on Weds when it goes in for a(n attempted) warrant. 🤞
(DIR) Post #Ax2xsJLhUwcPohWp6G by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-11T02:56:57Z
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For what it's worth (not much, I accept), I've owned the car for the past 28 years, and it's 33 years old. It doesn't owe me much, but its engine's probably still got an easy 150k kilometers in it. It's just the rest of the car that's disintegrating around it a bit.
(DIR) Post #Ax2xxo5WddIQbHaDjM by gurubob@mastodon.nz
2025-08-11T02:57:51Z
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@lightweight So easy for people to think that you “just” add it in. In my opinion AI is the biggest and most relentless threat to my principles as a developer that I’ve ever seen. Jesus in the desert something something.
(DIR) Post #Ax2ycwY45VI4iEY1FA by ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social
2025-08-11T03:05:21Z
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@lightweight That is a nice healthy life for a car! What is the warrant thing here? Does someone legally have to decide it is roadworthy or something?
(DIR) Post #Ax2ynkVlBLY6Z6cdfc by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-11T03:07:21Z
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@ocdtrekkie it's NZ"s process for 'inspecting' a car and deeming it road-worthy (or not)... There's a lot to be said for having an old car that's suitable for all the messy jobs.
(DIR) Post #Ax2zi2lMVfj5O8lNWS by ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social
2025-08-11T03:17:29Z
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@lightweight Wow, that's quite comprehensive. Here we do have to do emissions testing (which for most cars involves plugging into the diagnostics port, and nothing more), but certainly nothing that comprehensively checks that... the entire car is in good condition.
(DIR) Post #Ax2zo79T6aQCjmvwIa by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-11T03:18:37Z
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@ocdtrekkie Yeah, it's a pretty good system, all things considered.
(DIR) Post #Ax31FkN5UmBi9F2mX2 by zl2tod@mastodon.online
2025-08-11T03:34:46Z
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@lightweight Are there any DIY panel-beating (night) classes still about?A welder, an angle grinder, and a spray gun and off you, or the lad, go, for a little while.
(DIR) Post #Ax31RohVE0xz3ALeCW by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-11T03:37:01Z
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@zl2tod yes, there're plans afoot for taking matters into our own hands (the analogue automotive analogue of the digital self-hosting I'm always banging on about 😉 )... I mean, I did put all that effort into the mechanical engineering masters... maybe should put it to some use, eh. How hard can it be?! (😂)
(DIR) Post #Ax31fmt8lApzU2SAZU by zl2tod@mastodon.online
2025-08-11T03:39:30Z
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@lightweight Heh.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6RZY4Ar3fw&list=OLAK5uy_n2nQse8dvIUGJbkRYeSVcJlbCQX9EL6jc
(DIR) Post #Ax31hLPjsZxGqwRYi8 by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-11T03:39:48Z
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@zl2tod Also, for what it's worth, my boy wants to go into mech eng as well, and we already have an angle grinder and welder here at home. And a couple friends with hoists...
(DIR) Post #Ax31pTBIsvsNG7Z9BQ by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-11T03:41:18Z
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@zl2tod there might be a father-son project emerging...
(DIR) Post #Ax32JzwBf9ZVXQ3Iw4 by zl2tod@mastodon.online
2025-08-11T03:46:46Z
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@lightweight There's this, but it's a bit ouchy:https://www.ara.ac.nz/products/standalone/wpan100-weekend-panelbeating-beginners/
(DIR) Post #Ax32oVz74o6bcNyMAi by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-11T03:52:19Z
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@zl2tod heh, yeah, my wife lectures at Ara, so I could probably get a discount, but not sure I've got that kind of enthusiasm for it 😂 but we'll see!
(DIR) Post #Ax36JXQI4vZQv1AY3U by seawall@mastodon.nz
2025-08-11T04:31:21Z
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@lightweight uuuugh
(DIR) Post #Ax3CjO4Y49sXAjhzIu by puck@mastodon.nz
2025-08-11T05:43:24Z
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@lightweight @zl2tod A good excuse to buy tools!
(DIR) Post #Ax3CxGydF9jlDiYv7Q by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-08-11T05:45:57Z
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@puck @zl2tod who needs an excuse 😜