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Andrew Fister

@andrewfister@sfba.social

10 Followers

39 Following

146 Posts

Raising a family in SF. Abundant housing, city biking, Capoeira, long term thinking, science fiction, software @arcadia
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Andrew Fister 5d ago

Alfred Twu 5d ago

附屬住房之歌 The Accessory Dwelling Unit Song🏘️🎵

This was fun to write, lyrics go from how to build an ADU to becoming a homebuilder, building ADUs in mythical lands, then back down to earth with family.

Original version is Mandarin Chinese but I've written the English translation to be singable as well!

This song was inspired by the California Department of Housing and Community Development's new Chinese-language ADU handbook, which contains info for people interested in building ADUs. It's also available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese at
https://www.hcd.ca.gov/policy-and-research/accessory-dwelling-units

Andrew Fister Jul 6

en route from 94 to 65 🌫️

#Amtrak #CaliforniaZephyr #Tågskryt #TransitViews #Trains

Andrew Fister Jul 6

There have been basically two things keeping me from completely getting rid of facebook. One was events: now this has been replaced by Partiful, which does all the things I needed facebook events to do and doesn't do the things I don't like.

The second is maybe harder. Facebook groups. I'm never actually involved in more than 1-2 but it seems exceptionally hard to move the conversation elsewhere

Andrew Fister Jul 6

The main alternate solution I've seen for a community-oriented discussion platform is Slack, which has several problems:
- less technical people often won't use it
- people who use it for work often don't want to use it
- the channel model doesn't work very well unless everyone understands the etiquette of using slack which people usually don't unless they regularly use this type of software for other reasons
- devolves into people needing to post the same message in every channel

Andrew Fister Jun 30

Low-key lost it when I noticed the main image on the Wikipedia page for business casual attire is just an edit of the nude figures from the Pioneer plaque

Andrew Fister Jun 24

Alfie Kohn Jun 23

Mahmoud Khalil:

"All the 'Know Your Rights' information and fliers I read were useless. There are no rights in such situations."

"Those who made me go through hell are still free outside and actually emboldened."

Andrew Fister Jun 24

The War on Cars Jun 24

NEW EPISODE!

"What Makes a City a Cycling City?"

Why do some cities become places where it’s easy to bike for transportation? We talk to the researchers behind the Cycling Cities project and look at places beyond Northern Europe to find out.

Follow and listen:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-makes-a-city-a-cycling-city/id1437755068?i=1000714338986

#cycling #bike #podcast

Andrew Fister Jun 21

Pete Prodoehl 🍕Jun 21

Too hot to go outside so I’m working over a hot griddle making crumpets, trying to perfect my technique.

Andrew Fister Jun 21

Pete Prodoehl 🍕Jun 21

“We believe the powerful should be made less powerful.”

Andrew Fister Jun 19

Meredith Whittaker Jun 16

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

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Low-key lost it when I noticed the main image on the Wikipedia page for business casual attire is just an edit of the nude figures from the Pioneer plaque

What fresh hell did I wake up to

Rey 💜 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 30

@sutter welcome to the overnight bacterial toot club!

Coffeemancer Vanvidum Jun 30

@sutter Popularity!

@sutter calling boosts uppies is great!

Vx. Princess "size_t queen" Grace

@sutter they already took her pussy off, now this?

perfectly normal (horse) beast Jun 30

@BestGirlGrace @sutter inevitably,

solastalgia kris Jul 1

@g1comics @BestGirlGrace @sutter

This is the future nudists want

@BestGirlGrace @sutter

What does @vagina_museum think?

Also aliens may come to explore this situation, was Carl Sagan a puritan? So many questions...

Vx. Princess "size_t queen" Grace

@hnapel @sutter @vagina_museum the version of the story I'm aware of is that Sagan wanted her to have the vagina, but the suits said no.

The Witch of Crow Briar Jul 1

@BestGirlGrace @hnapel @sutter @vagina_museum I mean… faces have apparently become a bridge too far for Business Casual, good thing the Pioneer mission left when it did.

Vagina Museum Jul 1

@BestGirlGrace @hnapel @sutter This is quite right, with a touch of nodding to Ancient Greece https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/110747221983351656

Vagina Museum (@vagina_museum@masto.ai)

OLD THREAD REPOST Good afternoon, who would like to hear about a controversy about sending nudes into outer space? Well, we're going to tell you about a controversy about sending NUDES into OUTER SPACE...

Mastodon

Jon Gilbert Jun 30

@sutter ....HUH, so it is.

Ángela Stella Matutina Jun 30

In memory of Linda Salzman...

Brian Grinter Jun 30

@sutter @NewtonMark first alien civilisation to find the Pioneer probe will complain about receiving unsolicited nudes and wipe us out…

@bgrinter @sutter @NewtonMark
The plaque has instructions of which planet to target and which species is to blame for all the mess.

BetaRays Jun 30

@geoffl @bgrinter @sutter @NewtonMark Don’t worry, the instructions include 9 planets.

@BetaRays @NewtonMark @bgrinter @sutter
#astronomy

BetaRays Jun 30

@geoffl @NewtonMark @bgrinter @sutter It’s unfair not to count Eris or Ceres (actually discovered before Pluto!)

Eris (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia

Brian Grinter Jun 30

@BetaRays @geoffl @NewtonMark @sutter choice was 8 planets or 20+

Andrew Benedict-Nelson Jun 30

@bgrinter @sutter @NewtonMark I support this plan

….huh.

leadedsolder Jun 30

@sutter @ifixcoinops they got jobs at Best Buy after some NASA cutbacks

Donald Hobern Jun 30

So the man has two left arms.

@dhobern @sutter

They may also think he has two arms left.

Geoff Coffey Jun 30

@sutter Wow I hope the aliens aren’t offended. Not sure what the dress code is for first contact.

sport of sacred spherical cows Jun 30

Vitruvian Man would have been too over the top.

Daniil Baturin Jun 30

@beadsland @sutter Maybe I should make a virtual paper doll game where one could dress the Pioneer plaque characters in various outfits.

Kagan MacTane (he/him)Jun 30

@dmbaturin @beadsland @sutter Where do I subscribe for updates on this project, or to be informed when it's ready for viewing?

/sincere

Daniil Baturin Jul 1

@kagan @beadsland @sutter I guess follow me… I really do think it would be fun to make and if like to make it, but I can’t promise any sort of a timeframe, to be honest with you.

Daniil Baturin Jul 1

@kagan @beadsland @sutter I’m also terrible at drawing so I’ll need someone else to make the artwork for the outfits.

Jonathan Jun 30

@sutter Well someone's got to teach the aliens how to dress business casual.

Jef Poskanzer Jun 30

@sutter Was hoping the replies would include them dressed in other outfits.

@sutter Best Buy Business attire, more like it...but yes. :)

unlofl [Promoted Toot]Jun 30

@sutter amazing, I had to check myself so if anyone else is wondering:

thefathippy Jun 30

✅Pants
✅Shirt
❌Shoes, WTF?

SubductionRheology Jun 30

@sutter Did an AI create the image I wonder?

Mister Dave Jun 30

@sutter compatible license

Ultra Verified 🇺🇦Jun 30

"Created by AI"?

It's a year round April fool's joke?

Duke Thinred IV

@sutter His has a line that starts as a crease and ends up as a seam. And what's with the angled sleeve ends?
By "casual" I think they are referring to the garment assembly process.

עדי סתיו Jun 30

@sutter This is amazing

Julia Clement Jun 30

@sutter Yes, If you go to File:Business casual male & female(.)svg on commons it lists the source svgs including https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Business_casual_male_%26_female.svg

The interesting thing about this is that Carl Sagan 's original on the NASA site was a jpeg, there's no note on how it was converted to an svg, but it looks too clean to be a machine translation. Being uploaded in 2013 rules out it being done by an LLM.

File:Business casual male & female.svg - Wikimedia Commons

@sutter Well, that's awesome I think !

Justin Mason Jun 30

@sutter this is genius

Alfred Chow - Maker of Things Jun 30

@sutter
That is really going to confuse the aliens!

Schrottkatze (Fangirl::<Turbofish>)Jun 30

@sutter this is beauiful

@sutter if a human wore clothes would it be like this or this

Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3 Jun 30

@sutter 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣

@sutter if Pioneer plaque figures wore jeans, how would they wear it

@sutter honestly a great idea.
The figures are public domain AND I bet that went through a zillion rounds of NASA meetings to end up with the nominate cisgendered-appearing couple.

C++ Wage Slave Jun 30

I agree that it looks that way, but in fact Carl Sagan and Frank Drake designed the plaques in a matter of weeks.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque

Pioneer plaque - Wikipedia

@CppGuy @sutter jeez if anything their original design got watered down (more white) through further deliberations.
Frustrating those citations are buried away in a book I can't seem to easily access.

Nicovel0 🍉Jun 30

@sutter in order to be professional as a woman, you must not have LINES. LINES are for men only.

Last Continue Jun 30

@Tattie @sutter Oh but they kept the lines for the pockets, which, we all know, are a joke on women’s trousers.

The Turtle Jun 30

@sutter in case space aliens visit Best Buy, I guess.

shironeko Jun 30

@sutter why is he not waving

progo in NYC Jun 30

@sutter I looked up the page you refer to, and I followed the link to "Casual Wear".

This example pic has "organ donor" written all over it. Yikes!

@sutter when recycling public domain images goes too far.

Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.Jun 30

@sutter So, the line down the right trouser leg starts as a press fold, but then becomes an inseam towards the bottom? Or are the trousers so stiff that they wont twist with the legs?

@sutter So business casual is the same as fast food franchise uniform?