Brooke Vibber :blobcatcoffee:

https://bikeshed.vibber.net/@brooke

nerd, weirdo, person, whatever. i enjoy bad puns and you will see them. i also like going off on random tangents about tech, movies, or other random things of interest. fun activities include having mental health and flight simulation.

you may enjoy my work on mediawiki & wikipedia, or my wacky webassembly codecs. or my cat photos!

formerly of mastodon.technology and identi.ca (so it goes)

no bio means no follow request approval! just be cool. :)

pronouns: she/her
blog: https://brooke.vibber.net
tech: move slow, fix things
politics: lefty

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2024-10-14 17:22:22

i feel like SyFy's on a blonde girl horror theme this morning
Drag Me To Hell (2009)
Happy Death Day (2017)
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
The Grudge (2004)

2024-10-02 19:42:49

oh yay i can set my refresh rate to 120 Hz on my gaming pc now
dunno if that's an amd driver fix or a ms window fix but either way i'm happy about it
144 Hz *irks* me because it doesn't evenly fit 60 Hz or 30 Hz material

2024-09-04 19:58:34

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true, the wayback machine is pretty much already obviously illegal :D
but it's so nice :(

2024-08-22 17:54:03

WHAT
blake's 7 blu-ray release is coming with remastered special effects (they seem to still look cheesy at least :D)
dunno if it'll hit usa or if this is uk-region
https://gizmodo.com/blakes-7-blu-ray-remaster-doctor-who-bbc-terry-nation-2000489914

2024-08-20 14:33:03

young sheldon implies the existence of young bernadette, a show where a small, smart, squeaky-voiced girl beats up every other child in her school

2024-08-18 01:50:35

One of us eats hot chip and lies! The other eats hot chip and tells the truth. You may ask one of us one question, then you must choose which door to open.

2024-08-15 17:33:05

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i have no doubt that if this happens they'll market it to the cis men first and foremost and we'll all be inundated with late-night commercials for NUTS PLUS EXTRA T GLANDS :D

2024-07-06 20:45:03

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somebody needs to go back in time a couple years and tell patreon they had a perfect product, stop fucking with it

2024-07-05 23:01:42

usb thumb drives are the data crystals from babylon 5 made flesh

2024-06-28 20:22:51

:)
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/696/107/604/599/591/original/ee7362ec9cf269b3.png

2024-06-24 21:31:27

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of course the reason is simple: JSON was designed to be parsed with the eval() function, and was WILDLY UNSAFE
Infinity and NaN are not keywords; they are global object properties, and can be shadowed by local variables on eval()
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/673/727/996/589/175/original/8807c18d77382dec.png

2024-06-24 21:25:25

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i can almost understand the design decision not to support references, eg you can't JSON-ify a doubly-linked list
but not round-tripping *numbers*? wtf

2024-06-20 01:00:50

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i would absolutely trust every rando driver with a radioactivity source powerful enough to heat steam to useful amounts /s

2024-06-19 23:14:25

i hate that the go-to patreon/etc perk is "early access to comics" because then i can't *share links to funny comics* when i see them

2024-06-18 00:19:43

i remember my parents mentioning that when star trek: the motion picture came out in 1979 with the klingon makeup redesign with the brow ridges, some fan purists complained with the slogan:
"ruffles have ridges, klingons don't!"
there's always gonna be haters :D

2024-06-16 17:01:25

🎵 jessie's girl
why can't i be a woman like that :neocat_flag_trans: 🎵

2024-06-15 17:12:49

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exterior view on another run past the bay bridge
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/621/748/462/385/025/original/f78a68a2c83587f3.mp4

2024-06-15 17:07:27

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tired of traffic on the bay bridge? get a northrop f-5
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/621/728/497/254/854/original/379d418c66433a1a.mp4

2024-06-15 17:00:13

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golden gate
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/621/700/390/823/930/original/08f70b82dd18b378.mp4

2024-06-15 16:47:38

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ok that went much better. lil joyride around sf and landed at old alameda naval station. clips to come

2024-06-15 15:59:44

ok let's see if i can fly the f-5 tiger in msfs *without* exploding[1]...
[1] i've overstressed the airframe twice this morning pullin' Gs

2024-06-15 15:37:17

🎵 heeeeeeex code
you don't have to put on that hash tonight
you don't have to pair up rgb
and sell your colors to the light 🎵

2024-06-10 18:53:12

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argh, i don't have a free pci-e slot :D
frickin giant gpus taking up 3 slots ;)

2024-06-10 03:48:27

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progress :D

2024-06-08 13:08:19

"enkittification" is when a site's core functionality is replaced with gifs of cute kittens
it's less efficient, but no-one ever complains

2024-06-06 16:50:47

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single point of douchebag?

2024-06-05 19:57:12

no godzilla no kongs, only man

2024-06-03 18:42:17

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i love when they beam to another starfleet ship cause they get to just redress the sets

2024-06-03 18:39:34

oh good lord, this one's gonna be hilarious

2024-06-03 02:18:48

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#Monsterdon he ascended bodily into venus heaven

2024-06-03 02:18:05

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#Monsterdon wait did he fucking *dissolve* like obi-wan kenobi?

2024-06-03 02:15:53

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#Monsterdon *gets communicator back* "shit do you have a usb-c?"

2024-06-03 02:14:27

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#Monsterdon i'm rooting for the venusians to glass england at this point

2024-06-03 02:12:49

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#Monsterdon totally low-profile trap

2024-06-03 02:10:59

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#Monsterdon oh duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude if they warn off the rescue crew he doesn't get his inhaler refills and he dies
the alien jesus sacrfices himself? hmm

2024-06-03 02:06:47

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#Monsterdon she got on her best dress for the betrayal of the aliens

2024-06-03 02:04:45

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#Monsterdon don't his lungs have trouble with our atmosphere? was this a shitty chekhov gun?

2024-06-03 02:02:51

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#Monsterdon 🎵 come tomorrow
tomorrow i'll be gone
stay together
and fight the break of dawn
🎵

2024-06-03 02:02:01

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#Monsterdon oh yeah can we defeat the venusians with the power of LOVE

2024-06-03 01:58:25

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#Monsterdon .... the venusians are afraid the humans will move the orbit of the earth in a way that disturbs the orbit of venus in a way they can't correct?
wtf

2024-06-03 01:51:57

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#Monsterdon 🎵 you've gotta understand
gotta understand
got got got to understand
he's a magic man, mama
🎵

2024-06-03 01:51:02

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#Monsterdon she's fiesty

2024-06-03 01:50:44

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#Monsterdon gretchen is my favorite character by far

2024-06-03 01:48:36

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#Monsterdon 🧲
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/550/168/989/786/957/original/69cf8e3f976c980b.mp4

2024-06-03 01:45:23

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#Monsterdon "information wants to be free!"

2024-06-03 01:41:49

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#Monsterdon THE SHELVES ARE A MATTE PAINTING THE PLATES AREN'T REAL

2024-06-03 01:39:47

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#Monsterdon on a date with an alien

2024-06-03 01:36:23

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#Monsterdon "i want you to gather all your heads of state in one place, so we can blow you all up at once" sounds like a great plan let's do it

2024-06-03 01:34:53

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#Monsterdon every breath you take
every radio wave you shake
every broadcast song
every tv dong
we've been watching you

2024-06-03 01:32:17

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#Monsterdon hah
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/550/105/738/814/786/original/12ab6d5c565565d6.png

2024-06-03 01:30:16

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#Monsterdon bet ya he's not gonna have any fingerprints

2024-06-03 01:29:23

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#Monsterdon i love this terrible terrible set

2024-06-03 01:26:08

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#Monsterdon lol smoking while talking about breathing

2024-06-03 01:21:53

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#Monsterdon so if he performs 3 miracles the pope can canonize him right?

2024-06-03 01:19:30

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#Monsterdon sir your table at bj's brew pub is ready

2024-06-03 01:16:23

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#Monsterdon before they renamed the uk & us's "war" ministry/departments to "defense"

2024-06-03 01:15:05

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#Monsterdon HOLY CRAP HIS FACE
oh wait he's just a guy

2024-06-03 01:14:40

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#Monsterdon i think i have that dress in fallout 4

2024-06-03 01:12:42

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#Monsterdon ah the old faith healer trick
always popular for alien jesus metaphors

2024-06-03 01:06:49

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#Monsterdon "i have never paid taxes" oh no it's a libertarian

2024-06-03 01:05:31

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#Monsterdon "i would like to order some human beverage please"

2024-06-03 01:04:46

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#Monsterdon this movie sure loves showing peoples backs

2024-06-03 01:02:39

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#Monsterdon seat belts are alien technology

2024-06-03 01:02:07

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#Monsterdon if they announced that irl the conspiracy nuts would revolt

2024-06-03 01:00:36

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#Monsterdon darn ufos gettin in mah crops

2024-06-03 01:00:03

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#Monsterdon it's venusian time! but will it be a case of interplanetary stranger danger, or a friend we never knew we had?

2024-06-03 00:25:57

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#Monsterdon 🙍‍♀️ 🌕
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/549/839/113/907/907/original/2d8bbf0e43fba3ce.mp4

2024-06-03 00:22:02

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so this guy in our #Monsterdon movie tonight (40 minutes out!) is from Venus
this is the 50s, did they still not realize venus was chemically nasty and really hot and not really conducive to life?
i remember older 30s-40s scifi tended to imagine a lush, swampy venus veiled in clouds of water vapor
i wonder which version we'll get and how he adapts to human form...

2024-06-02 22:47:54

hmmmmmmm we got a #Monsterdon coming up in a couple more hours!
6pm pacific / 8pm central / 9pm eastern
1:00 utc / 2:00 bst / 3:00 cest
Stranger From Venus (1954)
also titled "The Venusian"
Aliens demand nuclear disarmament... but can they learn love?
(it's available via Tubi under "Stranger From Venus", and probably elsewhere under either title)
start the film on the dot and join us we we watch this old sci-fi film on hashtag #Monsterdon!
https://octodon.social/@Taweret/112547734454225606

2024-05-29 22:05:29

headline: "Dozens of shuttered 99 Cents Only stores in Southern California could soon reopen as Dollar Tree stores."
me: "$0.99 -> $1.00? honestly that's way better than inflation generally"

2024-05-28 15:11:42

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Brooke's corollary: remember if you change your name later you may be stuck maintaining a redirect ;)

2024-05-28 02:04:35

Linda, crash-landing a seaplane: "I can do this! I feel like Amelia Earhart! Oh god, she died. I feel like a regular captain of a regular airplane!"

2024-05-24 18:44:14

wow somebody on msfs forums is running their msfs under linux with *windows virtualized via qemu with dedicated cpu cores* and *pcie pass-through for the gpu* rendering full-speed to its own screen
i gotta step up my *game* here, folks.

2024-05-23 22:34:29

they made a second season of "milf manor", the reality show where a bunch of hot middle-aged women compete for the affections of younger hot men
sadly they did not title it
"2 milf 2 manor"

2024-05-23 18:08:43

👓
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/491/729/453/731/902/original/8fef52352eef12a8.jpg

2024-05-22 22:05:19

sites, not silos
protocols, not platforms
communities, not consumers

2024-05-22 20:24:19

do architects get paid a royalty for every monetary transaction that occurs in a building that they designed?
or is it only operating systems that work that way

2024-05-22 20:10:10

binary keyboard that supports full unicode but it's just 21 flip switches and an 'enter' key

2024-05-19 17:43:57

Invalid pixel format 'yup420p'
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/468/991/786/654/707/original/49b654b40c546ec7.png

2024-05-15 19:59:57

cat /dev/zero | gzip > strategic_zero_reserve.gz

2024-05-15 16:42:58

i need to fix me some broken wires in my honeycomb bravo throttle unit (flight simulator accessory)
electronics friends, recommend me what to look for in a basic soldering iron that will serve me well and not break the bank

2024-05-15 15:00:16

Frog Vorbis & Toad Theora

2024-05-15 02:09:56

is Linux old enough to be retro computing? >:-D

2024-05-14 19:04:56

i like to explain binding arbitration clauses as "like being required to take your dispute to judge judy instead of a real court, except that you're trying to sue the network that runs judge judy and pays her salary"

2024-05-13 00:46:48

it's pronounced gpeg

2024-05-10 21:33:14

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yep, extra RAM won't add much here.
fastest video encoding is usually through GPU *but* bitrate/quality tends to be poor because those chips are made for realtime and don't explore expensive checks for best compression.
CPU-based encoding will usually benefit well from more cores, with caveats (some formats' libraries scale weirdly *cough* libvpx *cough*)
For x264 or x265 you def want 1) more cores 2) faster cores 3) ideally avx2, in that order of preference

2024-05-10 00:17:44

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i honestly kinda miss gratuitous differences between platforms or architectures that *actually exercised portability issues*
endianness bugs were a common problem for me in 2003-2004 building foss packages that were mostly tested on Linux/x86 being on a funky BSD/PPC
fixed some bugs in gnu image manipulation program file format plugins back then, iirc the windows bmp and ico handlers especially :D

2024-05-10 00:12:48

man how cool was it when mac os x came with an install disc a developer tools disc, and the dev tools included the source to the cli base operating system and the compiler and linker toolchain
now xcode updates just appear in your app store and suddenly the compiler stops working

2024-05-09 01:16:06

"well that just sounds like cable with extra steps"

2024-05-08 20:41:23

Every worker should join or form a union to protect their rights and hold management accountable.
Yes, that includes "professional" tech workers (who can generally be fired/"laid off" at any time). Yes, that includes not-for-profits.
Yes, that includes my workplace and my employer. If you don't have a union, you really should be looking into how to form one.
It's just common sense.

2024-05-08 18:43:12

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it's always fun when the Nina Reiser murder case comes up on a "True Crime" show and I can turn to my wife and say "This is a Linux system! I know this!"

2024-05-05 14:28:21

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aha the reminder that not only does the star wars universe have pervasive slavery of intelligent robots throughout the republic, it has regular ol' slavery of humans and other biological intelligent beings in the outer rim, which the republic doesn't do anything about

2024-05-05 14:22:35

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every planet in star wars is all one thing:
* desert planet
* ice planet
* forest planet
* city planet
* water planet
* italy planet

2024-05-05 14:18:22

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padme: "i gotta put the brakes on this relationship. lemme find my least sexy outfit"
also padme
https://bikeshed.vibber.net/system/media_attachments/files/112/388/909/386/378/318/original/0e3e813d06c9a8f9.jpg

2024-05-05 14:08:09

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django (fett|python web framework|unchained)

2024-05-05 14:07:24

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baby boy boba fett!

2024-05-05 14:06:12

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young democrat girls discussing politics with their right-wing jock boyfriends

2024-05-05 14:04:52

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the kaminoans are what happens when you start with grays and optimize your genetic fitness function each clone generation for 1990s supermodel configuration
super slender, long limbs and neck

2024-05-05 13:52:02

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"The day we stop believing in democracy is the day we lose it."
"Let's pray that day never comes."

2024-05-05 13:50:24

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yoda gives his hardest escort missions to his horniest teenagers