SparkyKitty @sparkymonkey@computerfairi.es
- Pronouns
- They/them
- What?
- Genderfluid pansexual
- Where?
- PNW USA
I make circuits for my day job and program (badly) in my (minimal) free time. Video games and board games are also my jam but I don't often have time to play. 
Joined Aug 2019
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whoever said on here that Nextdoor is basically a bunch of racist people saying someone "suspicious" walked past their front door was right
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OK, how I am supposed to get over my Good Omens obsession when artists in the fandom keep doing such things ?! 😱 💕
(amazing art by @kloysius: https://twitter.com/kloysius?s=09)
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Let's talk about a little relic that's hiding in your PC since ~1870.
The 'Bell' (BEL) character is a special character that makes your computer beep.
In DOS/Windows (yes even 10) you can type it using CTRL-G. Try it in your command prompt: echo ^G
On Linux/Mac it'll be: echo -e "\a"
The Bell command used to be used by teletype operators to get the attention of remote operators by making their unit ring an actual bell. This special character remains with us to this very day!
🔔 
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uspol opinion that really shouldn't be unpopular
cities that have a "homeless problem" would not have a homeless problem if they just gave the homeless people homes
cursed food thot
French toasted English muffins
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The gender of the day is: antifa 
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lewd science
throw MAX SUCC into my Bag of Tasks (BoT) BB.
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A deduplication scheme that can reduce any file to 2 bits.
By removing all the redundant 1s and 0s and only storing each value once per file, our research team has achieved unprecedented file compression ratios.
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In my mind this would prob end up being like a Wolfenstein movie which begs the question: How has there not been a Wolfenstein movie yet?
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what if i made a 3d rendered mastodon interface. god this is such an awful idea that i might actually do it
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im not like anywhere near as wide reaching as contrapoints but i just want to reiterate that i think everyone is deserving of love and respect and even if your lived experience as a trans, gay, or otherwise gender nonconforming person doesn’t line up with the commonly spoken experiences of others you’re still valid and i love you and respect you all the same
New office curtesy rule: if you schedule an hour long meeting at noon same day as the meeting you need to buy everyone lunch
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in life you can start out with one of two things: a dick, an ass, or mystery choice
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ukpol shitpost
second referendum with an option to vote for the entire country to be blasted off the planet into deep space
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tales from taco bell 5/?
me: Hi what can I get for you today?
a high pitched voice from the passenger side: I'll have the chalupa craving's box and can I have the taco in that fresco style?
me: Sure, what to drink with that?
passenger: A diet please. [slightly lower volume] What are you getting?
driver, who sounds like male Commander Shepard: I'll get a chalupa craving's box. And a baja blast. Large.
passenger: --Chad, you don't need a large.
Chad, continuing: And can you make that taco a Doritos Locos?
me: Absolutely. Anything else?
Chad: Yeah. Can I get 4 Doritos Locos Tacos?
passenger, basically squeaking in the background: *CHAD!* You don't need *FIVE* TACOS!
me: Ok does everything on the screen look correct?
Chad: Actually, can I get 3 of those to be firey?
passenger: CHAD! YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH, CHAD!
me: Yeah. Does your screen look correct?
passenger: CHAD! That's TOO MUCH CHAD! *CHAD!*
Chad, with somber confidence: Yes.
In hindsight it does seem like I was getting gaslighted but I don’t think that’s what they were trying to do. I think they were just ignorant at the time. They try to be aware of pronouns now but I don’t know if and when I’ll be comfortable telling them how I really am and feel. In college one my siblings expressed some pretty transphobic opinions to me which just made me bury myself more
My parents were not prepared or willing to deal with me pushing gender boundaries when I was growing up. They just kind of ignored it and made the fem clothes I managed to get disappear. I think they wanted me to think it was phase and without any close friends to talk to about what I was feeling it kinda worked. At least, that part of me got buried under a mountain of shame and confusion for 20 years
It was great growing up in the generation of both IRL stranger-danger and “the internet is a dangerous place for kids”. Like, great, who am I supposed to talk to exactly? The American fantasy of raising kids in the country is actually straight poisen for mental health
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phone hacking, espionage, shady sources
When one tech giant (Google) said another the phones from another tech giant (Apple) were hacked, they might not have told the full story, anonymous source says:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/09/01/iphone-hackers-caught-by-google-also-targeted-android-and-microsoft-windows-say-sources
TL;DR: Someone not named says Android was also attacked and that the attacks were perpetrated by China and targeted Uighurs.
- Pronouns
- They/them
- What?
- Genderfluid pansexual
- Where?
- PNW USA
I make circuits for my day job and program (badly) in my (minimal) free time. Video games and board games are also my jam but I don't often have time to play.
Joined Aug 2019
