Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.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.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
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The Matrix: Wow this Anderson guy is a slave to the system
The Matrix 2023: Wow this guy had his own cube at work
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The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial, my own mother was very nearly expelled to Japan because of racial prejudice and hatred. Only the brave actions of a civil rights attorney saved her from being sent away. #NeverAgain
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In his new book #MarkMeadows repeated the #Trump #lies about the 2020 election. Then he testified under oath that the election was not stolen. Now the publisher (#AllSeasonsPress) is suing him for millions in lost profits and damage to its reputation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-meadows-publisher-sues-for-millions-over-election-lies-in-book
PS: This is a story about #publishing #ethics. The pub knew or should have known that Meadows lied in the book, and it planned to profit from those lies. Now it's saying it only wanted to publish sincere lies.
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You either die a hero, or you live long enough to rebrand with a sans serif logo
I'm having a love/hate relationship with Mars First Logistics. It's a game where you custom-build rovers on Mars to carry strangely-shaped objects from one location to another.
It's bizarrely difficult and casual at the same time. You really have to think about your builds (a la KSP), but there are no time limits and you can always reset, so the stakes for failure are very low.
It's a game that alternates between making me feel very dumb and very smart.
Check it out on Steam. It's on sale.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/
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Hilariously, Apple tried to claim with a straight face to the EU, that it offers not one, but three distinct web browsers all coincidentally named Safari.
Lucky for us the team at the EC dismissed this ludicrous gambit and painstakingly ripped Apple's argument to shreds. It is baffling to us why Apple's legal team is willing to sacrifice their credibility on something that has such a low chance of success.
Couldn't this be rewritten as "IDF admits it committed war crimes"?
IDF says one of its aircraft fired on an ambulance in Gaza which soldiers assessed was being used by a Hamas unit close to their position in the ba...
#USPOL
Incredibly telling that being accused of rape and openly describing sexual harassment isn't a scandal in #Republican world, but the idea that someone might wear lifts in his shoes is a giant scandal.
I am so fucking tired of hearing about how an actual war/genocide on the other side of the planet is affecting the feelings of university students in America.
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Pro tip: If you stir coconut oil into your kale, it makes it easier to scrape it into the bin.
According to CNN, #SBF was found guilty yesterday. But won't be sentenced for another 5 months.
Can someone from #LawFedi explain that delay? It seems like an excessive amount of time to me.
#law #legal
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/02/business/ftx-sbf-fraud-trial-verdict/index.html
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The way we write about and report on the wholesale slaughter of women in Australia has to change.
The “tragic reason” this man murdered his “beloved” wife?
He had secretly spent their savings and didn’t want to be found out.
We report on male violence from the assumption that they’re “good blokes”
Newsflash: Murdering your wife makes you *not* a fucking good bloke.
#USPOL
#Republicans: You can't defund the police! We need them to maintain accountability in society!
Also Republicans: Defund the #IRS!
Watching The Sopranos, it's remarkable how much more I like Carmella than Skyler from Breaking Bad.
Both are the wives of big bad criminals who keep them in the dark. Both are strong women who struggle with what the father of their children does for a living.
I think the reason I like Carmella more is that she's a woman of action and determination and she doesn't fuck around, whereas Skyler was more of a mopey woman of complaining. But it could simply be the actresses' performances or any other of a million things, not sure...
I don't wake up early often, but when I do, I see all you morning people on Mastodon, all bright and chipper, and it just makes me want to go back to bed all the more.
Do recycling centers have to be super careful about finding pennies so they don't violate that law against melting them down accidentally?
Yup, fuck it. Just cancelled my Max and Netflix subscriptions. Streaming companies ruined the streaming industry, and I no longer want to be annoyed by them.
I'm going back to DVDs.
And I'm *this close* to going back to VHS.
Where's the nearest Blockbuster?
Ha! Brilliant.
Fascinating both for what it says about dev & what it says about statistics: A gamedev realized Linux users were just 5.8% of their sales, but ...
Saw a doctor finally more than two hours after my appointment was scheduled.
I'm supposed to get surgery, but I think I'll find somewhere with an ounce of professionalism first before I schedule it.
Finally got in, an hour after my appointment time. Now they say I need two tests, but they don't know how much it'll cost me. 🤦♂️
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.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
