Done Since 2022-11-27

[mdlbear]

Not a productive week, but not really a bad one. It might have been more productive had I not fallen into a rabbit hole on Wednesday. OTOH it might not -- I don't have a very good track record in that regard.

I did make a post (see above) that wasn't a "Done Since" or "Thankful Thursday". Of course, I should be doing that more often, but I'm not going to get too upset at myself. I already have enough to be upset about. Like the latest privacy kerfuffle with Anker/Eufy -- see Thursday for more links, or maybe wait for my next post. And the Nazi takeover of Birdland. Not to mention the US. And the related fact that I still haven't moved to Mastodon, despite it being long past time.

Maybe I'm just overwhelmed? Suffering from outrage fatigue? Maybe I should just go back to bed -- at least my nightmares aren't real. Yet.

Notes & links:
1127Su  * litter boxen (G or E)
  % ~12:10 find that I'd fallen asleep in chair again.  Then I wonder why my neck hurts
  * up 4:45ish; W=198.8, S=4:36, p=3-4; exercises, 
    % nightmare: politics.  Not clear that it's worthwhile trying to get back to sleep
    : windy.  Gale warning to 4am; Wind advisory to 9am.  Small craft advisory to 2pm
    % Worried about power.
  % 6:15 worthwhile trying to get back to sleep?  We'll see.
  * up 7:10; ; didn't sleep AFAIK; shower, exercises
    % 2 emotion attacks when trying to get out of bed.
  @ A New Ultra Low Carbon Energy Source Has Just Been Unlocked | by Will Lockett
    Wave power -- interesting design
  * 15min:  sorted the rolling bin - wires and power strips.  Took the one with the
    longest cord for the lair.
  * 4:15ish walk with N to Middle
  @ Sleepytime Tea and the Little Known Religion Behind It
  % 9:40 feeling somewhat lightheaded or something like that.  Overheated?  Underslept?
  % p=4 all across lower back.  Feeling weak, which doesn't help.

1128Mo
  & Awake 4:30; S=5:15;  -> down ~5:55
    % worrying about politics, so unlikely to get back to sleep soon
  * up 6:10; S=5:35;
  @ via andrewducker | Interesting Links for 28-11-2022:
    AI image generation is improving quickly -> Midjourney.com
    The High-Temperature Superconductivity Mystery Is Finally Solved | WIRED
    America is a Christian Nationalist Hellhole, license plate edition Terrifying
  * turn down heat
  x take garbage can up to curb if necessary (probably won't be)
  * back to Seattle.  I drove as far as Mukilteo; then N took over because I was having
    trouble with sun in my eyes.  WTF is the sun doing _there_ at 2:30pm?
  @ Remove Background from Image – remove.bg
  - clumsily spilled the kibble _again_ -- that lid simply wil not stay closed _period_
  % 9pm I seem to be more unsteady than usual tonight, and my hips hurt, esp. the left
  @ Relaxing Deep Sleep Music 🎵 Fall Asleep Easy - YouTube
    % awake 11:30ish; got back to sleep but woke up 1:15 or so

1129Tu  * litter boxen
  & awake 1:15ish; S= 1.5;  politics
    % turn off the sleep video, which has gotten annoying
  * up 7:45; S=6:58; exercises, acetaminophen
  : Apollo buzzer wants a firmware update
  : it's snowing (8ish...).  1-4" expected.  High wind warning on Whidbey, advisory in SEA
  * 15min:  dishes
  @ Mastodon Server Covenant
  @ nitter https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    " Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy
      and performance...
      : No JavaScript or ads
      : All requests go through the backend, client never talks to Twitter
      : Prevents Twitter from tracking your IP or JavaScript fingerprint "
  @ [Matrix] An open network for secure, decentralized communication
  @ Senate passes bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage in landmark vote
  * meloxicam with pm drugs

1130We
  & awake 3:30;  cold -> scooter cape
  * Up 7am; S=7:48; half an hour before I could get out of bed
  * Rabbit hole.  Starting from the following on the Wikipedia front page:
    " 1936 – English mathematician Alan Turing published the first details of the Turing
      machine (model pictured), an abstract device that can simulate the logic of any
      computer algorithm by manipulating symbols. "
    -> Turing machine
    -> A Turing Machine Overview (the pictured
       physical Turing machine) and The Turing Machine Comes True - video Dailymotion a TM made of legos
    -> Universal Turing machine and Turing completeness
       -> [17] mov is Turing-complete [pdf] Yipe!  Doesn't even need self-modifying code!
    -> Von Neumann universal constructor - Wikipedia... and somehow got to:
    -> 16 Nov, 2022: Building arbitrary Life patterns in 15 gliders
       " distance encodes information. " also points to this, which I'd seen before:
       -> Life in life - YouTube
       -> OTCA metapixel-LifeWiki
    -> also, GoL Turing Machine
    @ Conway's Game of Life: Mathematics and Construction eBook
  * guitar: noodling QV.  I played it in G (the original), or (just figured out) C, except
    that I think I got the chords wrong on the latter, because the chorus should start
    with G -> C, and I basiclly repeated the second section (starts with C -> F).  That
    one chord is the only difference, though, and the _note_ (G -> C) is also in the V
    chord, so the alternative chord might still work.  Or I could use C in the ordinary
    fingering, which is what I sometimes do with F (D+4) when I don't think I want to risk
    missing it.  I can hit the note reliably now without the raised chord.
  % 4:30 RSI pain in right shoulder
  * rehearsal -> scales, rounds, Millennium's Dawn, Stuff that Dreams are Made Of
    Broke up on both of them, of course.  N suggested leaving off the cities verse of
    Millennium's Dawn... -- it's the weakest writing, and the song is too long.
    s/pictures/lines/ in a political context (e.g. a Trinitite concert)
  % meloxicam with pm drugs
  : silly Ticia got herself shut in the entryway.  First time I've done that here.

1201Th
  & awake 3:30ish
  * up 6:20; S=6:49; exercises
  @ solarbird: screw you, anker -> Why we're dropping this sponsor 
    " they're blatantly lying to customers and not just not putting customer photo data on
      the cloud (in direct contrast to advertising), they're taking
      facial-recognition-processed photos, IDing the owner (and others?) and keeping the
      data after accounts go away. "
    Eufy cameras allegedly uploaded data to the cloud - despite local storage promises |
    Tom's Guide
    The eufyCam Long-Term Observation
    Researcher discovers serious security flaws in Eufy cameras — again
    " Per Android Central, Moore says Eufy is moving quickly on the issues he's raised and
      that the methods he'd previously used to access his data in unorthodox ways no
      longer work. All the same, it's a second major security snafu for Eufy in the span
      of two years — not a great look for a company that publicly prides itself on
      protecting user privacy. "
    Anker Apologizes For Eufy Cameras Uploading Unencrypted Content Without User Consent
    | HotHardware
    " The company has said that it will update the language in its marketing and push
      notification settings to make clear that thumbnail-based push notifications require
      that preview images be uploaded to the cloud. "  so it's a feature now
    Eufy Security Cams | Privacy & security guide | Mozilla Foundation
    More Lies: Anker’s Eufy Pants on Fire — ‘No Cloud’ Cams Send to Cloud
    Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras - The Verge
    @ Impossible Cookware and Other Triumphs of the Penrose Tile
  @ Cartoonist Tributes #Schulz100 - Charles M. Schulz Museum
  % meloxicam.  load drugs

1202Fr
  * Up 5:50; S=7:22; BP=127/74, P=62, W=197.6; exercises
  @ Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data 
  @ How secure a Twitter replacement is Mastodon? Let us count the ways | Ars
    " Storing less personal information makes Mastodon a lower-value target and means that
      even if an instance gets hacked, there’s less data for a hacker to take. Another
      thing to potentially make Mastodon a less likely target is its decentralization. "
  @ Mastodon's Privacy: Who actually holds your data in Mastodon - Blog
    " the Mastodon application is safe to use, and as long as you have registered your
      account in a trusted server, there are minimal privacy breach risks. "
  @ @AkivaMCohen@mastodon.sdf.org: I really do hope Musk changes his mind and does the
    right thing - the employees deserve that. But it'll be fun as hell if he doesn't.
  @ Demystifying Emacs's Window Manager - Mastering Emacs
    renzmann/.emacs.d: My emacs configuration lots of useful stuff
  * singing: Stuff that Dreams are Made Of
  % meloxicam with pm drugs

1203Sa
  * up 6:30ish; S=7:38;
  * Strip bed, apply new bottom sheet. -> will get washed on Whidbey.  Didn't see a top
    sheet, but forgot to look in the drawer.
  @ Bret Devereaux on Twitter: "Let's talk about Roman calendars! So why do the 'number
    months' (Sept-Dec) not correspond to their numbers (7-10)? 1/" / Twitter 
  * retrieve phone.   Check dresser for top sheet; order one if necessary.
    -> there's a tan bamboo top sheet in the drawer
  * up to RE; plan on coming back Tu
  * before leaving RS collect:  drugs, x CPAP (leave humidifier tub); Sable
    -> the DS2 is up on Whidbey and there's no reason not to use it
  * Back on Whidbey:  let N know that I'm home.
  -> arrived 12:50.  There were a few  traffic lights out in Shoreline, but after that it
     was easy.  No snow on or next to the road on Whidbey until I got to the house, where
     there is a little bit left on the grass.
  * after arrival:  * water orchids  * sort mail
  @ Unexpected phone calls: A modern horror story - The Washington Post
  * pack the rest of the cookbooks for E
  % meloxicam with pm drugs

Comments

[spiffyvoxel]

I'm focusing on blogging for now and ignoring social media, including Mastodon. I added ActivityPub to one of my blogs today, and if people in the Fediverse want to interact with me that's cool, but right now I don't need more feeds to work through.

[freyjaw]

I may actually check out Mastodon. Birdland has gotten so toxic since Muskrat took over.