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i like kind machines. pro-people-not-dying. anti-nazi. anti-colonizer. pagan, but lazy about it.
I am #HardOfHearing, #nonbinary, polyamourous, into ttrpgs and #tech. Hobbyist #leatherworker, hobbyist scifi author, community builder, and artist.
I like to build #whimsical things that help people to #dream better and form meaningful connections. If you wanna hang out with friendly computer weirdos in Minneapolis, lemme know.
Profile image description: a watercolor painting of a person with pale skin and brown and blue hair laughing. They have a side cut and an audio processor is visible behind their ear. The art style is loose and the eyes are squinched into little crescents.
Joined Jul 2020
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@f0x oh hey it me
@dumpsterqueer totally. I guess I'm kinda saying, like, even a very basic model can be really really fun. Low power consumption and easy onboarding seemed to matter most.
It's a cool project and I hope it catches on! When you have something ready to be field tested, maybe give me a ping? There's a couple of hacker friendly events out here and we might be able to help get some feedback for ya. :)
@dumpsterqueer this reminds me of my very favorite defcon thing ever.
Someone made a hat that hosted its own network and served up a little image board. The hat was huge and lit up. Hard to miss. Whenever you were in the same room as hat-chan, you could log on to the image board via a smart phone and shitpost about the talk you were in.
It was incredible.
IMO, it's not super future far fetched, it's feasible today. The localization of the network was a big perk, as was the ephemerality of the whole thing. People wouldn't post contact details, but they would say stuff like 'I'm the girl in the blue shirt sitting in the second row, let's meet up at the bar after this talk'.
And yeah, people were actually pretty cool to each other on it.
@heartles@egirls.gay I uh.. That's about 2,500 lines, right?
That's big and concerning, especially without more context... But C++ can also be kinda chonky. I still have nightmares about the repo full of 500kb files I used to work on. Everyone acted like it was totally normal?? There was no documentation standard and it was just really unpleasant.
Maybe the language or the culture around this language just kind of encourages this sort of behavior? Like 'if it doesn't impact the runtime, it's completely without value'? I don't know. That sounds awful, though, and I hope you don't get handed a file like that.
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haha what if i took what i'm learning in my farm apprenticeship and went and started a refenerative agriculture farm in the upper midwest and invited a bunch of queer friends to come live there with me haha jk unless...
@AgathaSorceress@eldritch.cafe I often refer to mastodon as a bit like a combination between Twitter and Tumblr. The long text post support is real nice. I've never been a regular on either of those sites, though, so community wise, I'm not really sure how the vibe compares. Pretty sure my corner of mastodon is friendlier than most of Twitter, though.
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my gender is ransomware
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The best way to sum up Tolkien's influence on fantasy literature as a whole was, of course, written by Terry Pratchett:
“J.R.R. Tolkien has become a sort of mountain, appearing in all subsequent fantasy in the way that Mt. Fuji appears so often in Japanese prints. Sometimes it’s big and up close. Sometimes it’s a shape on the horizon. Sometimes it’s not there at all, which means that the artist either has made a deliberate decision against the mountain, which is interesting in itself, or is in fact standing on Mt. Fuji.”
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I just saw a car with an "Uber eats driver" sticker
And
Yeah, I guess it does
Tiny soapbox, society is awful
@crazypedia I'm glad this is a useful strategy for you. I think this is how people are supposed to banish imposter syndrome. The connection between others noting good work and imposter syndrome shutting up cannot be more direct, in my mind.
It is also absolutely absurd how synonymous being a woman in tech and dealing with imposter syndrome is. I see it at almost every gender minority event I attend, and I assume it's the same way for other folks with minority experiences, too.
So uh, congratulations to you. Next step, go tell other people they're right, too. Especially if they're a little different from you. :)
Aesthetic face mask advice
@miramira@is.nota.live honestly, the kn-95s are well-ventilated and don't get as humid as traditional fabric. They are not cute, though.
Otherwise, you likely want one made out of athleticwear fabric. It'll be ineffective for filtering, but so long as that's not the point, it's no trouble. I'd look for single layer masks from knit fabrics, particularly synthetics. Alternatively, maybe a translucent silk scarf-style one from sissilita on etsy? https://www.etsy.com/listing/855107145/100-mulberry-silk-scarf-mask-with-filter
You might also like https://www.lpmlolita.com/ but I think her site is down right now.
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Okay but hear me out
a gender neutral term for a person getting married is
broom
@GI_Jack@hackers.town see the fork here: https://github.com/temporary-audacity/audacity
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coronavirus ableism death etc
disabled people are like, hey we're the ones at risk of dying from the pandemic and the restrictions are the bare minimum precaution keeping our fellow citizens from casually killing us en masse.
and abled people are like, i hear you, and i'm very sorry, however i'm also bored
Hearing tech, guide to getting started, illustrated comic
I drew up a basic comic guide to getting started with the tympan audio processor as an assistive device. Plan to spend around $350+ including mounting stuff and headphones.
Apologies for the lack of full transcriptions, I'm kinda tired. Please let me know if you need them for personal use, though, and I can type them up for ya.
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Kiwi translation guide
“Ah yeah”: I understand
“Yeah nah”: No
“Yeah nah yeah”: Yes
“Heaps”: A lot
“Sweet”: Good
“Sweet as”: I find this to be of satisfactory quality
“Sweet as bro”: I’m not super satisfied but I’ll allow it for now
“Choice”: Really good
“Choice as”: Exceptionally good
“Cool story bro”: You’re embarrassing yourself and you should stop talking
“Did you blow on the pie”: It’s been in the warmer all day, it’s nuclear
“Ghost chips”: You know I can’t grab them
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Join us tonight for a clown-full and (hopefully) explosion-free evening in the #CircusInPlace video chat, starting at 8pm UTC-5:
https://meet.jit.si/circushomegym
See you there!
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"While there are big differences between Italian fascism, British colonialism and pro-slavery groups in the US, all have contributed to a fantasy idea about Rome’s whiteness that’s still a feature of Western civilisation...
"As white supremacists storm the centres of Western governance, this is not just a niche issue. It could play a vital role in strengthening our democracies."
https://aeon.co/essays/colonialism-is-built-on-the-rubble-of-a-false-idea-of-ancient-rome
- Pronouns
- She/They
- hangs out with people on
- https://cyberia.club
- Gender/orientation
- Demi-femme/Novi gender, demisexual/panromantic/polyamorous
- Hackerspace
- https://layerze.ro
i like kind machines. pro-people-not-dying. anti-nazi. anti-colonizer. pagan, but lazy about it.
I am #HardOfHearing, #nonbinary, polyamourous, into ttrpgs and #tech. Hobbyist #leatherworker, hobbyist scifi author, community builder, and artist.
I like to build #whimsical things that help people to #dream better and form meaningful connections. If you wanna hang out with friendly computer weirdos in Minneapolis, lemme know.
Profile image description: a watercolor painting of a person with pale skin and brown and blue hair laughing. They have a side cut and an audio processor is visible behind their ear. The art style is loose and the eyes are squinched into little crescents.
Joined Jul 2020
