Filipe 'shello' Rodrigues @shello@octodon.social

While I find the simultaneous landing of the two SpaceX boosters incredibly impressive and a true advance in spaceflight I have to say that the "car stunt" is arguably one of the most irritating waste of resources ever.

Traditionally first flights of rockets were always the occasion to offer a free ride to scientific satellites which would have otherwise not flown, "high risk high reward".

But no, SpaceX sent a silly car of no use except ego.

SSH Mastery, 2nd edition, now available! https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/?product=ssh-mastery-2nd-edition

Ebook will appear on Amazon, Kobo, etc, soon. SOON. Physical books take longer, sorry.

We’re about 150 responses away from 7,000 - I think we could hit 7,000 by the time I log off for the night, maybe?

http://gendercensus.com/survey2018

https://witches.town/media/eHAOZxa1Whbl63nPKhM

made it! 😓 https://a.weirder.earth/media/VU9i-g-H9T68K0lW-qg

Think about high fives. Like, think about that feeling you get behind your breastbone when you do a really good high five with someone you like. Sit with that feeling a second.

OK. Virtual high five, then, from me: You made it another day, another 24 hours. Another week. Wherever and whoever you were a week ago isn't where and who you are now. You're growing and changing and living life. And that's worth a high five.

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reminder that "you're one of today's lucky 10,000" is a way better reaction than "what kind of person doesn't know about {thing}?" https://www.xkcd.com/1053/

The invention of ‘heterosexuality’
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170315-the-invention-of-heterosexuality
'The 1901 Dorland’s Medical Dictionary defined heterosexuality as an “abnormal or perverted appetite toward the opposite sex.” More than two decades later, in 1923, Merriam Webster’s dictionary similarly defined it as “morbid sexual passion for one of the opposite sex.” It wasn’t until 1934 that heterosexuality was graced with the meaning we’re familiar with today: “manifestation of sexual passion for one of the opposite sex; normal sexuality.”

Whenever I tell this to people, they respond with dramatic incredulity. That can’t be right! Well, it certainly doesn’t feel right. It feels as if heterosexuality has always “just been there.”...'

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So recently in discussion, @lindar pitched an idea I really liked. Here it is, with an addition by me, so it's not hidden in threads. Please share and use if you like it.

The idea is that interacting with other folks' selfies can be somewhat fraught because you don't know where their boundaries are. And asking, "Can I compliment your appearance?" sort of short-circuits consent.

So when you post a #selfie, add tags:
• nocom (no comments/compliments)
• okcom (comments/compliments OK)
• rqcom (comments/compliments requested)

Also, if you want to specify the difference, you could replace -com with -flirt and/or use them in combination like [rqcom, noflirt].

Today I learned about tail attacks -- a kind of low-volume #DDoS attack that raises the tail latency of the target application. This sort of attack is wonderfully sneaky and hard to detect because it's based on short traffic pulses, unlike the more traditional torrent of packets, and just makes the victim service perform worse.
http://blog.acolyer.org/2017/12/11/tail-attacks-on-web-applications/

I explained to J that I am annoyed about the mastodon upgrade I was going to get started on and why and he suggested I watch this and I am feeling SO MUCH BETTER. https://tootplanet.space/media/4Ei7SmEc0Qq6fGRHb2c