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20+ year software engineer, dad, perpetual tinkerer, nerd. #blacklivesmatter I wish the internet was a nicer place. I'm trying to make software simple again. [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@benpocalypse on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Special request for all the hosts of podcasts I listen to: can you just talk at 1.2x speed by default so I don't have to change my playback settings? Think about it.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Happy "everyone gets mad that it's called Gimp" day to those who celebrate.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Today's jam is The Bronx. I've seen them live 3 times, and this is awesome, but does nothing to capture the frenetic energy they bring to a small club or venue. Apologies for linking to YouTube, but I pay for it so my kids don't see ads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AQfNX8a2M

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

[USPol, spineless Democrats] Maybe, instead of wearing pink and doing an arts and crafts show, the Democrats could take a page from the amazing Maori of New Zealand and done something like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTQFTDIc4vE

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Get off TikTok. Stop watching Instagram Reels. Yeet YouTube Shorts into the sun. Stop feeding your brain useless garbage just to get that dopamine hit. Working through adversity is good for you. Delayed gratification is good. That is all.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

@jeffjarvis Any comments on Jason Calicanis having a right wing meltdown on Twitter about wanting to shutter the USPS and fire it's entire workforce?

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Not gonna lie...looking pretty bleak out there today. Everyone take care of yourself and your loved ones.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

@jeffjarvis @mikahsargent I know Leo would have steered the podcast differently, but I love the open and honest discussion on the latest episode of Intelligent Machines. I really appreciate your perspectives on whats going on currently. I would have included Paris in this toot, but she is not […]

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

American Arab spring when?

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Mark Gajadhar, in my opinion, is one of the best drummers to ever hit a trap set. The Blood Brothers are probably my favorite band of all time, but this dude doesn't get enough credit for what he did back in the day. I personally saw these guys live 8 times, including their last show ever, and […]

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

I really thought I had mentally prepared myself for 2024 after the last go round. I had thought it couldn't be as bad as it possibly is, but yet with each day it gets worse than I could have ever imagined. I still hold out hope, and believe in everyone's humanity, but this is fucking tough […]

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

"Masochistic Top Gun Cosplayer" might be the best description I've ever heard for Jensen Huang. And I'm sorry for linking to YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fNSNsyhjmQ

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

@leo @jeffjarvis I get into this argument constantly with my brother (who works at a big cloud company) that if you can't moderate at scale, then you shouldn't operate at scale. The only reason they don't moderate is because it would be unprofitable. Just letting everyone say what they want at […]

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

I've been a Linux user since 1997, and I still will never understand how `awk` works.

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

Based on the ads I hear on my podcasts, we apparently all have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. Not a great sign.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Whoever invented the javascript tech that causes a "subscribe" popup to happen when your mouse leaves the browser window should have one of their pinky fingers chopped off.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

JUST SAY FUCKING CLIMATE CHANGE! https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-inauguration-moving-indoors-due-weather-sources/story?id=117792480

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

RIP to a real one. Always loved Bob Euecher growing up.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

I almost fell out of my chair listening to Better Offline (https://www.betteroffline.com/) having heard @jeffjarvis respond to my comment about Jensen Huang's boob signing incident. My wife tire's of me saying "be the change you want to see in the world" but Jeff's comment makes me feel good […]

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Decentralized #Instagram alternative #Pixelfed launches mobile apps https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/decentralized-instagram-alternative-pixelfed-launches-mobile-apps/ #FOSS #privacy #decentralization

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Ok, so, I fell victim to a fake screenshot that indicated that the CEO of ProtonMail was a Trumper. He is not, and I would like to retract what I said.

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

I tire of yelling into the void, but JFC, I tried for the last few years to de-google my life and now @andyyen the CEO of ProtonMail has done a right turn shit heel move. Is there any other email service/cloud storage provider that doesn't lick the boot?

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Pete Hegseth is definitely hungover, right?

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Just dropping this here for no apparent reason. https://pixelfed.social/benpocalypse

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments