musings

Tag: musings

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To Bridge or Not to Bridge
To Bridge or Not to Bridge
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Bunnies in PCKT
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To Bridge or Not to Bridge

Sometimes, it's fine not to bridge content to other platforms.

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Sep 18
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it's hard to human, but i like being me
it's hard to human, but i like being me
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

it's hard to human, but i like being me

an ode to healing

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Sep 12
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I just made my first Wikipedia edit 😄
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Nora Bell
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I just made my first Wikipedia edit 😄

I was looking at the article for Hole in the Head disease, which is listed as Head and Lateral Line Erosion, and noticed that the "cure" section listed the removal of activated carbon as a potential cure. Activated carbon cannot and will not cause HITH/HLLE. Activated carbon can, in fact, reduce the risk of HITH/HLLE...

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Aug 27
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Project vs. Product, Startup vs. Business
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Numergent
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Project vs. Product, Startup vs. Business

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Aug 11
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...maybe it's not change itself that's scary?
...maybe it's not change itself that's scary?
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

...maybe it's not change itself that's scary?

an out-of-nowhere sappy post

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Aug 5
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The first bark! 🐾
The first bark! 🐾
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Off the Leash

The first bark! 🐾

The leash comes off...

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Jul 17
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Today I convinced a room of people to illegally copy their DVDs and Blu-Rays
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Nora Bell
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Today I convinced a room of people to illegally copy their DVDs and Blu-Rays

I'm pretty passionate about data preservation. Now, I wanna be clear. I'm NOT a pirate. I never download anything from illegal torrent sites. I like to make sure I have backups of my DVDs and Blu-Rays, mostly because I've been affected by disc rot before. It's becoming increasingly relevant though. With the Sony thing a...

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Jul 15
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Is it me Tim Curry? am I the jolly good fellow?
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Nora Bell
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Is it me Tim Curry? am I the jolly good fellow?

Y'know, I've done this 30 times now, had a birthday that is. And for the first time today I actually woke up feeling different. I feel almost serene? They say the brain is done cooking at 26, but I think it probably takes a while to learn to live with the weird pink goo we...

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Jul 4
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The new desk get’s here today
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Nora Bell
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The new desk get’s here today

I'm excited :) I haven't had a real desk in a long time. I used to have an ok-ish secretary's desk that never quite fit the needs I wanted it to. I think this adjustable height desk will suit my needs far better. I need to get an undermount cage for my PC, but I...

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Jul 3
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Death of the Killer App
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Death of the Killer App

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Jun 17
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On Word Counts, or How Tigers Can't Count
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The Tiger Rants
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On Word Counts, or How Tigers Can't Count

It has been 11 years since I published my first short story. I remember clearly the euphoria I had while drafting, and even more so the sense of cringe I felt when I read it a couple days later to start editing. But that’s a story for another day. It was a measly 900~ words, not so dissimilar to the first story I posted under this account (1.5k). Sure, I did have some experience in the sense that I had read tons of furry fics (and mainstream novels) beforehand, but oh boy, did I struggle when it...

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Jun 12
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maybe closure wasn't so important after all?
maybe closure wasn't so important after all?
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

maybe closure wasn't so important after all?

manifesting away all the bad luck (and shitty people)

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Jun 6
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The tiny e-reader
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Gee's Sawras

The tiny e-reader

In which I rant about XTEINK.

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May 27
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how does music come to you when you need it the most?
how does music come to you when you need it the most?
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

how does music come to you when you need it the most?

or how i spontaneously cried to some of the songs in my playlist

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May 26
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IDE unbundling
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IDE unbundling

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May 20
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ATProto's Application Primacy
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ATProto's Application Primacy

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May 11
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i'm hot when i laugh, and i'm hot when i cry
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

i'm hot when i laugh, and i'm hot when i cry

confused musings of a drama queen / poet

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Apr 29
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being a lesbian is...
being a lesbian is...
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

being a lesbian is...

a yap post for Lesbian Visibility Week

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Apr 26
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Bluesky Is Down
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Zodi Bell

Bluesky Is Down

Insomniac randomness

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Apr 16
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The Jack of All Trades and the CCNP
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Bull Engineer
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The Jack of All Trades and the CCNP

I remember when I was younger, I was really good at a few things that could become good career paths. A lady told me that being a jack of all trades is good but it doesn't lead to greatness. I used to think she was wrong. It's wild to me in hindsight how right she was. My journey in IT is proof. From tester to field engineer to more advanced titles and back to field engineer. I've been good. But I have not been great. ​I got into IT pretty early in my 20s, but I didn't really dig deep until much...

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Apr 8
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autistic nerds save the world
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

autistic nerds save the world

happy autism acceptance month :)

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Apr 4
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"the day of spring, warmth, flowers and gentleness"
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

"the day of spring, warmth, flowers and gentleness"

how International Women's Day is viewed in my country, and how the government continues to promote this point of view

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Mar 8
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they'll be with you not in sickness, but only in health
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

they'll be with you not in sickness, but only in health

ableism hasn't gone away — it's still present

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Mar 4
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yueBBS

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On a turbulent first month, con crunch and endfield

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Feb 16
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it's not really me...is it?
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

it's not really me...is it?

how i questioned my sexuality — and my whole life

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Feb 4
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perfectionism is ruining our brains
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the diary of a half-asleep owl

perfectionism is ruining our brains

or me thinking about how our usage of AI is connected to our insecurities

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Jan 28
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yueBBS

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On the new year, my craft and last year's baggage

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Jan 11
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Does Bluesky hold a monopoly on the ATmosphere?
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Does Bluesky hold a monopoly on the ATmosphere?

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Nov 28 '25
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On an earworm (or the quiet flicker of memory)
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Odyssey
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On an earworm (or the quiet flicker of memory)

I closed my laptop, walked a dozen steps, and plopped myself on the bed, when the words _“I'm a big, big girl in a small, small world”_ appeared in my head, complete with a piano soundtrack. I didn’t know the artist, but a quick search led me to the song (earworm::[Big Big World by Emilia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Big_World_(song)?useskin=vector))...

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Aug 28 '25
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To be happy or not?
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Odyssey
xavierroy.com

To be happy or not?

A silver hair drifts to the floor, a loss is loss, whether of color or of presence.

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Aug 27 '25
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The First Spell
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Odyssey
xavierroy.com

The First Spell

A couple of days back, I found myself thinking about names in fiction—how much weight they carry, how much they whisper before a character ever acts.

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Aug 19 '25
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Hate as a signal
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Hate as a signal

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May 11 '25
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Entrepreneurship in fast forward
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Entrepreneurship in fast forward

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Jan 21 '25
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Approaching jackpot
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Approaching jackpot

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Oct 29 '24
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Outside Context Problems
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Outside Context Problems

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Oct 21 '24
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Where Prediction Markets Break Down
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Where Prediction Markets Break Down

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Oct 16 '24
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Small input tweaks go a long way
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Small input tweaks go a long way

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Aug 23 '24
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The nature of a system is what it enables
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The nature of a system is what it enables

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Jul 6 '24
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Libra, Facebook, and greed blindness
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Libra, Facebook, and greed blindness

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Jun 4 '24
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Future shock inoculation
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Future shock inoculation

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Apr 3 '24
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Cleanest unbundling wins
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Cleanest unbundling wins

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Feb 20 '24
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Subversion to capitalization
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Subversion to capitalization

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Sep 16 '23
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ZKP Bridging
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ZKP Bridging

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Sep 2 '23
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Money is memory
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Money is memory

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Aug 24 '23
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Privacy and memory
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Privacy and memory

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Aug 23 '23
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Bridged volume as a metric
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Bridged volume as a metric

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Nov 18 '21
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Elegance as a razor
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Elegance as a razor

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Aug 19 '18
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