ITHCWY Newsletter for June 2019
Timelapse of Pacifica State Beach.
Cory Doctorow argues for adversarial interoperability as a tool to weaken tech monopolies. I've reached the same conclusion: Facebook shouldn't own your social graph.
Dead Ringers S18E04 (available very briefly) has a halfway decent Brexit / Douglas Adams joke. Here's a better one.
A longer hike at China Camp State Park.
Previously:
- 2018: Animation of a year of Global Cloud Cover
- 2017: Reading and Writing Office 365 Excel from a Console app using the Microsoft.Graph C# Client API
- 2016: West Portal Timelapse of Timelapses
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Bay View and Shoreline Trails at China Camp State Park
A nice 4 mile hike at China Camp State Park - starting at the day use parking in the campsite follow Powerline Fire Trail up to a left on Bay View Trail then left on Back Ranch Fire Trail and finally left again on Shoreline Trial back to the parking lot. Gentle ascent for three miles then a fairly steep stretch down Back Ranch Fire Trail (I slipped three times, watch where you're going) and then gentle again for the final half mile.
(Previously: shorter 3 mile hike of Back Ranch Meadows and Turtleback Point loop)
Hike starts at: 38.006014, -122.496775. View in Google Earth.
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(Published to the Fediverse as: Bay View and Shoreline Trails at China Camp State Park #hike #chinacamp #map Bay View Trail to Shoreline Trail 4 mile hike at China Camp State Park )
Summer Solstice 2019
Summer starts now in the Northern Hemisphere, Winter if you happen to be south of the Equator. Rendered in Catfood Earth.
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(Published to the Fediverse as: Summer Solstice 2019 #code #solstice #summer #winter #earth #northern #estival Summer Solstice 2019 as rendered by Catfood Earth. )
San Francisco from San Bruno Mountain
Photo of San Francisco framed by a mossy tree on San Bruno Mountain.
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(Published to the Fediverse as: San Francisco from San Bruno Mountain #photo #sanfrancisco #sanbruno A mossy tree frames San Francisco, shot from San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo, California. )
Pacifica
Timelapse of Pacifica State Beach (on a rare warm and sunny day).
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(Published to the Fediverse as: Pacifica #timelapse #pacifica #video Time lapse of Pacifica State Beach in California on a warm and sunny day. )
Book reviews for May 2019
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ITHCWY Newsletter for May 2019
Nevada is close to joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Why this is important and how you can help.
Should there be a constitutional amendment for tire chalking?
Limantour Spit hike.
Previously:
- 2018: I just want to get rid of Windows 10 Notifications with one click
- 2017: Real Time
- 2016: GGNRA Dog Management Round 3
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Limantour Spit
There is a shorter trail through the dunes before you get to the beach which we attempted a couple of years ago. The vegetation is spiky and unforgiving for small people. Better option is to hit the beach, turn right and walk as close to the end as you can. Five mile flat round trip. We saw harbor seals and one very decomposed whale.
Hike starts at: 38.025765, -122.884455. View in Google Earth.
Updated 2024-04-13 21:52:
Another visit, on another beautiful day. Spotted a seal and I think a grey whale.
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(Hike Map)
(Published to the Fediverse as: Limantour Spit #hike #limantour #pointreyes #map Five mile beach hike along Limantour Spit in Point Reyes )
Facebook Interoperability
In TechCrunch today Josh Constine gets friend portability for Facebook almost right:
"In other words, the government should pass regulations forcing Facebook to let you export your friend list to other social networks in a privacy-safe way. This would allow you to connect with or follow those people elsewhere so you could leave Facebook without losing touch with your friends. The increased threat of people ditching Facebook for competitors would create a much stronger incentive to protect users and society."
The problem is having a list of friends does me no good at all when none of them are on Google Plus, Diaspora or whatever.
What we need is legislation that forces interoperability. I can share with my friends via an open protocol, and Facebook is forced to both send and receive posts from other networks. This would actually create an opportunity for plausible competition in a way that a friend export could never do. Social networking should work like email, not CompuServe.
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- I didn't think I'd ever fall for fake news on Facebook
(Published to the Fediverse as: Facebook Interoperability #etc #software #facebook Social networking should work like email, not CompuServe. We need legislation to mandate interoperability between platforms. )