Jason Le Vaillant

@jasonlv
3 Followers
7 Following
58 Posts
Nerd account
LocationPorirua, New Zealand
Jason Le VaillantNov 10, 2022
C. Matt SchofieldNov 7, 2022

I've seen a lot of people saying that liking posts here is pointless, but I absolutely love the way it works - it feels like what this sort of feature is actually supposed to do.

If I put a star on a toot, I'm not trying to blast it to the universe, I just want to quietly inform the poster that I liked or appreciated what they shared. Not everything needs a comment and I don't always have the mental energy to make one, but I still want someone to know that I valued their thought.

Jason Le VaillantNov 7, 2022

#introduction

Four years later, and I’m back! Back! Back! This is the account I set up last time I remember everyone talking about Mastodon and the fediverse, but that was nothing compared to what we’re seeing at the moment. Now it’s a major migration to the decentralised, open Internet, hurrah!

Anyway, I’m a standard-issue #nerd from New Zealand with a love of #science, #technology, #rationality, #videogames and #economics.

Pleased to meet you all.

Jason Le VaillantNov 14, 2018
Nebulos by Audiomonster is such an epic and amazing mod.
Show threadJason Le VaillantOct 29, 2018
@jasonlv Attack me if you dare, I will crush you.
Jason Le VaillantOct 28, 2018
I suddenly realised there is a new (well, 2015) multiplatform version of Gravity Force 2 – Gravity Force 20! Who wants to challenge me to a dogfight?
Show threadJason Le VaillantOct 21, 2018
@jasonlv Take that, sailors! Now, where is this “Charlie”?
Jason Le VaillantOct 21, 2018
It is time. To play Shenmue.
Jason Le VaillantOct 15, 2018
I am frequently amazed/alarmed at people in food outlets wearing latex gloves to handle food, then, with the same gloves on, handling the debit/credit card terminal. Pressing buttons on the PIN pad even. That thing must habour about 50% of the bacteria and viruses in the restaurant.
Jason Le VaillantOct 14, 2018
Starship Troopers is a horrible novel, promoting all kinds of dreadful authoritarian and militaristic ideas. However, long after reading it, I keep thinking... maybe Heinlein had a point about the relative merits of corporal punishment compared to prisons.
Jason Le VaillantOct 13, 2018
A journal doesn’t seem like a journal unless each entry begins with meteorological observations.