Posts by vpermar@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #APRhPErKs3gX1al408 by vpermar@mastodon.online
2022-11-10T01:48:47Z
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@stux thank you for your service!
(DIR) Post #APXCPIFkRRozRMx3y4 by vpermar@mastodon.online
2022-11-12T17:29:39Z
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@stux local and federated feeds seem to be back up! Thank you so much!
(DIR) Post #ASerdk1vBM14fi0RpQ by vpermar@mastodon.online
2023-02-14T03:49:57Z
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@arstechnica but what about, and just hear me out, aliens… FROM THE FUTURE.(It is a joke, by the way)
(DIR) Post #ATclbqHpaWIFbP3GTY by vpermar@mastodon.online
2023-03-15T01:26:07Z
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@grammargirl I suggest logging into their site and pushing it as far into the future as possible. If I remember correctly, it can be a full year. Also, holidays tend to be much slower. There is a smaller chance of being requested for service around Christmas and New Year.
(DIR) Post #ATgtE0qaFVUzfeIKm0 by vpermar@mastodon.online
2023-03-17T01:10:16Z
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@stux I don’t recall who said this (in the context of some former US president) but these kinds of blatant lies are not even about misinformation. They are about asserting power: I am so powerful that reality is what I say it is, and there is nothing you can do about it.
(DIR) Post #AUYU5bGgjUzL8a39nM by vpermar@mastodon.online
2023-04-11T21:43:03Z
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@grammargirl I believe it was Alexander Pope who said 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing'. I believe younger generations have easy access to that little knowledge… which may make them as uninformed or more than when we had no knowledge at all.
(DIR) Post #AUaiFF3DygienoADo0 by vpermar@mastodon.online
2023-04-12T23:31:03Z
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@stux same here. I still think that he might not have always been a dangerous buffoon, he was just allowed to become one by a yes people bubble of his own creation.He reminds me a bit of Linus Pauling, the only winner of two unshared Nobel Prizes, who later in life became obsessed with Vitamin C megadoses as a cure all (against all evidence) and fully sank his reputation…
(DIR) Post #AY1f8RdIGrozcyhybo by vpermar@mastodon.online
2023-07-24T17:09:44Z
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@grammargirl for what it’s worth, Wikipedia has it as “valley girl”. I would agree, since the term has become more general, and it doesn’t specifically refer to somebody from the San Fernando Valley.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_girl
(DIR) Post #AZRRofqpqUpM5L0KbA by vpermar@mastodon.online
2023-09-05T01:35:05Z
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@grammargirl Unfortunately when I tell people that I switched to Mastodon, the reply I get most often is “what is that?”.
(DIR) Post #Ac9x94kARF4yKicNVI by vpermar@mastodon.online
2023-11-25T08:37:39Z
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@grammargirl A great reminder to not just have one, but two backups. I lost most of my early work samples when my hard drive failed, and then the backup drive also failed as I plugged it to get the files. It turns out there was a problem with the power outlet.
(DIR) Post #AlPvh4ecAuRrmD5PkG by vpermar@mastodon.online
2024-08-28T06:25:28Z
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@Ricardus Give John Wick a chance. It is the only franchise that feels like they are just having fun and getting Hollywood to foot the bill.
(DIR) Post #AnWRltQKRzojoBQORs by vpermar@mastodon.online
2024-10-28T21:49:52Z
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And here is the confirmation of what everybody knew about the WaPo refusing to endorse…Bezos is in talks to buy the Space Division of Boeing.https://jalopnik.com/boeing-might-be-quitting-space-with-a-potential-divisio-1851683133#space
(DIR) Post #Av4YV0h3tmGi5E6AiW by vpermar@mastodon.online
2025-06-08T16:38:46Z
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Despite being marketed against mosquitoes, bug zappers mostly kill moths and other beneficial pollinators. Mosquitoes are not attracted to light.That is why the box can only show a drawing of a mosquito, but it does not mention the word even once.