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Notices by Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com), page 61

  1. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Feb-2022 23:40:06 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    American will literally do everything they can not to have to use SI units.

    (This comes from the Marvel Comics Transformers universe)

    ♲ @vectorpoem_txt@twitter.com: * One breem is equal to approximately eight point three Earth minutes.

    In conversation Thursday, 24-Feb-2022 23:40:06 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  2. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Feb-2022 20:30:47 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Who called them “wind chimes” and not “🎵Dangling🎶“?
    In conversation Wednesday, 23-Feb-2022 20:30:47 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  3. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Feb-2022 19:40:34 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Gotta admit, I don’t love that absolutely all online conversations about crypto-currencies, NFTs, DAOs and Web3 are being poisoned by proponents all having a financial stake in them, either from ownership or a derived professional activity.

    I haven’t seen this kind of by-design conflict of interest with any other controversial topic, however heated, because they more often boil down to just personal opinions.

    Even with VR, another technology with more hype than actual applications, I haven’t seen as many conversations devolve into obligatory bad faith from proponents because most of them have no personal financial stake in the tech getting more popular, they just enjoy it for the sake of it.
    In conversation Wednesday, 23-Feb-2022 19:40:34 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  4. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Feb-2022 15:14:25 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brad Koehn ☑️
    Thanks Brad, I've seen several variations of this tweet today but this one is the first that gives actionable information for people concerned directly or not. The other one I saw explained that this was essentially an opinion and wasn't legally-binding for people who don't want to follow it.

    It still is a massive green light for Texas transphobic doctors, teachers and public prosecutors.
    In conversation Wednesday, 23-Feb-2022 15:14:25 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  5. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Feb-2022 14:15:05 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan

    ♲ @DanRogland@twitter.com: This is horrifying, and I’m going to thread resources below about how you can help in this situation and/or what resources you can use if you’re an affirming parent or educator in Texas right now

    https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1496511215719399431

    In conversation Wednesday, 23-Feb-2022 14:15:05 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  6. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 21-Feb-2022 21:58:26 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Adam Lein
    We have these too, and they keep using the same domain in the links of the email, so it’s been even easier to spot them after the first.
    In conversation Monday, 21-Feb-2022 21:58:26 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  7. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 21-Feb-2022 09:12:47 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Adam Lein
    I believe the confusion revolves around what "the address" means, I assume they meant "the URL in the address bar of the browser", not "the address in the href attribute of the link tags that shows in the plaintext version of the email".
    In conversation Monday, 21-Feb-2022 09:12:47 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  8. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 20-Feb-2022 15:24:19 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Corporate email: <Company> will never ask you for personal information in an email. When you click on a link, the address should always contain "company.com/".

    Same corporate email: All the links in the email contain "company-online.com/".
    In conversation Sunday, 20-Feb-2022 15:24:19 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  9. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 22:28:26 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Isaac Kuo
    I hear you, I have a necessarily limited view of the whole issue, and at least in my case there’s an obvious solution that doesn’t involve bespoke storage crates.
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 22:28:26 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  10. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 21:29:00 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Isaac Kuo
    The real alternative is to go through regular trusted postal workers, but it would hurt their bottom line.
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 21:29:00 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  11. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 19:43:34 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Simon Vince
    I don't blame delivery people, they do an awful job for awfully low wages, so the service quality is bound to be awful as a result.

    Just don't buy from Amazon, it's that simple.
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 19:43:34 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  12. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 19:41:09 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Remember Amazon's not-quite-fully-postpersons scheme?

    It keeps delivering:
    • Over the last month, at least two people have gained fraudulent access to my building's hall pretending to be delivery drivers, probably to grab a couple unsecured Amazon packages.
    • On NextDoor, someone received questions from a couple of Amazon employees tasked to figure out how to reduce package theft. The author believed they were yet another couple of crafty package thieves casing their building and refused to give them any details.
    • Amazon began to roll out large lightweight package storage crates to hide packages from outside sight.
    • These crates are making very handy storage extensions to the shopping carts used by people collecting bottles and cans from garbage bags in order to get pennies for them at recycling points.
    At this point I feel like putting my own signs in the lobby urging people to shop from anywhere but Amazon to eliminate package theft. USPS has access to the package closet, UPS, FedEx and Lasership too, it's just Amazon that doesn't.

    ♲ @hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com:

    Amazon Marketplace is harmful, episode 362

    In the United States #Amazon has a contract with USPS, the national mail carrier. Last mile deliveries are performed by USPS, but not by regular postpersons. This status quirk enables Sunday/holiday deliveries that aren’t done by full-status postpersons.

    On the other hand these Amazon-contracted sub-postpersons aren’t trusted with the postal key, a sesame to access mailboxes and package rooms in residential buildings throughout the city of New York.

    In my building, this leads to Amazon packages being left in the hall, and apparently there has been enough package theft reports that the management company had to put up signs urging Amazon delivery people not to leave them the hall, but I believe they are paid way too low (as sub-postpersons) to comply with these rules that wouldn’t be needed if people didn’t order on Amazon in the first place.

    CQFD.
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 19:41:09 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  13. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 17:19:14 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Listening to hip-hop with the window cracked open, it's impossible to guess whether the police siren sounds come from the music or outside. #OnlyInNYC
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 17:19:14 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  14. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 11:46:27 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Felix Bohmann
    Thanks to @Felix Bohmann for the self-promotion reminder!
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 11:46:27 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  15. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 11:45:05 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Infrequent reminder that I'm still selling an alarmingly growing number of #LEGO sets restored from the bulk bins I purchase on two storefronts:

    - BrickLink: https://store.bricklink.com/MrPetovan
    - BrickOwl: https://mrpetovan.brickowl.com

    Save a shelf, buy a set!
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 11:45:05 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  16. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 11:27:12 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Felix Bohmann
    Of course, although I don't expect much business from my contacts on the Fediverse, but why not?

    BrickLink: store.bricklink.com/MrPetovan
    BrickOwl: mrpetovan.brickowl.com

    I maintain both inventories in sync using a third-party software so feel free to order from either storefront.
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 11:27:12 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  17. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 11:13:58 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    in reply to
    • Hypolite Petovan
    Not even 8 hours after this post I received an order for 3 different sets I had for sale, it's good for alleviating my disappointment even if it barely made a dent in the shelves 😅
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Feb-2022 11:13:58 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  18. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 18-Feb-2022 21:02:59 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    LEGO clogging

    A short update on my #LEGO activity. I’ve finally built most sets of the last prolific bin, and I’m completely running out of shelf or storage space. I was hoping to sell more sets to offset the arrival of new builds, but it’s been disappointing.

    I have been busy though. I’ve received a flurry of orders since the start of the year, but mostly for minifigures, loose parts and lately instructions that I finally inventoried and put for sale.

    This is a disappointing setback, I went on a buying spree in January and I still have 4 bins stashed under my bed. With this storage clogging I feel like I’ll be sleeping on them for longer than I expected.

    On the hand, my kid has been enjoying the widest selection of sets to play with since I started this, so not everything is bleak!
    In conversation Friday, 18-Feb-2022 21:02:59 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  19. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 10:40:05 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    “I’m working as hard as I can even it doesn’t look like it, don’t question my work rhythm, there’s no productivity to be gained from stifling my breaks” #ADHD

    ♲ @catballar@twitter.com: Had an interesting question during my last interview: How do you like to be managed?

    So...how would you answer that?

    In conversation Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 10:40:05 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  20. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 07:36:57 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    The sad truth is that profit motive ruins every single field. Finance, power and water, farming, education, healthcare, manufacturing, transport, retirement homes, religion, entertainment, software, Internet, etc…

    ♲ @deutrino@mstdn.io: demand open source medical tech??

    profit motive ruins everything it touches in the fields of medicine and social media, I'm convinced of it. what other fields?

    In conversation Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 07:36:57 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
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