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@danacorn Is this format really as simple as it looks? Portrait of self in center, eight varied clips of one's own work surrounding? Anxiety-me is afraid to join in without knowing for sure.

@danacorn Or worse, it'll be a bit too easy to sleep. That's the depression stemming from the existential dread.

Had some time to add new features to #DOStodon, the Mastodon client for MS-DOS:
- implemented connection reuse
- you can now reply to toots by pressing R
- you can now clear the toot-composer by pressing DEL
- improved display of boosted toots
- added sounds

#JavaScript #MSDOS #RetroComputing #DOjS

"Commander Vimes didn’t like the phrase “The innocent have nothing to fear,” believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like “The innocent have nothing to fear.”
Terry Pratchett; Snuff
#DiscWorld #PolicingBill

Sculpture of an oriental #dragon wrapped around a telephone pole, also in the #Seattle international district.

Due to personal reasons, I will be shining brightly & unapologetically taking up space for the foreseeable future.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past... randomized?

siting across from the captcha, nervous, sweating. select all the boxes containing a turtle? my mother? let me tell you about my m

Legit question: Is there a word for the phenomenon of missing an obvious detail through a project's development only to notice at the latest, most inconvenient moment for the folks working on the project?

I've done this to other folks a couple times lately and I wanna have a word to apologize for and beat myself over the head with (though not in that order).

They need us to drive their trucks.
They need us to shine their crowns.
And they need us to be the cops who beat our comrades down.

:anarchy::trans_comm:

fictional warfare trope 

@Owlor Not unlike how a horde of ninja can be fought off by one or two folks, but a single ninja can potentially drop a decent-sized group.

Neurolinguistic programming is magic. (ADHD mention) 

@Owlor Heh, a bit like that, yeah!

@Leucrotta Since you mention it, have I shared with you the stunning NES cover of the entire album Dark Side of the Moon by @rainwarrior yet?

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5D

Neurolinguistic programming is magic. (ADHD mention) 

If one spends more than an hour in my presence (in person, video call, whatever), one is likely to witness the following ritual:

  • Five minutes before each hour, Plumbago (my smartphone) chimes distinctively.
  • I put down whatever I'm holding in my right hand and make a motion like particles drifting in air.
  • I say out loud (though sometimes quietly under my breath) the word, "Sparkles!"
  • I then reach for whatever beverage I have nearby, usually water.

This started as a reminder to self that I am, in fact, a unicorn... and that carries with it at least some amount of grace, dignity, and poise. Picking up a new habit was a big challenge in the past, yet this took root within a couple days – almost certainly because I had an audio prompt, both verbal and somatic responses, and the help of family joining in here and there because it's just so gosh-darn cute.

It was only a couple months after establishing this that I got the idea to attach a much-needed positive habit to it, thus tacking on the "grab a drink" part because hydration is important. It took almost instantly because of one sentence I internally connected it with: "Sparkling is thirsty work."

I overcame immense internal resistance to good habits and trained myself in a set of positive behaviors by hacking them into an hourly magic spell.

Because unicorn! ✨ 🦄 ✨

Ah, the temptation to come up with cutie marks for every named piece of equipment in the house, then get stickers made.

cw: eye contact, badassery 

@xinjinmeng This looks like the sort of JRPG character who'd start as a villain, soundly kick the party's asses in a scripted fight, then later join the party without losing that confident edge.

Maybe I'm biased about that last part. Wouldn't want you to be just a villain.

@noiob Hardly even exciting. It isn't at a jaunty angle, and doesn't wrap across the edge! They could try harder for that jank. :)

Q: “How many devs on a message board does it take to screw in a light bulb?”

A: “Why are you trying to do that?”

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