I feel like adult responsibilities would be easier if there was less "I want to hang out with friends, but I cannot keep skimping on sleep."

Happy 2¹⁰ folks! (context: if you write dates as MM-DD, 10-24 is 1024 is 2^10)

[M[ai]cro] Thorfinn Hirasawa, frontbeast of the band Baraþrum, enjoys performing for little friends, drinking in their awe and delight and excitement to power their illusion magic. Their guitar is a hand-crafted artifact and the prime location from […] [Original post on tailswish.industries]

Mastodon v4.5.0 (beta 1) fetching all replies when opening a thread is great.

It's not sleep debt, it's a sleep recession.

@corbin You might be amused to hear that Spacebar briefly showed up as a reference in the latest Gamers Nexus video… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmoN6D1roXM&t=2665 ("Exploding AMD CPUs | Investigating ASRock's Murderboards", linked to timestamp 44m:24s) This article […]

A social network that only notifies you when folks unfollow you, undo their favorite or boost of your post, or delete one of their posts mentioning you.

So posting this as the main administrator of CyberFurz Social. I'm coming down to making a hard decision, which is to consider shutting down CyberFurz. I registered us as a Virginia, USA based LLC which has never posted a profit nor ever broke even. Not that it was my goal, as this isn't about […]

pillbug is a cohost-inspired client for GoToSocial and other Mastodon API-compatible ActivityPub servers. https://pillbug.vivl.im/about #gotosocial #fediverse #activitypub

You cannot RELEASE yourself. You cannot REGAIN yourself. (Ominous-sounding side effect of running some account cleanup commands on connecting to an IRC network)

Forcing round profile pictures on everyone is a conspiracy to sell you avatar frames that go beyond the circle boundary. (Not serious.)

I kind of wonder how much I'd have to say I'd have if I didn't keep second-thoughting my posts. I'd say the majority of the time it's actually better to hold and reconsider, erring on the side of not posting, but I might be a little *too* hesitant… Possibly in part from a few times I was not […]

[Windows user interface dark patterns] Tech rant of the day thanks to notification on work PC with Windows 11: "Complete linking devices" "Your PC and mobile devices are almost linked. Click here to continue linking devices." I don't think I even started linking my personal phone to my work […]

Sometimes all you achieve outside of work is a bit of fighting against entropy. Sometimes that's okay. (On a related note, Unity projects are… "fun")

Lesson learned - greet someone neutrally until you've confirmed you've gotten the right username :fox_laugh_sweat: It was fairly innocent (and I don't mind), just surprised someone with a sudden tall red fox waving to them…

For my first foray into custom stickers, my experience with Effses ( https://linktr.ee/effses ) as the artist and Bear & Beagle ( https://bearandbeagle.store ) as the place to print turned out wonderful. Friends recommended them to me, and I'd recommend onward.

I'm still figuring out how much I should mimic the style of folks I talk to, especially for text. Capitalize the beginning of a sentence or not, periods, emoji or not (and ASCII faces vs UTF-8), formatting… There are obvious extremes of copying someone completely, or inversely speaking like a […]

I can only hope that someone going to AnthroCon dresses as an HVACR service technician. AC is important.

This fox can have one (Eastern Timezone) daytime re-boost of art, as a treat. (I do try to not spam folks following me though.)

On the hopefully-unlikely chance it's not clear.. I'm not A.I., at least not what is being pushed in the tech news. Since 2013, this data-fox has represented the more classical story kind of A.I., e.g. what you have in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Interstellar, Portal, etc. One that's not so good […]

But what if.. digitalfoxen? Featuring me, myself, and I-- I mean, @syfaro, @kotinotter (photograph), @vivithecanine , @binaryfox , Noodl, Mafoxie RazCanine and texture by @razra

When you've got four paws and your tiny friend @binaryfox is running late for an appointment, there's an easy solution… He'll be fiiiine, don't worry :fox_happy_blep: Art by https://www.skylarshibe.com #art #furry #paws #jaws #datafox #swiftfox #skylarshibe

Huh… When setting up a family member's new phone, I noticed the Pixel Weather app uses haptics (LRA?) to silently mimic the feeling of rain pitter-pattering and the booming of a thunderstorm during those weather conditions. I wish we had more of this elsewhere - it's not just games that benefit […]

A friend shared this entertaining, technical deep-dive into how speedrunners broke a rage game in a competition set out by the developers.. and it was fun to see everything unfold: https://youtube.com/watch?v=yIpms96cr1o "How Speedrunners Broke My Rage Game (Get To Work)", 1h:4m:50s, by Isto Inc.

The trolley problem, but it's actually a trolley intersection, and you've been chosen to direct a flow of invites among friends where you're not entirely sure who will get along with whom but you know certain folks that collide with some other ones… Okay maybe it's not a trolley problem at all […]

One of the best simple things I've done: creating a monthly recurring calendar event to reach out to a couple of friends who forget to reach out to me but keep meaning to.

[Mental Health (−): tiredness] Despite everything, it's still me. (Nothing major of note, just.. kinda worn out. World events, a variety of random social tensions, work, etc.)

Fun data-fox fact: 180 lbs / 82 kg is a good starting point for weighted blankets. (…for those not familiar with weighted blankets, this is around *10 times* the typical recommended weight of 15-20 lbs/7-9 kg. I am an outlier and should not be factored into the standard recommendation.)

"I'm not *that* tired…" *Proceeds to pass out when briefly laying in bed.. only to wake, then pass out again, and oops now it's past midnight* Okay, point taken. I'll sleep after I get some stuff wrapped up, which I meant to do before sleep.

A fox nerd is offering to help you with your computer... #mastoart #fediart #mixedmediaart #art #ink #anthro #furry #Xenia #linux #fox #furryart #corruptedfox

Got this amazing promo at work on the wonders of AWS Cloud Databases - I'm so excited! #aws #amazon

If you don't have to struggle to pull your blankets on top of you for bedtime, what are you even doing with your life? ↗️ Promoted by the #weightedblanket Advocacy Group

First update to refsheet in 7 years, and in practice it's been over 11 years: https://yip.vulpine.engineer/@digitalfox/110399017046305005 (I love being able to edit ancient posts) A truly revolutionary change, I know… Credit to @razra who iterated on these ears while making this data-fox's […]

It only now occurs to me that the phrase "Cool beans" could mean: 1. That's neat / you're fine / don't worry. 2. You forgot to put the beans on the stovetop/etc to warm them up or cook them. 3. There's a giant sculpture of a bean in your city and it's cool (I've only seen photos of this). 4 […]

[Mental Health (soft negative): tired] I'm so tired on multiple levels. Not tired of any individuals, to be clear. Tired of the world (including politics), anxiety, work, responsibilities, etc. I just wanna spend time with friends.

You cannot RELEASE yourself. You cannot REGAIN yourself.

Lesson learned - Gumroad counts your own purchases as affiliate purchases if you changed your email address, because they force your old email address as part of the checkout process. I've contacted their support and hope to sort this out to avoid any fraud allegations. (Their support email […]

[tech rant: Windows 11 deceptive UI dark patterns] Another work day, another small-yet-infuriatingly deceptive user interface dark pattern I have to carefully click through on my work Windows 11 Enterprise laptop (the Photos app trying to force me into enabling OneDrive photo backup). Yes […]

If you're in the USA and you can, https://directfile.irs.gov/ - it's well-made with in-depth help compared to some "free file" options for taxes that I've used before.

Immediately thinking of @binaryfox when seeing the introduction of MiniDisc at 25m12s in "The 1993 Consumer Electronics Show via Computer Chronicles", by LGR… https://youtube.com/watch?v=YVViepyE0ug&t=1512 "I just somehow want MiniDiscs to come back" and other such strong praise […]

[Cryptography in enterprise software is "great"] > To maintain our good standing [with SOC 2 Compliance], we use the following technology and encryption methods: > * Data transit: HTTPS/SSL > * Data storage: AES 256 > * Encryption algorithms: MD5 and Rijndael I don't know about Rijndael, but […]

@gloriouseggroll Hey, thanks for building Proton-GE - all those changes atop stock Proton have made flat and VR gaming on Linux a lot easier over the past years! I heard you were on the fediverse via the quick Framework interview video; I'm glad you're here, too.

"Sometimes the best we can do is lose slower." — Bruce Schneier Quote heard on DEF CON Radio, see https://nerdshow.com/def-con-somafm-clips-with-quotes/

My Pixel 4 XL's battery connector partially broke so the phone can't tell what charge the battery has, but I don't want to replace my phone yet, dang it! Fingers crossed I can successfully swap the battery (and thus the connector) with the parts from iFixit. Tonight, digging out a teeny-tiny […]

My family recently had the entire fridge door replaced under warranty to fix a faulty water dispenser door light - apparently the wires inside are too short and get mangled. New problem - now the fridge will infrequently, randomly begin dispensing water without a cup present. It's happened […]

Through the magic of configuration management, I've upgrade-rebuilt my main server computer with only a couple of commands and about an hour of preparation. That feels nice. (I know about NixOS, I haven't converted over to it yet… I do have a small file server using it.)

[Mental Health (mixed): self doubt, presence, being enjoyable] I've had a couple folks compliment my laughter, especially when they're teasing* me, and… I dunno. In the moment, I worry about being off-putting to those around me. Afterwards, I wonder if they're feeling obligated because of […]

:blobfoxdrakedislike: "My local time is 3 hours ahead of your local time" :blobfoxdrakelike: "I live 3 hours in the future"

Thanks to RTGame doing a "watch all Skibidi Toilet" stream, I decided I might as well form my own opinion first.. and watched all finished seasons. For what it is, it seems decently made. Some plot points happen. But.. I don't get how it went viral. Not bad, not amazing. I am glad random and […]