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markpitblado

@markpitblado@fosstodon.org

I love to work with data to solve public problems. Each day I am inspired by the power of community and hope to give back what I can, whenever I can.

#Data #Biodiversity #OpenSource #Privacy

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kev, to CASIO
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I have the AE1500 on today. Pic with an A168 and F91W for reference as to how HUGE this thing is.

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markpitblado,
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@kev hey that's my watch! I thought I had gotten some super obscure one!

markpitblado, to 11ty
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Moved my personal website from to this weekend, and started with a great template/theme by @lukem.

  • Build time is down from approx 2 min to 5 seconds. - Full text should now be available in RSS (and kept the link the same!).
  • Repo is now hosted on instead of GitHub (I think this is site number 3 to transition)

Biggest desire is less dependencies to have to worry about. Having all posts in markdown did make the transition pretty painless.

andycarolan, to random
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I've had a few requests for different badges in the same style as my “Powered” and “Made by a Human” badges.

I’m thinking about taking these and a few more requests and selling them in packs containing 8 badges in 8 different colors in 88x31 PNG and SVG @ £2 (minimum donation)

If you have any requests for these badges, please let me know in the replies and I will add it to the list!

(No NSFW content please!)

https://ko-fi.com/andycarolan/shop

8 “Made by a Human” badges in 88x31 (made, drawn, human content, written, no ai, not a robot, never by ai, organic)

markpitblado,
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@andycarolan http status codes could be super fun! Not sure if the size would work well for the purpose but just an idea! 404 missing, the teapot one could be really fun

zstix, (edited ) to random
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I'm interested in getting some opinions.

When working on a software engineer team (of mixed skill levels), and you need to spin up a new service, which path do you think is best?

markpitblado,
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@zstix how long is the project/app/service anticipated to last for? If the average tenure of staff is less than the anticipated length of the project then option 1 because their preferences may be different than the new devs coming in, if staff stay around for a long time, option 2

markpitblado,
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@zstix this makes me think of all the projects that I have worked on where I look back at my past self and think "if only I knew then what I have now learned, I would have done xyz completely differently". Really good thought about not wanting to start off with tools that people are having to learn as they go as that risks permanent ineffeciencies or mistakes baked into the system at the start.

I think this has convinced me to lean towards option 2

cate, to random
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I need to make a slide deck which means I am looking for an artist who can help me make some fun and interesting slides. Ability to create adorable raccoons in interesting situations a must. Paid. Not interested in AI generated "art".

If you're interested please drop me an email cate AT duck DOT com with your rates and some links to your work.

Please boost for reach! 💖

markpitblado,
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@cate @andycarolan seems like this might be up your alley?

anders, to 11ty
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I'm about to start using for the first time, to make the development of my new site a bit easier. Learning both and modern leads to a lot of manual rollbacks I hope will become easier.

I've read a lot about Git, but one question lingers still: I’m building my site based on Base Blog, in a repo I cloned using Desktop.

How do I disconnect (or whatever the technical term is) from the original Github repo and turns it into a private of my own?

markpitblado,
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@anders my understanding is that you are looking to remove the remote, and instructions for that can be found here.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16330404/how-to-remove-remote-origin-from-a-git-repository

markpitblado, to random
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The best part of today was waking up and seeing that now has a material you compatible app icon on Android! It was the only app left, and now everything matches!

markpitblado,
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@cliffwade interesting! I also have 4.0.7! Looking at the release notes, it does say that the monochrome icon arrived in this update (it shipped for me on March 27.

markpitblado,
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@cliffwade that makes sense! I guess the good news is you have can have any icon you like, not just picking between the default and monochrome!

cory, to github
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Anyone know what this is in settings? 👀

markpitblado,
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@cory it is a way to verify an orcid id within your GitHub profile. This will place the orcid icon beside the link. Otherwise, anyone could put any orcid link in their bio and claim that it is them

markpitblado,
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@cory for an example of what it looks like when connected, I have it currently connected to my GitHub

joel, to random
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Ooooh this was quite a nice vid! :blobfoxhappy:

why you keep buying books you don’t read

https://youtu.be/Bh3EnIPVwIE

markpitblado,
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@joel wow what a great watch! I really liked the creator's style and might check out more of the channel

markpitblado, to Logseq
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Just got syncthing setup! Can write markdown on the go, have it sync to my notes repo, then just commit and push when I get home! If anyone is intimidated by syncthing, its really not as hard as it sounds from others describing it! Also tested it with and worked brilliantly.

jamwil, to random
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Hail in Vancouver wasn’t on my bingo card.

markpitblado,
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@jamwil I walked outside from work and was like "ohhhhh what is this", it was sunny in the morning!

jamwil, (edited ) to random
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I am nervous to state this out loud but I think I have an absolutely mint, zero-compromise neovim setup. It works on Mac and Windows. It's faster, easier to understand, and more capable.

Some bite-sized thoughts on the ecosystem and comparisons with VSCode:

  1. tree-sitter is amazing
  2. telescope + quickfix pane (ctrl+q) = bliss
  3. No magic. CLI first and you build in the conveniences you want; nothing more

Blog post otw. I started with NvChad. My overrides are here: https://github.com/jamwil/dotfiles/tree/main/dot_config/nvim/lua/custom

markpitblado,
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@jamwil now that I have my own dotfiles stored and backed up, can safely give this a go! Also started with nvchad so hoping to pick up a few new hidden gems!

grueproof, to random
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    markpitblado,
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    @grueproof this video (and channel) are great. I am now more curious about nix than ever

    cliffwade, to email
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    After 20+ years, I made the switch from Gmail to @protonmail and you can read my blog post via the link below to find out what made me do it!

    https://blog.allthingstech.social/why-i-switched-from-gmail-to-proton-mail/

    Are you using a paid email service or have you switched from Gmail to something else? Let me know in the comments.

    Please BOOST for others to read as well!

    Blog Mastodon account:

    @cliffwade

    markpitblado,
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    @cliffwade @cliffwade my biggest regret with the switch was not setting up the custom domain right from the get go. Switching presents the perfect opportunity to do so, and I did it a year after the switch because I was worried it would be too complex. It's really straightforward! Same with the simplelogin integration, can also use your own domain for that!

    markpitblado,
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    @cliffwade @cliffwade technically no issues, it's just that you will have communicated the proton domains to a few people in that in between time! So I ended up with a few people that use the proton addresses and have to remember to use those when emailing them to not confuse them

    btp, to random
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    I'm following too many accounts and hashtags again. My home feed is chaos.

    markpitblado,
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    @btp oh hey is that a new pfp by @joel?

    markpitblado,
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    @joel @btp oh no haha, well now Brandon has to get one so I could say I was just predicting the future

    markpitblado, to random
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    Reading Filterworld right now, and it caused me to reflect on the fact that I have never worried about likes or engagement on posts I make on mastodon. Due to the chronological nature, some things may just entirely miss peoples' feeds (or people may just read and keep scrolling), but that's okay! The point of the platform isn't to achieve fame, it's to communicate with others in a way that respects their time and preferences, to build a better experience for everyone.

    mike, to random
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    Fosstodon has been upgraded to version 4.2.8 of the Mastodon software. This is a nice release as it comes with a couple new features to help reduce spam in the Fed. They won't change how Fosstodon works, but their inclusion will mean we'll be seeing less unwelcome influx from outside of our instance, and that's a very good thing. Don't hesitate to read the release notes if you're interested. They're short.

    https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.8

    Also, if you have any questions, you know where to find us.

    markpitblado,
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    @mike thank you for the work you do

    openresource, to random
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    TBH, as a non-native speaker, I've always struggled with whether to write "Open Source", "open-source", "open source", ... Just found a helpful rule in the Microsoft Style Guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/a-z-word-list-term-collections/o/open-source

    The Open {re}Source website has been updated accordingly.

    markpitblado,
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    @openresource have always struggled with the same thing! Thanks for this!

    btp, to random
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    Where is everyone getting these adorable cartoon profile pictures?

    cc: @jcrabapple

    markpitblado,
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    @btp @jcrabapple @andycarolan!

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