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zalasur

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I play strategy games, write software, and stream on Peertube (not necessarily in that order). Also, sock monkeys! Preferred pronouns: he/him/his.

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zalasur, to random
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"Has anyone on the fediverse ever made a trebuchet?"

Immediate reply: "How big a trebuchet are we talking about?"

zalasur, to threads
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"Yeah is full of Nazis but what are you going to do, go back to Mastodon? They get mad at you for not using alt text in your pictures. That's like way worse."

zalasur, to random
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Now that I think about it, a very useful technique for avoiding the unwanted attention from the sandworms in Dune would be to employ the use of Monty Python's silly walks.

zalasur, to random
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I don't mean to yuck on anybody's yum but I sort of feels like there is a lot of premature celebrating with regards to Trump's indictments and grand jury hearings. He hasn't been convicted yet, and he's still the Republican front-runner for the Presidential election. Hell, he's even beating Biden in some polls.

I'm not saying people shouldn't feel joy at his misfortune (I certainly do), but I sort of feel like people are setting themselves for a huge disappointment down the road.

zalasur, to random
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Occasionally someone brings up Lord of the Flies as some sort of real-life allegory of man's inhumanity to man, when it's nothing like that at all.

First, Lord of the Flies is fiction.

Not only is it fiction, it was based off of a real incident where a group of boys did get stranded on an island for a while until they were rescued. In the real life version, they all banded together, took care of the injured, and were in relatively good health when help finally arrived.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_castaways

zalasur, to random
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How generous of my bank to make sure I don't have to pay the $10 monthly service fee on my checking account as long as I have $500 in it.

It's no problem for me personally, but charging poor people for the privilege of banking while poor has always seemed wrong to me. ๐Ÿ˜ก

zalasur, to random
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One thing I've sort of felt about modern web development for years now is how far we've deviated from core web design principles when they were created the decades ago.

Now, I understand that it's expected for things to evolve and change over time. I get that. What I'm talking about is how, for example, web app designers treat web sites like infinitely malleable canvases from which they can create their custom masterpieces on.

People might ask, well, what's the big deal about that? (cont.)

zalasur, to random
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A reminder that the guy who just got fired from OpenAI also wanted to scan everyone's eyeball with some sort of orb in exchange for Worldcoin, his pet crypto project. They told him that he was absolutely not allowed to do this in the US so he started spending a bunch of time in Africa and Southeast Asia in the hopes of finding enough suckers for his program.

zalasur, to fediverse
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6.0 comes with a new feature: Chapters! You can now add chapters to your uploaded videos. Last night I did a live stream which was saved to a VOD. This morning, as I was saving it to my playlist, I went through the video and added chapter markers so that when people are watching, they can skip the boring parts. :D

https://video.surazal.net/w/w69sP6L76nQLrF1EUBu4fq

Mrfunkedude, to random
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A friend cam over yesterday to talk. At 65 he's decided to go to therapy to deal with issues that have gone unresolved in his life.

We sat and I listened for hours about his hopes and dreams and how the pursuit of them through out his life, has left him feeling dissatisfied and empty.

I praised him for his willingness to understand himself more and his desire to be at peace in the time he has left.

It's never to late to make changes. It's never to late to find peace.

zalasur,
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@Mrfunkedude I started the therapy journey a few years back in my forties. It's been really helpful.

Right now I'm staring down the barrel of turning fifty within a couple of years. That feeling of "Have I wasted my life?" is real. As time becomes more and more precious with each passing year, it's important to realize that the only moment we truly "own" is the present one. Plan for the future, yes. Reflect on the past, absolutely. But don't turn those activities into obsessions.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Omg just say what you wanted to say and get it over with.

zalasur,
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@Mrfunkedude I can't. I drank all the coffee and now I have to say all the things. In one breath.

zalasur, to random
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What a week, huh?

zalasur, to random
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Just a friendly reminder to not tag the fediblock hashtag in the replies to people who are actively getting harassed. Trolls monitor that hashtag too and unless people voluntarily tag it in their own posts it's not a good idea to "helpfully" add their post on their behalf. Besides, it's rude.

Thank you.

ai6yr, to random

Text just now from my elderly relatives: "Family friend needs a ride to the airport... can you drive them" ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Already texted back "NO I CAN'T"

zalasur,
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@ai6yr The designated family Uber would definitely be more annoying than being the designated family tech support.

zalasur, to random
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Reverse bathroom mirror effect this morning on our north-facing picture window. It's 82ยฐF with 79% humidity at 9 AM.

zalasur, to random
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Whether or not Putin actually ordered the plane be taken down, everyone is going to assume he did it.

zalasur, to random
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About once a month or so, someone in my feed will come up with the idea to create a website that serves as a human-curated directory of the web and I'm like, ah we have reached full circle. We're now reinventing the Open Directory Project.

(Which I think is a good idea, but it's interesting to see people come back to this idea over and over again).

zalasur, to random
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A little for your

So people have been noticing that you often don't see replies to posts on Mastodon. This is especially true if the post originated from a user who's on another instance from your own.

How to rectify the situation? Go to the source. On Mastodon, in the "three dots" menu next to each post there's an option to "Open Original Page". This will open up the post directly from that other instance and you'll see all the replies there.

zalasur, to random
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Ugh, I think my old laptop may finally be dying. The Wi-Fi goes out and the only way I can get it to work again is by rebooting. If better work on moving my documents off of there. ๐Ÿ˜ข

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Iโ€™m still not convinced any of you are real.

zalasur,
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@Mrfunkedude I wasn't real, and neither were you, up until about two weeks ago on a Thursday when the Universe sprang into being fully-formed.

zalasur, to fediverse
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Today on Dwarf Fortress: The Sinister Start in the Plane of Myth, my citizens has a sad! ๐Ÿ˜ข

I keep sending them outside to build the outside fort and they are getting fed up. But not to worry, I finished the roof so now they con complete their work in a smelly goo-free environment. Or, at least until I decide to build the fishing hut.

https://video.surazal.net/w/9HhmDj1WqnkgTzvXKsVKka




zalasur, to javascript
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It's been almost a decade since I've done a live coding stream. This will be fun!

Today I'll be migrating my website from React to Lit, which is a lightweight framework built around web components. I have the scaffolding set up mostly, so now it's time to get this done.

Come watch. Ask questions in chat! You don't need to create an account, just a username is needed to participate.

https://video.surazal.net/w/5S7FPXJMZh1i1eqZLY9mcV

zalasur, to random
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Just an FYI, I did not get hacked. I replied to somebody with a long CW that originated from the Georgia Humane Society as a joke apparently. When you reply to a post with a CW your post automatically has that CW, too.

That made it look like I was posting a singles ad from my account.

I've deleted my post just in case anyone got the wrong impression.

ai6yr, to snowboarding

Winter tips from the UK Met Office (applicable everywhere)

The temperature is due to drop again this weekend, so check your vehicle is .

โœ…Top up with a screen wash that is effective in cold temperatures
โœ…Check your tyres are roadworthy
โœ…Pack a winter kit for your car.

zalasur,
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@ai6yr One often-overlooked tip for people not used to having their cars covered in a thick icy crust: pull up your windshield wipers away from your windshield.

The wipers, if they get stuck to the glass, can warp and crack if you try to force them to move again before they thaw out when warming up your car.

It saves a lot of time and headache just to pull them up before it snows so that doesn't happen in the first place.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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So I have this hypothesis that people who never listen to music past their teenage years do so because of a traumatic event in their childhood.

Music became a comfort to them during this time which switched it from being just enjoyable, to being enjoyable plus emotionally comforting.

Hence the desire not to listen to music outside of that comfort zone because any music past that, is no longer comforting and no longer serves a need.

Or not. I don't know. It's just a thought.

zalasur,
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@Mrfunkedude I think there might be some truth to this, but I know a lot of people whose music listening habits stopped at around the age of 17 for some perfectly banal reasons.

I love listening to new music. I also like to go back to the classics I grew up with too, but there's joy in discovering new things that artists are coming out with in 2024.

Whenever someone says, "they don't make songs like they used to" I feel bad because they clearly aren't listening. It's a preconception filter.

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