I'm Andrew a 24 year old mega nerd.
Beyond that I am also:
- A professional helper person working at #linode.
- Fanatical about #nixos, #nix and all things #linux
- A #vim enthusiast
- Passionate about #python, #haskell, #programming in general
- Often found rolling dice and playing some sort of #RPG
- Hopelessly addicted to #anime
I don't usually social media but here goes nothing!
Just finished up at the DMV.
Shockingly that was one of the most pleasant service experiences I've had in a while.
Cambridge Analytica Offers 75% Off All Facebook User Data For Blowout Closing Sale https://www.theonion.com/cambridge-analytica-offers-75-off-all-facebook-user-da-1825728189 #vol54issue18 #business #facebook #news
The problem with programming is that you read your Mastodon timeline while your program compiles, and get distracted by stuff much more interesting than your code ๐
I just went to a sushi joint. They have an entirely traditional japanese theme and decor going on..
But they got a copy of Starry Night hanging in the bathroom ๐
I was not prepared
UNIX metaphors about killing your children to prevent zombies are what keep me up at night.
Moving my mail over to Proton has turned out to be great decision as it frees up a big part of my time so I don't have to administrate email anymore.
Configuration was pretty easy and for the plan I have, I get access to their VPN services as well.
It's only been a week or two, but I would definitely recommend Proton Mail if you're looking for a quality encrypted email service.
Sway reporting in from KDE's Berlin development sprint
https://drewdevault.com/2018/04/28/KDE-Sprint-retrospective.html
Trying to get my Steam Controller to work with RetroArch is more of a pain than I thought it would be...
The @GIMP have just released 2.10 to the world! Six years of hard work and improvements are all wrapped up and now available! Congratulations to the GIMP team for all of their hard work and dedication to bring us such a great project!
https://www.gimp.org/news/2018/04/27/gimp-2-10-0-released/
#FOSS #photography #artwithopensource #digitalart #freesoftware #software #editing
Bionic Beaver release of Ubuntu is looking pretty solid
http://blog.bityard.net/articles/2018/April/in-beaver-we-trust-a-lengthy-pedantic-review-of-ubuntu-1804-lts.html
France confirms that Matrix (and Riot) is the basis for their upcoming secure communication app for official government use, and will be 100% FOSS! Exciting times :D
https://matrix.org/blog/2018/04/26/matrix-and-riot-confirmed-as-the-basis-for-frances-secure-instant-messenger-app
Minifree put out a tablet version of the X200!
Pretty dope, would totally get this if I didn't already have the Librem 13.
Tfw a metro station uses github more than you.
Okay this meeting about data consistency is awful, but a beautiful doggo just walked in so this might be aight
I bet somewhere there's a "Do you agree to the Terms and Conditions?" dialog without any Terms and Conditions and no one knows it
So that wasn't entirely awful. A couple people stopped by for a bit and I had a fun time.
If you were one of those people thanks <3.