Notices by Bruno Philipe (brunoph@breakpoint.cafe)

Oh boy, it's gonna be a tight race for which we will get first: superintelligence or metaverse legs!

I photographed this singing Towhee today and I had to give him the screaming cowboy treatment.

#towhees #birbs #screem

"Hmm not here. Nor here… Where did I leave my keys??"

This (female) Red-winged Blackbird was going around lifting the lily-pads like someone who misplaced something important.

#BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #birds #RedWingedBlackbird #LilyPads

@liaizon still my favorite:

:yoshi_eat::yoshi_tongue_mid::yoshi_tongue_mid::yoshi_tongue_mid::yoshi_tongue_mid::yoshi_tongue_end: 🍎

@brett fantastic. you should add an easter-egg deep into the UI that references the "vent radioactive gas: yes/no; venting prevents explosion" scene from the Simpsons episode where homer works from home

@skinnylatte Deep Sea Fissures

@polpo you know what's crazy? One time I accidentally cracked a full-size SD Card open, and I found that inside it was just a microSD card adapter with a permanently attached microSD card.

Is no one ever whelmed?

This story is insane. A US Navy chief:

* Purchased a Starlink system
* Installed it on an active USN ship
* Did not hide the WiFi SSID
* Named the network "STINKY"
* Lied about it to their superior
* Changed the WiFi name to make it look like a printer
* Lied about it to their superior AGAIN
* Misled inferiors to think the network was approved by the Commander
* Was only caught by a civilian information systems technician *months* later

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi/

That Mercedes was once considered a good-size family saloon for many years. Now it looks puny next to other modern cars, even ones considered compact by today's standards…

Mama preens while babies dream.

#duck #mallard #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography

More preening.

#duck #WoodDucks #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography

Every CEO letter announcing layoffs lately can be boiled down to basically:

> we never made so much money, and in order to make even more money, we will fire half the company

@thomasfuchs I think they've rebranded it slightly, but it should be this one. You can tell it's the right kind of tape because the adhesive is weak, similar to regular scotch tape: https://www.scotchbrand.com/3M/en_CA/p/d/v000192455/

@thomasfuchs I've had success using washi tape to remove the stickiness, at least temporarily.

I've done this mostly with Nikon film cameras: I cover the sticky regions with black washi tape (3M makes good black ones that match the tone almost exactly) and keep using the device with it on. After a few weeks to a few months, I'll take the tape off and the stickiness will be completely gone, without changing the appearance of the plastic at all.

Electronics soldering hot tips:

- Don't touch them.

Idea: print a bunch of these as huge stickers, go to the google campus parking lot, and stick it to the windshield of a bunch of parked cars.

Are y'all ready for cuteness overload? You better be.

#birds #BabyGeese #goslings #BirdVideo #BirdsOfMastodon

It's hard to pick favorites, as many of my photos turned out pretty good. So here's a few picked to give you an idea of how varied the show was tonight.

#aurora #NorthernLights

Ok I'll post the aurora photos soon, but look at this photo!

A Heron tries to fish under the auroral glow.

#aurora #heron #birds #moon