#Tag · bonfire.cafe

So I never watched "Big Bang Theory" but clips of it seem to surface on #YT from time to time. I just got a chuckle over a short bit that involved driving the Mars Rover, because here on Mastodon ... oh never mind.

Long ago I knew someone who apparently thought he might have lost communication with a military satellite. He said he was pretty upset at the time -- understandable. Apparently comms were regained or were never really lost, I don't remember the full story now.

Em :official_verified: boosted

nemo™ 🇺🇦

@nemo@mas.to · 3 weeks ago

#DataBrokers Know #Everything About You (ft. Yael Grauer) #privacyguides #yt

https://youtu.be/Monbu9bh6nY

#privacy #security

Aral Balkan boosted

nemo™ 🇺🇦

@nemo@mas.to · 2 weeks ago

#Coding #Trance #Music (Full Narrated) by #switchangel #yt

https://youtu.be/GWXCCBsOMSg

#nemoradio 🤩 Woaahh! 🙌 That stuff is straight 🔥🔥🔥 💚 👍

nemo™ 🇺🇦

@nemo@mas.to · 2 weeks ago

#Coding #Trance #Music (Full Narrated) by #switchangel #yt

https://youtu.be/GWXCCBsOMSg

#nemoradio 🤩 Woaahh! 🙌 That stuff is straight 🔥🔥🔥 💚 👍

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca · 2 weeks ago

huh. TIL: there is a “four corners” place in Canada, like there is more famously in the USA, where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet.

But ours is automatically cooler, figuratively and literally*, because it is a: at 60° Latitude, and b: involves two Territories and two Provinces.

It is where the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba meet.

It is also a LOT harder to get to. Though arguably, as it is amongst the thousands of lakes in the area, during the summer, a float plane would get you there.

Also, technically. It is not a perfect “joining” on the map which is just bad planning on Canada’s part, but at least it is hiking distance. Or that might be just a projection issue. They seem to converge at 60N 102W. I guess I could consult an official boundary document or something :)

Apple Map location: https://maps.apple/p/W9ucIgoQCikMLM

Edit: Google Maps has a photo! Added here… of the four cornered boundary monument!
*seasons and ongoing #agw not withstanding
#geography #uselessKnowledge #nerd #maps #canada #sk #mb #nwt #yt #climatechange

Apple Maps

A picture from Google Maps showing a silver metal obelisk style monument with the names of the provinces. In the background there appears to be a fire watch tower made from irregular local wood poles

How much more zoomed in look shows the considerable lakes in the area immediately adjacent to the four corners. The lines don’t perfectly match up, but I suspect that has more to do with the projection and the physical location as intended.

Reasonably zoomed out map view of a point on the map at 60° north and 102° west. It shows the location of the four corners in North Central Canada.

nemo™ 🇺🇦

@nemo@mas.to · 3 weeks ago

#DataBrokers Know #Everything About You (ft. Yael Grauer) #privacyguides #yt

https://youtu.be/Monbu9bh6nY

#privacy #security

Em :official_verified:

@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange · 3 weeks ago

Which surveillance gadget/technology do you despise the most, and why? 👁️‍🗨️

#Privacy #Surveillance

nemo™ 🇺🇦

@nemo@mas.to replied · 3 weeks ago

@Em0nM4stodon Surveillance capitalism… I despise it. Mandatory GAFAM AI companions and the surveillance infrastructure that wants me to be so transparent that the translucence would turn me into a syncopated chess piece—a smombie who could be controlled and data-farmed without me even realizing it. Do not want… ✅ 💡 😅 #fckbigtech #fcksurveillancecapitalism

Rick and Morty - I Am Alive #yt

https://youtu.be/t2r5AfCYEp4

Aral Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · last month

Mystery, huh? Maybe it’s aliens… 🤔 https://journa.host/@fulelo/115400168085406132

nemo™ 🇺🇦

@nemo@mas.to replied · last month

@aral the x files theme song (full version) #yt 🤣🤣🤣

https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=hAAlDoAtV7Y

Fallback Link.:

https://youtu.be/hAAlDoAtV7Y

Lauren Weinstein

@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org · 3 months ago

I saw a #YT video where a guy took a radiation meter all over Hiroshima -- even to structures that predated the atomic bombing -- to see if there was any residual radiation. He found nothing over background, even standing directly at ground zero of the air burst (there's a plaque at that location). The remains of the famous "atomic bomb dome" actually read a bit below background elsewhere. As he moved out into the surrounding area outside of central Hiroshima itself (e.g. more suburban) the background count got noticeably higher, but still considered to be effectively "normal". One assumes that cleanup efforts were concentrated on the more central areas, for obvious reasons.