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auferre.bsky.social
Huge nerd. Sings and codes, not necessarily in that order. Not big on own pronouns, happy to respect yours. Leave my trans brothers and sisters alone.
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Going to start thinking of "Notifications" as "How annoying I've been on the internet today."

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Rereading Melissa Scott's Astreiant series before I read the latest book, Point of Hearts, and I'd (once again) forgotten how good they all are. Well worth another reread. (Point of Hearts is only $5.99 on Kindle this week!)

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Now you can make sure your Bluesky posts are in accordance with the NIST standard!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

These Pants Do Not Have Pockets, a tragedy in one ill-considered purchase.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane

submitted 3 days ago • 309 comments

I have voted in the Locus awards, with my usual conclusion: holy cow, I've read less than half of this stuff, I need to read more! My TBR pile: WITNESS MY EVER-GROWING POWER, MORTAL

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

‪As @camestrosf.bsky.social‬ stated in a recent post, it appears some people on the far right are trying to slate the Locus Award, similar to what happened to the Hugos over a decade ago. Anybody can vote in the awards, so consider doing so before the April 15 deadline. 1/2 poll.voting.locusmag.com

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Time to play 'Hypochondria, Or New Medical Problem?' Prize is a free* MRI! *only about the price of my first used car, before adjusting for inflation

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Practicing for one of the three gigs I have coming up, and the vowels, they do not work today.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The one positive thing I hoped would come out of the pandemic was that we'd finally learn that other people's health and well-being should matter to us. We absolutely did not learn that, despite it being the central concept of civilization for the last several thousand years.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

submitted 4 days ago • 395 comments

Good timing, I was just having lunch! (Much better than a private plane.)

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."

submitted 4 days ago • 103 comments