LauraLangdon

LauraLangdon, 19 days ago to random

I guess the “Do you agree with the PSF’s universal masking policy for #PyCon?” poll has been deleted. When I saw it yesterday the vote was 80% “Yes”, and I was so proud. 🩷

“Came for the language, stayed for the community” in action! 🐍

LauraLangdon, 4 months ago to VisionPro

I’m just a girl
Wearing a #VisionPro
Wishing I could still drink coffee

Woman wearing a Vision Pro and lifting a Millennial pink coffee mug to her lips, only to have the mug bump against the headset before it can be raised to an angle that would enable drinking

LauraLangdon, 4 months ago to ArcBrowser

What I wanted: a fully-functioning #ArcBrowser for iOS and iPadOS

What I had: a nearly-there Arc app for iOS that just needed to let me integrate 1Password and such

What I have now: a second Arc app for iOS that wants to use AI to browse for me and… nothing else

Cartoon child from Monsters Inc with dark hair in bunches and arms outstretched looking desperately disappointed as tears well in her eyes

LauraLangdon, 4 months ago to VisionPro

Watching #VisionPro reviews it occurred to me that if interacting with 3D models is really, really good it’ll be a complete game-changer for #PatternDrafting and creating custom garments. You could make models match real bodies curve for curve, even as the same bodies change over time. Physical custom dress forms run $2000+ and match one body at one moment in time.

No clue whether the Vision Pro is that good, but something will be and I’m so excited!

LauraLangdon, 4 months ago to knitting

Me: If I buy a digital scale accurate to a hundredth of a gram for my yarn will I end up on a list somewhere of potential dealers?

Husband: I can’t imagine you would.

buys scale

Amazon: Can we interest you in some smell-proof bags?

#knitting @knitting

LauraLangdon, 4 months ago to random

I’m listening to the latest episode of @sadpythongirlsclub and I love that the Python chat is punctuated by all the

Luciana: “You’re the best!”
@BajoranEngineer “No you’re the best!”
Both: “Also @pamelafox is the best!”

I’ll take “Hyping you up like it’s 2am in the ladies’ room at the bar” over “Lean In” and it’s “Stop acting like a girl! Act like a man so you might get treated half as well as one!” every day of the week. 🩷

LauraLangdon, 6 months ago to random

I seriously love how #PyLadiesCon is set up, with language inclusivity clearly a top priority. And as a documentarian, getting the translation extension docs (in many languages! 😍) in the event onboarding email was 🤌. https://fosstodon.org/@mariatta/111502465424861441

LauraLangdon, 6 months ago to random

Literally everyone: Microsoft is definitely going to hire Altman and Brockman and throttle OpenAI

Chief Scientist at a company whose entire product is predicting which words come next: OMG, oh no, this was not what we expected to happen, oops

LauraLangdon, 6 months ago to random

@MonaApp I know you’re already working on other updates, but if you have time at some point I’d love to have rainbow indents for reply levels in threads! Extra 😍😍😍 if I could customize the colors.

LauraLangdon, 6 months ago to random

You might be in America if…

You pull up to your kid’s school for drop-off but the police have cordoned it off due to a bomb threat.

#Murica

LauraLangdon, 7 months ago to random

I’m all for making it difficult to keep empty housing units in places like SF, but the 2024 plan to levy a $5000/year tax penalty on vacant units can’t mean anything at all to people who can afford to sit on empty houses. 🤨 Nor will it do much to offset affordable housing programs.

Just a “Jesus is coming—look busy!” move, I guess?

https://sftreasurer.org/business/taxes-fees/empty-homes-tax-eht

#sfba

LauraLangdon, 7 months ago to random

Fellow #Hachyderm folks! If you, like me, have been patiently waiting to opt-in to full-text search and thought you couldn't yet because there didn't seem to be an announcement that it was ready after the announcement that it was not ready, rejoice! Turns out it was enabled a couple of weeks ago. 🎉

And if you're even more like me: don't expect to find the opt-in under Settings -> Preferences! It's Settings -> Public Profile, and it's up at the top, cleverly disguised as “Totally not a button”.

LauraLangdon, 7 months ago to random

Hi @MonaApp! Is there a way in Mona to use these new features from 4.2.0? 🙏

• Show conditional search options; e.g. “has”, “from”
• Exclusive lists: stops posts in lists also appearing in the Home feed?
• See results button on polls

https://shlee.fedipress.au/2023/mastodon-4-2-0-post-toots-everybody/

LauraLangdon, 7 months ago to firefox

Spotted on https://suppo.fi/post/430093

#Firefox #InfoSec

LauraLangdon, 7 months ago to mechanicalkeyboards

The chair’s cover has a zipper underneath, and it just occurred to me I could stick magnets in the arms, under the fabric, so my keyboard can attach to the chair. 🎉

#ErgoMechKeyboards #ZSAVoyager #MechanicalKeyboard

LauraLangdon, 8 months ago to Youtube

I wish #YouTube let people set up subchannels instead of having different channels for each of a creator’s distinct interests. Like if I made videos about tech, makeup/hair, and The Neuroverse, a person who hit “Subscribe” would be presented with those categories to choose from.

This appeals to me in “Let’s be whole humans” sort of way, and also because dudes will lose their entire minds if they subscribe to a femme’s content and they don’t feel like every bit of it is applicable to them.

LauraLangdon, 8 months ago to Halloween

I’m 100% certain that #Autumn / #Fall would be just as exquisite if it lasted twice as long. 🍁

LauraLangdon, 8 months ago to infosec

“New app” workflow:

1. Set up a “Hide my email” address in iCloud
2. Copy that into 1Password and create a password
3. Download app
4. Go through security settings to make sure it’s not getting access to anything

I’m tired and all I did was install an app. 😭

#infosec

LauraLangdon, 8 months ago to mechanicalkeyboards

My #Moonlander became a big sister yesterday!

#ZSAVoyager #SplitKeyboards #ErgoMechKeyboards

LauraLangdon, 9 months ago to accessibility

I just discovered that @MonaApp will now automatically attach a description to a photo if that description is stored in the photo’s info! I started saving descriptions to photos of mine when I was posting them and needed #AltText, in case I might post them again. I used to open the photo and copy the description manually, but now it comes along automatically! 😍

#a11y

LauraLangdon, 9 months ago to random

I’d fully expected to be at my first #DevRelCon this week, but alas! No job yet.

That means y’all need to have an extra bit of fun and put my name on it! 💜

LauraLangdon, 9 months ago to random

If I were qualified I would be all over this! Someday. 😊

Wikimedia is looking for a Director of #DevRel! https://devrelcareers.com/job/1151200-director-of-engineering-developer-experience-wikimedia-foundation

#GetFediHired #FediJobs

LauraLangdon, 9 months ago to random

I got to #DadJoke my Dad! I was explaining that a Thunderbolt port can do everything a USB-C port can do plus more, and I suddenly realized that means: Thunderbolt is USB-C++. 😁

LauraLangdon, 9 months ago to random

I’ve come to consider myself a “Professional Generalist”, and this piece perfectly encapsulates why #DevRel and I were made for each other. 💖 https://macaw.social/@andypiper/110978683498166247

LauraLangdon, 9 months ago to random

Is there a free #IDE that’s intuitive for first-time programmers to use? Even VS Code has a pretty high cognitive load out of the box, what with having to install an extension for whatever language you want to use and all the tabs for version control, terminal, debugging, testing, etc. The “Run” button is tiny and has a drop-down with potentially confusing questions. For brand-new users I’d love to have a cleaner interface by default, with the option to toggle on additional complexity.