2024-04-17

Activity Log

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 07:31

@alex @amydentata Society for Internet Anachronisms, reenacting an idealized early Web for the entertainment and delight of modern audiences.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 07:51

Mental prep for panel interview.

dangit i should have brought my game controller

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 08:06

@alex @amydentata hey no judgment I’m over here in House RSS polishing my blog.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 08:35

wearing the button-up shirt and my business shorts

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 08:49

dangit brain made the connection this morning from data visualization -> visual communication -> visual arts and now the topic is hooked into both ADHD hyperfocus and Au special interest (drawing)

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 08:54

@hummingrain Thanks! I’ve met and like each of the interviewers. All we need is for my competition with highly relevant direct experience to mysteriously disappear.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 09:00

@docpop @denis I’ve been grateful for my brain’s inability to address these in economic terms, only in ethical values.

I used to think if I could just understand money numbers better and use those, I could convince folks. But eventually I learned they’re already using fudged-over economic numbers to defend their predefined positions.

So screw it. Defend ethical behavior because it’s ethical behavior.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 10:02

Good interview and conversation. I think it went well. Hopefully they do too.

(slow post-interview stress-deflating sight)

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 10:07

@thegibson @IamMrsGeek I am post-interview and we are prepping for a Meow Wolf visit, so I’ll probably follow up more later, but we had nothing specific in mind. Hang out, chitchat, beverages of choice, ideally in or near Fremont.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 10:35

The ADHD habit of getting a question, starting to answer, getting excited, wandering into infodump territory, remembering the question, and carefully retracing your steps back to an answer.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 10:44

@thegibson @IamMrsGeek I mean obvs

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 10:48

@thegibson @IamMrsGeek what time range is “after work” for you? Guessing 5 but don’t want to assume.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 10:55

@thegibson @IamMrsGeek okay! We are doing 3pm tour of neon junkyard, so 6pm is most reasonable early boundary for potential meetup times

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 10:55

Made an important edit so non-ADHD folks know — we rarely if ever go to infodump mode out of boredom.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 11:03

@thegibson @IamMrsGeek this sounds like beginnings of a most cunning plan.

We know like three places and two of them are where we’re staying, so please ponder pedestrian-palatable places to uh parley.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 12:29

According to @IamMrsGeek I cannot page casino customer support and tell them “this blingy machine is broken because I keep putting my money in and I’m not winning anything or being otherwise entertained. Fix it.”

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 12:36

Honest me at the casino sounds a lot like this

https://youtu.be/_r58BSAK1HE?si=btWb_xQLLDXl_DpD

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 12:38

@IamMrsGeek it’s like tax season with special effects

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 12:39

@c0debabe same, and it’s been a while. I need to re-binge at least the first two seasons. I’ll decide later if I want the third again.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 15:44

They said to visit the hacker’s hut. I hope we find it what if it’s hidden away or disguised or oh nvm here it is

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 16:11

A little on-the-nose if you ask me.

Not that I mind.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 16:17

gosh I hope no super sleuth figures out where @IamMrsGeek and I are.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 16:19

@thegibson I tend to post where I was more than where I am, so I missed the glyph.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 16:22

@lmorchard I may be able to retire the Dog Rates hat soon. Purchased new on-brand cap.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 16:23

@lmorchard I agree!

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 16:30

@bruce back in Napster days I sometimes@manually reconstructed hard-to-find soundtracks by finding tracks and making a playlist. Wonder if similar could work today.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 16:31

@thegibson not that I would’ve been surprised to find one. HT fingerprints all over the damn place.

Was too busy enjoying the 2600 issues to dig deep.

hackers.town: 2024-04-17 Wed 19:21

@murph I enjoyed it! Thought I might be overwhelmed but it was near the end when crowd shifted from mostly nerds to mostly tourists.