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Aug 25, 2020, 7:19 AM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/emrazz/status/1298103147936841730?s=19

Huh. I had no idea until today that "ski trip" was a euphemism for "cocaine binge". I mean, I actually do know people who ski for real fairly regularly and my first thought was just "they don't really look different after? Maybe a little flushed" :-)

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feminist next door (@emrazz) on X

Tonight I learned that a lot of people I follow on twitter know what someone looks like after a long ski weekend. I see you Gen X.

Aug 24, 2020, 9:02 PM -04:00

Reply to https://social.johanbove.info/2020/08/24/i-have-thirteen-years-worth-of-personal

I hear you. I keep all of them on my hard drive and keep it backed up to two external drives. You may also be interested in my methodology for organizing my photos: https://desmondrivet.com/2018/11/18/photo-organization

Johan Bové

Aug 24, 2020, 5:50 PM -04:00

I have thirteen years worth of personal pictures in my Google Drive and I really dislike now how the whole collection is in the hands of a single corporation.

Aug 24, 2020, 8:02 AM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/jackyalcine/status/1297669737896239104?s=20

My personal website is https://desmondrivet.com I have a blog on it and a kind of microblog as well. It's not wildly beautiful. I write about whatever strikes my fancy, so I definitely wouldn't call it "cohesive". But it's there and I use it and it's mine.

Jul 25, 2020, 11:38 AM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/rosielefaive/status/1287021487963156480?s=19

I think I'm going to file this one under "adage"

Jul 20, 2020, 10:24 AM -04:00

Reply to https://doubleloop.net/2020/07/19/6961/

Hmmm... interesting, but I'm honestly not sure what that would even look like.

Neil Mather

Jul 19, 2020, 6:28 PM -04:00

I think the argument would be that any enforceable rules would be built in to the protocol itself. Kind of like the idea of smart contracts I guess – certainly not without its own range possible pitfalls, but the idea being that it requires much more consensus to change a protocol.

Jul 19, 2020, 10:06 AM -04:00

Reply to https://doubleloop.net/2020/07/19/centralised-applications-are-authoritarian/

Interesting. How do you think this would apply to something like a distributed game, where you want a certain kind of enforcement of the rules between players?

Neil Mather

Jul 19, 2020, 8:03 AM -04:00

Centralised applications are authoritarian

In thin client/thick server models, the server does all the work and has all the power. Any authority for the user to do something is borrowed from the server (which can also remove it at any point). The society of users in thick-server applications route their actions through the server. When they message each other, they are updating entries in the server’s database. When they publish files, they are writing those files to the server’s disks. The server has ultimate authority over those sys...

Jul 17, 2020, 9:52 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/desmondrivet/status/1284304050004135937?s=19

I apparently did not post a photo. Here we go.

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Desmond Rivet (@desmondrivet) on X

Very late to the party on this one but I finally made @alisoneroman 's anchovy shallot pasta and I am shocked at how mellow this stuff is, considering it has a shit ton of shallots and a whole jar of anchovies. Good stuff!

Jul 9, 2020, 9:00 AM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/helenleigh/status/1280997471636926464?s=20

Errr...wrong link. I meant this one: https://youtu.be/ajM4vYCZMZk If you need theremin inspiration :)

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Helen Leigh ⚡ (@helenleigh) on X

Well I appear to have successfully put together this theremin tonight, an open source hardware @arduino Uno shield from Gaudi Labs. It apparently does CV so I wanna try and use it to control one of my synths. I'd post video but my neighbor complained already 😅

Jul 9, 2020, 7:39 AM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/helenleigh/status/1280997471636926464?s=19

If you need inspiration to learn how to play: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDajM4vYCZMZk&feature=share&playnext=1

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Helen Leigh ⚡ (@helenleigh) on X

Well I appear to have successfully put together this theremin tonight, an open source hardware @arduino Uno shield from Gaudi Labs. It apparently does CV so I wanna try and use it to control one of my synths. I'd post video but my neighbor complained already 😅

Jul 8, 2020, 4:25 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/helenleigh/status/1280925729635610626?s=20

I made this! It's a lot of fun. I never got very good playing it, though. Detailed my adventures here: https://desmondrivet.com/2018/05/20/theremin-build

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Helen Leigh ⚡ (@helenleigh) on X

Last week I got a little drunk and went down a theremin YouTube rabbit hole at 2am. This week, a deliciously pretty Open Source Hardware theremin board and a bundle of parts arrived in my mailbox. Thanks past drunken Helen! Your gifts are much appreciated 🥃🛠️✨

Jul 6, 2020, 11:21 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/FyreByrde/status/1280125461310443520?s=19

One of my favorite versions of it: https://youtu.be/ajM4vYCZMZk

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Gillian Kerruish (@FyreByrde) on X

This year has brought so many memorials I am not yet ready to make. I will eventually. But today let's appreciate this film score, and the one who created it. RIP. Ennio Morricone - "The Ecstasy Of Gold" from The Good, The Bad & The Ugl... https://t.co/q1tafgZ8lh via @YouTube

Jun 29, 2020, 9:21 AM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/tariqkrim/status/1277274078475358215?s=20

This is amazing

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Tariq KRIM (@tariqkrim) on X

When French Sci-fi Barjavel was asked to imagine the future just after world war 2 : he had it almost right

May 31, 2020, 4:15 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/SurpriseSparrow/status/1267181319676743682?s=19

"IPA" stands for "India Pale Ale"

May 27, 2020, 11:20 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/kvlly/status/1265818645294452736?s=19

I didn't know RumChata was a thing, but I want some.

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Kelly Vaughn (@kvlly) on X

Me: I’m going to make coffee @dxnielvaughn: I’m going to turn it into a cocktail

May 24, 2020, 6:28 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/dxnielvaughn/status/1264680744456159234?s=20

You don't know me, but I have that exact same vermouth and it's delicious! You made a Boulevardier, right?

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Daniel Vaughn 👨‍💻 (@dxnielvaughn) on X

Everyone's picking up quarantine hobbies. Mine is cocktails! Slowly but surely building out the bar and the repertoire. @kvlly obviously has zero complaints.

May 13, 2020, 2:46 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/ASpittel/status/1260612610686361600

I don't know if I'd call it my favourite, but I use @getpelican, @NetlifyCMS and @CircleCI. Mostly because I'm semi-familiar with Python and Jinja2, CircleCI was faster than TravisCI, and Netlify is just easy.

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Ali Spittel (@ASpittel) on X

What's your favorite tech stack for building a blog site right now and why?

Apr 28, 2020, 12:52 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/jevakallio/status/1254823758784856065?s=20

I maintain website/blog at https://desmondrivet.com It's a statically generated site using @getpelican, hosted on @NetlifyCMS. Updated semi-regularly and cross-posted to Twitter.

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Jani Eväkallio (@jevakallio) on X

HI! Do you have a self-hosted personal website/blog? If yes drop a link in replies! 🙏 I'm also interested what are your main problems in hosting your own website? Effort? Cost? Tech? Getting engagement?

Apr 23, 2020, 1:06 AM -04:00

Reply to https://janboddez.tech/notes/ab8cca73e5

Well, this is quite embarrassing. Thank you for the information! Actually, my blog entries on my feed page did have p-names but I think I accidentally made them part of the e-content, and I suspect that's why they were not showing up. And, yes, my published date was embedded in my h-card for silly reasons that I won't get into. Anyway, I think (hope) I've fixed both issues if you want to try again.

Apr 16, 2020, 1:30 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/nandini_godara/status/1250471342970785795?s=20

Excellent :-) I seem to recall enjoying Jen Kirkman and Tig Nataro as well

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Nando | 🇵🇸 (@nandini_godara) on X

@desmondrivet I love them both and have watched all their netflix specials already! Haven't watched Oh Hello On Broadway yet though, been hesitant about that one for a while

Apr 15, 2020, 5:03 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/nandini_godara/status/1250467514221355011?s=20

I'm a big fan of John Mulaney's stand-up. Mike Birbiglia is also really good.

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Nando | 🇵🇸 (@nandini_godara) on X

I'm looking for good stand-up specials to watch, please give suggestions ( not Dave Chappelle or Bill Burr please)

Apr 9, 2020, 12:27 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1248093656847917057?s=20

Honestly, "The Fifth Season" was one of the few examples of second person writing that I actively enjoyed, and that didn't feel unusual for the sake of unusual.

Apr 7, 2020, 4:27 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/rosielefaive/status/1247521264123531271?s=20

I find that "Learn enough about topic X to have an informed opinion about it" is a too nebulous to be useful. So I don't try to do anything like this. Better would be something like "Read 3 well-regarded books on topic X", and hopefully one's opinion just improves after that.

Apr 6, 2020, 10:54 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/kvlly/status/1247276903544881152?s=19

Heh. I configured my VoIP landline to show up as Batman on call display :) Particularly funny when I use it to make restaurant reservations. (Yes, I have a landline. Leave me alone.)

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Kelly Vaughn (@kvlly) on X

I keep forgetting that I named my phone Batman and am always surprised by this option when it appears

Mar 11, 2020, 10:36 PM -04:00

Reply to https://twitter.com/TeresaGrabs/status/1237730535159615489?s=19

For me, it was Dune. I can see why people like it, but it just wasn't for me.

Mar 6, 2020, 12:19 PM -05:00

Reply to https://jlelse.blog/micro/2020/03/photos-workflow/

I do something vaguely similar with my media endpoint, except I use a server that I rent out from from kimsufi, where I also host my webmention and micropub endpoints. But...does it ever bother you to split your content like this? I use a static site generator, and one of the nice things about this is that your entire site can be generated from the contents of your local folder. When part of your content (your photos) live somewhere else (a media server, or a CDN, or whatever), that's no longer the case. This bothers me somewhat, though I don't lose any sleep over it. I don't really have a good answer for it.

Jan-Lukas Else

Mar 6, 2020, 5:58 AM -05:00

I use BunnyCDN as storage for my Micropub media endpoint, where I upload all the photos and other media files I publish on my blog. When I upload a new photo the media endpoint first uploads the original file with the name of it’s SHA-256 hash value (so when I upload the same file multiple times, it doesn’t create multiple files). When I upload an image (JPEG or PNG) it also gets optimized and resized to a maximum width of 2000 pixels using the Tinify API (and then uploaded to BunnyCDN too), ...