Mastodawn

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈

@flisk@fops.cloud

181 Followers

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immigrant, home office sysadmin, animal petter, returner of lost items, budding home improver. i'll bring the ball back if you throw it. i joke and lie sometimes.

i love my nagging bitch boy wife @Lesa@gay.lesaoras.xyz

testimonials:
"wow just met @flisk, didn't know he was actually a real person lol" - @buffet

is dead. long live

pronouns	he/him
langs	german, english, basic french
dn42	AS4242420390
follow requests	subject to vibe checks and considerable delays
uses google docs	yes

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈13h ago

die fränkische polizei im kampf gegen den zwei meter wels

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈19h ago

Lesa 🏳️‍🌈20h ago

Picture of the tram track from when i was in Karlsruhe.

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈1d ago

I don't know where you folks get your non-orientable manifolds, but the experience of ordering from Cliff Stoll at kleinbottle.com is second to none

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈1d ago

"it says here in the commit message that you uh, 'reactored' the code? you meant refactored, right?"
"no : )"
[dosimeter starts clicking]

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈1d ago

This is important to sign and share. I archive Dutch language educational games (yeah very niche, that's why they require archiving) and I have to deal with lost media a lot. Don't let games disappear, please.

stopkillinggames.com

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈2d ago

can't blame francophones either, it's just intrinsically hard to say my last name correctly if you're not raised speaking german and especially if you're raised speaking french

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈2d ago

living in france for a while and interacting with officials and such has given me some perspective on the ambient feeling of alienation caused by no one around you being able to pronounce your name correctly. i essentially have three last names now depending on where i am and how people choose to pronounce it.

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈2d ago

antihec 🥔2d ago

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈2d ago

Bellyrubs?

soggy doggy 🏳️‍🌈2d ago

geht mir so auf die nüsse alter

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I don't know where you folks get your non-orientable manifolds, but the experience of ordering from Cliff Stoll at kleinbottle.com is second to none

Miod Vallat 1d ago

@lcamtuf I've been considering ordering one for ages! Still not decided, but these pictures are quite a strong incentive.

@miodvallat It's worth it even for the ordering process and the "paperwork" you get. And he makes some exotic ones in addition to the standard stuff.

Insecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥1d ago

@lcamtuf I can't believe he's still doing that so many decades later

@saraislet Yeah, I've gotten one back in... 2003? maybe. Although to be fair, I can't believe I'm still doing things either

Insecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥1d ago

Mirrors And Stuff 1d ago

@lcamtuf I still find his book great fun. I hope he's happy.

Brian Clark 21h ago

@mirrorsandstuff @lcamtuf I saw him speak at a conference in May and he was great. Full of energy and he seemed really happy! He stuck around after his talk and spent time talking with everyone.

Irenes (many)8h ago

@mirrorsandstuff @lcamtuf he seems happy :)

Justin Azoff 1d ago

@lcamtuf I was going to buy one of the glasses, but I wanted to use it as a actual drinking vessel.. he had a faq mentioning how that's a bad idea because you can't easily clean it :-(

Chris Petrilli 1d ago

@JustinAzoff @lcamtuf I have one of his hats, and adore it.

Willem Janssen 1d ago

@JustinAzoff @lcamtuf That makes no sense. For regular glasses you have to clean the inside *and* outside, but for this one you just have to do the … uhhh … one side.

Irenes (many)8h ago

@JustinAzoff @lcamtuf yeah we have one, we have used it a few times, but indeed it's not the easiest thing to clean

Tadeusz Sikora 1d ago

@lcamtuf @SnoopJ every few years I am reminded that he does this and I have to go “wait, THAT Cliff Stoll?” Today’s loop only took like 3 minutes

@glyph @lcamtuf pretty much same, but this is the straw that finally pushed me over the edge into actually purchasing some of his work. Tickled to see that order IDs begin with 3.14159…

Simon Zerafa 1d ago

That would look good next to my Utah Teapot 🤔🙂👍

Bob Young 1d ago

@lcamtuf
I got my Klein bottle from Cliff Stoll a few years ago. I put a bead in it. Or on it. Or outside it. Depends on how you look at it.

Ko Simon toku ingoa

@lcamtuf I wonder if one could be made (I know it technically wouldn’t be a Klein bottle, but designed to look like one) which could fit in the space of a pump bottle (to fit in my bag’s drink bottle holder), and be easily drunk from.

Stephen Wuebker 1d ago

@lcamtuf Y2K compliant!!

sky-guided 1d ago

@lcamtuf holy bap he's still at it

Mike Dank 1d ago

@lcamtuf I saved all the materials that came with mine including the mailer box. Just a wonderful experience all-around.

Infinity 1d ago

@lcamtuf I got mine back in the early 2000s and it’s still every bit as non-orientable as the day it arrived.

Ross Smith 1d ago

@lcamtuf Can confirm! The "Klein Stein" is a real treat for a Father's Day gift, too.

Ross Smith 1d ago

@lcamtuf Father and son bottles for me and my lil math nerd. (Also yes the paperwork and stickers are hilarious)

Advanced Persistent Teapot 1d ago

@lcamtuf omg how did you know I needed a birthday present for my pure maths degree holding brother?

@lcamtuf Ordered!

The check-out page asked for the number of dimensions in my universe. I had to guess, I hope 6.022E23 is close enough.

Sylvhem 23h ago

@lcamtuf Took a peek at his website. This is what a good website is supposed to look like.

Stephen M. Cameron 22h ago

@lcamtuf I like that he keeps his stock of klein bottles underneath his house, and uses an RC robot to fetch them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw54zsON4MI

Fetching a Klein bottle from under Cliff Stoll's house

YouTube

Brian Clark 21h ago

@CapnSpaceNerd @lcamtuf cool video, thanks for sharing. And for sending me down a rabbit hole 😉

Irenes (many)8h ago

@lcamtuf oh for sure. we get ours from him as well :D