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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jun-2025 09:53:55 JST George Dinwiddie
in reply to
- Haderach C. Kwisatch
@rayckeith Uh-oh! What happened?
I was just thinking of installing Sequoia, but I see lots of hits for 15.5 problems. I’m upgrading to Sonoma 14.7.5 instead.
Updating is always so scary.

In conversation about 6 days ago from mastodon.social permalink
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jun-2025 09:53:54 JST George Dinwiddie
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- Haderach C. Kwisatch
@rayckeith I was thinking I should update before 16.0. I also want to avoid being forced to deal with AI.

In conversation about 6 days ago from mastodon.social permalink
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Feb-2025 10:36:50 JST George Dinwiddie

Once more, for those in the back not paying attention.
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1. “It’s a scientific fact that humans come in two varieties: XX for female and XY for male.” Except * You can be born appearing female, but have a 5-alpha reductase deficiency and grow a penis at age 12. * You can be born legally male with an X and a Ychromosome, but your body is insensitive to androgens, and you appear female. * You can be born legally male with an X and a Y chromosome, and have a penis and testes, *and* a uterus and fallopian tubes. * You can be born legally male with an X and a Y chromosome, but your chromosome is missing the SRY gene, which gives you a female body. * You can be born legally female with two X chromosomes, but one of the Xs has an SRY gene, which gives you a male body. * You can be born legally female with two X chromosomes — and also a Y chromosome, which gives you a male body. * You can be born legally female with two X chromosomes, but your adrenal gland doesn't produce enough cortisol, and your body develops as a male. * You can be born with XX chromosomes — *and* XY chromosomes (chimerism). So the next time you attempt to use science as justification for your bigotry, remember that God created humans in many variations, and maybe stop trying to stuff everyone into little “male or female” checkboxes.
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 15:51:58 JST George Dinwiddie

I love my library!
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1. My Checkout History The library takes seriously the privacy of your library records. Therefore, we do not keep track of what you borrow after you return it. However, our automated system has a feature called "My Checkout History" that allows you to track items you check out. Participation in the feature is entirely voluntary. You may start or stop using it, as well as delete any or all entries in "My Checkout History" at any time. If you choose to start recording "My Checkout History," you agree to allow our automated system to store this data. The library staff does not have access to your "My Checkout History", however, it is subject to all applicable local, state, and federal laws, and under those laws, could be examined by law enforcement authorities without your permission. If this is of concern to you, you should not use the "My Checkout History" feature. BUTTON: Start Recording My Checkout History
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 03:19:05 JST George Dinwiddie
in reply to
- Coach
@CoachMark
Just a world-wide thing.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158286
In conversation about 5 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: global.unitednations.entermediadb.net
  
  Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says UN health agency
  
  from @UN_News_Centre
  
  Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers”, according to UN health officers.
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:29:24 JST George Dinwiddie
in reply to
- sjvn
@sjvn 😱

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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 08:06:46 JST George Dinwiddie
in reply to
- Paul Cantrell
- Jonathan Yu
@jawnsy @inthehands
I highly recommend her book of the same title.

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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 05:13:53 JST George Dinwiddie
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- sjvn
@sjvn The enshittification of plumbing!

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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 06:02:11 JST George Dinwiddie
in reply to
- Chris Hallbeck
- Robert Link
@phaedral @Chrishallbeck
And I thought an expert was a "has been (ex) drip, under pressure (spurt)."

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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 05:08:16 JST George Dinwiddie

Advice for the day:
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1. "Wear extra fingers so photo / video evidence will be inadmissible as it will appear to be AI generated." A photo of a fake finger with a ring at the end away from the fingernail end. Another photo showing the fake finger in place with it's ring holding it onto a real finger.
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 12:53:42 JST George Dinwiddie
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- Paul Cantrell
@inthehands
I've never found a student's survey about technical attitudes that I can answer honestly. They don't allow answers they didn't anticipate, and they don't do a good job anticipating because they don't have broad enough experience.

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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 05:59:40 JST George Dinwiddie
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- Dr. Cat Hicks
- Sue Smith
@grimalkina @sue
I'm not sure I have the links to our sources of this idea, but at NIH they found that they got more value from their research bucks using a lottery than by having "experts" select from the grant proposals. The experts are attracted to more of the same, rather than new ideas.

In conversation about 7 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 05:59:40 JST George Dinwiddie
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- Dr. Cat Hicks
- Sue Smith
@grimalkina @sue
WRT selection, we use a random selection process at AgileDC (https://www.agiledc.org/https/wwwagiledcorg/agiledc-program-selection) and the results are wonderful. It's also much easier.
In conversation about 7 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.
  
  Conference Program — AgileDC
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 05:59:39 JST George Dinwiddie
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@rebeccawb @grimalkina @sue
Another example of how advertising is given more weight than substance.

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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 05:59:38 JST George Dinwiddie
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@sue @rebeccawb @grimalkina My point is that they are less “known quantity” than “known reputation.” That’s what makes it easier.
It’s kinda like the old saying “nobody ever gets fired for recommending IBM.”

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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 05:49:59 JST George Dinwiddie
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- Jason Scott
- Robert Link
@phaedral
See https://blog.archive.org/ and @textfiles
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1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: blog.archive.org
  
  Internet Archive Blogs | A blog from the team at archive.org
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Oct-2024 14:53:35 JST George Dinwiddie
- Vee
@VeroniqueB99
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1. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TO GET HER ELECTED
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Oct-2024 03:38:18 JST George Dinwiddie
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- sjvn
@sjvn
Is that a bowl of petunias falling from the sky?

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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 10:47:48 JST George Dinwiddie

A friend shared this thought with me, and, to be honest, I find it a little depressing.
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1. Uncle Duke @UncleDuke1969 the idea of being visited by aliens lost its appeal when i realized they'd likely just be some other planet's asshold billionaires
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George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 03:23:48 JST George Dinwiddie
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- Church of Jeff
@jeffowski
That's not what "political correctness" refers to.

In conversation about 10 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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Software development coach and consultant ● I try to learn from everywhere. ● I follow those who enter into interesting conversations with me. ● He/him/theyInterests: #softwareDevelopment #VirginiaSatir #SatirModel #systemsThinking #humanity #QualityDecisions

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