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522 Followers

1293 Following

33 Posts

Joined August 27, 2024

Pronouns:

he or they

Age:

Elder Millennial

LinkedIn:

https://linkedin.com/in/mekkim

Current Employer:

IBM

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 1w ago

"No, I don't know why your clean t-shirts always come out of the closet covered in hair. Why do you ask?" --Nanners #Cats #Caturday

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 2mo ago

A) We're old: https://youtu.be/sPOISnUd7WE?si=76k2Msmid_Apcchr B) This is now the definitive version: https://youtu.be/gsKWfqOlG7I?si=Xq75yk1jZE9X11ef #BadgersBadgersBadgers

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

It is well known that cats have many names. Polkaroo here, for example, recently got a another new name from my partner, one that gives him a distinctly Klingon vibe: Ma' Ku Qa!

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 2mo ago

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@lashman@mastodon.social I actually LOL'd.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 4mo ago

A play in two acts.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 6mo ago

Mekki's Famous Caesar Salad.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@hildabast Thank you for coming to my Fanboi-ing TED Talk! ;)

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 3mo ago

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@wikkit@mastodon.social @klausman@mas.to 10/10. No notes.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@annaecook #CanConfirm. Definitely intentional.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@fooflington@infosec.exchange I used DataCrow for this purpose a decade ago. Looks like it's still around and has a ton of new features: https://datacrow.org/

Data Crow

Data Crow – Your Ultimate Collection Playground | Customize, Catalog & Cherish

Step into Data Crow: the free, open-source toolkit that lets you customize modules, catalog everything from books and movies to games and photos, and keep your data safe and local. Turn your collections into adventures: get started now!

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@grimalkina@mastodon.social Also, want.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@grimalkina@mastodon.social Overlapping stickers is a sign of a laptop well-traveled!

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@lashman I see you've updated it. Much clearer at a glance now. Great!

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@lashman My only worry is that you might not get fairly compensated for this amazing stuff! I hope you can find a way! 🤓

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@lashman Eww. I haven't followed that...

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@lashman On the main page, what's the difference between the "players right now" stat (currently ~4M) and the "players currently in Steam games" stat (currently ~10M)?

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@lashman This is a work of art and science. Well done! Please consider (ethical) ways of earning some money from this. It's ok to get paid to create useful things like this! And there are fair ways to get paid that don't need to involve paywalls or enshitification. <3

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@Paulatics@mstdn.ca @thetyee@mstdn.ca Thank you for wearing a proper respirator! It shows you care about vulnerable people!

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@patrizia@hachyderm.io @pleia2@floss.social This ^. Highly unlikely copyright even applies to keys.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 13mo ago

Leveled up in wasp nest removal this weekend.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@datum @thetyee Thanks for this. Exceptional consolidation of the things many of us have been shouting about for half a decade in a single, clearly written, storytelling-leveraging piece. This deserves the highest of Canadian awards for the medium.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@elilla@transmom.love Vocabulary += "signal-shaped noise"; #ThankYou

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 8mo ago

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@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org And you get a follow *click*

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 9mo ago

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@JonBaker@mastodon.social #WouldWatch

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 12mo ago

@JellyTBeagle Fucking. This.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 13mo ago

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@micdan5@mastodon.social @Okuna@social.tchncs.de @nickelson@fosstodon.org @Tutanota@mastodon.social We have tried that for decades of generations of technologies and not succeeded. Time for a different approach.

Mekki @mekki@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@aburka This Babbage quote seems relevant... And prescient... "On two occasions I have been asked, — 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower, House put this question. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (1864), ch. 5 "Difference Engine No. 1".