John BS @johnabs@qoto.org

I just ordered a 4'x4' (1.2192m x 1.2192m) CNC router with a variable speed spindle for my woodworking/making hobby. I got a deal and didn't have to pay taxes on it (err...I paid taxes, but the discount covered that), and I'M SO EXCITED!

IT CAN MACHINE METALS, WOOD, PLASTIC, STONE and more! I'm so excited to design and make super neat stuff :D

...Now I just need a decent CAD program. I use FreeCAD which is, well, meh, but the rest cost an arm and a leg to use, which sucks. I like Shapr3d, but the vestigial parametric features aren't powerful enough (though it's great on my iPad for super quick mock-ups), blender may be better for art stuff maybe? Anyways, any recommendations anyone has will be greatly appreciated <3

I've lost around 51lbs since the end of January this year! I still have about 24 to go, but I'm back on it after my honeymoon to London and my various trips to visit my inlaws and such :) It was more, but I had another trip and my diet is quite hard to stick to while traveling due to cost so I gained a bit back q.q

So Google is completely getting rid of less secure app support, basically gutting my ability to use IMAP to access my email, thus my ability to use mu4e with isync.

Looks like I'm migrating completely to mailbox, and using gmail for random trash even more than I already was.

I'm so sick of them getting rid of functionality under the guise of "security". It's really annoying.

Hi everyone, I'm starting a blog on hashnode!

I'll post the first article soon (on some ideas for dealing with some of the issues in the modern scientific process), and I would love some feedback once it's live if you're up for a bit of a read :)

Quick shout out to CasaOS providing the FileDrop feature (like Mac's Airdrop but for your local network or anyone currently accessing the app).

It's an amazing little piece of file transfer tech that has made me feel much safer regarding certain sensitive document transfers at my house, that's for sure!

@queenofhatred Hey! Have you ever played with Symex-mode for editing common (and other) lisps? It's a really cool "vim-like" way of structurally editing the ASTs, and I thought you'd like it :)

I'm officially down just over 40lbs in 61 days, and I'm feeling great! I still have more to go, but I'm well over halfway to the finish line!

Having my first cheat meal on the carnivore diet after losing 35lbs. It's not going to be a regular thing, but man my head has been killing me the last few days due to poor sleep and I need a small break. Wish me luck that I can keep going, I have a bit more to go!

Edit: Please justify your answers lol, forgot to put that in the original post.

Thoughts on attendance policies in graduate vs undergraduate courses courses? If you have an alternative view, please leave a comment.

I never thought I could hate Microsoft more than I already did, and yet my school's IT administrators have managed to make the impossible possible.

I hate dealing with telecom companies.

My first book chapter/(conference proceedings for a conference I didn't know was a conference???) is out today! Not my first peer-reviewed paper, but definitely the first that went into a book 😁

The title is "Systematic Review of Inclusive Design via Neuroergonomics as Assistance for Atypical Neurology"

The book is here, my article/chapter is at the end of the first page (and starts in the book on page 272)
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-44373-2

It's not what I normally work on, but I'm grateful that I was able to find a gap in the literature that I think needs to be filled and to hopefully put some attention toward it!

(Note the paper isn't as polished as I would have liked, the professor who ended up submitting it didn't do as many revisions to what was originally a just supposed to be a term paper as we expected, though I'm sort of a perfectionist 😓 )

So it turns out my bike's battery can be charged with only $0.08 of electricity, and with a maximum range of 70 miles or 25 miles on maximum assist. So I can pay $0.00114 per mile (assuming I'm even using the assist)!

With current prices of gas, it's $0.08 per mile with no chance of pedaling, bikes (and e-bikes) are awesome!