Notices by LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Jul-2021 09:07:35 EDT 
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaNGtgYwSsU
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers “Islands in the Stream” -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Jul-2021 03:59:36 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
#TIL: Miller columns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_columns ( see image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GNUstep-liveCD.png ) ... similar to the "Smalltalk":{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk} browser. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Jul-2021 03:14:45 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Midnight.
That explains why I'm drifting off toward sleep. Part could also be the diphenhydramine, but at least now I know I'm genuinely sleepy and not just chemically sleepy. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Jul-2021 02:27:09 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Among the issues with #e-begging is the inability to verify neediness and uses. Am I asking for help because I bought a Porsche last month, or because of an unexpected medical expense? There's a very small number of people online where I have the level of communication where I'm certain I could know the difference. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Jul-2021 02:17:25 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
A few years back, there was a prolific e-beggar on MastoSoc. Every month, they'd tell about how they needed to pay their cell phone, their college fees, food, and I think medications. It would rise to a crescendo in the week or so before the major bills were due. Then silence for a week or two before it started again.
Using #e-begging as a replacement for working out a way to earn some income isn't practical for most people. Better to get a job or start making a product or service that people will pay for. But if one has a job and is saving up for X, someone may (or may not!) wish to toss a couple of pesos your way. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Jul-2021 02:10:11 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Encouraging someone to get an #e-begging account, not so they can ask others to pay their way, but because they're really low income and they're saving towards a goal. It seems to me that some of the people they contact online might want to toss $5 or $10 their way once in a while. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Jul-2021 01:08:37 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@silkevicious Yeah, and it is important to realize that the number you see is faked. The real person (if any) who has that number did not call you.
I once got a spam call from my own cell number. Except it wasn't from my number, because I answered the call with my cell. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 31-Jul-2021 00:18:35 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Found out today that area code 318 is also Louisiana. I think I've mentioned it before, but my work cell gets 3-4 call attempts per day from #LA area codes. Except recently, the number is far less, and I think that's because they are re-using old spoofed numbers that I've already blocked.
Since I've worked in Louisiana twice (for a total of about 21 months), I must have gotten on someone's list that way. I do occasionally get a spam call from another state's area code, but that is less than once per week. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 23:08:36 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Someone born in 1937 says something. Someone in his 20s says "boomer humor".
Me: No, if he's older than 75 this year, he's not a boomer. He's in the age range of boomers' parents. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 22:49:35 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Remembering that #sonTwo became a lot more helpful around the house after I fell off a ladder and banged my shin against the corner of the fireplace. (No bones broke.) He yelled at me about it and swore that anything requiring ladders was now his job. And he stuck to that for the remainder of his time at home.
Carrying too many groceries home and pulled my wrist out of joint? "All you had to do was call and we would have come and helped you." ... and they (he and his younger brother) did so until they moved away. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 22:33:40 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Also, when did C2 Wiki become #JavaScrippled? -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 22:28:05 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Is it weird that I check https://www.red-lang.org/ almost daily to see whether the have finally published updated info? The last entry dates back to 2020-08-20, but I've seen activity in their repos and their Gitter chat, so I know it isn't dead.
I sort of root for #Red-Lang, because of its #REBOL heritage, though I've only used Rebol briefly. It feels a little LISP-y, yet it has something akin to objects and replaces parentheses with a smaller number of square brackets. It is also homoiconic. See http://wiki.c2.com/?HomoiconicLanguages and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoiconicity
Another resemblance to Lisp: Rebol seems to have some problem connecting with the wider world which doesn't conform to its paradigms, though I think Red is working to pierce the wall of separation.
Still, for people just hearing of Red, they'll visit the site and see no news since last year and think it is abandoned or slow-moving, as Rebol is. (V.2 is supposedly being replaced with v.3, but work on Rebol 3 seems to have stopped a few years back and the main creator has a new language now.) -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 21:50:30 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Sent messages to sons asking to schedule short #videochat sessions tomorrow.
I normally have one with #sonOne and #GD1 and #GD2 (on rare occasions daughter-in-law pops in for a few minutes) Sunday afternoons, but recently, his work schedule has interfered.
I normally have them Fridays and Sundays with #sonTwo and #GS3 and #GS4 (sometimes daughter-in-law, but she's often busy), but we missed tonight's session.
Sessions with #Daddy_A, #A1, #A2, and #A3 are infrequent, and he often has device issues that prevent it. (That is, his iPhone and iPad don't display notifications or make sounds ... he even took the phone in for service; they couldn't correct it, so they replaced it.) -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 21:28:58 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
https://letsalllovela.in/objects/afff6ce9-55b6-4877-80a5-94854a40cf15
> Is it wrong to put family over spouses?
Sounds like someone is about to get into some real trouble here. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 21:21:49 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
It took forever for YouTube's ton* of #JavaScript to load, but yeah, that does look like fun.
* Even after the video starts playing, the controls don't work until the last piece of #JabbaShit loads. Not even the "don't autoplay the next video" button. The actual video was already over by that time. WTH YouTube? -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 21:08:04 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Everything I've heard about German engineering has been good. Similar to what I've heard about the Swiss. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 20:01:11 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
I was waiting around to see if they'd put #GS3 on for a #videochat, but it is getting to be his bedtime, so I am going to take a walk. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 19:26:39 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
This morning's weigh-in was the first time I was below 190 pounds since February. Still working towards the 165 that I weighed for most of my adulthood. -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 19:21:41 EDT
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
#GS3 likes books and is learning to use the potty, so I bought him a book. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/282163
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