COVID hot take
A normal cloth mask will not protect you. If you want to protect yourself, you need a proper N95 or better respirator.
This does *not* mean you should not wear a normal cloth mask. If your choice is a cloth mask or nothing, WEAR THE GOD DAMNED CLOTH MASK. THE FUCKING THINGS WORK AS A GOD DAMN GROUP EFFORT.
Seriously, we could have had this fucking pandemic under control if everyone had just worn the god damn masks in the first place.
The eighth annual international Gender Census 2021 is now open until 10th March!
https://smartsurvey.co.uk/s/gendercensus2021
It's for anyone whose genders (or lack thereof) aren't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and the results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
work in progress cyberpunk-ish inspired underground area
going for big dreamweb meets build engine vibes
So, yeah. Your fun fact of the day: the Casio CTK-2550 does not have a very good soundfont. Similar to this, "Whistle" is just a sine wave. And, well, in the synths, they have a bunch of "Square" and "Sawtooth" synths, but no pure square or sawtooth. I actually joked that the Ocarina setting was a better square wave than the actual square waves. But, hey, what do you expect from a $100 keyboard?
So, I recently bought an oscilloscope and I decided to scope my keyboard. Check this out: here's some traces. The first is from setting 168 "SqrLead3". The second is from setting 164 "Ocarina". Notice anything peculiar? Is it just me or do those waves look awfully similar? (Spoiler alert: They're awfully similar"
Gender oof
I have never had a moment of "Oh, shit!" greater than realizing I needed to use the bathroom and the nearest gender neutral one was too far away
Survivor bias, mental health, people getting hurt, misc violent content, gendered violence
thinking about survivor bias, where some guy thinks recent issues that people are now having discussions are "new" simply bc they didn't affect him
"in my day we didn't have mental illness. We just toughed it out." (but they did know a guy who seemed healthy and happy, then suddenly killed themselves "for no reason.")
Phlebotomist. Cyberwitch. Artist. Fighter. Accidental breaker of computers.
Genderfluid enby. Pansexual/-romantic. Kitsune-kin (9-tailed)/Incubus-kin. Plural, with a bunch of headmates.
DAMNED PROUD ANTIFASCIST and an anarchocommunist.
Be warned: In theory, I post both lewd/NSFW and incredibly personal stuff.
(In practice, it's been a while, but who knows?)