🌸🌹2ck 🌱🐇 @2ck@qoto.org
A capable software engineer and aspirating (sic) cook. Also posting about space stuff (mostly NASA) occasionally
pronouns: he, him
Joined Apr 2020
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Who's up for getting one of my Art stickers? All I ask is that you let me know when the envelope arrives.
Together we can share a little joy, and collect data on USPS delivery times.
How it works:
1. You sign up
2. I mail a sticker to you
3. You tell me when it arrives
#dataviz #CitizenScience #indiedev #USPS #penpal #art
#CreativeCoding #indiegame
https://forms.gle/7YQSub2WfpG1vYjs7
the context preexposure facilitation effect is weird. apparently you can manufacture false memories into rats with this effect
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For #BrainAwarenessWeek I’m sharing my brainiest #SciArt #embroidery pieces. Here’s woman in skull (2016), not a brain per se, but the part of the skull where the brain sits, imagined as an architectural space.
<gripe>goddamn newfangled #python packaging tools telling me to stop using setup.py. I just want to make a small update to my stupid old projects</gripe>
Is it ethically permissible for a human parent-to-be to consent to genetic modification of their embryo such that it installs halorhodopsin or channelrhodopsin into neural membrane in specific brain regions by adulthood? This would be to allow targeted inactivation or potentiation of said regions for the sake of experimentation. I'm assuming that this could be done without harming the development of the embryo, that there are no side effects, and that the genetically modified person would, of course, be the only one to decide whether or not they participate in experiments that leverage such modifications
Got a warning about my boot partition being too small for a new kernel image *before* the install commences. I've had this problem (install failing partway through due to lack of space) with apt / #Debian for years. Glad it's finally addressed
the marks of an experienced and effective software dev isn't that they don't ask questions or that they already know what to do from the jump. it's that they formulate and ask questions well before the deadline and understand the answers better (and can tell when they don't understand)
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Not my circus, not my monkeys: good luck with all that
My circus, my monkeys: I am running a successful monkey circus
Not my circus, my monkeys: I am running a successful monkey-rental service
My circus, not my monkeys: oh no, oh man
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#H5N1 virus in raw cat food sold in BC kills indoor cat in Oregon. 
#pets #food #catsodon
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-oregon-house-cat-died-pet.html
inb4 "this is the worst it's gonna be" CES AI memes
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As the year comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to share some of the illustrations I've had the privilege of creating for the amazing team at @Framasoft .
This year is especially significant, as they're celebrating a remarkable 20 years of promoting free and open-source software, digital freedom, and community-driven initiatives (you probably already knows some of them, like Peertube).
Help them reach their 2025 budget: https://soutenir.framasoft.org/en/
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Festive Swamp Wednesday! 
I'm super happy with this: this xmas day marks a full year of a couple 100 sqm of our woodland being submerged!
Our little anaerobic wetland is an area that -until it was planted with spruce in the 1950s- for many years was some type of peat bog nestled in the sandy expanse of jutland. I hope it's capable of restoring itself without too much help from us.
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Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) on Dahlia in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on October 25, 2024
Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2024Oct30_birds_and_cats/2024oct25_butterfly_IMG_2182c.html
#butterfly #fritillary #Euptoieta #pollinators #bloomscrolling #naturephotography #Oklahoma #photography
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My whole life, I've lived in New England: the land of blizzards and ice storms. When there's a storm on the forecast, we prepare. Stock up on bottled water and nonperishables, refill prescriptions that are running low, charge the flashlights and electronic devices, have a stack of blankets on hand, make sure there's fuel in the car and (if you're lucky) generator, restack the indoor wood pile. 1/3
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Sketched this blue jay with Pentel pencils in a Leuchtturm A6 softcover. Blue jays’ feather patterns make them great subjects! Use code MIKE20 for 20% off your next Leuchtturm Canada order.
I've realized that my ability to take in information either through auditory or text channels seems to shift during the day and it doesn't seem to be related to environmental noise
@izaya you still like capybaras? you might be into this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DA3gQHOPCmV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
A capable software engineer and aspirating (sic) cook. Also posting about space stuff (mostly NASA) occasionally
pronouns: he, him
Joined Apr 2020
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