Notices by Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com), page 37
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Aug-2022 09:23:25 EDT 
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Indeed. I probably should add that, like the Bechdel Test, this personal test of mine doesn’t reliably inform on the quality of the work. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Aug-2022 08:51:16 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
Now I'm wary of any fictional setting where a unique Earth government/corporation oversees space colonization. We didn't do it for Earth colonization, why would we do it for space? A few video games stand out, like Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Offworld Trading Company. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Aug-2022 21:11:47 EDT
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I'm still mad that the translated titles of the Friends episodes in French switch from self-referential jokes to plain descriptions. For example, S7E11 "The One with All the Cheesecakes" becomes "Celui qui aimait les cheesecakes" ("The one who liked cheesecake"). 😡 -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 22-Aug-2022 02:27:33 EDT
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I want to call one of those "How's my driving?" numbers once and it would go like this:
"Hi, I'm calling about driver number 36.
- Yes?
- They're driving very well." -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-Aug-2022 14:13:14 EDT
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LEGO Boeing 787 "Putting back the dream in" Dreamliner
https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/photos/hypolite/image/1010454521630272ad08bdc928409883
This is our latest #LEGO project with my partner, using an official design as a base (in this case, the 2006 Boeing 787 Dreamliner 10177 set), and using as many different colors for the parts as possible. Most came from my existing collection, several had to be purchased in the wildest colors possible.
To zero in on this set, I used Rebrickable Build Search feature that returns how much of which sets can be built given a pool of parts. This search engine has several interesting options, including disregarding the part colors entirely, matching only on part molds.
This gave me a result with an extremely wide range of sets, so I had to filter further. I first limited the results to sets with more than 1,000 parts so that the patchwork of colors would be shown at a meaningful scale. The second filter was manual, I tried to find a set where color differences weren't used to denote a change of texture or geometry. This set stood out thanks to its simple geometric shape, and the base bi-tone color scheme was perfect to scramble.
We're pretty happy with the result, and it will nicely adorn our living room shelves for a while.
More pictures:
https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/photos/hypolite/image/2073498345630274fa55424799855593
https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/photos/hypolite/image/1075925948630275332cfd0638902555
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Aug-2022 09:35:05 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
#WellThisFuckingSucks ♲ @rwmead@twitter.com: A nice writeup from CNBC about the HBO Max purge, which confirms that most of the content pulled was not getting high viewership and the reason it was pulled was to avoid paying union-mandated residuals to actors and composers: cnbc.com/2022/08/19/her… https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/19/heres-why-hbo-max-is-pulling-dozens-of-films-and-tv-series-from-its-streaming-platform.html
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Aug-2022 13:05:25 EDT
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Way, way too long, and it’s still ongoing with no sign of slowing down! -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Aug-2022 11:30:56 EDT
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Doesn’t sound French enough, probably. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Aug-2022 10:30:37 EDT
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Sadly, yes.
French : English
Entrée : Starter
Plat : Entree
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Aug-2022 09:03:43 EDT
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Suggested American road trip restaurant diet: order only 1 Starter and 1 Entree or 1 Entree and 1 Dessert for 2 adults.
Order any more and you will regret it. Works every time. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Aug-2022 21:27:37 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
At first glance, I got the impression that Americans were culturally rule followers, unlike French people who are more likely to bend or break the rules.
After a decade living here, I realized I was wrong, the US just invests way more in surveillance and especially punishment. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 22:50:52 EDT
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To be fair to Fahrenheit, it is very human-centric, with a useful operating range of about 0-100 F. On the other hand Celsius is water-centric with a same operating range of 0-100 C which makes it easier to use in scientific contexts.
In either case it’s about memorizing your own couple of sweet spots and extrapolating from there.
I’m not thrilled there are two competing standards but neither is as blatantly stupid as 12-hour time and MM/DD/YYYY dates in a digital age and ounces in the metric age. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 22:25:04 EDT
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#WellThisFuckingSucks ♲ @ParkerMolloy@twitter.com: Journalists see someone being trans as a "position," not a state of existence. Many view the treatment of trans people as authentic human beings who are exactly who they say they are as a "biased" point of view. That's not the case for any other group.
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Aug-2022 21:38:34 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
Tired of my ramblings about how stupid imperial units are? Wait until you get a piece of my ramblings about how stupid 12-hour time is. 12:39 AM is greater than 11:28 AM so it should be after, right?
Wrong! It’s madness! -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 15-Aug-2022 22:45:06 EDT
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♲ @emily_murnane@twitter.com: The long rich tradition of American political cartoons being dramatic about the dumbest thing u can imagine
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 15-Aug-2022 07:45:04 EDT
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♲ @geolikestrains@twitter.com: finally, the real trolley problem
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 13-Aug-2022 16:30:06 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
#WellThisFuckingSucks I used to believe in this kind of legal euthanasia program (like Medical Assistance In Dying in Canada) but every implementation I've seen are ghoulish in our socially-blind, profit-obsessed societies. ♲ @Methadone_Cat@twitter.com: When MAID has become the sixth leading cause of death in Canada we are well beyond "extraordinary circumstances" and "untreatable suffering".
We've reached the "anyone who is somewhat inconvenient to treat" and are headed rapidly to "everyone who fails cost-benefit analysis". -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 13-Aug-2022 15:09:38 EDT
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It's possible, but less likely. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 13-Aug-2022 13:12:39 EDT
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Actually, if all your friends jump from a bridge, there’s a high likelihood that there’s an imminent danger that you didn’t acknowledge yet and so you definitely should jump with them as a cautionary measure. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 13-Aug-2022 08:59:42 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
After reading @doctorow 's review of the current printer hellscape and identifying Epson, HP and Lexmark as printing brands I should avoid, I'm carefully optimistic not to see Canon being mentioned.
Can anyone confirm they are less slimy than their competitors?
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