Vertigo

@vertigo
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Favorite languages in no particular order: #Forth, Common #Lisp, #Python, #Asm, #APL, #J. Creator of Ascetic Programming style, and the VIBE screen editor.

#RISCV hardware developer (KCP53000, #Kestrel3). #nmigen.

I block bots unconditionally; nothing personal. DEPRECATED: My new account is at @vertigo #nobot

Kestrel Computer Projecthttp://chiselapp.com/user/kc5tja/repository/kestrel-3/index
Amateur RadioGeneral; KC5TJA/6
FurryBlack Dragon
PronounsHe/Him/Whatever
VertigoMar 2, 2021
🐝 H. McGillMar 2, 2021

The hat on this dragon is whatever you want it to be. Follow your dreams

pontifical, Avignon ca. 1330-1340

Tours, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. Diocèse 8, fol. 59r

Source: discardingimages.tumblr.com

#art #Mastoart #creativetoot #dragon

VertigoFeb 20, 2021
Show thread@hFeb 20, 2021

I know I would be excited about a computer like @vertigo 's future Kestrel 3 or even the new ZX Spectrum, or a Hacktari.

But this industrial thing by a massive evil corporation turns me off a lot.

VertigoNov 24, 2020
Cory DoctorowNov 24, 2020

Jetstream is the Walmart brand name for a line of cheap Chinese wifi base-station/routers; other popular, cheap brands like Wavlink and Winstars appear to come from the same manufacturer and they all share a grave security vulnerability: a powerful back-door.

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VertigoNov 22, 2020
しんご✅Nov 17, 2020
#tokyocameraclub
symbol of japan
VertigoNov 22, 2020
neil breen’s fetlife accountNov 21, 2020
How do we help this teenage comrade
VertigoNov 21, 2020
Ⓟⓘⓔⓡⓡⓔ ⒸⓞⓛNov 21, 2020
The ultimate captcha! 🙃
VertigoNov 15, 2020
Drew DeVaultNov 12, 2020

Fuckings to:

- ISO
- ANSI
- KHR

Do not charge to read standards
Do not charge to write standards

Open standards or kindly GTFO

VertigoNov 15, 2020
Show threadFiXato (fallback)Nov 14, 2020

@dadegroot @piggo oh, and #TodayILearned: #potassium, the common #English word for #Kalium, is derived from #pearlAsh's unpurified form: #potAsh:

<<potassium (n.)
metallic element, 1807, coined by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy from Modern Latin potassa, Latinized form of potash (q.v.). Davy first isolated it from potash. The chemical symbol K is from Latin kalium "potash," from Arabic al-qaliy "the ashes, burnt ashes" (see alkali).>>
https://www.etymonline.com/word/potassium

potassium | Origin and meaning of potassium by Online Etymology Dictionary

POTASSIUM Meaning: "potash," from Arabic al-qaliy "the ashes, burnt ashes" (see alkali). Related: Potassic. See definitions of potassium.

VertigoNov 2, 2020
Drew DeVaultNov 2, 2020

https://cerebralab.com/Is_a_billion-dollar_worth_of_server_lying_on_the_ground

Re-posting an old fedi post of mine:

So, SourceHut is not hosted in anyone’s cloud. I own all of the hardware outright and colocate most of it in a local datacenter.

I just built a new server for git.sr.ht, and boy is she a beaut. It cost me about $5.5K as a one-time upfront cost, and now I just pay for power, bandwidth, and space, which runs about $650/mo for all of my servers (10+).

Ran back of the napkin numbers with AWS’s price estimator for a server of equivalent specs, and without even considering bandwidth usage it’d cost me almost TEN GRAND PER MONTH to host JUST that server alone on AWS.

AWS is how techbro startups pile up and BURN their investor money.

Show threadVertigoNov 1, 2020
I will give myself four hours; then I'll need to move on to other things.