FireMonkey
Semi-retired Geo/Archaeo/Hydrogeo-logist, boatman, resistor, zen-gineer, made of stardust, lubricated with whiskey and whimsy. Patreon and CoSoPRO
Joined Nov 2017
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@th3j35t3r @AndersonArtwork Infant mortality was extremely high previous to these age gains, which threw the average life expectancy down by a lot.
“Once infant mortality is stripped out, life expectancy at 5 years was 75 for men and 73 for women.”
Good Sunday Morning to all the CoSoNewbies!
It's good to have you here. Come on in, the water's fine. Join in anywhere - you feel like commenting, or responding to someone else's comment? Go ahead - add to the community at will. Lots of ways to make this place comfortable for you have been offered in the last hours. I'll just say that the cardinal rule here is DBAD. Don't Be A Dick. Everything else flows from that.
Buen dia por todos!
Oh, and cats. Lots of cats.
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Welcome new #cosonauts
Some of you arriving for the first time to #Countersocial might be having slight reservations about the famous #hacker called Jester Actual who created it.
Please don't worry.
He's on *your* side and you are very safe here.
Have a little read of this excellent article from last year and relaaaaax!
https://gizmodo.com/jester-hacker-trying-to-fix-social-media-countersocial-1849035091
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From Resistants😊 With An OBSERVATION And A WARNING
Well that's like a 10% increase in the 36-55 group. Who were last to the table, but still want to be recognized. Pfft! you youngun's best learn to be on time if you want your pudding! 🍮 🤣
So half of the folks here are basically of retirement age.
And a third well on their mid-life journey.
So much for social media being mostly for the Kidz.
That's nuts - 🥜 I thought there were more youngsters lurking around the halls here.
Here's your Participation Peanut. 🥜
And my "Thanks for Playing!"
In this randomly developed poll, I was curious as to the age spread of our CoSoverse. Three broad 18-year categories. No gen-labels. (I don't know what they are anyway). Your cooperation is appreciated and you will be rewarded with a peanut. 🥜
Looks like both emergency power and regular grid power assist are in the works for Puerto Rico, which badly needs it, and quite a few other places.
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(I might have shared this before)
Early Computer Art in the 50’S & 60’S
Computing and creativity have always been linked. In the early 1800’s when Charles Babbage designed the Analytical Engine, his friend Ada Lovelace wrote in a letter that, if music could be expressed to the engine, then it “might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.”
Amy Goodchild
Over at the DonorBox: $50.23
$24 to commemorate the day. $6 for the month 20.23 for the year. This community needs our support. Thank you Jester, and please support Render, at their SubStack.
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This is silly but right now #CoSo is really the best information on the easy-to-access internet for what's going on in #Russia.
CoSo is not free. Bandwidth, compute, storage all cost money. We're less than halfway to what we need this moth. If you can, get #CoSoPro. You will never be part of the algorithm and you will have better access to breaking information than you can find elsewhere.
Is anyone warming up the fat lady?
#Moscow
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"May you live in interesting times."
Yeah, pretty damned interesting right now! I have a social event this evening but I'm currently glued to @Render, Oryx and a few other locations around the web.
Good morning all. 2nd cuppa done, last drips of the press are next, then on to mini-chores.
From a friend's FB post noticing their aging and growth:
Good morning all! 🌞
Woke to 2 dog's constant barking.
Slowly caffeinated.
Sigh.
Some days are for hibernation.
This is one. Recovery from 24 hrs of travel.
🥱
Go kick some butt today!
Or not. Do what you feel.
🫶✌️
Alrighty then! 1am arrival, napped on the floor in a corner of the airport, made my 8am flight, stopped for a few groceries and beers and I have now arrived back at my Casa Amarilla in PR after dropping off something I picked up for a friend and exchanging some groceries we each had too much of. For now, lemonade in hand, with chips and guac which will be breakfast and lunch.
On the train. I never trust I got on the right one, even when plainly marked, and I feel trains often aren't. Or at least I don't look in the right place.
😅
It's like; Track 4, 13:46 hrs. --- sure but is it really this train, or the one coming in 3 minutes.
I'm on the bus to the train to the airport. Hurricane 🌀 Brett will pass near/over Puerto Rico late week. I'm headed down to prepare/clean up/help neighbors as needed. Made all reservations last evening. Bus/train to DEN, $15. Frontier GoWild pass gets me to San Juan at 1am for $32. Nap in airport until 8am puddle jump on Cape Air across island for $40. Friend picks me up in my truck I left at her house 5 min from the Mayaguez airport. Chalk up a winif all works as planned! 🤹♂️ Woot!
Never trust my good morning greetings as authentic again;
https://chat.openai.com/share/e4cf91c1-a221-41f3-b512-
I'm not sure I'm ready for this AI world.
How often do you put in the laundry in the washer or the dryer then walk away and forget to push the button?
FireMonkey
Semi-retired Geo/Archaeo/Hydrogeo-logist, boatman, resistor, zen-gineer, made of stardust, lubricated with whiskey and whimsy. Patreon and CoSoPRO
Joined Nov 2017