MrCopilot@mrcopilot@mstdn.socialmstdn.social

Hello, I'm me, nice to meet you.

I approve this message.

"You haven't blocked any users yet."

Must we make it sound so inevitable, a task not accomplished?

Tempting trolls & fate here, but

You folks are alright.

Not going outta my way to hide any of the #fediverse users' words. #TurnsOut, you can just scroll right on by em, let em be lost to the endless stream.

As a software engineer all these years, I've become quite adept at sifting and sorting, and the first filter is for garbage. It's quite refined and efficient at this point. So your mileage will obviously vary.

But truth is, the mods on at least this instance (@stux & co) the folks I've chosen to interact with xverse make for a welcoming hang. You have this stranger's gratitude for a nice place to scroll through the park

Thanks y'all
&
thanks to everybody else for not being so obnoxiously toxic & harmful it becomes a full time job to block, mute and report.
(*cough ​ , ​ , ​ )

Find myself wondering
how long I can keep this empty?

Hey Fedi! I'm a character in the current volume of "The Screw Turns" by @screwturn, and it's gruesome!

`a collection of stories that are like "Final Destination" meets "The Monkey's Paw"`

It'll be a free ebook next Wednesday, but it's only a few dollars normally, and you'd be supporting a Fedi artist in the process

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1V5PWGX (US)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F1V5PWGX (UK)

(paperback coming soon)

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.

It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating.

Working on an interactive MIDI player/recorder for Bill Lange and my exhibit for the #AtariST ‘s 40th at #VCFEast.

Here is the Stacy playing the Entertainer that my sister in law recorded way back in 1993.

Be sure to stop by and record us a tune!

Oh, the Humanities!
(via @reb_bamf )
#USPol #Authoritarianism #Universities #HigherEducation #PunchANazi

Bloody love this.

Therefore...

500k migrants' protected status revoked.

Because racism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU9vScERqAo

Why hello there lil roommie.

"Although these are unprecedented times, a news headline should not quietly aid the erosion of our social consensus about the law, even if we ourselves are struggling to do our jobs because of that erosion. And even if the Supreme Court holds itself to be the arbiter of what is law, there is only so far that we, as Americans, can sit back and accept it."

https://www.theverge.com/policy/633397/ftc-bedoya-slaughter-democrat-media

User interface menu control options. #ui #ux

Every time I slightly miss #Florida , I just read the news.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/florida/2025/03/20/long-lines-at-south-florida-dmvs-as-companies-scoop-up-sell-appointments-tax-collector-says/

The sheet lack of empathy. I feel like a lot more of these conversations are happening.

Presuming his innocence, without any recorded presented evidence, this template, phone call from federal agency, arrest is now a thing in the hands of some irresponsible folks?

Been to Adairville though, so I am only tentatively presuming innocence...

Little tip folks, don't threaten to shoot troops or military equipment, they get antsy.

https://www.franklinfavorite.com/russellville/news/article_1fe18b91-3874-5a00-8107-cf8b6dfc97e3.html

I used to be the webdev lead at Pebble, before I was head of security.

I rewrote the slow server-side pebble appstore as client-side code, naturally compressed for speed. That said, I also kept unobfuscated code available on the server for debugging, and "accidentally" shipped this to production.

The Rebble team adopted this code, and it is still in use today, two acquisitions, and a company rebirth later.

The only way to ensure your work survives long term, is by publishing the code.