Xerxes
@persrex.xyz
Math major, Linux and free software enthusiast, and philosophy enjoyer.
Find me at my personal website: https://persrex.xyz/
Mastodon account: https://mastodon.social/@xerxespersrex
Find me at my personal website: https://persrex.xyz/
Mastodon account: https://mastodon.social/@xerxespersrex
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Bluesky offers domain-based verification, as you can see in my username—it’s tied to my domain. This kind of verification is essential for building trust and proving authenticity.
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There’s no verification here, which I find rather hard to understand.
November 24, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Bluesky offers domain-based verification, as you can see in my username—it’s tied to my domain. This kind of verification is essential for building trust and proving authenticity.
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I've heard some rumblings of mass bannings of trans accounts on this platform with no given reasoning behind it. I'm making a mastodon.social account just in case. I'm not dependent on any platform, so long as it's libre (free and open source) and transparent.
November 24, 2024 at 10:29 PM
I've heard some rumblings of mass bannings of trans accounts on this platform with no given reasoning behind it. I'm making a mastodon.social account just in case. I'm not dependent on any platform, so long as it's libre (free and open source) and transparent.
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1bit art looks amazing in amber. I know back in the 80s, I would have been amazed seeing something like this on a DOS PC with an MDA monitor... Could someone make a video player for Hercules cards?
This imagery comes from the amazing music video directed by GERIKO:
youtu.be/CqaAs_3azSs?...
This imagery comes from the amazing music video directed by GERIKO:
youtu.be/CqaAs_3azSs?...
November 24, 2024 at 8:59 PM
1bit art looks amazing in amber. I know back in the 80s, I would have been amazed seeing something like this on a DOS PC with an MDA monitor... Could someone make a video player for Hercules cards?
This imagery comes from the amazing music video directed by GERIKO:
youtu.be/CqaAs_3azSs?...
This imagery comes from the amazing music video directed by GERIKO:
youtu.be/CqaAs_3azSs?...
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Discovering Nine Inch Nails for the first time last month has been a transcendent experience. Now a lot of the other music I listen to just seems so derivative of NIN, who did it way earlier.
November 24, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Discovering Nine Inch Nails for the first time last month has been a transcendent experience. Now a lot of the other music I listen to just seems so derivative of NIN, who did it way earlier.
We need to bring back big, bulky, upgradeable laptop designs that are built to survive anything. Like the pre-Lenovo ThinkPads or Toughbooks. It's good for the environment because you won't have your battery or RAM fail and then your laptop is useless until you get expensive, hard repairs done.
November 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
We need to bring back big, bulky, upgradeable laptop designs that are built to survive anything. Like the pre-Lenovo ThinkPads or Toughbooks. It's good for the environment because you won't have your battery or RAM fail and then your laptop is useless until you get expensive, hard repairs done.
Potential hot take: saying that listening to audio books isn't reading is completely dismissive towards disabled people that can't read text on a page for whatever reason.
November 24, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Potential hot take: saying that listening to audio books isn't reading is completely dismissive towards disabled people that can't read text on a page for whatever reason.
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it's great that google has improved by making sure the first thing you see in any search is an unsourced list of falsehoods.
November 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM
it's great that google has improved by making sure the first thing you see in any search is an unsourced list of falsehoods.
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Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.
November 24, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.
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Post your favourite Pokémon, wrong answers only.
November 24, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Post your favourite Pokémon, wrong answers only.
Running yourself into the ground isn't good for anything (output, mental clarity, quality). Oftentimes you learn more and do more by taking breaks. And not everything has to be so goal oriented; sometimes, doing what you want to do leads to its own rewards without all the anxiety to perform well.
November 24, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Running yourself into the ground isn't good for anything (output, mental clarity, quality). Oftentimes you learn more and do more by taking breaks. And not everything has to be so goal oriented; sometimes, doing what you want to do leads to its own rewards without all the anxiety to perform well.
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This by Sarah Anderson is absolutely my life.
November 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
This by Sarah Anderson is absolutely my life.
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Every day I tap the sign. From Marcus Aurelius's Meditations.
November 24, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Every day I tap the sign. From Marcus Aurelius's Meditations.
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As a society, we really slipped by not making it our goal to top the soundtrack of Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
November 24, 2024 at 5:29 PM
As a society, we really slipped by not making it our goal to top the soundtrack of Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
I was upset by Neovim's change in the default color scheme a month or so ago. Until I actually tried out some of the other preinstalled themes. Then I found "Elflord" and now I'm never going back.
November 24, 2024 at 5:46 PM
I was upset by Neovim's change in the default color scheme a month or so ago. Until I actually tried out some of the other preinstalled themes. Then I found "Elflord" and now I'm never going back.
I feel like a lot of issues right now are such that it isn't my place to comment on them. I'm not much of a political scientist, and I'm a cis white male, so putting out stuff about e.g. women's restrooms seems wrong from me. But I support what you guys are fighting for, just from the sidelines.
November 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
I feel like a lot of issues right now are such that it isn't my place to comment on them. I'm not much of a political scientist, and I'm a cis white male, so putting out stuff about e.g. women's restrooms seems wrong from me. But I support what you guys are fighting for, just from the sidelines.
Licensing your code (if you make it publicly available) is a big deal. Just pick one and apply it and you save lots of people a huge headache later on. If you don't know what license to pick, just pick MIT or BSD 0-clause. Don't use the public domain, it doesn't apply in some countries!
November 24, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Licensing your code (if you make it publicly available) is a big deal. Just pick one and apply it and you save lots of people a huge headache later on. If you don't know what license to pick, just pick MIT or BSD 0-clause. Don't use the public domain, it doesn't apply in some countries!
Honestly. I would rather just pay more than have ads that don't respect my mental well-being or my time.
Adverts in services that I PAY for can FUCK off
November 24, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Honestly. I would rather just pay more than have ads that don't respect my mental well-being or my time.
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Every Windows update has the "Lets finish setting up your computer!"
and it's just 6 pages of trying to trick you into installing bloatware and change all the settings to pin junk to your taskbar.
Every. Single. Update.
and it's just 6 pages of trying to trick you into installing bloatware and change all the settings to pin junk to your taskbar.
Every. Single. Update.
November 24, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Every Windows update has the "Lets finish setting up your computer!"
and it's just 6 pages of trying to trick you into installing bloatware and change all the settings to pin junk to your taskbar.
Every. Single. Update.
and it's just 6 pages of trying to trick you into installing bloatware and change all the settings to pin junk to your taskbar.
Every. Single. Update.
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I prefer yelling unacceptable like lemongrab from adventure time
November 24, 2024 at 3:31 AM
I prefer yelling unacceptable like lemongrab from adventure time
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I think I’ve moved past hoping that social media platforms last forever. Instead I hope I can get some good years out of each one and strengthen community ties before we jump to the successor
November 24, 2024 at 12:41 AM
I think I’ve moved past hoping that social media platforms last forever. Instead I hope I can get some good years out of each one and strengthen community ties before we jump to the successor
True. The science fiction technology never gets made if nobody has the motivation or puts in the effort in the field to find those solutions.
I worry a little bit that too many people think that science fiction type technology is going to swoop in and save the day with respect to climate change
November 24, 2024 at 6:04 AM
True. The science fiction technology never gets made if nobody has the motivation or puts in the effort in the field to find those solutions.