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petrillic, 7 hours ago to random

Normalize declaring a software project “done”. And stopping.

paris, 8 hours ago to random

mom had another stroke. a nurse put her on the phone after getting settled in PCU; she still remembers me but her mind is not working as intended as she struggles to get words out that make sense. this has been the slowest train to hell. watching her life chip away over a six year period.

petrillic, 12 hours ago to random

Behold, wee little e-ink displays.

A small square e-ink display measuring 1.54”

danderson, 1 day ago to random

Back on my bullshit in a limited capacity, doing some therapeutic stupid stuff. Today: which of the 7400 series chips are still being made at a vaguely reasonable price? Because I have Plans, and they involve quite a bit more than just logic gates and flip-flops.

hrefna, 2 days ago to random

"This is a server-to-server protocol that is specified like a client-to-server protocol."

"Why are all of the distributed systems engineers twitching?"

rasterweb, 3 days ago to random

The first time I got a DigiKey order of large stuff: "Damn! This giant bag is awesome! I can use it for stuff!"

The second, third, and fourth time I got a DigiKey order of large stuff: "Hey, another giant bag...."

The fifth time I got a DigiKey order of large stuff: "Sigh... another giant bag to add to the collection of giant bags I still haven't used yet."

thomasfuchs, 3 days ago to random

Gonna go on a Mastodon sabbatical because I'm getting dogpiled on.

Someone even stalked me by email.

Stalked me. To let me know I'm "abusive".

Fuck that.

petrillic, 4 days ago to random

Something I would love to exist, and it makes sense to be in video format, is walkthrus of laying out PCBs of various types by people with many years of experience professionally. The amount I learn by just seeing how other people do things...

petrillic, 4 days ago to random

Amazing how eager companies are to "move as fast as possible to the cloud", and then they see the bill.

petrillic, 4 days ago to random

#PyConUS FOMO

petrillic, 4 days ago to random

Bummer. The appointment to expand a tattoo got cancelled. But pup health comes first.

petrillic, 5 days ago to random

New pokey springy thingy arrived.

hrefna, 6 days ago to random

The use of "guys" as a neutral address bothers me, but in part it just makes a relatively good test of respect: if after you repeatedly correct someone they continue to persist in using it, that tells you something about them.

It's just very clearly a gendered term, no matter local conventions around use, and if you are repeatedly asked to not use it by people who are in the group you refer to and you continue to use it anyways that says a lot.

skinnylatte, 6 days ago to animals

It’s been 3 weeks since Cookie’s vet scare. She has good and bad days, still mostly good. She loves the farmers market on Sundays, and she loves standing in the middle of it all so that dozens of people will pet her and say they love her.

I think it makes her happy. I still get worried that she is having more mobility issues with extreme old age, but for as long as she’s still got good days, I’m happy

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogs

skinnylatte, 6 days ago to animals

Cookie doesn’t want to get out of bed. I understand

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogs

thomasfuchs, 8 days ago to random

New nightmare just dropped

petrillic, 9 days ago to random

The violence inherent in the package.

rasterweb, 9 days ago to random

Computers are like table saws... they can be useful tools to create things, but also extremely dangerous and harmful to humans.

petrillic, 10 days ago to random

I can’t be the only person on here who enjoys wearing perfumes*. What’s something that’s struck your fancy lately? For me it’s been alternating between Dyptique’s Philosykos and Carner’s Tardes.

• A note that someone should need to be very close to me to be able to tell. I do not wish to leave con trails as I walk by.

gsuberland, 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to random

[serious, no joke replies or guesses / autotranslation please]

do I know anyone native or otherwise very fluent in Chinese who can tell me the correct term for a plated edge connector, like you might find on a PCIe card? specifically the "gold fingers" style connector feature you would find on the PCB side, not the plastic connector it slots into.

I've had an absolute nightmare trying to communicate this feature to a Shenzhen-based PCB vendor and I would like it to be easier in future.