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Nicholas Guarracino

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I like #discgolf, #beer, #sports (#hockey #lacrosse #F1), nerdy stuff (#TypeScript #C++ #Rust), and #music. Not always in that order. [bridged from https://techhub.social/@nguarracino on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h

@CoachMark I agree, feels both sides are looking for a fight.

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h

I started to explain to my wife that there has been a huge influx of users from Bluesky this week. She had seen Jay Graber speak a few months ago, so I thought she might be interested.

Then I thought about the journey it would be to get from "remember that Jay lady from that conference?" to […]

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Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h

It turned into a pretty damn nice day after the rain moved out.

Looking down my street under a bright blue sky with puffy clouds. The leaves on the trees have mostly changed for the fall season.

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

Finally caught up after not checking my timeline for most of yesterday. Phew... you guys sure do post a lot!

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

Lol, wut? Profiles have been in Firefox for literally decades. Maybe forever?

#qt https://mastodon.social/@verge/115338235187354758

The Verge (@[email protected])

Firefox is adding profiles to separate your browsing sessions https://www.theverge.com/news/795998/mozilla-firefox-browser-profiles-separate-tabs

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Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Help! There is water falling out of the sky, what do I do!?

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@CoachMark Well, I grew up in NJ, so let's go Devils! 🙂

Unfortunately, they don't play their first game until tomorrow. Boooo.

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Gavin McKenna looks awesome so far. Primary assist on both PSU goals.

#hnom

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

God bless Steve Inskeep for doing his best to keep that interview on the rails. Mostly in vain.

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Ewww. Why is Karoline Leavitt's voice coming out of my NPR speaker this morning?

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

I'm definitely hurting after getting the vaccinations yesterday. I assume the covid one is mostly responsible for the achiness. At least there's no fever.

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

It's not like I'd be able to get any work done at home, anyway... thank you, Comcast, keep up the good work!

Screenshot of Comcast app, showing > 2,000 outages.

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Second kid just tested positive for flu A, and I'm 99% sure the two of them didn't get it from each other.

Guess today would be a good time to get my shots.

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Maple Hill looks positively miserable today.

#discgolf

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 18d

The lineup for Farm Aid is absurdly good. It's been live streaming all day:

https://www.youtube.com/live/CJbXWbdBm5o?si=gm6931ieonCDEXi4

You can rewind all the way to the beginning of the 9+ hour stream! Just watched Waxahatchee, and now moving on to Minnesota's own, Trampled by Turtles.

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Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

What an absolute waste of time this turned out to be. The agent made wholesale changes to the build scripts, installed several new packages, lots of code changes.... and it didn't even build, much less work correctly.

Every time it confidently declared, "Oh I see the problem. I'll make more […]

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Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 20d

Are there any organizations left in this country that are being led by people with any semblance of a fucking backbone? This capitulation shit has become as predictable as it is disgusting […]

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Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 20d

A screenshot from The Simpsons, showing a carton of MALK.

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 20d

This product name was certainly a choice.

Bottles labeled "almond MALK" in a cooler.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 21d

Today's decision being heavily criticized by Past Brendan Carr

Should the government censor speech it doesn’t like? Of course not.

The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the “public interest.”

Who, in your view, should have the power to draw the line between a “lie” and “free speech”? Government officials that want to stay in political power or the people that can hold them accountable ?

President Biden is right.

Political satire is one of the oldest and most important forms of free speech.

It challenges those in power while using humor to draw more people in to the discussion.

That’s why people in influential positions have always targeted it for censorship.

Free speech is the counterweight—it is democracy’s check on government control.

That’s why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream.

After all, there’s a straight line from the soap box to the ballot box. You retain freedom at both or neither.

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Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

I don't have to put up with this bullshit when I work from home. Just saying.

Error being displayed on the Keurig coffee machine at the office.

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

Apparently, I have donated 4 gallons of blood.

(Not all at once)

Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 26d

I have, one again, not pre-ordered anything from Apple. Still undefeated.

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Count Coachula @coachmark.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 27d

Things are turning for the worst - hug the ones you love, tell your friends you love them and appreciate them, reach out via phone or text to friends near or far from home to touch base and let em know you are thinking of them.

Spread a little love around if you've got it in you. Maybe we can […]

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Nicholas Guarracino @nguarracino.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy · 29d

@drewharwell.com LOL this entire sentence is just completely unhinged