2026-08-30T04:45:56Z https://nostr.ae Timo J https://nostr.ae/npub14unjr0k2hsdfj00qus86mdm5wn0f0tefqldrkfkkl20k9gshaqpsf3aw96 https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/265/384/162/516/338/original/376fe06d6c75841c.png https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/265/384/162/516/338/original/376fe06d6c75841c.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0vxv88akm7fe2mj2mte2p9zhseujqklp6j0uhzfux8wyvsn82k0qzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxcnxdwe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zuxyc6skc97vx7yr0ufc8tcpskdfc466gt9etc3qvac8h52qr8s3dpkeg'>nevent1q…pkeg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Somebody eventually has to pay up. Telecom companies are a lot of things, but they are not charities. ;) 2026-08-24T22:49:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsweqdk8pkkwtvau4w82x99lfaarfzm2zak7dlj9vacz2mvt9x396qzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxuyk5ds In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstukv6ymzl4ag2keeqs80se0cqagn2a722c52zsnfm29uyul8hgycsr9j85'>nevent1q…9j85</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, but getting to six seconds makes it a legitimate billable event. Create some CDRs for the carriers, make ‘em pay intercarrier termination fees, make it a less lucrative. ;) 💰 2026-08-24T22:37:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstk5hjue9g6phjrakurq457tavk7q2jrethgn5kc8fu5thadze6zgzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qx2exljf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst2wnxzuh8q4xdpaa5dpzancn89eqwjjjruqdj8wd39wdlckjzh5gqkkeaq'>nevent1q…keaq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A good solution to the anonymous call problem, if you do answer, is not say anything for the first five seconds. You’ll either hear the audible click over to the human or it’ll hang up. At five seconds, no immediate response to the hello is a hang up. Not that you should answer a call you don’t know anymore, but some people have to. 2026-08-24T22:24:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgeueah4dpk0crm92t222u8x5hz4yfsn6yta8mv8q6kue8msghxgszyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qx5f554g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdrsuppt88p4d7a3gwrzjl8mhckzf957uzwy7hdz7mtckeen4yqmq7qkwt5'>nevent1q…kwt5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That’s basically the plot of Real Genius.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/010/504/102/116/553/original/6ca55156bf313576.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-07-30T19:10:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs26wmz82ya00rnkg9uqphfzzqn7fw9ngk8dprx4wt5hqa8a99v9hqzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qx5qd2l0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd3y4vas2yxe6yrs2d0at3nl6snwcau0kh00lwh8qku8e2uvt8t0qnr6eck'>nevent1q…6eck</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What kind of donation would hook up the folk in Farmington? 2026-03-15T23:37:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswv4nfl9vksfq6duw6whjhscy03mqt6gqwkr69l72hcwfuq7sqs0szyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxe93q07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvrgvtua8sksl2tpq2as0np2vsptkh5avavvhc7v239ee8rxarrg9lcmj3'>nevent1q…cmj3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Finland seems to do just fine without them. As a product of an American system’s gifted programs, I’m eager to see if valuing equity over selection would improve the output for everyone. 2026-03-07T15:59:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2suxxgm2ymk0dn55ht2skt484dfd5jqlm2mh2cs6nx2ex4eq5sfgzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxvmg37s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswj7vv8r9wymynszxqftjhwfmmy9lmrtec7j0yw9dplqrjjazcmmg9ynars'>nevent1q…nars</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, it’s also part of the economics… toll-free is called party pays, so you’re ceding your privacy for an archaic long distance payment model. You’re always better off calling the non-toll number if you can find it, especially credit card companies terrified you’re calling them collect… yet another throwback. ;) 2025-06-12T00:35:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspvausl3s89czhfxan53pwl33f2hxcllnu2h5h6jfjvjwhdaggc3qzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxdr254w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8h6uejs0dynt29vd7f0pn9yf26a793ugreuhcj3ltz9szgj3ups5708yv'>nevent1q…08yv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, and you can’t even pass the time with a rifle to induce casual near-extinction of a species! 2025-06-08T12:37:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstfzm9gvu6xf5rqs33zlc4xuhlz6q6utce60dqkd8y7v2yv97ys3szyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxtly49y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyca76tr8wccc366htgu434fl7352j4kk7y36zr25jkj39lcgvn2sfp50qz'>nevent1q…50qz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of course they don’t sell the data because applying that dataset is the core of the product offering.<br/><br/>There’s no material need for third-party cookies outside of digital advertising. Any residual use is laziness. 2025-05-24T15:31:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsplvduzlq4rjkc37tck4y50r0vfcgwp5aznkl6r3q2fmg8la4zn7szyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxygmdyt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98a3mdvvjcrrx96lyc7kuqmp4kmqjy479y4zeq9cra037ual6hngwx7tvk'>nevent1q…7tvk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Google is at the center of every invasive aspect of digital advertising and it has been selling its users like chattel for ages. It’s been parsing personal email to better sell you stuff. It literally weaseled its way out of deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome when both Safari and Firefox did it years ago. This is not new. They’re just finally afraid after two antitrust losses. 2025-05-24T15:21:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdz9jm7399xmcchwjkpcfelppxsg9wsmxcvtwakvf04qvv00un0ngzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxx556lw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqka64vqy6vzzce6ps7mw925px27mq9xrn0vg7l0x85qrlat0qnc7rlaqt'>nevent1q…laqt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s been awhile since I’ve seen these types of details of your project car. Weren’t you hacking biodiesel at one point? 2025-03-03T12:37:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdxve7hdejz5m73th0x2jewzadusy78fayxz6jqewt3ke3z9x05eqzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxqf834f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst6fuvzc7y7dfuruppg3ea0kze4zdqpd72006as67j4w5jvrl57jqnjhtfg'>nevent1q…htfg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of course, if you’re into bent-barrel things, I’m not trying to kink shame. ;) 2025-02-27T00:44:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst6fuvzc7y7dfuruppg3ea0kze4zdqpd72006as67j4w5jvrl57jqzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxa0xq00 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvn6ql9w89kavj0sq57s4vdjktcf43g3s27e5k2vj2y04lzd28dkga8558j'>nevent1q…558j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Check out the apps and cut the cord. Everything you’re getting bent over a barrel for from Google and Microsoft is there already. Between that and Ubiquiti, I’m pretty much checked out of dumbass sysadmin stuff and can now focus on even dumberassed things. 2025-02-27T00:44:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvp0uldy6sfex277dc9ftkfqkayr4my9vkkcq5edjw6qs0nmnscsqzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qx3p9xzf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgp3nc50q8pdsy0hzh636rn2xkcq3r3rjz24mle7965vjqn5lvtcukn859'>nevent1q…n859</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m running a lot of my stuff on a Synology NAS. Lots of prepackaged, out of the box stuff that I would have spent hours tuning and configuring, plus some proprietary stuff for Photo, document libraries, cloud backup, etc. Worth looking into if you still have a static IP and don’t trust The Man. 2025-02-27T00:00:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8dvxwv64zjls84hdw2zjel9dwg8pe3klmprtftywgmqa5q7rp8yqzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxjyg3n0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspaqq0left0nlk7ndf97m8mqjx2w65xt7yq886uzs4e2enaww7xlqgrut4m'>nevent1q…ut4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of course it’s blocked… it’s basically AdTech. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/608685/auto-draft">https://www.theverge.com/news/608685/auto-draft</a> 2025-02-21T01:46:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdaxe5suaqx9kg6h8gsat4wcyswytk9rwuqld6u8358vrym9uxytczyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxz3dt4e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0cqm6w4v7h77guexgjuyqs7l0msqsytjywrwjzcpm27rul5qpy7ge4nfrf'>nevent1q…nfrf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>FTS-0004, as requested. <a href="https://nsrc.org/networks/fidonet/standards/fts-0004.txt">https://nsrc.org/networks/fidonet/standards/fts-0004.txt</a> 2025-01-21T01:11:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqg5wu6dtpl3735szjfg9swhsfydwm88a0vakgpa98uhm8y78dq4qzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qx785fnc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxpdyntvfphxyrkwfa64upsejdgsdwmfdacsp7a8hjkdz7gzpxjxgg8lgkn'>nevent1q…lgkn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’d be satisfied with a happy median between today’s modern social network and the individually curated BBS systems of old. I liked choosing my Echoes and deciding what I wanted available in my experience. I also liked not having some of the stuff. 2025-01-20T05:36:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrqhkg5404n9aen63uuf67clh9tsavtum5jarc2f28dat5jq3ar6gzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxdz9p8f Can’t wait for the next generation of #AI models to #mansplain eugenics to me to Middle English! <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/harvard-and-google-to-release-1-million-public-domain-books-as-ai-training-dataset/">https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/harvard-and-google-to-release-1-million-public-domain-books-as-ai-training-dataset/</a> 2024-12-16T10:20:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8sschwpu7z0dh0p9570yaarvkw7nq5x4r4lc75f2mjmh2mzkp6gczyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxk3aahd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zhxvujdyf68qf3y9c8795hgmkxws8t53h6sep4afer75883htasxec28v'>nevent1q…c28v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>An entirely untethered BBS… the possibilities! 2024-12-13T17:57:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvh3f77jryers97a2qy9v5w0hkc67c8eal89qnz70paz94gamr93gzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxk924vk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqv5apru8c499p3azr7fd5tgmt2lj4w2led6cnxn8m2a2ayzkrz0st750lz'>nevent1q…50lz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought doing a search on the name would help me understand what the device is, but now I’m just more confused. 2024-12-13T13:26:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfwluggtag8sqjl3w6kmary9j3krch2e75ed0p6rxwx5x8ph3qhhczyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxeurl65 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstyk5pfgczenzmzxenjnl5d60qggxvdtqvlylgvt87lsm5y2l3avs9stuly'>nevent1q…tuly</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s always the phrasing that saves me. I’ve worked for a lot of companies and none of their lawyers would have approved language like “you will not receive anything.” Their misappropriation would be far less direct. 2024-10-01T23:34:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdswxrf3fadjpwtmu3x6detrnvhvzzlpa232sr6zut483yrpgmznczyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxhc7hy0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhvpa2hdr4drdj8svkm9h22z6u3za2y4ed8p97qaph6vy5mpjc6csjk6u0'>nevent1q…k6u0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m pretty sure the timing is strategic. 2024-10-01T22:40:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvkr0vp372wgh0az7el4zwuyzz7utk0qlyl0ugxuwc6gcwacaweaczyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxvya5j0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkrdwcs8yt82nelpdskykwxk3st2jsrlusdk3gga9c0dfzddzq0sfcaxtt'>nevent1q…axtt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How about Cloudflare develop some tools that allow people to question their blocking decisions? 2024-09-23T20:13:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp7a2vyefh7g06s5usrjvl30e0dlpq9ejwj3zr4ya7d7fhneehpyczyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxvua6k7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfwt5pz5n6q3wr3r5nm0x362pfvqdzryqz6y2m6ru5f47aa7d9n8c9kzww8'>nevent1q…zww8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Killer Department by Robert Cullen is along those same lines, but imputed Soviet pink terror and party discipline into the narrative rather than solving the crime. 2024-09-17T23:56:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsppqqywv6yc85yegwkjnxczzyxsa6xn2s7zh5v6lzxezlr0c80xcczyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qx34k906 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznaf36suk3ezxlmralqvk449svrpxjfsqpfmsfjt208gzt86d0tq65px42'>nevent1q…px42</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, someone decided that we didn’t need a browser anymore, so they made it into a crappier operating system that often runs on a crappy operating system so it could run crappier versions of crap applications that used to be compiled for the original crappy operating system but have been rewritten crappy to run on that crappier operating system that used to be a browser. It’s basically compost at this point. 2024-09-12T03:32:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstyh47f7jkzpsj5gmgs6ejw2qu788l9xcrlu3gxag6kmgfsazp8rqzyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxphzf7d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr88h5vh3028c3g6leaw6fk2063ffuevlxynn84w28zaa2xfeclxgeqpe53'>nevent1q…pe53</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I keep having to buy more powerful computers to play Civilization VI. The game has been out for ten years and it still eats battery like a lithium-version of The Iron Giant. 2024-09-12T02:35:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqsh0yfrvezcun9a9tc27yf3fgyyn33qtvsmtnmfn7j7uu9jnwdgszyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qx04dltd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspsdvhzs62r8n68xudzspm960j7zkrk8y09jnk7h6er2gv2pj9rzgm468nt'>nevent1q…68nt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fine. I *won’t* get all sappy about how meeting you changed the trajectory and political attitudes of a certain dumb suburban teenager in the Reagan-tainted 80s. I’ll just be content and happy to see your name on my screen again. 2024-09-01T07:23:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfmfqxew5upkpt3wcegsvtdejykvk0qh5tymk5z7vk0jxf7xc42hszyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qx6fmjdl <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1h7a5g39aukwykgy3jnznlynlwz2rmu5vh7m4uarkg5d5jcrw3ceseqm2up" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>tom jennings</span> (<span class="italic">npub1h7a…m2up</span>)</a></span> Thank God. It’s about time one of my goddamn heroes made it to Mastodon. 2024-09-01T03:19:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs274mxqdrugmpw2pqp5whs3zm6hhz3c75yeaxrnrgxe4qx6w6vdsczyzhjwgd7e27p4xfaurjqltdhw36da9a09yra5wex6maf7c4zzl5qxcksukm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrkkgmnmc92299dsr2vfj37fgduytuevz2kjztfl3vx8snx8y2gmgy98w85'>nevent1q…8w85</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I assume it was ruined by tech bros, like everything else in the Valley. When the private jets started displacing the cooking oil-powered VWs, you knew it was the end… 2024-08-17T13:00:54Z