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Adrian Chadd

@erikarn.bsky.social

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* he/him * VR/AR prototype work at Facebook/Meta * KK6VQK when RF * Discord - therealerikarn * FreeBSD, WiFi drivers/stack, Retro Computing, Random Electronics, and occasional kid/puppy stories * https://erikarn.github.io/ for links to everything else

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · Oct 11

Ceci n'est pas pinned post

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 1h

ugh I don't know what is pissing off my lungs/chest right now. I am simply existing on cherry cough drops to hide the shitty mouth taste and a vaporiser throwing vicks fumes at me.

I hope it's not flu/covid/infection. I hope it's just coughing up gunk from my drive. Ugh.

UGH. Ugh.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 2h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12h

Last Sunday, @demiforillinois.bsky.social, @raygunsite.com and I hosted a No Kings protest sign-making party with the best problem:

So many people showed up, we ran out of table space.

This is what community care looks like.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 9h

also god damnit I don't know what i got during this trip but if it turns into pneumonia i will be very angry

Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 9h

every time I watch The Martian (movie) I weep a little inside how all of the big epic space stuff is just, you know, math. Big Math. Physics Math.

I don't want to spoil it by giving examples, but there's like two parallel paths. Engineering/problem solving, and Physics/Big Math.

Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 11h

Now, do I want something that has a Router> prompt? Hm. HM.

Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 15h

ugh what non-covid lurgy do i have now, smdh

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Blaze @blazeberaht.bsky.social · 17h

“They assumed that no one was ever going to check and scan all these satellites and see what was out there. That was their method of security,” Schulman says. “They just really didn't think anyone would look up.”

I can’t believe the first rule of fantasy sneaking really does work IRL.

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 18h

An absolutely terrifying SCOOP from @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @agreenberg.bsky.social revealing that everything from inflight browsing data to military communications are being beamed unencrypted from satellites all the time

www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 1d

only one room is, the rest is a normal house, on orders of my wife tara!

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Fairfax posting pics of every Israeli released hostage - while released Palestinians aren’t allowed to speak to the press - is very lopsided coverage

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 1d

god damnit i now have a stack of cisco L4 switches, this is all @tracketpacer.bsky.social 's fault istg

but a Switch> prompt? it's like a 90s era hug.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 1d

update: i def saw some sweat pants in the spacex employee shots during the starship launch so I think the answer is "yes"

Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 1d

Which one is ti on amazon? link appreciated!

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FaultyPenis🎃 @faultypussy.bsky.social · 1d

the regret rate of voting for trump is much higher than the regret rate of transitioning

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 1d

zohran obviously just blazing trans support this week has been the most heartening but I appreciate john oliver taking time out to talk about bari weiss's bullshit trans clinic article in detail and just how disingenuous she is about everything

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver this week is a complete takedown of Bari Weiss... and it's thorough and devastating.

And a bit of interesting timing, given that Weiss's new boss, David Ellison (who is talked about in the episode) is trying to buy HBO, where Oliver's show is...

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 1d

always

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 1d

good morning from my new mug

me, holding an empty mug up to a backdrop of a blue/white rug and wooden floor. the white mug says "it's a beautiful day to leave me alone" which is like my introvert anthem

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day – a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and robust urban Native communities that continue to enrich our state’s cultural landscape, economy, and heritage.

It was a beautiful morning to celebrate on the shore of Bde Maka Ska.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 1d

yay! (also I should do exactly that for the two floppy drives I have attached to my Amiga 1000!)

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 1d

It's how they show they want love/attention!

(also time for a phone shaped chew toy or five?)

Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 2d

wait HOW many people lost HOW much crypto money?

Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 2d

i literally don't have the space! for the player!

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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