Great Blue Heron @ GreatBlueHeron @lemmy.ca

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I have some background in tech but admit I'm a long way out of touch now. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they're working on back end stuff to have personalised ads "baked in". I know the resource implications of this are huge, but it still wouldn't surprise me.

I was expecting this comment :-) I do actually do the laundry and she complains that I don't use softener.

I wish I could make my wife understand this :-(

Yep. I'd rather not have a propane stove, but I live in an area with a lot of power outages. We have a propane generator for backup power. Makes no sense to size to generator to run and induction stove when we can just use our, properly installed, propane stove.

That's kinda where I'm at, but I already have kids, and now they're having kids. I worry about them.

I must have a pretty warped sense of humour.. haven't had a good laugh like that in ages.

I'm here still wearing a 20 year old Veritas t-shirt I got at a conference. I bought some warmer underwear when I moved from Australia to Canada. Nothing gets thrown out until it's worn transparent and then "thrown out" means moved to the garage to use as rags. I really really don't get the whole disposable fashion thing.

Ah - South Australia. For some reason I was thinking it sounded like South Australia :-) It sounds good to me and I'd certainly eat it given the opportunity.

Spent the first 54 years of my life in Australia and never heard of this. Where do you get a pie floater??

I'm on starlink too. Bell recently ran fibre by my front door but I won't be switching when they come knocking. During hurricane Fiona my starlink kept working as long as I gave it power. Bell took 2 months to get out and repair my neighbours downed phone line! If the fibre was in the ground I'd switch, but I don't want my internet coming through 50km of rickety poles along tree lined roads.

I'm writing this from a hotel room paid for by Air Canada - but wow did I have to fight for it!

First flight of two leg journey was delayed and the original announcement was that it was delayed due to a mechanical issue. I knew I had a tight connection so checked with Air Canada staff - they assured me that if I missed my connection they would put me in a hotel until the next available flight. After about an hour delay they announced that they had discovered bird strike damage and we would be delayed further.

When I arrived at the connection airport I was told there would be no hotel as the delay was due to a bird strike and therefore out of their control. I was tired and cranky and went full "Karen mode" asked to speak to managers, explained what I was told at the original airport and finally got a hotel voucher.

I wonder if there is publicly available data on the incidence of aircraft bird strikes? I wonder if they are increasing? I'm not cynical..

I agree that defederating and banning the bot are effectively the same. Defederating seems a bit cleaner to me, so that's what I voted for.

If people really want the content they can still go directly to the instance and get it. I know that seems to go against the grain of the fediverse and I'm still struggling with that.

It's a bit hard to follow what you're asking, but it seems like the answer is in your question - if you're taking the A610 stay in the left lane, as marked. If you're exiting after the A610 use the right lane. What am I missing?