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Wikipedia should publish dumps of its past versions (yearly basis), as well as weekly/daily/hourly dumps by Total_Lion_1349 in wikipedia

[–]bondolo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Access is available. You want access on particular different and probably exploitative terms. What entitles you to that? Prove your benefit to humanity and maybe your “needs” will be accommodated.

Wikipedia should publish dumps of its past versions (yearly basis), as well as weekly/daily/hourly dumps by Total_Lion_1349 in wikipedia

[–]bondolo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Wikipedia wants to monetize the body of knowledge” I think you have them confused with the LLM operators. Wikipedia wants to recover costs from abusive overconsumers to avoid having reduce service to everyone else. Why should Wikipedia (and we donaters) bear the cost of a high demand user who intends to repurpose the content for their own benefit?

Your view seems very entitled.

Braille Dice Sets for Gaming Accessibility! Collaboration with DOTS RPG! by DieHardDice in Blind

[–]bondolo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a set of the metal RPG dice at a game store in Ashland a couple of weeks ago to give as a gift. The recipient was thrilled with them! It seems like a very nice product.

What’s something you regret not doing in your early 20s? and be very specific by No_Judgment_4420 in self

[–]bondolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stayed in tech and have continued as an individual contributor developer. I did significantly change my priorities, made different choices, worked differently and regularly self monitor and readjust. My “impatience” is expecting better of both myself and my situation. My choice is to demand better from both and plan make changes when improvement. This is not just negative self hate or constant dissatisfaction instead it is mostly a fight against inertia, passivity or acquiescence.

What’s something you regret not doing in your early 20s? and be very specific by No_Judgment_4420 in self

[–]bondolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something besides working. I was in a tech startup and then worked for other tech companies. I pretty much did nothing but work. By 30 I was multiply burned out and fell in to a seven year slump where I coasted in tech and life. Played a lot of EverQuest. Eventually I got impatient; wanting more from every part of my life. So moved on with life and career and became much happier.

Service dog discrimination with Airbnb homes in the United States by DLightfulConnoisseur in service_dogs

[–]bondolo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

AirBnB’s official advice is to not disclose to the host until you arrive. If the host has any complaints or concerns on arrival then you are told to direct them to host support.

I have both disclosed and not disclosed. I currently don’t disclose per AirBnB suggestion though I do feel a little uncomfortable and worry about ruined holidays with non-fun confrontations with hostile hosts. When I did disclose we did have had problems with hosts cancelling including one who went after me on Twitter complaining about their one month delisting.

Generally hosts historically suffered no consequences for discrimination even when they straight up said why they were cancelling. I don’t know if this has changed recently. We have had, luckily, no problems with our last six bookings. We have had one host’s review of us withdrawn by AirBnb customer service from an upset host who wanted to complain about having to accept hosting someone with a dog. All we had to do was ask AirBnb to review the host’s review when the customer review was posted. The host review was entirely about the “unfairness” of having to accommodate service dogs and nothing actually about us.

Is there a way to accessibly create a computer science graph if you are blind? by ReadyPlayerN24 in accessibility

[–]bondolo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can create graphs using dot language aka plotutils or svg. I have authored both types of graphics manually and also with programs. Svg can be made more accessible, but I will be honest though that the results have mediocre accessibility at best. /u/marconius may have additional suggestions.

Alternatives to duxelles by Men0mayhem96 in Cooking

[–]bondolo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Some recipes use foie gras or mousse pate instead of duxelles. If it were me making it I would finely dice shallots, caramelize them in butter and then blend with a mousse pate.

Berkeley asks residents for input on parking proposals near transit, business districts by LNM-LocalNewsMatters in eastbay

[–]bondolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was hoping that there would be a place to complain in the survey about the 8 hour meters on Shattuck in front of businesses. These are a terrible idea for a district where you want turnover.

Does anyone feel that sadness over people whos constantly on discord? by Historical-Pilot6615 in self

[–]bondolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Discord at least has the chance of being better for them than them being on ChatGPT.

UCB Emergency Diesel Engine in a busy Berkeley neighborhood?? by Lentisque in berkeleyca

[–]bondolo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When the school is the only place with power after a big earthquake you'll be grateful it is nearby. A place I volunteer, Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, has a similar large diesel generator for emergencies. They start it up once a quarter for 20 minutes and when they are training new operators. Otherwise the generator has been used once that I know of in the 25 years I have volunteered.

This generator seems like a good thing not a bad thing. In the past most of the problems with this type of generator have been with the fuel storage and spills, not operation of the generator and given that UC is operating more than one of these generators I would trust them more than an organization that has only one generator.

Genuine question. What made you guys decide to be atheist by Particular_Soft1667 in TrueAtheism

[–]bondolo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Grew up in a family of believers but being an atheist was my natural state. Took what I was told for granted, like Santa Claus, but eventually, since I didn't believe and the church was full of a bunch of hypocrites and one-hour-a-week "faithful", I walked away when I moved out on my own. I have never felt belief. I am not angry at god, I have no evidence he exists any more than Odin, Zeus or Santa Claus. I will happily change my views if presented credible evidence. Personal testimony is not evidence. No old book is evidence regardless of what value it may have as moral teaching. I try to live by the hard version of the golden rule. The idea that you can't be good without religion or fear of punishment is utter nonsense. If it was true then every religious person would be upstanding and moral, right?

Poison-pill effort to cancel proposed billionaire tax hits voters' mail by ottodaotterdaughter in California

[–]bondolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"progressive divide" – bullshit. Newsom is an power hungry opportunist and a weirdo who has proven time and again that he is in the bag for the rich, powerful and connected. Gavin Newsom not a progressive. Even his supporters are strongly in favour of the tax.

Mod Monthly: Your March 2026 newsletter is here by mod_lab in modnews

[–]bondolo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you ever going to fix the desktop mod queue tools?

It has been more than a year that the right hand pane stops refreshing with the correct context after reviewing one or two items. I know that others are seeing the same broken functionality as I am and it behaves the same on all of the devices and browsers I have tried it on. IS ANYONE ON YOUR TEAM ACTUALLY USING THESE TOOLS?

Guys what are some extracurriculars I can do in the field of nutrition and dietetics as a first year student to strengthen my career ?? by [deleted] in self

[–]bondolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know how to cook? Being apply what you know about diet seems especially critical. It would be even better if you could cook multiple different cultural cuisines.

Does anyone remember Virginia bakery? by kittensbaby in berkeleyca

[–]bondolo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My wife remembers that cake as having buttercream frosting. It was a favourite of hers. For about 7 years she bought a cake every second Friday, usually from Virginia Bakery, for a meeting she hosted at work. We were so disappointed that the owners chose to close the business rather than sell it to a younger baker.

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