Posts by astronot@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #AjfjgReE18SjeKuzx2 by astronot@mastodon.online
2024-07-07T01:42:16Z
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@futurebird my son and i watch TedEd videos, minute earth, smarter every day, etc. There are a bunch of interesting makers and science content. For history, oversimplified taught me more about world history than i learned in school. We are currently enjoying Yarnhub that covers exploits of various wwii folks. Chef John is great if he has any interest in cooking.And Taskmaster is delightful. Start with the British ones.
(DIR) Post #AjjrZlU5RZyBPTLEzw by astronot@mastodon.online
2024-07-09T01:29:33Z
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@futurebird @sjuvonen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor_Crystal_Tears
(DIR) Post #AqTh8xi1PbQ59x3yYS by astronot@mastodon.online
2025-01-26T15:21:52Z
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@futurebird someone on mastadon posted this site https://roadmap.sh/Its a crowd sourced list of what you need to learn for various IT roles with free online content for every skill listed.I have directed many of my coworkers looking to change roles or develop new skills to use it.
(DIR) Post #AvQyGWIc1qkmQcWKy8 by astronot@mastodon.online
2025-06-23T20:47:04Z
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@Viss a major us aircraft manufacturer to remain nameless was using smtp to transfer maintenance logs back from the planes. Then an email parser to convert the reports to a database. Don't know if they are still doing that but all their planes hosted smtp servers.When your only tool is a hammer...
(DIR) Post #AyJG14f4ZTaGbge4g4 by astronot@mastodon.online
2025-09-17T21:27:43Z
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@futurebird I use https://www.seriouseats.com/ and chef john on youtube to come up with recipes for things i don't know how to cook and for new recipes when i get tired of something.
(DIR) Post #Ayu7oFUCDBSH2k4m6C by astronot@mastodon.online
2025-10-05T16:20:01Z
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@futurebird iPhone XR has dual sims and esims. That's what i used when traveling all over the globe a while back. Those phones are all old now and cheap to buy at your local phone repair place or online $130ishTMobile has global roaming plans for old folks for $45 a month. My coworkers used those instead of messing with local SIMs. They can port your number and set up the esim from home.As said elsewhere, ATT does $12 a day but you have you sign up in advance.
(DIR) Post #B0NjXku2Ez8KK2mlXc by astronot@mastodon.online
2025-11-18T21:01:36Z
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@futurebird I saw a high end design house that hid the induction stoves under the countertop. Since it is inducing a magnetic field, they can work through a counter. Not sure the specifics. The counter only warms up from the pot heating it. The field itself doesn't warm the counter. So if you turn it on the counter stays cool until you add a pot.This would give you above counter space when you aren't cooking.I'll see if i can find any specifics in how they set it up.
(DIR) Post #B1gqFnEx4dhR4cWHEu by astronot@mastodon.online
2025-12-28T00:08:23Z
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@futurebird My family participates in a back yard refuge program run by a friend. Making her suggested changes, year round water, not raking leaves, switching to bark mulch from xeriscape, letting things go to seed, etc.We have seen a crazy increase in our bug community in just two years much to my wife's dismay. So many more flying, crawling and scurrying things about the house. It gives me hope.
(DIR) Post #B2OXzBbsdwJuZ7jEVU by astronot@mastodon.online
2026-01-18T02:11:02Z
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@futurebird in #Albuquerque one of our bus lines has screens that give local civic information but also run ads and are routinely broken. No charging or public calls though