Posts by poleguy@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AxvX7SMoEzPv3oqAOe by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-09-05T23:11:13Z
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@m0xEE @jaystephens @ozzelot @bazkie @yetzt my company did that. I said no. They can't officially reach me on my phone now basically. But I can still access outlook via the web app and teams via Firefox. And they can't wipe my device. No intune. The security "requirement" of intune is actually not enforceable. I don't even need a lock screen set.
(DIR) Post #AxvXCv9OeR7FmOAk3U by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-09-06T03:35:30Z
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@jaystephens @m0xEE @ozzelot @bazkie @yetzt yeah. I'd do that too if it mattered. But for me it's not required for the job. They might even pay for a phone for me if I insisted. The engineering management thinks it is dumb. But IT dictates all sorts of rules that aren't worth fighting. All it means is I can't use the official apps on my phone. Their loss. Better ability to disconnect for me after hours.
(DIR) Post #B0kMZizU36tFQNRSKW by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-11-29T18:29:28Z
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(DIR) Post #B0xbhJ7q7jedtAu3g8 by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-12-06T04:23:21Z
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@tomjennings they are selling fear.
(DIR) Post #B0xbsMmGsy0kOw5WIi by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-12-06T04:25:21Z
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@tomjennings mine does this too... and randomly one or the other won't print.
(DIR) Post #B13VwdASSJxXcFoKsy by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-12-09T00:47:09Z
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@tomjennings @crisps @bruces most of the cell-phone generation and younger do not have a globe... nor any actual paper maps for that matter. :-)
(DIR) Post #B14XuhiGym6mCUnRVw by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-12-09T12:43:56Z
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@tomjennings @crisps I still have my grandmother's old globe. :-)And I have string... which is another thing lots of younger kids don't use because of plastic, etc.But Google earth does not have virtual string, does it? If you zoom out enough that it looks like a globe the flat screen causes real string to not curve. If you zoom in enough that it looks flat you have the problems caused by projection.
(DIR) Post #B1WkxX7vnk0kXF6tX6 by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-12-23T03:09:18Z
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Sasha thinks the oven was turned on to warm him up while he enjoys the smell of baking bread. #CatsOfMastodon #caturday #pannetone
(DIR) Post #B1WoN14lt8P8WSTW0e by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-12-23T04:00:06Z
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@futurebird He is not wrong.
(DIR) Post #B1malkR0bimVJx8MzI by poleguy@mastodon.social
2025-12-30T18:11:48Z
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@foone @everykeyboard random adjective keyboard, no?
(DIR) Post #B235LzBA39AHgKakoC by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-07T17:40:56Z
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@davidrevoy Your lighting, shadows and details on the cloth square in the lower left panel jumped out at me: beautiful!
(DIR) Post #B23lmvc5bwZAW5iWEi by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-08T01:36:19Z
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@davidrevoy You gave me too much credit. Now I see it. Wow. I was actually impressed right off the bat by the lighting and shading of the folds. Now I'm doubly impressed. (The other panels are also great, but wow!)
(DIR) Post #B2Dut9AYxtVhSvTtFQ by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-12T15:25:04Z
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@jk did they hire a full time graphic designer who needs to constantly change things to justify their salary? I thought blender was open source and wouldn't suffer from this risk. Can you sneak in and quietly revert the change in git? :-)
(DIR) Post #B2G5tDEXLI8HskUevY by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T00:00:50Z
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@piggo Hey, I saw your comment was filtered by mastodon.social? What's up with that? Your account looks legit to me.
(DIR) Post #B2H73CacsuxvtT73hI by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T12:06:06Z
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@futurebird I think they are attempting to steal the monopoly that TI has had on the calculator industry with the TI82/TI85/etc. I think it is a shame that my highschool kid had to buy a $100+ calculator from a specific company, effectively required by law despite being effectively required by law to already carry a $1000 smartphone from iPhone.The lobbyists of these companies have Lita of power.Desmos seems of the same ilk, making a move, democratizing in some ways, but also... ick?
(DIR) Post #B2HAFiKuydbBgwQIzY by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T12:25:30Z
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@mhstoixeiwmenopip @futurebird Sorry, I was exaggerating a bit. The kids all have iphones because Apple has a near monopoly on the market, partly because banking apps mostly only work on android and Apple, and when two kids in the group get talking on iMessage on old WiFi devices without cell phone numbers, they can't talk to kids with android, and the peer pressure effect causes android households like mine to go buy them an iPhone to avoid being excluded at 12 years old.
(DIR) Post #B2HAFjbyEipje7PRD6 by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T12:29:24Z
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@mhstoixeiwmenopip @futurebird but they can't use these iphones on the test I don't think because of LLM cheating. So our school requires buying a very specific model of calculator per the syllabus.The school does provide chrome books.I was not aware desmos was allowed on the SAT or that you could use a Chromebook for that test until I read this thread. It seems teachers and students might not either
(DIR) Post #B2HAVe8KN6a1I08CXI by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T12:44:59Z
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@futurebird I stated looking, and this is a very cool list of all the features. Thanks for putting this together!
(DIR) Post #B2HBDIepZyRBQQ9Msy by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T12:52:54Z
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@futurebird I got into programming in part because of my TI85. I loved it.
(DIR) Post #B2HDphTdwtJPJXM6sK by poleguy@mastodon.social
2026-01-14T13:22:12Z
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@futurebird @mhstoixeiwmenopip This is much better than before (again, "per British television standards"), but I still got a letter this year saying that I had to buy my kid one of two different TI branded calculators.So maybe the requirement for this class (or this book) is different than for the SAT. Or maybe the memo hasn't got out to all the teachers (sounds like your experience).During class my kid reports others put all the questions into an LLM routinely during final exams...