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Crimp that thang!
This is probably not news to anyone who follows my account, but I really want to shout it from the rooftop:
When there are fascists around, *more polarization is better than less polarization*. Meeting fascists halfway means you’ve just moved much closer to fascism. It is and will always be a losing strategy. Calls for “unity” that don’t explicitly demand that reactionary, authoritarian turds join the rest of humanity (a demand they will almost invariably reject, whether or not they say so) is a call for appeasement. Don’t fall for it.
That is all.
I love fedi because there are so many of a very specific few types of guy and I enjoy interacting with all of them
In particular, you’ve got:
Girls are hot.
Guys are hot.
Non-binary people are hot.
Everyone is so fucking hot.
Fucking global warming.
'Great news': Ecuador #river is granted the right to not be polluted
In an unusual ruling, a court in #Ecuador ruled on Sunday that #pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through the capital, #Quito.
The city government appealed the ruling, which is based on an article of Ecuador’s Constitution that recognises the rights of natural features like the #MachángaraRiver.
Activists who filed the complaint said Sunday the decision is “historic”.
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A court has ruled that pollution violates the rights of a river that runs through Ecuador's capital, Quito.Angela Symons (Euronews.com)
Stair panda.
Closer… and closer… and closer.
Dusk Panda at a house party in England, 2014.
Stag at #Digifest during FWA24
🐺: suckitstag
💿: MAJICREC
📌: FurryWeekend
#Furry #Furries #Fursuit #FursuitFriday #Photography #Anthro #FurryArt #FurryArtist #FWA #FWA24
Content warning: just childhood transphobia, minor
Eh, I spend years not-quite-finishing the scripts I'm writing by being slow and careful and deliberate. Sometimes it would be nice to actually complete a project.
We desperately need to start a Slow Software movement. High quality, intentionally designed, low defect software done at a quarter of the pace for the same price. Because we've been destroying the mental health of developers for the last quarter century, and what do we have to show for it but a giant mess?
Interviewing Employer: Where do you see yourself in five years?
Me: In a hermit's hovel in the woods near the mountains, as far away from humanity as I can possibly get. Birdsong will be my alarm, and the chirping of crickets will be my bedtime lullaby. While completely nude I will bathe in crisp spring lakes and hunt with the wolves, dance with the fireflies and run free with the wind at my back.
Interviewing Employer: ...
Me: ...
Interviewing Employer: ... Are you hiring?
🏔️🌲🏞️
(I hope this brought you a smile! If you're looking for a job currently, good luck!! I'm cheering for you!!)
sounds a bit like my job as night manager of the lower realms of the cooler side of hell:
A cave at the side of a very active volcano, the sweet sound of crows and ravens, bathing in acidic hot water from deep underground. Playing with all the fluffy bats and running with all the fiery (literally) wolves.
It’s so romantic down here 🖤🥰😈
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Dear designers and developers,
The opposite of “Yes” is “No”, never “Maybe later.”
#consent #dontBeCreepy #yes #no #maybeLater
Happy International Non-Binary People's Day!
(July 14 falls in between International Men's Day and International Women's Day.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Non-Binary_People%27s_Day
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
#nonbinary
Wow!
More money is now going into solar PV than all other electricity generation technologies combined says International Energy Agency (IEA).
World Energy Investment 2024 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.IEA
Here is a little blast from the past for all you synthesizer fans out there. Mark Isham - Never Cry Wolf. Fantastic movie with an amazing soundtrack, which often reminds a little of blade runner.
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=7SCyrut59kQ
https://youtu.be/7SCyrut59kQ
Soundtrack from the 1983 Carroll Ballard film "Never Cry Wolf," with Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Zachary Ittimangnaq, Samson Jorah, Martha Ittimangn...YouTube
Random fursuit photo from the archives.
A fursuiter waves up towards an onlooker as the Londonfurs party boat passes under Tower Bridge.
Londonfurs summer Weekender 2016.
Finally made my first demo with Slipstream!
@Violet 's monitor got damaged on the way to the Black Valley @demoparty_no party, so in a life-giving-you-lemons exercise, I decided to make it into a one-of-a-kind custom demo platform using the remaining pixels. One soundtrack from @vurpo later and we were in business...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MHTeTXaQMc
RaccoonViolet's monitor got damaged on the way to the Black Valley demoparty in Norway, so we did the obvious thing and made it into a one-of-a-kind demo pla...YouTube
Well, he did two cats: CAT 5E and CAT 6.
Just this afternoon I was sitting in a comms room terminating Cat5E and Cat6 cables with my new pass-thru crimper, purchased after your blog (I have the same Klein Tools one, but no-brand plugs as the Klein ones are silly money). It's by far the best crimper I've used.
I've even got some shielded plugs for Cat6 F/UTP, cable that's about as thick as a tree and as bendy as a pipe. The plugs have the 8 conductors offset to allow thicker gauge wires, and the Klein handles them perfectly.
Very handy, bookmarked in case of future need.
But, what puzzles me is why anybody bothers to make up patch leads when you can buy them so cheaply and avoid so much hassle?
For any “infrastructure” wiring it's usually much better to use fixed (so IDC) connectors at the end so normally there's only the very occasional need to put a plug on - the only case I can think of is connecting to something like an IP cameras where you want to feed a wire through the smallest possible hole in a wall before adding the plug.
Edit: IDE→IDC
A key example is things like PoE CCTV cameras - you are running cable, outside, cable clipped (infrastructure) but direct to the cameras using a plug, and need it made to length not just a standard patch lead. Other end might be a patch panel socket with IDC. Same with PoE APs, though indoor can be done with a wall mounted socket more easily.
Also, I happen to have a back to back RJ45 socket patch panel strip, so most of my infrastructure has plugs to that, then patch lead to switches.