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jrconlin

@jrconlin@soc.jrconlin.com

Got two Turing tables and some microcode.

I work on back-end server-y type stuff at a place that keeps rockin' the free web. I like rust, python, and horrible puns (not necessarily in that order).

I tend to be nice for selfish reasons (I don't like hanging out with jerks).

#programming #rust #python
#mentoring #DadJokes
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polotek, to random
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I started down this road because I asked about seeing a full activity log on my own server instance. And it turns out you just can't.

My goal is to make it easy to stand up two separate mastodon instances on my laptop. Then I can get them to talk to reach other and observe what is actually happening. I think that'll teach me a lot

https://social.polotek.net/@polotek/112453817656490883

jrconlin,
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@polotek @thisismissem

I think part of the problem is that Mastodon really isn't simple. There are a lot of weird, surprisingly complex bits that want to work together to handle things at a scale much higher than "just one person".

Thing like the redis cache server, Sidekiq task scheduler, and all the local page builds and caches. It really kinda wants to be the only thing on the instance since it makes a lot of assumptions about what it's going to talk to.

polotek, to random
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I've spent the last several days trying to get a local mastodon build running on my laptop. I've gotten pretty far, but I have yet to see an actual UI in my browser.

So far, I've been trying out various attempts to run it in docker. That should be easier than trying to get the various components set up myself. But for some reason it's not. Getting mastodon configured properly is pretty complex. Getting everything right "out of the box" feels pretty error prone.

jrconlin,
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@polotek

I think part of it may be tooling scale. There are smaller, simpler instances like gotosocial.org, which are better suited for smaller machines, but they're not 100% compatible with mastodon. I guess it kinda depends on what part of ActivityPub you're trying to work on.

But, yeah, you're absolutely right that all of this needs to be easier and clearer for folk to make the right decision for what they need.

jrconlin, to random
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I was wondering what smelled like burning plastic.

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/fire-crews-respond-to-redwood-city-seaport-fire/

jrconlin,
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Guess where the fire is?

jrconlin,
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The old people on NextDoor are convinced that you can't smell a burning scrap metal plant in Redwood City from Santa Clara.

Buddy, do I have news for you about smelling fires in Napa from San Jose.

obeto, to random
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Homie need more kesh. 😂 😂

jrconlin,
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@obeto

So fraud accepts fraud money.

I mean, game respects game and all...

jrconlin, to random
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Quick note:

If you make something that is secure, users have to trust it.

If you give users any reason not to trust something, they will stop trusting that it's secure.

It doesn't matter if it's true or not. It doesn't matter if they need to do the Charleston for 20 minutes while singing backwards Gilbert & Sullivan songs to activate it.

If it's there, and they have a reason not to trust it, then they stop trusting your secure system.

Faith is just funny that way.

jrconlin, to random
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Ya know, ever since Windows 11 refused to run on my machine and I was forced to use Linux, Microsoft has given me a non-stop parade of reasons why that move was a damn good one.

(FWIW, CrossOver works great running Steam Windows only games. I've not had a reason to try and fix the VM that runs Windows 11 in months. https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover)

mhoye, to random
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I do not subscribe to the idea of centrally planned economies but it would be pretty sweet if all the restaurants in my neighborhood used the same brand of takeout containers.

jrconlin,
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@krosylight @mhoye

I mean SysCo kinda/sorta already does for a LOT of restaurants.

But, yeah, there's a lot of different styles and durability for take out containers...

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/779/deli-take-out-containers.html

jrconlin,
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@krosylight @mhoye

and to completely derail things, I'll note that these are kinda awesome for reusable containers: https://www.lrtradingcompany.com/rectangular

grmpyprogrammer, to baseball
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friends — offense is still down despite the pitch clock and limiting pickoffs and banning the shift. League OBP is almost down to .310 with an endless parade of strikeouts as players struggle to make contact with pitches due to velocity and movement. Run scoring is the lowest it’s been in 10 years.

Still more strikeouts than singles — BORING. Stealing bases becoming ridiculously easy — BORING.

jrconlin,
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@grmpyprogrammer

The fact that people forget that baseball is an endurance sport boggles my mind.

jrconlin, to random
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There are times I need to figure out some way to convince my brain that the stuff I really need to do is as important as all the procrasti-work I do instead.

(Thankfully, my Air Traffic Controller task management system works)

(when I remember to actually use it.)

mhoye, to random
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Kids these days don't know it, how would they and why, but there was this really weird 20-year period that us GenXers had to go through where a whole lot of old people were absolutely adamant about the fact that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the greatest album ever made. Year after year of Best Album Ever lists, and this novelty record - that's doesn't even belong in the top ten records by the Beatles - was there at top every time!

I mean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJVWZy4QOy0

jrconlin,
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@mhoye @aburtch

It was three years ahead of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpWJv7alqQE

Alice, (edited ) to random
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It's kind of hypocritical for so many people from the south to be so against face masks when they seem to be totally fine with even larger face coverings, such as white hoods.

jrconlin,
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@Alice

I am starting a secret society that holds nearly constant quiet parades and gatherings at various places like grocery stores, airports, medical services, municipal transports, etc.

Members are identified by wearing an N95 mask and minding their own damn business.

I'm hoping that the good folk in various court houses and city halls don't mind getting flooded by daily requests for permits.

jrconlin, to random
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+1

https://fiasco.social/@kellan/112439949153891250

lemay, to retrocomputing
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I cannot date this, but apparently some time in the distant past (possibly 80’s?) the International Harvester tractor company used punch cards for inventory and parts ordering.

jrconlin,
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@lemay

Isn't that the thing where after ten people explain something to you, you can take a free swing at the eleventh?

mhoye, to random
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Pretty wild how an SQL add operation will only take fractions of a millisecond but the delete operations take like two weeks, you’d think somebody could look into that.

jrconlin,
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@mhoye

Yeah, that's when I turn things over to my assistant Mark.

Mark Spam.

jrconlin, to random
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Oh, cool.

Android introduced a way to make phone conversations more awkward.

jrconlin,
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@billyjoebowers

I do wonder how many folk had to talk whoever came up with this off the idea of "We can use Artificial Intelligence to detect the best time to play laughter and fart sounds when you're on a call with a dying parent."

jrconlin,
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@textualdeviance

I mean, it could be useful for one of those calls from “Microsoft” about the virus my computer has.

jrconlin,
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@plaidtron3000

Just imagine the innovation!

Think of all the apologies you'll have to come up with when you accidentally touch that icon while talking to your boss. Let the creativity be unleashed.

nyquildotorg, to random
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Rage Against the Machine had upside-down flags on display when I saw them live in the 90s. I guess they were just really early in trying to co-opt Stop the Steal's schtick 30 years before it existed.

jrconlin,
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@nyquildotorg

Maybe they were just upset with a neighbor.

jrconlin, to random
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I may sing slightly different words to parts of Talking Heads Psycho Killer…

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=UnBlst3T7bY&si=TqD0RewSBMrptjaT

nyquildotorg, to random
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This morning I read an account of quite possibly the best sasquatch story I've ever heard, including a little girl and a sasquatch mirroring each other's actions, clapping and stomping while the parents looked on in horror too afraid to do anything.

jrconlin,
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@nyquildotorg

Aww, here’s hoping they get a play date with Bat-boy.

jrconlin, to random
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I decided to respond to the reply from Slack to have the instance I use to send weird crap to my family not be included in their AI tooling.

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