183231bcb

@183231bcb@transfem.social

Hi, I'm Beth. I'm a #queer #mathematician. I'm also a #webcomic and #musical theater enthusiast. I am #AroAce, #Trans, #Enby, and #ActuallyAutistic

Description of avatar: A four by four grid of colored squares, purple, gray, pink, and green.

Original text and images I post here are public domain unless otherwise stated. Anything I share that I didn't write or draw probably isn't.
Old accounts:
@183231bcb (2023-07-19 to 2023-08-22)
@183231bcb (2023-05-29 to 2023-07-20)
@183231bcb (2020-08-29 to 2023-06-17)
#fedi22 #geometry #topology #combinatorics #math #asexual #aromantic #Sondheim #TeamStarkid #PandorasTaleWiki #RainverseWiki

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RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

183231bcb,

@RickiTarr I live in https://transfem.social. The worst part is you have to be careful to avoid getting eaten by a shark. The best part is you can get eaten by a shark.

antonia, to random

They had a suspicious interest in planes.

183231bcb,

@antonia To be fair, there is so much variety in that book at least some of hit has to be dangerous, right?

Fun fact: When I was in grad school my algebraic geometry teacher assigned us a homework question that required us to compute the "blow-up" of a "pentagon." He warned us not to Google it to avoid ending up on FBI watch-lists.

183231bcb, to random

Can anymany tell me how I'm "supposed" to use end-to-end encryption with XMPP?

As far as I can tell there are three totally different ways to do E2EE:

a)OTR : "[https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0364.html](Not intended to be a current standard), or technical specification, as better (albeit, newer and less well tested) methods of end-to-end encryption exist for XMPP. "

b)OpenPGP: There are at least two different XEPs about it. XEP-0027 is obsolete, while XEP-0373 is "experimental" but hasn't been updated in almost three years.

c)OMEMO: "Experimental" and hasn't been updated in over two years.

Is there a way to do E2EE in XMPP which is neither deprecated nor experimental? What's the "Current stable" way to do it?

#XMPP #E2EE #EndToEndEncryption #OMEMO #OpenPGP #OTR

183231bcb, to opensourcegames

Any games with good stories?

183231bcb, to retrocomputing

I've a question about modern "homebrew" games made for old consoles:

Why is the original Gameboy such a popular target? Itch lists a whopping 6406 games tagged as targeting Gameboy. The second-most popular old console is the NES, with only 1848 games on Itch: less than a third as many as the Gameboy. The Gameboy Advance sits at only 450 games on Itch.

Why? What makes the Gameboy so much better of a platform for indie devs compared to the NES or later consoles? #Retrocomputing #RetroGaming #NES #NintendoEntertainmentSystem #Gameboy #GB #GameboyAdvance #GBA #SuperNES #SNES #SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem #Itch

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Who is the best Batman villain and why?

183231bcb,

@RickiTarr The only Batman media I care about is Starkid's Holy Musical B@man, so I'll say Sweet Tooth is obviously the best Batman villain.

183231bcb, to random

just hit 1000 verified apps.
https://flathub.org/apps/collection/verified/1

183231bcb, to random

Happy Trans Day of Visibility!

atomicpoet, to fediversenews
@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org avatar

The Fedipact table showing which servers are blocking Threads is not accurate!

For example, it says that atomicpoet.org is blocking Threads when, in fact, this is not correct. So view this entire site with skepticism.

https://fedipact.veganism.social/

@fediversenews

183231bcb,

@atomicpoet @tokyo_0 @nm @fediversenews I think the point Tokyo Outsider is making is that your alt-text accuses "fedipact" of misinformation, but the screenshot you show is not of the fedipact website.

The actual Fedipact website is here.

Your OP is a good reason not to trust the site you linked to and to use the official fedipact site instead.

183231bcb,

@atomicpoet @nm @fediversenews @tokyo_0 The table on https://fedipact.online/ does not list your instance. You're talking about the table on an unaffiliated 3rd-party site.

(Which I agree should not be used due to it being unreliable).

hosford42, to actuallyautistic
@hosford42@techhub.social avatar

Requirements to put in a job description to discourage or filter out autistic people:

  • Comfortable with ambiguity
  • Strong people skills
  • Good culture fit
  • Multitasking
  • A fast-paced dynamic environment
  • Bachelor's degree or better

I see these things and think you don't want my >30 years of programming and machine learning experience, or my problem-solving skills and comprehensive knowledge that had people mistaking me for one of the team's PhDs, or my solutions that have proven patent-worthy. Your loss.


@actuallyautistic
@neurodivergence

183231bcb,

@hosford42 @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence I'm comfortable with ambiguity! If I see ambiguity in math, I ask the author to clarify. If I see ambiguity in anything else, I ask my cat to clarify, and if she refuses to answer then I just assume whoever gave me ambiguous instructions means whatever I want them to have said.

evan, (edited ) to random
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

Is there a Mastodon client that makes writing threads (sequences of notes) easier? I use Phanpy for desktop and mobile right now.

183231bcb,

@evan Use an instance with no character limit, or a very high character limit.

glaad, to random
@glaad@mastodon.social avatar

This is huge 👏 Mastodon has made it clear that targeted misgendering and deadnaming, as well as promotion of “conversion therapy” content is prohibited. As GLAAD has noted, all social media platforms should do the same.

“Conversion therapy” is also a harmful practice that attempts to change an LGBTQ person’s sexual orientation and/or gender identity. It’s great to see Mastodon stand up to say that anti-LGBTQ hate has no place on its platform.

From its updated server rules ⬇️

183231bcb,

@glaad Welcome to the fediverse!

Please use alt-text for your images in the future.

faoluin, to random
@faoluin@chitter.xyz avatar

uBlock Origin filter list for sites that contain AI-generated content for uBlock Origin. Useful for scrubbing AI-generated bullshit from Google, DDG, and Bing image search pages.

Edit: I didn't make this! Just seemed useful.

https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist/tree/main

183231bcb,

@faoluin How does this work? Do humans have to add every spam site to the blocklist manually? Is that sustainable given how quickly bots can generate spam? If it's automated or partially automated, how can it accurately determine what sites have generated spam?

freequaybuoy, to random
@freequaybuoy@mastodon.green avatar

The Pope should negotiate a peace deal with Satan.

183231bcb,

@freequaybuoy I don't think Satan should lower himself to compromise with a transmisic homomisic misogynistic pedophile-supporter.

183231bcb, to random

Happy International Women's Day! I'm going to celebrate by being a woman.

183231bcb, to random

Boost if your account is ace/aro friendly and you're okay with getting follow requests

so that I can follow or follow-request you.

izaya, to random
@izaya@social.shadowkat.net avatar

friends keep buying "gaming" headsets with mediocre audio quality for $300 and replacing them every few years
decent studio headphones are like $150 at the low-end; they sound nicer and some even come with a mic! also you only have to replace the pads every few years, otherwise they'll happily last a decade or more

183231bcb,

@anniethebruce @izaya Cold take: Gaming hardware in general is often sold on looks: either of the hardware itself or the looks of games.

That super expensive Geforce RTX can make some AAA games look more "realistic," but it doesn't actually do anything to enhance gameplay beyond a mid-range 10-year-old system.

183231bcb,

@anniethebruce @izaya Ya know what I consider to be an excellent gaming accessory? My HP wired mouse, with a retail price of $10 on Amazon. It requires no battery or special drivers and has the low latency and reliability of a wired peripheral, making it well-suited for gaming. The cord is long enough that "wired" doesn't actually cost you much in terms of mobility. And it easily lasts 2-3 years of daily heavy use.

183231bcb, to random

Fediverse implies the existence of fedichorus.

starshine, to random
@starshine@woem.space avatar

activitypub server written as a minecraft mod, call that the fedi block

183231bcb,

@starshine Say No to proprietary corporate instances! You should write an activitypub server in Minetest instead

183231bcb, to random

Good news: I managed to recover my data and reinstalled Mint. Now just waiting for my package installer script to finish so I can go back to reading webcomics. Oh, and maybe fix the issue with my game controller that started this whole mess?

anthropy, to random
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Being against our ToS is against our ToS. Your report has been reported.

I get that you get that you're excited to be here to be here, but that isn't this isn't it. This isn't bluesky that isn't mastodon that isn't tumblr that isn't bluesky. We're rebuilding a kindred unsafe to be safe to be unsafe community of communities here. This kind of vibe isn't the post that we vibe with.

183231bcb,

@anthropy You stole my meme!

RE: https://transfem.social/notes/9nx69bq20u7900yi

183231bcb, to fediverse

Welcome all new fediversians coming from Tumblr!

josh, (edited ) to Matrix
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    183231bcb,

    @josh @ubuntu I hope increased adoption will eventually lead us to having more than one stable server implementation.

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