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Taffer

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My job? Computer Sisyphus and Meme Historian. I work on #cryptography. I like #videogames and #books.

#fedi22 #python #linux #macos #ffxiv #pygame #python #ultima4 #ultima5 #infosec #security #postquantum #godot

I work for AWS, but I definitely don't speak for them.

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nixCraft, to linux
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What is your LEAST favorite or command? 🤔

Taffer,
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@nixCraft I was going to say git (been using it for ages, still feels precarious), but I’ll go with journalctl as I still have no idea how to get the precious log data out of it.

gamingonlinux, to linux
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I know you've all been there #Linux fam

video/mp4

Taffer,
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@gamingonlinux I switched my default shell to fish and it broke KDE completely… had to set it back to bash. 😭

cstross, (edited ) to random
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Business meetings exist to share information and coordinate activity: this shit enables you to be apparently present in all but actually not engaged with any. If your calendar is triple-booked then your organization is under-resourced and needs more people, not more AI. Or it's holding unnecessary meetings to make management feel better about being surrounded by minions, in which case it needs to fire the executives responsible.
https://mastodon.social/@kjhealy/112553850995965423

Taffer,
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@cstross lol, fire executives… I do like the optimism though

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Taffer, to random
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Problem: Thunderbird's calendar loses the ability to update my Google Calendar. I assume this is Google messing with OAuth or Thunderbird specifically to "encourage" direct Google Calendar use.

Solution: Host my own CalDAV server.

This will probably give me two problems (or more).

#thunderbird #caldav

Taffer,
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I suppose another option would be to use whatever calendar is present in my OS instead of Thunderbird's.

(Looks like hosting CalDAV on Dreamhost is complex/annoying to set up, and I don't want the added attack surface.)

Taffer,
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@VileLasagna Hey, hey, looks like my NAS (a Synology) has a calendar with CalDAV support... since I work from home, I can probably make this work pretty well without opening up anything to the Internet at large.

Taffer, to hiring
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I wish you could do job searches with lots of filters like you can for houses (see realtor.ca for example):

  • remote only
  • flexible/unlimited PTO
  • sane sick leave
  • salary
  • benefits

Instead we've got dumb keyword searches and "remote" jobs that are actually "hybrid" in stupidly expensive or distant places.

#jobs #hiring #linkedin

Taffer,
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@amyworrall yeah, I’m always careful to find out whether it’s a scam or they’re actually doing it

Taffer, to ai
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In my mind, the people most likely to use "AI" for things are the ones who sort of know what they want, but don't know how to get it.

So you ask for code to do something, and the LLM spits out something glommed together from Stack Overflow posts or Reddit. How do you know it does what you wanted? How do you debug it if it doesn't work?

#ai #llm

frameworkcomputer, (edited ) to random
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Calling all kernel 6.9 using folks - looking for feedback on your experiences.

  • Distro/release
  • Confirming it's 6.9.x
  • Specific Framework Laptop; 11th, 12th, 13th, AMD 13 or AMD 16.
  • Experiences with your typical day's usage compared to 6.8 and previous.

Please be overly clear in your config! More data is great! 😎 :allthethings:

Taffer,
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@frameworkcomputer I'm using:

  • OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (a rolling release)
  • kernel 6.9.1, just installed 6.9.3 but haven't restarted yet
  • Framework 16 (Ryzen 7 7840HS, Radeon RX 7700S)
  • everything's been working great; things I do: gaming, development, watching videos, Godot

I wrote a few posts about the FW16 and OpenSUSE adventures: https://taffer.ca/posts/

Taffer, to godot
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I hate that so many tutorials and whatnot are video rather than text, for a variety of reasons.

If I had copious spare time I'd write tutorials for Godot. Almost all of the Godot instructional material I've found has been video… constantly pausing the video to try out whatever they're talking about is annoying, it takes me 3-4 hours to get through an hour of video tutorial.

Taffer, (edited ) to random
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Boost for reach, of course:

Taffer,
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@Abandoned I'll fix it immediately!

Taffer, to vscode
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Thanks to @hakerdefo, I'm taking another look at VS Codium ('cause I like VS Code, but don't like Microsoft's business practices).

Going to see if it's got access to the extensions I'm using, and see if I can just copy my config over.

BathysphereHat, to FFXIV
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NPCs in the fishing quests in #FFXIV keep calling themselves "friends of fish" and the like, which is odd, because the one thing these people have in common is that they all love to murder fish.

Taffer,
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@BathysphereHat they didn’t specify which fish…

aeva, to random
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Breaking News: Portal to Hell Opened in Chicago Deep Tunnel

"The deep tunnel runoff banishment vortex presents a complete solution to eliminating any and all storm sewer overflow to dare enter our city's glorious combined sewer system. Rejoice! Chicago will be vexed by liquid shit overflowing into our streets and basements NO MORE!" said Dr. Blasphael, chairperson of Chicago's department of water subjugation, in today's opening ceremony.

Taffer,
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@aeva “water subjugation” 🧑‍🍳💋

Taffer, to random
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Loading a 20,323 x 16,259 image (about 1.2GB) into Krita is painful. I've got 64GB of RAM, this should be easier...

Taffer, to accessibility
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What are people using to test their website's accessibility (a11y)?

Since I use Hugo to generate the pages, my source is all Markdown, so I was hoping to find something I can just point at my website, like a linter. Unless there's a Markdown a11y linter I don't know about…

Taffer, to AWS
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I briefly looked at AWS S3 Glacier storage, thinking maybe having a second cloud host for my backups would be good.

I can't actually figure out how much this will cost me because they charge per operation (you know, like PUT, GET, etc.) in addition to the storage costs (which I easily figured out).

The kicker? I work at AWS. 🤷

#aws #s3 #glacier #backups

Taffer, to random
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Clueless recruiter of the week:

  • contract position
  • not remote
  • C++ (which I haven't touched since BeOS was a thing)
  • in Ottawa (6-8 hours drive from me)

I guess it's a good sign that the keyword-matching recruiters have returned to LinkedIn, maybe the job market is looking up?

#jobs #linkedin

Taffer, to random
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This looks like a federated service like Gravatar: https://www.libravatar.org/

#fedi #gravatar

Taffer, to random
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I spend $20 a week on lottery tickets; in Ontario, the money goes to support good things, so I treat it like a donation.

If it ever hits, I'll resign so fast there will be a ghostly outline left, like in cartoons.

Taffer, to gettingstarted
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Is there some sort of "getting started" guide for making KDE software? 'cause all I've found is this, which (I think) is for contributing to KDE itself, not making your own stuff: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/development

Taffer, to random
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Tried out @eniko's Kitsune Tales: https://kitsunegames.com/games/kitsunetails/

  • super-cute platformer, love the art and music
  • I still suck at platformers

If you like platformers, definitely check this out, there's a demo up on Steam and it works great on the Steam Deck.

I'm really shockingly bad at platformers.

Taffer, to gamedev
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Spent the morning fantasizing about non-horrible ways to get funding for a dev tool project, and ways to implement it.

Not sure if this is good (yay, ideas!) or bad (boo, I can't do it, I have to work at my day job).

Anyone know any gamedev sugar daddies/mommies? gaben, are you on Masto?

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