for my birthday tomorrow i want you to look at a bird or install linux on something
get your binoculars and flash drives ready!
@loren if by flash drives you mean fireflies, I'm in!
Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s

Who needs Starlink when you've got an actual starling

Tom's Hardware
@joannaholman yes please! send me all your shakespeare ebooks via starling please!!

@joannaholman @loren

Finally! We at long last have a practical reason to have European Starlings in North America. I'm going to teach a Starling to sing the barcode on my library card.

@joannaholman @loren

Just watched it.

Absolutely amazing!

@loren can i install Linux on a bird?
@matt i'll allow it
@matt @loren starlings for storage you’d probably need crows for processing https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo
I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird

YouTube

@jeffron @matt @loren

Came here to say 'why not both' and post this [incredible, everyone should watch] video 😆

Bravo.

@loren what if i install linux on a bird

@loren
I look at birds all day, they're kinda my jam. I don't carry the camera much all the time anymore, though.

As for Linux, since Ubuntu shit the bed with adding ai, I have to pick a new distro to learn.

@Puck @loren Try Linux Mint. All the Ubuntu without the Ubuntu. I've been using it for years and no, it's not just an intro to Linux for people coming from Windows.
@druid
Thanks. I loaded it on an old computer and liked it. Then I got a hair up my butt and moved into a project house so transitiong to Linux has been delayed. I'm pleased to hear Mint is still clean.
@loren can i have a bird install Linux?
@phil as long as the bird is cool with it
@loren I can't see birds and I have 4 Linux servers... am I exempt? :)
@loren Not tomorrow but I did install kali on my Pi this last Friday.
@loren this is the content I come to Mastodon to see.
@loren Honestly, I'll probably do both. So happy birthday!
@loren already have Linux on my laptop, but I'll definitely be looking at birds.

@loren

I have birds nesting next to the air conditioner! I look at birds every day. :)

@loren I am looking at a bird RIGHT NOW. (hummingbird!)
@loren install linux on a bird

@loren i put up uv-reflecting stickers because birds and windows don't mix well.

I'll wish you happy birthday to my friendly neighbourhood corvids.

@loren okay. I was almost ready to reinstall my cachos but then I figured out the problem with steam--I had two different kernels installed and steam wanted to use the wrong one
@loren happy birdday!
@loren There is a very good chance I'll look at a bird, even if I forget your birthday.
@loren Happy birthday!
I'm not a computer toucher, so I'll tell the house martins on the roof that you said hi.
@loren Happy Birthday! All the devices are running linux already will keep my eye out for birds!
@loren I can stand at my front door and watch the crested pigeons, lapwings, the occasional plover, Magpies, and of course the bin chickens for 6 hours. It will be far more enjoyable than installing Linux, trying, and failing to get it working.
@loren
Instructions unclear. Australian brush turkey is now a Linux admin.
@lady_alys @loren a new process monitor has been added to the kernel.
@loren is Birdy Linux in the air?
@loren I got you covered. I get to re-install CachyOS after the AUR mess going around. I, also, work in an environment that allows me to notice birds. Perhaps one will land nearby and I'll just focus on it for the time it allows me. Who knows. My mind changes what it wants to focus on, on a dime. But I got half of this covered.

@loren

systemd chickadee 🐤
says happee birthdee

@loren is bsd okay? (Also I will tell the birds in my backyard you love them)

(because I'm sure it's true)

(even if bsd isn't ok)

@loren
Both are already done... What next ?
@blanchepage
@loren I installed linux on three boxes last week. I'll get to one more this week. Cool your jets, I'm old, and going as fast as I can.
@loren I looked at chimney swifts all morning. Happy Birthday!
@loren Done and done. Happy birthday!🎉

@loren
I'll be birdwatching through the window only - too hot outside for me today - but I'll be watching!

Happy birthday! 🎂🎁🎉

@loren birds looked at me today.

happy birdday

@loren Happy birdday Loren!!
@loren for your cake day tomorrow, I'll walk the mutt since I'm already running Linux and then we will do something about the birds