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  Hey folks! I'm migrating servers. Last time I did this it went fine but just in case it doesn't here's my new profile. See you on the flip side! @intrepidhero@mastodon.social @vmstan@vmst.io @djwfyi@vmst.io Thanks for making vmst.io a great home the last couple years. So long and thanks for all the fish!

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  I'm about to write a letter to my small town mayor about why separation of church and state is an important and fundamentally American idea and tempted to just call him an ignorant, dangerously stupid fuck and leave it at that.

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  Wait, wait, wait. We're doing Monday again? Seriously?! Didn't we learn anything last week?

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  Just got a cavity filled and they numbed the fuck out of my face, for which I'm grateful, but I am on a interview panel in an hour and a little afraid they'll think I had a stroke. 🫤

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  Sound of rain on leaves. Smell of petrichor. 🥰

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  After burning a stupid number of hours to get a working build environment for this old project I'm finally making the actual changes that are needed to the code and gods, there is nothing like spelunking through your own old codebase to teach humility. Boilerplate is annoying but not nearly so much as obscure indirection. Chasing down where I need to make a change in order to not break anything is the hardest thing. Good stuff: sensible abstractions that are easy to extend. (I know, defin...

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  What's the saying? When you're used to privilege, equality can feel like persecution? I think to understand the mindset of white christians you have to realize how much unconscious effort they have to put into defending beliefs that don't agree with reality. They feel any part of culture that doesn't agree with and reinforce their beliefs as an attack. It's such a fragile identity because it requires tolerating large amounts of cognitive dissonance. To th...

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  My happy place. ☮️ #pnw #hiking

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  #bloomscrolling #poetry I have watched a raindrop caress a flower with the tenderness of a lover and found more meaning in that moment where it clings to the edge than in the philosophies of men

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  Got a job notice from Anthropic yesterday and first of all: hell no. But second of all, are they for real? 320k - 405k?!?! 👀

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  @elaterite@mastoart.social right there with ya man.

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  Showing us the way forward. 💚 #pnw https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5806062/washington-tribe-restore-wetlands-fish

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  Dreaming of summer time in the mountains on this #MountainMonday #pnw #hiking

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  @TimKStanton@mstdn.social 🥰🏔️

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  #silentsunday #pnw #hiking

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  Took a big bite out of the 100,000 mile maintenance on Drax, my #vanconversion project. Spark plugs and coils have been replaced, PCV replaced, coolant and oil drained in preparation for oil change and water pump/drive belt replacement. It's kinda cool to be able to work on the engine from both sides but sheesh, there was a lot of stuff to work around to get the coils off. Had to improvise tools to reach a couple of them.

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  Took a #footpathfriday into fairy land. Might not come back. #mosstodon #pnw #hiking

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  @djwfyi@vmst.io that is ridiculous. Are you on the do not call list? https://www.donotcall.gov/

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  The versatility of tarp/hammock camping: a thread. Hammock tarps come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Mine is a large rectangle with tie off points every 25% of the length. Here's an example in "storm mode". I initially rigged it in my most common configuration, much flatter and with the corners folded up to make a hexagon. But around midnight a ferocious wind came up so I snugged down the edges and crossed the corner flaps to block off the ends. This mode has weathered mounta...

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  "something awaits for me in the divine for resisting" @hankgreen I get your message but let me submit that stubbornness is a sometimes useful muscle and muscles don't get strong unless you exercise them. Also, god damnit, I'm not installing anymore damn apps. https://youtu.be/jXO5axomU7Q?si=V8CE-gQjQYhppRkm

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  @sundogplanets@mastodon.social oooh, I bet they can navigate by sensing Coriolis forces.

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  There is a liminal space in the moment after the code compiles but before you've run the tests where it exists in a superposition of working/broken. Until the tests collapse the waveform one can float upon the endless sea of possibilities.

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  Picture is from weekend before last but apparently winter isn't over yet since the Cascades got fresh snow this week. Going to go check it out tomorrow. Happy Friday! #pnw #footpathfriday

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  To install python modules on windows that have a component written in C or C++ you need to have MSVC C++ Build Tools installed. In order to run the installer for MSVC C++ Build Tools you need Dot Net 4.6. But Dot Net 4.6 won't installing in this Win 10 VM for *reasons*. I may be done computing for the day.

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  Happy #caturday folks! Keep a close eye on those pesky swallows.

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  Last Thursday I went running in shorts while my daughter went swimming. This Thursday the forecast is 34F (1C) and rain/snow mixed. 🤷 #pnw spring is such a tease.

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  #bloomscrolling #pnw New to me: Annual honesty Linaria annua

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  @Craigp@mastodon.social We know what you're really after, craig. This is just another naked attempt at making every game into a base builder. 😉

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  My favorite tree: Callitropsis nootkatensis "Alaskan Yellow Cedar" at various stages of growth in Olympic National Park. Young saplings have flaky bark and often grow in sweeps and curves. The feathery foliage hangs down from the boughs. The trunks of mature trees are an elegant light grey. The best part is the smell. Something like a cross of Juniper and Western Red Cedar. Spicy, pungent, and crisp. The tree I posed with was labeled "World Record Alaskan Yellow...

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  #telework #corplife I feel annoyed when coworkers start a teams chat with "you in the office today?" because 1. my calendar is up to date. If it actually mattered, they could just check. And 2. We have all these digital collab tools and 90% of my company isn't in the same office building so it really shouldn't matter. I've yet to run into the problem we couldn't solve with a screen share and a phone call. But it occurred to me today that 9 times out of 10 this questi...