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Hi I'm Robert( they/them). Fire Spinning, Dabblings in OpenGL , Mathematics and Chemistry and stuff I find interesting. ⚗️🎥🔥🌈 [bridged from https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@acetylcholin on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Capture from FreeCAD rendering of the shower "table", with the plateau set to transparent so more of the support structure is visible through. The object is based on a vertical tube, with an opening so it can be pushed around the shower pipe. From this tube, 3 branches extend, one in the front, and two on the sides, each supported by a reclined beam connecting to the tube. On top of these 3 support branches, a semi-circular table is put, with 3 pegs going through holes in it, connecting to holes in the 3 underlying branches, keeping it in place.

Capture from FreeCAD rendering of the shower "table", with the plateau set to transparent so more of the support structure is visible through. The object is based on a vertical tube, with an opening so it can be pushed around the shower pipe. From this tube, 3 branches extend, one in the front, and two on the sides, each supported by a reclined beam connecting to the tube. On top of these 3 support branches, a semi-circular table is put, with 3 pegs going through holes in it, connecting to holes in the 3 underlying branches, keeping it in place.

Capture from the plateau ready to be printed, from the Bambou app.

Capture from the plateau ready to be printed, from the Bambou app.

The object, in the physical realm, printed and attached to the shower.

The object, in the physical realm, printed and attached to the shower.

Had some fun with #FreeCAD today, designing and #3dPrinting a small support to attach to the vertical pipe of my shower. Made it tight enough it's a bit of an effort to put into place, but after that, it's very stable.

I didn't glue the plateau in place, as the pegs […]

[Original post on mas.to]

01.11.2025 21:41 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0
Original post on mastodon.social

Today is my day to smugly gloat about how I live in a province where we stay on standard time all year long, so I didn't have to change my clocks last night.

Tomorrow is my day to be very frustrated and apologize a lot as I miss all the meetings that have shifted because everyone else's time […]

02.11.2025 18:14 — 👍 3    🔁 20    💬 6    📌 0
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39c3 switch by rawboard 39c3 styleguide stuff :) i try out some stuff here and create subpatches. help yourself.

#39c3 #styleguide
I used this year's #ccc styleguide to create a few switches. Let's see where this is going. If you want some animated switches for real-time 3D or video.. here ya go:
https://cables.gl/p/qf3Vo1

02.11.2025 14:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AzureHound Penetration Testing Tool Weaponized by Threat Actors to Enumerate Azure and Entra ID AzureHound, data collection tool designed for legitimate penetration testing and security research, sophisticated threat actors.

#cybersecurity

This headline.. I don't know..
Stove used to boil water!
Omg!!

https://cybersecuritynews.com/azurehound-enumerate-azure-entra-id/amp/

01.11.2025 09:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place

Hallo. #Sachsen will das #PolizeiGesetz verändern. Taser Einsatz, abhören verschlüsselter Kommunikation, Video Überwachung mit AI.
Alles eher Ungeil.
Bis morgen gibt es dazu einen Bürgerentscheid.
https://buergerbeteiligung.sachsen.de/portal/smi/beteiligung/themen/1058065

Ich bin dazu vorhin […]

29.10.2025 16:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The PSF has withdrawn $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program In January 2025, the PSF submitted a proposal to the US government National Science Foundation under the Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open Source Ecosystems program to address structural vulnerabilities in Python and PyPI. It was the PSF’s first time applying for government funding, and navigating the intensive process was a steep learning curve for our small team to climb. Seth Larson, PSF Security Developer in Residence, serving as Principal Investigator (PI) with Loren Crary, PSF Deputy Executive Director, as co-PI, led the multi-round proposal writing process as well as the months-long vetting process. We invested our time and effort because we felt the PSF’s work is a strong fit for the program and that the benefit to the community if our proposal were accepted was considerable. We were honored when, after many months of work, our proposal was recommended for funding, particularly as only 36% of new NSF grant applicants are successful on their first attempt. We became concerned, however, when we were presented with the terms and conditions we would be required to agree to if we accepted the grant. These terms included affirming the statement that we “do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws.” This restriction would apply not only to the security work directly funded by the grant, **but to any and all activity of the PSF as a whole**. Further, violation of this term gave the NSF the right to “claw back” previously approved and transferred funds. This would create a situation where money we’d already spent could be taken back, which would be an enormous, open-ended financial risk. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core to the PSF’s values, as committed to in our mission statement: > _The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of**a diverse and international community** of Python programmers._ Given the value of the grant to the community and the PSF, we did our utmost to get clarity on the terms and to find a way to move forward in concert with our values. We consulted our NSF contacts and reviewed decisions made by other organizations in similar circumstances, particularly The Carpentries. In the end, however, the PSF simply can’t agree to a statement that we won’t operate any programs that “advance or promote” diversity, equity, and inclusion, as it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community. We’re disappointed to have been put in the position where we had to make this decision, because we believe our proposed project would offer invaluable advances to the Python and greater open source community, protecting millions of PyPI users from attempted supply-chain attacks. The proposed project would create new tools for automated proactive review of all packages uploaded to PyPI, rather than the current process of reactive-only review. These novel tools would rely on capability analysis, designed based on a dataset of known malware. Beyond just protecting PyPI users, the outputs of this work could be transferable for all open source software package registries, such as NPM and Crates.io, improving security across multiple open source ecosystems. In addition to the security benefits, the grant funds would have made a big difference to the PSF’s budget. The PSF is a relatively small organization, operating with an annual budget of around $5 million per year, with a staff of just 14. $1.5 million over two years would have been quite a lot of money for us, and easily the largest grant we’d ever received. Ultimately, however, the value of the work and the size of the grant were not more important than practicing our values and retaining the freedom to support every part of our community. The PSF Board voted unanimously to withdraw our application. Giving up the NSF grant opportunity—along with inflation, lower sponsorship, economic pressure in the tech sector, and global/local uncertainty and conflict—means the PSF needs financial support now more than ever. We are incredibly grateful for any help you can offer. If you're already a PSF member or regular donor, you have our deep appreciation, and we urge you to share your story about why you support the PSF. Your stories make all the difference in spreading awareness about the mission and work of the PSF. How to support the PSF: * Become a Member: When you sign up as a Supporting Member of the PSF, you become a part of the PSF. You’re eligible to vote in PSF elections, using your voice to guide our future direction, and you help us sustain what we do with your annual support. * Donate: Your donation makes it possible to continue our work supporting Python and its community, year after year. * Sponsor: If your company uses Python and isn’t yet a sponsor, send them our sponsorship page or reach out to sponsors@python.org today. The PSF is ever grateful for our sponsors, past and current, and we do everything we can to make their sponsorships beneficial and rewarding.

The Python Software Foundation shows more spine than every single tech giant in just one single decision.

> Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core to the PSF’s values

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.html

27.10.2025 16:03 — 👍 84    🔁 331    💬 2    📌 1
Technology used to be cool, but now it's owned by the worst, most moneysick humans on the planet. But there are transsexual furry hackers out there, still fighting the good fight

Technology used to be cool, but now it's owned by the worst, most moneysick humans on the planet. But there are transsexual furry hackers out there, still fighting the good fight

09.10.2025 20:49 — 👍 81    🔁 145    💬 4    📌 1
Original post on mastodon.social

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]

09.10.2025 17:18 — 👍 54    🔁 495    💬 24    📌 17
A variation of the "Epic Handshake" meme from the 1987 sci-fi movie Predator, showing a close-up of four men (instead of the original 2) greeting each other with an arm-wrestle handshake. Each arm is labeled with the following text: - Blind and vision-impaired people - People with temporarily impaired vision - People with slow internet connection - People wondering WTF they're looking at The words "alt text" are shown in the center where all four hands meet.

A variation of the "Epic Handshake" meme from the 1987 sci-fi movie Predator, showing a close-up of four men (instead of the original 2) greeting each other with an arm-wrestle handshake. Each arm is labeled with the following text: - Blind and vision-impaired people - People with temporarily impaired vision - People with slow internet connection - People wondering WTF they're looking at The words "alt text" are shown in the center where all four hands meet.

Everyone wins!

#AltText #accessibility

07.09.2025 15:04 — 👍 140    🔁 346    💬 7    📌 2
Post image 20.10.2025 20:22 — 👍 1    🔁 34    💬 3    📌 0
Abgestorbene Bäume, im Hintergrund ein toter Wald an einem Gebirgsausläufer.

Abgestorbene Bäume, im Hintergrund ein toter Wald an einem Gebirgsausläufer.

'Dinge die mit "A" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' ABGESTORBEN. (Wald am Brocken/ Harz)

#FotoVorschlag

21.10.2025 06:14 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on mastodon.social

International organisations estimate that across Southeast Asia, hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to work in so-called scam centers. The situation has reached the level of a humanitarian crisis.

@Reuters just published a new piece on the subject:

"Scammed into scamming" is […]

16.10.2025 10:03 — 👍 1    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place

Don't look up! Researchers created an easy way to receive satellite communication with 800$ equipment and were able to read everything from Telekom satellite messages to airplane WiFi sessions to military data. All be ause seemingly satellites don't do any encryption whatsoever. #cybersecurity […]

14.10.2025 09:24 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A graphic generated by https://grafana.blockgametracker.gg, which is a website that tracks the uptime and approximate server count for the top Minecraft server hosts. This graphic shows several steep drops in uptime on Sept. 28 (represented by a staggering blue line) from a series of crippling ddos attacks from the Aisuru botnet.

A graphic generated by https://grafana.blockgametracker.gg, which is a website that tracks the uptime and approximate server count for the top Minecraft server hosts. This graphic shows several steep drops in uptime on Sept. 28 (represented by a staggering blue line) from a series of crippling ddos attacks from the Aisuru botnet.

New, by me: DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS

The world's largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast […]

[Original post on infosec.exchange]

10.10.2025 16:42 — 👍 11    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0
Advertisement for fragsat. A satellite which just launches ball bearings to make entire orbits unusable.

Advertisement for fragsat. A satellite which just launches ball bearings to make entire orbits unusable.

#sattelites #astronomy

When do we reach the supervillain state of things again?

08.10.2025 20:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place

Normaler Alptraum:
Eine verlassene Kinderklinik. Experimente im Keller. Keller nur über Gullideckel betretbar. Kinderstimmen rufen. Lange Gänge voller Sperrmüll. Kinder retten und Flucht vor dem unbekannten.

Erwachsener Alptraum:
Erfolgreich entkommen alles ganz amüsant. Aber wer zahlt […]

05.10.2025 08:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Welcher Satz eignet sich immer um ein Gespräch schnell zu beenden? Der Satz "du hurensohn jetzt klatscht es gleich!" Zeichnet sich durch seine Wirksamkeit aus.

Welcher Satz eignet sich immer um ein Gespräch schnell zu beenden? Der Satz "du hurensohn jetzt klatscht es gleich!" Zeichnet sich durch seine Wirksamkeit aus.

[Joking. Aktiv Aggressiv.]

Heute war so ein Tag. Ich würde mich freuen wenn dieser Satz gesellschaftliche Anerkennung finden würde. Mein Tag wär dadurch angenehmer gewesen heute.

30.09.2025 17:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A framed floppy disk with monkey island 2

A framed floppy disk with monkey island 2

@grumpygamer found a framed copy in a company I'm visiting. Thought it's nice to see your work is honoured like that :)

25.09.2025 18:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#programming #coding

Is there any programming language where updating dependencies is not a chore? / Where this can be automated and also breaking changes come in a format which already contains a sane default migration also with transitive deps/packages/modules/callitasyoulike?

25.09.2025 10:53 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Forgive me for sounding like an extremist, but if the purpose of society isn't to house, feed, and care for its members, what the fuck is the purpose?

23.09.2025 16:54 — 👍 24    🔁 94    💬 9    📌 0
Screenshot from the chars I see.

Screenshot from the chars I see.

[Unicode]

@palomakop
Mastodon app on Android

24.09.2025 15:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
[Video] Original post on berlin.social

John Oliver hat 10 Minuten über #Bernd das #Brot gemacht und erstaunliche charakterliche Übereinstimmungen festgestellt. 😂

22.09.2025 12:42 — 👍 10    🔁 209    💬 6    📌 0
Original post on infosec.exchange

Just realized I forgot to post my annual advice to college students before the school year started – but well, it's never too late to start:

- GOING THE FUCK TO CLASS

- GOING THE FUCK TO BED

- DOING YOUR FUCKING HOMEWORK

THIS IS THE MAGICAL TRINITY OF NOT HATING YOURSELF OR FEELING YOU'VE […]

22.09.2025 18:29 — 👍 5    🔁 50    💬 4    📌 1
Original post on mastodon.me.uk

#Rails folks, here's an open letter asking the Rails Core to cut ties with DHH and hard fork Rails to a new project with proper governance.

You can sign with a pull request. Let's show that there's demand for this, and that the community won't appease racists […]

22.09.2025 17:22 — 👍 5    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

@bagder mmh. Wondering if public callout as amusing it is, is tcreating some kind of competition to just be called out by you for AI slop reviews. :)

18.09.2025 22:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A giant protest banner hangs across from Windsor Castle in England, where Donald Trump is staying with King Charles during his UK visit. The massive banner, funded by 1,770 people, shows the world’s largest printed photo of Trump standing beside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The display was created as a satirical response to Trump’s visit, which was intended to polish his public image.

A giant protest banner hangs across from Windsor Castle in England, where Donald Trump is staying with King Charles during his UK visit. The massive banner, funded by 1,770 people, shows the world’s largest printed photo of Trump standing beside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The display was created as a satirical response to Trump’s visit, which was intended to polish his public image.

WELCOME TO WINDSOR CASTLE, DONALD TRUMP 🏰🇬🇧

The British public greeted him with a gigantic banner right outside the castle where he’s staying with the King this week—funded by 1,770 people.

This trip is all about polishing Trump’s image 🪞✨ so please […]

[Original post on mastodon.online]

17.09.2025 08:18 — 👍 11    🔁 140    💬 3    📌 0
Macho editions: classics reworked for men! War and peace by Leo Tolstoy with a large bright yellow label which reads: 33% more war! In search of Lost time by Marcel Proust with a large bright yellow label which reads: Less remembering, more action! The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald with a large bright yellow label which reads: More information about the cars! Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen with a large bright yellow label which reads: Jack Reacher Cameo!

Macho editions: classics reworked for men! War and peace by Leo Tolstoy with a large bright yellow label which reads: 33% more war! In search of Lost time by Marcel Proust with a large bright yellow label which reads: Less remembering, more action! The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald with a large bright yellow label which reads: More information about the cars! Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen with a large bright yellow label which reads: Jack Reacher Cameo!

My cartoon for this week’s @guardian books.

p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at www.tomgauld.com

14.09.2025 15:32 — 👍 559    🔁 148    💬 11    📌 13

the security industry is a machine that turns
`THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND`


into
`YOU ARE PART OF A SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK, SHAME ON YOU`

12.09.2025 23:54 — 👍 13    🔁 51    💬 2    📌 0

@jfmezei
I have questions!
Why is it called Tram-WM and not Bim-WM when it's in Vienna.
Where is the "Close doors and drive away just when a frantically running grandma reaches the door" discipline? :D

13.09.2025 07:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Original post on mstdn.ca

Remember, This Saturday the 13th, it is the public transit olympics in Vienna, Austria:

World Tram Driver Championships.
Web site: https://www.tramwm.com/

The Youtube coverage of events:
https://youtu.be/smp0voLUgk8

Begins at 10:00 CET ( UTC + 2. EDT + 6)

Day 3
Competitions & family festival […]

13.09.2025 04:36 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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