annathepiper

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

Attention all PNW filk people on the Emerald Forest Filk mailing list we run on our server: we're having issues delivering to Gmail, and are getting email errors indicating Gmail is cranky at the emeraldforestfilk.org domain. I've posted a notice directly to the list but I'm also posting it here for benefit of anybody subscribed via Gmail in particular.

Subscribers to the list may need to temporarily use filk@murkworks.net instead of filk@emeraldforestfilk.org.

@moira or I will post an all clear to the list when this issue has been resolved.

Please forward to other filk people on social media as appropriate. Thanks.

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

I GOTCHER HED I GOTCHER HED DOES THIS... BUG YOU? Ar ar ar I kill me! - Mothra

#Monsterdon

annathepiper, 9 months ago to Seattle

PSA for #Seattle area folks: Dara and I just got back from the farmers market in Lake Forest Park, and it's a good thing we went when we did--because while we were down there, the air quality took a hard hit. We've got wildfire #smoke coming in, Seattle area people. If you have sensitive lungs take precautions if you have to go out. Mask up, not only for COVID protection but ALSO for breathing protection as well.

#wawx #wasmoke

annathepiper, 9 months ago to Steamdeck

Call for help from fellow #SteamDeck gamers: anybody out there have a recommendation for best way to set up the Deck so that I can remote into it and have access to its desktop from my computer?

I'm trying to overhaul my mod setup for Skyrim on it tonight and manipulating files on its tiny screen is super tedious. :P

I have Remmina installed but don't really know how to use it, do I need to also set up a VNC server or something? Any advice welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance.

(P.S. I WAS using AnyDesk but they went to a subscription model and started throttling how long you could keep a session open without subscribing. So I ditched that as a solution to my problem.)

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

Here's my final bingo card, y'all! #Monsterdon

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

For a few minutes there I was kind of wondering if our lady astronaut was going to wind up being a new space vampire? Which would have been a better ending than alien roe in jello. #Monsterdon

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

That font on the door sign is also a CHOICE and that, unlike the credits, is a choice of which I do not approve. #Monsterdon

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

WE HAVE NARRATION for Bingo right out of the gate! #Monsterdon

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

Have returned from a bike ride to Bothell, and for the first time since getting my ebike in 2019, I actually successfully rode it up the steep, twisty sidewalk that leads from the Burke-Gilman trail to the street corner where we have to cross Bothell Way to get home!

A small thing but I feel accomplished about it nonetheless. ❤️ 🚴

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

For the first time, @moira and I now have health insurance via Washington state's insurance registry. We went this route following my layoff because it was hundreds of dollars cheaper than going on COBRA.

And mind you, it's still not great, we're still paying north of a thousand bucks a month for this coverage, and it doesn't include dental and vision. So I do still have to chuck money at COBRA for that.

But the main thing I'm pleased about right now is that I was just able to get the latest round of my inhaler for only sixty bucks rather than the 240+ I've had to drop last couple times I had to get this thing. So there's that.

annathepiper, 9 months ago to Skyrim

In which the Dragonborns venture into Snow Veil Sanctum with Mercer Frey, only to discover their Guildmaster is a treacherous bastard; agree to help Karliah get a certain journal translated; and break into a Dwemer museum to get info for that journal. Also in which Luciriel's player has game breakage and has to re-run all of the same action solo. THANKS, GAME!

#Skyrim #SkyrimTogether #AnnaPlaysSkyrim

https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/07/31/in-which-the-dragonborns-are-betrayed-by-their-guildmaster/

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

This just in: I have an interview tomorrow. With, as it happens, a contract from my previous employer, who literally just laid me off. Apparently they had a new contract come across their radar that they thought I might be a good fit for, so they reached out to me.

It'd be kind of hilarious if I got picked up again by the exact same employer.

But we'll see if the client thinks I'm interesting. Interview scheduled for tomorrow morning. Wish me luck, y'all.

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

Fist fight! #Monsterdon

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

SDET in the Pacific time zone looking for a remote position to work in automated testing. Current skillset includes Python, Java, Git, Cocoapods, Homebrew on Mac, Xcode, IntelliJ, Pycharm, Postman, and Docker. I'm familiar with Jira, Confluence, TestRails, and QTest.

I've worked in both UI testing (with Selenium and XCUITest) and API testing (with RestAssured and Unirest).

I am comfortable working in Windows, MacOS, and Linux (predominantly Ubuntu and Debian).

Examples of my automation work can be found on my personal GitHub, here: https://github.com/annathepiper

Do you have a position that might be a good match for me? If so, I'd love to hear from you!

#GetFediHired #FediJobs

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

BINGO! #Monsterdon

annathepiper, 9 months ago to random

MENTION OF THE PRESIDENT! #Monsterdon

annathepiper, 10 months ago to random

Just watched the Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover episode. That was delightful. <3 <3

annathepiper, 10 months ago to ElderScrollsOnline

In which Marwyth helps fellow thief Quen learn more about her background; fights the Maulborn in Obsidian Gorge and Mournhold; aids Almalexia, and is proclaimed by the goddess to be one of her Hands; and helps the dremora Lyranth fight against the cultists of the Waking Flame.

#ElderScrollsOnline #AnnaPlaysSkyrim

https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/07/22/in-which-marwyth-saves-mournhold-and-helps-a-dremora/

annathepiper, 10 months ago to Skyrim

In which Finds-The-Way retrieves the Dragonstone from Bleak Falls Barrow; helps Whiterun fight off a dragon attack, and is revealed as Dragonborn; is proclaimed Thane of Whiterun, and receives Lydia as her housecarl; and thwarts an assassination attempt on the Jarl, and gains the Bow of Shadows from the would-be assassin.

Lots of German language geekery in this one.

#German #Skyrim #AnnaPlaysSkyrim

https://skyrim.annathepiper.org/2023/07/20/in-which-finds-the-way-is-revealed-as-dragonborn/

annathepiper, 10 months ago to python

Continuing work on my #Python today, now that I've done this morning's job searching. In the middle of a code reorg on my Github repo here:

https://github.com/annathepiper/wp-test-demo-python-selenium

And it's now time for every SDET's favorite game: re-running all the automation to see whether the two classes you just updated break anything!

annathepiper, 10 months ago to random

As a dedicated Skyrim player and someone who's also a member of an active Guild in Elder Scrolls Online, I am extremely disappointed to hear about Zenimax/Bethesda's transphobic treatment of an employee.

Spotted relevant videos in this toot:

https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@TheSunnyOne@strangeobject.space/110731502428372812

And here's the thing y'all: Skyrim, ESO, Morrowind, and Oblivion are all contributing to my keeping my shit together during COVID. And as someone who's still got asthma and other risk factors making COVID exposure a goddamn problem for me, I STILL need to keep my shit together. So I'm not bailing on the games I already own.

But I will not be buying Starfield or giving ESO any further money unless I hear that this is made right. :( And I'll be contacting Bethesda to say so.

uncanny_kate, 10 months ago to random

Setting goals is very different when you actually choose your tasks at a job.

People who create the performance review systems almost always can choose and almost never think about those of us who are assigned tasks and do them.

Goal based systems absolutely, positively do not work for most software engineers. My success isn't about goals. It just isn't.