Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
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Joined Aug 2017
@Kilroy@snouts.online Alexa was a bridge too far for me in terms of data security for the same reason we skipped having a smart TV: there’s a big difference between a mobile device that collects metadata that is heavily regulated vs giving arbitrary voice and picture data to poorly defined IoT.
For me, it’s less about what happens to data that lands on our friendly neighborhood megacorp’s servers, and more about not wanting my TV or Alexa unit showing up on Shodan visible to anyone.
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@kelseyhusky Somewhere in my stuff, I still have a tube of them and a few $5 slammers.
Petition to call current Seattle weather “Sno-cone”
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A possibly related phenomenon is called crown shyness – certain species of trees will very politely avoid overshadowing each other in a forest canopy, leaving gaps between each others' branches.
Mostly trees of the same species will do this, but different species of tree have been observed doing this too.
Again, no one's entirely sure how the trees do this, and some botanists are probably arguing about it somewhere right now.
more on Warframe Fortuna, mild spoilers
In a game that is 95% about things being loud and shooty, someone decided “what if we made this into a nature documentary that you can play”, and I think that is wonderful.
Warframe for Switch added a mechanic where you can save fuzzy woodland creatures and be rewarded with virtual plushies, and now my game’s Orbiter is a giant plush pile.
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We know the lizard and cry with glee. You know the lizard and dance with pride. The lizard hears you but does not moan.
Fighting RF Rumors To The Day I Die (-)
@RainierBeringer@meow.social The public rumors of what happened to the con are still wrong. But from talking with them, folks close to con ops at other cons know what happened to it, FWIW.
Fighting RF Rumors To The Day I Die (-)
@RainierBeringer@meow.social When raucous parties forced the hotel to make major repairs after folks flooded rooms and thoroughly trashed the venue, I kind of didn’t blame the hotel for blackballing the con.
It’s why I’m thankful other cons (and con ops) have zero tolerance for destructive behavior towards the hotel and staff.
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Don't forget to take care of the beacons of happiness in your community.
And the people who are there to cheer you up.
And the people who are there to listen to your ill.
They do need care too, but are often forgotten or overlooked, because they seem happy/strong/good. Truth is, they have their own struggles and if you don't take care if them, they are gone, eventually.
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Been thinking ‘bout them c h a r r lately. So here are some studies of one of my dudes. Actually extremely happy about that foot study. I want to draw more cat monsters so I’m offering a small markdown on any commission that features charr in it! #GW2fanart #mastoart
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Seattle folks, don't rely on GMaps when driving around today. Take roads you are familiar with that don't have steep hills. If you do start sliding, remember not to lock your brakes.
- Safety snowfox wants to keep you safe.
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inferring spelling from phonetic feature sequences zoomed along the timeseries axis. (basically, smooshing and stretching the sound of the word and getting the neural network to try to spell out the sound)
USPOL, news, leftism-adjacent
@roguecnidarian I’ve been using RatlSecurity, which is basically a bunch of natsec reporters talking about the week in the news while inebriated. Even they can’t handle all of this sober.
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The sky is made of light. The tree is made of light. We are all made of light and it's just so just perfect.
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.
Joined Aug 2017
