@gcugreyarea @zlchxo and one who just downloaded it, it’s been on my list for a while

don’t think i got around to posting this one while cohost was still up. little treat for the league.

• Fujifilm X-T30
• XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS

• 1/56 | f/4 | ISO 320 | 37.4mm

#photography #eggbug

🐅 i have a strong preference for cyberpunk that doesn’t use the orientalist neon urban density aesthetic, number one because that shit rules and is more apt for like a future fantasy, and number two because there’s so much more you could say about gentrification. like where’s the suburban #cyberpunk

@froggebip same here, yeah, I tend to follow everyone on sight around here

RE: https://lilypad.frogge.cafe/@froggebip/statuses/01J9MSNP9BH6A85HDSJC9P3QG5

something i love a lot about old steam ships is the telegraph system they have for the engine throttles. there's no big digital computer system running commands to the engines, it's just people taking simple commands from a system of wires and pulleys. it makes me wonder how such a system could possibly exist in the microcosm...

the oldest superfreighter in the Syndication logistics fleet, the Guidestar (though enthusiasts like to call it "Big Boy"), houses a gigantic pressurised water reactor in its stern that's tapped to generate electricity and boil water for its equally enormous drive engines. it takes a lot of people to keep it running - a third of the crew, maybe more like two fifths! - and as one can imagine, it's hard to coordinate all those people without some simple way to give orders

the Guidestar resolves this with a set of electromechanical throttle telegraphs that signal how much thrust they want on the main drives to the engineering crew. it's hooked up via a triple-redundant electronic relay since running mechanical cables down the length of a kilometre-long ship could cause problems for some reason.

since its construction, the Guidestar's received many upgrades, including an autonomous reactor management system - but it only touches the critical components, control rods, water flow pumps, fuel channels, a lot of stuff that was already motorised. it'll keep it from melting, but it won't operate the main drive - that's left to the valve jockeys.

valve jockeys, as they're sometimes affectionately called, are skilled operators with decades of experience working with nuclear reactors, mostly aboard the Guidestar where they live and work. some say it's the radiation that compels them into their lives of service; others, that it's the superfreighter itself. rumours abound of whispers in the corridors, odd dreams about steam and steel... but they're only rumours, of course. everyone knows ships can't talk.

#themicrocosm

@Sofsh hmm, yea, it indeed doesn’t work

@Sofsh sparkle test

https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106

Ancient Roman concrete self-heals via quicklime chemical reactions in the stuff once its set.

@tenna @Sofsh I think it should work without breaking old posts?

@progressivejpeg sure looks like a reply to me
I already tested the thing, but thanks anyways

@ruby meanwhile, I was planning to spin up 2 more akkomas and 1 gts, most of em for Testing Stuff

reminder for everyone in the league: computers are an artform. don’t ever forget this. the programs we write are snapshots of our thought processes as applied to a given domain. your repository’s git log is a record of your development, your learnings, your growth as you work through all the intricacies of the problem space you choose to set your mind to - treat it with the respect it deserves, and it will treat you well too. there is no wrong way to implement anything, only differences in how we approach implementation.

#computers #art #programming

@spdx_wl if you got confused, then it’s working as intended

@chaiaeran fuck yea

can someone reply to this? I think I fixed my notification size (they previously sometimes covered half of the screen) and I wanna test

let’s go on a date!

*proceeds to install Linux to the internal HDD of your PS4*

@SnepShark it’s gts not adding specific attributes to the <a> tags used for the hashtag links; the tags are in the post metadata, that’s why search works, but they don’t do the Right Thing when clicked in akkoma bc it has no idea that it’s a tag and not just a normal link

@meow tbf I’m currently in a similar situation, I do have btrfs snapshots, but I need to actually set up automatic backups to s3

@meow quick PSA: snapshots are NOT backups unless you actually, yknow, back them up externally (and not just the diffs, you want the full snapshots)

that’s not to say they aren’t useful, because they are, but just keep that in mind

@KaydeArcane I’ll say that it’s 100% worth it, and if you don’t want the scary stuff, there’s mods to disable it