@wirehead

he/him - @wirehead@mastodon.social - I don't speak for my employer - Silly text deleted to make room for mastodon link.

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Joined January 2007
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Oh, I did create an account on that other site: wirehead.bsky.social (But I'm mostly not posting and when I do, it's been on mastodon)
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Feels like the design goal of the new @Caltrain bike cars was "how can we encourage bike theft and discourage the 433/533/633 bike car crews from ever reforming"
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Apr 25th - The perfect date, it's not too hot, not too cold. All you need is a light jacket. #MissCongeniality
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If you're offended by the idea of a Trans Day of Vengeance, it just tells me that you know you've done something to trans people that could be avenged
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My response to Josef's well thought out post about open source in 3D printing: blog.thea.codes/a-reply-to-j…

A reply to Josef Průša - Thea Flowers

On the state of open source 3D printing in 2023

blog.thea.codes
Josef Prusa
@josefprusa29 Mar 2023
I know today is Prusa MK4 day, but I also released an article about the state of open source in the 3D printing industry. I hope it will spark industry-wide discussion 🙏 blog.prusa3d.com/the-state-o…

The state of open-source in 3D printing in 2023 - Original Prusa 3D Printers

After several years of development, complicated by the pandemic, disrupted supply chains, and war in Europe, we announced our new Original Prusa MK4 today. We began shipping the first units of the XL...

blog.prusa3d.com
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Ugh, remember when @Mail_Gun had articles on their blog with some of the conversations they had with spammers they cut off? Yeah, not the same company anymore, getting an endless stream of spam from some Mailgun customer.
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Heya, remember when @Raspberry_Pi hired a cop and made some mealy-mouthed excuses about how well he wasn't a cop in the US? Oh, nothing, just thought about it lately. nbcnews.com/news/world/revie…

London's police force is racist, misogynistic and homophobic, a report finds

“Female officers and staff routinely face sexism and misogyny,” the report said.

nbcnews.com
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The @ComputerHistory quietly deadnaming Wendy Carlos. Basically a metaphor for tech.
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saw the headline and realized that the spy balloon was hovering over Billings, MT to keep track of @ChuckTingle.
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The nice thing about raptor rescues is that they spoil the birds rotten.
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The nice thing about taking the side of the marginalized is that when she actually gets to something that kinda applies to me, I'm not surprised and have been angry for years now.
outstar 🧛 professional vampire simp@outstarwalker26 Jan 2023
JK ROWLING WROTE A POLISH PERSON AND I'M ABSOLUTELY DEAD - she's a cleaner (of course) - she's sexy and seductive (yeah) - she has "Slavic eyes" (sksksksk) - she's called LECHSINKA (she really tried) - she doesn't understand what "detective" means (it's "detektyw" in Polish) 🤣
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So, when you raise fists at a person and tell them that you are going to clean their clock, what you really mean is sentence them to an eternity of ntpd and obscure leap second bugs until their brain melts and they beg for you to end it for them any way you can?
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I mean, if there's a secret machine at the south pole that generates all of our air, like in A Princess Of Mars, there would be furries busy thanklessly keeping it running, wouldn't there?
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OES is launching a working group to develop an Ethical Terms of Service. Our aim is to empower smaller platform operators, for example Mastodon admins, to be ready for complex problems they may face. Learn more or sign up to join the the working group at ethical-tos.dev/
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wirehead retweeted
laura lemay@lemay29 Dec 2022
Me: I have an idea for what to put on the license plate for your car. Eric: OK. Me: ✋🏻TORMENT🤚🏻 Eric: … Me: It’s the Torment Lexus! Eric: ??? Me: As described in the classic-scifi novel, “Don’t Create The Torment Lexus” Eric: … Me: 😂😂😂
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You know, there's nothing like an accused sex offender getting detained after mouthing off at Greta to remind you how we've allowed masculinity to be defined as being environmentally insensitive and how our idea of masculinity is mostly irrational distorted thinking.
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I'm looking to commission an artist to paint me "Andrew Tate getting owned by Greta Thunberg in the style of Washington Crossing the Delaware." Is anyone up for the task? I'm serious.
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