Ivan Sagalaev 

@isagalaev
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Programmer, software architect, mentor.

Sammamish, WA

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Web sitehttps://softwaremaniacs.org/
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Show threadIvan Sagalaev 1d ago
@danirabbit it's only wild if reasoned from the idea that Dem establishment and progressives are on the same team. They aren't. For Ds, losing to progressives is much worse than losing to Rs. When Rs win incumbent Ds don't lose their places, their donors, their stock options, etc. They just wait their turn. And it works for both sides. If progressives win, it would mean *actual reform* regarding money in politics. So yes, Ds are going to fight us all the way. But they're going to lose :-)
Show threadIvan Sagalaev 1d ago
@Wilto TitleCase
Ivan Sagalaev 1d ago
Show threadtom jennings1d ago

@kevinbowen

Yeah. The US postal service may prove to have been the best service the US ever provided to its citizens. Its not an American idea but it was done very well. Internet kids don't get it I don't think. Deliver an ounce/28 grams of paper to any physical address within 8 billion sq km for the same pocket change.

The best art and communication medium ever.

@jerod23

Ivan Sagalaev 2d ago
tom jennings3d ago

I find myself increasingly unwilling to cooperate with anything on the Internet requiring unnecessary logins, and lately, onerous (subjective) cookies requirements.

It seems like, from reading here on the fedi, that lots of people go along with this shit.

I've been active on the Internet since 1993, but def remember life before it. I hate to lose it, but honestly, the shit required to use many websites is way beyond anything reasonable.

So I find myself withdrawing from it.

If "age verification" becomes common here (US) I'm unlikely to cooperate.

I do many of the few things we can "do" online, and I give money to EFF and many orgs monthly and for years, but things are not good.

I've done work on separating electronic and physical (and phone) contacts and even printed out some on paper.

I'm trying to assume nothing.

The Internet is not the world.

Ivan Sagalaev 3d ago
Inspirational Skeletor💀3d ago
Ivan Sagalaev Jul 26

Just a reminder for everyone who's flying these days. These are three well-reported near-misses between planes in the last 3 months:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/close-call-between-delta-plane-and-military-craft-at-reagan-national-airport

https://www.newsnationnow.com/travel/flight-collision-b-52-aggressive-maneuver/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/southwest-airlines-flight-plunge

I don't *know* if they become more frequent, but it feels like they did.

#travel #aviation

Close call between Delta plane and military craft at Reagan National airport

Both flights received corrective instructions to avoid collision two months after crash killed 67 at same airport

The Guardian
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Jul 25
@ike like, I've installed enough OSes and fought enough weird problem in my life to not treat it as an interesting exercise, but on the other hand, Google trying to shove their f*** AI down my throat may snap me pretty quickly.
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Jul 25
@ike I'm thinking of GrapheneOS, but I may just be too lazy to do that. But it's tempting :-)
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Jul 25
@ike went with Pixel 9a after all. Librem seems to be an enthusiast device, and I just need something that works that I can forget about for a few years :-)
Ivan Sagalaev Jul 24
Etienne JacobJul 24
A little webpage thing: shader animation with sliders to play with
https://bleuje.com/js_sketches/impossible-split-scan/
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Ivan Sagalaev Jun 29

Stump. I never know what and how to shoot when on a forest trail. This photo is probably the best one from our recent outing, but it's still kind of dull.

#darktable #pnw

Show threadMidgePhotoJun 29

@isagalaev
If you want suggestions ...
Go much closer. Much.
Take a magnifying glass/macro lens/dioptre lens.
Go down and get reflections.
Point the lens straight up.
Show things which are not quite as a chap ambling through a wood sees with the naked eye.
(By all means move the camera, but I feel no need to see the result. )
Carry a couple of small props, a mirror, even.
Take a model.

...if you didn't, my apologies for butting in.

Show threadIvan Sagalaev Jun 29
@midgephoto advice is always welcome, thank you! Tele/macro shots are their own genre though. But I get the point, that simply "screenshotting" what you see is not interesting. I tried a couple of things: a shot under a tree root and a shot through the mossy branches straight up. But again — meh…