rain 🌦️
@sunshowers.io
(gender)queer transsexual / they/them / eng @oxide.computer / atheist and scientific humanist / 🦀 #rustlang / https://nexte.st / https://sunshowers.io
also on mastodon: @[email protected] / https://hachyderm.io/@rain
also on mastodon: @[email protected] / https://hachyderm.io/@rain
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i still read scott alexander as my own personal memento mori. i could fall down a similar hole a similar way: decide that my ethics had to be extremely particular and extremely responsive to facts, fuck up and believe like five things which are wrong, and hubris my way into believing something awful
March 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
i still read scott alexander as my own personal memento mori. i could fall down a similar hole a similar way: decide that my ethics had to be extremely particular and extremely responsive to facts, fuck up and believe like five things which are wrong, and hubris my way into believing something awful
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November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
LC has consistently published some of the best political writing on the internet. Proud to be a long time patron, and with your help they can do even greater things
pro tip: limit to 10bpc
Yay got Bazzite working with 4k 120 HDR VRR and everything. That Cable Matters DP to HDMI converter passing through freesync with the custom firmware is all legit. Should put it all together in one place
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
pro tip: limit to 10bpc
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This phrase is going to stick in my head lmao
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This phrase is going to stick in my head lmao
So Black Friday is just a global thing these days
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
So Black Friday is just a global thing these days
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the problem with robotaxis is the way they decouple traffic from parking send bleet
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
the problem with robotaxis is the way they decouple traffic from parking send bleet
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Never thought I'd see @autisticadvocacy.org @autismspeaks.org and @autismsciencefd.bsky.social all sharing space on a statement, but Kennedy's order last week to erase the phrase "vaccines do not cause autism" on a CDC site is enough to make unlikely bedfellows
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Never thought I'd see @autisticadvocacy.org @autismspeaks.org and @autismsciencefd.bsky.social all sharing space on a statement, but Kennedy's order last week to erase the phrase "vaccines do not cause autism" on a CDC site is enough to make unlikely bedfellows
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
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Maybe we should tax the portion of property value due to land valuation at a very high rate
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Maybe we should tax the portion of property value due to land valuation at a very high rate
I, too, love exporting disinformation at favorable exchange rates
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I, too, love exporting disinformation at favorable exchange rates
Yay got Bazzite working with 4k 120 HDR VRR and everything. That Cable Matters DP to HDMI converter passing through freesync with the custom firmware is all legit. Should put it all together in one place
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Yay got Bazzite working with 4k 120 HDR VRR and everything. That Cable Matters DP to HDMI converter passing through freesync with the custom firmware is all legit. Should put it all together in one place
hot take: roguelike deckbuilder makers should property-based test their relic orders to ensure that any permutation of relics has the same behavior
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
hot take: roguelike deckbuilder makers should property-based test their relic orders to ensure that any permutation of relics has the same behavior
personally, I'm just glad that I'm not the only one who struggles to parse lyrics in songs
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
personally, I'm just glad that I'm not the only one who struggles to parse lyrics in songs
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I really appreciate that Mike Pondsmith is actually the coolest motherfucker alive
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I really appreciate that Mike Pondsmith is actually the coolest motherfucker alive
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It's always been about ethics in journalism
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's always been about ethics in journalism
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Actually kind of crazy that Trump is maybe the fifth bi president
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Actually kind of crazy that Trump is maybe the fifth bi president
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What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
ok the juxtaposition between "I'm independent, I fend for myself" and "I just want my <grocery store> back" in Pluribus is brilliant
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
ok the juxtaposition between "I'm independent, I fend for myself" and "I just want my <grocery store> back" in Pluribus is brilliant
"troll" is still around, but I'm sad that "flame" has disappeared from internet lingo
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"troll" is still around, but I'm sad that "flame" has disappeared from internet lingo
Sooo is systemd-logind completely broken inside containers with a separate PID namespace these days?
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Sooo is systemd-logind completely broken inside containers with a separate PID namespace these days?
it's funny that Will "the media environment determines politics" Stancil can't broaden the same idea to the environment and human behaviors in general
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
it's funny that Will "the media environment determines politics" Stancil can't broaden the same idea to the environment and human behaviors in general
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Oxide is hiring in the embedded space. If you enjoy baffling choices by hardware vendors and debugging performance issues come join me.
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Embedded Systems Engineer / Oxide
oxide.computer
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Oxide is hiring in the embedded space. If you enjoy baffling choices by hardware vendors and debugging performance issues come join me.
oxide.computer/careers/sw-e...
oxide.computer/careers/sw-e...