Robey ☠️

@robey@messydesk.social
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A wizard appears. He looks grumpy.

I was the guy behind eggdrop, paramiko, the sidekick ssh client, kestrel, and many smaller projects. I've been in 3 unsuccessful bands and I'm one of the 23 people who finished reading "Gravity's Rainbow". But I'm primarily known for making a dumb Fibonacci joke online in 2011.

$argon2id$v=19$m=512,t=256,p=1$uksdy+s78ZlpzoaxkGyciA$kIt70t1MNJ5auxeTAohzAMKBec73DvmFYct+o8MrQy4

#programming #retrocomputing #firmware #leftist #content

LocationSan José, California
Dispositiongay (they/he), pale, quiet, antifa
Nerd topicsdistsys, firmware, retro computing
Bloghttps://robey.lag.net/
Show threadRobey ☠️7h ago

@nelson that looks even cooler!

i have a 51-star flag that puts them in a star-shaped circle, that we flew on 4 july for a years

... which seems to be no longer for sale! boo! but it looks like this:

i got a 52-state flag later but it looks indistinguishable from 50 so i'm on the fence about flying it

Robey ☠️7h ago
Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial21h ago
@arichtman every single time
Robey ☠️7h ago
POKEY THE PENGUIN1d ago

HELLO FRIENDS!! WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE OF MY ADVENTURE???

https://youtu.be/eF5WVVjvuHI

POKEY GOES TO COURT

YouTube
Show threadRobey ☠️8h ago

@nelson it's the regular US flag! ... the 1863 flag with 35 stars (WV) :)

(the 34 star flag from the first part of the war looks similar, but i chose the post-emancipation flag on purpose)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States#/media/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_of_America_(1863%E2%80%931865).svg

Flag of the United States - Wikipedia

Show threadRobey ☠️8h ago

one of the guests last night, looking resignedly out the gate: "... okay.... what's *this* flag?"

i guess i have a reputation now

Robey ☠️1d ago
flying the union flag this year
Robey ☠️1d ago
we just finished trudging through the end of season 2 of "silo" and i have to say, that is some of the dumbest tv i've seen
Robey ☠️2d ago
Natasha Jay2d ago

Today I learned there are rules for Road Runner ... BEEP-BEEP!

(creator Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner)

Robey ☠️2d ago
Show threadlucie lukas "minute" hartmann2d ago
the vibe coding human should aspire to give up on any symbolic communication, and ultimately cease all thought, and ultimately shed their worldy bodies, and ultimately just vibe as pure energy until the heat death of the universe
Robey ☠️2d ago
Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️3d ago

If you ever want feel-good tears, go read the reviews of electric tricycles.

There are so many great stories and photos of people regaining mobility, reconnecting with their spouse/friends/family, and just having fun.

#cycling #biking

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SaraMG 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 28
Why spreadsheets are a fruitless at getting you laid.
Show threadgeraldewJun 28

@saramg oh I'm reliving some past pain there!

IIRC it was Excel v2.x that showed how it could mangle dates.

In that case it was right to think that my data was all dates, then it quietly reversed dd/mm to mm/dd - but only when dd was less than 13.

Have never trusted it with dates ever since.

(and from the same time there was a saga about ctrl-z in text files, but that's another story)

Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Jun 28
@saramg *BLINK*