Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

It occurs to me, there's nothing wrong with my brain.

I would thrive in a slow, gentle world focused on candor and justice with lots of quiet, natural environments to chill and let deep thoughts unfold.

I just happen to be terribly wired for a society that's pretty much going off the rails in all directions.

#autismAwarenessMonth #autismAcceptanceMonth #actuallyAutistic

MP3 is the GIF of audio codecs

I know this sounds like a joke, but homework is lowkey child torture, especially in households where parents aren’t great at teaching.

And if “homework isn’t that much work, idiot” then they should just do that in school, like all the other learning. Slap another hour onto school, and everyone would be happier.

Er zullen nog 3 weekenden zonder treinen van/naar/via Rotterdam Centraal volgen op 8/9 november 2025, 13/14 juni 2026 en 7/8 november 2026.

Prorail gaat het EBS Interlocking treinbeveiligingssysteem vervangen, dat na 25 jaar technisch afgeschreven is. EBS staat voor Elektronische Beveiliging Simis (Sicheres Mikrocomputersysteem Siemens)

There will be another 3 weekends without trains to/from/via Rotterdam Centraal on 8/9 November 2025, 13/14 June 2026 and 7/8 November 2026.

ProRail is replacing the EBS Interlocking train protection system that is technical obsolete after 25 years of service.

More info in Dutch: https://www.prorail.nl/projecten/rotterdam-treinbeveiligingssysteem

TIL that because the FFmpeg project has gained so much experience in hand-writing assembly code to provide huge speedups, they now are putting together a series of lessons for learning assembly:

Vibe coding is fun and all, but this is probably a better use of time!

https://github.com/FFmpeg/asm-lessons

two of my pet peeves:

- hip little cafés that don't have a sign with their hours of operation anywhere. i'm always seeing cute places that are closed and i'm like "oh i'll totally come back when they're open" but there is literally no indication of when they're open. i'm not looking up your freaking instagram or whatever, just put it on the door!!!
- small-time musical artists with super generic band and song names. i was trying to remember an earworm from years ago but it was something like "dance" by "hot", jesus christ do you know how unfindable that is. you're not cool. king gizzard and the lizard wizard got it right.

🐉I keep hearing folks saying they lack the spoons to organize, resist or even just rest because their jobs take up all their energy.

This is a real problem. How do we fix or mitigate it?

How do *you* conserve your energy at work?

Uh, my priest agreed with my email about not using Generative AI images but jujitsued me, and now I've been asked to advise the team on where to get public domain art. Anyone have any good resources for public domain Christian religious art? Help!

#Art #PublicDomain #ReligiousArt

🚨 Early warning!

In het weekend van 24 en 25 mei geen treinen van/naar/via Rotterdam Centraal!

In the weekend of 24 and 25 May no trains to/from/via Rotterdam Centraal!

I changed my name to a gender neutral name because of this on all the delivery apps

Everything’s hot pluggable if you ignore the instructions

logic analyzers are friends, not food

Waarom is huismerk-ceylonthee plotseling overal verdwenen? Lidl, AH, Jumbo hebben het allemaal niet meer...

I just noticed there's also a Hackaday article on this exact thing: https://hackaday.com/2025/04/07/why-usb-c-splitters-can-cause-magic-smoke-release/

so just to reiterate;
- USB *hubs* and alike devices are fine
- dumb chipless splitters are NOT, unless you can confirm none of them support USB-PD or QuickCharge (or the adapter doesn't)

Murderbot (the show) on May 16! Hesitantly excited for this.
https://www.theverge.com/news/645746/murderbot-trailer-apple-tv-plus