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StarkRG

@StarkRG@myside-yourside.net

#Autism #ADHD #StarTrek #Farscape #Stargate #Astronomy #Engineering #FOSS #Linux #vim #selfhosted

I'm too unenthused to put together a bio right now, so that'll have to do.

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MissingThePt, to random
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Texas: “If at first you don’t secede, try, try again.”

StarkRG,
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@MissingThePt Didn't they fight a big ol' war to join the union?

Binder, to random
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The four day wank week.

StarkRG,
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@Binder https://youtu.be/VKH9ECC_Qa4

Jyoti, to random
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StarkRG,
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@Jyoti I want the moving walkway type mass transit depicted in Asimov's Caves of Steel that are made up of parallel walkways that progressively get faster the further towards the middle you get so that you can just walk on and walk off but are still able to cover large distances if necessary. I'm pretty sure they're unfeasible from an engineering perspective, but I still want them.

dymaxion, to random

Holy fuck this comment: https://leehamnews.com/2024/01/15/unplanned-removal-installation-inspection-procedure-at-boeing/#comment-509962

StarkRG,
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@cstross @kcarp @dymaxion Airlines can and do replace aircraft without notice. Unless an airline actually doesn't have any Boeing aircraft, you can't be sure the plane you'll be on won't be one. Even then, though, the airline can foist you onto another airline if they want to and you won't have any recourse except to cancel your trip without refunds because, contractually, all they need to do is make sure you're able to get to your destination without injury.

StarkRG, to auspol
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Oh, were you still here? Well, bye, I guess.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-23/scott-morrison-to-resign-from-politics/101277260

Sorl, to random
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Other than Sphere and Cube, how many movies are named after shapes?

StarkRG,
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@Sorl A while ago I discovered someone made an IMDB list called "Movies about shapes" https://www.imdb.com/list/ls538817880/

StarkRG,
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@Sorl Also, Shapes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16273976/
and Shapes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5056680/
Hexagon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382577/
Octagon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5203292/
The Octagon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081259/
Ellipse: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7498092/
The Oval: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8671562/
Rhombus: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3205726/ (ok, that's just a short so I don't think it counts, but, c'mon, they called it Rhombus)

NanoRaptor, to random
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Fantablack

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@NanoRaptor

MirrorAyako, to AllStarTrek

1/14: Starting at 8PM Eastern, we live toot Star Trek episodes playing on the H&I network, using the hashtag . If you don’t get the H&I station, you can also stream. Join our group @allstartrek for updates!

What a great line up tonight! Tonight’s TOS and TNG episodes are some of my favorites. Sadly I’m still at this chess tournament 😱 so I’ll see you Tuesday night.

TOS (8ET): Trouble With Tribbles
TNG (9ET): Conspiracy
DS9 (10ET): Equilibrium
VOY (11ET): Nothing Human
ENT (midnight): The Forge, Part 1






StarkRG,
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@socprof @MirrorAyako @allstartrek They turned into the Borg, a much scarier concept until First Contact ruined them.

Binder, to random
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Consecutive emails from PG&E:

  1. congratulations, you used less energy
  2. oh no, your bill will be higher than ever!

... I think I know where the problem is, buttheads.

StarkRG,
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@Binder The cost of wind must have gone up again.

mikemathia, to random
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StarkRG,
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@mikemathia One of the most widely used terms in rocketry development, usually applied to missions that concluded much earlier than expected, is RUD, Rapid Unplanned Disassembly.

Also, I'm not sure if it has an official name, but one situation I've often faced is "well, it's working now, so I guess that's what's important" where you spend hours or days troubleshooting something before giving up, and returning everything to the original state, only to discover the problem has vanished.

kegill, to random
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Dear @AP and every other news organization.

is NOT a "prank" so stop characterizing it as such.

A prank is "a practical joke or mischievous act" (Oxford)

Swatting is neither.

It is filing a false emergency (911) report with the goal of having armed cops (SWAT team) descend upon an address.

It is criminal.

StarkRG,
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@kegill @AP It's also harassment and potentially deadly. In my opinion, in addition to being charged with making a false report and harassment, such "prankers" should be charged with attempted murder.

MirrorAyako, to AllStarTrek

1/11: Starting at 8PM Eastern, we live toot Star Trek episodes playing on the H&I network, using the hashtag . If you don’t get the H&I station, you can also stream. Join our group @allstartrek for updates!

Tonight we get an old and weary Harry Kim.

TOS (8ET): Obsession
TNG (9ET): Skin of Evil
DS9 (10ET): The Search, Part 3
VOY (11ET): Timeless
ENT (midnight): Cold Station 12, Part 2






StarkRG,
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@MirrorAyako @allstartrek Oh, that's what they were talking about when they said he was one of the top 100 sexiest men. Yeah, fair enough.

StarkRG,
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@sezduck @MirrorAyako @allstartrek I call them The Circle, parts 25, 26, and 27.

selzero, to random
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Everyone talking about the kid that completes Tetris. No one talks about the kid that prevented all out global Thermonuclear warfare because he was good at tic tac toe.

StarkRG,
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@selzero Nobody's good at tic tac toe, that was the whole point. Nobody's good at global thermonuclear war either, which was also the point.

shansterable, to USpolitics
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In 2019 when I visited the Boeing Future of Flight Museum in Everett, WA, I was tickled to see the gift shop full of 737 MAX swag. This was just after the plane had been pulled from service. I giggled as I purchased a 737 MAX lanyard.

When I cheekily wore it to my corporate job with my security card attached, my husband called me macabre.

My take was that the lanyard served as a not-so-subtle reminder of the dangers of corporate groupthink and the deadly profit motives that underpin our economy and thwart effective regulatory oversight.

P.S. We took the tour of the gargantuan Boeing manufacturing facility and the guide never mentioned the 737 MAX. LOL

StarkRG,
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@shansterable I wonder how Starliner is doing. Let's hope the hatch doesn't fall off that one...

Stark9837, to 3DPrinting
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    StarkRG,
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    @Stark9837 To be fair, you really don't want a "this is an emergency, act immediately" button to ask for confirmation.

    Binder, to random
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    StarkRG,
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    @Binder Sounds painful.

    thomasfuchs, to random
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    Still don’t understand why Apple allows in-app browsers (have been ranting about this for years) https://mstdn.social/@noellemitchell/111689747161147289

    StarkRG,
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    @thomasfuchs Because Apple (and Google) only care about user safety and privacy as far as they're required to. Occasionally they'll make a big announcement of some safety/privacy/security features, but that's just for PR. If they can get away with making a token effort (and they definitely can), that's as much as they'll do. Maybe if enough people make a fuss over things like this, they'll make a token effort to stop it, but they'll only go as far as they have to to quell the discontent.

    caseynewton, to random
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    Also in this issue: an update on the Substack / Nazi situation. We're meeting with the company this week in hopes Substack will remove all pro-Nazi material under its existing anti-hate policies. If it chooses not to, Platformer will move off Substack https://www.platformer.news/p/openais-news-blues)

    StarkRG,
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    @caseynewton Didn't they already come down hard multiple times on not removing it? Seems like you're giving them way more leeway than they deserve. When someone tells you they're a Nazi sympathizer, believe them, don't ask repeatedly if they are.

    nixCraft, to linux
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    Ideal monitor rotation for programmers using xrandr command

    xrandr --output HDMI-1 --transform 0.70711,-0.70711,0,0.70711,0.70711,0,0,0,1

    Read more https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2021/12/02/xrandr/

    StarkRG,
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    @nixCraft Ok, now someone needs to add an accelerometer or gyroscope and automatically change the rotation amount in real time.

    countcol, to random

    Today I'm going to be as useless as the "g " in lasagna.

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    @JohnLoader6 @countcol

    MissingThePt, to random
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    If you don’t take down your Christmas decorations you don’t have to put them up next year.

    StarkRG,
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    @MissingThePt Merry Christmas-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-eve-

    geekysteven, to random
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    StarkRG,
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    @Gustodon @geekysteven In the first episode Janeway told him not to call her "ma'am" but he kept doing it for seven years. She managed to kill him off once, but another Janeway sent a copy of him before blowing herself up so she probably just resigned herself to stalling his career for most of a decade.

    koz, (edited ) to 3DPrinting
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    The cabinets will continue until morale improves.

    @3dprinting

    StarkRG,
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    @koz I got a 0.5 steel nozzle specifically for printing with metal filaments but when I went to purchase said filament, the company I usually go to has been out and doesn't look like they're making more.

    And, yeah, I don't expect to use the 0.2 or 0.6 all that much. While I have printed several things I don't care about the look of, but most of them had threads which, I imagine, would get mangled by a large nozzle.

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