Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
Louis Ingenthron
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it was the fuck aroundiest of times, it was the find outiest of times
@jann You might be surprised. Most LGBTQ folks who don't live on a coast drink Bud Light.
@funcrunch Every other business here has a sticker by the door with a pride flag designating it as a safe space. Our LGBTQ center just started a multimillion dollar renovation. We paint landmarks in the city with the pride colors and we'll never forget what happened at Pulse, nor how the community banded together after it happened.
We also showed our support for people of color in summer 2020 where the protests were so massive, I couldn't see the beginning or end from the middle.
Nowhere is perfect, but Orlando has a strong community that stands by those who have been marginalized.
@funcrunch Right, nowhere on earth is "perfectly safe", but I meant that it was no less safe than the average American city, and I stand by that.
@asbestos @fullyabstract Great, then come visit us:
@voron @fullyabstract As far as I know, they haven't come for *anyone* yet. Can you find any record of anyone actually being arrested under that law?
It's bullshit, I agree, but it's also the kind of thing that almost certainly wouldn't be enforced in liberal cities like Orlando.
@voron @fullyabstract Generally, no. I could possibly be civilly sued for some of them, but I'm not employed by the state as an educator, so I'm really not in that kind of position. And most of the more egregious state laws have been struck down by federal courts already anyway.
@voron @fullyabstract Demonstrably untrue. I, and many other LGBTQ people, live here perfectly safely.
@godofbiscuits @ZiggyTheHamster @fullyabstract @kataclyst Except it happens all the time. Many cities decriminalized marijuana while it was still illegal at the state level. They do it largely through prosecutorial discretion (which is why our governor is currently removing elected attorneys general, straight from the fascist playbook).
@fullyabstract FWIW, Orlando is not Tallahassee.
Our town is inclusive and covered in pride flags. I have a progress pride flag waving over my front door right now, just east of downtown Orlando, and the touristy areas are even more welcoming.
We voted against this bullshit. Orlando, Tampa, and Miami are the resistance. We have a trans population here and LGBTQ outreach organizations and a killer pride parade. You definitely should not feel unsafe in these cities (at least no more so than any other city).
That said, I understand if you still don't want to.
Rant about a good song
I love the band Sonata Arctica. Their album "Pariah's Child" is fantastic.
But one of their cheesiest songs is one of my favorites. It's called "I have a right" and it essentially describes a "right" to encounter basic human decency, especially for children. The core chorus is ultimately "I have a right...to have everything I need to be safe to believe in something."
That... is not necessarily a right in modern society, as we typically understand rights. But maybe it's what we should be working towards.
The song also has a secondary message of giving the younger generation the space and freedom they need to mend the "embittered history" of their elders, which is another message I can get behind.
The song is played almost like an anthem, too, which adds to its uplifting nature.
Anyway, just wanted to rant about some music for a bit. Give it a listen if you want:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7ezLp2vGnRv1y38Itlw8Xc?si=4412bbf0e5bc439a
#Linux's response to nearly every request:
"Sorry, but you didn't say the magic word."
As a long-time customer of each of these brands, I just wrote each of them and asked them to stop advertising on X.
"Coca-Cola, Visa, State Farm" among the brands coming back, according to Yaccarino.
@kevkev This kind of crap is why games were legally prohibited from load screen minigames for decades. It's bullshit and the patent office should throw them out.
@jeffjarvis I disagree. This is about the AI. It's a new technology that's quickly becoming pervasive in our society. Stories like these let the average Joe learn about the tech's limitations and flaws, which is valuable.
@skyblond I'm all set for now, but I'll keep that in mind for next time, thanks!
@skyblond Because that's what Let's Encrypt recommended.
@cdp1337 No, the problem was ultimately that I was supposed to enable the socket separately before enabling the service and I misread that in the instructions. So, when I enabled the service, it just killed itself waiting for the socket.
@freemo I'm not a sysadmin, so this isn't my area of expertise, but that seems like overkill to create a whole new linux subsystem in a container when I already have a perfectly good one outside of the container.
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
