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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts. Am I Scottish?

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 26, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop Yer a haggis, Charlie!

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 16, 2026

Okay, can someone explain to me why neither Numbers nor Libreoffice can manage to open a 1.5M-line CSV?

I don't really know or care whether Excel can, because Excel has its own disqualifying problems like converting long numeric IDs into scientific notation whether you want it to or not.

Meanwhile, any decent text editor barely blinks at a 168MB 1.68M-line CSV. TextEdit—TEXTEDIT—opens it in a second flat.

I don't understand how the business world functions like this.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 16, 2026

Number one most overrated fantasy series of the last 30 years: Harry Potter

Number two: A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 14, 2026

Man. Giamatti's character in #StarfleetAcademy is such a vile joy to watch. He must have had so much fun acting this part.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 13, 2026

You know, I'm not sure cooked would be better.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 13, 2026

You wear the Facebook doxxing glasses in public, you volunteer to get punched in the face. Them's the rules.

https://archive.ph/xAtyG

“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs.

Fucking bet?

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 13, 2026

Real life paladin behavior right here. https://bsky.app/profile/razzball.bsky.social/post/3merkji2l3c2y

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 13, 2026

I appreciate that the Cooper's showed up today to contribute to the Great Backyard Bird Count, but it did rather put a dent in visitations by other birds. 😅

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 13, 2026

Good morning, folks. Happy Friday the 13th.

Nothing can possibly go wrong today.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 13, 2026

Gonna start referring to the pre-Covid era as "before the world moved on" like a character in one of Stephen King's Dark Tower novels.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 13, 2026

Just attended a barnburning two-and-a-half-hour meeting about expanding, stewarding, and improving green zones in the neighborhood.

Gods, I love this community.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Feb 04, 2026

I held, and still hold, the unpopular opinion that one-click retweets were what started Twitter down the hill to irrelevant cacophony. You follow people on a microblogging platform because you want to know what *they* have to say, not what other random people have to say. As a result, I turn off reposts completely, so I only see messages from the people I follow.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Jan 28, 2026

Hi gang! If you've been waiting to back The Iconfactory's new Kickstarter, now is as good a time as any to get in on it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games

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Which of these is the best nickname for That Man:

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Jan 27, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop All of these except Unindicted Co-conspirator are just as tacky as he is.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Jan 23, 2026

So I was looking at the Creator Studio icons again—don't ask why—and suddenly I noticed something. But no. Surely it couldn't be. But it is. The Keynote icon went from a six-part pie chart to a two-part pie chart, and they managed to off-center the chart's centerline in the process. 🙃 It's a good thing quality design and attention to detail aren't Apple's entire brand, or this might be kind of embarrassing.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Jan 20, 2026

Ollie has sadly left my phone, but he forever has a place in my Applications folder. https://jorts.horse/@adef187/115928320722095520

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@jwisser@wandering.shop You monster.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Jan 20, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social You're right—sorry about that typo. I've corrected it now. :-p

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So the first (and most expensive) of my 3 orders arrived, the one from Lego itself. This was fun. Not. Sorted each color & counted them. The final tally? Not good. 244/250 Orange (6 missing) 248/250 D

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The second order of LEGO arrived tonight, this one from AliExpress. They already get bonus points on price but also for sorting the colors so I don’t have to. I have to count them all but I counted th

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So far AliExpress is def winning the battle of the #LEGO suppliers. Counted two more bags of colors I received & they each had more, not less than I ordered 527/500 Dark Red ($4.06) +27 343/300 Orange

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Jan 16, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social Honestly, that light variation might be *beneficial* in a pixel mosaic.

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RE: https://autonomous.zone/@dantescanline/115887315732568407 Remember what I said about the frogs in the water? We’re going to reach the boiling point very very soon if Trump/Miller/Bovino don’t de-e

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Jan 13, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social Some advice for ICE agents: go back to where you came from. You're not wanted in our cities. 😇

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@tvaziri@mastodon.social Settings > Apps > Music > Turn off “Animated Art” It’s a sanity saver. They are almost all bad.

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@agiletortoise@mastodon.social @tvaziri@mastodon.social Huzzah for me not upgrading my iPhone 14 Pro to an AI capable model. Doesn’t exist for me. Woot!

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Jan 10, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social @agiletortoise@mastodon.social @tvaziri@mastodon.social Once again, as with so many of these "features", I'm forced to ask: who exactly did they think would want this?

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Dec 25, 2025

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and an especially nice Normal Thursday to everyone else!

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Dec 15, 2025

Just ran across this icon in @dlanham@mastodon.social's old Somatic Xtras icon set and it's going I'm going to visualize the rapacious AI segment of the tech industry from now on. (via https://freeware.iconfactory.com/preview/som2)

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Dec 14, 2025

"Siri, will it snow today?" "There's no snow in the forecast for today." "Siri, is it currently snowing?" ::beat:: "It does seem to be snowing."

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Because the Calibre ebook library software just acquired AI garbage (as of 8.16.2, this week), it has *already* been forked. For AI-free Calibre, seek out clbre: https://github.com/grimthorpe/clbre

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Dec 08, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop No releases yet, though, so I'm *cautiously* optimistic.

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It seems like a doctor who's "critical of vaccines" is something that shouldn't even be allowed to exist, let alone be in charge of the CDC.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Nov 25, 2025

@gedeonm@mastodon.social A pilot who's "critical of lift".

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Every time he says his usual outrageous BS to the press, I wish their response could be “Quiet, piggy.” From now on. It’s certainly gonna be mine.

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Nov 18, 2025

@gedeonm@mastodon.social I'm personally a big fan of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEGc-tOE03g

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If it can’t be used instead of an actual passport what’s the f*cking point? https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/17/apple-introduces-digital-id

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Nov 18, 2025

@gedeonm@mastodon.social Apparently it can be presented instead of other ID for domestic travel?

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I hate AI for a ton of reasons but lately it’s because it’s taken the joy out of scrolling through funny animal videos online. I can’t tell if that funny cat video is real any more so what’s the point

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@jwisser@wandering.shop · Nov 17, 2025

@gedeonm@mastodon.social Yeah, this weekend I reshared a compilation of housecats warning off bears, and two different people said "I bet that's all AI", and it made me never want to share anything I didn't personally make ever again. 🙃 Doesn't even matter whether they're right—which they probably were, on reflection—because I don't want to be associated with that crap even accidentally.

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