One of the things I've learned to do in my prints, when I have two parts that will be joined together, is create a directional key and matching key holes in each part. The holes should be half the depth of the key. The key and holes should fit together in one direction only. I can't count the number of times I've glued two parts together that were slightly askew, or backwards, or...

#3dprinting

another notice of a data breach exposing my data... at this point i wonder how many systems are left that haven't been breached...

how far back in chat/comments, etc. is too far back to fix your grammar and spelling errors? i'm finding that the horizon seems to be "as far back as i happen to notice them"... 😬

I just released v2.3.0 of Ktistec.  It fixes a few bugs introduced in the previous release. In particular, it handles a case I've observed a few times in production where the fetching of followed content hangs. The fix adds a monitor that periodically checks for "running" tasks without a backing fiber and sets socket timeouts to ensure requests eventually terminate (I believe the latter actually fixes the problem, but belts and suspenders...)

#ktistec #crystallanguage #crystallang #activitypub #fediverse

i've been listening to my collection of mid-90s mod and demoscene files. here's one of my favorites from ~1995 that really demonstrates what was possible with that format:

  ♪♪ catch that goblin!!

i also find it amazing how too many hours of looney tunes as a kid left residual traces in my programming—i can almost visually "follow along" with the action...

#demoscene #history

ugh! i will never understand why people here in the fediverse post their long-form thoughts in myriad little 120 character chains of replies to replies to replies... is this just a habit from your past/other social networks? are you just copy/pasting your thoughts here after posting to those other social networks? it this cool/trendy for some reason? are you trying to maximize clicks on your content...?

#turkeywednesday #veryloud #photography

a less regarded skill that turns out to be pretty useful—knife sharpening—but to look at the various whetstones and kits available, i feel like it might also now be a hipster hobby...

only two weeks between #worldcon and #dragoncon