2026-04-18T01:22:27Z https://yabu.me 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦 https://yabu.me/npub12gfyjy9e6guvwvzcgqppmtrd7l6ng3ctl7nhz8e3tnhuza69rh9qrkj3qf https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/000/185/673/original/8f3301cdc4267ca5.png https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/000/185/673/original/8f3301cdc4267ca5.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvexrep79mvu5yclja4tvtgdhapz22ysufwllhq88a6j34a3qe9cczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu576c3fh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstax9kayp50r0cd60stnl57nan5k9kv9ewphldgekdm52vjqyuaggpc8vvu'>nevent1q…8vvu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well thanks for making my feed more interesting instead. 2025-02-06T16:51:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspkwgs34z4ee779tcgm0t4rt38ck8h5py23m73kc004dqvrchpd2czypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5q3crq7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxl4r42qu7czpjqv8kgmrkdguq45hyp8z5xrxwn35mw245w2tqhgs263ls3'>nevent1q…3ls3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Try to buy local if you can. If you can&#39;t try to buy at least in the neighbourhood of local. If that&#39;s not workable, try to buy direct from producer (especially but not only for farm products).<br/><br/>NEVER buy from the USA.<br/><br/>NEVER buy from anybody who supports Canadian MAGAts. 2025-02-02T18:04:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjay00g4kalejl2f9ncljm0sswfchlqqdx62hgn0v5e8elne995gzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu536pjsq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkmx8u4ksvnldzlakg57yat6ju5qmm3d5f4vd4fhrghy4rgf2xsgdgn0ru'>nevent1q…n0ru</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Europeans have more options available and can shift easier. If they stop finally bending the knee to the USA they could make huge bank by dealing with China, for example. 2025-02-01T09:07:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxf6fhtt3jrhc3qf2d5ydrk225lr70dv0agpxn8rpz9s6sj5vvyyczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5ke24w6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxq7apw83e37d9ymqlqhr8vp87m3ectp63uwr4qjcksm7j8gh4hxc8jfwn8'>nevent1q…fwn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have been saying since the 1990s already that Canada needed to wean itself from relying on the USA to run it economy.<br/><br/>Naturally the siren&#39;s call of &#34;easy money&#34; meant doing even more deals with the Devil instead of doing the difficult work of establishing other lines of trade.<br/><br/>And now Canadians are paying the cost. 2025-02-01T02:36:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyapc0tdzjuls852mle5pw5vz0ztp6gm7ugxpg8vrpnsl8kw6a3wgzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5fy3rfn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgw3vkrsgsz7qfpzq73gnnwvts45zge99m5ywz9kr7hd3e8q8mr9qauc3gn'>nevent1q…c3gn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fair enough. I&#39;d also have to get SO to sign on to this as well and that might be a bit troublesome. 2025-01-30T18:25:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp04dy2zgf9mg3fvw47m9kpyxgs27ndu9pmnwdvf503z8fwnlxp2gzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu52yqh2d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsftrypu69x85dwp90zya65asdkntp8fj76ps4upp9jqqhy55s5hzct7cm5d'>nevent1q…cm5d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Polygamy is a thing, you know. 2025-01-30T18:18:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwwj9zv4hngntttrt6qglfmtjxe69cgstex2qzyd64aqn36exk8czypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu56pguta In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0wancafhflnavv09kwacmrl7mcgtw69vwx0ctpqr0edfqpds5mqyhmqhp'>nevent1q…mqhp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I disagree here. Employers follow fads. Fads by their very definition are short-lived. That means if you graduate in 2025, by 2027 you&#39;ll be unemployable because employers will want different fads followed and you never learned fundamentals.<br/><br/>University should be where you learn theory and some carefully-selected praxis to ground it. Employers should be the ones teaching the praxis of their particular enterprise. 2025-01-30T14:59:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspd88d02qmmguka78vr6qera0va8r3jacha23lt5dce0mazpwe9hqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu53g0c08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0gwkr6wtkje70sdw9jqac96gyx30aup8gfj8ahx84wd58t9m46qzk6dvn'>nevent1q…6dvn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have nothing against letting 19-year olds choose because the alternatives are all worse.<br/><br/>I just think the courses should be harder and failure rates should be higher. The degree should *mean* something. As things stand you can sleepwalk through most humanities and social sciences and get a solid B. This needs to change.<br/><br/>And from the opposite end, employers need to stop being idiots requiring degrees that aren&#39;t actually necessary. 2025-01-30T14:55:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxhx0h28r6pydtda7p3cr8wazq52qzjdxukh3x4tuhjz0u3pm9u5qzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu537qlk6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrupzem0gdxw7d9kzn3ga5ce4ksa3tyx6kjr5tmk3v83se2vltnuc2p8kts'>nevent1q…8kts</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, that&#39;s where the miscommunication happened.<br/><br/>Canada produces too many of those *and* too man &#34;computer science&#34; graduates to feed the scam that is the tech sector as well. 2025-01-30T14:53:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvle5ckan4c0zgjwphv4fcdmfmuk077vaunj77gr3sav9d3dy76qgzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5spjqhn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy6jtnuwlu7ahtad06cdkwjvd90979kk6j5t8almka0qk0ehccw3cjad9gm'>nevent1q…d9gm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Even you talked about bus drivers and librarians having Masters degrees. **THAT** is almost the very definition of devaluation. 2025-01-30T14:40:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy6jtnuwlu7ahtad06cdkwjvd90979kk6j5t8almka0qk0ehccw3czypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5p7l8wr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszeqevxl4q3d4at8twhaxmdxf2s8f4vwd6dpafhdj8ddxmexy3m8cp4pp9s'>nevent1q…pp9s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The devaluation comes from the glut of supply.<br/><br/>In Canada I watched as credential creep happened to the point that you needed a minimum of what Americans would call an &#34;associates degree&#34; (or some such thing—the three-year thing you mentioned) **TO ANSWER TELEPHONES**. All the people going out and getting degrees didn&#39;t get jobs related to their degree (because there&#39;s a finite number of these, typically). Degrees just became Yet Another Hurdle To Jump to get employed at all. 2025-01-30T14:39:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9gvtfas5vpv30aqj0fd6cm6lrp5l2lmz5cqxlkeny2r8jvtc0fqgzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu59nq5vu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdenyxwgg8cmw85clxl56tmzsuf2ehaseem8yxs390yg34chm0edsdlzjcd'>nevent1q…zjcd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To me this represents a watering down of educational credentials&#39; value.<br/><br/>There was a time, just barely in my lifetime, where having a *baccalaureate* was an accomplishment and something to be proud of. Now having a B.&lt;whatever&gt;. is just a source of wallpaper. A Masters is the minimum for respect.<br/><br/>And it looks like Sweden speed-ran the devaluation of education and now Masters degrees are the wallpaper level. (I assume baccalaureates are toilet paper?) 2025-01-30T13:26:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdcjhaedhuv5ufynd4pqpl676ggr4e8yak239glmt9pu6362xcfzqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5cspgp4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswljl4t02tr50kxxsulg2gl83y3u2ul77rcyausssp3kwknpq7dcgucpevf'>nevent1q…pevf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll be sure to cite the celebrated AI guru &#34;HD&#34; in the future.<br/><br/>Could you point me, perhaps, to a few of your published, peer-reviewed papers so I can persuade those of a more cynical bent than me of your genius? 2025-01-25T11:27:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ra7wvr67xk6anx6tcxf4h0w46vn9ck88ul07wqz2eamy8v3nhjszypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu50wyln4 I just heard the funniest description of Google&#39;s search results:<br/><br/>&#34;It transcends typical platform dysfunction and enters the realm of performance art.&#34; 2025-01-06T11:02:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstnhk8l29x8ru0jqtny4wzu0j0p66wwrz03568yt67pmyk830rveczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5zqmmdr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4xlnsh4wcgn4kz6ma7mfdgc0xcdd2fpxdcwklsncv609crakpcsmvnsk7'>nevent1q…nsk7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s professional courtesy with people who want to shoot darker-skinned folk.<br/><br/>They won&#39;t do it when white folk are between them and their target. 2025-01-04T07:52:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86etspj8hc6uyafdk6deqntzfj07dpsfuvfedpvwxpvdxjxfenmszypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5rktj5h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwng6sudslkh6mrerlh0v00mxd0v5dkn0f2pczh27sqymwgpcx8g33cr23'>nevent1q…cr23</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is why I put &#34;western&#34; in &#34;scare quotes&#34;. 😉 2024-12-10T01:55:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22yuhf0tx55j3lnykl2y97m8xqyk9cmhf3jvardr2syqf99ryrsgzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5xutms0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqeseu8tvendr9uq5jcxqtdvdq2qds34u8m0apzjgjlsera55udls90c27y'>nevent1q…c27y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, absolutely. And ESPECIALLY not the horrifically oily *cake* that&#39;s passed off as &#34;bread&#34;. 2024-12-07T11:36:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqg7f9yeqfe9p94knl0z9q3avn0tqsw4zzr6j50gk6gy5m2s5mn9gzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5wlq048 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw07ksgxwjwdke6r3gvnmt42me6uqp6w92d420hx2jau7d4utq9wgdjsqr6'>nevent1q…sqr6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Meat floss? That&#39;s very old.<br/><br/>But yes, &#34;western&#34; bread is comical here. I avoid it. It&#39;s like cake, but without the charm. 2024-12-07T10:21:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwrgjelwp3e8qpyh24vmfgu49khyacgq9n8w9y5h2fmdwdvs8rfqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu59pf8wm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg7efc4ks56gal0q96f8mte9lyq3zqhu7y620xyddmr0th44ptvkqmjrnya'>nevent1q…rnya</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would take an axe to all my grandparents¹ for a good roggenbrot right about now.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>¹ N.B.: They&#39;re already all dead. 2024-12-07T07:48:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdffg3q370hd3kaym6awv58rygsnz8der243y6g7zraypk0fz6ycqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5xxq33c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfwz0gq3dmawg6zjass9qu2pkruq95zs5ce38q2ysx60kzcm6mudglc22tf'>nevent1q…22tf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is what capitalism has wrought: In my (extreme) youth, the brightest minds on the planet were doing things like sending people to the moon, or sending probes that are now sailing outside of the solar system (and still largely functioning!).<br/><br/>The brightest minds today are trying to figure out how to get more ads in front of my eyes and nothing &#34;modern&#34; I&#39;ve bought in the last decade lasts even 5 years if treated with kid gloves. 2024-11-30T23:59:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqelszqnmf6usrfzy2659s8gasm386ge0p3yjcfcquqfzmphugtszypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5feulml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrc96g7ek8v8567rvz2ujkk2a0wgur6muepqenxfj2j7acrn6w8qqfh9rhc'>nevent1q…9rhc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It used to be really commonplace here to let ivy grow on walls of apartment complexes. Until there was a spate of massive fires in ~2005, give or take a few years, after a heat wave dried the ivy and turned them into perfect tinder to completely envelop a building in flames before anybody was even aware there was something needing escape.<br/><br/>A lot of people died, but hey, at least the buildings looked great before they turned into smoking husks! 2024-11-26T04:00:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvj0xsxr8sgmznvd3mz76c748q08v9ud0ujgsqusnm4psceqwg3zczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5euv7zf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstsd6g6mvygh2l2jyqnsvnulvjp47yjhsdnjtf82zafvmngvw5mqqcgqews'>nevent1q…qews</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most people looking at that picture: &#34;That would be cool and oh so green!&#34; Me looking at that picture: &#34;Holy shit is that a fire trap!&#34; 2024-11-25T22:47:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspsa576k34ce50fxx22xz7mt83wwle39x7cwgf2xqznrszp438tmgzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5h43mr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdfw0t2t3s8jrz86m8sg84v7zjq4ndchfxc4tnz0t4qkfjaw5jxzqdpjxlg'>nevent1q…jxlg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do they have a presence that&#39;s not on a sociopath&#39;s society-manipulating platform? 2024-11-10T05:35:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszguq94n0hgt37gh99k22ggk4l9j7rjj3ajdn2mcrsf9jf7dpqttqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5yg8v4d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfh5w90rvvumvl38cxekzp6augdgldtqmnrpe6z3xqjr98k8pjqscrw33qr'>nevent1q…33qr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At various points in Chinese history, rulers came in who wanted all knowledge of previous rulers expunged. They went often to very ... extreme, let&#39;s call it ... measures to accomplish this erasure.<br/><br/>What saved the knowledge from extinction?<br/><br/>Essentially piracy. Copies of forbidden texts made and circulated in the underground, stored for when, inevitably, said ruler dies and the texts could be resurfaced.<br/><br/>Let me get my pirate&#39;s hat. I&#39;ve got work to do. 2024-10-30T12:54:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0jdwyem9k4pha4c25fjk9pgec4dmwmvfhquw3uvz8njqmp0xkwaczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5vx270n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0f5m2hg8q46ytv4x0e6wnqsqkdyjl6u5yf0wladnndqvlvcx9wks83ndw8'>nevent1q…ndw8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This kind of thing is why I laugh at the alarmism over the way algorithmic ads are supposed to be veritable mind control.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve never, not even once, seen an ad that was even remotely applicable to me from an algorithmic ad feed. 2024-10-10T00:22:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvp4rycrs0z32u6shpjfkduplh0em7nxgqudf0pa8eu37e2damgxczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5f5t9uk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdxzucat7nr86he2dt3qgxexh9ls9sqhkzw7xpmta2f9k90v89qsccvtsra'>nevent1q…tsra</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the mean time, here in China, as part of a desert reclamation process, large olive groves are being planted en masse. 2024-10-09T00:53:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmvxeknz4n8nvt4twjcn6zmj6mfp626rgzp4zzyjugt8nm74ymqszypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5pllqnz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdxzucat7nr86he2dt3qgxexh9ls9sqhkzw7xpmta2f9k90v89qsccvtsra'>nevent1q…tsra</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve had known-to-be-EVOO only once. In Greece. At an olive plantation. Made by the people who gave it to me.<br/><br/>And none of the stuff I get in department stores **anywhere** compares. I doubt I&#39;ve ever had EVOO before or since. 2024-10-08T22:33:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgyrvxtevv2lc8ntlr0t4j6ls5ckawynylhh88298h9ul6ww99ukqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5a7hnk2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxwc95m565grk2adtruyu5f7ew2tpn5na47xcdpy2yhlhkpn6kslgjhuayu'>nevent1q…uayu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Getting it straight from the producer without *any* middlemen involved at all is about the only way of being sure you&#39;re getting EVOO. And even there it&#39;s not 100% because the involved crime syndicates have very long tentacles that slither into everything. But it&#39;s the best way we&#39;ve got. 2024-10-07T22:39:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswuehutdful5rkax5sanhj26gxnmuz5ndcv59p8af598dh743lncszypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5xdg39u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0v4flhjrc39884hl2xh3sp3dkenfkqx9pad0nrd4f6hrg7caelcguhg3c0'>nevent1q…g3c0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I personally think that 90% of the people in North America who think they&#39;ve tasted EVOO have never tasted anything better than a VOO at best, and likely not even that high a grade. Far more likely is that they bought OO at EVOO prices and for what they think is OO they likely got ROO instead.<br/><br/>For Europeans that&#39;s closer to 75%.<br/><br/>Olive oil has been faked for most of my life and then some.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>OO = Olive Oil<br/>VOO = Virgin OO<br/>EVOO = Extra VOO<br/>ROO = Refined OO 2024-10-07T13:06:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz0ljmpq2f2nlzf79cq7eleqy37fxkuwqy9dmt3ydrsw059a3cgwczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu567hwgc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdyy0celjctpttzpl0f0ltnlls6pr3238p80m08zhh2fyet8fy6jc857fq0'>nevent1q…7fq0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hallucinating AI or non-hallucinating AI? 2024-09-26T07:49:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyvm47zg6k3uj8hc5q79vr37vtvadksk87ke783dh649vlvm2x0wszypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5ysz8f3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqmdr0geg44zcg7msuqmp32kqxkcmwy0y7ms9u65xd94dtf9llzqc7jggu3'>nevent1q…ggu3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, the so-called &#34;qu&#34; behind Chinese wines and liquors (similar to Japanese &#34;koji&#34; only far more diverse) makes for a very unique flavour profile and is why there is so much diversity in the flavours of what is ostensibly the same hooch. 2024-09-21T01:28:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9tzl6l0v9ka7jmh95mcyp736ksr8sxe3w07ft04v8jz2wemmk4fszypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu564utep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdj6npvx8zyxkmlllwhhdh9s36xkal57papnqtdz6c04yq6y474wclc3qke'>nevent1q…3qke</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or a collection of short stories. 2024-09-20T12:30:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffwf2u4jclf4vxmtw0z6qvk5ngp2jju2nfke09yku2v4049yfqugzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5vw8wm9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs26mz7c2reqgpnf0s0zh3sa8nzfl7ga4xx2md0xynrakmh9ng2jcqc8py0e'>nevent1q…py0e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mine are the 50-page test, the avoidance of anything that has &#34;volume&#34; (or an equivalent) in the title (so no trilogies, series, etc.), and sticking with classics and folklore, increasingly. 2024-09-20T12:29:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstayy687haguje5we7llty4a2ndux732a2w6tzkwz65hrskm7wdaczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5f6za44 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0aklqmzxy9t34de04v3yepzrf2p70fu6erhrq449cjnzkadsfsmgtunxe6'>nevent1q…nxe6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s a lesson I learned the hard way.<br/><br/>I came upon 50 as my &#34;throw away&#34; level too. 2024-09-20T12:21:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdtr9dxh3dhqsprg50scrs5yfehtzcv8xzmhgvcqj2ekapj036a7czypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5rgjnfp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvh83j6uqn5u8sankc85vjehsrzk907rughwrqk2n032z7uug6znqtm6r86'>nevent1q…6r86</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They should be sobbing?<br/><br/>I don&#39;t get the outrage. 2024-09-17T09:12:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszvxlp39kdm475sj0euxkwksmawfczjsnqs43ua2mxaqc0zzyk6gqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu58jm34c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsymx48ytwk3pxkamxu8mckdp3msncp98xsdlp0gcpdce8pnljmlagjs9mns'>nevent1q…9mns</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was brought up in a household where Abba was the spicy fare. Mostly my parents played things like James Last, Nana Mouskouri, Heino, or other elevator music like that.<br/><br/>My wake-up to a world of music that wasn&#39;t tedious was, surprisingly, The Police (Ghost in the Machine) to be specific. Then, being prone to obsession as I am, I started hitting the record section of the library and listening to a little bit of EVERYTHING until I found my main jam: hard and heavy. 2024-09-09T07:50:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyeh8pqwjnmdz7nd07ugm2xddkxy6ye6ascqcj7x5j0svup8k26kqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu53u0c2q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2w7w6s3qt3y32xw3400sudpth5z3evvesq3rlq55m2v8kn9fjexq23dtqs'>nevent1q…dtqs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pity you didn&#39;t ask me about &#39;70s bands though. I could have gone on a loooooooooooong list there including influential bands nobody&#39;s ever heard of (The Adverts) and such. 2024-09-08T09:11:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2w7w6s3qt3y32xw3400sudpth5z3evvesq3rlq55m2v8kn9fjexqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu58amw6p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqgq2nr0anedgxc74w45fq887lypgfzfp4yr76m2f4qthqh6ud63stp7f55'>nevent1q…7f55</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&lt;HanSolo&gt;I know. I have excellent taste.&lt;/HanSolo&gt; 🤣 <br/><br/>Thanks! 2024-09-08T09:09:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2uqcuhe4az6rannwv2y6jfztf22f6syxmegexvhksv7mjr9nfq2szypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5a7nugw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dfmphqj53tv57sefdmlvrz2sspxhacmygwzpat4ux0dv2uh8necn0zxhk'>nevent1q…zxhk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmmm... Good question. Technically The Who and Santana are &#39;60s bands, but most people would associate them more with the &#39;70s when they had their peak outputs. It would be cheating to mention them, I think.<br/><br/>Maybe CCR? The Doors? Wasn&#39;t B.B. King at the height of his powers in the &#39;60s? If so, he&#39;s definitely on the list. 2024-09-08T09:01:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgvadzzm2v30avv8zug72wfjfl7rrtay2pyudscxzcv5jgugnmfkczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5m93wem In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdy4y5zfh0rnqrl9f3n3llf09xc88yf3caaj6k2ff7zar4vv2km2cwlq7xu'>nevent1q…q7xu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah. You know my feelings about the Beatles, apparently. 2024-09-08T05:50:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszj7e7ax6mlxs3h92hml78cvhz6hccueudelu5vl0753mxqychcfqzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5mdffxn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsffppeqttmxpmm0fs8l256xx9tknx8vsmkw3qrx57k0hsv2wz3ghglnal63'>nevent1q…al63</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What else would you call it? 2024-08-31T01:13:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0z7ssasgp5ed7z3yd86a7nz7vnd95fyfsg93a9qk54axlp5ft8uczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu5mdd9su I just heard the best way to read &#34;ChatGPT&#34;. In French: &#34;chat, j&#39;ai pété.&#34;<br/><br/>I will never unsee that and will never be able to take anything that says &#34;ChatGPT&#34; seriously as a result.<br/><br/>#ChatGPT #ChatJAiPété #CatIFarted 2024-07-06T10:22:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfkk4zrhcs9z9tmdf5upfelqxqwxwfajpmkkgmjksww3dervcetsczypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu56p0yul In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wlzug0gtfkq6rzl7z8pueppghnne7y7rewwphqf79tshtq6lyccczve9h'>nevent1q…ve9h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve actually written about this before¹. Twice². The Chinese have five thousand years of recorded experience with despots. That means the despots have five thousand years of experience in knowing how to do despotism right, but it also means the people have five thousand years of knowing how to deal with despots.<br/><br/>(Protip: Sometimes dealing with them gets REALLY fucking bloody!)<br/><br/>🧵 (7/n)<br/><br/>---<br/>¹ <a href="https://wordsmith.social/zhang-dianli/china-and-authoritarianism">https://wordsmith.social/zhang-dianli/china-and-authoritarianism</a><br/><br/>² <a href="https://wordsmith.social/zhang-dianli/palliative-hotel">https://wordsmith.social/zhang-dianli/palliative-hotel</a> 2024-06-21T04:31:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqnczzplpcl4p5hk4mkq33gutttsphdz6ue4l3kzu75gt6a8c46pgzypfpyjgsh8fr33estpqqy8dvdhml2dz8p0l6wuglx9wwlsthg5wu543an2v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgme62ngyl2y28jnh6tqav65vfq4dzmr838mwdxlhd7gvvfj3grmcqzvpuf'>nevent1q…vpuf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is one thing I&#39;m going to dread when I go to Canada in July. Because I will be masking the fuck up in enclosed public spaces, and I just KNOW there is going to be some limp-dick who thinks they have the right to tell me what to do. 2024-06-13T11:25:28Z