Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space
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
cool projects, openlibrary
Tonight I learned that you can sponsor books to be added to Archive.org’s Open Library project: https://openlibrary.org/sponsorship
Doing so pays for buying a copy of the book, scanning it, and creating exactly one digital license for that book to be lended out through their service, in two week intervals.
goose game, work
Coworker: How do you know so much about <thing>?
Me: Because I am a mysterious and unknowable dragon on the internet.
Me: Shit.
goose game, work
Which isn’t exactly hard in this case, because infosec and furry have a rather large intersection. But I still maintain that barrier to prevent work and social lives merging together.
goose game, work
Untitled Goose Game is one of those games that uncomfortably intersects furry circles and work chat. In which I get to pretend that I don’t follow many of the people talking about it in either circle.
Goldkin
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Relatable kin feeling, courtesy of an anonymous tumblr user
"Why should a general artificial intelligence care about being human-like? Is there any value in being human-like or feeling human?"
Goldkin
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I couldn't find vectors of blob_aww ( 
) to work from so I made one! 
https://github.com/psydwannabe/mastodon-snippets/tree/master/Custom%20Emojo/blob
tech, 2fa
That moment of existential horror when I realize I have 34 TOTP keys to migrate over to new hardware.
pokémon ⚔️🛡
I am entirely on board with the new charizard kaiju design and the inevitable fanart that follows it. 💜
cute, tumblr link
Someone made a set of Animal Crossing amiibo cards for the MH World monsters, and I love them all. 💖
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"On a scale of one to attacking Jackie Chan in a ladder factory while he's holding a baby after he's just said he doesn't want any trouble, how bad is this idea?"
hummingbird prep, winter
Our winter hummingbird population is large enough now that I’ve put out three feeders for them.
Last winter, they were consuming 32oz of nectar a month. The consumption rate peaked this August/September, at this same amount every two weeks. It’ll probably go back down as more birds migrate South, though we have quite a few Anna’s hummingbirds that stay here year-round.
It’ll be interesting to see how they adjust to the new feeders.
Goldkin
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ALSO HEY, COMMISSION TIME: here's a ref sheet I did for @BestGirlGrace 's character Bird Call! She's a super cool punk crow villain, and her favorite thing to do is cause telecommunications-related trouble. Watch out, she's got your number...
tiny computer, tech
I managed to get KeepassXC on the tiny computer, since it seems like the best TOTP manager for the job. Now to see if I can make this thing usable, or if I’ll need to try a different program.
pol-adjacent, on writing in impossible times
After a point, working in computer security made me at least one part near-future SF writer and one part horror writer. Which I guess makes sense.
pol-adjacent, on writing in impossible times
Some advice from the sf and horror writers’ community for those who, like me, have trouble speaking up in difficult times:
https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/the-rant/amp/
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tech, tiny computer
Relatedly, its current heatsink is delicious.
tech, tiny computer
Unfortunately, it overheats when installing large software packages. So I am now letting it install GNOME on a frozen bag of pizza rolls.
I tried doing so in the fridge, but alas, it did not get wifi.
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
