#Canada votes on Monday, 28 April, 2025
#REMINDER This is what you are voting on:
VOTE FOR THE #BANKER, NOT THE WANKER.
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#Citizenship #Passports #CriminalLaw #Currency #FederalTaxes #Fisheries #Oceans #ForeignAffairs #Trade #IndigenousLands #IndigenousRights #NationalDefence #OfficialLanguages #PostalServices #VeteransAffairs #Immigration #Agriculture #Transportation #Environment #Federal #ON #QC #NS #NB #MB #BC #PEI #SK #AB #NL #NT #YT #NU
I spilled coffee in my laptop keyboard, destroying it, and Im sending it off to get repaired which will probably take a week or two.
So in the meanwhile I need a modern machine to do work on, TODAY, so I rushed to HARD OFF and picked up this Siemens PC for $60. It’s part of HARD OFFs tested, non-junk range and has a 10 day warranty.
It comes with a Core i5-7500 @ 3.4 GHz with Intel HD 630 graphics, 4 GB RAM, a 500 GB spinning rust HDD and a DVD optical drive
This weekend I made a lot of progress on my Classic Mac OS app template in C!
I have ideas for tools I want to make (mainly for #GlobalTalk), but need a foundation to build on. AIRConfig was built on of some very basic sample code included with MPW and really not suitable for extending even as far as I went with AIRConfig
There are also full-blown frameworks like MacApp and PowerPlant, but they seem like quite a lot of complexity to learn just for small tools
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#Journalist: Alex Lambert
This is harm reduction, and #Manitoba leading by example.
#Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew welcomed an 18-nation strong trade delegation from the #EU, headed by Germany. They are interested in the deep water port near Churchill, #MB, minerals, and 'Green Energy'
The port is about 3,300 nm from Rotterdam, NL, about 4.5 days away. That's a swift passage for western crops to market, and more central #Canada. Substantial infrastructure investment are ongoing for shipping, port. Is this:
In the process of porting my MPW C program to CodeWarrior; I'm now past the easy part of "need to fix missing header files and rename old toolbox calls" and into the need-to-read-a-book parts of "C doesn't have a concept of booleans so what does this compiler expect" and how to make pointers to functions work kind of stuff...
The Weakerthans - One Great City! (2003).
They're constructing a new tunnel in our city (because Just One More Lane will finally fix traffic), and since this is #Japan, of course they had to create a character for the tunnel boring machine, シールドどん (Shieldon), that you can see when you follow the status their web site
It seems likely he will be removed if this election plays out as the current conservative pollsters are pushing: they are clearly pushing the narrative of "if not #CPC, then #LPC at any cost!"
Which I find extremely telling. Do we really want to elect Angus Reid's second choice after #PP?
Reality is: most #BC and #AB ridings are more likely to elect #NDP or CPC than LPC. This may be true in #SK & #MB, and elsewhere. We need clean data from the sources, not Fournier's weighted model.
"Computers S.P.A. / COM.SA" by #MaurizioBianchi
This double cd collects two cassette releases from 1980 by this #noise and #industrial pioneer.
In total almost two hours of experimental noise/drone stuff. #MB used Roland SH-1000 and Korg MS-20 on these recordings.
Basically long "how does this synth work" type improvisations. Lots of pulsating oscillators and buzzing drones.
Everything is probably recorded on one take and there's a nice "live" feeling.
The tracks don't really progress anywhere and as a whole they are quite a chore to listen through.
Not too harsh or unpleasant frequencies, but frankly just boring and monotonous most of the time.
There are some interesting parts though. Actually the final track is quite ok.
And my second #MARCHintosh is over! Another great year!
My stated goals were
1. Release TalkCrawler
2. Rewrite the networking in GlobalTalk Chat
3. Recap a IIvi/IIcx to replace my PB540 as router
An unstated goal was
4. To get a printer on #GlobalTalk
I completed 1 in time for March 1, and 2 by the middle of the month, 2 felt like redemption for something that felt like failure last year. Never had the time/desk space for 3, but maybe that'll be a good post-March project? #mb… (1/5)
Yes we are getting a #snowstorm #Winnipeg 5-10 CM today and tonight and another 15 CM possible tomorrow! #MBstorm Everyone in #MB stay safe and try not to drive when it hits. Temps will be just below freezing so it'll probably heavy wet snow.
Maybe we should all buy #snowmobiles instead of cars since #trump intends to break the Canada US auto-pact created in 1965.
One thing some of us have been playing with on #GlobalTalk this #MARCHintosh is LACS, an AppleTalk chat system
But LACS isn't just another chat app - it's deep Apple lore. LACS started out at Apple as "RumorMonger", an experiment in decentralized chat. But this was back when Apple was heavily dysfunctional, full of project fiefdoms and yearly layoffs, so an anonymous bullhorn like this could really go crazy, leading to it spreading like wildfire.
This explains the sternly-worded dialog...
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This is the "emergency vintage Mac rig" I pulled together in order to rush TalkCrawler out the door in time for #MARCHintosh . All of the development was done in this position (well, some was done in bed), giving me a back ache in the process.
Today I'm finally going to take the time to upgrade my setup to something more sustainable, maybe if I do that, I can start on my GlobalTalk Chat rewrite project!
I picked up an ImageWriter II for cheap, it was the only one where the auction photos didn't have the error lamp on.
Alas, the belt drive motor is rusted and completely seized. Looks like replacements are also not at all worth it.
It's a shame, this is the only spot in the whole machine with evidence of rust, the rest looks fine!
