Daniel Lowe @dl@cantos.social
The common sort of #lisp hacker, #MartialArtist, spiritual nomad, and father. I like #conlangs, #coding, and #BeeKeeping. I live near #boston. I'm pretty much always on #IRC on #Freenode.
Joined Nov 2017
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If this is your first moot
You _have_ to toot.
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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.
Daniel Lowe
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Fediverse question for anyone not on m.s:
Do you feel like at least one of you instance moderators knows who you are, individually?
Feel free to also reply with what instance you're on.
This is the most beautiful object on the entire planet right now. (from https://twitter.com/NanoRaptor/status/1263100709051883520)
Daniel Lowe
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Zoom acquired Keybase today.
Keybase helped me to identify a trend in the software industry: using a pretty UI to cover up the disruption of an open ecosystem with a closed, centralized replacement. Keybase seemed cool on the face of it - making encryption easier is a laudible goal, and PGP certainly could use the improvement. But, thanks to Keybase, now I ask different questions upfront.
Beware the Keybase formula:
1. Integrates with an existing, open ecosystem
2. May have open-source clients, but server is closed source and does not federate
3. Pretty UI and good marketing
4. VC funded
Bye, bye #keybase account.
Daniel Lowe
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Re: Zoom and Keybase, I suppose this is appropriate: https://xkcd.com/743/
Daniel Lowe
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Zoom aquires Keybase:
https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/07/zoom-acquires-keybase-and-announces-goal-of-developing-the-most-broadly-used-enterprise-end-to-end-encryption-offering/
You read that right! Now to find the list of all people who were badgering me to set-up a Keybase account...
Daniel Lowe
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You, a coward: Python doesn't have a switch statement
Me, a modern-day Galileo:
RT from twitter
Daniel Lowe
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Wears a mask, check. Gloves, check. Follows social distancing guidelines, check.
The leadership we need in these trying times.
"A person is smart, people are dumb panicky animals and you know it" - some fictional character telling us what we want to hear.
I hate this narrative because it's not actually borne out by reality but the people around me always seem to be in love with it.
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/james-meigs/elite-panic-vs-the-resilient-populace/
No one ever wants to tilt at the same windmills as I do.
Daniel Lowe
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Hey, official @debian images were just released for:
- #PineA64
- #Pinebook
- #PinebookPro
- #Rock64
- #RockPro64
Go check it out!
https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/arm64/daily/netboot/SD-card-images/
I really need to talk with someone in #WalthamMA's school system about accessibility. There are way too many links to Google Docs and MS Office files, and I doubt they receive any pushback at all.
My island's name is MaLiliPona and it cheers me every time I see it.
#AnimalCrossing is a very #TokiPona game.
esoteric, heretical
Daniel Lowe
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Interestingly positive: "Why did god create atheists?"
The common sort of #lisp hacker, #MartialArtist, spiritual nomad, and father. I like #conlangs, #coding, and #BeeKeeping. I live near #boston. I'm pretty much always on #IRC on #Freenode.
Joined Nov 2017
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