Daniel Lowe @dl@cantos.social

@chr
If this is your first moot
You _have_ to toot.

#introduction

I used to be a lot weirder. I'm a middle-aged geek, father to two boys, and I bang out code at #Google. I live near Boston now, but I grew up in central Mississippi.

I know the conlangs #Lojban and #TokiPona. I write hobby code in #Tcl and #CommonLisp.

I play a bunch of #music instruments, but none well enough to perform. I've been playing around with a DAW.

I started the cantos.social instance, trying to be a part of the small-scale Internet.

I try to be as kind as I can.

I can somewhat play the #piano, but not enough to hang out with the real musicians. Here's a video I made a while ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Ul13tib_c

I've mostly forgotten how to play this, I've recently started trying to relearn it.

My Pebble's vibration motor finally bit the dust, so now I'm smartwatch shopping. The contenders are not promising in comparison.

I found one that looked kind of neat and got rave reviews, but then I looked at the Android app reviews and they were filled with bile and regret.

I sure wish Pebble hadn't gone out of business.

This whole thread is pretty great.

Tweet from @SarahTaber_bww
https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1159863170715934727

@SarahTaber_bww: If you've ever wondered how the countryside went from "rank with socialists" to "stodgy good ol' boy stronghold" in 50 years, there it is.

Farm country used to be full of labor. Now it's mostly management.

Long thought-provoking piece about the upper class (in Yale specifically and the US broadly) and their abdication of the responsibilities of privilege.

https://palladiummag.com/2019/08/05/the-real-problem-at-yale-is-not-free-speech/

How do I kill the 30-50 feral hog memes that run into my timeline?

This is so profound on so many levels I don't know where to begin.

When Having Friends Is More Alluring Than Being Right
https://www.theferrett.com/2019/07/29/when-having-friends-is-more-alluring-than-being-right/

I dropped my #IRC client onto github today! It's 1000sloc of #Tcl/Tk for the core, plus a bunch of plugins. I've been using it as my primary #IRC client for the past couple of years, so it's well-used.

It's not for everyone, but I'd say it's one of the most hackable #IRC clients out there.

https://github.com/dlowe-net/irken

I don't have a problem with people in my yard, Todd, just people who don't ask permission. Those people are vermin by definition. You're really better off getting a new family - one that doesn't trespass in the yards of honest citizens.

You know, Todd, I'm not sure your family is there any more anyway. My basement is only so big, you know, so I may have shipped them to some other basements. Keep them together? What purpose would that have served?

Todd, you're getting awfully worked up about this. Well I checked with the police, and they said it was okay since the people were illegally there. I just call them illegals for short. Why would I have a shower in my basement? That seems like a huge waste of money!

They'll be fine, Todd. I have about 50 other people in there, and they're all doing fine. I mean, they should have read the sign, right? Crowded? I guess so, but it's kind of their fault, isn't it? They were trespassing in my yard, so I can do whatever I want with them.

Oh, hi Todd. Yeah, I've seen your wife and kids. They were in my yard, despite the clear "No Trespassing" sign, so I stuck them in my basement. What? Of course I can't let them out! What if they step in my yard again?