Kevin B. ⛵️

Software developer specializing in efficient, modern server-side rendering with PHP. I'm interested in #photography, #sailing, #ebikes, reading, writing (mostly blog posts, also a novel in progress), watching TV, cooking, and more. (he/him)

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kboyd_at_phpc.social@mostr.pub

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2024-10-25 06:19:05

Ooh, fun! Paramount seems to have put the S5E1 premiere of #StarTrek #LowerDecks on youtube https://youtu.be/0OE46re11tQ?si=ONP4x9-MiWa7wJbC
(US-only, unfortunately)

2024-10-11 06:58:01

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@npub13w7…mktw Last time I took one of my kids to the (canadian) ER, the official wait time at 11pm was 6+ hours. We ended up being seen in under an hour, though. And it was free.

2024-10-05 22:17:50

A wind farm (and dilapidated farmhouse) on the NB/NS border. #windfarm #flickr #photography #windPower
https://flic.kr/p/2qkMygX
https://media.phpc.social/media_attachments/files/113/257/130/582/607/798/original/e7a8a79507be71ba.png

2024-09-13 23:53:13

Anyone in #yyj #victoriaBC want an all-weather ebike? RideTheGlide is having a forklift sale. (Because of the time a dude smashed their front entrance in with a forklift and stole some bikes.)
https://media.phpc.social/media_attachments/files/113/132/934/857/821/439/original/3cb7daeaad5004c3.jpeg

2024-09-09 00:31:24

Lost my wallet this afternoon in Sidney BC. If this were twitter-of-old, I could reasonably tag this with where I lost it ( #Sidney #SidneyBC #yyj #VictoriaBC) and hope that someone might see it and reconnect me with it. But, sadly, I don't think fediverse has quite the same level of reach. And I'm certainly not signing up to facebook or whatever to try asking there.
Hopefully someone found it and did something reasonable, like dropping it in the post.

2024-09-07 05:35:36

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@npub17yk…hcfk "what are self-sealing stem bolts?"

2024-03-15 22:07:05

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@npub17yk…hcfk is there a Boothby?

2024-03-15 02:14:40

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@npub1jpp…u59l guinness. It's blarney for lager.

2023-12-02 20:20:39

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@npub1vd3…cn5z @npub1pdv…gqz2 gonna be really interesting for the future of humanity if the medical-aid-delivering airships end up exhausting the global supply of helium that is needed in part by the medical profession to run diagnostic equipment.
(Though, in researching the state of things for this post, I found there are low- and no-helium MRI machines in development)

2023-11-04 19:19:36

Is there an equivalent to electron that uses gecko instead of chromium?

2023-08-30 17:25:57

unquenchable thirst isn't a good look
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/110979696251465534

2023-08-27 17:06:50

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@npub1jpp…u59l seemingly, yes :)

2023-08-27 16:52:19

TIL: When writing a bash/zsh function, "exit" does not behave the way I expected.
The entire terminal closed! 😂

2023-08-26 19:42:39

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@npub1jpp…u59l allow me to introduce the cargo shorts schism.
*riiiiip*

2023-08-24 16:28:08

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@npub1az9…swru I've set mine up so that it applies a red colour filter (with a tiny bit of blue in order to make certain things visible). Allegedly it will help with night vision & might encourage natural sleepiness.
Also, I added a siri shortcut - I keep renaming it. Currently, it is "Hey Siri, red alert" and "Hey siri, cancel red alert".
Doesn't show up in screenshots, though, so I can't grab an example. Heh.
https://media.phpc.social/media_attachments/files/110/945/532/338/609/974/original/68fe48b1bde42959.png
https://media.phpc.social/media_attachments/files/110/945/532/871/197/966/original/4117a6929dfa6bb4.png

2023-08-20 03:37:15

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@npub1jpp…u59l Aperix and Obelix

2023-08-18 05:28:51

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@npub1jpp…u59l I kinda wish I had the time and energy to remake this video entirely with footage from The Hobbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yCIDkFI7ew

2023-08-16 20:38:42

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@npub1jpp…u59l Yep.

2023-08-16 20:26:04

Hmm, Zapier just updated their TOS to include wording about AI stuff. They seem to be very explicit about the fact that the training stuff is for internal use only, not resale.
Cue freakout? Or are they handling it properly?

2023-08-16 01:23:05

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This is for FOSS/self-hostable projects, of course. For a company that wants to bring their product to the fediverse, things would be much different - and they would likely already have a crackerjack moderation team.

2023-08-16 01:19:45

I have a suspicion that the right way to develop a project for fedi is to start small, build it in relative obscurity - with a single community server to act as a demo.
Then, if the demo reaches some level of criticality, the appropriate actions are either:
A) Turn it off. Gently, of course.
B) Lock it so that no new signups are allowed.
C) Spin it off as a separate entity, likely a co-operative.
This will encourage the project to grow, and will separate development from community management.

2023-08-14 18:03:27

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@npub1503…uxwg swampede!
No, nevermind.
It's a Torpede!

2023-08-10 22:52:04

Is it possible to host a mastodon instance on a subdomain (e.g., social.example.com) and have a regular site on the main domain (example.com, or example.com redirecting to www.example.com), with the accounts all being @ exampleuser @ example.com?

2023-08-10 02:15:13

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@npub1jpp…u59l I guess I have to hold out for ~5 more years for the Battlestar Galactica treatment

2023-08-10 02:13:07

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@npub1jpp…u59l oh no :(

2023-08-10 00:55:26

By my calculations, this year is the year we should have been introduced to "Firefly: The Next Generation", with a swanky ship, and costumes that need much improvement. And an all new cast, but with some cameos from the original cast (much-aged by makeup). And a producer/creator/writer who has some rather antiquated viewpoints in some respects (yet not in others), who eventually gets pushed to the side so his creation can live forever as a Brand.

2023-08-09 06:39:54

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@npub1j2n…c2rd @npub1q4y…x7aj Honestly, while I knew the full brand list was disgustingly long, I kind of expected it to be longer & more varied than this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unilever_brands

2023-08-08 17:49:23

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@npub1503…uxwg ooh, this is an interesting way of solving the don't-get-hit-by-a-car issue with taking road photos

2023-08-07 05:01:21

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@npub1jpp…u59l this is true, and even more dishonourable.

2023-08-07 04:39:58

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@npub1jpp…u59l on the contrary, I thought the visuals on the klingon one were perfect - like glam rock, or KISS. It explained why they were so distressed and dishonoured.