Lord Bowlich @lordbowlich@mastodon.social

part of me still wants to try running a blog, especially when i think of things to write about.

The “Seen” and “Last Online” marks are a cancer for new generations and a clear statement of their need for attention.

HEY YALL
the 500px archiving project is done! we got everything! you can find it here. https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_500px

thanks again for all the people that lent us bandwidth!

Settled into a lovely campsite shaded by cottonwood trees at Devils Tower National Monument. Sites are first-come-first-served, but arrive early, or you may get stuck at a commercial campground full of ill-maintained fiberglass likenesses of Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters... or worse, a hotel.

~1 million Creative Commons images on 500px.com are dissapearing tomorrow!

If you have the resources please install the Archiveteam's Warrior program and select the 500px project! https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ArchiveTeam_Warrior

irc is #500pieces on efnet

thank you (boosts very appreciated)

Streaming some more Wolf Gang game dev today, experimenting with some things I can do with the bridge and switch mechanics

http://twitch.tv/lyonbeckers

#gamedev #twitch

@hntooter God do I hate blue leds. I put duct tape over all of them or re-wire them if I can.

I've got a red alarm clock from when I was a kid. Great alarm clock. Big red numbers. I can sleep peacefully.

I went to the store looking for a new alarm clock: blue, blue blue.

Just what I want, an alarm clock that will perpetually throw off my sleep cycle.

Why tech’s favorite color is making us all miserable
https://www.fastcodesign.com/90177573/how-blue-became-techs-favorite-color-and-why-it-shouldnt-be

(submitted by calineczka)

All it costs to fulfill the average person's needs for digital services is a $5 per month VPS instance. It's even cheaper if you buy a single board computer and host your services at home.

We've been letting companies steal our personal data and sell it to the highest bidder and destroying democracy in the process all to save what? A coffee a month?

This is one of the worst deals in history.

#privacy #selfhosting

Employers are missing out if they think that philosophy degrees are weaker than STEM degrees, especially in the tech/startup industry. Don't underestimate the deep creative thinking and problem solving skills that are invoked via philosophical inquiry.

Installing Linux on a whim a few months ago has been one of the best decisions I've made. I feel like I am inhabiting a totally different digital space now. #linux #foss #fediverse #opensource #elementaryos

@rotatingskull
Plus the local timelines work great if you don't follow anyone yet
@Gargron

I wish more VR/gamedev folks posted here instead of birdsite. I love my Mastodon feed but it's still very mastodon-focussed.

To that end: If you're posting VR and/or gamedev on the fediverse (or know someone who is), let me know! I want to follow you!

#vr #gamedev

Social Media Day shouldn’t be a holiday.

What are we supposed to be celebrating anyway? The weaponization of our technology against us? The phenomenon of smartphone addiction? The degradation of our political discourse?

I’m good, thanks.

Initial impressions of KDE:

Like Cinnamon, it does that annoying thing of having the window menus on a different line then the window title which eats up 1em of screen real estate. Starting to think Unity is the only one that doesn't do this.

My starting impression is to not like konsole, but that might because I'm more familiar with gnome-terminal.

At this rate, I'll end up back on Ubuntu, although I'm afraid I won't like whatever the new desktop looks like.

Ansible fails on an initial run for my Kubuntu box because systemd immediately starts apt.systemd.daily when the box boots up. Which locks the vagrant out from provisioning. :(