Colin Dean
@colindean.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Bon vivant, scholar, champion of the oppressed. Software engineer and community builder. My words are my own. Quotes and boosts are not necessarily my views […]
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[l33t m34t]
I didn't even realize this when I bought it.
I didn't even realize this when I bought it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
[l33t m34t]
I didn't even realize this when I bought it.
I didn't even realize this when I bought it.
@ThePSF did a big thing and said no to big government money in order to preserve its mission and integrity.
They could use a hug right now. If you got it, put your money where your mouth/code is.
Donate to the PSF: https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=2
They could use a hug right now. If you got it, put your money where your mouth/code is.
Donate to the PSF: https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=2
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@ThePSF did a big thing and said no to big government money in order to preserve its mission and integrity.
They could use a hug right now. If you got it, put your money where your mouth/code is.
Donate to the PSF: https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=2
They could use a hug right now. If you got it, put your money where your mouth/code is.
Donate to the PSF: https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=2
Stress bake or rage bake?
Or procrastinate bake?
Or procrastinate bake?
October 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Stress bake or rage bake?
Or procrastinate bake?
Or procrastinate bake?
If I had a drink in hand, this would have caught me a spit take. Loud audible laughter emitted. Good job, Taskrabbit.
September 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
If I had a drink in hand, this would have caught me a spit take. Loud audible laughter emitted. Good job, Taskrabbit.
Check out my #youtubemusicrecap! Explore yours at https://yt.be/music/Recap
September 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Check out my #youtubemusicrecap! Explore yours at https://yt.be/music/Recap
Much better now. ~4x the memory available now.
August 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Much better now. ~4x the memory available now.
That blip there on the basic chart is good. The free/available shot up after reducing the workers by 1.
August 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
That blip there on the basic chart is good. The free/available shot up after reducing the workers by 1.
Maybe they meant ssssssssymbolism
August 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Maybe they meant ssssssssymbolism
For how dumb this is, I laughed way too hard.
I can't wait until I see this in AI generated code can I take solace and knowing that a good compiler should optimize it out.
I can't wait until I see this in AI generated code can I take solace and knowing that a good compiler should optimize it out.
August 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
For how dumb this is, I laughed way too hard.
I can't wait until I see this in AI generated code can I take solace and knowing that a good compiler should optimize it out.
I can't wait until I see this in AI generated code can I take solace and knowing that a good compiler should optimize it out.
As a part of a lab exercise, I asked ChatGPT to summarize action items from a meeting transcript but then added a requirement to summarize the entire meeting in a #wernerherzog quote.
I cannot find evidence that he actually said this, but it's perfect.
I cannot find evidence that he actually said this, but it's perfect.
July 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
As a part of a lab exercise, I asked ChatGPT to summarize action items from a meeting transcript but then added a requirement to summarize the entire meeting in a #wernerherzog quote.
I cannot find evidence that he actually said this, but it's perfect.
I cannot find evidence that he actually said this, but it's perfect.
Remember when…
This was actually one of the main reasons I got a PS3 in 2009. I think I only ever owned maybe five or six games but the hours that I spent watching Netflix and blu-rays on it. I still probably only own about 10 Blu-ray discs.
This was actually one of the main reasons I got a PS3 in 2009. I think I only ever owned maybe five or six games but the hours that I spent watching Netflix and blu-rays on it. I still probably only own about 10 Blu-ray discs.
July 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Remember when…
This was actually one of the main reasons I got a PS3 in 2009. I think I only ever owned maybe five or six games but the hours that I spent watching Netflix and blu-rays on it. I still probably only own about 10 Blu-ray discs.
This was actually one of the main reasons I got a PS3 in 2009. I think I only ever owned maybe five or six games but the hours that I spent watching Netflix and blu-rays on it. I still probably only own about 10 Blu-ray discs.
July 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is a great map from the US Census Bureau.
July 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is a great map from the US Census Bureau.
What the heck do I have to modulo to get this?
July 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
What the heck do I have to modulo to get this?
Four years since the worst day of my life, when Current succumbed to a burst undiagnosed hemangiosarcoma. She was just shy of 8.
I'm still not quite right. A profile of her is still my phone background, although I've been passively looking for something else […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I'm still not quite right. A profile of her is still my phone background, although I've been passively looking for something else […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
July 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Four years since the worst day of my life, when Current succumbed to a burst undiagnosed hemangiosarcoma. She was just shy of 8.
I'm still not quite right. A profile of her is still my phone background, although I've been passively looking for something else […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I'm still not quite right. A profile of her is still my phone background, although I've been passively looking for something else […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I could probably eat just stroopwafels for the rest of my life.
Waarschijnlijk zou ik de rest van mijn leven alleen maar stroopwafels kunnen eten.
Waarschijnlijk zou ik de rest van mijn leven alleen maar stroopwafels kunnen eten.
July 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I could probably eat just stroopwafels for the rest of my life.
Waarschijnlijk zou ik de rest van mijn leven alleen maar stroopwafels kunnen eten.
Waarschijnlijk zou ik de rest van mijn leven alleen maar stroopwafels kunnen eten.
I am deeply concerned about how this trip to Minneapolis is starting off.
Car says it's 79°F outside. Where are these three people?
Car says it's 79°F outside. Where are these three people?
June 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I am deeply concerned about how this trip to Minneapolis is starting off.
Car says it's 79°F outside. Where are these three people?
Car says it's 79°F outside. Where are these three people?
Found while packing: Sometime ~15 years ago, I used some translation system, probably Google Translate, to give myself a little script for when I needed to call the Royal Tropical Institute of The #netherlands (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen). They were […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
June 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Found while packing: Sometime ~15 years ago, I used some translation system, probably Google Translate, to give myself a little script for when I needed to call the Royal Tropical Institute of The #netherlands (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen). They were […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
I need a really good reason why this shouldn't be my new profile picture in places that I don't have to use my own face.
May 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I need a really good reason why this shouldn't be my new profile picture in places that I don't have to use my own face.
The irony.
A cookie consent screen without a Reject All button blocks a @heiseonline article entitled, "Administrative court: Cookie banner must contain "Reject all" button"
I don't know if this will apply only to German companies but hopefully all EU and trickle down to the rest of the world.
A cookie consent screen without a Reject All button blocks a @heiseonline article entitled, "Administrative court: Cookie banner must contain "Reject all" button"
I don't know if this will apply only to German companies but hopefully all EU and trickle down to the rest of the world.
May 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The irony.
A cookie consent screen without a Reject All button blocks a @heiseonline article entitled, "Administrative court: Cookie banner must contain "Reject all" button"
I don't know if this will apply only to German companies but hopefully all EU and trickle down to the rest of the world.
A cookie consent screen without a Reject All button blocks a @heiseonline article entitled, "Administrative court: Cookie banner must contain "Reject all" button"
I don't know if this will apply only to German companies but hopefully all EU and trickle down to the rest of the world.
My partner is offended by Google's AI getting the origin of Yeerks wrong as they may relate to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
I, a lowly person who did not read Animorphs as a kid, but who did watch DS9, cannot recall such a species.
I, a lowly person who did not read Animorphs as a kid, but who did watch DS9, cannot recall such a species.
May 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My partner is offended by Google's AI getting the origin of Yeerks wrong as they may relate to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
I, a lowly person who did not read Animorphs as a kid, but who did watch DS9, cannot recall such a species.
I, a lowly person who did not read Animorphs as a kid, but who did watch DS9, cannot recall such a species.