École des Bro-Arts

@aphyr@woof.group
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Switchy leatherman into bad puns, thick boys, and distributed systems. Purveyor of fine jockstrap selfies. Woof.group admin.

Jim Starkey: "Of interest only to third-rate academics a few papers short of a tenure package."

Reddit: "would never ever ever hire this degenerate holy shit"

Peter Watts: "The most innovative fanfic I've ever read."

Bloghttps://aphyr.com
Leather Bloghttps://blog.woof.group/aphyr
Workhttps://jepsen.io
PronounsHe/Him
École des Bro-Arts1d ago

Been meaning to subscribe to @404mediaco for a few years now, and their article yesterday on how AI is eating media got me to sign up for an annual subscription.

https://www.404media.co/the-medias-pivot-to-ai-is-not-real-and-not-going-to-work/

The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work

AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

404 Media
École des Bro-Arts2d ago
Always been curious about this scene. Who was he? What was the trip like? Who built the box, because that is a *seriously* impressive gear setup.
École des Bro-Arts3d ago
Jepsen3d ago
Antithesis and Jepsen are releasing a glossary of terms useful in distributed systems testing: https://antithesis.com/resources/reliability_glossary/
A distributed systems reliability glossary

A list of key concepts for building and testing reliable distributed systems, with basic definitions and deep references.

Show threadÉcole des Bro-Arts3d ago

promised myself I would not engage with Deranged Discourse but https://tenforward.social/@melsbells/114850237937015698 came across my timeline yesterday and I cannot get it out of my head

no matter HOW badly you post, I promise, none of you fedizens will ever observe mass famine under the forced collectivization of early Soviet agronomy and decide "we should do that too", leading to the deaths of ~30 million people

none of our Hot Takes are even remotely comparable to this behavior!

Oestrommunism (@melsbells@tenforward.social)

People need to read Mao so when they make mistakes instead of just panicking and disengaging they know that they can actually just say "yeah that was wrong I'm sorry my bad" and like, it's okay. People make mistakes. People make bad jokes. People say shit that's kinda fucked up. What matters is that they understand what they said was kinda fucked up and that they shouldn't have said it, and that they can engage with that in a way that doesn't result in complete social ostracization.

Ten Forward
École des Bro-Arts3d ago
As a leftist, I just feel that if I were in charge of advertising for the local communist group I would choose figureheads not generally known for having induced the famine deaths of millions of people. There are in fact other options here!
École des Bro-Arts3d ago

Keep thinking about how Fragile calls Rainy a "Pharmakon--a medicine that can harm, a poison that can heal". She leaves unstated the third sense, which is pre-eminent in the scene: scapegoat. And the fourth: a means of production. Feels like her character arc has to culminate with the birth of her child--in reifying that fourth meaning.

I don't think Death Stranding's writing is *good* exactly but it sure is *provocative*.

École des Bro-Arts3d ago
Growing Brovine3d ago
Contributing to MCM with a snap at the end of the incline machine AMRAP.
École des Bro-Arts3d ago
Eric🌻🔞4d ago

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CW drawn male nudity

Show threadÉcole des Bro-Arts4d ago
Next time I am either hiring a pro or setting up the shop vac with a HEPA filter, sealing off the entire room with plastic, and running a positive pressure enclosure.
Show threadÉcole des Bro-Arts4d ago

After two weeks of this nonsense--huge dust control sheets, the kitchen being a disaster zone, wearing a respirator to enter the house for half the day... I am declaring defeat. This is as good as it's going to get. It is covered in bubbles and has a few visible lap marks, but it is at least watertight now.

I'll give it a month to cure and knock down the worst offenders with 1000-grit and a buffing wheel.

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Show threadÉcole des Bro-Arts4d ago

After two weeks of this nonsense--huge dust control sheets, the kitchen being a disaster zone, wearing a respirator to enter the house for half the day... I am declaring defeat. This is as good as it's going to get. It is covered in bubbles and has a few visible lap marks, but it is at least watertight now.

I'll give it a month to cure and knock down the worst offenders with 1000-grit and a buffing wheel.

Show threadÉcole des Bro-Arts4d ago
Next time I am either hiring a pro or setting up the shop vac with a HEPA filter, sealing off the entire room with plastic, and running a positive pressure enclosure.
Show threadwohali4d ago
@aphyr really nice work! well done.
Show threadIlludium_Q364d ago
@aphyr - Seeing the photos and those bubbles, mewonders if they're caused by air/gas/vapors coming up out of the wood. And, if so, was there something you missed doing, like some kind of sealing coat or whatever... #ImTotallyNotAnExpertHere
Show threadÉcole des Bro-Arts4d ago
@Illudium_Q36 there are already several coats below the ones I started.
Show threadPsycub3d ago
@aphyr I'm sorry that you get frustrated. But it's part of learning... I read that temperature and humidity are factors, also some brands of product can create the bubble. Don't give up. Just rest a little