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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 16:59:46 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Today is "where do elephants live" day. YouTube is full of garbage machine generated videos (about 40 seconds each) under this topic. This is one of those times when I hate "monetization". Without it, there'd be no motivation for using #AI or other #bots to make this garbage.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 03:22:59 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8z2-uR23kU

https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=e8z2-uR23kU

Discussion of the New Madrid Seismic Zone and its potential for a major earthquake.

I drove to the town of New Madrid in 2009 to try to see the fault line, but it isn’t visible on the surface. (I remember reading that the church bells rang in Boston during the 1811 and 1812 earthquakes.)
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1. New Madrid Seismic Zone: Why The Middle Of The U.S. Could Be Hit By A HUGE Earthquake
  
  from Geography By Geoff
  
  Watch the podcast: @GeographyPod Listen to the podcast: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything💬 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geographybygeoff/💬 T...
2. New Madrid Seismic Zone: Why The Middle Of The U.S. Could Be Hit By A HUGE Earthquake
  
  Watch the podcast: @GeographyPod Listen to the podcast: https://linktr.ee/geographyiseverything 💬 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geographybygeoff/ 💬 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@geographybygeoff 🌳 Linktree for everything: https://linktr.ee/geographybygeoff The west coast of the United States is accustom to earthquakes. But lying deep underground in the middle of the United States, is a little known area called the New Madrid Seismic Zone. At some point, this area, which is in the middle of the North American plate, will shake the entire region causing extreme damage that people aren't expecting. Here's why this region of the United States is so seismically active and what will happen when the inevitable earthquake does hit. Soil Liquefaction photo by Schwede66 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13629593 Stock footage is purchased from www.videvo.net and www.storyblocks.com. See something that doesn't look right? Please contact me! Animation support provided by DH Designs (needahittman.com)
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 01:25:46 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

My half son Daddy_A reports that his wife cheated and left. He didn't say who has the kids or whether they've started the legal part of breaking up. SonTwo said that she's always been controlling (true!), so he expected something like this to happen all along.

I didn't expect it, simply because they've been through so much together that I figured that neither one would waste all that they've invested in the relationship.

He's hurting, and I'm sure the rest of the family are also hurting.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 22:08:59 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://nu.federati.net/url/293672 [arstechnica com]

Ars Technica tells about the #XZ Utilities backdoor.
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1. What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world
  
  Malicious updates made to a ubiquitous tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 04:11:48 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
I forgot to mention #Mumble.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 04:11:11 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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Naps helped a little. GS5 remained grumpy and clingy most of the day, but he was much improved over the way he started the day. GS4 got a little whiny, but it didn't progress far. When I picked him up and told him I was hungry for toes, he laughed with joy and alternately tried to keep his feet away from my face, then put them near and said "you can't eat my toes".

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 04:03:08 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Now we're about to start looking for a MVNO cellular telephone service (and a low-priced compatible phone). Son_2 paid the bill for March, but that's double what they were paying already ... and they've also been looking to reduce the cost of their phone plan.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 23:41:04 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I remember when I was in college & university, the US Bureau of Prisons used to come to my campus job fair every year. When they found out that I was putting myself through school by working in fast food (and lots of loans), they tried really hard to get me to hire on as a kitchen supervisor over a crew of inmates. I wasn't ready to work with inmates carrying knives, so I declined. Since I was studying management, if they'd had more managerial positions, I might have considered applying.

Though I now know that I wouldn't have lasted anyway. Years later, I participated in a few hours of prison ministry and it was one of the most frightening experiences in my life ... none of the inmates threatened me in any way, but the whole environment--including the "we have no obligation to rescue you if something happens" agreement that I had to sign in order to participate--was innately threatening.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 17:00:53 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Also, happy Resurrection Day ( Easter ) for those who celebrate.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 16:59:07 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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I'd also say there should be some !fnetworks ancillary infrastructure:
* Single sign-on system that is integrated into all servers
* !XMPP server, potentially one integrated with #Matrix or something like #Mattermost
* #IRC and/or #SILC
* code-hosting (something like https://kallithea-scm.org/ or https://www2.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki )
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1. Kallithea
  
  Kallithea, a free software source code management system supporting two leading version control systems, Mercurial and Git.
2. Fossil: A Coherent Software Configuration Management System
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 14:12:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- Federati Networks
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
I consider these to be sustainability efforts. If a codebase goes stagnant and !fnetworks cannot find the resources to contribute, then issues that arise become permanent. If, on the other hand, one or more Federati members continue solving problems and moving the codebase forward through its rough spots, things can improve ... or they can work out an official migration tool to move instances to software that is still being developed.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 14:08:11 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
I also think that there should be multiple instances under the same umbrella. They don't all have to run the same software. So there could be a GNU social instance, a Friendica instance, and maybe a Mastodon, Pleroma, or Misskey instance combined with single-sign-on. The thing is that whatever software gets run, there should be someone who administers it and hopefully someone who contributes development time to the upstream project.

One of my frustrations has been that as GS development repeatedly stagnated, my job and home situations combined to keep me sidelined from becoming an active contributor.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 14:00:02 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Federati Networks
What I've been thinking about recently is sustainability. I'd like to re-launch !fnetworks in the future, but this time I would like to launch is as a community project from the beginning, one that isn't dependent upon one person to do all the funding, administration, or moderation.

In this time of extremists and of bot generated content, I think it should never be open registration, and I also think most policy changes should be subjected to a vote of a group of members.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 13:52:46 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

This morning, Grandson_3 woke his brothers early. As a result, Grandson_5 is extra complainy and extra clingy, and Grandson_4 is likely to become so in a bit. I think we're going to try to get them to nap early and hopefully longer than the usual hour or two.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 03:49:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Economics of the US Economy
I don't see the proposal mentioned at https://mastodon.social/@axios/112187928102716826 having any impact on bank runs. Bank runs happen because people begin to believe their funds are at risk. In any system other than "pay us a set fee for holding your money", banks will depend on lending (making loans, buying bonds, wiring funds overnight to help weaker institutions look stronger on official forms) ... and as long as that is the case, a bank run is possible.

Under fee-based funds-holding, banks could have 100% of deposits in a quickly-available form and defuse the rumors that "Bank X is in trouble and you might lose money if you don't withdraw immediately".

Having said all that, I'm not advocating that we replace lending-based banking with fees-based banking. For one thing, someone would still need to provide lending-based funding to Americans ... from credit cards to car loans to home loans. !econusa
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  Axios (@axios@mastodon.social)
  
  from Axios
  
  Here's how to prevent the next bank run, according to former Fed officials. https://t.co/u5jirms6Oc
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 03:30:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://nu.federati.net/url/293657 [www actionnewsnow com] #ATT notifies customers of #security_breach that leaked #SSN and other customer information.
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1. AT&T notifies users of data breach and resets millions of passcodes
  
  from MATT O'BRIEN - AP Technology Writer
  
  AT&T says it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 02:55:12 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Sunday starts "Elephant Week" for Grandson_4. We'll have a short conversation about elephants, and then Monday through Friday, we'll try to view videos and read read applicable books.

We do these themed weeks for GS4, but Grandson_3 also enjoys them.

MON: introduction ... basic facts about elephants, emphasis on seeing live action video taken in their natural settings as well as zoos. Different kinds of elephants. Possibly including extinct kinds of elephant. Size & weight.
TUE: Where do elephants live? Location / temperature & climate / environment (what else lives there)
WED: Elephants' social lives + group structures / elephant reproduction / life cycles
THU: What do elephants eat? What do they drink? And (important for little boys) do elephants poop?
FRI: What eats elephants? This is also the time for silliness such as do elephants understand Spanish? and also an elephant related art project if we didn't get to it earlier in the week.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 31-Mar-2024 02:40:04 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://www.orovillemr.com/2024/03/25/student-dies-at-lineman-college-after-pole-breaks/ [www orovillemr com]

I used to work down the street from this place. They have several practice poles that the students learn to climb. As I understand it, the pole broke and landed atop the student, so it wasn't just the fall that killed him.

(The article is tagged "subscriber only", but it let me see it anyway.)
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1. Student dies at Northwest Lineman College after pole breaks
  
  from gqlshare
  
  A student at the Lineman College in Oroville died Monday morning after a power pole broke.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 18:42:31 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Walrus week wasn’t as engaging for Grandson_4 as previous animals’ weeks were. But Grandson_3 is enjoying them and starting to pick up things from the videos.

We watched a couple of hungry polar bears 🐻❄️ attempt to have walrus for dinner. Both were unsuccessful. We also saw a number of bears attacking at once, and they were able to isolate some walrus pups and elderly or sickly walruses. The whole group feasted.

The narrator said that this was unusual, as polar bears are not just antisocial, they actively dislike one another.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 17:30:35 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

The #AI #sgbb #semi-grammatical #bot_babble is already clogging up search results with garbage results. https://fosstodon.org/@foo/112185566570588050

To be honest, in that part of #SoCal, I'd probably directly contact the University of California's Riverside campus with that question. That would cut through all the #SEO manipulation of search results and get information straight from someone who knows what they're talking about.
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  Ryan Finnie (@foo@fosstodon.org)
  
  from Ryan Finnie
  
  The top Google result for "when to trim palm trees in California" is a word salad AI SEO regurgitation which says pretty much everything except when the ideal time is. It also helpfully points out "Preparing trees for upcoming natural calamities is necessary, and hurricanes are pretty common in California". (California had its first tropical storm in a hundred years last year.)