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rivetgeek

@rivetgeek@dice.camp

Gen X but the good kind
Commie fiction first story gamer swine
Elderly rivethead
Senior SQL Server DBA
Tribes in the Dark Lead Designer
(He/Him)

#ttrpg #storygames #CortexPrime #TalesOfXadia #TribesInTheDark #FitD #FateRPG

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rivetgeek, to random
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Very apropos right now.

https://youtu.be/S-Zj5v6zp6Q?si=ARhJwV0k9CnNEwSc

valthonis, to random
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Thicc dames before thicc frames.

Dealing with MTU mismatches at work. Jumbo Frames: not even once.

rivetgeek,
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@valthonis The three Fates - D&D, DNS, and MTU.

rivetgeek, to random
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Oh great, apparently the latest Pixel Slate update made the onscreen keyboard even less useful.

exador23, to random
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Scientists on the Whale-SETI team have successfully communicated with a humpback whale named Twain, having a 20-minute “conversation” with the aquatic animal. This historic experiment involved a recorded whale call that the team played into the ocean using an underwater speaker, which led Twain to circle their boat and respond using a “greeting signal.” The exchange lasted for 20 minutes, and Twain would match the interval variations from the team’s calls, indicating that the two parties were indeed communicating with each other.

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/scientists-speak-humpback-whale-experiment.html

rivetgeek,
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@exador23 Paging @jdbarber

rivetgeek, to random
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Wow, there sure were a lot of bands trying to do the Delerium/Enigma thing back in the late '90s/early '00s.

rivetgeek, to random
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The new is really good. Please was the first CD I bought ever.

https://youtu.be/AhvF4McSyqk?si=jUnPhX8i3roo4uwA

valthonis, to random
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After working with Juniper and Palo Alto devices for years, going back to Ciscos and their "every change you make is live instantly" bullshit feels like walking into the ocean.

rivetgeek,
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@valthonis https://tenor.com/bLbwa.gif

LindaCollins11, to random
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218905101

rivetgeek,
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@LindaCollins11 Spotted in AZ:

rivetgeek,
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@LindaCollins11 I did however once call a Karen on the carpet for her and her kids making fun of how an Asian woman ahead them in line in the DMV was speaking and how she was dressed. Karen did not like that at all, but she shut the hell up.

armadajosh, to random
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Here is the culmination of all the silly questions I've been asking about dogs. I've probably mis-assigned half the breeds, and the stats may not really make sense. Still, the basic framework seems right to me base on my interactions with dogs.

rivetgeek,
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@armadajosh Funny thing is that labradors have one of the highest bite forces of any dog. Our labradoodle could crush bone if he wanted (luckily he's well trained). He's like a bite+1 bork+2.

rivetgeek,
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@armadajosh For sure, at least partially. Ours is 85 lbs which is on the big end. To quote my boss, "Jesus Christ, that's a big dog".

rivetgeek, to random
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Today in our game we digressed quite a bit but that's ok. The Cell sans the Doomsayer who is currently obsessed with the stained glass window he's creating decided to go to Halos and Den Hades about the Z'bri's demand for the heartstone back. Halos laid out who the Z'bri is, a powerful Sangis count named Eshlazi, revealing its actually the current occupant of the heartstone. Somehow Eshlazi has awoken his spirit and found a way to reach out from inside the stone./1

rivetgeek,
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Halos said Eahlazi is too powerful to defeat directly. It can't be allowed to escape and the stone can't be destroyed. But someone can enter the River of Dream physically and from there enter the heartstone and put Eshlazi back to sleep. Those someones are the Cell. They are going to meet Halos at Veruka's Tower the following night. /2

javi, to random

Look, USians, I don't want to step into your internal politics, but you see, 45 years ago, we spaniards had the occurrence to write in our constitution that the head of state (the king) has immunity from prosecution for anything they do while they are in the job, and now we have an ex-king with a Wikipedia page that includes a "alleged corruption" section 55 paragraphs long.

And it's only "alleged" because he can't be taken to court even with the piles of evidence that exist.

Just saying.

rivetgeek,
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@SteveBellovin @maco @javi @cstross The key to the Supreme Court's ultimate decision should be whether or not taking classified documents was an official act. It was obviously not, and possessing the classified documents after Trump ceased to be President is a felony. The decision should be very straightforward. The Conservative packed supreme Court has inappropriately expanded the scope to consider a blanket decision on presidential immunity.

rivetgeek, (edited ) to random
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I'm staying near the airport for #GenCon, and originally I was going to rent a car. But then I thought about it. I'm like 15 minutes away from the convention center. Aside from the expense of the rental, I'd need parking for 4 days for a car that's just going to sit there for 12+ hours.

I can just take the shuttle from the airport to the hotel, and take a Lyft to the convention and back. It would likely save at least a couple hundred bucks.

Canageek, to random
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Arrrggg. Trying to order from Memory Express. To place my order they need the address I'm shipping to be on my credit card.

But I don't trust my apartment's delivery system, I've had multiple packages never arrive. So I want to ship it to someone I know with a house.

Their website claims you can add an address by phoning your credit card company, but when I do that they say you need to visit the store in person.

Fucking hell.

rivetgeek,
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@Canageek CL is memory related.

But yeah this is why the last computer I built was over ten years ago.

rivetgeek,
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@Canageek Yeah those shipping practices are supposed to be prevent fraud. Fun fact: when I worked for UPS I helped bust a Gateway computer (those ones in the cow boxes from the 90s) computer fraud ring. We kept getting boxes from Gateway going to the same apartment but with different names. Way too many for that many people to live there. The crooks were using stolen credit card numbers but were sending the computers to their own address.

rivetgeek,
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@Canageek It's why a lot of people go for bare bones computers or kits, because they're supposed to be tested for compatibility and some companies burn them in. When I worked for a computer builder once I moved up I was doing compatibility testing for the barebones PCs and kits we were selling.

rivetgeek,
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@Canageek Yeah you can only pack so much stuff into a tiny box and keep it all from melting. Also I suspect it's a symptom of approaching the limits of Moore's Law, so chip and component manufacturers have to manipulate increasingly minute characteristics that narrow their compatibility. Gone are the times of just grabbing a handful of RAM and a Pentium 4 and some graphics card and 9 times out of 10 it's all compatible.

rivetgeek, to random
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I just got slammed with a bunch of feels and memories hearing "Wonderful" by Adam Ant, which I had forgotten about entirely.

rivetgeek, to random
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I have my badge for #GenCon and the hotel booked, but I still haven't booked my flight. It's gotten so byzantine with fees for all kinds of choices. Just let me book a fucking flight, have a seat on the plane, bring my carry-on, and check a bag for one fee without anything additional added.

rivetgeek,
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@thebrand

rdonoghue, to random
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Y’know, maybe i’m thinking backwards about blogging. Often, I write a thread and it removes my impetus to blog, because the idea is already ‘out there’.

But finding historical threads, in ANY platform, is an absolute shitshow. Maybe I should ignore my “nobody wants to hear this shit twice” instinct and think about lift and shifting threads into blog posts, if only so I can FIND them later.

Huh.

rivetgeek,
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@rdonoghue Please, write more blog posts. I'll read them.

rivetgeek, to random
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Woot, got a couple of badges repaired and back on my bag. Now to find the sewing kit and get my #EatTheReich coffin drop patch onto my jacket.

Almost 54 years old, totally a professional, and still doing pins and patches.

rivetgeek,
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@OldManToast I have no idea. But given it's Invader Zim I would guess Hot Topic.

spaceflight, to Astronomy
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🔭 #PlanetNine is likely to be the fifth largest 📏 #planet 🪐 in the #SolarSystem 🌌 https://www.independent.co.uk/space/nine-planet-solar-system-b2500389.html

#Astronomy #Telescope #JWST #Hubble #DarkMatter #SETI

rivetgeek,
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@spaceflight I read a series of novels about sapient theropods who discovered time travel and invaded the present, but I can remember what it was called. I just remember a velociraptor on the cover with some kind of blaster.

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