Posts by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
(DIR) Post #APZxQPIKpYJ7jP79Wa by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-11-14T01:25:24.618569Z
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I just finished setting up an irc server, a bitlbee instance, and a znc server... and after many tries I got them all using tls/ssl. I feel like I've been climbing a huge mountain and I just got to the top! the view is great
(DIR) Post #APjjCUAATgjwzxMS92 by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-11-18T18:30:31.096578Z
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I've been coding up a storm making a fancy #python #irc #bot . It can do regular stuff like search wikipedia, read my email, restart things on my servers, subscribe to rss feeds...what are some other useful things for personal assistant bots?
(DIR) Post #AQ43Y8avCLuNe0VMG0 by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-11-28T13:00:07.850252Z
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"you don't hate mondays, you hate capitalism"for me it might be both :coolCrying:
(DIR) Post #AQEagZEdH0LUeYJ1IO by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-03T15:46:42.529433Z
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I am a compulsive self-hoster. I'm like "oh I want to poke around Pinterest today. Oh but it would be cooler if I self-hosted" <installs docker, pinry>ahh that's better. wait what did I want to do?
(DIR) Post #AQFdsX1hnvKQIbcFQO by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-02T22:51:45.830966Z
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I've seen some folks talking about AI stuff like Open AI as if it's bad and needs to be blocked or content-warning'd.What is the reason for this? I'm genuinely curious.
(DIR) Post #AQFdsYP8gHfQZZaTaa by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-02T23:26:29.983474Z
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@BalooUriza yeah that's totally valid. I'm mostly thinking about it in terms of art - like a collaboration between an artist and a machine - but then again the stuff I do like that isn't even close to "AI" it's just generative
(DIR) Post #AQFdsb051uPAcit0Rk by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-04T03:19:00.111101Z
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@BalooUriza thanks for that... also I have seen more news and posts about AI and I totally get the sentiment now!
(DIR) Post #AQIPIbSv0ViHl0CLdw by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-05T12:01:00.887531Z
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just saw a toot that included the phrase "smash the star if you like this!"Sorry that's not really how we do it in the fedi. This isn't a popularity contest, and stars don't help post visibility. There's no algorithm!
(DIR) Post #AQLZclsTaQF2rEHuUa by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-07T00:22:39.787882Z
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@piggo yeah absolutely! at the risk of giving our corporate overlords more fodder, I would try teaching it how to use #tidalcycles and see what it comes up with...
(DIR) Post #AQOvMXBXE5x57bkFX6 by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-08T15:31:14.364858Z
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@satan :acab: :acab: :acab: :acab:
(DIR) Post #AQOwtQiwMzFUapcUro by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-08T15:48:47.501433Z
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:acab: make a police scanner with a #raspberryPi - in case you have a pi sitting around and want to keep tabs on law enforcement. Perhaps you could even use it to warn your comrades about police activity.https://www.hackster.io/news/use-a-raspberry-pi-to-make-a-police-scanner-radio-73b475ba806d#acab
(DIR) Post #AQP5jN364qwLt4KHmS by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-11-06T14:36:11.706316Z
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With all the new folks and follows it’s time for another #introduction ! Boosts appreciated, I'd love to meet all the new people!I believe #blacklivesmatter and #translivesmatter , science is real, love is love, etc etc. I post about #synthesizers , #mentalhealth - esp #bipolar disorder.I'm a #neurodivergent techie person. I have #synesthesia and see sound; all my senses are visual (I taste and smell in color, etc). Also my concept of time is in 3D, and all inanimate objects (including letters and shapes) have gender - which is on a spectrum (not binary). more about all that here: https://planet.chrisbeckstrom.com/synesthesia/Here’s a tutorial I wrote about using #mastodon : https://chrisbeckstrom.com/tutorials/get_started_with_mastodon/I build analog and digital #synthesizers for fun, and you can too! I have a tutorial here: https://chrisbeckstrom.com/2019/11/15/getting-started-in-synth-diy-first-steps/I like to make #techno and beats, especially #modbap, and love #dub and #hiphop . I also love #sounddesign and have a ton of free samples here: https://chrisbeckstrom.com/samples/ , including 1,001 samples from my homemade modular synth. I used to be a gigging jazz player in Chicago but I mostly do electronic stuff now, in Michigan.I am interested in #algorithmic art, especially algorithmic music; I’ve been using #tidalcycles for years and it’s amazing. My favorite software includes #puredata , #vcvrack , #koala , #drambo , #reaper , and #sunvox .I have a lot of music on bandcamp, most free or pay what you want: https://chrisbeckstrom.bandcamp.comI work in healthcare technology wrangling patient data. I #homebrew #beer and #kombucha and am into #nature , #hiking , and #foraging . I like to use foraged ingredients in my brewing, especially mugwort, sassafras, and wild black raspberries. Here's my guide to making really good kombucha: https://chrisbeckstrom.com/tutorials/making_kombucha/ - and also kombucha leather! https://chrisbeckstrom.com/tutorials/making_kombucha_leather/As a white cis dude I try to acknowledge my immense privilege and use to help others without that. Sometimes that means in person with marches and protests, sometimes that means doing what I can from my computer, depending on my spoons. I'm not a fan of #capitalism , #nazis , #terfs , etc. I'm a friendly #atheist and sometimes do atheist activism: here's me at the capitol doing a #flyingspaghettimonster display: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/capitol/2015/12/18/flying-spaghetti-monster-comes-capitol/77564922/lots more here: https://chrisbeckstrom.com/me/about/
(DIR) Post #AQZp2D8haGO8AnuAW8 by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-13T21:43:08.907690Z
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I'm almost done migrating my personal wiki from #tiddlywiki to #orgRoam - so far it is handling my 5,638 pages very wellBecause I couldn't find one, I wrote a little tiddlywiki to #orgMode converter in #python - and it was fun! I'll share that soon. It should work with most tiddler files
(DIR) Post #AQZsAL0MWXIWkMZSXA by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2022-12-13T22:17:50.357352Z
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holy moly, here's what 5,638 interconnected wiki files in #orgRoam looks like, using #orgRoamUI . I've never seen my wiki like this... Each one of those little dots is an article I wrote, the colors correspond to related themes. The lines show where articles mention each other. A really amazing way to visualize this collection of knowledge I've been piecing together over the years!here's the software that made this visualization: https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-ui
(DIR) Post #AT52Iya02gsvJyCmKe by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2023-02-26T17:06:40.028173Z
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today I'm attempting malai kofta, veggie "meatballs" air-fried, served with a tomato-cashew sauce. fingers crossed
(DIR) Post #AT52S0ljGx0eiW03MW by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2023-02-26T17:39:24.344895Z
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they might technically be pakoras but they turned out pretty good! next step is to make the gravy
(DIR) Post #ATPjQSrKipTWfwaLia by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2023-03-08T18:03:45.759893Z
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I figured out something cool! I have #synesthesia and #dyscalculia , which makes working with numbers hard for me. I found a way to have #emacs change the color of digits to match my synesthetic colors, which greatly improves my speed and comprehension of numbers!This makes me so happy. My day job is full of numbers and this is already helping me so much. Maybe it could help you tooHere's a snippet:``` (add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda() (font-lock-add-keywords nil '(("\\(0\\)" 1 '( :foreground "#808080")) ("\\(1\\)" 1 '(:foreground "#ffffff")) ("\\(2\\)" 1 '(:foreground "#ffcc00")) ))))```
(DIR) Post #AW3YWetlJ4CDUryjku by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2023-05-25T21:20:26.793254Z
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long shot: any #emacs :emacs: packages for doing #genealogy research?:boost: boosts appreciated! :boost:
(DIR) Post #AW5JaczBFWn3j8rqa0 by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2023-05-27T15:41:27.145748Z
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#emacs : does anybody know how to have the output of a #orgmode #dot source block saved as a png into the current file's attachment directory?I know how to do a file like :file myfile.png but I want to do it programmatically.Something like:file (concat (org-attach-directory) "myfile.png")) but that doesn't work
(DIR) Post #Ack76WMgAszOxgqns8 by cb@planet.chrisbeckstrom.com
2023-12-12T13:16:30.491192Z
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how do you pronounce "Debian"? Specifically in a Midwestern United States accentI usually say "DEE-bee-in", accent on the first syllable. But I've also heard "duh-BEE-in" and "DEB-yun" or "DEB-eean" (like "Deb Ian")#askFedi #pronunciation #linux #debian