Likely Ryan

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autistic millennial laptop-gaming nerd who builds stuff

he/him

flickrhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/8334138@N02/albums
sportshttps://firstkickwasgood.com/
twtrhttps://twitter.com/TheProski
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If you're new to Mastodon, know that you don't get your tusks until one of the longtime locals scolds you for not putting your stuff behind a content warning, and your response sets off an old-school flame war that defederates at least three instances.
Oh damn

If you haven't tried the Elk mastodon web client you are missing out. I have been thoroughly enjoying this for many months now. It's a PWA app so I have it pinned on my dock/start bar.

Try it out at https://elk.zone/

@shanselman had @danielroe on a podcast recently where Danial talks about building Elk.

https://hanselminutes.com/894/creating-the-mastodon-app-elk-as-a-progressive-web-app-with-daniel-roe

Elk

A nimble Mastodon web client

Elk

Hitman: Who am I killing?

Dog: Ever heard of a guy named Pavlov?

Hitman: Rings a bell.

Dog: *narrows eyes* That's right.

A Ukrainian quadcopter from the 5th assault brigade drops an F1 grenade on a downed Russian Zala 421-16E UAV, possibly becoming the first drone on drone engagement with a hand grenade.

Finally getting around to messing with my library of free games from the Epic Store.

Rage 2 is actually quite fun. Pretty basic, a la "Post-Apoc Far Cry" or Just Cause With Nukes

People in security and computing have been saying for years - there's no cloud. There's just someone else's computer.

Right now, there's no AI. There's just someone else's work.

Stop calling generative text and image programs AI. It's inaccurate and insulting. They are just the evolution of corporate creative theft that's been going on as long as media corporations have existed.

Never consent to pretend that shitbirds are decent people. You don’t have to spend your time throwing elbows at them, but don’t allow yourself to be bad-faithed into thinking that democracy or civility require you to treat shitty morons like they’re normal and acceptable.
I'm committed to Mastodon and cannot run 3 simultaneous social accounts, but this is my legitimate Bluesky. It will remain a placeholder so someone doesn't abuse it.