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LouisIngenthron

@LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.

#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.

Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.

Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.

He/Him ๐Ÿณโ€๐ŸŒˆ

High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.

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LouisIngenthron, to random
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Important note for / , especially :

tools like can impressively improve productivity, but before using them, check with your employer/client first! Every client I've reached out to about this has wanted to run it past their legal department first (which is a really smart move on their part!).

DO NOT, under any circumstances, allow these tools to send client/employer data to the AI vendors (which is necessary for their operation) without getting client/employer consent first.

This will be a core tenet of for enhancing their services with AI assistants, so best get in the habit now.

astro_jcm, to random
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Do you also watch the intro for every episode all the way through or are you a monster?

LouisIngenthron,
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@astro_jcm Not when binging multiple episodes, but absolutely the first episode of each session must have the theme tune played out in full.

That music is absolutely brilliant for its ability to perfectly convey the exact tone of the show (and the visuals are pretty solid in that regard too).

LouisIngenthron, to random
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Did my first dual flight this afternoon and I can't stop grinning.

There was quite a bit of wind, so I was learning the basic maneuvers in heavy turbulence, but that just made it more fun!

ThinkingSapien, to random
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It's "Get your arse back to the office" time! My employer is asking that we spend some time in the office. They state the younger workers have expressed feeling a bit lost and disconnected. They want managers to have twice-a-month in person meetings with their direct reports.

LouisIngenthron,
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@ThinkingSapien Literally busywork to make themselves feel better by driving down their own employees' efficiency...

LouisIngenthron,
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@ThinkingSapien Wow, they're making you go into the office and they can't even be bothered to assign you a proper desk? That's just insulting.

CGHildebrandt, to random
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RT @RachelBitecofer
Imagine watching your children be hunted down one by one with an AR-15 after asking your drunk neighbor to stop shooting so your baby can sleep and you'll have a good sense of what it's like to live in Red America these days.

LouisIngenthron,
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@CGHildebrandt So you're painting millions of people with the brush of a homicidal maniac?

The terrible and tragic experience of one household is in no way "a good sense of what it's like to live in Red America these days" and this kind of fearmongering and othering of people is actively harmful to our society.

LouisIngenthron,
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@akashicbunny Yes, the NRA is bullshit, on that we agree.

But no, that's not "what it is like". Most of us live our entire lives without being involved in a violent altercation with a gun. There have always been, and will always be, a few crazy murderous assholes in society. That's the nature of human genetics and mental illness. If you're "near tears" sending your kids to school because of that, then I honestly don't know how you function in day-to-day life.

LouisIngenthron,
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@akashicbunny That's just patently untrue.

Teri_Kanefield, to random

Trump's motion for a mistrial in the E. Jean Carroll case:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.164.0.pdf

This is exactly what to expect from Trump.

He is claiming that the judge is biased (among other things.) Most people who suspect they will lose feel like that.

Trump is showing he is "fighting" even though he is too cowardly to show up at the trial and is trying to give his supporters talking points.

It's more "The Judge Hates Trump and It's All Unfair" whining.

1/

LouisIngenthron,
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@Teri_Kanefield Isn't it usually a bad idea to accuse a judge presiding over your case of being unable to be impartial?

brody, to random
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I've spent the last week cramming on Unreal 5 development in anticipation of two upcoming projects, and I don't know* how I've gone this long without really using this thing. There is so much in Unreal that is so very well thought-out that is all cobbled-together and incongruent in Unity, it's wild

*I do know: it's because I keep landing in jobs that lock me into using Unity for years.

LouisIngenthron,
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@brody My biggest barrier to moving over is the PITA-nature of Unreal not using managed scripting languages. I just really don't want to go back to C++ after getting used to game dev in C#.

How's that working out for you in your crash course?

dangillmor, to random
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@mmasnick done by far the best job of chronicling the Twitter/Musk follies and the resulting social media diaspora. His 6-months-later piece, on where we stand in what I hope will be a massive move to decentralized networking, is a must-read: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/28/six-months-in-thoughts-on-the-current-post-twitter-diaspora-options/

LouisIngenthron,
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@mmasnick @maxkennerly @dangillmor When there's only one service on the protocol, what exactly is the distinction?

LouisIngenthron,
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@mmasnick @maxkennerly @dangillmor I wish projects I worked on were given such a benefit of the doubt.

LouisIngenthron, to random
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I'm pretty convinced at this point that some people just want to live in terror and actively seek out narratives to support that view.

LouisIngenthron,
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(Note: The above post is not intended to belittle people who are subject to actual terror; just those who seek out terror to feel like a victim.)

LouisIngenthron, to random
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Huh. Turns out about 80% of my massive dev rig was powered through one 30-year-old bulky ancient disgusting power strip.

interfluidity, to random

Chris Rufo is getting his way at #NewCollege. He understands the people are the battlefield.

It may feel good to walk out, rage quit, as several prominent faculty have done. It may very well be the best decision from a personal perspective. But it is ceding the only terrain that ultimately matters.

Can the faculty not hold out long enough to see if DeSantis and his cheap culture wars flame out as a political force in two years? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/opinion/new-college-florida-republican-desantis.html

LouisIngenthron,
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@interfluidity If they do flame out, wouldn't those who resigned on principle be the first to get invited back?

It absolutely sucks to lose ground, but once that ground is already lost, we can't waste resources on the sunk cost. It's just a name. Those educators can go join some other institution that cares about principles and let New College rot, as is inevitable in any academic institution with the goal of pushing an agenda instead of discovering the truth. Principled resignations are the surest way to deny Rufo and his ilk the credibility they crave.

LouisIngenthron,
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@interfluidity I guess it comes down to: do you think that battle can be won?

If it can, then by all means, fight it. But I don't see that path. The only possible outcomes for people there are to live through being part of the destruction of their institution, or resigning on principle early. Hoping for a MacGuffin to sweep in in two years would just be kidding themselves.

Take the beauty you saw in the old thing and give it new life elsewhere. That's better by miles than watching Rufo slowly wear that beauty down into something twisted and cruel.

LouisIngenthron,
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@interfluidity Even if DeSantis doesn't become President, how does that curb Florida's now-two-decade-long rightward lurch?

LouisIngenthron,
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@interfluidity It's dying. We can't save its body in time, but we can do a brain transplant... better than just holding its hand with futility as it writhes in agony.

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Month-long waiting periods? Universal background checks? A minimum buying age of 21? Red-flag laws? Yes, please says a large majority of โ€ฆ Republicans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/28/guns-republicans-limits-polling/

LouisIngenthron,
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@pbump Among gun owners too. Most of us support reasonable gun control. We just get pissed off when politicians skip that and go straight to banning guns with certain shapes from being owned by law-abiding citizens.

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LouisIngenthron,
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@shoq @ceoln @msnbc Then you're definitely alienating moderates.

I consider myself a moderate (more specifically, a left-libertarian). In the past I've voted for candidates of both parties.

Currently, I'm aligned with the democratic coalition, (party-registered since Jan 7th 2021), because the GOP are attacking democracy itself, but that may not always be the case and I may go back to registering independent in the future (although, admittedly, probably not anytime soon).

The right fights for shared culture wars, which unites them.

The left, on the other hand, needs a diverse coalition to win, and that means balancing the needs of the nuttiest communist with the flip-floppiest center-right capitalists to broaden the voting base.

Also, fwiw, I don't watch MSNBC at all.

LouisIngenthron,
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@shoq @ceoln Lol, no, I hate the billionaires as much as anyone else.

Essentially, the left-libertarian ideology is that the government involvement in personal liberties should be minimized as much as possible. However, those liberties should be infringed to enforce the key of libertarianism: the non-aggression principle. In basic terms, that means providing mutual defense against outside aggressors (i.e. our military) and enacting justice against citizens who aggress on others (i.e. homicide/assault laws). But it also extends to more abstract principles like the protection of equal rights and proper accountability and oversight for those who wield government power to prevent injustice. Any right denied to one is denied to all, which is what puts me at odds with the GOP's open bigotry and attempts at voter suppression. But, it's also what puts me at odds with Democrats when they pull the same gerrymandering bullshit when they're in power.

Also, worth noting: The current Libertarian Party is a hollow right-wing populist shell. Their policies bear no relation to actual libertarian ideology any more. They're just culture war anarchists.

LouisIngenthron,
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@shoq @ceoln A few examples:

  • While I support reasonable gun control laws (like UBC), I believe that law-abiding citizens should be able to own semi-automatic rifles.
  • I do believe that a person should be free to legally do whatever drugs they want, even the scary ones, as long as they made the choice of their own free will. Your body, your choice.
  • I generally oppose the NIMBYism that can be so common in democratic areas.
  • I oppose anti-smoking laws (not the age limit ones, the ones that ban business owners from choosing to have a smoke-friendly establishment)
  • I oppose border enforcement almost in its entirety, but both sides seem to treat that issue the same, even if they talk a different game.
  • I generally don't approve of America's foreign policy and wars (under either party). We should be leading by example, not force.
  • I don't believe the state should be involved in the institution of marriage at all.
LouisIngenthron,
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@ceoln @shoq Maybe not. But most consider libertarian to be right-leaning, so I think there's a window there.

LouisIngenthron,
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@shoq @ceoln Do you associate Fox News' opinion hosts with the right?

Because that's what the NYT is to most Americans for the left.

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