@KatS@chaosfem.tw
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KatS

@KatS@chaosfem.tw

50-ish trans woman; aspiring ladylike dyke. At least as feline as the profile pic implies.

Alleged software developer and occasional musician, former and possibly future infrastructure engineer, goth (ever and always, body and soul).

AuDHD-type.

Far more politically-engaged than I'd prefer, and salty about the fact that it's been made necessary.
I'd prefer that my music and code be more of my identity, and that my gender be in the background with hair-colour and handedness, but here we are.

I miss crows. Crows are nice.

#Goth #CommonLisp #Bass

Profile picture: a charcoal sketch of a cat sitting on a tree-stump, looking away from the viewer.
The cat's head is tilted in a way that makes it look contemplative but, honestly, they probably just slipped a mental cog and now their brain is in some kind of phantom neutral.

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RickiTarr, to random
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Okay, since I'm on laundry today, a little story.

When hubs and I first got married, we were very much enjoying our little Honeymoon Bubble, and we were being lazy as Hell. We didn't do many chores, but the laundry we really let go. We weren't wearing many clothes at home anyway, so why bother. Anyhow, after weeks we finally reached the swimming suit bottoms situation, and decided it was time. It was loads and loads of laundry that needed done, so I had my husband back the trunk of the car up to a window of the house, then he popped the trunk, and I started tossing laundry out of the window into the trunk. We went to the bank, got about $30 bucks in quarters, and found the emptiest laundry mat we could, and did it all in one fell swoop. We folded it all and loaded it back into the car using those wheeled laundry carts. We never let it get that bad again, and decided it was time to be adults, and do regular chores, but it still makes me laugh imagining what the neighbors and the laundry attendant thought.

Feel free to share your own laundry story, if you feel like it, I love hearing people's stories!

KatS,
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@RickiTarr
A long time back, I shared a house with a guy who worked for one of the big tobacco companies.
One of the perks of his job was taking home all the cigarettes he could smoke, so for all practical purposes he had no sense of smell.

Our washing machine was a top-loader, and he'd forget about having put a load through it - for days on end.

When I told him I'd lifted the lid and the stench of rotting clothes tripped my gag reflex, he accused me of over-reacting.

Conveniently, the drier was mounted above it, and I habitually used the undercover clothesline in the garage, so I worked around the issue by checking daily for his laundry and just shoving it in the drier. He dealt with it when he got to it.

rooster, to random
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    KatS,
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    @rooster Definitely pulling it off!

    Too aggressive? Hardly.

    flockofnazguls, to random
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    KatS,
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    @flockofnazguls Grow up, George: some of the things you changed about those "rough drafts" are the very things that made them so groundbreaking.

    the_etrain, to random
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    My body is demanding carbohydrates and I'm demanding nice abs. We've got a real Mexican standoff on our hands. Goddammit now I want nachos.

    KatS,
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    @the_etrain
    Ooh, nachos with plenty of cheese. And a margarita, because they're not really complete without one of those.

    rooster, to random
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    @rooster
    Looks fine from here!

    RareBird_15, to ArtificialIntelligence
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    Hi all. I've got an older running , and I'm thinking about putting on it since I've always wanted to try it out and think this computer might run better with Linux. I read a topic on audiogames.net about Linux , and I saw a few recommendations for to try out. To any Linux users, is a good one for a beginner, or should I try or ? Also, what's the best way to install Linux and replace ? Thanks.
    @mastoblind @accessibility @main

    KatS,
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    @RareBird_15 @mastoblind @accessibility @main Nixos is a very bad choice for a beginner.

    Mint or Ubuntu are much better choices.

    I use Nixos and like it a lot, but you need to already be a fairly technical user before trying it.

    catileptic, to random
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    Is there any list / webring / index of independent wikis that are not game-related?

    Is there any google dork (or some other search technique) to find them?

    I'm more curious to see what folx build on the wiki platform, but also to go on some nice rabbit holes.

    KatS,
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    @catileptic Well, it's wiki-ish: https://www.electronic-quill.net/display/Wikipages/Welcome

    It's a little sparser than I'd prefer right now, but I'm clearing some backlog so I can populate it more quickly.

    KatS, to random
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    Timeline cleanser!

    It's nice to catch a moment like this, when they're not being little jerks to each other.

    whitequark, to random
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    i really dislike mypy

    its main utility seems to be producing busywork and making your code worse with annotations

    i don't expect i'll be ever using mypy in any of my projects

    KatS,
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    @whitequark I used it a lot at work, once I discovered it, and convinced the rest of my team to start using it.
    It does help catch a bunch of things at compile-time, and our automation would have been worse without it.

    However, that was in a team of network engineers who were learning how to code so they could automate the network.

    In my own stuff, without having to slow down for them? Holy cow, it's pretty much as you describe: lots of busywork to set expectations, which still somehow lets a bunch of type-related runtime errors though.

    My life is too short for playing whack-a-mole with python.

    KatS, to random
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    Happy Common-Time day, to all who celebrate!

    rooster, to random
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    KatS,
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    @rooster Can relate.
    FWIW, I've given up on having an overarching plan; I'm just sticking with the wayfinding thing and throwing myself into whatever seems like the best way at the time.

    That got me into and through a 23-year career, so it seems to work OK.

    astrid, to random
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    (explaining something to a trans girl) ok so imagine a blahaj

    KatS,
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    @astrid (Explaining to the new trans ghostbuster on the team) imagine this Blahaj represents the normal amount of activity in city this size

    grrrr_shark, to random
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    Ok, German speakers - help me out here.

    Is this ad's punchline sexual? Legal (e.g. process orders)? What?

    I don't get it.

    KatS,
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    @grrrr_shark That comes across as incredibly misogynistic, to me.

    vaurora, to random
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    Found something I genuinely miss in California and can't get in Europe: hop-flavored fizzy water

    KatS,
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    @quixoticgeek @dkxkee @vaurora Nothing's wrong with it. And I do miss drying laundry on an outdoor line.

    But in either an Amsterdam or Madrid winter, it's nice to have clothes dry in 2-3 hours rather than 2-3 days.

    quixoticgeek, to random
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    This tram has quite a few empty seats. You wouldn't know this when first trying to get on tho. Cos the area around the entrance is packed. Push through them tho, and a choice of seats await...

    KatS,
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    @quixoticgeek Ah, the spine-chilling terror that if you don't crowd the exit for the entire journey, you'll never reach it in time for your stop.

    rooster, to random
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    @rooster Eep. As Lisa said, I hope you pass through unscathed and the kids recover quickly.
    Also that you sail through the interview.

    chjara, to random
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    huh, early ethernet actually used coax cables before switching to flimsy twisted pair phone connectors (which work just as well somehow)

    KatS,
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    @chjara Not only that, but workstations were connected to a LAN using (and I'm not kidding) vampire taps.

    This newfangled RJ45 stuff was a big step up in convenience.

    rysiek, to telegram
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    Here we go again:

    Telegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmare
    https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/25/telegrams-peer-to-peer-sms-login-service-is-a-privacy-nightmare/

    sigh

    Stop using . Seriously.

    Telegram uses confusing language to pretend it is end-to-end encrypted by default. It is not — you have to enable that separately for each chat, and it only works for one-on-ones, not groups.

    Telegram's protocol design is sus af (that's a technical term), and that's putting real people in real danger:
    https://www.pwnallthethings.com/p/russia-is-spying-on-telegram-chats

    KatS,
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    @rysiek Are they still using that hand-rolled, proprietary "trust me bro, it's secure" encryption protocol?

    Asking because that was my reason for never touching it in the first place.

    rooster, to trans
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    KatS,
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    @rooster I love your thinking.
    Really looking forward to seeing the finished result, too!

    dyne, to random
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    Download Dynebolic 4.0.0 Beta, and help hunt the bugs!

    🔗 https://dynebolic.org 👈🏾

    Promotional video for dynebolic 4.0.0 Beta

    KatS,
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    @mxtthxw @dyne FWIW, there's already a bunch of good plugin-creators serving that platform, and I can point you at a couple if you want.
    Just don't hold your breath for the likes of Waves :)

    Also, https://linuxmusicians.com/ is a good place to find help, support and pointers, in case you're not already familiar with it.

    ashleyspencer, to random
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    I feel like my breakdown yesterday led to a breakthrough.

    I've had so much self-hatred and embarrassment over my 20's and 30's.

    But I was just a person in a whole lot of pain desperate for someone to love her.

    Spent my entire 30's easily manipulated into relationships I didn't want to be in causing 24/7 stress and anxiety. I believed that was all I deserved.

    But I don't feel the need for outside validation anymore.

    Self-worth sets you free.

    May I never be made to be a victim again.

    KatS,
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    @ashleyspencer This is the kind of life-update I'm here for!

    nicole, (edited ) to random
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    Enjoying meeting all these nerds at ! How awesome is it that a conference for note taking exists??

    KatS,
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    @ruud @nicole Uh, not that I have an interest in this myself, but... where have the current systems fallen short for you?

    It's possible I've built one that only another autistic person could love :)

    rml, to random
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    Under communism will be the mandatory first programming language for all aspiring programmers.

    KatS,
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    @rml OK, that alone is enough to make me a counter-revolutionary.

    I've resisted learning that dialect so far, and I'm not changing course now.

    grrrr_shark, to random
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    Look, I'm perfectly fine living the rest of my life adding unflavored whey protein to gazpacho as a protein drink.

    Then again, unlike Rimmer, I could subsist on gazpacho for a very long time.

    KatS,
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    @grrrr_shark Every time we pass that section in the soupermarket, one of us stage-whispers "gazpacho... soup!" to the other.

    It'll get old eventually, I'm sure.

    KatS,
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    @grrrr_shark 3.5 years here, and we still think it's hilarious, but some day.

    (cue Creedence Clearwater Revival)

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