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Austin Huang ❤️
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#ComputerScience #masters student + #FOSS contributor + #mastoadmin, from #Shanghai to #Montreal to #NYC. I quibble on #SliceOfLife, #tech, and #policies. Account […]

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Are the delivery robots #flirting with each other when they get unstuck from a bottleneck?

#robot
Two delivery robots (essentially a container box on four omnidirectional wheels with a display in front and cameras above it) face each other at an impasse where the pedestrian path is so narrow that only one robot can go through. One of the robots display two white upright triangles as eyes eyes. As one delivery robot retreats to a relative open space behind the bottleneck so to yield to the other, it displays two red heart shapes as eyes (one hidden behind the other's red flag).
December 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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The Metro-North electric holiday #train, spotted by coincidence last week, parked on a platform in Grand Central's basement.

#christmas #nyc #newyorkcity
A red M8 train with Christmas wreath in front and lighting ornaments along the edges of the train, parked on a platform.
December 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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@lianna I am on Element Nightly 2025122401 on desktop, it does properly process matrix.to links in the search bar (as in if I paste a matrix.to link to a room then it will strip the irrelevant parts and prompt you the room).
December 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Happy holidays! As expected I was at @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social's holiday nostalgia ride, so here are some pics from the trains. Nice that the holiday train shows on station countdown clocks this year!

#nyc #newyorkcity #publictransport #photography
R-1 car 100 leads the holiday train into the downtown local track (against the wall) at West 4th Street-Washington Square. A person can be seen photographing on the platform. R-9 car 1802 leads the holiday train into the uptown express track at West 4th Street-Washington Square. People can be seen photographing on the platform, and the downtown platform can be seen in the background. Interior of one of the cars (might be R-4 car 401), showing retro ads and the window in front of the door housing. From the opened doors of one of the cars, the next departures display indicates the holiday train (indicated by a subway token in place of the bullet, surrounded by holiday lights on top & bottom) is departing. This is photographed on one of the newer Q stations.
December 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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We had #halal cart on the #nyc #ferry...

(It's the new ferry from Staten Island to Brooklyn. Yes, eating meals on fast boats gets nauseous real quick, I quickly recovered, my friend might have not. Yes, the halal cart was near the outlets on Staten Island. I […]

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Falafel over (yellow) rice, with white and red (spicy) sauces and some salad vegetables, in an aluminum-foiled container on a table between seats. Background is the window which faces the New York Bay.
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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It is the season when multiple final projects don't work out and I had to resort to burning the midnight oil to salvage what's left while my partners have bailed... (Interestingly enough it doesn't seem to happen in spring semester, always in fall...) And yes, AI definitely made it a little bit […]
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December 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Heard Beds are Burning once on World Cafe and now I can't stop thinking about it... Gotta say, I feel like it's one of the songs that you'd want to scream out of your chest even if you're not a rock person, on top of, y'know, being incredibly relatable to many of us and having fairly […]
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December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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lets goooooo 🔥🔥🔥 fuck your analytics bitch
A screenshot from Discord showing "CHECKPOINT UNAVAILABLE. This happens if you're new here or have privacy settings enabled that limit personalization."
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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A recent GrapheneOS update included #aosp UI updates, and I absolutely hate the new control center design: the round corners have an awfully large radius and the icons are just disproportionally sized... (I also don't like the new settings UI, but I don't have to look at it often...) Does anyone […]
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November 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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I guess intrusive thoughts take over as the semester is about to end... Had Indian takeout, then someone suggested a late night gelato run (they weren't even sure if the shop was open since almost everything is closed on Thanksgiving), and we actually went, missed the subway connection (J) and […]
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November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Who hung a picture behind a road sign?

At Jay Street and MetroTech Roadway in Downtown Brooklyn
A painting (replica?) of some mountain-lake scenary, with frames, hung on the top of a sign stand that is behind a road sign (it is for Jay St local traffic restriction).
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Adding Crystal Light (lemon iced tea packet, which I like) into coconut water (which I dislike) actually tastes pretty good, the coconut taste actually augments the drink mix.
A mug with Crystal Light iced tea packet mixed with coconut water. An unopened packet is seen next to it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Don't you love it when someone says they're going to do their groceries at Target on their way home, and then the entire lab decided to just go along? Ended up having a group of six (6) shopping at Target at 10pm...

(Target was the only one, within reasonable distance, still open at that unholy […]
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November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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I don't know who hung a "rue barrée" (road closed) sign between the incinerator smokestacks on Carriere, but I salute you, whoever you ate.

#Montreal #norules #Art
As described in th text, somebody hung a rue barrée roadwork sign between the smokestacks of the abandoned incinerator in Petite-Patrie, Montreal
November 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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People love to joke about the F-M swap, but did you know that since 2010, the M train experiences dysphoria on weekends where, despite being coloured orange (like B/D/F), it does not actually use the IND Sixth Avenue line?

(Yes, I know that 5 and A's shuttle variant also don't travel on their […]
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November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Me: *adds coke to wine*
Friend: "woke"

(My tolerance is still very low and I'm not in the interest of getting drunk, so I do water things down to 5%~7.5%, sorry not sorry.)
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Evening #subway is a mood...

At Marcy Av. J/Z/M

#newyorkcity #nyc #williamsburg #photography #streetphotography #publictransport
A Metropolitan Av-bound M train entering Marcy Av. (J/Z/M), having just got off the Williamsburg Bridge and navigated two sharp curves, in an evening.
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Can there be a #Password #hashing algorithm that considers the distance between each character key on a keyboard (of some specific layout, say QWERTY)? The difficulty of hitting the correct character on a small 26-key on-screen keyboard on my phone is making me think whether we should have a […]
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Shout out to WiiLink for letting me order Pizza from a Wii (using a japanese exclusive Wii Channel, Demae Channel)
Wii Menu launch screening showing “Food Channel, service by Dominos” and a pictogram of a person holding a bowl Food channel main screen, with delivery address details, and buttons including “Order history” and a large button “Order with a picture of a yum emoji with fork and spoon Confirm order page - Hawaiian Pizza and Alfredo Pasta The wii sitting next to two dominos boxes and a diet coke bottle
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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#mosstodon, I found your car!

November 8, 2025. ECC Cars & Coffee, Northville, Michigan.

#car #cars #weirdcarmastodon #michigan
A Honda Accord covered in Astroturf: front view. A Honda Accord covered in Astroturf: interior view. A Honda Accord covered in Astroturf: front left view.
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Kinda cringe to use old #microsoftoffice #wordart to represent the 70s...

#montreal
Poster says: LA SOCIÉTÉ HISTORIQUE DE SAINT-HENRI PRÉSENTE L'EXPOSITION Les années 70 [in the orange diagonal WordArt] Du 24 octobre au 30 novembre 2025 Au 521 de la Place Saint- Henri (en haut des pompiers) Heures d'ouverture: du vendredi au dimanche de 11 h à 17 h along with two black-and-white pictures of people dancing. The poster is attached to a pole with a "yield to pedestrian" sign on a sidewalk.
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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My last outing for my (last) week back in #montreal was again at Lola Rosa (except it was not due to dietary restrictions this time, but rather laziness to pick places). There was a loud group of 7~8 people near the windows so my friend and I had to rely on […]

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Chili dish, described on menu as "Ground seitan, mixed beans, tomatoes, onions and peppers, garnished with queso, green onions, garlic sautéed corn mix, coriander and lime, served with basmati rice and corn chips." Corn chips can be seen separately on the table. A poiscamole sauce was ordered; it is next to the chili. A water glass and a can of kombucha can be seen in the background.
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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"Attention passengers: do not board the freight train with its enormous rolls of steel on Platform 2."

#melbourne cc @daniel
Freight train at passenger platform.
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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a girl walking with wired headphones on right behind her, there's a dj mixing some music, with her headphone wire going straight to his controller
September 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Went to @foulab watching a friend tinkering with their devices... I was not (nor am I generally) prepared to do anything hands-on in a #hackerspace so I decided to take a few shots of their little #retrocomputing museum.

#montreal #computer #Commodore #photography
Macintosh Plus, with a keyboard and a mouse. Part of the keyboard of a Wang PC. A few floppy disks (in covers) can be seen on top. Part of the keyboard of a Commodore 128. A user manual and a video game software box can be seen in the background. Apple IIe computer, with two Apple disk drives and a monitor branded "Pulser" on top of it.
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM