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Day: 1 November 2024

  • Okay, is every company using AI to fuck up their mailing lists, now?

    For the second time this week I've received an email from a company whom I'd explicitly demanded cease processing my PII. This time, in February they outright told me that they'd deleted my data and sent screenshots to "prove" it (which was already after they'd failed to unsubscribe me from their mailing lists in the first place).

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    • posted 1 November, 2024
  • Dan and two kids look excited atop a castle in rural Catalonia.

    Found GCAA274 Garrigues #23 - El Vilosell

    This checkin to GCAA274 Garrigues #23 - El Vilosell reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The geokids and I are staying nearby and came out for a walk this morning to discover this under-appreciated cache. What an amazing location and such a great view! We searched many "obvious" locations without โ€ฆ

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    • posted 1 November, 2024
  • Title page from a video called "The Movie That Doesn't Move", superimposing text on a monochrome photo of a woman.

    The Time Travel Movie That Doesn't Move

    The Nerdwriter's done a video essay about La Jetรฉe, and it truly does justice to that remarkable movie.

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    • posted 1 November, 2024

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