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bk1e

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Everything is going wrong / All my songs are coming true
Software engineer - Austin, TX - he/him

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bk1e, to random
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Does this aurora forecast include a chance of triffids?

mm78, to random
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It wouldn’t be Friday if Shudder didn’t log me out at app load.

bk1e,
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@mm78 or any other day that ends in ‘y’

bk1e, to random
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RIP Steve Albini. I never got into his music, but he sound engineered great albums from bands I love, like Pixies, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mono, Low, and Flogging Molly.

bk1e,
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Huh, he also engineered Mogwai’s “My Father My King” single. I was going to ask “how have I not heard this song?” But apparently they closed their 2019 set at Emo’s Austin with it, and I never looked up what it was until now.

whitequark, (edited ) to random
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Can you answer this simple question about the C programming language?

$ cat test.c
<string.h>
<stdio.h>
int main() { printf("%d\n", strlen("\x01c")); }
$ cc test.c && ./a.out

What number does this program print?

bk1e,
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@whitequark Shoutout to GoogleTest’s string printing code for handling this case. It prints an extra “ “ like “\x6B” “ANANAS”, in case you want to copy/paste the output into your code.

https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/fa6de7f4382f5c8fb8b9e32eea28a2eb44966c32/googletest/test/googletest-printers-test.cc#L926

gregpak, to BelieveInFilm
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Whew. Rare lens up for auction tonight at ShopGoodwill. https://shopgoodwill.com/item/197950183

bk1e,
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@gregpak I’m fascinated by the non-retrofocus version of that lens, the one that protruded so far into the camera, you had to use mirror lockup in order to mount it. 🤯

claras_universe, to rust
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I am now working on my own chess API and it’s actually pretty fun. I learned that using bitboards is apparently very efficient. So I now use 8 64bit bitboards, 2 for the color and 6 for the pieces (I thought about just using 7 because you COULD theoretically represent the colors in one bitboard, but using 2 makes it faster at the expense of an extra 64 bit, which is neglegible). Gonna continue on this in the upcoming days :3

bk1e,
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@claras_universe Neat. This reminds me of the Amiga’s bitplane graphics. 16-color mode used 4 bits per pixel, slicing each of the 4 bits into a separate 1-bit bitplane. This format is probably slower for representing chess pieces, though.

kirsch, to tesla
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We see a lot of criticism online for . Some warranted, some not. But we cannot deny they have been incredibly influential. They kickstarted EVs and now we starting to see their radical design language kickstart trends that span industries. It’s really cool.

For instance, I was at a public park the other day and saw this:

bk1e,
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@kirsch Haha, that term was “coined” by one of Dave Barry’s readers back in 2003: https://web.archive.org/web/20031029212146/http://home.earthlink.net/~sendmyfriend/iu.htm

rysiek, to random
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Okay, so, podcasts are great but sometimes I prefer to read instead of listen. 🤔

So what if – hear me out – there was a thing like podcasts, but for text! 🤯

It would still be distributed via RSS, you could still follow them and automagically pull them to your device. But instead of audio, there would be text. ✏️

👉 We could call them: textcasts!

And get this: I already have one! It was super easy to set up, actually. You can find it here:
https://rys.io/en/feed.rss

bk1e,
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@rysiek Is the <span> tag in the title of your feed supposed to be visible?

gregpak, to BelieveInFilm
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Ooh. I do not NEED this camera in the slightest. But gosh I WANT it. LOOK HOW PRETTY. https://shopgoodwill.com/item/197766973

bk1e,
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@gregpak Still cheaper than the earlier, concave 35mm f/2. And almost 100% less radioactive.

bk1e, to austin
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Today, May 4th, is Election Day for the Travis County property appraisal district. Austin folks, if you didn’t vote early, now’s the time. There are no political party names on the ballot, so bring notes.


https://hachyderm.io/

brunty, to Canon
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This dial is just stunning. Bloody love it.

Playing with the 105mm f2.8 Macro lens I picked up by shooting a watch of mine.

bk1e,
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@brunty Nice. The trident second hand is an interesting detail. I think it’s more visible in your photo than in many of the manufacturer’s product photos, which position the second hand at about the 35 mark, often overlapping the trident and the minute hand.

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It's funny whenever a movie does "slow-mo but we didn't film this at a higher framerate so it's just choppy crap" thing

Did this ever look good?

bk1e,
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@SnoopJ The Pixies put some serious time* and effort into this video: https://youtu.be/nc0Mv4Iyxvc

  • At least 10 or 20 seconds, seriously
whitequark, to random
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if HTTP was so good why didn't they make HTTP 2

bk1e,
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@whitequark Wireshark sees what you did there.

bk1e, to BelieveInFilm

A common buckeye butterfly on a "firewheel" wildflower.
Canon FTb, nFD 70-210mm f/4, Kodak Ektar 100

bk1e,
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@bk1e Note to self: the 70-210's "macro" capability is apparently at the 70mm end, not the 210mm end.

bk1e,
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@bk1e Aha, the zoom/focus mechanism lets you turn the focus ring farther when zoom is at 70mm. And the focus mechanism seems to have a little extra resistance to keep you from doing this by accident and getting the lens stuck at 70mm.

mcc, to random
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Every blue LED is too bright

bk1e,
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@mcc I have an air purifier with a white LED that is bright enough to cast a circle on the ceiling, and when I called the manufacturer (Blueair), they sent me a decal (in the mail!) to stick on the power button and dim the LED.

stefthepef, to random
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Target trying to make 8-packs (in place of 12-packs) a thing seems like a naked ploy to get people into Target more often.

I see what you're doing and I HATE IT.

bk1e,
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@stefthepef I always thought it was “shrinkflation”, but it looks like Waterloo sparkling water is cheaper per can at Target than at H-E-B ($0.54/can in 8-can packs vs. $0.60/can in 12-can packs).

ancient_catbus, to random
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today's vibe

bk1e,
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@ancient_catbus Today: not great, not terrible

neekerbreeker, to random
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A dystopian future in a library wouldn't be so...dystopian

bk1e,
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@neekerbreeker unless…

bk1e, to random
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“I saw this film about some people who lived in a dome…” —The Church (Australian rock band)

bk1e,
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“If for some reason you want to be 31”

bk1e,
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Oh, I see, it’s not a library, it’s the U.S. Senate chamber. That’s why it has the little desks. (Or House chamber, but it’s probably too small for that.)

gnomon, to random
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This makes twice now that The Collective™ has picked films I already own and to be honest it feels a bit judgey

edit: proof

bk1e,
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@gnomon I’m totally sure that’s the only similarity to Cats. 😅

mcc, to random
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Does anyone want to convince me not to uninstall Microsoft Groove

bk1e,
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@mcc “How .STM Got MS Groove Back”

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