Jim Newsome @sporksmith@mastodon.social
Computer engineer working in C++ and Java; interested in Rust, type safety, security, privacy. Runner. Cyclist. Occasional operatic bass. Austin, TX, US.
I've been bike commuting with a gopro helmet cam for a couple weeks now. Haven't captured anything super exciting (and I'll be happy if that continues to be the case!). Toying with editing ideas to make something interesting out of the half terabyte of 4k footage collected so far, but the gopro software is poop, so I'd need to re-acquire and re-learn some real editing software to do anything useful. #xp
Gender-neutral alternative to fellow, as in fellow grad of a given University? Looking at the dictionary synonyms, I'm kind of liking 'comrade'. Or is fellow fine? #xp
Today, go blossom in the shadow of the dark and sad prisons. Go, bloom near the somber captive, and tell them truly that we love them. Tell them that through fleeting time, everything belongs to the future, that the livid conqueror can die more surely than the conquered.
-- Louise Michel
Breathable long sleeved shirt ftw. Radiation shielding on my Austin #bikecommute totally worth the minor loss in air flow.
heres my mission statement
Why am I so tired?
#comics #webcomics
Moving from Michigan to Pittsburgh gave me a 2nd person plural gender neutral pronoun (yinz). Now I'm in Austin where the natural word is y'all. So now whenever it comes up I panic trying to decide between being a fake southerner or a fake Pittsburgher. Maybe I'll just start saying 'you folks'. #xp
So in Star Wars they explain the Sith as drawing from negative emotion and the Jedi beings stoics, but that doesn't seem like it covers the full spectrum. So I have a question to ask all you Star Wars nerds: are there force uses that instead draw on POSITIVE EMOTIONS? Are there tag team force abilities powered by friendship? Can you levitate yourself up with joy? Are there any twee jedi wearing bright pastel colored clothes and carrying pink lightsabers instead of dressing like a monk or an edgelord, going around the galaxy protecting people with force powers fueled by love and compassion like they're Sailor Moon? I think there's untapped potential here.
Highly recommend the new Lost in Space series for light fun sci fi, especially if you have any nostalgia for the original series. (Sorry fans of the '98 movie; Very little shrill teen angst or casual sexual harrassment to be had here) #xp
Further investigation of bicycle rear wheel truing, spoke, and braking weirdness.
Oh, well THAT can't be good. https://photos.app.goo.gl/nUHoMAGKpNIZDF0C3
Software engineering in a nutshell. #xp
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Relevant as fuk
Looks like an advert from an awful other world
USER FRIENDLY
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DO YOUR TAXES
SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM
MINIMALLY RADIOACTIVE, WON'T HARM LARGE PETS OR CHILDREN OVER 3
"To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act."
always got a soft spot for good ol' dinosaur comics
Broke another spoke #cycling in. Guess I'll have a go at replacing it myself this weekend.
What's a decent static blog site generator these days? Preferably with pre made templates so that it can look decent without web design skillz. Octopress was nice but seems abandoned. Bonus if it's implemented in one of the languages I'm most familiar with or interested in: rust, c++, Java #xp
RT @BartCButler
If that is part of your threat model we suggest using the mobile apps, the ProtonMail Bridge, or running the web client yourself locally after verifying the code to your satisfaction. https://twitter.com/BartCButler/status/980574898094419970?s=09
