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SynAck

@SynAck@corteximplant.com

Currently unemployed software engineer corpo drone by day, cyberpunk edgerunner by night, and opinionated armchair quarterback 24/7. I love the Oxford comma and believe that you should also. I tend to post a lot when I've got a bee under my bonnet. There are a lot of bees and I have a pretty big bonnet.

Other interests include everything #technology, #martialarts, #formula1, #books, #movies, #music, #grafitti, #streetart, #gigposters, #GraphicNovels, #boardgames, #cyberpunk, and witty repartee.

Akkoma: @SynAck
Iceshrimp: @SynAck
Totentanz: Syn-Ack
Bookwyrm: @SynAck
Matrix: @synack_ci:matrix.org

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SynAck, to random
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Happy 2nd Birthday :corteximplant: !!! 🥳🎉 It's been a great 2 years, although I've only been here for 1 and a half of them. :holdthepain:

I'm really happy and proud to be part of the community that has grown here, and I echo all the sentiments that @lucy posted earlier. I have never had a social media experience like the one I found here, and within 2 days of joining :corteximplant_b: I knew I had made a good decision for my "home" instance!

For those of you young'uns out there, this place is a lot like what things felt like back in the early days of the 'net and combined with all the other OTS stuff in the "family" has given me back an excitment that I lost so many long years ago. It's good to be here, with good folks, with lots of diverse interests but also lots of shared passion from all over the world.

I'm glad to be a part of it, and I'm so glad that everyone on decided to be a part of it too!

And much thanks to @revengeday for opening up his hobby project to us and giving all of us nomads a base camp to call home. You're a true street samurai, choom! :samurai: :silverhand:

revengeday, to random
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Terminator, but the story is that he wants a :durstloescher:​ and that's why he traveled from the future to the past.

SynAck,
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@revengeday "I'll be back....for all your :durstloescher_mystery: ."

Fun fact, that's also why the Predator came here and how Ahhhhhhnold knew how to fight it: "If it bleeds :durstloescher: , we can kill it."

revengeday, to random
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📻 And here we are again on Radio Nonsense with the worst hits from the 80s, 90s, and the worst of today! Our next hit is called, "Damn, I'm so freaking tired and need 1000 liters of coffee." 🎶

SynAck,
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@revengeday "And now, a word from our sponsor: Bounty, the Quicker Picker-Upper!"

SynAck, to random
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🎵 dah-dah-dun-dun-dun...another one bites the dust! dah-dah-dun-dun-dun...hey, gonna get you too! Another one bites the dust! 🎶

Hope all y'all Terraform users out there got some deep pockets, cuz that choice might start to cost you soon...

https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/ibm-acquires-hashicorp-for-6-4b-open-source-terraform-questions-remain/2024/04/

SynAck,
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So this means that when the deal is done, IBM will own Ansible, Terraform, Vagrant, and Vault. They've basically just acquired a complete DevOps stack which (I think) is all the industry standard stuff. Kinda makes me feel queasy for some reason...

And all it's going to take is one money-hungry exec or product manager to make that open-source software that everybody uses not be so open anymore....

0x0, to random
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I LOVE WHEN SOMEONE MANSPLAINS PASSWORD HASHING TO ME. YES TELL ME MORE INACCURATE GARBAGE, IT'S NOT LIKE I WROTE MULTIPLE BALLOON IMPLEMENTATIONS AND ALSO DID WORK ON RUSTCRYPTO'S ARGON2 IMPL.

God, this is so exhausting..

SynAck,
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@0x0 sounds like it's time for Mutie McBlockface to make an appearance in that thread! ⛔🚫

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi @0x0 If I had even a whit of design skills, I would make you one but since I don't, I'm gonna have to leave that up to one of our more artistic chooms to satisfy that request for you! :holdthepain:

revengeday, to random
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Ever since I got a proper mechanical keyboard (not pre-built), I realize how bad the MacBook keyboard is. I wish there was a MacBook where I could just swap out the switches and caps :D

SynAck,
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@revengeday I think your only recourse is to build a cyberdeck. The pre-built tech world - especially Apple - is still in love with sleek and quiet. They don't care so much about feel. :key_cream: :key_lavender: :key_bananasplits:

hagbard, to random
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This must be

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112326402687724234

SynAck,
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@hagbard @jadedtwin @BustaMarx I posted this over on Totentanz just so that we can look back on this and say, "Oh, April 24, 2024 was the day it all started". :holdthepain: :facepalm:

https://totentanz.club/t/the-robots-are-finally-comin-for-us/350

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi @hagbard @jadedtwin @BustaMarx Yup, assuming the firedogs don't get us first... :blob_sweat:

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi @hagbard @jadedtwin @BustaMarx I think it's time to either get me a Flipper Zero and learn how to use it for ECM self-defense or start working on personal EMP pulse grenades or something. The trouble is going to be how to work that EMP thing to where it only disables the hotdog and its operator's controller and not all my own personal electronics.

Maybe some sort of focused EMP blaster gun?

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi @hagbard @jadedtwin @BustaMarx And who knows, maybe the :corteximplant: meetup doubles as a "house hunting for SynAck" trip. 🤔

revengeday, to random
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Fediverse. But every post is a voice message.

SynAck,
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@revengeday AT&T would probably sue for copyright violations of prior art. :bec_wink:

SynAck, to random
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I should probably be applying for some jobs, but the experience is so demoralizing. :bec_sigh:

revengeday, to random
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And another day where I'm on my way to Corpo Plaza.

SynAck,
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@revengeday

Hardened cyberware? ✔️
Defender and Tracer ICE loaded? ✔️
Coffee? ✔️
Suitcase nuke? ✔️
Adam Smasher's location? ✔️

I think you're ready for the day, choom! Just watch out for any Arasaka goons on the way in.

:samurai:

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It's a sketch spoofing Shark Tank where I approach the stage with some platters full of delicious burgers and I’m like "I love a good burger, but the beef industry is terrible for the environment and we should all be trying to live a more compassionate lifestyle, so I created an alternate solution to solve this problem!"

And then the sharks try my burgers and are like "This is delicious! What is this made from?!?"

And I’m like "Kittens. It's made from kittens!"

SynAck,
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@Alice Is the brand name "I can haz"?

revengeday, to random
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There is finally a changelog for :uplink: for those who are curious about what's happening https://uplink.obeythesystem.com/changelog/

SynAck,
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@revengeday wow, this thing is becoming like a real product all of a sudden! Changelogs and everything? How preem and profesh!

:bec_grin:

LevelUp, to random
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Testing out some prints for a patch on my vest with some fabric ink. Now I know which way I prefer to print things, I'll clean them up with fabric ink later and leave them to cure.

I wish I used the harder material over the soft stuff because it was hard to get any details. :kekw:

I have 5 of these. I don't know what to do with the spares. lol but it was fun.

The cortex implant logo in white fabric ink on black fabric.
The cortex implant logo in white fabric ink on black fabric.
The cortex implant logo in white fabric ink on black fabric.

SynAck,
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@LevelUp These are really cool! I love how you've repurposed some fabric to make something new. And utilizing the :corteximplant: logo makes it very "hi tech, lo life". :samurai:

I really enjoy seeing all the creative stuff my chooms come up with!

SynAck,
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@LevelUp Are you sure there's not actually a band called that? Makes logical sense that after all this time, somebody would have thought of that. :bec_grin: But even if they do, it would be a good conversation starter about all things cyberpunk!

kaiserkiwi, to random
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"I'll be there between 6pm and 7pm"

Ideas only neurotypical people can have. That's a whole 60 minutes of uncertainty. 3,600 seconds, someone could ring the bell.

If they aren't late.

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi Ugh, I hate days like this, and I especially hate it when not even common courtesy is extended to customers. They make us take time off from our livelihoods to wait on them, and then they can't even be bothered to make good on their commited time.

Super frustrating. I feel you. I hope that it at least comes on the next time that they told you, on Friday (even though it totally sucks to have to wait a week).

🤞

kaiserkiwi, to random
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This is really a terrible product image for a jeans jacket. Just write that there are no pockets. 😅

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi that looks more like a shirt than what I'd call a jacket. 🤣🤣🤣

kaiserkiwi, to random
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Shout out to @SynAck.

Sometimes he sounds like an old wise sensei, and I really love this. This helped me many times already to get another view on a topic. Sometimes it helped to solve the issue entirely.

At times I want to sit with him on a bench in front of a lake and just talk to him for hours.

Sad that the Fediverse can only connect us via the internet but isn't able to reduce the physical distance between people we like or admire.

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi Thank you so much for the kind words! :cyberheart_green: I'm glad to know that all my random posts aren't just seen as so much crotchety old man mutterings (although I'm sure there's a fair amount of that also) and that all this life experience is helpful to somebody besides me. :kekw:

I too enjoy the different perspectives that I gain by interacting with y'all! There aren't too many days where I don't learn something new by just being here in this community, and I'd say that I've become a better person for being here. I've grown a lot also thanks to people here. I feel like I'm back in my uni days. :bec_grin:

And if all goes as planned, maybe we can score some "bench time" in September. :bec_wink:

SynAck, to random
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Made the mistake of watching a few recent episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and now I'm all angry.

Apologies in advance for any incoming screeds that may result. :gnah:

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi my two most recent blasts were all results of the Medicaid episode. 😁

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi privatization in the name of competition in a place where money makes the rules.

The American version of capitalism centers the self and pushes all other altruistic tendencies to the wayside. Everything and everyone has a dollar amount associated with it/them here.

It's maddening.

kaiserkiwi, to random
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I really like this post. Over the past 17 (oof nearly 18) years I've pretty much seen every archetype that is mentioned here.

And also had the situation multiple times where the management loved the negatively framed types while the other devs were annoyed.

https://www.simplethread.com/the-10x-programmer-myth/

SynAck,
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@kaiserkiwi That's how I knew I was finally ready to make the jump out of directly technical work - I realized that I would rather build a team that could make something great, and who is better at software dev than I am, than to be the one writing the code. I have a lot more fun educating and mentoring teammates than actually writing code (at least for profit on a timetable).

For example, I'd really like to educate people on the realities of the mythical 10X developer and why it's a bad mindset. And then help junior devs learn how to be good, solid devs and not just code fountains because they'll burn out much faster. :bec_wink:

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