Derick Florian (he/him) @derickflorian@qoto.org
Just broke into software development. Currently struggling to grasp C!
Joined Oct 2022
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Stock Alert (CN): RPi CM4 - 8GB RAM, 32GB MMC, With Wifi is In Stock at Seeedstudio https://rpilocator.com?instock #CM4
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I go down this rabbit hole every so often, but I finally found a list of states where kei trucks that are less than 25 years old can be used in the US. I get that they probably wouldn’t be that popular but they look super practical.
Unfortunately you can’t have a newer kei truck in Pennsylvania because they don’t meet US safety standards(of course they don’t give any specifics which means it’s bs).
I would love one some day even if it’s 25 years old. I think even a Chevy Colorado or santa cruz would be too big for and they get about 22 mpg. It was hard to find fuel economy for kei trucks but I did see one site listing a 1990 kei truck as 45 mpg. If that is the case how could they fail to meet US emissions standards(genuinely curious about this point)?
https://motorandwheels.com/mini-trucks-rules-per-state/ - showing rules by state
https://www.dmv.pa.gov/Pages/Mini-Trucks-FAQ.aspx - unconvincing explanation from Pennsylvania
https://www.motorverso.com/kei-truck/ - states 1990s kei truck mpg was 45mpg but does not give specifics
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Please don't check any NYT sites/apps or play Wordle tomorrow, Dec 8, from midnight-midnight EST. The newsroom is doing a one-day walkout because they've been without a contract for 2 years, and we're supporting them.
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Second Life source code now on Github: https://github.com/secondlife
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Just got laid off from BuzzFeed and I’m truly heartbroken. I have so much passion for writing and to get this news right before Christmas is truly devastating. If anyone is looking for a writer—I’m available for hire. 🙁 #tuesday
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The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company
a weird video but the song itself is very good.
#FavoriteMusic 26/
@herid that is an awesome tune! It’s also very upbeat so I didn’t realize how gory it was for a couple listens.
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New book day! After a couple of intense year's my partner's book is now out in the wild, UK & US publications.
'Escape From Model Land, how mathematical models can lead us astray and what we can do about it'
With models (financial, environmental, public heath etc) so influential in our lives this entertainingly written book is really important for modellers themselves and decision makers increasingly reliant on models.
@longplay_games@mastodon.art :) I have been back and forth between Samsung galaxy and iPhone. For PC it will be anything that runs Linux which I guess could include Mac!
Would love to see more Linux tablets and smartphones. Then you wouldn’t have to judge me anymore!
@omgubuntu I like it, but it doesn’t look like you can customize it to your own mastodon instance so it’s really only a link for the Vivaldi social link, right?
@RL_Dane haha, take it as a sign! A few years back, I completely owned my windows work laptop with coffee but my personal laptop running Linux was higher up on a stack of papers was spared. Linux also offers physical security in the form of spill resistance! 😆
@RL_Dane That is some fancy latte artwork! I also can see myself spilling that all over my keyboard right after I took a picture like that :)
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I go through lots of graph paper, so to save a little money I made a LaTeX template to print my own. It was so handy that @duetosymmetry and I turned it into a LaTeX package.
There are various grid styles (graph, quadrille, hex, iso, dot grid, etc), and both custom and pre-defined color schemes.
Use it to easily print your own paper, or to make pdf page templates for your favorite tablet note-taking app.
Github: https://github.com/mcnees/LaTeX-Graph-Paper
CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/gridpapers?lang=en
@dan I can’t wait for a George Soros/smartmatic mashup or a peek inside hilary clintons email server
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I'm surprised no one has tried this yet.
(Looking forward to ChatGPT generating new right-wing conspiracy theories for us; they can't be any less plausible than the ones we've already got.)
Oh, no, Jim, don’t revive crypto like that!
I’m not a crypto fan and don’t have holdings…but the law of the universe is that anything Jim Cramer says will make the exact opposite thing happen.
#stonks #crypto
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Just broke into software development. Currently struggling to grasp C!
Joined Oct 2022
