I’m using Excel to generate DMX tracks and i hate it. It’s the wrong kind of wrong.

Also, on a diagonally related topic, sorry for barely existing in the last month or so, work threw me into a "stress test" cycle. It was supposed to stress-test the ride, but it's me that got the stress-test instead. Good news tho, neither broke. That was a stretch of 72-80h weeks tho.

Some people have impostor syndrome. I have no idea what to even call that bullshit. I absolutely have no idea what the damn thing is. Everyone starts saying "Oh, Pyx can fix this." I have literally never seen the thing before. And somehow i end up doing it. How? I have no idea!

I've never seen Siemens S7 PLCs or Scalance wireless networks before. I never worked with profinet before. I don't actually know any of those systems. Yet i'm the one who keeps fixing 'em. And it's a story that keeps repeating itself. It's how i became a Unix sysadmin before...

I don't know how i keep getting stuck into those things where i essentially go "That's not my system, i don't really know anything about it, but my guess would be that x happened and doing y and z would fix it.", then turn out to have been right, and am suddently the expert on said system...

A 10h shift sitting by an alarm buzzer hoping it never goes off feels like torture.

... random mental image of a three-headed hydra with two fake puppet bodies for the extra heads so they feel whole ...

Is anyone that follows me interested in making assets for or helping advertise this? NGL, I'm kinda crashing out right now and just tired of trying. I pretty much never ask anyone for favours because I want to make it on my own but clearly I can't get anywhere doing that no matter how hard I try.

Canadian friends and colleagues, do not forget to sign -- and verify your email! ENGLISH: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... FRENCH: www.noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr...

This feels like art.

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I kept complaining about a really high pitched sound that I couldn’t pinpoint the source of, that seems to fade in and out at random. Supposedly nobody else could hear it. Was told that I might have tinnitus. Today i found there’s a tiny alarm buzzer a HVAC cabinets that has been going off...

Meant to type « wireless », somehow typed « wireels », now i’m getting dumb ideas about data-transmitting eels.

It’s incredible how useless and frustrating “business” tech is these days. 8 cores at 3.9Ghz, 32Gb of ram, 1Tb SSD, and i can’t even scroll a webpage or a PDF without lagging. I can’t search a MSTeams conversation without it giving me results from local files. Sorting by date is not an option.

In a good state, it feels like all the side-threads are nearly 1:1 with the main thread and everything feels real. If things get complex, they run parallel to the main thread, with extra overhead to figure which way to go. In a bad state, they drift apart, and I see the world through a tiny viewport

A lot of this is brought by being stuck in bed for a stupid amount of time, until i just went "Wait, something is missing." bringing up one process that was missing, which just immediately pointed out the deadlock, and then i just switched to instantly making coffee, breakfast, getting laundry done.

I'm not sure for how many questions like "How many side-threads feed into your brain's main thread?" would make sense, or be relatable.

I'm having one of those days where i'm thinking about thinking, and it's still weird. I really would love to be able to compare how my own internal brain-things compare to other people's, but it's hard to just throw into words, especially without computer analogies...

How often does the average person go "Brain is deadlocked, resetting..." in a day?

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… i just can’t seem to escape …

Why are you running two different DHCP clients at the same time… *Sighs*

This hotel has too many mirrors and it's really messing with my mental state.

Figured out what's going on. For some reason, all the purchases i made with my old ISP's email account are not listed, only the ones i made after switching to gmail as my Steam account email. And yes, same 20+ years old account.

That Steam purchase history thing is making me wonder where purchases from 2003/4ish to 2008/9ish went. I absolutely remember being pissed at Steam back then when i was still working in the computer store for breaking LANs, and making game sharing a pain. But history starts in 2009 for me.

"You'll be home mid-august" is turning into "You'll be home in September."...

I’m not built for this…

The amount of "That's just not a thing that happens in reality." contained in my life makes absolutely no sense.

I am so tired of getting "This is what (some LLM AI) said to try" answers when attempting to troubleshoot things at work... Especially since so much of it leads to fake-fixes.

A badge for @pyxaron.bsky.social‬, commissioned and delivered during Anthrocon :) This was such a fun one to work on!

Yesterday i drove a small truck. I enjoyed it.

... nose cancelling headphones.

From seeing some people use AI in a work context... I think the problem with AI is really addiction. It only "kinda" works for what they want it to. But it's always a little off, not good enough, it could be better. So they tweak parameters a little, and re-run it. Over and over and over and ...

I kinda want some weird kind of house centipede-taur-creature...

Due to flights being flighty, i am spending the night in Chicago near O’Hare. Anyone out there wants to hang out? Flight is at 5PM tomorrow.

If you’re struggling to find a reason to enjoy tonight’s fireworks, just remember it’s a very important historic date for something truly revolutionary and foundational in so many of our lives: Caesar salad: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_... Born July 4, 1924. Happy 101st birthday to a legend.

Made it to Anthrocon! Am in the Omni lobby, might wander to the westin soon. Anyone wants to meet up? And maybe food?

Anyone taking early badge commissions at Anthrocon?

So yeah! Anthrocon! I am going after all! Will be there from Wednesday afternoon to Monday PM! Also, i didn't get to go home and grab my convention kit, so... Anyone open for rush conbadge(s) that could be ready at the beginning of the con?

Official “back in Quebec” fast food meal.

Feels so good to see this, after so much desert.

If i was to get to Pittsburgh on the 2nd, would anyone have space for me for a night?

Montréal’d!

On my way home! After being away for about 4 months!

Why do we have to use words? Why can't we just broadcast concepts. I'm tired of mentally staring at something and shooting out assorted words hoping one of them might stick with the right meaning.

Stuck at a McDonalds in Saudi Arabia with a rental car that won’t start. Very strong « why am i here » moment.

I did that thing again at work today, where i couldn’t hear someone over the music playing in my head, and mentally had to pause it…

I miss how special this felt back then.

Still in the desert. I really miss rain. And familiar creatures.

Pushing again! I've had a few people surprised I launched it. Gotta keep pushing bc I don't have much reach.