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"Does your face recog work at night?"
"At night you need infrared, and cross-match to normal photos. It's less reliable. We have a new system with silent autonomous drones, capturing hi-res 3D models using sonar."
"You've made cyborg bats?"
"Only need a non-trademarked name."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Now I can send 1200 baud chirps into the ether \o/

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I got a new toy! A mobilinkd3 bluetooth TNC. It finally finally supports iOS

Me: Just let me update my tests.
Client: We're in a hurry so push it and you can update the tests later.
Me writing tests later: So turns out this doesn't work...

re: GRS(+) 

I warned them that I'm going to break every glass they give me, and they're apparently gonna grab some plastic cups.

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GRS(+) 

GRS consult call done! No major issues with my disability blocking me from surgery. We're good to go!

Also bought a new(old) gameboy, and a flash cart. As I demand it run on real hardware!

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From Ye Olde Teknologikal Magicks Folio, have a gander at the glory of HMSL, the Hierarchical Music Specification Language, an object-oriented extension to #forth used for experimental music in the 1980s and 1990s:

softsynth.com/hmsl/hmsl_detail

The 2bpp format is simple af. So it shouldn't be hard.

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Gameboy homebrew update: Needed to edit tiles, tile editors on mac suck. Making a tile editor. :P

I've decided to make a little gameboy game, and it boots successfully and does some housekeeping. (Currently copying a tile font into the VRAM). :possum_rawr:​ 🎮

re: Contrapoints commentary, trans medicalism. (Surprisingly +ve) 

Like in a few trans communities I'm in the transmed people like, posted it and started talking like they expected that we all agreed with them. They seem universally unaware that most trans people don't believe their bullshit. :P

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Contrapoints commentary, trans medicalism. (Surprisingly +ve) 

At the very least, the last contrapoints video has like, caused every transmed person to reveal themselves in a rage after it's release. Whereupon we subsequently threw them out.

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"You're right," the mechanic said, "your battery is draining much faster than normal."
"I knew it!" said the robot.
"Let me check diagnostics... Why is your processor 100% busy?"
"I'm monitoring my battery."
"If you stop that, it will last longer."
"I can't, it might run out."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

GRS (++++) 

Pre-op consult is on the 24th!

I am sad I don't get balloons on my profile on mastodon today tbh. It's a critical twitter feature!

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"Don't you want to heat that?" the alien asked.
"No, ice cream is meant to be cold."
"Do you humans not have cold receptors to warn you?"
"Yeah, but it depends on context."
"Wait, you humans rewire your warning signals to pleasure depending on context?"
"It's a lovely ice cream."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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How the fuck do cis ppl expect me to write my gender on their forms if they don't specify metric or imperial??

Realtalk, my local amateur radio club is a blessing. Every single one of them knows my deadname via my callsign, but I have heard absolutely NOBODY ever say it out loud.

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