Sterling
@fedi.ssterling.net
Something in between a polymath and a dilettante. Mostly a birder and amateur computer scientist, though—and music teacher by trade.
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://squawk.social/@ssterling, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://squawk.social/@ssterling, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Just got my bill for January’s health insurance. $1,627, up from $135. Luigi Mangione is innocent and the Democratic Party should be dissolved. #uspol #ushealthcare #socialism
December 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just got my bill for January’s health insurance. $1,627, up from $135. Luigi Mangione is innocent and the Democratic Party should be dissolved. #uspol #ushealthcare #socialism
spending my Christmas periodically refreshing a GitHub issue I opened literally today
December 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
spending my Christmas periodically refreshing a GitHub issue I opened literally today
Sure, using one scene collection for two different canvas sizes is unusual, but I’ve gotten it to work without a hitch—except this one, single plugin. https://github.com/exeldro/obs-move-transition/issues/267 #obs #obsstudio #streaming #linux #foss
Source changes size during transition when using alternate canvas resolution · Issue #267 · exeldro/obs-move-transition
During the length of the Move transition, matched scenes change size proportional to the difference in height between the current canvas resolution (Resolution A) and the resolution of the canvas o...
github.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Sure, using one scene collection for two different canvas sizes is unusual, but I’ve gotten it to work without a hitch—except this one, single plugin. https://github.com/exeldro/obs-move-transition/issues/267 #obs #obsstudio #streaming #linux #foss
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technology connections meme ? on my instagram feed ? it's more likely than one would think
December 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
technology connections meme ? on my instagram feed ? it's more likely than one would think
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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
I somehow hit Affiliate on Twitch! :KonaPOG: This Friday at 7:30 P.M. EST (Sat. 00:30 UTC), I’m gonna play some modded Minecraft with friends and viewers. It’d mean a lot to me if you could join! uvu Server info, modpack, Discord invite and even my Twitch link are all here […]
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squawk.social
December 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I somehow hit Affiliate on Twitch! :KonaPOG: This Friday at 7:30 P.M. EST (Sat. 00:30 UTC), I’m gonna play some modded Minecraft with friends and viewers. It’d mean a lot to me if you could join! uvu Server info, modpack, Discord invite and even my Twitch link are all here […]
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this is the kind of greed you read about in the bible
December 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
this is the kind of greed you read about in the bible
my furnace has been broken and indoor temps have been 10°C so I decided to actually make a $137 GoFundMe out of desperation and it won’t even let me; there truly is no God lmao
![Error message in red text against a light red background, saying: “We encountered an error, can you please try again? You can also contact our support team for help. [Hyperlink:] Contact support”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lqma3b3v7uvfurpjovaz7bng/bafkreibngdsqqcvw2y55wdmqiq3z7jrods4idipvgbw5xdfurxqzbyg4cy@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
my furnace has been broken and indoor temps have been 10°C so I decided to actually make a $137 GoFundMe out of desperation and it won’t even let me; there truly is no God lmao
Endlessly fucking pissed right now and on the verge of voluntarily blacklisting myself from an entire school.
Two years ago, I accepted a substitute teaching job labelled as “elementary education”. It was, in fact, a violent behavior isolation room, dubbed “E.S.P.” (unsure for what it stands) […]
Two years ago, I accepted a substitute teaching job labelled as “elementary education”. It was, in fact, a violent behavior isolation room, dubbed “E.S.P.” (unsure for what it stands) […]
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squawk.social
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Endlessly fucking pissed right now and on the verge of voluntarily blacklisting myself from an entire school.
Two years ago, I accepted a substitute teaching job labelled as “elementary education”. It was, in fact, a violent behavior isolation room, dubbed “E.S.P.” (unsure for what it stands) […]
Two years ago, I accepted a substitute teaching job labelled as “elementary education”. It was, in fact, a violent behavior isolation room, dubbed “E.S.P.” (unsure for what it stands) […]
Yankee Noodle went to town
Riding on a penne
Put tomatoes in his sauce
And called it Bolognese
Riding on a penne
Put tomatoes in his sauce
And called it Bolognese
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Yankee Noodle went to town
Riding on a penne
Put tomatoes in his sauce
And called it Bolognese
Riding on a penne
Put tomatoes in his sauce
And called it Bolognese
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Me: "I wish this RAM bullshit got devs to care about memory usage again"
*The monkey's paw curls*
"Discord solves memory leak by restarting the application if it exceeds 4gb"
*The monkey's paw curls*
"Discord solves memory leak by restarting the application if it exceeds 4gb"
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Me: "I wish this RAM bullshit got devs to care about memory usage again"
*The monkey's paw curls*
"Discord solves memory leak by restarting the application if it exceeds 4gb"
*The monkey's paw curls*
"Discord solves memory leak by restarting the application if it exceeds 4gb"
Significant impairment is literally a defining criterion of autism. Anyone who says this disability is a “superpower” or that I’m just “differently abled” is more retarded than I ever could be. I fucking hate my life.
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Significant impairment is literally a defining criterion of autism. Anyone who says this disability is a “superpower” or that I’m just “differently abled” is more retarded than I ever could be. I fucking hate my life.
[Small ramble on U.S. politics]
We’ve given Spineless Schumer and the Dem leadership far too many chances. They don’t fight for the people; they’ve never fought for the people. They lose their biggest fights on purpose—just so they can still have something to rally against later and win votes […]
We’ve given Spineless Schumer and the Dem leadership far too many chances. They don’t fight for the people; they’ve never fought for the people. They lose their biggest fights on purpose—just so they can still have something to rally against later and win votes […]
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squawk.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
[Small ramble on U.S. politics]
We’ve given Spineless Schumer and the Dem leadership far too many chances. They don’t fight for the people; they’ve never fought for the people. They lose their biggest fights on purpose—just so they can still have something to rally against later and win votes […]
We’ve given Spineless Schumer and the Dem leadership far too many chances. They don’t fight for the people; they’ve never fought for the people. They lose their biggest fights on purpose—just so they can still have something to rally against later and win votes […]
WRITTEN and DIRECTED by
QUEEFING TARANTULA
QUEEFING TARANTULA
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
WRITTEN and DIRECTED by
QUEEFING TARANTULA
QUEEFING TARANTULA
If I could turn back time, I’d come up with a slogan so bad that X.25 would have certainly won the Protocol Wars:
I PEE
YOU PEE
WE ALL PEE
FOR I.P.
#retrocomputing #x25 #tech
I PEE
YOU PEE
WE ALL PEE
FOR I.P.
#retrocomputing #x25 #tech
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If I could turn back time, I’d come up with a slogan so bad that X.25 would have certainly won the Protocol Wars:
I PEE
YOU PEE
WE ALL PEE
FOR I.P.
#retrocomputing #x25 #tech
I PEE
YOU PEE
WE ALL PEE
FOR I.P.
#retrocomputing #x25 #tech
Strange request: does anyone know of any PNGTuber software that can track whole-head movements? For example, if my head is tilted down, I’d want to show a whole separate set of images compared to when it’s facing the camera. I’ve found software that does facial expression recognition, but that’s […]
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squawk.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Strange request: does anyone know of any PNGTuber software that can track whole-head movements? For example, if my head is tilted down, I’d want to show a whole separate set of images compared to when it’s facing the camera. I’ve found software that does facial expression recognition, but that’s […]
Turns out the semi-stock DVD-ROM drive I use in my Compaq Presario 4112 is, like, not working now. I have nothing else whose color matches the insert for the other slot, and I’m kinda upset. Any ideas what I could put in this that at least somewhat matches, color-wise? […]
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squawk.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Turns out the semi-stock DVD-ROM drive I use in my Compaq Presario 4112 is, like, not working now. I have nothing else whose color matches the insert for the other slot, and I’m kinda upset. Any ideas what I could put in this that at least somewhat matches, color-wise? […]
Maybe I should’ve waited for my wife to get off work to inform her of this, LMAO
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Maybe I should’ve waited for my wife to get off work to inform her of this, LMAO
I’m starting to understand why alcoholism is a huge problem amongst West Virginian teachers. I want to go home, get drunk, send stupid texts and vomit just so I can feel something other than abject disappointment.
October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I’m starting to understand why alcoholism is a huge problem amongst West Virginian teachers. I want to go home, get drunk, send stupid texts and vomit just so I can feel something other than abject disappointment.
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About syntax highlighting https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/
I am sorry, but everyone is getting syntax highlighting wrong
Applying human ergonomics and design principles to syntax highlighting
tonsky.me
October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
About syntax highlighting https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/
I was looking for some royalty-free BGM for Twitch, and I found this free jazz track that sounds like half a high school big band warming up in the style of Begnagrad (especially right at about two minutes in) and I fucking love it […]
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squawk.social
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I was looking for some royalty-free BGM for Twitch, and I found this free jazz track that sounds like half a high school big band warming up in the style of Begnagrad (especially right at about two minutes in) and I fucking love it […]
Humans are just worms with extra equipment to be mobile and good at food-getting
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Humans are just worms with extra equipment to be mobile and good at food-getting