Asta [AMP] / is on Nostr

Gaaaaaaay transfemme STEM kid; scientist by training, burned out?/former? PhD candidate in chemistry. Molecular dynamics, Photography, supercomputing, you tell me. Anti-capitalist.

Pronouns: she/her
#photography #supercomputing

Pronouns: she/her/they/them
Wordpress: https://astatide.lgbt/
Tumblr: https://astabetrayer.tumblr.com/
GitHub: can get wrecked
Drag Name One: Sir Anthony Slopkins
Drag Name Two: Duke Swellington

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2024-08-23 17:35:16

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... oh. great.
Thank you, though! I'll be getting mine checked soon... so that's good to know.

2024-07-04 17:22:47

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everytime he had a problem he'd do a push up and BOOM, now a bunch of androphiles have a totally different problem

2024-06-20 10:58:58

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I am not _surprised_ that the screen reader is broken but I honestly didn't know it was until you brought this up. I'm disappointed, and now I'm also annoyed at the people wasting everyone's time and energy to tone police you.
Fuck IBM, IBM sold machines to goddamn Nazis, the least they can do is fork over some fucking cash to sponsor accessibility. I hate this "if we're not nice to corporations they may not give us a tiny drop of care". Fuck them, throw a brick at them, SHAME THEM. Because they'll sure as hell shame you. IBM: DO FUCKING BETTER.

2024-06-20 10:57:14

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Yeah, watching people jump in to say
1. It's not _actually_ Red Hat/IBM being ableist because either A, they're not involved or responsible for Fedora or B. haven't prioritized it, OR
2. How fucking DARE you word things this way, if ONLY you had asked NICELY instead of being CAPTAIN DICKFACE
I dunno random reply guys, maybe fucking consider that being nice hasn't worked and that maybe we SHOULD be angry about it, yeah? Maybe people who don't have the same accessibility needs should stop politely suggesting it and say "fuck you for shipping a broken screen reader for 8 years despite being aware of the issue". Maybe that's how things actually happen and by being Reply Guys who are Critical Of The Way Things Are Being Said you're just making yourself part of the problem, which is that you're wasting Aral's time and the time of people who need screen readers by arguing about the way he said it and that you're more in the way of progress than Aral is? maybe?
It happens _every single time_ something is brought up. Go direct your reply guy energy to Fedora if you must. Don't fucking criticize someone being upset that a basic feature has been ignored and has consequences for people.

2024-06-17 20:12:10

hey what's up it's your girl audrey and I'm here to tell you how to take a 1 star photo
to a 5 star photo
_ten minute introduction explanation_,_ including a pitch for NordRaid_: _Shadow VPN_,_ followed by a short montage of me photoshopping 4 more bright dots onto a photo of the night sky_

2024-06-17 19:47:32

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(if you do end up trying KDE Plasma I’m very curious how well it works!)

2024-06-12 18:36:17

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but also lmao what a fucking secreting schmuck.
hey guys, I'm gonna re-post wikipedia and call it ENCYCLOPEDIA SECRETAN, money plzzzzzzz. "Look at how much activity is on my Sam Altman funded network, MORE MONEY PLZ"
but also lol at the entire "less toxic" as he takes money from Sam "I'm The World's Worst Gay Man And Should Be Booed At Pride" Altman.
https://sharkey-data.sjc1.vultrobjects.com//c8af052c-4718-419c-a98b-bb420f476a27.webp

2024-05-15 09:19:02

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“Feature Request: shut the fuck up about copilot and delete the model from existence”.

2024-05-15 09:18:16

Me, logging into GitHub and seeing they keep spamming copilot shit in the non-hideable “latest changes” box and also seeing they provide an area to comment: “don’t, Audrey”

2024-05-14 13:41:07

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no goth beach decor? No art of sharks munching on bones with “I’d rather be dead”? smh non-binary erasure

2024-04-28 13:02:14

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Just be careful to make sure you're ready to vent the kitchen... well, or to be alone.
I've inhaled toasty chili so many times, I actually quite like the feeling of capsaicin in my lungs, but I DO try to make sure it doesn't actually happen... it can be a shocking experience the first time it happens 😅

2024-04-28 13:00:02

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yes! That's the one. The basic method is quite simple so it's easy to mix and match to what you have and want!
Ah, I forgot about the sesame seeds, but I don't have any right now anyway.

2024-04-28 12:56:36

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oh, it's just a half remembered variant of one I read 😂 I think in the 'real' recipe, you add ginger to the oil and heat the oil without the chiles, then dump the boiling oil over them! BUT, I don't trust myself with boiling oil at the moment, plus no ginger... so I just sorta threw a ton of the Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and chilies in the wok, then added (Olive oil lmao, which is not the right oil but is absolutely in abundance here) oil till it flew freely.
Fuschia Dunlop is the author I got the original recipe from; _somewhere_ around here I have one or two of her books. They're excellent English language books for Sichuan cooking, as far as I know, as she was actually trained in the province.

2024-04-28 12:48:10

I want to thank my tiny kitchen for having an actual fucking oven hood. This is the first time I’ve been able to make chili oil without basically pepper spraying the entire house.
It has star anise, Sichuan pepper, and obviously a ton of chili.
I thought I wasn’t going to be able to use the wok here because of the electric stovetop, but it actually works better than the fucking gas I had in NY!? What the fuuuuuu
https://sharkey-data.sjc1.vultrobjects.com//webpublic-babb6725-2370-4434-a6ee-3e8a78c6c894.webp

2024-04-01 16:35:42

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Thank you. In the meantime while I figure out how to dispose of it (I'm not in the country of my birth and I've only been here since mid January), do you have any recommendations for storage?? I have a patio.

2024-04-01 16:29:41

… ummm, is this battery bulging??? I’ve never had that happen so I’m unsure what to do here. It feels… a lil spongy. Do they have a slight foam barrier orrrrr
#battery #batteries #bulgingBattery #laptopBattery #laptop #mobileDevice
https://sharkey-data.sjc1.vultrobjects.com//webpublic-806e0fcd-bd1c-462c-aade-ba7019b95038.webp

2024-03-28 13:42:49

Shit, let’s say Thread’s federation code has a bug that results in basically DDOSing your tiny ass server. Do you think Meta has any incentive to fix it? Sure, you could defederate (assuming you get access to your server again any time soon)… but ohhhh, what if the users on your server now have networks with threads users? They might leave your server and go to Threads, instead, to make sure they can keep up with their mutuals.
Look at that: the sheer size and scale of Threads means a tiny bug can potentially fuck your server and give Threads more users at the Fedi’s expense.