Sam Schlinkert @schlink@octodon.social

Random reminder to use a password manager if you aren't already! It'll help you stay safe online by using long, unique passwords for each service you use.

While LastPass or 1Password are great choices, I prefer KeePassXC

Official site: https://keepassxc.org/

Official quick-start guide: https://keepassxc.org/quickstart/

My getting-started guide: https://sts10.github.io/2017/06/27/keepassxc-setup-guide.html

"Indigenous communities are building drones to make their own maps—and using them to fight erasure and exploitation at the hands of the state and capital."

https://logicmag.io/03-cartographers-without-borders/

I like the linux version (via https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/comments/8acta8/re_git_pull_kernel_lockdown/?st=jfopj6fl&sh=9175e171)

Guessing this is one of the threads they're referring to? http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.0/01598.html

"He said, ‘We’ll be with you till your last bit,’ and I felt myself getting all teary. I suppose we always stamp human emotion on these things.”

For the men and women who use the Deep Space Network to talk to the heavens, failure is not an option.

(Also, TIL Jet Propulsion Lab's motto is "Dare mighty things.")

https://longreads.com/2018/03/15/welcome-to-the-center-of-the-universe/

I wrote a #Rust script that is, as expected, taking some time and CPU resources. However I see that it's only using one of my 8 cores(?) (see screenshot).

If I were to use threads in Rust could I use more than one CPU? https://octodon.social/media/YxBLdEj5e0Qg6PcNu5U

https://octodon.social/media/4rpaUGxhNBWqgNEcYHM

Oh hello there, Mastodon keyboard shortcuts https://octodon.social/media/OIAYBUi6mzgxyNmZQH4

Here's what the "bomb cyclone" that's hitting the US's east coast looks like from space.

Latest updates on the storm from CNN: http://cnn.it/2CHKlS0 https://octodon.social/media/VOMTJ1OZup__IZ1Eiu0

actually, here's a real sign that something's ~ going on ~ https://octodon.social/media/rKAbOBJck-zEoIbfbP4

re: mechanical pencils, I'm liking both my new rOtring 600[1] and Graph Gear 1000[2]!

[1](https://www.amazon.com/rOtring-Barrel-Mechanical-Pencil-1904443/dp/B00AZWYUA4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513826996&sr=8-1&keywords=rotring+600)

[2](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GAU2RU/ref=sxr_rr_xsim_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=3008523062&pd_rd_wg=GLl9W&pf_rd_r=JY6MV9RPC5SKVJGECH8F&pf_rd_s=desktop-rhs-carousels&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_i=B000GAU2RU&pd_rd_w=RTUk4&pf_rd_i=graphgear+1000&pd_rd_r=0a38abe9-0aac-433c-ad57-b5b975355eda&ie=UTF8&qid=1513827043&sr=2) https://octodon.social/media/RI-n7QdXDROghuWj6eU

Hi Fediverse!

Do you have a favorite notebook to write in? Preferably something not much smaller than 8.5 by 11 inches, lined, and that stays open.

I'm thinking this? (Doesn't have to be a composition notebook though.) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009PL4ZTC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2MB9B94L254TB&psc=1 https://octodon.social/media/X0yt-wHU4veyHuPFijo

hmmmmm (from bird site) https://octodon.social/media/oBQhYlHEAt2scFWY8VY

* shakes fist * Day 3 Part Twoooooo!!! https://octodon.social/media/EBrBwLH4WSMZvK8TJTc

This is easily the wildest Stack Exchange story I've read in a long time:

An XPS craps out majorly, but user needs to transfer important files to thinkPad. At one point reads color flashes on the broken display with a webcam (30 bits per second), now trying audio transmission?!?! https://superuser.com/questions/1268868/can-i-save-these-documents-on-a-dying-machine-from-oblivion/1273280 https://octodon.social/media/661hrr96Kz_RIRVdOLQ https://octodon.social/media/QhCIjA9cVNz2DTWNng8

woohoo got my 2 stars for the day, and did it using Rust! https://github.com/sts10/advent-of-code-2017/blob/master/day01-rust/src/main.rs

(Screenshotted: I also now have a handy textfile -> Vector standalone Rust function to re-use on later days.)

Anyone else try the Day 1 challenge? https://octodon.social/media/FTK2SRAnn5bWhqJH644

This is one of my favorite stories surrounding Christmas. Happy 52nd anniversary, Charlie Brown!

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/entertainment/charlie-brown-christmas-feat/index.html https://octodon.social/media/KRwj-bTWIsg909UxvYI

man idk, Rust is putting up way more of a fight than Golang did for me... I guess that's kind of by design though. https://octodon.social/media/yjYuGa_nH0PH-WbDscA

Me: "Golang is picky!"

Rust compiler: lololol

https://octodon.social/media/-BsnrQoPbyzox0T2oz8

To stretch with my new and limited skills, I'm making a command line tic tac toe game.

Think I'm going to use the same logic I used when I did it one time in javascript four years ago https://octodon.social/media/Vn0CZwMtw5YUlsgoFWo

damn, Golang is picky! https://octodon.social/media/rPvteRvL9otauckN9fk