starless @starless@pixie.town

low-φ beats

I've seen several variations of this and comments all suggest grinding or pulling these off. That takes a lot of time and creates a lot of noise, especially at night

These spikes are usually stainless and installed by drilling and bonding with epoxy

As an alternative, forms can be made, big enough for a few bags of mixed concrete and tall enough to cover the spikes. If poured at night, they will set by morning

And it's silent

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/okmpwe/used_to_sit_here_while_waiting_to_be_picked_up/

its rewarding seeing a finished piece and running my hand over the texture. also that florescent floss looks great under different lights!

#embroidery #art #abstract #fiberart #textileart #mastoart

Autistic Communication Is a Feature, not a Bug (NeuroClastic)

https://neuroclastic.com/2021/07/17/autistic-communication-is-a-feature-not-a-bug/

I love Nicky Case's work -- a Patreon-funded independent developer who keeps publishing smart, interesting explorations, often on social topics. Yesterday I tried "Adventures With Anxiety", which is a 30-min free visual novel-ish game that plays in your browser:

https://ncase.me/anxiety/

You play the anxiety, as you and your host try to find ways to live with each other. Recommended whether you experience anxiety or not (I personally very rarely do, fortunately).

and the longer story is that the problem I'm having (which is that the device behaves as if there's no battery at all) still happens: it just crashes completely when i unplug the USB cable. i conclude it is the power controller that is faulty, and i have 0 clue on how to fix that

Here's something cool about Mandarin Chinese pronouns.

Nonbinary third person pronoun in written Mandarin
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=51507

For any trans people who need to hear this:

Your body is beautiful. You're worthy of being desired, if that's something you want.

Whether you choose to transition (and in whatever direction you want), and wherever you are in that process -- you're seen, you are believed, and I'm proud to be your sibling.

When you look in the mirror, you deserve to hear, "Hey, Beautiful." If you don't hear it in your voice, hear it in mine.

Your strength is incredible. You come from a long tradition of transgender people, stretching back to the earliest days of humanity.

Let the haters shout into the void. You don't need to. The Void already loves you. ✨​

(cis people please boost)

Due to some excellent decisions by Past Wally, we attended the soft open of Owamni, a new restaurant by Indigenous chefs that incorporates pre-european preparations of local ingredients into a fine dining context. They're bringing an experience the local dining scene lacks and the food is *delicious*, I think it's gonna be a big hit

https://owamni.com/

i saw a really good programming joke one time like

"one of the hardest things to get used to when i got a job in the US (i'm from canada) was that boolean properties have the "is" prefix, e.g. object.isVisible. i'm used to the "eh" suffix, object.visibleEh"

After a really stress-filled day yesterday, I'm really looking forward to spending time with online friends in #CircusInPlace tonight.

Thank you all in advance for coming to visit the clowns as we practice throwing ourselves at the floor, acrobatically speaking.

See you starting at 8pm UTC-5:

https://meet.jit.si/circushomegym

A new mobile site has launched to help you find alternatives to dialing 911 in the Seattle area!
https://not911.me/
It provides resources for categories such as:
- Housing
- Mental Health
- LGBTQIA+
- Health & Substance Abuse
- Violence
- Legal
- Youth

Please spread this resource!

I just produced the typo "booplean" and now I wish that were the correct term

What do you call a sunbathing vampire

A vampyre