Drew McGowen
@quantumdude836.bsky.social
Programmer, FIJI brother, brony, dialup modem enthusiast, SHSU grad, hockey fan/player, furry-adjacent (for now). I like taking apart/breaking stuff. he/him
Holy shit - NY Rangers with their 5th home shutout loss of the season already!
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Holy shit - NY Rangers with their 5th home shutout loss of the season already!
Nothing says "Texas" like a fire weather watch in November
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Nothing says "Texas" like a fire weather watch in November
I can't believe Python is WOKE
November 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I can't believe Python is WOKE
Reposted by Drew McGowen
The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.
October 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.
Reposted by Drew McGowen
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
Reposted by Drew McGowen
Very Cool that ESPN says I have access to the Stars game via YoutubeTV, but the stream does absolutely nothing
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Very Cool that ESPN says I have access to the Stars game via YoutubeTV, but the stream does absolutely nothing
Well despite their best efforts, the Stars didn't completely squander a 5-1 lead
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Well despite their best efforts, the Stars didn't completely squander a 5-1 lead
Huh, turns out I have O- blood...
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Huh, turns out I have O- blood...
Reposted by Drew McGowen
Less than 5 hours until NHL preseason!
September 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Less than 5 hours until NHL preseason!
Whelp - the company is now enforcing a browser extension whitelist that does not (currently) include any sort of adblocker...
September 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Whelp - the company is now enforcing a browser extension whitelist that does not (currently) include any sort of adblocker...
Ship of Theseus, but applied to sports teams
September 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Ship of Theseus, but applied to sports teams
TFW it's so humid out you risk drowning just by breathing...
September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
TFW it's so humid out you risk drowning just by breathing...
Reposted by Drew McGowen
Gender binary defines the two genders "man" and "woman". We can thus define the prefix "wo-" as equivalent to the logical NOT operator (so "woman" means "not man").
August 31, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Gender binary defines the two genders "man" and "woman". We can thus define the prefix "wo-" as equivalent to the logical NOT operator (so "woman" means "not man").
Ok, who's bright idea was it to name the Linux atomic APIs "atomic_read" and "atomic_set"???
August 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ok, who's bright idea was it to name the Linux atomic APIs "atomic_read" and "atomic_set"???
I sure do love multiple daily Internet outages...
I also love that Comcast seems to think that no Internet access means I can't possibly use LAN either
I also love that Comcast seems to think that no Internet access means I can't possibly use LAN either
August 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I sure do love multiple daily Internet outages...
I also love that Comcast seems to think that no Internet access means I can't possibly use LAN either
I also love that Comcast seems to think that no Internet access means I can't possibly use LAN either
Reposted by Drew McGowen
BRB gonna go get myself put on a federal watchlist by buying a sandwich
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BRB gonna go get myself put on a federal watchlist by buying a sandwich
So I guess a 90MHz RISC-V processor can't quite run fast enough to keep a nearly-1Mbaud UART's RX FIFO from overflowing
August 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
So I guess a 90MHz RISC-V processor can't quite run fast enough to keep a nearly-1Mbaud UART's RX FIFO from overflowing
The great thing about lacking self discipline is that I lack the self discipline needed to fix my lack of self discipline
August 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The great thing about lacking self discipline is that I lack the self discipline needed to fix my lack of self discipline
Huh, so no matter how I setup the Vitis launch config, it always puts my code on the first RISC-V processor. The only way to run something on a second processor is via manual XSDB commands.
That's not annoying at all...
That's not annoying at all...
July 31, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Huh, so no matter how I setup the Vitis launch config, it always puts my code on the first RISC-V processor. The only way to run something on a second processor is via manual XSDB commands.
That's not annoying at all...
That's not annoying at all...
lol what if I just made my own TEMAC
July 31, 2025 at 2:08 AM
lol what if I just made my own TEMAC
Huh, so things like scrambling and differential encoding are defined such that the corresponding receiver logic is non-recursive, so input errors only have a finite effect on output.
July 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Huh, so things like scrambling and differential encoding are defined such that the corresponding receiver logic is non-recursive, so input errors only have a finite effect on output.