Can't stop the signal.

I apparently have nothing to add to the discussion

Quick reminder for anyone who needs it: hashtags in your post are not content warnings. Most every software that does activitypub has them, please use them.

delete me now if you don't think NASA is cool.

Rode the train, and almost forgot to post the train.

What if we could actually have nice things?

Today I learned #TIL: "human.json"

👉 https://foosel.net/til/humanjson/

oh look, it's a day of the week

I feel like every time I finally find a problem worth working on I have to learn a new programming language just to keep up.

Everything is garbage, except for all the things that aren't.
Stop scrolling garbage and make something worth having, even if it's just for you and your friends.
Be cool to each other, and get on the train.

I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):

https://arcade.pirillo.com/fontcrafter.html

Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I […]

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I love when new people follow me....

And sometimes I love that I can click the "remove follower" button.

Thanks for coming to find me! Or, in the case of the one AI troll... thanks for letting me click that cool button!

Had a really nice time at tech night last night.

I have seen the words #ButlerianJihad more today on fedi than I have since that time I read EVERY Dune book.

I don't know how to stop crying.

Gotta keep rolling. Life keeps getting me down, but there's still a train to run.

Bohemian Rhapsody, but in isiZulu by the Ndlovu Youth Choir

The choir brought in isicathamiya harmonies and these incredible rhythms that make the song feel like it actually belongs here. Apparently, it’s the only translated version Queen has ever officially licensed, it took them two years to […]

haven't been outside in 2 days. I hear its snowy though.

basement life is real.

When the train hits your eye, and you scream "oh god, why?!"

The yulbbs about screen. It reads: YULBBS is powered by ADS-BBS (a pun on the ADS-B system that provides data) Both were created by Sean Coates: https://seancoates.com ssh (or telnet): yulbbs.via.sc It uses Swift, NIO, swift-nio-ssh, and dump1080 on the backend. The antenna is near CYUL, in Dorval, Quebec, a borough of Montreal. The whole thing runs on a Raspberry Pi 3 in my office networking closet. Aircraft data comes from the air, not from the net. Be nice. (Yes, I know that it's not a BBS. BBSs have messaging. That's the point. This *does* try to capture the BBS æsthetic, though. It's just for fun.)

A screen shot of the “ANSI”/BBS style UI. The main “list” view of air traffic near YUL. It contains a list of featured aircraft, a chart of arrivals/departures, recent activity, and some stats.

The map view, which uses Unicode Braille characters. One plane is departing, another is arriving, and a third is not currently heuristically engaged with the airport but it’s nearby.

Okay, I think this thing is ready-enough to tell people about it.

I made a #BBS to watch aircraft near #YUL (#Montreal airport), through my home #ADSB antenna setup. It's a #Swift NIO based app that runs on a #RaspberryPi (3) in my office network closet, so please […]

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Maybe this is a weird hill to die on but when you send me an URGENT message that asks me to fix something for you, I respond immediately with a clarifying question and you then GHOST ME for HOURS I think your issue was either TOO urgent or NOT ACTUALLY URGENT AT ALL.

Every once in a while I look at the sponsor tiers for small events.

My business plan for my company is basically "throw money at cool shit for advertising, get people to give you more money to throw at cool shit".

I didn't forget to post this... but I might have forgotten what day it was.

So, since everything is gone I get to build it back better.

Maybe it's time to finally write my book.

So, I guess I hadn't posted about this here other than vague ranting about computer shit lately.

I lost all my personal VM infrastructure recently. My provider got crypto-locked and it's all just gone. All my storage nodes, all my (other) VPS services. Everything except firetribe and a few […]

Something inside says to "give up", "stop trying", "don't bother", "it doesn't matter", "you can't change anything".

But then you remember...

I'm re-reading Transmetropolitan again.

It feels bad that this is so close to reality. Like really really bad. I do indeed hate it here.

I'm so tired of computer.

Too bad it's like my entire thing.

Well that was fun, completely broke my access to the server there briefly.

We're back now. Yay.