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@D1kTater I did when I was growing up, but my dad sold them all.

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Gorgeous likeness of the statue of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, and the Greek model Andri Cartoni.

#archaeohistories

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As I am seeing some Medium links in my timeline today, and Medium is pretty annoying (pop-overs and all), reminder you can just replace:

> medium.com

…with:

> scribe.rip

In any Medium link and get a wonderful simple unobtrusive reading experience instead.

#Medium #ScribeRip #AlternativeFrontends

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I'm using this new #Mastodon + #Nostr client called #openvibe. It has a way to go, but I feel that it's on the right track. Single feed for an account on each network.

Ideally I'd have my reposts be posted on both sides. It also often loses track of where I am on the time-line. But in general the experience is pretty smooth!

@openvibe keep it up!

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Authenticating to a website, 2010: Type in username and password

Authenticating to a website, 2024:
- Type in username
- Look up 20-character password in password keeper
- wait
- Prompt for 2FA token
- Dig out phone
- Unlock phone
- Scroll through 50 services to find 2FA token for website
- Type in 2FA token
- Success
- Receive email alerting you to the fact you've logged in
- Six weeks later: receive email telling you service had been compromised eight weeks ago and you must change password.

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When the phone was tethered by a cable, humans were free. Now the phone is free, and humans are tethered to it.

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A Philip Morris company has somehow patented the idea of arranging smokeless tobacco packets like a tray of crackers.
US Patent 11884433

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Ancient Greek Historian Herodotus (484-425/413 BC), often criticized for inaccuracy in his Histories, but on the customs of Persians is regarded as accurate. He is also accurate in his description of birthdays as important annual events as Persians and also of instituting serving of desserts after meal. He is also correct in his passage in same chapter on Persian love of wine and their policy of making decisions drunk and then reevaluating same when sober.

#archaeohistories

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Anarchy is order; government is civil war.
-- Anselme Bellagarrigue

#anarchism #quote #bot

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In 1925, Coca-Cola released a souvenir shaped like a swastika, a symbol of good luck in the U.S. and India at that time. This item was actually a watch fob, used for advertising before the swastika became associated with the Nazis.

#archaeohistories

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I just cancelled my Adobe licence after many years as a customer.

The new terms give Adobe "worldwide royalty-free licence to reproduce, display, distribute" or do whatever they want with any content I produce using their software.

This is beyond insane. No creator in their right mind can accept this .

You pay a huge monthly subscription and they want to own your content and your entire business as well.

Going to have to learn some new tools.

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