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anthropy

@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz

"old school #hacker", Googler, owner of derg.nz and dragonhive.net.

#IT person and #tech nerd of all kinds professionally; #hardware #tinkerer, #software #developer, #cook, writer, and a lot more things in spare time, when motivated. Feel free to ask me anything!

Very likely to follow back if you are #furry or like tech stuff! exception of bots, crypto junk, etc

NSFW account: https://mastodon.derg.nz/@AnthropyAD (CW: EXPLICIT/NSFW)
Lore/SFW RP account: https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropylore

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anthropy, to random
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Users when a thing has extensions, and they don't like one of the extensions :distraught: :blobcatsnapped: :blobcatgooglyholdingitsheadinitshands: :dragon_sweats: :pensive_blob:

anthropy, to random
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how much does warfare cost? how big of an economy is it?

https://youtube.com/shorts/tLnCZ5GHNZs?si=NPCxVF4-9sbIlmz8 well, it adds up quickly

anthropy, to random
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I do love me a good internet service outage to remind people what the actual geography of the internet looks like

gamingonlinux, to random
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Today in I get the stupidest emails....

anthropy,
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@gamingonlinux el gato is 'the cat' in spanish so maybe this is actually just a cat on someone's keyboard :blobcatthinksmart:

anthropy, (edited ) to random
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When referring to "yourself", the thing that makes you you,

Are you:

anthropy, (edited )
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Bit darker/weirder followup, but part of the thought experiment (compare your answer here to the first poll and ask yourself if it makes sense)

When replacing parts, when do you stop being you? (Ship of Theseus)

When you replace:

anthropy, (edited )
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other interesting options

if you replace:

yassie_j, to random
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I invert all of your controller axis, including face buttons somehow

anthropy,
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@yassie_j (: walks around on his hands

volpeon, to random

I WAAH ​:drgn_scream:​ , therefore I am

anthropy,
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@volpeon :drgn_scream: SING THE SONGS OF OUR PEOPLEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEE

nixCraft, to random
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Cooler Master's new "AI thermal paste"—proof that marketing gimmicks know no bounds. 😂After all, why not?
Why shouldn't I slap"AI" onto everything if it makes people buy it?

anthropy,
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@nixCraft nono you don't understand the thermalpaste is sentient and is going to crawl out of your PC at night to set off temperature alerts but then creeps back in place when you go check what the hell is going on with the cooling

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anthropy,
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@VeroniqueB99 for anyone that sees this and is worried; Don't worry, bee happy

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This toot was made by typing on a keyboard

anthropy,
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@Gauss :foxClap: :cat_clap:

anthropy, to random
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it's absurd how much further humanity could've and would've been if not for scientific segmentation and paywalling and copyright/patent trolling

anthropy, to random
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This meme is so much funnier when you know these are two completely unrelated portraits of Samuel Johnson ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson ) who appears to just have a tendency to make faces while getting painted

the original painting from the left part of the meme, where Samuel Jonhson (described as a "poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer" -- wikipedia) is reading something, something they probably did a lot
original painting from the right part of the meme picture, where Samuel Johnson is looking at the viewer. As earlier, the way they're depicted could be described as a mixture of "concern, anger, and disbelief", though it might also simply be their resting face posture, or the way they were looking at the artist at the time; probably hard to get a decisive answer on that now
another painting of Samuel Johnson, where they're sitting and looking ponderously in the distance, while holding their left hand on some written things, and holding a quill in their right hand that's resting on their knee

anthropy, to random
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Blackhole talk will never cease to fascinate me, even if none of this stuff is (at least by our current knowledge) testable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71eUes30gwc

Also I really really appreciate Kurzgesagt's general optimism and attempts to inspire hopefulness with every subject, and I do like the theory of what I would call 'recursive blackhole anthropic principle' that they talk about in the video, that blackholes could be recursive universes with some 'natural selection' going on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle

knowattitude, to random
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Take a break before you're running on empty.

https://www.fosslien.com/images#/liz-fosslien-gas-fuel-showing-burnout

anthropy,
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@knowattitude this is actually hilarious and an amazingly apt metaphor for me

My car's display is broken and it does actually not show ANYTHING for gas levels, but the 'emergency reserve' light still works so that's when I go to the gas station.

and after this comic I realize that's actually also how my real body works; I have no idea what my gas level is until the emergency reserve light comes on so I gotta keep in mind the distance I've covered or it'll come at an unfortunate time :laughcry:

arstechnica, to random
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“CSAM generated by AI is still CSAM,” DOJ says after rare arrest

Software engineer arrested, suspected of grooming teen with AI-generated CSAM.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/csam-generated-by-ai-is-still-csam-doj-says-after-rare-arrest/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

anthropy,
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@arstechnica

anthropy, to random
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I messed up, accidentally broke off the dumpvalve instead of nulling it. It's very null now, and very good at dumping. Tried to fix it with ducttape, but...

Same area but the hole has been wrapped with ducttape (poorly)

anthropy,
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...that ducttape is not holding too well x3

Video behind the wheel, pressing the throttle in third gear you can hear it vent all the air out

anthropy,
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So I used a bunch of sugru instead. About 5-6 packages or so :v
Let's let it dry overnight and see if it holds.
Worst case: sfffffFFFFF (air leak)
Best case: ssTUtututu (impeller cavitation from backpressure)

anthropy,
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@VickForcella Sugru is like brute force; if it didn't work you didn't use enough

anthropy,
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Spoiler: I tested too soon and the still soft sugru popped open :drgn_lurk_sob:

I got some different glues at the hardware store, managed to drive there with the car, the car still easily does 100km/h+ despite the hole, and it actually also sounds wicked haha

Driving into a small underpass tunnel, hitting the throttle in second gear, making a funny rerry noise :3

anthropy,
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Alright, attempt #2, got some different kind of fancy 2-component moldable glue / filler that's supposed to be stronger and dries much faster. Let's see how it goes

anthropy,
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Also to Sugru's credit, for the few minutes of abuse it tolerated it sounded pretty sweet, sssstututututu

mynotaurus, to random
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hrm. i have a 9:30am exam tomorrow. its currently 22:42. whats zhe correct ratio of sleep to revision (studying) here

anthropy,
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@mynotaurus sleep early, wake up early, have calm breakfast n shower n such, float towards victory and arrive 10 minutes early

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