Posts by kistaro@dragon.style
(DIR) Post #A3ShhpTnvZfJ2H81k8 by kistaro@dragon.style
2021-01-20T18:51:23Z
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I usually fill my Hobonichi Techo pages but I think I want to leave this one with only this. It’s an optimistic sentiment, but a little optimism can be okay sometimes.
(DIR) Post #A3e0YEGPhyAp5K5HlY by kistaro@dragon.style
2021-01-26T08:49:52Z
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I have dental floss picks at my deskI successfully replaced nervously biting my fingernails with nervously picking at my teeth with dental flossI am now in the best dental hygiene of my life
(DIR) Post #A5D7Xa2vL45ZeBJjnM by kistaro@dragon.style
2021-03-14T19:07:01Z
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Vitamin "The D" gummis: a bottle of dick-shaped gummi candies that are also actual vitamin D supplements
(DIR) Post #A5o2LyhQ3xQzEFzwu0 by kistaro@dragon.style
2021-04-01T15:06:35Z
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@talon @Mayana @pfx I should introduce you to @chr who has created a collection of them...
(DIR) Post #A7JfHXDAYLkpD9Cmf2 by kistaro@dragon.style
2021-05-07T17:35:41Z
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computer science: the professional study of getting into a fight with an inanimate object and losing
(DIR) Post #A8ZOUUwJJGAYywIWIK by kistaro@dragon.style
2021-06-23T04:08:39Z
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I genuinely do not understand how Startup People work 12-hour days or stuff like that, I can barely handle an 8-hour workday without even involving a commute and then doing household chores after
(DIR) Post #A8e9LJpAjsRSNevJYW by kistaro@dragon.style
2021-06-25T04:43:52Z
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Dunno why this is on my mind, but it is, and I can't stop thinking about it until I type this up, so.There are a lot of guides out there on what to do in case of someone suddenly experiencing cardiac arrest. Please study https://www.stlukeshealth.org/resources/plan-it-cardiac-arrest-how-respond right now. It is short.This guide, like almost all guides, omits the actual "crisis management" parts. Which is fine; teaching someone what to do and asking them to do it is the most approachable way to get the information out there. However, about half of people who collapse of cardiac arrest in public receive no help. Most people know they should at least call 911 (or your local emergency services shortcode), but don't, because they are confused and afraid and don't know who should do what. It does not matter who does what as long as all the steps are performed as quickly as possible. You will decide who does what and you will do it immediately because it does not matter what the decision is but it does matter that the decision is made, and nobody without this specific crisis training starts yelling orders at complete strangers, which is the correct thing to do because then people do things instead of stand around alarmed and confused.* Act. If someone suddenly collapses, YOU intervene immediately. Inaction kills.* A person who cannot breathe and has no clear pulse is dead. You are reviving a dead person. It is impossible to hurt a dead person. Correct action will probably crush their ribcage. Inaction will guarantee they stay dead. I will refer to the person who has collapsed as "the dead person" as a reminder that your emergency response will not make their situation any worse. * Direct. If nobody is already yelling orders, you will. Order individuals around: nobody responds to "somebody" because nobody knows who "somebody" is. If anyone you give an order to does not respond after two attempts, pick someone else. Give them a third attempt in case of "What?", but not a fourth if they stay confused and immobile.At the top of your lungs, towards the largest group of people in the area who are not already involved: "CPR! CPR NOW! EMERGENCY! CPR NEEDED NOW!"Yell "YOU! HERE! CPR!" at the physically most imposing person who responded. If nobody responds, start chest compressions and yell "YOU! HERE! DO THIS!" at the physically most imposing person around. Demonstrate chest compressions and emphasize: "All your weight. Do not stop. Break ribs." If you have the most upper body weight among people who can move freely, perform chest compressions yourself.You cannot hurt a dead person. If you are not breaking ribs, your chest compressions are likely not effective. "Alive with shattered ribs" is much better off than "dead".Yell at any one person not already using their phone: "YOU! CALL 911!" (non-Americans, replace with your local emergency number.) This may be redundant, which is fine, multiple 911 calls are much better than none. People texting, photographing, or recording video are preoccupied, it is not worth your time to try to get through to them.If you know where an AED is: At anyone who looks like they can read signs and run quickly: "YOU! GET THE AED! RUN!" Point at the nearest "AED" sign. This may get a "What?", to which the answer is "There is an automatic defibrilator near that 'AED' sign. Get it! RUN!"If you cannot get anyone to run for the AED in two tries, or you know where the AED is but the sign is around a corner, get it yourself. Run. Yell "MOVE! EMERGENCY!" at anyone in or almost in your path.Use the AED. It will give you directions. If someone else got the AED and begins to use it, do not interfere.Continue following AED directions (which will include when to resume chest compressions) until emergency services arrive. If whoever is performing chest compressions gets tired, find someone else.* If an AED is close by and the dead person looks like an adult, use the AED before any other steps. Be conspicuous and loud and order a bystander to call 911. Adolescents and children need chest compressions for at least one minute before using an AED.* The AED has sensors to determine what it should do. It will not deliver an electric shock to the dead person unless it might help. Do not be afraid to use an AED: it won't do anything if it doesn't need to.* If you do not know where an AED is, yell "FIND AN AED" at nobody in particular. If someone knows what an AED is, this should start them running. Regardless, start picking random people who look like good runners: "YOU! FIND AN AED." You'll probably have to clarify: "Look for a sign that says AED. It has a picture of a heart with a pulse on it. It is probably over a doorway and probably near a bathroom. An AED is a defibrilator and it is this person's best chance to live. GO!" Then point in the direction of where you think the nearest bathroom might be. Repeat, sending people in different directions.* If someone else is yelling orders at strangers, let them. If you know where the AED is, yell "GETTING THE AED" and sprint for it. You will save time. Time saves lives. Otherwise, if you know CPR, push your way to the dead person and start. If someone smaller than you is doing chest compressions, interrupt them with "I can push harder" unless the sound of breaking ribs informs you that they are doing well enough.* You will probably fail. Even with the best possible bystander response, with an AED immediately available, most dead people stay dead. 40% of people who experience cardiac arrest in public and receive bystander intervention survive. Without intervention, less than 5% survive.* About half of people who die of cardiac arrest in public receive no help from bystanders. 35% of these people were killed by the inaction of bystanders.
(DIR) Post #ABPDG6ZMdBzv4V4UlM by kistaro@dragon.style
2021-09-16T02:51:54Z
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the USA already has a perfectly reasonable set of laws for polyamorous marriages, we call them "corporations"
(DIR) Post #ADZbDsJ9iAlyFGcJ5E by kistaro@dragon.style
2021-11-17T07:20:33Z
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I've been writing my own inductions, but what I really want to do is improvise them at full speed, and.. I'm getting there, I think. My current mode of practice is to type them out with no editing and doing my best to just *keep typing* to keep the flow going.The inductions I spend hours thinking out and editing and refining are, of course, a lot better, more artistic, more fun, more my voice than falling back to a stereotype of Erickson. But there's "excellent", and then there's "good enough", and excellent isn't actually good enough when it doesn't have speed behind it. Good enough, however, may well be good enough.There's room for both kinds of practice. Right now, I want to get to the point that I'd feel willing to genuinely improvise an induction on someone, and I'm getting close to that point. Later, I'll go back to careful planning and refinement and self-critique, because I want to get quality up as well as speed. But I think I'm hitting a critical threshhold where I can get close to "good enough" at full performance speed, and I want to get there.https://pastebin.com/dqVxmZtw (caution: is a hypnotic induction, may cause spaciness) is my most recent pass at this; this was written in one pass with no editing and *some* pauses, too many pauses, but I was close. I'll get there! (opinions welcome, btw. I want to improve at this.)
(DIR) Post #AHHuOHaj0i4gaPCziq by kistaro@dragon.style
2019-07-06T22:57:54Z
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If Microsoft really wants to relive their glory days, they should make a new, high-resolution version of Microsoft Bob
(DIR) Post #AHHuOIjGmQVI7CDKgC by kistaro@dragon.style
2019-07-07T04:33:21Z
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The real Bob was in Cortana’s heart all along
(DIR) Post #APUTelfCUYeukIwRCS by kistaro@dragon.style
2022-11-11T09:38:07Z
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@KinkyKobolds I have never found a serviceable substitute for "hermaphrodite". Most of the suggestions I have been given are severely offensive for their own reasons. I have wound up in some very intense arguments over this, especially when the conflict reveals -- as it often does -- that I'm talking to someone who is ultimately either unable to conceive of, or offended by the idea of, either the existence of nonbinary gender identities or that there are multiple kinds of "nonbinary" that can be distinct and strong experiences.
(DIR) Post #AVqx2hFHzG6xt8NWWO by kistaro@dragon.style
2023-05-20T17:16:05Z
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One of the many, many problems with capitalism is that selling people something they need, which is reliable and solves their problem, limits total sales in a way that selling something people don’t need, something inadequate, or something with planned obsolescence does not
(DIR) Post #AYUsDExNwVxIzR8CX2 by kistaro@dragon.style
2023-08-06T15:28:49Z
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Pico-8 is like a Zachtronics game except the problems are of my own making and they are not necessarily solvable
(DIR) Post #AYoCHK3dJaBiC9dHxQ by kistaro@dragon.style
2023-08-16T23:34:27Z
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the Internet is not a library. it is just computers screaming forever and hoping to be seen. the Internet is ephemeral oral tradition performed by machines. the Internet is a verb stuffed into a poorly-fitting “noun” suit
(DIR) Post #AaBQTQMkrXajcjpbRg by kistaro@dragon.style
2023-09-23T23:57:22Z
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manufacturers of mechanical keyboards, keycaps, and accessories have finally figured out the obvious: their core, target demographic is “trans girls with fantasies of piloting a giant mecha”
(DIR) Post #AaBQTRlxdJLdzCdFNA by kistaro@dragon.style
2023-09-24T00:40:00Z
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A bunch of people have asked, so: here's the keycap set I used! https://drop.com/buy/keytok-ctrl-semi-transparent-keycaps?defaultSelectionIds=976989Keyboard itself is https://drop.com/buy/drop-ctrl-high-profile-hyperion-barebones-keyboard -- default firmware does not have this lighting effect available, I built a new one at https://config.qmk.fm/#/massdrop/ctrl/LAYOUT and for the *really* curious my specific keyboard layout is https://paste.chromaticdragon.app/?492d68116a4ec05b#EZxEVLZcb1TvguACFN7sbjMfzFMcRZhGpzsN4xYJUjCA (this is a .json file to upload to QMK Configurator).(pinging folks who asked: @kat, @luna, @baronvonjace)
(DIR) Post #AaBQTTSBNoiRCROTp2 by kistaro@dragon.style
2023-09-24T00:40:32Z
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Also I'm using Halo True switches but that is not exactly a visual part of the thing.
(DIR) Post #AaCqwF5Ig5jj001rlI by kistaro@dragon.style
2023-09-27T16:42:53Z
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@kittenlikeasmallcat I named and linked to each component over here: https://dragon.style/@kistaro/111117336633701460
(DIR) Post #AdaZqvvxk02372eB4S by kistaro@dragon.style
2024-01-06T02:51:25Z
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Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS cartridges use NAND flash for storage , not mask ROMs. Like all Flash memory, they "leak" charge over time and eventually lose data.The Switch and 3DS card reader tells game cards to "refresh" themselves periodically. https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo-switch-3ds-cartridge-lifespan.591607/ But, some users are reporting cartridges already dying, especially ones they haven't used for years. I wonder which of mine already don't work.Just a reminder that you don't own any data you can't back up. Buying physical cartridges and game cards isn't enough if they're using technology that inevitably deteriorates over time.