Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social
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I worked for the burningman project as Department of Public Works for 16 or so years. I have been programming since I was 12 and this is my 1st forray into social media. Here's hoping federation lives up to its promises!
Joined Jan 2023
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Abolish investment properties
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People can’t even grasp the concept of a billionaire. It just feels “rich” to them. But put it in terms of time:
1 million seconds is 12 days
1 billion seconds is 32 years
That’s what an obscene amount of money a billion dollars is.
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This is my nominee for least-covered, least-understood story of the decade. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is the righteous and plausible path to ending the Electoral College. No constitutional amendment required.
That seems too good to be true. Also, to wrap your head around it requires a bit of effort. It’s almost like (content warning!) math.
But take a minute or two, and the light will dawn. This could happen. And it should.
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112045131762041444
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This ...
And this is why I leave my garden unraked and uncut over winter ... They need a place to live during the winter!
#gardening #bees #butterflies #gardens #FlowersOfMastodon #bloomscrolling
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If any marginalized people want help setting up a mastodon server, I'm happy to help. I've been running my own personal instance for a few years out of a computer in my basement. We can do a video call, chat or whatever you're comfortable with.
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AI as a way of automating the things you don't care enough about to do yourself.
Like translating your vision into a work of art. Or documenting how something you've made works. Or talking to a customer. Or finding out the actual answer to a question. Or deciding who's worth investing in.
AI as an expression of contempt.
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There should be a reality show called ‘Love is Bland’ where people who’ve been together for ten plus years load dishwashers and pick things to watch on Netflix
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I gave my taxi driver a big tip because he braked for a pigeon in the road.
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A star will be born in the coming months! Not quite, but a star in the T Coronae Borealis binary system (T CrB) will explode as a nova between Feb and Sept and become visible to the naked eye.
How do astronomers know? It is because this is a “recurrent nova”, one that grows and erupts every ~80 years. It is known to have erupted in 1217, 1787, 1866 and 1946.
After explosion, it will be visible to the unaided eye for several days and about a week with binoculars.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2024/02/27/view-nova-explosion-new-star-in-northern-crown/
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Wow, a lot of new people have appeared on here! Welcome! 👋 Do you want some help using this place?
If you have any questions about using Mastodon and the Fediverse, feel free to reply to this post or @ me or DM me!
This account also has a website full of easy-to-understand beginners' guides here:
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Kids: MOOOM can we please stop at McDonald's?!
Mom: We have McDonald's at home.
The McDonald's at home:
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ME: hi, I would like to buy a hamburger for the same price it was two hours ago.
CASHIER: ma'am this is a WENDY'S.
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I worked for the burningman project as Department of Public Works for 16 or so years. I have been programming since I was 12 and this is my 1st forray into social media. Here's hoping federation lives up to its promises!
Joined Jan 2023
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