Chip

Chip

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Network developer, gamer, Bandit, into trains. he/him/they/them/y'all/yinz Avatar by @digittleartnix.bsky.social

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Ok, so I use pine pellet litter for my cat instead of clay and for the most part it's great, but it is more work to clean. I have a sifting tray, which makes it somewhat quicker to separate the good pellets from the dust, but I'm thinking like a rotating mesh drum would be even better.

A mesh drum, with a handle to turn it, inside something to collect the dust as it spins on it's side so the pellets tumble allowing the dust to separate. No idea if this sort of thing already exists. I figure there are industrial separators that work like that, but I want something for home use.

So, I was watching this videos about finding the landspeeder from Spaceballs (youtu.be/y3U63r9bpbk) and I think the plates over the headlights might be the metal frames from a couple of 5.25" floppy drives. Could use a second opinion. #retrocomputing #movieprops #spaceballs

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Irasutoya, Japan's popular free clip art library, has released its latest creation in honor of the United States President, Donald Trump. It's a clever play on TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) and the Japanese word タコ for octopus, which also means "idiot."

Three months in a row! Pretty sure this is the longest I’ve stuck with an exercise plan in my life.

Automation stuff in Timberborn 1.0 looks interesting, wonder how long it’ll take for someone to rig it up to Home Assistant 😄

Timberborn | 1.1 out now! 🔥@timberborn.bsky.social

Timberborn 1.0 brings bzzz bzzz zzzt bzzz. ⏱️ Read more ⬇️⬇️⬇️ store.steampowered.com/news/app/106...

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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome." @pcgamer.com #CES www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...

For the next time I need to find it, `about:config` set `mousebutton.4th.enabled` to false so Firefox stops trying to go back when I hit my push-to-talk button.

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To be clear: LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government. The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency. This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

abcnews.go.comLos Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raidsLos Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

Getting back into using mutt for my personal email. Forgot how much faster I can read email in a terminal, and how much better it is at threaded mailing list conversations.

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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Love these deep dives into old games, and Metroid was a childhood favorite

Displaced Gamers@displacedgamers.bsky.social

Ever noticed that Metroid is rather laggy? Even just moving around the map can cause the frame rate to drop. Why? Let's find out! New Behind the Code dives into the Main Game Loop, builds a performance analysis tool, and gets down to business. youtu.be/3G6vkRz-_0I

Getting my home automation stuff set up again after doing a clean reinstall of Home Assistant. Using Node-RED to map some Zigbee buttons to control Hue lights.