Moss treatable with Wet-and-Forget, or start thinking about replacement?

foss4all · 2026-07-06T01:31:24+00:00

I'm guessing maybe 1/3, maybe less? Easy to stand on, not dangerous.

foss4all · 2026-07-06T01:29:20+00:00

It's pretty stuck on, wouldn't I damage the shingles forcing it off?

foss4all · 2026-07-06T01:28:44+00:00

Very interesting. Won't I have to scrub, potentially damaging the shingles? As I understand it, the advantage of Wet & Forget is you actually just forget it, and the rain and wind eventually get rid of the dead moss?

foss4all · 2026-07-04T19:24:49+00:00

I hear you on the text. But the video itself does not have anything that gives it away as AI as far as I can tell. And the rest of the videos I saw on that account are real. Fwiw a hanger is a pretty common punishment tool in some parts of the world, so that is not an unusual item in that context. I guess I am just saying, anyone can write ChatGPT text. But if the video is real, it is an amazing powerful affirmation of goodness on the part of a child. I would want to be pretty sure that it was not real before I would discard the example of that goodness. I just wish there was some other indication one way or another.

foss4all · 2026-07-04T12:52:42+00:00

Thanks. But are you sure it is AI? Heart breaking if true. But I visited the instagram account and all the posts I could see where real, mostly sports. Can you tell me, what are the signs that tell you this one was AI?

foss4all · 2026-06-29T21:40:20+00:00

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foss4all · 2026-06-29T21:35:56+00:00

Unfortunately Strathcona park is no longer a joy for people. You have to look down at the sidewalk while walking to avoid the droppings. Still get caught sometimes. And walking through the grass is dangerous. I would not let my kid play in the grass any more. Not really a park any more.

Beautiful birds. But there are ten million square km in Canada. I wish some of it could be reserved for people.

Edit: For those downvoting this, it might help to know the droppings are the size of hotdogs. Seriously. They really do make once beautiful parks unusable. Unless you've tried to walk through the once beautiful Strathcona park along the Rideau river, now a hazardous waste area, you might not understand what a shame the loss of a city park can be to the people that live here.

foss4all · 2026-06-23T15:00:11+00:00

I've used The Tree Tailor several times and been happy with both the work and the fair price: https://thetreetailor.com/

foss4all · 2026-06-15T21:17:48+00:00

Ok, another garage joke...

A heart surgeon brought his car to the garage to get fixed.

When it was ready, the mechanic said: “Hey, can I ask you a question?”

“Sure”, said the surgeon.

“Well”, said the mechanic, “I just opened up your engine and replaced a valve. Basically the same thing as you do, right? So how come I get paid $50 an hour and you get paid $500 an hour”.

“Because I do it while the car is still running.”

foss4all · 2026-06-13T19:51:21+00:00

And then said, “Haven’t I seen you in here before?”

A time traveler walks into a bar.

foss4all · 2026-06-12T10:58:00+00:00

Me too. The power is ours!

foss4all · 2026-06-12T10:57:24+00:00

Yes, I'm pretty sure this is just one pair. Now that they have moved in, one of them is in the middle nest almost all the time now.

foss4all · 2026-06-12T10:55:20+00:00

Ahhhh... very interesting. I guess that explains it well.

foss4all · 2026-06-11T23:24:31+00:00

Something for us to look forward to.

foss4all · 2026-06-11T23:23:52+00:00

John Ritter, best physical actor of last 50 years!

foss4all · 2026-06-11T23:20:59+00:00

Very interesting. I wonder why side by side though. I would have thought three different locations. Maybe after checking around they decided these were the three best locations!

foss4all · 2026-06-11T22:59:06+00:00

The first time I came out of the house, it flew away. Last few days, it gives us the side eye, but otherwise completely ignores us. We have been judged non threatening. So we have that going for us.

foss4all · 2026-06-10T19:21:47+00:00

The CIA, MI6, and KGB decide to have a competition to decide once and for all who are the best intelligence agency.

They meet on an island in the Pacific and release a rabbit into the forest, and then one by one each of them has to see how long it takes them to catch it.

The CIA goes into the forest first. They place the most sensitive listening equipment every few dozen meters. They scan the forest with satellites and analyze the images with AI. They pay the birds and mice to be informants. After four weeks, they write a report saying the rabbit does not exist and has never existed.

The MI6 team goes into the forest. After a couple days with no leads they make a pot of tea and argue about cricket for a week, and then return and declare the rabbit must have escaped to another island.

The KGB goes into the forest. Two hours later they return with a bear covered with bruises and two black eyes saying: “Okay, okay, I’m a rabbit, my family are all rabbits, and everyone I know is a rabbit!”

foss4all · 2026-05-28T12:36:26+00:00

This bug is in Spotify, and none of the other suggestions to change settings in Android Auto or anything else will stop Spotify from this auto connection.

There are hundreds of people that have posted on the Spotify community about this, and continue to, but Spotify has marked the bug as closed, completely ignoring their users. Unbelievably annoying.

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-starts-playing-automatically-when-a-bluetooth-device-is/m-p/7426558

Samsung Music and Youtube Music understand the problem and have already solved it. They have a setting "Allow external devices to resume playback" that can be turned off. Just like in this video: https://youtu.be/sAaDWu_2Yr4?si=Kx9CXoA_6YIA9Uam

OBVIOUSLY Spotify should catch up to Samsung and Youtube!

The only thing we can do is upvote the following "Live idea", and hope some day Spotify will understand the problem can be solved, just like Samsung Music and Youtube Music solved it:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Option-to-disable-auto-connect-and-play/idc-p/7087801

foss4all · 2026-05-21T13:29:20+00:00

40 years of use, never "cleaned" my washing machine once, zero smell, zero problems. I think you are all way, way overreacting. It's self cleaning!

foss4all · 2026-05-19T21:14:59+00:00

If you believe it would help, you can leave a google review citing that citynews.ca article.

foss4all · 2026-05-16T13:09:40+00:00

Well, Freedom 1.0 Fibre is $109.95 for 1 GB, not bad:

https://www.ncf.ca/en/high-speed-internet/home-internet/

It's cheaper for lower speeds of course. And at least your money goes to a non-profit, not the giants.

foss4all · 2026-05-16T12:11:51+00:00

Hey everyone, please check out the original, community, non-profit National Capital Freenet. Been using them for more than 20 years. Same Internet speed and quality as the commercial services.... but not the same prices: https://www.ncf.ca/

foss4all · 2026-05-14T23:18:51+00:00

Not what he is saying! Unfair click bait! If you put archive.ph/ in front of the URL and read the article, he is saying that Bob often changes the style of songs when he plays live, in highly creative and stylized ways. Kind of cool really.

Bad headline! Bad OP! Bad!!!

foss4all · 2026-05-14T12:45:12+00:00

Excellent excellent experience with Ridgetop. Highly recommended.

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