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mpirnat

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Rational romantic mystic cynical idealist; counterpoints the surrealism of the underlying metaphor.

Senior backend engineer @ Zapier. d20 enthusiast. Helps with PyOhio. Opinions someone’s. He/him/his.

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onelson, to random
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Biden should do sex work next

mpirnat,
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@onelson Does he not get enough hours at his day job?

kumarvibe, to random
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“Monsters in the wall”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68924955

mpirnat,
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@kumarvibe NOPE

stucki, to random
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Alright, it’s been a week and I’m calling it. This has been a great use for an old Apple TV: https://brianstucki.com/force-an-apple-tv-to-remain-as-the-home-hub-for-homekit/

mpirnat,
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@stucki @bitprophet I am frequently baffled that Apple doesn’t just have a setting somewhere to make this easy and obvious, but then I remember that I still can’t use the explicit flag for smart playlists in Music (or even set/unset it!) and it makes a sad and disappointing sense to me.

glyph, to random
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Watched the original Star Wars trilogy with the kid this weekend and it’s been a long time since I have seen it. One thing that really stuck out to me was… what, thematically, is the movie trying to say about droids? The message seems to be that they are regular people like everyone else, and also chattel slaves, and also that’s it’s fine and also kind of funny? Like both Han and Luke are repeatedly shown doing obvious villain shit to droids and I can’t tell why we are not supposed to care

mpirnat,
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@glyph @cyberlyra @grimalkina “Somehow, Star Wars was ruined.”

mariatta, to random
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Last year while I was still employed, my employer said they couldn't fund my travel to PyCon US, so I ended up requesting travel grant from PSF and took PTO.

Decided to walk out of my job shortly after (while still at the sprints).

I was initially scared about it TBH, but day one of my funemployment, I actually felt the happiest in years.

Now they just laid off their Python team (except for one person) few weeks before PyCon US, where they're also a sponsor.

It's gonna be... "Interesting" 🧐

mpirnat,
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@mariatta That first day feeling after leaving a bad situation is incredible, isn’t it? In 2019 I got laid off on the first day of PyCon tutorials. I knew I’d have to be in serious job search hustle mode for the rest of the conference, but even still I felt so completely liberated—almost like I was floating!

grantmc, to random
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What is typical Mastodon etiquette like re: boosts vs. likes?

I’m typically a liker, but it seems like folks on Mastodon boost posts way more often than they like them.

mpirnat,
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@grantmc For me, boosts are “I think my followers should see this too”. Likes are a “hey cool, thanks for that” to their creator.

glyph, to random
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My kid just wanted to do an impression of me giving a talk and they shifted into a much louder register and said “blah blah blah apple blah blah blah python blah blah blah docker blah blah blah” and I have never been roasted so hard in my life

mpirnat,
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@chrisjrn @glyph PyOhio’s CFP is open now! Just saying… 😂

bitprophet, to NixOS
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Getting really sick of painstakingly migrating to some Cool New Technical Thing With Superpowers and then whoops, It's All Ethics Violations after a while.

First - CEO is a white dude who can't read the room when a bunch of users raise serious concerns re: suicide warnings, .ru indexes, Brave collab, etc.

Now / - BDFL is a white dude who can't read the room when a bunch of users raise serious concerns re: toxic members, shitty governance, MIC sponsorship, etc.

mpirnat,
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@bitprophet Cue the subtoots whinging about the whinging-without-suggesting-a-viable-alternative toots…

jasongorman, to random
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Presumably Republicans on the Supreme Court wouldn't be stupid enough to grant a sitting Democratic President immunity from prosecution?

mpirnat,
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@jasongorman It’ll probably be like the Bush v Gore decision, with special nonsense language about how the ruling is just this once and doesn’t establish precedent.

AlSweigart, to random
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    mpirnat,
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    @AlSweigart irregardfewer

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    mpirnat,
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    @grueproof Oof. Sorry, man, I struggle with this a lot myself.

    mpirnat, to music
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    A friend of mine just released an album! It’s ambient drone synth and spoken word stuff, kinda sci-fi/cyberpunky. Maybe you’ll dig it too?

    https://jacoblistener.bandcamp.com/album/salt

    jonafato, to random
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    Target didn't exactly have the widest selection of physical media to begin with, but this is still not a great development https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135140/target-dvds-physical-media-selling-stop

    mpirnat,
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    @jonafato Yep, that too. If you truly love something (music or film), don’t depend on streaming.

    onelson, to random
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    Not being able to get my hands on insulin is really harshing my vibe

    mpirnat,
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    @onelson FWIW I’m sorry you have to deal with this, it’s obvious and blatant bullshit.

    hynek, to random
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    First dinner plans locked in – IT’S GETTING REAL Y’ALL!!!

    Excited Zootopia sloth gif

    mpirnat,
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    @judy2k @ghickman @hynek There’s a much closer non-chain hibachi place too, Nakama. Ignore the time estimate here, I couldn’t get Maps to show each leg for comparison.

    https://nakamass.com/

    Terrible domain name though. 😅

    (I also am in, if you’ll have me.)

    mpirnat, to random
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    Started watching “Delicious in Dungeon” today, and it’s a big hit in our house. Charming, earnest, funny, absolutely delivering on the premise of “D&D meets The Joy of Cooking”. I’m a little confused, and perhaps concerned, that Netflix has it tagged as MA, given how wholesome the first four episodes have been.

    mpirnat,
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    Update: Okay, I get the MA rating for “Delicious in Dungeon” now. It’s still quite wholesome but we’ve reached the “graphic violence and monsters-with-boobs” part of the story.

    mpirnat, (edited ) to random
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    Inspired by a thing I saw on Reddit earlier today, I’m going to try listening to more complete albums this year. Maybe daily? We’ll see how it shakes out.

    I’m starting off with the 2019 mix of Abbey Road by The Beatles: https://songwhip.com/the-beatles/abbey-road-2019-mix

    1/366

    mpirnat,
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    114/366: Joshua by French 79

    This is one of those things that I don’t remember adding to my Apple Music library but am glad to (re)discover. Thanks, past me!

    https://songwhip.com/french-79/joshua

    mpirnat,
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    115/366: Kingdom by Arcade High

    https://songwhip.com/arcade-high/kingdom

    mpirnat,
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    116/366: Loved by Cranes

    https://songwhip.com/cranes/loved

    mpirnat,
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    117/366: Moving Waves by Focus

    I’ve adored the glorious rock madness of opening track “Hocus Pocus” ever since @reasie introduced me to it while helping out with one of my first on-air slots at WRUW, but I’m ashamed to admit it’s taken me nearly 30 years to finally listen to the rest of the album. Friends… I should not have waited.

    https://songwhip.com/focus/moving-waves

    mpirnat,
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    @reasie All good, I got there eventually. The fault is entirely my own!

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    118/366: Now or Never by Adam is a Girl

    https://songwhip.com/adamisagirl/now-or-never

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    119/366: Orbital 2 by Orbital

    If I’ve timed this right, “Monday” should start right about midnight. Also, this album still rules, and it’s really fun with headphones on. Don’t think I’ll ever get enough of “Halcyon + On + On”. Also: Star Trek samples, if that’s your jam!

    https://songwhip.com/orbital/orbital-2

    mpirnat,
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    120/366: Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

    This one’s for my analog synth nerds. Apparently a bit of a milestone!

    https://songwhip.com/tangerine-dream/phaedra-1974

    mpirnat,
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    121/366: Quirky Dance Memory by Morthem Vlade Art

    https://songwhip.com/morthemvladeart/quirky-dance-memory

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