nullifidian @nullifidian@qoto.org
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Physics geek, dev nerd, science fan. Esperantisto. Secularism, blasphemy & sarcasm. Evidence or STFU. Plant hater. Caveat lector. Enthusiastic cat and dog dad. RT≠︎👍 Slowly moving widdershins into #InfoSec
Joined Nov 2022
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Nuclear SQA Nerdery
One of the worrying issues when validating code, scientific code in particular, is the use of undocumented numeric literals, more popularly known as Magic Numbers. The lack of documentation complicates the V&V process; sometimes the meaning of a number is obvious from context but often it's not. What should be an exercise checking that a value is appropriate turns into a search for what that value represents.
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Scientology
"Scientology and the Aftermath" helped to expose #Scientology for what it is. It would be nice to have a series do the same for the evangelical fundamentalist Christianity that thrives at mega-churches throughout the U.S. Sort of like a Jesus Camp series that sticks the horror in viewers' faces until they decide that it is no longer acceptable. #christian #ChristianNationalism #television
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@jumile 16GB? Synology claims only 4GB on top of the hardwired 4GB is supported. 🤔
That's very helpful, though! I may pick your brains more later...
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Autistic burnout can be much more than simply being exhausted. It can include feeling overwhelmed or having constant anxiety.😞
You may find your special interests are no longer appealing or that you feel irritable all the time.😒
Have you experienced burnout?
@jumile Excellent, thanks! Already shortlisted. 😀 Did you upgrade the RAM (or buy with extra installed)? Heard vague 'horror' stories about off-brand modules causing "issues", but can't actually find anyone saying anything concrete to that effect, but a Crucial 4GB DIMM is < £20.
Lazyweb help wanted: NAS recommendations
@apinae Can you recommend a model? Looking at the DS920+ and DS420+, both seem like good options.
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Please take a moment to drink in the 
absolute spectacle 
that is the Brands.town instance: https://brands.town/explore
Lazyweb help wanted: NAS recommendations
Looking for recommendations for a new home #NAS. Our current #WesternDigital one has reached EOL, so we're looking for something up-to-date to replace it:
* 4+ bays (with or without drives)
* RAID (any scheme, just not JBOD)
* Gigabit ethernet (x2 pref.)
* SSH *and* web interface
* ext4 (pref.)
* 2GB+ RAM (expandable++!)
* quiet & low-power standby
* the faster the better, obvs!
Burned badly by #QNAP in the past, so 👎
Any input much appreciated! TIA!
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The world is really making it hard for us writers of #dystopian fiction to compete right now. FFS.
Walking one of the dogs, and a young lass wanders up to me and asks if I “would like an egg”, holding in her hand what appeared to be a common chicken egg.
Is this what the kids are up to these days: wandering around offering people poultry ova? 
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There has been a lot of research about autistics over the years, but this one really took the cake! 🍰
Find out what happened when researchers attempted to compare the moral compass of autistic and non-autistic people... (1/2)
#actuallyautistic #autism #neurodivergence #comic #art #MastoArt
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@lewishamdreamer
Whether you have one or more accounts will indeed play into how cumbersome it could be. Most apps (IFAIK) can handle more than one. One browser can handle 2+ if they’re on different instances.
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Please don't use #Fedified! 🙏
This is what it says about itself:
"(Fedified) is *the* way to make sure that you're following the account managed by the same person you used to follow on Twitter."
It wants to be a central authority. This is dangerous, and opposite to what the Fediverse stands for.
People become dependent on a central authority, then it gets bought out by billionaires.
You can already verify your account on here without using any centralised lists:
https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-advanced-tips/#HowDoIVerifyMyAccount
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I wonder what this TV was used for... 🤔
https://i.redd.it/qmp64gtf89y91.jpg
@coldwarsteve Unsure if MAGA Shaman or Timothy Claypole from Rentaghost.
“emerald mine apartheit space karen” 😂
@xtaldave It’s proteins, all the way down.
- Location
- Totally Normal Island
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- https://fedi.tips
- $8chan (dead)
- https://twitter.com/nullifidian
Physics geek, dev nerd, science fan. Esperantisto. Secularism, blasphemy & sarcasm. Evidence or STFU. Plant hater. Caveat lector. Enthusiastic cat and dog dad. RT≠︎👍 Slowly moving widdershins into #InfoSec
Joined Nov 2022
