There's literally one damn place in this whole classroom they could possibly be hiding, but let's search in the opposite direction, because reasons. #monsterdon
I want to do some experimentation with #sixels. What's the simplest graphics format that I can export from #krita that I can then write a tool to convert into the sixel format?
My naïve guess would be bitmap, but knowing the formats of that era, I'm willing to bet there are at least a half dozen different incompatible .bmp formats.
Has literally anyone at literally any point ever offered a logically-sound rationale for said nonsense?
Because I am f***ing baffled as to how it became popular to say “your disorder in particular is fake” about ADHD of all things.
I don't have it myself, but as far as I can tell, it's a neurological disorder like any other, and I don't see anybody sounding off about epilepsy or Parkinson's being fake.
@argv_minus_one I suspect people are uninformed about most things that don't affect them, and many things that do. That's my best explanation. They once heard someone say something and that's all they know about that thing.
@ARGVMI~1.PIF @Shae Erisson I think it just stems from neurotypicals not being able to comprehend the notion that other people's minds work differently from their own. I don't have this issue so much because I've spent my life surrounded by neurotypicals, so I see this fact first hand every day.
Because they fail to grasp this concept, they're led to the conclusion that we're lazy and/or simply lack willpower, and it's our fault for not just "buckling down". Sadly, they end up inadvertently gaslighting us as a result. I've had to work very hard to try to reverse this conditioning.
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@Katy Lamothe and I went out for a walk in a little wooded area near the apartment, because... you know... health. We were immediately eaten by mosquitos, so we pulled the plug and came home with an emotional support pizza.
This was kind of the antithesis of what we were going for, but hey, I get to eat pizza. Thus, I'm going to call it a win.
Glad to see that my country has decided on a soverign snake oil policy. We can't be dependent on foreign nations for our snake oil supply! pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases…
@fedops 💙💛 The intended use case was for being able to use graphics over an SSH connection from my mobile (Android) devices. I'm currently using Termux. The options there are... sparse.
I loved the marketing spin from an AI company that said:
She outworks everyone. And she’ll never ask for a raise
What this really means:
We don't have to ask for a raise. We'll just wait 'till you're dependent on our product and then jack up the price because you won't be able to do anything about it at that point.
If it weren't for all the people who are going to lose thir jobs over this nonsense, it'd be amusing to watch.
Facebook et al are *saying* they're replaing people with AI, but what's really happening is they're scrambling, saying "Oh shit! We spent all this money on AI but we need to make our quarter. We're absolutely screwed. I guess we can lay off 30% of our staff..."
And Wall Street is all like "they are clearly very smart."
@Darcy Casselman Yup. That's more or less it. I'm just waiting for the inevitable massive price hike when these AI companies decide that maybe they should stop just lighting so much money on fire.
So, I've struggled with restless leg syndrome for years. It always happens when I'm getting tired, and, frustratingly, makes it difficult to sleep. I thought it was something I'd just have to live with. It turns out, sleeping with a weighted blanket makes a huge difference.
Maybe that can help soneone else.
Also, it turns out I just really like the feeling of sleeping under a weighted blanket.
i take a pill before going to bed (if i remember). It works really well when i take Pharma Nord BioActive Magnesium . I did try other brands but this one had the fastest effect. It's a rather large pill so i dissolve it in water or chew with water. I still enjoy a blanket also for snuggles
I experienced restless leg for #LongCovid and can imagine, so I'm glad you found something that makes a huge difference! I'll keep it in mind if RLS comes back or if other friends mention it.
I'm reviving my #gopher project. It initially died in the early stages because @SDF.ORG wouldn't allow me to run #commonLisp in my .../cgi-bin. I've recently discovered that I can run #awk there, so I'm building a minimal DSL in awk and building it with that.
The first thing I want to do be able to have an accessible version that strips out ASCII art and replaces it with alt text so that I'm not assaulting the ears of people using screen readers.
Acessibility never seems to be a priority in most gopher holes, which is a shame, because it could be such an accessible protocol.
@Digital Mark λ ☕️ 8647 I do plan on doing a total re-do of my personal web site though. I want to build a server in Common Lisp that takes a markdown-esque source and simultaneously serves it up as web, gopher, and gemini.
What CL were you trying to run? CLISP is small enough, I rarely had problems running it in CGI environments. If it's still too big, you could always try islisp, where the main implementation is <500kb
(not to discourage you from awk if you're enjoying it)
@Thomas @SDF.ORG The problem is that I'm not an admin on SDF and can only use the tools they provide. CLISP is there, but is configured such that the gopher server can't run it.
(The reason might have been that when I was teaching myself lisp I may not have been apprised of all the dangers the internet presents to READ). @tfb @SDF
Been having some weird symptoms for like a week now. My casual resesrch reveals that it's in all likelihood nothing serious, but potentially not.
It's been going on for long enough that I should probably discuss it with my doctor, but I really don't want to because I know he'll use it as an excuse to take me off #ADHD meds again.
I'll probably wait until I've got my prescription refilled first.
Finally broke down and got a new mattress. Upon unboxing I noticed that the dessicant packs included did not say "do not eat". Does this mean they're edible?
So I have an older netbook-esque laptop currently running Windows 10, and I'm sure it's not upgradeable. I've toyed with the idea of slapping #Debian on it to give it new life, but I've also been thinking about giving #BSD a go. Were I to do the latter, which BSD would the fedi recommend for an underpowered machine?
@Jonathan Lamothe I am running OpenBSD happily on a 2012 Macbook Air, and I've been modern OpenBSD on a 2003 MacBook. NetBSD might be a little lighter?
Talk about making things really hard.. But if you must.. GhostBSD or Dragonfly are probably your best bet to get something that works.. Most BSD's don't actually come with any kind of default graphical desktop.. Ever used Vi? .. if the answer is "no" then don't expect to have a working system on at least the first 5 or 6 attempts... Just install Manjaro and be done.
That's why I was asking that question.. Most people who post these things don't have the first clue.. I think you will be fine. I have a NetBSD VM running a self installed xfce which is nice. GhostBSD is getting good reviews.. haven't tried it so can't say anything else.
Doing some more #art practice. I've read a bunch of stuff/watched a bunch of videos on how to draw decent looking anatomical proportions. They say things like: the body should be so many heads tall—though not all sources agree.
The thing I'm coming to understand though, is that the best tool I have for judging proportions is my eyeball. Does it look right? If not, it doesn't matter what the tutorial says. I need to trust my own judgement more.
Been doing some more drawing practice in #Krita. Trying to get better at drawing the things that are in my head rather than just recreating things I can see. I've recently discovered the lquify tool. It's really nice for nudging my line work into the shape I actually wanted it, but it feels like a cheat.
Then again, if I limit myself to what I could have done with physical media, I suppose I should also forego layers and undo—which I'm absolutely not going to do. I guess there's nothing wrong with using the tools available to me. I just don't want it to become too much of a crutch.
Paradoxically, as I've started allowing myself to use it, I'm finding less and less that I actually need to. Using the liquefy tool is giving me the confidence to just put a line down, without stressing about it being perfect, because I know I can touch it up if necessary. As a result, I'm finding I like the way it looks more—probably because I'm not overthinking it.
Very interesting! Some years ago I went through that exact train of thought while watching a speed-paint video, and now I use the free-transform tool quite often.
While you don't train accuracy, depending on your prefered style, it can be a fine tool to use imo. Even help train your observation.
Recently, however, I did notice the need to "get it right at the first try" when trying gesture drawing. So for my last drawings I've avoided using it and plan to do so for a couple months
I wondered how long it would take for them to be suspects. They're the only ones who have an actual motive. I suppose there's the guy who wanted to buy the place too. #monsterdon
So, today Katy and I had to go to the jewlery store for her rings' semi-annual warranty inspection. They've changed to a new electronic system, and they needed me to show them an email that they had sent (which was somehow different from the email they'd sent to Katy). Problem is, I'd already archived it, so it wasn't on the mail server any more and I had to SSH into my machine at home to read it in gnus... in a terminal... on my phone... that's a tiny font so it can accommodate an 80 column display.
The lady at the counter, who'd understandably never encountered this setup before, proceeded to pinch to zoom, which did succeed in increasing the font size, but left the text she needed to read off the bottom of the screen. She then got very frustrated trying to scroll it... because terminals don't work like that.
Yes, my setup is janky and weird, but it works for me, okay?
Pretty sure my ISP's been rate limiting specpfic traffic again. Connecting to a VPN shouldn't increase my connection speed. I suppose it could be a weird routing issue, but this is far too regular an occurrence.
This has been my experience with Northeastern University (Boston campus), and I never considered they could be throttling traffic, it always looked more like dropped packets, and so I assumed it was a problem with their Wi-Fi/lack in fiber, combined with how UDP is a bit more robust to dropped packets
I'll see if I still have some data on that after a nap
You have just gotten back to your dorm after three back-to-back classes, but your day is not over yet. You still have a bunch of work to get done, so you fire up your laptop and try to sign into Canvas. But something is wrong.
@almonds off topic, but I am reminded of the time I failed to get the campus printing software working on my Linux laptop. I gave in to using cups to print to the printers visible on the WiFi. When I talked to the university IT department about how I could pay for the pages, they laughed and said I should enjoy my free printing!
Just woke up: there's no difference (p = 0.45, n = 10) between eduroam and NU's own Wi-Fi, but using a WireGuard VPN is about 20% faster (160 vs 130 Mbps)
I love how the weather went from needing to wear a winter jacket over top of a sweater to needing to hook up the air conditioner in a span of like two days.
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#Monsterdon #MonsterdonPreshow #Ultraman
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...though I guess this is supposed to be 1999. I guess it's historically accurate after all.
#Monsterdon
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Does it matter when nobody's enforcing the law in the first place?
#monsterdon
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So, what was the point of this whole ruse then? I take it all back.
#monsterdon
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You've already told me you're going to kill me. What are you going to extra kill me now?
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"Isn't that what all teachers do?"
Huh?
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