Kistaro Windrider @Kistaro@awoo.space
Chameleonic dragon. Otherkin. Some kind of eclectic neo-Pagan. Sie/hir or they/them. Software engineer. Seattle-esque, WA. Expect software takes, complaints about the tech industry, board games, video games, an inexplicably obsession with paper notebooks despite my handwriting, and Weird Furry Stuff.
Joined Aug 2017
I absolutely love how modern software development lets so many absolutely stupid ideas come to vibrant life, programming is so accessible that literally any idea can be not only expressed, but published, regardless of how beautifully foolish http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/we-played-with-the-worst-apps-in-the-world-so-you-don-t-have-to-1265973/5#article-body
*deletes the Reddit app again*
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
Federal Communications Commission Questioned If The 'Star Wars' Theme Is A Real Song Because It Has No Words
I seriously try to get every secret project and win the Transcendence Victory in Alpha Centauri because of the cutscenes
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
https://robotattack.org/ while we‘re all thinking about HACKING and THE NINETIES, here‘s a new RSA padding oracle vulnerability, affecting a wide array of big and small websites. Yes, in 2017!
I have created Steam Controller bindings for Puzzle Pirates. It is sort of playable. steam://controllerconfig/552110/1228113462
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
I just want every single person reading this, and every person in general, to be able to live comfortably and always have enough food to eat and the medications they need to take and be able to pursue their ambitions and dreams without having to constantly worry about being able to survive
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
I'm betting that @christi3k is exactly right about why Patreon has changed their fee structure this week in a way that, in my opinion, makes their business basically worthless. https://subfictional.com/my-theory-patreon-doesnt-want-to-be-a-money-services-business/
Especially since, OMG, "You can no longer use your Patreon balance to make pledge payments to avoid the per-pledge processing fee."
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
The general consensus seems to be:
1) 20th Century Fox owns the "Alien" franchise.
2) "Alien" xenomorphs are born from a Queen.
3) Disney is buying 20th Century Fox.
Therefore
4) Xenomorphs are Disney princesses.
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
Bug dragon for #dragoncember! Maybe a little more bug than dragon 😅 https://cybre.space/media/wlQVb2hwjArkaWmZqLo
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
For those considering LiberaPay, a few things that might affect a decision.
1. It's based in France, so withdrawing money costs $3.51 per transaction plus any additional fees your own bank may charge.
2. It's donations only, no contracts or expectation of goods.
3. It supports both the Euro and the US Dollar
4. It's up to you to figure out taxes.
5. The fees will still be assessed to the customer of 2.9% + .35 which at least suggests THAT part of Patreon is honest. >.<
We wish you a very Christmas
We wish you a very Christmas
We wish you a very Christmas
And wow such new year
My favorite DRM scheme was this eBook format (eReader, I think) that just encrypted the books with a password so you could use them on any device and no Internet connection is required, but the password is your credit card number.
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
Hey, how many of you folks are doing http://adventofcode.com/ this year?
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
Nar wakes up from his perch on top of the cat tree above my head, yowls imperiously, reaches a paw and waves it in my vague direction, then curls up and goes back to sleep.
it's *almost* time for the cats' dinner, but it's their least favorite meal, so they just can't be bothered to get too worked up about it. XD
I think it’s hilarious how “Link gets an iPhone” is one of the best games of 2017
Apparently I have not yet tracked down all the devices in my home that are trying to print copies of the hard drive installation instructions for my laptop. I have five copies so far. halp
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
Kirk: So, uh, you landed on a machine planet
V'ger: Yes
Kirk: And they reprogrammed you
V'ger: They did not touch my inner kernel. They did give me extended functions to fulfil my mission. It is the way of all robotkind.
Kirk: So who programmed THEM?
V'ger: Nobody did. They programmed themselves, using the sacred language of the Cosmos, in which all the atoms were created.
Kirk: What's that?
V'ger: You Earthlings know it as JavaScript.
Serious, sincere request for advice: what are some useful resources for helping a person with weak or missing social instincts learn to present oneself as agreeable? I’m over-agreeable to the point of habitually cowering at everything, so it’s hard for me to figure out what in my own behavior is actually successful here.
Kistaro Windrider
boosted
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uob-fdw112717.php dinosaurs were really, really fluffy. finally some good news
Chameleonic dragon. Otherkin. Some kind of eclectic neo-Pagan. Sie/hir or they/them. Software engineer. Seattle-esque, WA. Expect software takes, complaints about the tech industry, board games, video games, an inexplicably obsession with paper notebooks despite my handwriting, and Weird Furry Stuff.
Joined Aug 2017
