Nelson Minar
@nelson.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy
Full stack homosexual.
[bridged from https://tech.lgbt/@nelson on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://tech.lgbt/@nelson on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
I saw the best engineers of my generation destroyed by React, starving hysterical naked
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I saw the best engineers of my generation destroyed by React, starving hysterical naked
RIP Udo Kier. I loved him in many things but he's particularly great opposite River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho. Later he appeared again with Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic.
Perhaps it is time to watch Spermula in honor of his divers oeuvre. I think he had a lot of fun in his career.
Perhaps it is time to watch Spermula in honor of his divers oeuvre. I think he had a lot of fun in his career.
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor and cult icon who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning, according to his partner, artist Delbert McBride. He was 81. Among the more than 200 films in his expansive body of work, Kier’s breakout collaborations with Warhol are among his […]
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November 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
RIP Udo Kier. I loved him in many things but he's particularly great opposite River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho. Later he appeared again with Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic.
Perhaps it is time to watch Spermula in honor of his divers oeuvre. I think he had a lot of fun in his career.
Perhaps it is time to watch Spermula in honor of his divers oeuvre. I think he had a lot of fun in his career.
Saying a quiet prayer after typing `apt dist-upgrade`. (Updating Proxmox 8.4 to 9.1)
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Saying a quiet prayer after typing `apt dist-upgrade`. (Updating Proxmox 8.4 to 9.1)
Listening to Pan Sonic's 1999 album _A_. They have an intense commitment to minimalist techno. Here's the track A-kemia.
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Listening to Pan Sonic's 1999 album _A_. They have an intense commitment to minimalist techno. Here's the track A-kemia.
OpenAI has made a decision to encourage its users to form a parasocial relationship with ChatGPT. It's gross and dangerous. Also just not useful for serious use. But it will make their user's more loyal and build a dependency in a few of them.
> GPT‑5.1 Instant […]
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> GPT‑5.1 Instant […]
[Original post on tech.lgbt]
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
OpenAI has made a decision to encourage its users to form a parasocial relationship with ChatGPT. It's gross and dangerous. Also just not useful for serious use. But it will make their user's more loyal and build a dependency in a few of them.
> GPT‑5.1 Instant […]
[Original post on tech.lgbt]
> GPT‑5.1 Instant […]
[Original post on tech.lgbt]
Getting a good #aurora here in Grass Valley. (6 second Night Sight Android photos, so this is much brighter than what my eye sees. But I can see it!)
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Getting a good #aurora here in Grass Valley. (6 second Night Sight Android photos, so this is much brighter than what my eye sees. But I can see it!)
Chrome now has a bug where if a web page pops up "log in with Google" it happens in the browser UI, not in the web page UI. And it freezes things up enough so Ctrl-W no longer works to close the tab while the "log in" dialog is displayed.
Good jerb! I suspect this is related to some […]
Good jerb! I suspect this is related to some […]
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tech.lgbt
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Chrome now has a bug where if a web page pops up "log in with Google" it happens in the browser UI, not in the web page UI. And it freezes things up enough so Ctrl-W no longer works to close the tab while the "log in" dialog is displayed.
Good jerb! I suspect this is related to some […]
Good jerb! I suspect this is related to some […]
Grindr now is awash in spam for Twitter profiles. All named DTF, all fake-looking femme images. Grindr isn't trying very hard to stop spam.
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Grindr now is awash in spam for Twitter profiles. All named DTF, all fake-looking femme images. Grindr isn't trying very hard to stop spam.
Wikipedia informs me Jabberwocky was originally a parody of Anglo-Saxon Poetry and þis form is delightful.
Twas bryllyg, and þe slythy toves
Did gyre and gymble in þe wabe:
All mimsy were þe borogoves;
And þe mome raths outgrabe.
Twas bryllyg, and þe slythy toves
Did gyre and gymble in þe wabe:
All mimsy were þe borogoves;
And þe mome raths outgrabe.
Jabberwocky - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Wikipedia informs me Jabberwocky was originally a parody of Anglo-Saxon Poetry and þis form is delightful.
Twas bryllyg, and þe slythy toves
Did gyre and gymble in þe wabe:
All mimsy were þe borogoves;
And þe mome raths outgrabe.
Twas bryllyg, and þe slythy toves
Did gyre and gymble in þe wabe:
All mimsy were þe borogoves;
And þe mome raths outgrabe.
Watching Radiohead concert videos from last week in Madrid. Thom looks real old y'all. This is supposed to be the Young People's Music.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Watching Radiohead concert videos from last week in Madrid. Thom looks real old y'all. This is supposed to be the Young People's Music.
Just set up Plexamp and am really impressed. Basically gives me a Spotify-like experience with my own personal music collection. Loving the "play music of this genre" and "this mood" features. It's a nice complete product, a pleasant addition to Plex.
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Just set up Plexamp and am really impressed. Basically gives me a Spotify-like experience with my own personal music collection. Loving the "play music of this genre" and "this mood" features. It's a nice complete product, a pleasant addition to Plex.
Congratulations to the rest of Mastodon getting quote posts! I've been enjoying them for a year+ thanks to the fantastic @phanpy client. If you've never tried it, give it a shot, it's a really nice UI for Fedi.
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Congratulations to the rest of Mastodon getting quote posts! I've been enjoying them for a year+ thanks to the fantastic @phanpy client. If you've never tried it, give it a shot, it's a really nice UI for Fedi.
Cancelling appointments because we have a moderate rainstorm. It's a California privilege: 300+ days of good weather means staying in for the few days of rain.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Cancelling appointments because we have a moderate rainstorm. It's a California privilege: 300+ days of good weather means staying in for the few days of rain.
Just found a unique spammy / cloaking result on Kagi's search engine to a web page published in the last week. It is identical to the same unique result on Google. It does not exist on Bing. I take this as evidence Kagi search sometimes uses Google search. (Unfortunately can't share the search […]
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tech.lgbt
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Just found a unique spammy / cloaking result on Kagi's search engine to a web page published in the last week. It is identical to the same unique result on Google. It does not exist on Bing. I take this as evidence Kagi search sometimes uses Google search. (Unfortunately can't share the search […]
Toilet model names are something else. What would you rather shit into?
A Kohler "Memoirs Stately"? Perhaps you are daring enough for an "Intrepid"?
If you want something more personified, Toto offers "Guinevere" or "Carolina".
A Kohler "Memoirs Stately"? Perhaps you are daring enough for an "Intrepid"?
If you want something more personified, Toto offers "Guinevere" or "Carolina".
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Toilet model names are something else. What would you rather shit into?
A Kohler "Memoirs Stately"? Perhaps you are daring enough for an "Intrepid"?
If you want something more personified, Toto offers "Guinevere" or "Carolina".
A Kohler "Memoirs Stately"? Perhaps you are daring enough for an "Intrepid"?
If you want something more personified, Toto offers "Guinevere" or "Carolina".
One thing I like about ChatGPT is it seems completely non-homophobic. I taught it I'm gay and interested in queer theory and it regularly volunteers queer readings of things when appropriate. I ask it "which season of this TV show is the gayest?" and it gives me a clear answer with no […]
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tech.lgbt
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
One thing I like about ChatGPT is it seems completely non-homophobic. I taught it I'm gay and interested in queer theory and it regularly volunteers queer readings of things when appropriate. I ask it "which season of this TV show is the gayest?" and it gives me a clear answer with no […]
[#uspol, ICE]
I know several people in Chicago and the stories they are telling about interacting with ICE are just horrifying. School parties cancelled, people they know being kidnapped, constant vigilance to react to ICE attacking their neighbors.
The ones talking all have pretty solid […]
I know several people in Chicago and the stories they are telling about interacting with ICE are just horrifying. School parties cancelled, people they know being kidnapped, constant vigilance to react to ICE attacking their neighbors.
The ones talking all have pretty solid […]
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tech.lgbt
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
[#uspol, ICE]
I know several people in Chicago and the stories they are telling about interacting with ICE are just horrifying. School parties cancelled, people they know being kidnapped, constant vigilance to react to ICE attacking their neighbors.
The ones talking all have pretty solid […]
I know several people in Chicago and the stories they are telling about interacting with ICE are just horrifying. School parties cancelled, people they know being kidnapped, constant vigilance to react to ICE attacking their neighbors.
The ones talking all have pretty solid […]
Watching a video making the case that The Ronettes' Be My Baby (1964) paved the way for shoegaze.
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Watching a video making the case that The Ronettes' Be My Baby (1964) paved the way for shoegaze.
One of the great all-time technical book titles:
!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
It was an O'Reilly Nutshell book from 1993, by by Donnalyn Frey and Rick Adams. There's a copy on archive.org.
!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
It was an O'Reilly Nutshell book from 1993, by by Donnalyn Frey and Rick Adams. There's a copy on archive.org.
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
One of the great all-time technical book titles:
!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
It was an O'Reilly Nutshell book from 1993, by by Donnalyn Frey and Rick Adams. There's a copy on archive.org.
!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
It was an O'Reilly Nutshell book from 1993, by by Donnalyn Frey and Rick Adams. There's a copy on archive.org.
TIL that % routing of email (ie: `nelson%example.com@relayserver.com` is basically dead and gone. It mostly hasn't worked for years because of spam issues but modern mail systems don't even recognize it. Source routes got deprecated in RFC 2821 (from 2001) and fully removed in RFC 5321 (2008).
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
TIL that % routing of email (ie: `nelson%example.com@relayserver.com` is basically dead and gone. It mostly hasn't worked for years because of spam issues but modern mail systems don't even recognize it. Source routes got deprecated in RFC 2821 (from 2001) and fully removed in RFC 5321 (2008).
You can pet the fox.
October 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
You can pet the fox.
I wrote about Tex Mex gravy, the definitive sauce for cheese enchiladas.
Nelson's Weblog: culture / food / tex-mex-cheese-enchiladas
www.somebits.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I wrote about Tex Mex gravy, the definitive sauce for cheese enchiladas.
Gay hookup app Sniffies has put out new Hallowe'en-themed default images for profiles without pictures.
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Gay hookup app Sniffies has put out new Hallowe'en-themed default images for profiles without pictures.
Two different people at this restaurant are playing noise from their phone speaker.
October 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Two different people at this restaurant are playing noise from their phone speaker.
Now watching Obama talking about Hamilton on YouTube. This was us just a few years ago, before the Orange Cheeto. It can.be us again
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Now watching Obama talking about Hamilton on YouTube. This was us just a few years ago, before the Orange Cheeto. It can.be us again