Alyx Woodward (obsolete) @Alyx@computerfairi.es
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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griping about gnome
[grab you gently by both shoulders]
listen, friend. error messages are not "clutter". they are not optional. they are not unnecessary. knock it off with this mystical black box shit and actually fucking print them to the console at the very least, yeah?
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griping about gnome
open gnome-font-viewer on a .pcf.gz bitmap font
click "install"
button immediately changes to say "install failed"
messages emitted to stdout/-err: none at all
error information available in the UI: none at all
verbose mode cli option: does not exist
so how the fuck are we supposed to work on addressing the problem, then?
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Animal death, asking for financial help
Today, we had to help our beloved cat, Miko, end her suffering and die. She was 12 years old. She had a long, interesting life for a cat and came with us to Germany all the way from America. She was our emotional support animal and we will miss her dearly.
She had a major infection in a milk duct, which eventually spread and left her unable to walk. We did our best to treat the infection, but she was quite old and unresponsive to treatment. Unfortunately, she accrued significant vet bills which I'm unable to pay off at this time.
The total bills come to 311 euros (351 USD). If anybody has anything they can spare to help, the best way is through paypal at paypal dot me / arrix Any additional funds we receive will be put towards adopting a new emotional support animal from a local, reputable shelter and related expenses.
Goodbye, Miko. You were the best.
bleh. I dunno if I wanna keep this account or not. still waffling
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Twitter, maybe leaving
well I got my own Twitter now (first tweet https://twitter.com/AlyxWoodward/status/1141827840008019968) so I guess I'll be on my bullshit there
bleh
I don't quite wanna ditch this account (seeing as how I've barely given it a chance) but I don't think I fit in here and nobody has taken notice of the kind of physical science nerd shit I wanna talk about
it sucks and I'm not happy but whaddya do
just try again somewhere else, like always
the reactions are pretty straightforward. aminoacetaldehyde diethyl acetal (or, 2,2-diethoxyethylamine, if you like) is turned into the formamide with propyl formate (why propyl formate? the reaction is carried out at reflux, suppose propyl formate boils at a high enough temperature to make the reaction work)
then the formamide is dehydrated to the isocyanide with the reagent you get from reacting carbon tetrachloride and triphenylphosphine. that's a trick a few uses (see the "Appel reaction")
okay, one more for the road
did the random word thing, and here's the first hit in _Organic Synthesis_ with the word "overflow". ("untidy" gave nothing at all)
synthesis of 2,2-diethoxyethyl isocyanide! well, that's a thing I guess. it probably stinks to high heaven (organic isocyanides are famously stinky)
ah yeah they even warn you:
Caution: All the operations must be conducted in an efficient hood because the isocyanide has an obnoxious odor.
Twitter, maybe leaving
well I got my own Twitter now (first tweet https://twitter.com/AlyxWoodward/status/1141827840008019968) so I guess I'll be on my bullshit there
bleh
I don't quite wanna ditch this account (seeing as how I've barely given it a chance) but I don't think I fit in here and nobody has taken notice of the kind of physical science nerd shit I wanna talk about
it sucks and I'm not happy but whaddya do
just try again somewhere else, like always
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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fascist culture wars
i will not let fash take the spelling "fren". goddamnit. i feel like every day these fuckers lick something and declare "this is mine now." don't let them have it! symbolism matters and their feeble attempts to taint symbols like bread, clowns, and an adorably misspelling of "friend" can be overcome. together, we are strong! ✊
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ukpol
some people really love it when you ease up the pressure on their neck just a little. so much so that they don't for one moment imagine a world where the boot is gone entirely
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@Alyx "why does this cider taste like fish?"
"hey, I didn't know exactly which genes to copy over, I just copied a load of them"
"ah, the stack overflow approach to gene editing"
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Reason #7812 I'm not allowed in genetics labs: glowy trees
I want like, bio luminescent apple trees
Plant them along paths
Save a load on street lighting
Also make glowy cider from them
gonna be moving back to Twitter. feel like maybe I'll get more interest for the kinda science / engineering stuff that I wanna spout off, here
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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wanna see a work of art? this is an actual tutorial on how to reset your GE smart lightbulb: https://youtu.be/1BB6wj6RyKo
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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US concentration camps, birbsite
"Detainees are packed so tightly into rooms that they have to stand on toilets to breathe."
One cell with a capacity of 8 held 41 detainees.
A cell built for 35 held 155."
children are dying in ICE and CBP custody
Solitary confinement and torture to the point of slitting wrists, gouging one's eyeballs, especially disabled, LGBTQ people and hunger strikers they don't know what to do with.
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FOSS zealots: Please stop telling people this is the year of Linux on the desktop and that Linux is better than Windows/Mac for every use case.
It's not, and it isn't. It took me years of being a system engineer to be able to just use it as a daily driver without significant pain every day.
For very narrow and specific cases, a very user-friendly distro may be better, but that's a call one can only make if they're intimately familiar with the needs of the user.
It's not, and it isn't. It took me years of being a system engineer to be able to just use it as a daily driver without significant pain every day.
For very narrow and specific cases, a very user-friendly distro may be better, but that's a call one can only make if they're intimately familiar with the needs of the user.
Alyx Woodward (obsolete)
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I mean there's no way they'd break up over it, I'm sure. But maybe Alphys would have to admit it's actually not terrible. But could also introduce Undyne to the first one
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Free Undertale story/comic idea:
Set after the true pacifist ending, Undyne and Alphys are together still
But then Undyne of her own reconnaissance watches and enjoys Mew Mew Kissy Cutie 2, unaware of the first one, and unaware of Alphys' dislike of the sequel.
And gushes to Alphys about how great it is.
mordanting anthocyanidins must be a thing right? should do a systematic investigation of what color "lakes" you get with different metals
