Derick Florian (he/him) @derickflorian@social.cleverlibre.org
Just broke into software development. Currently struggling to grasp C!
Joined Oct 2022
@swilua came here to pay my respects 🙏
@vielbein if you see their posts you can click on their username and then click on the follow button in their profile.
I once had a situation where I couldn’t find someone through the the search despite knowing their account. In that case you can paste their full account url(https://example.org/@username) and then it will take you to the profile and keep you signed in on your instance so you can hit follow.
There are many ways probably but that’s just how I do it.
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#Introduction Hi y'all! I'm not a newbie to tech in general, but I often feel like a newbie due to the breadth and depth of technology, especially software (and infrastructure)!
I sort of fell into IT through a random job that promoted me based on a "logic" test. :D
I have experience in #C, #COBOL, some #ruby, a tiny old crumb of #java, but most recently #go / #golang. *NIX wins, imho. PC for home, Mac for work. Spent some time in the #cloud. The team I'm on for work is in a decent-sized retailer, and our focus is Observability. #influx #elasticsearch #grafana #timeseries and some cool home-grown products. We support internal customers (other teams and platforms), and I love answering questions!
I'm married to my lovely wife, and our babies all have fur. I live in a brick house built in 1888. I love old houses, even though there's not a right angle or standard size left!
If it's horror, I love it - movies, books, objects. I'm a little #goth at heart (though I'm an Old Bat now).
GU #hoya (BSLA Russian Language). Breast cancer survivor. Sardonic and frequently inappropriate sense of humor. 😈
@RL_Dane Enjoying your posts! Glad I found you on the Fediverse!
Of course I messed up part of the formula lol. See this is why I can't wait to get past math.
I'm just not careful enough!
Gosh #LaTeX is beautiful. This is probably the only reason I will miss taking the math requirements for my degree. :)
@trinsec I have changed the browser on all the machines I use to Vivaldi.
I love the stacked and also tiled tabs, how it remembers your session for next time, and the built in email.
Many thanks for the recommendation!
@agterrane There was a learning curve for me but I definitely like it after a week. Searching for #fediTips is a good way to find how tos in terms of the technical side and social aspects.
I hope it grows on you like it did on me!
@tw I heard about it today when I caught part of the interview today on NPR weekend edition. I can’t believe he has been making music for over 40 years too. What a legend.
I’m going to have to watch it!
@tootsweet I missed that one. Yahoo messenger had the best games though back in the day!
@mssunshine no but i have a plan to on Tuesday!
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I'm new here and looking to follow some cool game development folks. I myself am making a retro fps called Hellscreen but I also do little game experiments including lots of blender stuff, all of which I like to share.
If you like what you see above, follow, and if you really like what you see, wishlist on Hellscreen!
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What else can you expect on my feed? #Music especially #BlackMusic & #IndigenousMusic. #Books of all sorts, but especially #SmallPress & #IndiePress publications by #BIPOC writers. I’m a fan of #Zines & #Magazines. #Weather including #ExtremeWeather #Calgary #Chinooks #HailStorms #Thunderstorms & occasional #funnel. Some #abpoli #cdnpoli politics. I’m a #writing #instructor so will post #events & #workshops (maintained alongside publications in linktree). And I like to frig around, so jokes ❤️
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People ask me why I spend so much time helping others with Linux when the ask me questions here on Twitter/Mastodon or on Discord and my answer is always the same:
Because I too have needed help at times. By helping when I can, I pass on that kindness.
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Some advise for new peeps on Mastodon:
The people you're following would generally *love* to follow you back IF you:
* Post an #Introduction toot and pin it
* Fill out your profile's bio
* Put in a profile picture
Whenever I get a follow request and there's no profile pic, no bio, no intro, and no toots posted yet in general, I don't follow back, because I don't know anything about that person. It's like being introduced to a person wearing a bag over their head. ;)
#Boost please :D
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I'm a CS professor from #Oregon. My research projects involve deep convolutional neural networks applied to photos of (meteorological) #clouds and building video games (using #unity) to teach people about #earthquake preparedness. Hobbies include #fire #dancing, #boardgames (including #go), and #GameDesign (https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/siva-afi:-the-fireknife-dance-of-samoa).
#introduction #introductions #SivaAfi #ComputerScience #DataScience #python #MachineLearning #scifi #ai #pdx #portland #pnw #FlowArts #unity3d #game #games #gamedev
US Politics
@theLobdegg@dosgame.club @MichaelKlamerus Yeah, I really hope Fetterman wins. I do have a plan to vote but I can’t wait until it’s over.
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I made a chiptune music visualizer world for #VRChat where all of the effects are driven by the raw data written to the sound chips. Some of you have seen my dev logs about this... It is finally released today with full PCVR, desktop, and Quest compatibility.
World link: https://vrchat.com/home/launch?worldId=wrld_36349389-4795-46ab-aded-71d73208d3fa
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Python 3.11 introduces new features that make it possible to raise and handle multiple unrelated exceptions. My talk at PyConUK explains how these new features work and goes over some of the design decisions we made.
Just broke into software development. Currently struggling to grasp C!
Joined Oct 2022
