Cliff Simpkins
@cliffsimpkins.bsky.social
Father. Geek. TTRPGs. AFOL. Sabbatical. Ex-Auth0, ex-Microsoft.
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Fight the Empire.
June 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Fight the Empire.
I finally hung my lightsaber hilts in my home office that I had bought a couple of years ago at Disney. I designed and #3dprinted some low-profile brackets with PETG and I'm quite happy with how they came out.
June 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I finally hung my lightsaber hilts in my home office that I had bought a couple of years ago at Disney. I designed and #3dprinted some low-profile brackets with PETG and I'm quite happy with how they came out.
Our family did a Peeps tasting this evening. Overall, the kids did not like the Peep.
The results by flavor:
✅ Chocolate pudding flavor
❌ Churro flavor
❌ Dr Pepper flavor
The results by flavor:
✅ Chocolate pudding flavor
❌ Churro flavor
❌ Dr Pepper flavor
April 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Our family did a Peeps tasting this evening. Overall, the kids did not like the Peep.
The results by flavor:
✅ Chocolate pudding flavor
❌ Churro flavor
❌ Dr Pepper flavor
The results by flavor:
✅ Chocolate pudding flavor
❌ Churro flavor
❌ Dr Pepper flavor
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UNIANIMOUSLY!!!
March 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
UNIANIMOUSLY!!!
Thought - is it reasonable to hold telecom providers or SMS providers financially responsible for scams that use their networks? These “outstanding tolls due” notices are getting REALLY tiring - but I am most frustrated knowing that nobody cares to stop it.
March 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thought - is it reasonable to hold telecom providers or SMS providers financially responsible for scams that use their networks? These “outstanding tolls due” notices are getting REALLY tiring - but I am most frustrated knowing that nobody cares to stop it.
I really want to use the "new" Outlook for Windows client - but it doesn't support working across multiple email accounts (e.g., calendar, moving/filing emails, responding to a mail from a different email account.
It feels like Zune client -> Xbox Music all over again.
It feels like Zune client -> Xbox Music all over again.
March 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I really want to use the "new" Outlook for Windows client - but it doesn't support working across multiple email accounts (e.g., calendar, moving/filing emails, responding to a mail from a different email account.
It feels like Zune client -> Xbox Music all over again.
It feels like Zune client -> Xbox Music all over again.
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It’s borderline criminal.
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s borderline criminal.
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Remember: Musk is a coward at heart. A weak man, not a strong one. A fragile ego just like the guy he shares an office with.
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Remember: Musk is a coward at heart. A weak man, not a strong one. A fragile ego just like the guy he shares an office with.
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Woo hoo!!
Y'all have to check this one out. #PowerToys 0.89 brings the media transcoding in Advanced Paste that I've used about 15 times already 😅.
Y'all have to check this one out. #PowerToys 0.89 brings the media transcoding in Advanced Paste that I've used about 15 times already 😅.
PowerToys v0.89 is here with media transcoding in Advanced Paste! This allows you to convert audio and video files to different formats 🔥
We also focused on bug fixes, performance, and stability for this release!
github.com/microsoft/Po...
We also focused on bug fixes, performance, and stability for this release!
github.com/microsoft/Po...
Release Release v0.89.0 · microsoft/PowerToys
In the v0.89 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability, accessibility and automation.
Installer Hashes
Description
Filename
sha256 hash
Per user - x64
PowerToysUserSetup-0.89.0-x6...
github.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Woo hoo!!
Y'all have to check this one out. #PowerToys 0.89 brings the media transcoding in Advanced Paste that I've used about 15 times already 😅.
Y'all have to check this one out. #PowerToys 0.89 brings the media transcoding in Advanced Paste that I've used about 15 times already 😅.
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It's bad enough to have a massive conflict of interest, and likely coercion by Musk, to have the FAA shift #mission #critical communications from a ground carrier to StarLink. Far worse is moving mission critical comms to a brittle system that just one EMP will take it all out. This is madness.
February 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Today's Gender is: Gritty
February 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Today's Gender is: Gritty
I finally got some minis to successfully print on my #bambu P1S - getting ready for the family’s Wild Beyond the Witchlight session. Models by @mz4250.bsky.social //cc @ashley.dev
February 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I finally got some minis to successfully print on my #bambu P1S - getting ready for the family’s Wild Beyond the Witchlight session. Models by @mz4250.bsky.social //cc @ashley.dev
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My @infoworld.bsky.social explainer into the science of Microsoft's Majorana 1 quantum processor went live overnight. A lot of thoughts condensed into 1500 words on what it is, how it works, and why it's a really important step on the road to quantum computing.
www.infoworld.com/article/3828...
www.infoworld.com/article/3828...
Microsoft’s first step to scalable quantum computing
After many years of work, Microsoft has unveiled its first quantum hardware, the Majorana 1 processor. Let’s grok its topoconductor and tetron-based qubits.
www.infoworld.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My @infoworld.bsky.social explainer into the science of Microsoft's Majorana 1 quantum processor went live overnight. A lot of thoughts condensed into 1500 words on what it is, how it works, and why it's a really important step on the road to quantum computing.
www.infoworld.com/article/3828...
www.infoworld.com/article/3828...
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My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.
I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.
An exciting announcement and achievement by the Microsoft Quantum team - a new type of matter and a path towards scalable quantum computing.
Microsoft's big quantum gamble pays off: they were harder to build (and about as hard to understand!) but Microsoft's topological qubits are more effective, easier to control - and will probably help design their own replacements.
Microsoft Makes Quantum Computing Breakthrough With New Chip
Microsoft’s breakthrough with the first topological qubits and its own quantum chip, Majorana 1, could outpace Google’s brute force approach.
thenewstack.io
February 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
An exciting announcement and achievement by the Microsoft Quantum team - a new type of matter and a path towards scalable quantum computing.
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"America is not a software company. And letting a thin-skinned, Ketamine-fueled, video-game cheating, Nazi apologist billionaire take over the machinery of the United States is not something that anyone voted for."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Nobody voted for Elon Musk
A self-interested, erratic megalomaniac has seized control of the US government.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"America is not a software company. And letting a thin-skinned, Ketamine-fueled, video-game cheating, Nazi apologist billionaire take over the machinery of the United States is not something that anyone voted for."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
We have a new addition to the house - I’m testing out a print I designed and the Bambu printer is a leap forward compared to my old Ender 3. It’s 5x faster, the prints are smoother, and I LOVE the auto-leveling.
February 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We have a new addition to the house - I’m testing out a print I designed and the Bambu printer is a leap forward compared to my old Ender 3. It’s 5x faster, the prints are smoother, and I LOVE the auto-leveling.
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Did a talk this morning about my career and how to make an impact as an IC. Here's the last slide.
January 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Did a talk this morning about my career and how to make an impact as an IC. Here's the last slide.
I finally got my Flic buttons hooked up to Home Assistant!
Now I no longer need to get out my phone to toggle on various lights around my home office. I wish i had done this sooner. #funemployment
Now I no longer need to get out my phone to toggle on various lights around my home office. I wish i had done this sooner. #funemployment
January 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I finally got my Flic buttons hooked up to Home Assistant!
Now I no longer need to get out my phone to toggle on various lights around my home office. I wish i had done this sooner. #funemployment
Now I no longer need to get out my phone to toggle on various lights around my home office. I wish i had done this sooner. #funemployment
Needed some wine to cook up some chili - I’m calling these 375ml bottles personal sized wine bottles
December 31, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Needed some wine to cook up some chili - I’m calling these 375ml bottles personal sized wine bottles
The family to the Cinerama in Belltown and had such a good time. Mufasa was a really good film.
This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 12/22 and Tue 12/24:
⭐ MUFASA: THE LION KING
⭐ QUEER
⭐ A REAL PAIN (only 12/22)
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
⭐ MUFASA: THE LION KING
⭐ QUEER
⭐ A REAL PAIN (only 12/22)
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
December 30, 2024 at 6:13 AM
The family to the Cinerama in Belltown and had such a good time. Mufasa was a really good film.
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 24, 2024 at 3:21 PM
You will be visited by three spirits
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
December 17, 2024 at 11:55 AM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke