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moira

@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net

She/her :blobcatheartlesbian: former software dev now writing words for money and/or fun and/or survival. Some content may disturb you. I may and may not follow back, follow-backs great but not an expectation, it's fine.

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moira, to random
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I know that some people here are going to see a and be mad that someone actually bought one of these things.

Be mad if you want, but don't act mad at them. At least, not visibly.

Laugh at the truck, in that "oh my gods, you actually bought one of those stupid things?" way. In that "trying not to be seen laughing at you but I can't stop oh my gods it's so stupid looking I can't believe it's real" kind of way.

If you're with a friend, suppress a laugh, poke your friend and get them to look and have them try not to laugh in that "oh my gods I'm so embarrassed for you" way.

Because let's face it: it is hilarious.

And a lot of Muskovites, they're fine with angry strangers.

Being laughed at, though?

Not as much. xD

moira,
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@cheribaker it's so stupid and on every level.

you can't properly carry a bicycle in the so-called truck bed.

it's an hilariously terrible vehicle.

moira, to GamersNexus
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oh dang dropped years and years of testing data on their new no-third-party-ads website, it's massive

video on the update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4syyUiBG5I

CPU power consumption and cooler data sets linked to here:

https://gamersnexus.net/cat/features

moira, to Texas
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The woman who won her court case today in to get the nonviable fatal-condition foetus she's carrying aborted?

AG Ken Paxton says who gives a fuck, we'll prosecute anyway.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4349124-texas-ag-says-court-exemption-abortion-still-prosecutable/?utm_source=press.coop

analgesicsleep, to random
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I feel like The Grinch is not using his time wisely w/r/t/ clearing out these Wooville houses

moira,
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@analgesicsleep Not everything has to be efficient. Let him savour the moment!

moira, to StarTrek
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Have I mentioned how much I appreciate that Lower Decks has turned my pre-existing winter raincoat into an away-team jacket?

moira,
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@Looping Believe me, I've been thinking about it. xD

moira,
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oh internet, you never fail me

well except which you do which you do all the time, i mean, constantly

but

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4577228

moira,
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Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOO

ludicrous print settings, 0.12 layer height, bizarre angle and Silk WHite to try to create the vertical lines effect visible in the live-action appearance of Mariner and Boimler in SNW.

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@annathepiper @rmd1023 whelp that's a yes xD

moira,
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@rmd1023 @annathepiper it was very silly

in the best ways

moira,
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@jmw my printer is Not Fast

moira,
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@jmw i mean it doesn't help that it was like 10-15 minutes in and i saw something i didn't like so i made a small change and started over but still

it started life as an ender 3 v2 and while i've made a lot of upgrades and stuff it's still not faster

a lot more accurate and can print bigger things for sure, but

not faster xD

moira,
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yeah i'm pretty sure i've accidentally figured out exactly how they made these in show xD

moira,
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I really wish I had a better blank to print with this. All I've got is plain Creality generic black PLA, which ... okay, their white is great prototyping PLA, not the strongest but very good for the value. Their black is okay for the value but it's sloppier than most and wants a weirdly high bed temperature and glossy when i don't want that right now and yeah.

but it's the only black I got right now :/

oh wait no I have some black PHA

maybe i'll reslice for that.

moira,
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oh yeah, that's why I don't like silk PLAs. the shitty layer adhesion

[glues furiously]

[gets superglue all over fingers] [is glad for once her skin oils mock off superglue]

Not a bad version 1. It looks a lot like the stills. I'm thinking they're also using white PLA at this angle and sanding with (I stress: with) the layer lines.

They're also using a better black for the frame than I am, probably a matte and not a silk.

moira,
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@oobleck I can't tell if you're joking but if you're not, glad to be of service? xD

I keep wanting to start a wiki about filaments because there are so many and we could use some better data on them.

moira,
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@jmw I stick with plant-derived plastics, though I can tell you it's worth it even with those to go to at least an all-metal or better yet bimetallic hotend (what I did), just for all the clogging issues you stop having.

moira,
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@oobleck Well, great!

Was it about print orientation? Because getting print orientation right (and remember, you can arrange things however you want) solves so. many. problems.

moira,
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looks better with the frame sanded to matte

it’s a small difference but i prefer it

#3dPrinting #StarTrek #LowerDecks

moira,
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@jmw Printed in two parts and fitted together. But you could absolutely do it with a filament change.

moira,
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hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee

#3dPrinting #StarTrek #LowerDecks

moira,
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@jonathankoren To make it really clear: I had it before Lower Decks came out. It's entirely accidental, at least for me. xD

moira,
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@jmw Sure, I've done a bunch of multifilament colour change work too. But in this case, the surface of the badge is a big, smooth curve.

printing that flat would be hideous, and involve acres of sanding, and I'm like 98% sure not what the propmakers did, because the real life ones have this vertical line effect that looks intentional but I'm pretty sure is them taking advantage of smooth layer lines plus directional sanding.

moira,
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I have now verified that with the six rare-earth magnets I am using I can just throw my coat on and take it back off and throw it on the table and the combadge

stays

this actually works, i'm so doomed xD

moira,
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@jmw Well, it's not an unreasonable thought, I mean, I started flat and played around with positioning a lot. But while doing so is when I realised "hm, what if that vertical effect is layer lines?" because we already know they 3D print some of their props, particularly single-episode props, sooooo...

CultureDesk, (edited ) to music
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Bah! Humbug! @RollingStone has ranked the worst Christmas songs of all time. Which do you think topped their list? They're including both originals and covers, so check the artist before you make your choice. Tell us in the comments which festive song you loathe above all others.

https://flip.it/CSfRSA

moira,
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@CultureDesk @RollingStone oh my gods these are all so bad

i wish you'd used checkboxes

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Things I did not have on my bucket list for 2023:

A bombing campaign in Englandshire, only it's because the terrorists are angry they're not allowed to asphyxiate children with toxic exhaust emissions

https://news.sky.com/story/vehicles-damaged-as-ulez-camera-explodes-in-sidcup-13024855

moira,
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@Jeanniewarner @cstross Yeah, was coming into replies to say "This is a natural evolution of 'Rolling Coal'," which is mostly a truck thing but not entirely, and is about polluting as much as possible because fuck you libs is why.

moira, to random
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As always, our crime is existing at all.

From: @Susan_Larson_TN
https://mastodon.online/

carithlee, to random
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today's question: what non-Godzilla film would you add Godzilla to

moira,
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@carithlee Fail Safe, but it's about Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.

(See also: On the Beach with Godzilla)

Master and Commander and Godzilla

Every Godzilla Everywhere All At Once

moira,
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@carithlee also

remake the muppet movie but every character is a godzilla except for kermit

moira,
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@carithlee i know, right? :D

moira,
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@carithlee Love it. Bring in the standard "Rich and Famous" contract.

moira,
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@hendric @carithlee Oh yeah. That's the scene that really clinched it for Best Picture.

cheribaker, to random
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#Monsterdon friends, feel free to send me Bingo card suggestions for Mothra if you like!

I always like to throw in a few "possible but not guaranteed" squares to keep things suspenseful for us. :)

moira,
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@cheribaker "More harmonies than physically possible with number of singers on screen"?

e_urq, to trans
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I've got a piece by Mira Lazine on Assigned today, taking apart the latest study by ROGD researcher Lisa Littman.

Littman's work started poorly, with a survey of unsupportive parental attitudes about their trans kids which she claimed provided evidence of a new form of gender dysphoria.

She's continuing the biased sample shenanigans with a study of detransitioners culled from anti-trans forums, and that's just the start of this paper's issues.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/the-new-lisa-littman-study-on-rogd-and-detransition-is-a-total-mess

moira,
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@e_urq For some historical context, see fundamentalist evangelical 'science' work for several decades, particularly the work of Pa.ul Cam.eron, who would cull tiny numbers of "study participants" tailored to the anti-LGBT results he wanted, claiming that they represented the "average homosexual."

One of his methods was to use imprisoned sex offenders with any same-sex sexual history as his "typical homosexual" data set.

(Often that wasn't enough, and he'd then misrepresent that. In one paper, his sample size of 9 sex offenders included a result of "54% of homosexual men regularly consume the feces of their sexual partners," by which he meant had both oral and anal sex while imprisoned, and, well, drew a line that even there wasn't there.)

moira, to MountainBiking
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some days you just need to build a weird bolt receiver

and no, that's not innuendo, though it does go out the other (side of the broken headlight stand on my bike)

moira,
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chug chug chug

moira,
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nope but close

moira,
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i wonder if thread locker would work in this kind of situation

moira,
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i gave it a slotted head because otherwise it'll be impossible

also 3.2mm worked but i'm trying 3.3 for extra ... durability, i guess?

now i'm just making my own screws tho' rly

yes

that's right

I MAKE A NEW ONE

take that, my mechanics xD

moira,
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oh HELLS yeah

moira,
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see this is the problem and what I’m gonna do is drill out the broken one that won’t glue back and insert this from the front.

in theory bulls sells this as a replacement part but not really

moira,
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(and none of my glues work on it)

the other bolt attachment point is about to break too >:(

for finals i'll print in purple probably? my bike is black and purple and mostly black so i've been adding more purple

moira,
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now THAT’S what I’m talkin’ about!

fuck yeah metric bits

moira,
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awwww yeaaaaaah :D

now I’ll need to print one in a better material of course but this’ll do fine for testing :D

moira, to random
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that feel when you turn on a server's local monitor and find a level 3 cache ECC error recovery (no action needed) from...

...last February.

Meaning this monitor hasn't been turned on in over 10 months xD

(Machine uptime 473 days and counting ^_^ )

moira,
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@paul_ipv6 found it when upgrading a webserver. 2G of storage. couldn't figure out what the hell it was, figured it had been left in by somebody. popped the other drives into the new MB, started it up...

...and it bitched about not having swap anymore because SURPRISE THAT WAS SWAP

but also

twenty years in service, apparently, across multiple machines

I gave it a coronation complete with procession accompanied by all the other drives involved that day

somewhere I have (more) pictures, the one I linked was merely one of many xD

dangoodin, to random
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If you use a Windows or Linux device, it's vulnerable to a new post-exploit attack that can remotely install an undetectable backdoor at the UEFI level. Updates from just about every vendor available today. Impressive work from @matrosov and the rest of Binarly.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/just-about-every-windows-and-linux-device-vulnerable-to-new-logofail-firmware-attack/

moira,
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@raven667 @dangoodin @matrosov Well yeah, it can be done without being visible - by replacing the image with your sabotaged one, which shows the same image but also has the payload. Or that's how I read it.

The point is to have a non-standard image in there first so that if it swaps in what looks like the standard image, you know something has happened. You don't know what, and it doesn't stop it - it's just an alarm of sorts.

ezio, to random
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Did you know: in Windows 95, there is a bug that lets you...Close the start button

Its just gone. You cant start anymore

video/mp4

moira,
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@ezio the original i can't even

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