Clifton Royston / is on Nostr

Me:
Reading SF&F since about age 9, friends with LGBTQ people since age 16, working in software/tech since I was 16, practicing Zen since 17 or 18, on Internet by late 1980s. I helped invent modern credit card terminals at Verifone in 1980s, founded small ISP LavaNet in 1994, back to sw dev from 2005 on.

Usenet (talk.bizarre), Making Light, Twitter.
"I'm normal by Cubetown standards."

Mostly here to chat, banter, & boost my friends & favorite writers.

Cis/bi, he/him, relaxed about it.

Last Notes

2024-07-06 08:50:43

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I guess Mastodon now needs a "What the absolute fuck?" button added, because boost or like seem utterly inadequate for this.

2024-07-03 22:21:05

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It should not be surprising that news media overwhelmingly owned by the ultra-rich serve the interests of their owners, not the public. If they don't, the owners change that.
NY Times <- Arthur Sulzberger, who has turned the paper into his expression of personal grudges against Biden.
Washington Post <- Jeff Bezos, enough said.
Bezos recently got rid of most previous Washington Post mgmt and editors, replacing them with right-wingers from the UK Telegraph.

2024-06-28 17:42:17

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*Excellent* propaganda, that's what!

2024-06-21 20:09:23

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I used to follow Linda too. 💔
Something I haven't yet seen mentioned about her:
On Twitter, late at night, she would regularly invite anyone who was struggling with severe depression or mental health to just call her up and talk. She'd give them her personal # and talk on the phone with them as long as they needed to get back on the ground - even after her partial blinding.
I'm 100% sure that she saved lives doing this. That's how amazing a person she is.

2024-06-20 05:12:43

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Somehow I feel this whole broader discussion relates to some of the points discussed in this excellent thread, in a way I can't quite articulate.
https://wandering.shop/@vaurora/112626301770195183
https://wandering.shop/@vaurora/112626321473109003

2024-06-13 19:36:55

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It won’t entirely make the nagging stop, but it will reduce it to a notification once every few weeks as a “security issue” for your system, that your Windows login is not tied to a Microsoft account. (I guess that means it’s *too* secure for their liking.)
I find that infuriating but I haven’t found a way to turn it off in regular Windows 10. AFAIK the only way to disable that “warning” is to use Pro and set up a Windows domain controller on your network.

2024-06-13 00:00:43

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Very good way to put it!
PS
I think it shouldn't need to be so fancy, but I'm not sure - I still haven't figured out if you should be able to simply use cd $1 in a shell file and source it.
I.e. for your example, have only
#!/bin/bash
cd $1
I would think it ought to work if you source this, but I can't swear to it.

2024-06-12 22:06:29

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The catch is that it will change the script into the directory, but that’s running in its own separate process, doing its own thing, and your shell process is just sitting there basically unaffected and waiting for the result.
If your shell process is running bash, and you want to change the state of your current process, as reflected in your prompt, you can run it with the “source” built-in command (or synonym “.”)

2024-05-03 20:21:00

I had thought for decades that it was just not going to be worth switching from Windows to Linux for daily use.
Windows was just too ingrained in my habits and too easy for me to stick with.
This year, I've been introduced to a new product that's completely changed my mind about that:
Microsoft Windows 11
Microsoft, you've disregarded 10,000 rules of user interface design, and broken every trained movement of my fingers on keyboard or mouse. Windows is easy no more. Fuck you.