Posts by TWSheppard@twit.social
(DIR) Post #AQhwmKM3LLiModlZHU by TWSheppard@twit.social
2022-12-17T19:48:09Z
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@leo I worked at an AM/FM/TV station in the '70's as a control room operator while in high school, and then as a technician during the summers I was in university. It was one of the best jobs I've ever had. I have countless stories about the creative and crazy people who worked there. I loved WKRP in Cincinnati as it was so similar to what I experienced.
(DIR) Post #ARYI9G8D4hl44DbmZU by TWSheppard@twit.social
2023-01-12T01:14:29Z
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YouTube is out of control with ads. I hit play on a video and it ran a 15-second ad. It then played—I’m not making this up—5 seconds of the video and then interrupted the speaker in mid-sentence to play another two 7-second ads. I watched 2 minutes of the video, decided I didn’t like it and played another. YouTube ran two 7-second ads first. That’s 43 seconds of ads in 2 minutes. It’s getting as bad as commercial TV.But the ads are ineffective. I mute the audio and look away from the screen.
(DIR) Post #ARYI9I0U6Olbsq0do8 by TWSheppard@twit.social
2023-01-12T01:16:48Z
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Then I paused the second video after a few seconds to write up my previous post, and when I resumed, YouTube ran another two 7-second ads. So now it’s 57 seconds of ads in two minutes of video.
(DIR) Post #ARYP1Ac0PZZiJMdR5M by TWSheppard@twit.social
2023-01-12T03:09:58Z
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@jeena Premium is way too expensive for the number of videos I watch. It was nice when I had a free trial.I don’t get ads in Chrome running uBlock Origin but I do on the Nvidia Shield, Roku, and Apple TV boxes, and Samsung TV even though I’m running Pi-hole for the whole house.I don’t mind a few ads, but tonight was ridiculous. I may have to investigate why Pi-hole isn’t blocking the ads.
(DIR) Post #ASl9sWPT4HlCtdydHM by TWSheppard@twit.social
2023-02-17T04:43:39Z
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@grammargirl @richardgunther When referring to a specific string like a password or encryption key, I put the punctuation outside the quotes, or rewrite the sentence to avoid confusion.Example: The password is “vE6.j;-Z9f”, which is as complicated as the website allows.
(DIR) Post #AWiwYQLJRzJX4DVfgO by TWSheppard@twit.social
2023-06-15T18:33:22Z
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@twitnews Sadly, no mention of Jar Jar Binks.
(DIR) Post #AbJSnvatpnvcZ763s0 by TWSheppard@twit.social
2023-10-30T18:01:28Z
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These web developers are a disgrace to their profession:
(DIR) Post #Abhfd2Bm0TWnrOKhzE by TWSheppard@twit.social
2023-11-11T17:09:31Z
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@twitnews Until earlier this year I was using a 1999 MacBook (Lombard) with 384 MB RAM, and a 6 GB disk as an X10 home automation controller running Xtension. It ran 24x7 for about 20 years. Disk drives are only supposed to last 5 so I think this one is a mutant. It was beside the electrical panel and where my wife potted plants. The keyboard was covered in dust but still worked at a time when a speck of dust killed butterfly keyboard MacBooks. It was still working when I took it out of service.
(DIR) Post #AjIl6dH4Iqom5lfr4i by TWSheppard@twit.social
2024-06-25T23:36:42Z
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TIL that #Mastodon will indicate a post has been edited, but when you look at the edits it says it was edited 0 times. Bug or design intent?
(DIR) Post #AjKVe0OMu5fCrPHlce by TWSheppard@twit.social
2024-06-26T18:21:03Z
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Not only can #Mastodon say a post has been edited but have no edits, it may also say there are 3 edits but the last 2 are identical to the first for both the edited date and content. This is … sub-optimal.