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Jason Slade

JasonSlade@mstdn.ca

<p>Semi retired from an interesting career in electrical, instrumentation and process controls. <br />Landed here after leaving the bird network because of where it was headed.</p><p>I&#39;m concerned with our degrading environment, the loss of natural spaces and farmland due to economic and political agendas.</p><p>A collector of hobbies with a particular interest in the early microcomputers.</p>

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    It&#39;s crazy that Adobe Acrobat took over 15G of drive space on Windows 11!? 😵‍💫 Adobe Reader carries a far smaller footprint at 1.9G

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    For those with an interest in the earlier days of computing... The World of Retro Computing Expo 2026 is a two day event September 12-13, 2026 in the &quot;IDEAs Clinic Room 1427&quot; at the Pearl Sullivan Engineering Building at the University of Waterloo. https://worldofretrocomputing.com/ #worc #retrocomputing #retrogaming

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    It&amp;#39;s crazy how many links to other resources DropBox uses:

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    Jeff Wayne&amp;#39;s musical version of HG Wells&amp;#39; original War of the Worlds is as captivating now as it was when it was originally released in 1978. Richard Burton&amp;#39;s narration and Justin Hayward&amp;#39;s music are absolutely iconic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds

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    It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention - yup! Last month I learned that the basement sump pump had failed and the concrete floor was no longer dry. Changed the pump and finally got the JSN-SR04T v2.0 ultrasonic sensor working in the sump hole! Hooked it up to an ESP32 flashed with ESPHome and passed the data on to Home Assistant. Getting all kinds of useful data along with level alerts to the cellphone! #ESP32 #HomeAssistant #homeautomation

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    A blast from Toronto&amp;#39;s past ... Active Surplus Electronics - 1962-2015 Their website homepage is still live and accepting comments from those who wish to reminisce: http://www.activesurplus.com/ #electronics

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    Been listening to some of the music by the Alan Parsons Project - it&amp;#39;s been a long time since I bought the vinyl. The song &amp;quot;Old and Wise&amp;#39; used to be one of many great songs, but now, it really strikes a chord. Especially when I think of friends, old and new, some of whom that have passed ... https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/old-and-wise-unraveling-the-poignant-wisdom-of-age/ #thepowerofmusic

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    Outlook on Windows suddenly stopped connecting to Gmail on more than one computer. Deleted and tried to re-add the account which generated the message in the screenshot below. What was required was removing the OAUTH2 credentials as outlined below: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5819531/how-to-clear-the-google-imap-oauth-credentials-whe #windows #outlook #gmail

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    That&amp;#39;s nasty ... Google Chrome has been quietly downloading a 4GB AI model onto users’ devices without asking first. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/05/google-chromes-silent-4gb-ai-download-problem #AI #Google #GoogleAI