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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 21:52:00 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#Microsoft subsidiary evades taxes on $300B of profits https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-subsidiary-used-bermuda-dodge-taxes-315-billion-profit [www windowscentral com]

#MSFT … that’s rather tone-deaf; the world is asking corporations to pay their fair share of the tax burden and you’re doing this?
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1. Microsoft subsidiary used Bermuda to avoid taxes on $315 billion
  
  If you want a lesson on how to avoid taxes, Microsoft's got the inside scoop. Imagine making $315 billion in profit and not paying a penny in taxes on any of it.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 21:09:40 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- an actual vaccinated bear in a hazmat suit
@guizzy Tell her to take her time and do what is best for her.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 20:58:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- stigatle
- simsa03
@simsa03 RE: https://gnusocial.no/notic/2319 … A secret backup instance with an older database would explain a lot. Unfortunately, I saw that @stigatle merely started the wrong VM.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 20:40:12 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Basically, as soon as I see someone posting anti-Jewish stuff, I either discount everything the person says or I put them in the dangerous lunatic category along with the guy who started blaming his nation’s problems on the Jews.

(He even wrote a book about it. I’ve never read “Mein Kampf”, but I’ve never read Marx’s books either. I do intend to read both at some point.)

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 20:35:45 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- GeniusMusing
@geniusmusing The landlord replaced the roof here with a light-colored roof in early 2020, right before the lockdowns started. Now I’m wondering what indoor temperatures would have been like with the older, darker roof. It is 92F in my room right now.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 20:33:46 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Someone was discussing a conspiracy theory about COVID-19 and the vaccinations 💉 being part of a conspiracy to reduce world population … including the governments of major nations, the pharma industry, and various UN components.

Naturally, it attracted people who post the N-word and believe “the Jews” are operating behind the scenes controlling everything to try to extinctify the white race.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 20:24:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

The grapevine looks like it is going to produce 4-6 small bunches of green seedless grapes. I should really try to get it a couple of companions after the heat wave ends. Both red and purple grapes 🍇 would be welcome accompaniments.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 20:16:29 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

One thing this heat reminds me of is that in the days before air conditioning, people knew enough to build their homes in the shade of deciduous trees, so they’d give shade in the Summer, but allow solar heating in the Winter.

If the temperature is 100F without shade, it could be 80-85F with shade, which is the difference between borderline uncomfortable and who-the-heck-chose-to-live-here.

These days, insurance companies forbid this because of the chance that an unmaintained tree will drop branches through your roof. Maybe we need to take that decision out of their hands. (There’s also the chance that a large regional fire will spread to the tree and from the tree to the house, but in all honesty, if you’re that close to a fire, there’s a good chance your home will go anyway. Have a cleared area around your property and just have a few trees near the house or something.)

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 17:22:19 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Yep. #NOAA / #NHC announcing PTC3 just South of #Louisiana ... though if it does become a #TropStorm, I'd expect it to be East of its current center, with most of the activity being in #FL and #AL. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 17:15:52 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I haven’t researched it, but I would assume that “bigwig” came from the days when people wore powdered wigs to look older (and therefore presumably wiser). Maybe the larger the wig, the more wisdom or authority the wearer was presumed to have.

If you’re in the mood for researching, this might be something to dig into.

As for me, I’ve got a résumé to rewrite.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 17:11:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Opened MSTeams this week and noticed that one IT guy I worked with in #PR is now “unknown”.

$EMPLOYER wasn’t really a good fit for his needs anyway. He lived in one of the Great Lakes states, was providing care for both his father and stepfather, and had some issues with his own offspring.

When we were in Puerto Rico, a bigwig from NYC showed up and was hostile and disparaging toward the tech staff. He complained to the head of the local operation and the bigwig was forced to write an apology. But then he was sent home suddenly, months earlier than expected.

Hopefully, he found another job and pulled the plug 🔌 himself.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 17:01:14 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

In several recent conversations, I’ve been comparing and contrasting the US economy of the #1970s with the US economy of the #2010s and #2020s. I’ve been hitting various places in sort of a scattershot in my quest for 1970s economic data, but now I think I have a base point for most of the data: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages/1970-1979 [libraryguides missouri edu] the #Missouri University Library 📚 in Columbia, #MO.

Obviously, there will still be more detail available at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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1. Library Guides: Prices and Wages by Decade: 1970-1979
  
  from Marie Concannon
  
  Links to government documents and primary sources listing retail prices for products and services, as well as wages for common occupations.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 16:18:10 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- an actual vaccinated bear in a hazmat suit
I disagree that Canadians and Apple users are similar, @guizzy … Canadians are not nearly smug enough to make that comparison accurate. Also, Canadians really do have some advantages over their southern neighbors (health care, mostly sane and non-militaristic politicians).

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 16:13:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Saw some lightning flashes last night, but not the lightning itself. It must have been pretty far away. There is a lightning monitor site (and related sites and mobile apps) https://map.blitzortung.org/ … but I was already in bed.

Glancing at the site now, it looks like the tropical moisture in the Gulf of Mexico and Bay of Campeche it moving NNE toward Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. If you’re in the US South, prepare for a tropical storm or category 1 hurricane.
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1. Blitzortung.org - Live Lightning Map
  
  Blitzortung.org, lightning and thunderstorms in real time
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 16:05:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Brandon Hall
@bthall sent me a link about the impact of the #OVH fire on #Pijul and the Nest. https://pijul.org/posts/2021-06-03-on-fires/
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1. Pijul
  
  An easy to use, distributed and fast version control system.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 01:28:47 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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- Jim
@sullybiker For me, they would almost always be noise, even if it were just one or two sites using them.

For some reason, organizations and the developers who work for them seem to think that whatever they want to tell you is so important that they can interrupt what you are doing in order to tell you.

I can assure you, their messages are almost never that important.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jun-2021 22:04:38 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Users of the "new" #Freenode may have had their passwords compromised. https://nitter.pussthecat.org/plainoldchair/status/1403376203868815365
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1. Average CHIM Enjoyer (@plainoldchair)
  
  This is a sinking ship captained by a lying buffoon who keeps hiring untrained, inebriated orangutans and lying about what they're doing. Under those circumstances, I do not feel it would be helpful to help them pretend they're doing their due diligence in keeping things afloat.

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