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All of these"#AI" prompts. They're in the search engines, my #iphone with #apple_intelligence, etc. Mostly, it's...

All of these"#AI" prompts. They're in the search engines, my #iphone with #apple_intelligence, etc. Mostly, it's useless and boring.

I can't help but think it's like #talkietoaster from #Reddwarf: Do you want AI? How about if it was a bagel? How about if it was a waffle?

Being one of the last of the manual cartographers, I recently acquired a K&E LeRoy lettering set off of an auction site. I already have...

Being one of the last of the manual cartographers, I recently acquired a K&E LeRoy lettering set off of an auction site. I already have some nice jewel tipped Rapidographs I bought some 40 years ago. Now I have to find some decent drafting film here in Switzerland #geography #gis #fountainpen #drafting

After my university days, I stopped using fountain pens very much. I still used the Targa a bit, but only at home. Everywhere I worked,...

After my university days, I stopped using fountain pens very much. I still used the Targa a bit, but only at home. Everywhere I worked, pens always seemed to disappear from my desk. I suppose that was fine, as they were provided by my employers, and there were always more in the supply cabinet. But they were always ball-point pens.

I had been trying to remember what #fountainpen I started out with. A bit of searching, and it turned out it was a Shaeffer No Nonsense...

I had been trying to remember what #fountainpen I started out with. A bit of searching, and it turned out it was a Shaeffer No Nonsense pen. The nib was both quite flexible and quite scratchy. But it was cheap, and it was a fountain pen. I eventually picked up a Shaeffer Targa slim and didn't use it for over 20 years. Now that I'm retired, I'm back to using my Targa, and have acquired a few more.

Great info on my old university pen:
https://rupertarzeian.com/2020/04/29/a-look-back-at-the-sheaffer-no-nonsense-fountain-pen/

DOGE stands for "Donold's Ongoing Grifting of Everything".

DOGE stands for "Donold's Ongoing Grifting of Everything".

I've had the fortune to study with some of the greatest Geographers at both the University of Washington and at UCSB. While visiting the...

I've had the fortune to study with some of the greatest Geographers at both the University of Washington and at UCSB. While visiting the UCSB Geography dept website today, I came across the very sad news that Jeff Dozier is no longer with us. He was an amazing professor, and was able to describe really complex concepts. He also had a great sense of humor.

Jeff taught me why the sky is blue, mathmatically.

#geography #remoteSensing #EarthSciences #UCSB

https://www.geog.ucsb.edu/news/all/2025/memoriam-jeff-dozier-message-office-chancellor

Some great thoughts by @pluralistic A number of us are stuck on #facebook due to lockin by friends and family. Especially those of us that...

Some great thoughts by @pluralistic

A number of us are stuck on #facebook due to lockin by friends and family. Especially those of us that have migrated to other corners of the globe from those friends and family.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/#everybody-samba

When I was a product manager I was responsible for knowing all of the technology for my service. It was the public web presence for a major...

When I was a product manager I was responsible for knowing all of the technology for my service. It was the public web presence for a major aerospace company. That included building the test systems and writing the documentation for the sysadmins to build production. I was also the DBA, and did some coding.

@jdaly Welcome to Mastodon!Add a few hashtags. For example, I follow #GIS and #postgres because I'm (academically) a geodata guy. You...

@jdaly Welcome to Mastodon!

Add a few hashtags. For example, I follow #GIS and #postgres because I'm (academically) a geodata guy. You can also search for folks you know in the "Search or past URL" box on the upper left.

I just use the Mastodon app, but there are folks that recommend other apps.

#QGIS should not be asking us #MacOS users to circumvent the built-in security checks in order to install it. It should install properly.We...

#QGIS should not be asking us #MacOS users to circumvent the built-in security checks in order to install it. It should install properly.

We should definitely fix this. Other FOSS projects seem to work fine with MacOS in this respect.

I would be willing to help out to fix this.

Also see the government site for ZertES. Do note the specification is not available in...

Also see the government site for ZertES. Do note the specification is not available in English.
https://www.sas.admin.ch/sas/en/home/akkreditiertestellen/akkrstellensuchesas/pki1.html

In Switzerland, ZertES defines digital signatures and varies a bit from the ETSI specs.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZertES

In Switzerland, ZertES defines digital signatures and varies a bit from the ETSI specs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZertES

Of late, I've been thinking that #postgres would benefit from some sort of support for digital signatures. If you need to prove your...

Of late, I've been thinking that #postgres would benefit from some sort of support for digital signatures. If you need to prove your data isn't tampered with, there are EU specifications for that: https://www.etsi.org/standards#page=1&search=&title=1&etsiNumber=1&content=0&version=0&onApproval=1&published=1&withdrawn=1&historical=1&isCurrent=1&superseded=1&startDate=1988-01-15&endDate=2023-12-18&harmonized=0&keyword=&TB=607&stdType=&frequency=&mandate=&collection=&sort=1

Sunset leaving #pgconfeu

Sunset leaving #pgconfeu