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andypiper

@andypiper@macaw.social

Tech speaker, #DevRel @ #MastodonAPI joinmastodon.org, communities person 💗💜💙 accidental plotter artist. I do things with code, and tinker with gadgets #3DPrinting #MicroPython #PlotterArt #LEGO #BoardGames #DoctorWho … I’m an ambassador for https://hachyderm.io/@openuk, one-third of a weekly #Podcast 🎧https://botsin.space/@gamesatwork_biz & help with a #Hackspace meetup 🛠️@makeroni

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a2, to random
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Maybe I just needed a better client for Mastodon so I could feel comfortable posting here?

andypiper,
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@a2 Ivory?

hotdogsladies, (edited ) to random
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David Kaylor's "Star Wars Trilogy: The Final Cut" is up, and so far it looks terrific.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mh-nAYwDhsHWR7QiQ7NkyNBr4o69rRHx/view?pli=1

andypiper,
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@hotdogsladies even when the file is protected? 🤔

solderandchaos, to random
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I have finished an project!!! Please fill me with enough popcorn so the slanket reads correctly.

I knitted it so I wouldn’t be cold when sitting in the dark watching Hackers this year (this was the one I thought of at emf22 and have taken two years to finish).

andypiper,
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@solderandchaos this looks so good!

andypiper, to random
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I see a Mastodon & Fediverse Friends meetup on the schedule! 👋🏻 @Floppy 👏🏻 ... I shall have to bring some swag, then! https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2024/700-mastodon-me-uk-and-fediverse-friends-tootup

woodpunk, to uk
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FREE CNC ROUTER! Any that wants this baby CNC router with a load of accessories (collets, cutters, tool lengths sensor, remote control, hold downs etc) just needs to come and collect it from J4/J5 M40 ASAP, ideally this weekend.

It was sent to me to test, back when I had a big following on the other site, before it became a festering shitpile.

I used it for an hour, it worked surprisingly well (see sample carving pic!) and then it was tucked away in a cupboard until today.

Piece of oak with the word Bellend carved into it in Times New Roman.

andypiper,
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@woodpunk I absolutely want it! but I can't collect for a couple of weeks 😞 (although I will be at EMF next weekend, on the offchance you are there too?)... can boost for viz if that helps you find a new home and you're not able to wait for me.

Floppy, to random
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Going to @emf ? Want to meet other fediverse friends IRL? Come and join us at the mastodon.me.uk tootup, Friday night at 9 in the main bar! https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2024/700-mastodon-me-uk-and-fediverse-friends-tootup

andypiper,
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@semachthemonkey @Floppy I plan to sneak out of the night market by then!

jhpot, to random
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What are the best Substack alternatives these days? I’m updating my old WIRED article and want to make sure I don’t miss anything. I’ve go Buttondown, Beehiiv, and Ghost in the list already

andypiper, (edited )
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@jhpot my personal preference is Buttondown, the creator is a very nice human.

jtruk, to random
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I imagine there's a reasonable intersection between @emf visitors and owners?
If you have a Badger, you can put Iain's code on it to get listings for the main stages!
The Badger 2040W updates live (thanks @dannixon's API!). The earlier non-W edition uses the included static schedule (a tiny bit of that code from me).
https://github.com/IainYa/Badger-2040-W-emfcamp-Now-Next

andypiper,
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@jtruk @emf @dannixon eeeeeeexcellent!

mr burns GIF

andypiper, to random
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Deleted my Stack Overflow account. It means my reputation and profile over there are gone - evidently even though my answers were licensed CC-BY-SA their claim is that their ToS prevent me from making them delete them, or from them selling them. 😡

andypiper,
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(I may end up needing a sticker for this post)

andypiper,
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@w8emv I think it was primarily the outputs from 15 years in DevRel (MQTT, Cloud Foundry, and Twitter API) - mostly answers, not questions. To be honest the Twitter API content is useless now, even if they insist on not deleting it.

andypiper,
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if you're interested in why I made this decision - it was due to the huge break in trust. That had been bubbling along since the Stack mod strike last summer. I'd felt uncomfortable with the culture change on Stack Overflow over time, as well. Anyway, that's done, no going back.

andypiper,
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... well, this post “did numbers”... I believe this is the point where I'm supposed to drop a link to my Soundcloud?

I don't have one, but feel free to look at my Ko-Fi, coz I'm freelance and stuff and my “reputation is ruined”… https://ko-fi.com/andypiper

andypiper, to random
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This is clearly technology that @jtonline can get on board with! https://chaos.social/@LaF0rge/112486079122303420

FLOSS_Weekly, to random
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We're on the hunt for guests, too! What projects or people should we be contacting? Help us get in touch!

andypiper,
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@FLOSS_Weekly I think Mastodon is quite interesting...

ErikUden, to random
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The people in charge want us to believe there is no alternative to this world. History has ended! Expecting anything more than tinkering at the edges is utopian fantasy.

The future hasn't happened yet, but they've stolen it from us already.

andypiper,
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@ErikUden you're sounding like one of those dangerous people with Ideas. Stop it! 😜

andypiper, to mastodon
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Interesting new command line (CLI) app for from @philcowans -> http://philcowans.com/articles/2024-05-18-fcli-introduction.html

andypiper,
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@stefan @philcowans hmm - not sure - it is working here. Does the top level page work? It is linked from there. The tool is at https://github.com/philcowans/fcli

andypiper, to VintageOSes
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Oh! for now has wifi and Ovation Pro bundled... I wrote all of my university essays in Ovation, now if only I'm able to recover them from the old Risc PC to a Pi... this is great! https://www.riscosopen.org/news/articles/2024/04/27/risc-os-5-30-now-available

andypiper,
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@armbytes @scruss ah that's annoying, my Pi400 was one of my target options. Well, I have other Pis around here somewhere... rummages

andypiper,
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@armbytes I had an A4 laptop through university, with the Risc PC at home. I need to resurrect the latter, with the former having gone to a new home a long time ago.

andypiper,
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@armbytes yes! very nearly popped for one of those last year when they were initially floated as a thing... really must not do it! 😆️

andypiper, to fediverse
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An excellent and explainer! (and it doesn’t even refer to any specific platform) https://youtu.be/VmSWPj0T9IQ

andypiper,
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@grahamperrin do you mean for finding things on Mastodon in general?

lee, to fediverse
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We just published a new Common Craft video that explains the and in about 3.5 minutes. I'd love to know what you think: https://youtu.be/VmSWPj0T9IQ?si=2AbwNYzCQh90cfBe

andypiper,
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@joho @lee ... it is complicated! But yes, we are thinking it through. Appreciate your interest in the feature.

andypiper,
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@lee @ScottStarkey I personally use diode.zone but that is generally for the electronics maker community - TILvids maybe?

solderandchaos, to random
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I am in awe of all the people bringing completed projects to - I am trying to finish one project I brought half finished to emf22, and another I started just after getting back from emf22, thinking I had two years to get it done. And I got distracted by a new one, which is also…. Unfinished.

andypiper,
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@solderandchaos my studio is awash with such projects...

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