Daniel Martin
@fizbin.bsky.social
One of many, many people with this particular "real name".
You might know me from... IDK. College? Did we work together once? Prodigy's old math forum? debian-devel? A certain social MUSH? xoogler slack? "Making Light" comments? (he/him)
You might know me from... IDK. College? Did we work together once? Prodigy's old math forum? debian-devel? A certain social MUSH? xoogler slack? "Making Light" comments? (he/him)
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Daniel Martin
@fizbin.bsky.social
· May 22
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I made a web thing a bit ago that I find useful maybe once a month or so on average, and it's been a while since I promoted it.
It's for when you have a long enough zoom meeting that everyone needs a break; it puts up a sign to remind everyone when you're resuming.
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#dev
It's for when you have a long enough zoom meeting that everyone needs a break; it puts up a sign to remind everyone when you're resuming.
breakmessage.com
#dev
You know that mantra of "Just buy the Brother Laser Printer"?
One thing they don't tell you: Brother can't be bothered to support Windows on ARM with their custom print drivers, so you just get the support the OS comes with, and no special features like decent photo printing.
One thing they don't tell you: Brother can't be bothered to support Windows on ARM with their custom print drivers, so you just get the support the OS comes with, and no special features like decent photo printing.
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
You know that mantra of "Just buy the Brother Laser Printer"?
One thing they don't tell you: Brother can't be bothered to support Windows on ARM with their custom print drivers, so you just get the support the OS comes with, and no special features like decent photo printing.
One thing they don't tell you: Brother can't be bothered to support Windows on ARM with their custom print drivers, so you just get the support the OS comes with, and no special features like decent photo printing.
Midnight theological sub-skeet of an idiot's argument I don't really want to get involved in:
The Bible is an amalgam of stories and letters with significance only because of the subject matter. Christians should follow the Word of God Incarnate, i.e. Jesus, not the 66 books decided on in 1647.
The Bible is an amalgam of stories and letters with significance only because of the subject matter. Christians should follow the Word of God Incarnate, i.e. Jesus, not the 66 books decided on in 1647.
December 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Midnight theological sub-skeet of an idiot's argument I don't really want to get involved in:
The Bible is an amalgam of stories and letters with significance only because of the subject matter. Christians should follow the Word of God Incarnate, i.e. Jesus, not the 66 books decided on in 1647.
The Bible is an amalgam of stories and letters with significance only because of the subject matter. Christians should follow the Word of God Incarnate, i.e. Jesus, not the 66 books decided on in 1647.
Today's #BirdofTheDay theme (I know, really late this St. Stephen's Day, but I've been fighting a nasty cold) is #mostrecent. Looking at that makes me realize I haven't captured any #birds in a week!
American Robin in our back garden.
American Robin in our back garden.
December 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Today's #BirdofTheDay theme (I know, really late this St. Stephen's Day, but I've been fighting a nasty cold) is #mostrecent. Looking at that makes me realize I haven't captured any #birds in a week!
American Robin in our back garden.
American Robin in our back garden.
Random thought after watching the Muppet version: in the world of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", if "Scrooge" is used to describe a person it probably means nearly the opposite of what it does in our world.
December 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Random thought after watching the Muppet version: in the world of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", if "Scrooge" is used to describe a person it probably means nearly the opposite of what it does in our world.
I've completed "Christmas Tree Farm" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/12
Now finished all of AOC2025 in all three of haskell, python, and golang.
All solutions sitting in github.com/fizbin/adven...
Now finished all of AOC2025 in all three of haskell, python, and golang.
All solutions sitting in github.com/fizbin/adven...
December 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I've completed "Christmas Tree Farm" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/12
Now finished all of AOC2025 in all three of haskell, python, and golang.
All solutions sitting in github.com/fizbin/adven...
Now finished all of AOC2025 in all three of haskell, python, and golang.
All solutions sitting in github.com/fizbin/adven...
Thinking about this because I'm missing church today because of this nasty head cold: the only TV show I've seen that comes close to depicting my lived experience growing up in and now an adult in a US mainline Protestant denomination is Kim's Convenience.
It's not perfect, but it gets the vibe.
It's not perfect, but it gets the vibe.
December 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thinking about this because I'm missing church today because of this nasty head cold: the only TV show I've seen that comes close to depicting my lived experience growing up in and now an adult in a US mainline Protestant denomination is Kim's Convenience.
It's not perfect, but it gets the vibe.
It's not perfect, but it gets the vibe.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is combining with #HolidayRobin for this special day.
I know that the American Robin is a totally unrelated species to what Europeans call "robins", but it's what we have.
Merry Christmas!
#birds #photography
I know that the American Robin is a totally unrelated species to what Europeans call "robins", but it's what we have.
Merry Christmas!
#birds #photography
December 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is combining with #HolidayRobin for this special day.
I know that the American Robin is a totally unrelated species to what Europeans call "robins", but it's what we have.
Merry Christmas!
#birds #photography
I know that the American Robin is a totally unrelated species to what Europeans call "robins", but it's what we have.
Merry Christmas!
#birds #photography
Hot take: "(What if God was) One of Us" by Joan Osborne is not a Christmas song.
It is instead, like "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", an Advent song.
It is instead, like "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", an Advent song.
December 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hot take: "(What if God was) One of Us" by Joan Osborne is not a Christmas song.
It is instead, like "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", an Advent song.
It is instead, like "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", an Advent song.
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #contrast (birds that stand out against their background), so here's a bright red Cardinal on the rocks of my back garden.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #contrast (birds that stand out against their background), so here's a bright red Cardinal on the rocks of my back garden.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
I know I just posted a hashtag-BirdOfTheDay, but I had many that fit the theme, so here's another #bird in side profile because it's #Borb season, and we'll call it a #HolidayRobin.
(Even though that hashtag is mostly European Robins, which are a totally unrelated bird to American Robins)
(Even though that hashtag is mostly European Robins, which are a totally unrelated bird to American Robins)
December 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I know I just posted a hashtag-BirdOfTheDay, but I had many that fit the theme, so here's another #bird in side profile because it's #Borb season, and we'll call it a #HolidayRobin.
(Even though that hashtag is mostly European Robins, which are a totally unrelated bird to American Robins)
(Even though that hashtag is mostly European Robins, which are a totally unrelated bird to American Robins)
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #SideProfiles (any 'Birds Side Profile').
Here's another bird I saw in Central Park in NYC a week and a half ago while waiting for some friends to show up.
(Female Red-bellied Woodpecker)
#birds #photography #microfourthirds
Here's another bird I saw in Central Park in NYC a week and a half ago while waiting for some friends to show up.
(Female Red-bellied Woodpecker)
#birds #photography #microfourthirds
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #SideProfiles (any 'Birds Side Profile').
Here's another bird I saw in Central Park in NYC a week and a half ago while waiting for some friends to show up.
(Female Red-bellied Woodpecker)
#birds #photography #microfourthirds
Here's another bird I saw in Central Park in NYC a week and a half ago while waiting for some friends to show up.
(Female Red-bellied Woodpecker)
#birds #photography #microfourthirds
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @alan678.bsky.social is #Grounded (birds on the ground).
Lots of choices here, but I went with these pigeons in their "native" habit, Upper West Side Manhattan.
Lots of choices here, but I went with these pigeons in their "native" habit, Upper West Side Manhattan.
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @alan678.bsky.social is #Grounded (birds on the ground).
Lots of choices here, but I went with these pigeons in their "native" habit, Upper West Side Manhattan.
Lots of choices here, but I went with these pigeons in their "native" habit, Upper West Side Manhattan.
The #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social for today is all #AboutTheKids (any bird chicks or juveniles).
So it doesn't _have_ to be ducklings, but my photo today is a duckling.
Here's a little straggler catching up with Mom and their siblings.
#birds #photography
So it doesn't _have_ to be ducklings, but my photo today is a duckling.
Here's a little straggler catching up with Mom and their siblings.
#birds #photography
December 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social for today is all #AboutTheKids (any bird chicks or juveniles).
So it doesn't _have_ to be ducklings, but my photo today is a duckling.
Here's a little straggler catching up with Mom and their siblings.
#birds #photography
So it doesn't _have_ to be ducklings, but my photo today is a duckling.
Here's a little straggler catching up with Mom and their siblings.
#birds #photography
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Quietmoments (peaceful captures of birds) with an alternate theme of #colourfulcaptures (colourful birds or surroundings).
Here's a Red-winged Blackbird in a quiet moment, the wind lifting up the outer black shoulder feathers to add some color.
#birds #photography
Here's a Red-winged Blackbird in a quiet moment, the wind lifting up the outer black shoulder feathers to add some color.
#birds #photography
December 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Quietmoments (peaceful captures of birds) with an alternate theme of #colourfulcaptures (colourful birds or surroundings).
Here's a Red-winged Blackbird in a quiet moment, the wind lifting up the outer black shoulder feathers to add some color.
#birds #photography
Here's a Red-winged Blackbird in a quiet moment, the wind lifting up the outer black shoulder feathers to add some color.
#birds #photography
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #QuietObservers: single birds observing their surroundings.
I think that well describes this House Sparrow I saw Saturday in NYC just sitting there, looking out into Central Park with the Upper West Side behind him.
#birds #photography
I think that well describes this House Sparrow I saw Saturday in NYC just sitting there, looking out into Central Park with the Upper West Side behind him.
#birds #photography
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #QuietObservers: single birds observing their surroundings.
I think that well describes this House Sparrow I saw Saturday in NYC just sitting there, looking out into Central Park with the Upper West Side behind him.
#birds #photography
I think that well describes this House Sparrow I saw Saturday in NYC just sitting there, looking out into Central Park with the Upper West Side behind him.
#birds #photography
Sorry this is so late today, but apparently today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Groups —groups of 4 or more birds (can be different species)—with an alternative theme of #Pigeons.
Well I have both covered with this shot from NYC last Saturday.
🪶
Well I have both covered with this shot from NYC last Saturday.
🪶
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sorry this is so late today, but apparently today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Groups —groups of 4 or more birds (can be different species)—with an alternative theme of #Pigeons.
Well I have both covered with this shot from NYC last Saturday.
🪶
Well I have both covered with this shot from NYC last Saturday.
🪶
I believe I now have a way to hint at the "algorithmic" approach to 2025 #AdventOfCode without spilling it completely by laying out an algorithm. Also, this technique should be generally applicable to problems of solving equations for non-negative integers answers.
Hint is rot13ed in alt text:
Hint is rot13ed in alt text:
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I believe I now have a way to hint at the "algorithmic" approach to 2025 #AdventOfCode without spilling it completely by laying out an algorithm. Also, this technique should be generally applicable to problems of solving equations for non-negative integers answers.
Hint is rot13ed in alt text:
Hint is rot13ed in alt text:
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners (any bird Scratching or Pruning itself) as set by @robcrank68.bsky.social , so here's a Brown Pelican from Aruba.
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners (any bird Scratching or Pruning itself) as set by @robcrank68.bsky.social , so here's a Brown Pelican from Aruba.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #DucksOnOneLeg and those Muscovy Ducks I got pictures of in Aruba once again come through for me.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
December 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #DucksOnOneLeg and those Muscovy Ducks I got pictures of in Aruba once again come through for me.
#birds #photography
#birds #photography
I've completed Part One of "Christmas Tree Farm" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/12
Lesson: remember that it's the last day
Lesson: remember that it's the last day
Day 12 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I've completed Part One of "Christmas Tree Farm" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/12
Lesson: remember that it's the last day
Lesson: remember that it's the last day
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Splashes, so here's a second photo of that cormorant I caught taking off last July. I hope I see those birds again locally this summer; I think I'll be better equipped to get more pictures of them now.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Splashes, so here's a second photo of that cormorant I caught taking off last July. I hope I see those birds again locally this summer; I think I'll be better equipped to get more pictures of them now.
For today's alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Pigeons, have this perfectly standard Rock Pigeon who happened to be on a sidewalk in Aruba.
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
For today's alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Pigeons, have this perfectly standard Rock Pigeon who happened to be on a sidewalk in Aruba.
I've completed "Reactor" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/11
Much nicer after yesterday's. I'll do other languages later, after sleeping.
Much nicer after yesterday's. I'll do other languages later, after sleeping.
Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I've completed "Reactor" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/11
Much nicer after yesterday's. I'll do other languages later, after sleeping.
Much nicer after yesterday's. I'll do other languages later, after sleeping.
I've completed "Factory" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/10
Ugh. Finally.
In a few days I'm going to have to go through the reddit post for today, because I'd really like to know what the "fast" way for this is (aside from some off-the-shelf solution like Z3)
Ugh. Finally.
In a few days I'm going to have to go through the reddit post for today, because I'd really like to know what the "fast" way for this is (aside from some off-the-shelf solution like Z3)
Day 10 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I've completed "Factory" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/10
Ugh. Finally.
In a few days I'm going to have to go through the reddit post for today, because I'd really like to know what the "fast" way for this is (aside from some off-the-shelf solution like Z3)
Ugh. Finally.
In a few days I'm going to have to go through the reddit post for today, because I'd really like to know what the "fast" way for this is (aside from some off-the-shelf solution like Z3)
It's even borb season for American Robins.
December 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's even borb season for American Robins.