Brad Fonseca @bradfonseca@mastodon.sdf.org
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Curious about Mastodon, OSS, Linux, Emacs, Org-mode, tabletop RPGs, philosophy, history, and programming. I'm known to fiddle w Python
Joined Nov 2018
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Hello!
I've joined this instance because I'm an ARPA member on the SDF. I also keep a few back-up identities on other instances too.
I'm curious about gopher, Mastodon, OSS, Linux, Emacs, Org-mode,
tabletop RPGs, philosophy, history, and programming. I'm known to
fiddle with Python on occasion.
If you want to chat, ping me!
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I managed to pull something in the left half of my chest while sitting at my desk today. 0_o
Pumped to GM #pathfinder Thursday night.
Absolutely knackered now but I murdered my TODO list today.
I haz a tired.
Made to the end of today. I need to go lie down now.
Brad Fonseca
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With a reach of nearly 6 feet, InSight's robotic-arm is ready to do some lifting. In addition to capturing photographs of the terrain, the arm will be used to pick up science instruments, and gently place them on the Martian soil at Elysium Planitia. Learn more about how the mission team members determine where to set its instruments: go.nasa.gov/2rq2ls8
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"Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes.
Contestants in a suicidal race."
-- The Police, "Synchronicity II"
Yeah. Awake since 02:30.
Brad Fonseca
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Cray-1B, serial number 1, rebuilt for the recent SC18 conference.
Timelapse video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY8sDF-sukY
The machine was on loan from the Chippewa Computer Museum. Originally installed at Los Alamos but returned to Cray: "When Serial 1 showed up in Los Alamos in 1976 it wouldn’t run for more than a few minutes yet it would run for hours in Minnesota. Turns out there was no memory protection and cosmic events at Los Alamos altitude were different enough from Minnesota."
#cray #retrocomputing
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Hello new #Mastodon folks! 🐘
Have you heard of the #Fediverse? 🗺️
It's a set of community projects that use the #ActivityPub standard to talk to each other.
Mastodon is the most well developed, but there are many works in progress too:
Instagram -> PixelFed 📷
@pixelfed
https://pixelfed.social
YouTube -> PeerTube 🎞️
https://joinpeertube.org/
SoundCloud -> Funkwhale 🎧
@funkwhale https://join.funkwhale.audio/
MeetUp -> GetTogether 🍻
@GetTogetherComm
https://gettogether.community
...and many others.
Struggling tonight. #aninchanhourtwofeetaday
"Blood and souls for our Lord Arioch!"
I ran 6.21 km in 46 minutes, according to the treadmill. Google Fit thinks that I ran 7.23 km. Silly Google and their closed apps. #iruncuzimfat #opensourcesoftware
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That's my Saint Nick:
Ran 6.07 km in 45 minutes on the treadmill. Google Fit thinks I ran 6.84 km. I wish I could calibrate it but it's a black box so I get inaccurate measurements. #iruncuzimfat #opensourcesoftware
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"The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space"
-- Carl Sagan
Saturday night tidying! Yep, I'm living the high life!
Brad Fonseca
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🇨🇦 🇷🇴 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇪🇺
Curious about Mastodon, OSS, Linux, Emacs, Org-mode, tabletop RPGs, philosophy, history, and programming. I'm known to fiddle w Python
Joined Nov 2018
