I boost posts about the horrors of the world that I think everyone should know about, but at least I boost a cute cat or something afterward.

What's everyone's favorite non-Lutris way of making Wine game shortcuts?

The Lutris author is specifically hiding AI code now: 'Anyway, I was suspecting that this "issue" might come up so I've removed the Claude co-authorship from the commits a few days ago. So good luck figuring out what's generated and what is not.' https://github.com/lutris/lutris/issues/6506#issuecomment-3976118573

found on the internet today: thnickels.

https://thick-coins.net/

New #book out! Talking sacrificial knives, a weird stone from the plane of the dead... a funny mystery for everyone. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1WWC7R4

Surprised to learn that UEFI is from god, seems like it was designed by the other guy

With the polio vaccine in the news, I want to tell some of my mom's story:

My mom got polio when she was a kid living in southern California, pre-vaccine. She survived it, but it put her in a wheelchair for a while, then leg braces. She was actually a literal poster child for the Polio vaccine: they used her picture on some March of Dimes posters.

But this was not a thing that just affected her for a while, and then she was better. As a result of having Polio, her right leg is slightly shorter than her left. For her entire life, she's had to have special lifts put into her right shoe. When she drives, she uses her left foot for the brake pedal because she's concerned that her right leg might not be strong enough to stomp on the brake hard if needed. She has always been limited in how long and far she can walk: I remember many times on family vacations where the rest of us would go off to do something and she'd have to sit it out because she knew she just couldn't do that much walking.

Now that she's elderly, a lifetime of this is catching up: her bones, joints, ligaments, tendons are all messed up from having a weak leg and an unbalanced gait. Her mobility is declining much faster than it should be, even for someone of her age. She had to have her ankle fused because of the constant pain it was causing.

Polio didn't ruin her life, but it has stolen it in slices. Times she couldn't keep up with her kids, times she was just too tired to be able to stay on her feet, chronic pain, losing the ability to climb stairs in her own house as she ages.

Vaccination is the greatest public health success humanity has ever produced, and we forget this only at our own peril.

Scrum is the past tense of “Scream”

@jacqueline Congrats on 1.0!!!!!

If you use WordPress.com, consider switching, but for now you need to opt out of AI: https://wordpress.com/blog/2024/02/27/more-control-over-the-content-you-share/

Here's their BS reasoning: https://wordpress.com/blog/2024/07/30/perplexity-partnership/

#WordPress #privacy

Do you have two pets that are totally different? #catsofmastodon

@playdate I just got the wishlist sale notification! Thank you for adding that!! I'll stop bugging you :)

@jacqueline Is it OK for backers to raise questions/requests on the Codeberg repo regarding features or the Tangara interface? Or is here better? Or I can be quiet? :)

New #book is live! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXLSL63D #books

What might office life be like with magic?

A Minefield of Magical Malice: Charlie thinks the interns' only hope might be her number one enemy.

Jen's books are always fun to edit because they move fast and there's something unexpected in every scene.

I used to throttle my laptop to 30% CPU to save battery. In recent months, Google Docs has gotten so slow that I've had to almost entirely remove the throttle.

Docs isn't doing anything more than it used to. Should I assume they no longer care about the product, or that they've given up on browser compatibility?

Does anyone know what the codes at the top of a telegram mean? Usually just before a "PAID" marker, near a location. For example, BAE101, SK TX, DH, OM, RM, DY Q1... An image search for "old telegram" gives tons of examples. Are they location codes? Message status? Not all companies used them, but Western Union and Postal Telegraph did.

I ask because I need to fake a few in an art project, and I can't find a reference anywhere. I used OM and RM assuming they mean something like "originating message" and "return message" but maybe they're cities or offices.

Maybe @ajorg or @mdwyer have heard of this?

New #book is live :) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNJGXMJS #books #bookstodon

A Madhouse of Magical Malfunction: After barely surviving the interview, Charlie Temple’s starting her new life as a magic engineering intern at a famous yet secretive magic tech company. But her dreams might be shattered by mysterious magic surges wreaking havoc through the building.

Open Circuits (fun book) mentions that the integrated circuit in NFC key cards is intentionally bent, and shows a neat picture, but it doesn't explain why it's bent. Google doesn't seem to be any help. Does anyone know why it would be bent? #electronics

@dashie Everything is taking minutes to load today, where it's normally under a second - is something weird with the server or is it me? I tried on multiple machines, web and app. cc @dashie@nya.otter.sh in case mentions aren't going through

Feeling strong jealousy for Ivory on iOS right now. I've tried all the Mastodon clients on Android, and none of them have a truly pleasant interface, let alone one that draws people in the way Ivory already has. Tusky is functional, Fedilab has features, but those are the top of the line and they're both still janky.

#introduction

I'm #editing the #funny #novels of @jenkirchner. I built #OperatingSystems for a long while, which led to #burnout, but I still have feelings for them.

I'm interested in #programming (learning #zig), #gaming (esp. #RPG, #incremental, #MMORPG like #EverQuest), #electronics, #TechHistory, #grammar, #craft, #knitting, #drums, #health, #pets. Ok, ok... and some #RealityTV.

Hatred is not strength. We don't have to "live with it." Reject selfishness. Support health, housing, and education. Mask up.