Notices by Kicou (kicou@kicou.info), page 2

@silverwizard that's a good site to bookmark in order to pass some free wifi captive portals that insist on hitting an http site to validate your connection

@silverwizard you'll love it when your kids receive a Chromebook and do everything in Google Classroom

(oh, and the phone app wants admin rights on your device)

@silverwizard this is how I remember them too, which may be part of the problem!

So daughter and her boyfriend are visiting from Vancouver. One reason is that she has her graduation ceremony at UofT, but they are also attending a wedding in Toronto and visiting boyfriend's family in Ottawa.

I have no idea how that conversation played out, but today daughter ended up trying on her Mum's wedding dress, and it fits (o_O)

I am definitely not ready for this yet.

@silverwizard are we talking about general emails (like direct communication with customers and prospects), or marketing campaign/mailing lists?

If the latter, you may consider using a service that is dedicated to this type of messaging (Sengrid, Mailchimp, whatever). It will have its own DKIM signature and a different origin (of course present in SPF records), and would make human, hand-crafted artisan messages written with love less likely to be blocked by a blanket RBL listing.

If the former, then maybe you don't need salespeople after all. Just an OpenAI API subscription and a couple of scripts.

Son is going out with friends to celebrate New Year's.

My rules:

• no drinking in a public establishment —you're not of legal age, I don't want to pick you up at the police station
• drinking is ok if at a private party, but BE REASONABLE
• DO NOT BOARD A VEHICLE if the driver has ingested alcohol or smoked/vaped pot —and do not let them drive
• if any issue, text me, call me, I'll pick you up (but please, not from the police station)
• no rioting, no car burning

Son: Wh... What? Why would I riot or burn cars?

Me: I don't know. Technically you're French.

@silverwizard and it's federated

I noticed that the recent growth spurt of the Fediverse has caused many old-timers to switch the default privacy mode for their posts to "followers only" or "unlisted", myself included.

In my case it is because the increased exposure makes me quite uncomfortable, but other people can have different reasons.

It is interesting to see how it layers the discourse and causes a lot of traffic to be hidden from newcomers, who only see the public timeline.

@silverwizard is this some kind of reverse sarcasm?

@silverwizard what I mean is that Bipolar disorder is that good: there is a Bipolar 2, but it is more a reboot than a sequel.

@silverwizard Way to show off your IBM SK-8845 keyboard. I'm jelly.

@silverwizard plot twist: kid's name is "Joy"

@silverwizard AAaaand, that was the Heritage Minute of the day :)

@silverwizard My kids don't even know what TVO is. They grew up without cable and commercial breaks.

@silverwizard wat?

@silverwizard Now you're giving me ideas…

A fuse blew in the electrical panel (ya, our house is old).

Because it is too late to run to the hardware store, I used the old aluminium foil trick.

DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME, CHILDREN!

It is temporary: I WILL get a new cartridge fuse tomorrow (+ a spare)

@darckcrystale @silverwizard that's good to know. I didn't know CW behaviour was not standardised

@silverwizard can you elaborate on how CWs translate in Friendica or other federated platforms?