George Budd @Gbudd@qoto.org
Father, Fiancé, Volunteer EMT, (conflicted) Veteran, Computer Geek, Perpetual Student. Command line kind of guy (he/him) Very amateur woodworker, crude sketcher, proud nerd, liberal, wished I knew more math and science.
I’m willing to be wrong, certainty often means that I don’t actually understand the problem
Joined Nov 2022
George Budd
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When we hear about a "seemingly happy" person dying of suicide, we should all be thinking about what we can do to help people with depression. Depression is a chronic, invisible (mostly) illness. Many people have it. There is treatment. There are ways to help. But we all have to pay more attention to those we love. Sometimes there are signs, sometimes not. Slow down. Take time to listen.
@JustAMomNamedMM@mstdn.social That sounds really crummy, sending good thoughts your way. You’re right, it won’t last forever, you’ll make it through to the other side
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Lisp: 
these are the fine artifacts of old. sometimes when you are not looking it creeps in to your life. but, sometimes, it's just clojure.
Lua:
i'm not actually supposed to be here but someone decided to build a small universe entirely out of paperclips and it works somehow
Erlang:
have they found out i run the internet yet
Rust: :blobcrab: rewrite it in rust! then die waiting for it to compile
C/C++: :blobcatdevil: why yes, we did find out how to transceive satan directly in computer form [crashes]
these are the fine artifacts of old. sometimes when you are not looking it creeps in to your life. but, sometimes, it's just clojure.Lua:
i'm not actually supposed to be here but someone decided to build a small universe entirely out of paperclips and it works somehowErlang:
have they found out i run the internet yetRust: :blobcrab: rewrite it in rust! then die waiting for it to compile
C/C++: :blobcatdevil: why yes, we did find out how to transceive satan directly in computer form [crashes]
@filmcritic Loss stinks, there’s no two ways about it. Be kind to yourself and don’t forget to let others be kind to you too
George Budd
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Time lapse of last night's #Jupiter with Io shadow transit. Covers five hours of real time. 200 x 2000 x 14 ms Ha 35 nm in Celestron 8" at f/10.
“And then the dog said, ‘that isnt my kibble’!” (Like all cats, Annie is convinced she’s got a great sense of humor)
George Budd
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First post on here. Would love to connect with fellow lefties. A wee welcome boost would be much appreciated.
George Budd
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George Budd
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The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), an emission nebula about 8,000 lightyears from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Image: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team
“How come you’re on the floor hooman?” (Some day I will post something substantive, today is not that day)
George Budd
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The students in my upper-level electrodynamics course are taking their final exam right now, which always reminds me of the time I told my students they could bring a formula sheet to the final exam as long as it was on one side of a piece of paper.
George Budd
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If you look up to the sky with your naked eyes, the starry band of the Milky way appears constant.
If you could see it in X-rays - and we do, with space-based X-ray telescopes - it would be all glittering: here a black hole starting or ceasing to accrete from its stellar companion. There a neutron star on an eccentric orbit. A nova brightening up, a microquasar turning it's jets on and off ...
https://youtu.be/SZUuxbY8Mqw?t=81
#astrodon #astronomy #scicomm (infos ⬇️)
George Budd
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Even if he hadn’t written three of the most-loved #DoctorWho stories, Chris Boucher would be a legend for just this line:
"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."
RIP Chris 💙💙
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Our #Godzilla #christmastree is up. Made from a few #Recycled Christmas trees people were taking to the tip. He needs some red light up eyes & other lights but he’s looking cool lol #Christmas #Monster
George Budd
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The Queens of Punk, 1980
Chrissie Hynde, Pauline Black, Debbie Harry, Poly-Styrene, Viv Albertine, Siouxsie Sioux
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[muppet nuclear test site]
Beaker: Meh meh meh meh meh. Meh meh meh meh meh meh.
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Indeed, Beaker. The destroyer of worlds.
The cat is not really helping my debugging efforts (#c #strace #gdb #libpcap #wineoclock )
Father, Fiancé, Volunteer EMT, (conflicted) Veteran, Computer Geek, Perpetual Student. Command line kind of guy (he/him) Very amateur woodworker, crude sketcher, proud nerd, liberal, wished I knew more math and science.
I’m willing to be wrong, certainty often means that I don’t actually understand the problem
Joined Nov 2022
