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aldroid

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I like music, art, coding, dance, and combinations thereof. Capoeirista at TUCUM Edinburgh, demoscener in Slipstream. Logo by https://mastodon.social/@totetmatt

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aldroid, to random
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i've been in ommen like 20 minutes and met four other sceners. it's beautiful. might even go to the party hall you know

outline, to demoscene
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We aaaaare open!! Welcome! ✨

aldroid,
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@outline LETSGOOO

aldroid, to random
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if you think about it, it's a shame that the wombles ended their music career before enya released "orinoco flow"

aldroid, to random
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i've not even put film in it yet, but i'm already loving having a 35mm SLR

aldroid,
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measure, turn, turn, turn, look, turn, zzzzip, look, click

doug, to random

Well after 6 years I'm finally going back to @emf with the daughters, who else is going?

aldroid,
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@doug o/ do stop by @FieldFX while you're there!

clarity, to random
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Idle controversial webdev opinion: you shouldn't assign your urls/pathnames to constants or create any sort of abstraction layer around them. Write them as literal strings, because cool uris don't change anyway.

aldroid,
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@clarity my mom thinks my uris are cool

aldroid, to random
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"How to go she why"

  • Yoda singing Yesterday by The Beatles
tef, to random
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accidentally left the youtube video on 2x speed and i didn't notice that the ambient breakbeats had turned into breakcore for at least 15 minutes

aldroid,
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@tef i'm one of those people that needs to select things while they browse, so sometimes i click and hold on the video i'm watching and move the mouse up and down, and depending on the video i don't always realise the speed change is my own doing

soweliniko, to random

it is once again time for nico considers trying to get an adhd diagnosis but then gives up because of how ADHD unfriendly the ADHD diagnosis process is

aldroid,
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@soweliniko very much the same here

maples, to random
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they didn't even give me a sticker for voting today >:T this sucks i want a refund

aldroid,
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@maples hand out fragment stickers and make out that they're official

luna, to random
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was not expecting the term “spag bol” to have my american girlfriend breaking down in cackling laughter but apparently they don’t call it that over there?

aldroid,
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@luna “spag bog” is even better

jtruk, to random
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"Two charged over Sycamore Gap tree"
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-68931202
Keen to find out more about this weird act of vandalism!
Could well be these two who were previously bailed:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72yn4de2n0o

aldroid,
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@jtruk the wikipedia article says "The felling of the tree led to an outpouring of anger and sadness." Which I suppose is intended to reflect public opinion of the event, but to me it reads like the breaking of an ancient curse.

aldroid, to random
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What creative movements are like the demoscene, but aren't the demoscene?

Things I can think of: livecoding has communities from various walks of life. And the game jam communities have some similarities in terms of bringing graphics, music and code together, to a deadline.

But what else? Who else has quite so many parties, for one thing?

aldroid,
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@totetmatt that is a very broad connection! could you talk more about the similarity?

aldroid,
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@benjohn amateur dramatics is a really interesting thought, it intuitively seems very different to me and yet it's incredibly similar now you say it!

graffiti is intuitively sceney in my mind. the early hiphop communities had a noticeable influence on young sceners of the 90s.

aldroid,
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@totetmatt that's a very thoughtful perspective, thank you! i agree it's all about the techne. and i suppose, the cultural aspect is surrounding yourself with people who are also invested in the same goals.

aldroid,
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@pulkomandy it's also got spinning cubes, so there's that :)

soweliniko, to random

is it really smut if it doesn't have deeply disturbing plot twists and psychoanalysis of the characters?

aldroid,
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@soweliniko seems like a generalised version of "still a better love story than twilight"

soweliniko, to random

once again deeply wanting one of those dog beds that are big enough for me

aldroid,
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@soweliniko sleep on the human bed, but furtively. as if you know you're not supposed to be there but no-one has told you to get off yet

aldroid, to random
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i had a state of the art sandwich for lunch

aldroid,
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@gsuberland i feel like i'm having a baby

aldroid,
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@danstowell triple fried egg with chilli sauce and mango chutney

aldroid, to random
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dogs are right

soweliniko, to random

I am starting to form a dislike for "mindfulness"
not the practice of meditation, which I find very helpful and think is positive. But "mindfulness". The industry of it. "mindfulness" is what your boss schedules into the work day as a way to claim they are supporting you and not exploiting you. "mindfulness" is what the overworked nurse tells you to do because the health system is fucked and you can't afford therapy. "mindfulness" is sold in apps with monthly subscriptions that are designed to make you believe that they are helping you more than they are, to turn a profit.

Fuck "mindfulness". You do not need any of that shit. Just meditate.
take some time in your day. breathe deeply, focus on your breathing, a mantra, or anything else. notice thoughts as they happen, let them pass as you return to your focus. You can also try self hypnosis, if you want to take things a step further. Don't do "mindfulness". just meditate.

aldroid,
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@soweliniko also i remember reading an article by a counsellor who was asked by a company to coach employees on mindful living. they got in trouble for letting employees know that living mindfully includes acknowledging when one's job is abusive

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