Pete Prodoehl πŸ•

@rasterweb
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Maker / Designer / Creative; electronics, digital fabrication, art, photo, video, printmaker, noise, cats, pcomp, bike, USB, MIDI, MKE, searchable… blogging since 1997, programming since 1980! [he/him] See rasterweb.net and peteprodoehl.com πŸ’Ύ Just my toots: https://justmytoots.com/@rasterweb@mastodon.social
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LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
@grimmy The RepRap instructions just sort of... stopped. I had to go to IRC and ask for help.

Understanding common tech features and marketing terms:

Safety: surveillance

"Smart": surveillance

Connected: surveillance

GPS-enabled: surveillance

Personalized: surveillance

AI: surveillance

Integrated: surveillance

Partner: surveillance

Free: surveillance

Collaboration: surveillance

@grimmy Fancy! I bet you had a full set of instructions as well. 😜
@fistfulofdave @joe Hey man, I go to the bank at least... well... I went a few years ago!
World Naked Bike Ride Returns to Milwaukee

'Bare as you dare' event will roll into town for sixth year.

Urban Milwaukee

A guy I was trying to get a job interview with in March of 2020 just posted this long thing about how he uses AI at work.

Dodged a bullet thanks to COVID I guess?

@dm What is this new car you speak of?
@joe It might be more than your mortgage but it might be less than the rent for some people.
@grimmy The quality was a bit better than the random box of hardware store parts that created my RepRap.
@wesdym Thanks, good advice! (I wasn't sure if you confused Walgreens with Walmart. I don't know how widespread the former is compared to the latter.)