George Budd @Gbudd@social.cleverlibre.org

Originally my SF story had a simple solar EM storm erase all of the digital files. But, I think I will change it to a mutate and bloat virus (MBV) - this virus is a generative algorithm that gobbles whatever data it encounters as "training" and then rewrites and fills all available space with generated copies of the originals. It drowns you in data of variable reliability.

Finally got a new fountain pen I’ve been eying for a while. TWSBI Eco in White RoseGold. My first TWSBI!
I ordered from WonderPens and also ordered some sample inks. The winner is Diamine Eclipse. So far so good. So smooth. The ink is a lot darker than expected. Dark purple black and I love it ❤️ Looking forward to writing with this.

#fountainpen
#diamine
#twsbi
#fountainpenink
#fountainpens

@kennypeanuts

Typed out what I do...then realized your situation may differ, and it could lead you into hell, so I deleted it.

So. This thread is what I use when I get into Bad Git Trouble:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4114095/how-do-i-revert-a-git-repository-to-a-previous-commit

@futurebird I wish I'd been presented with a wider variety of mathematics when I was young. As an older guy, I've rediscovered an interest in things like number theory and discrete math. Those interested me as a kid, too, but were never a significant part of my math classes. Now I know that math is much bigger than the arithmetic-algebra-calculus I learned in school.

#SilentSunday

Holy cow, I love this so much!

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/02/xomatok-manifestos-mexico-city/

Me, inside a modern Stern pinball: "Man, Stern suck. I wish Williams had stuck around."
Me, inside any other new manufacturer: "Oh my god Stern are amazing"

This is SO very good.

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-dropkick-you-if-you-use-that-spreadsheet/

Friend gave me an old row boat. Pulled it off the burn pile when his landlord was cleaning out the barn.

Just fit.

Added glass shelves, l’objets d’art, and a light hidden in a bronze handle.

Oila.

#RuralSouth
#rustic
#photograhpy

I found this taped to the door of the geography department at GWU today and it brought me so much joy. A guide to figuring out when a map was made based on features. Zoom in. It’s amazing.

The pressure for introverts to act as extraverts is real.

We aren't broken.

We don't need conversation.
We don't need to get out and do.
We don't need to go to a party or concert.
We don't need to make more friends.

We need to retreat inward to recover so we can do a very select, chosen few of those things.

I promise we are okay if you let us do that.

How did Russian cosmonauts know where they were? The Globus INK (1967) showed the position of their Soyuz spacecraft on a rotating globe. It is an analog computer built from tiny gears. I reverse-engineered the wiring (which inconveniently had been cut) and we powered it up. 🧵