2026-10-26T12:54:20Z https://nostr.now Alex is Canadian now https://nostr.now/npub14vqd40h6hunry4us967xemg0n57w4lxkgwhxv9ajy7v6dlx48svsddk7ly https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/000/189/578/original/0c466dbcc18b713a.png https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/000/189/578/original/0c466dbcc18b713a.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz0ensfm98ed3yrzr0n6uvr9ssle95mgfy8cmw69v2rp6f3pem9qszyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjyd26ga Evangelicals: Jesus is my copilot<br/><br/>AI bros: Copilot is my jesus 2026-10-25T01:23:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspjezuq6w6ydvuvrlkxgpdchnrv58dwh002wh2h29gcukew0vhh9szyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pj9ce4hg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdsanaelf4e5e4rghtxmut9t3dljemsepgezkalunrtv3lche8a8qa4uzwa'>nevent1q…uzwa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our hero is a salaryman. That&#39;s it. Well, not really. He&#39;s stubbornly ethical: he gets isekaied trying to protect a teenage girl he met on the way home from work, and in his new life as an accountant in the Generic Germanic Bureaucracy, he gets his entire department to stop rubber-stamping military budget requests that are skimming from the magical disaster relief fund. 2026-10-16T05:39:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdsanaelf4e5e4rghtxmut9t3dljemsepgezkalunrtv3lche8a8qzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjt6r3ly In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp96v0qteayz9v9lfxk7n8jhw08gaejeclp2tx0ade7n7e2584dzgxwddjc'>nevent1q…ddjc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16w3s47z4dy8vzh0t9umyduvalnx4sfnr6dnx3hgqd6rmht79e45q6nehy5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Canageek</span> (<span class="italic">npub16w3…ehy5</span>)</a></span> has found me one that&#39;s actually giving me a sense of what I want from fantasy anime.<br/><br/>1. Light on game mechanics. I&#39;m given to understand that RPG crunch is a fundamental part of Japanese high fantasy, and I&#39;m put off by how it constrains what kind of stories can be told and what they can focus on.<br/><br/>2. A protagonist who isn&#39;t the Chosen Hero, whose story overlaps with theirs.<br/><br/>3. Queer.<br/><br/>Anyway, here&#39;s Isekai Office Worker: The Other World&#39;s Books Depend on the Bean Counter. 2026-10-16T05:34:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp96v0qteayz9v9lfxk7n8jhw08gaejeclp2tx0ade7n7e2584dzgzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pj9vvq9t I don&#39;t watch a lot of isekai. Not a lot of anime in general; watching TV in languages I don&#39;t speak takes a lot of spoons these days, between reading the subtitles, watching the action, trying to catch the subtleties of an unfamiliar culture in the voices and animation...<br/><br/>...and isekai specifically is built on a formula that&#39;s Kinda Not for Me. But the genre has existed for long enough that I occasionally catch wind of shows that play with that formula. 2026-10-16T05:30:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstny89eylmtd028dk8gwn8t06gptmjda7p862rje2k7m2zqh2ahkgzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjjaq3wk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvhdyxu89wtj9r27lmd6pxak0xguj2ngazgqrxghxcgyv8wezutkgza0tjg'>nevent1q…0tjg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/VaH5mz_L5M4">https://youtu.be/VaH5mz_L5M4</a> 2026-10-06T05:19:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs85ndag92kzhz28dm5ceqymuvlt4cwg2nrf53azl8rp7adm2vtfnszyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjqrwefw Trying to build a #Minecraft piston door from a youtube tutorial.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve gotten half of it to work consistently. The other half is just the first half mirrored, but it breaks a different way every time I rebuild it.<br/><br/>I&#39;m starting to hate quasiconnectivity. 2026-10-04T23:47:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrer7lgaasq9m06sfk85w53akwyt3degzxqms7y92pkjxnanu7uuczyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pj5qtjk0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9p35ztut57tup0nnwdxlk9cwv5pgmzch03udvwhfvftdhxels63qljfnpp'>nevent1q…fnpp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>actual dark age of technology 2026-09-15T18:53:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst05va2u3566vh5kwdhmyup9s76r3ec5dhtyet7m3lgk5nymyn67qzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pj4h6e8q I would love to start supporting #MapQuest . Unfortunately, they don&#39;t have public transit directions. <br/><br/>They&#39;ve listened to their users and refused to cave to US political bullshit. Maybe if we start asking for buses and trains in our app reviews, they&#39;ll actually do it. 2026-09-05T15:54:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2f6sm8twetzwdtea02nxxchz7zdjawuhqthhlkn758l3m3nn9r3szyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pj06ua2q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsda7cqph327wckgns7lvcrnldtpny3rg4qx5egt9709j0g8x7ktugy20gry'>nevent1q…0gry</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#MakersHour A1: hi! I&#39;m Alex, and I&#39;ve been surprisingly busy for how unemployed I am. I&#39;m almost done with the editing on the anthology, I&#39;ve started on a mystery knit-along, I&#39;ve somehow gotten myself into a leadership position on <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1f6ptytj7glvymfwpcv34e3tss69y20uyj7jd33sqjr4lhwhd5ges457u22" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Amiko</span> (<span class="italic">npub1f6p…7u22</span>)</a></span> , and I really need to pack for a conference <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16w3s47z4dy8vzh0t9umyduvalnx4sfnr6dnx3hgqd6rmht79e45q6nehy5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Canageek</span> (<span class="italic">npub16w3…ehy5</span>)</a></span> and I are going to next week.<br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/117/050/192/038/811/249/original/cbfc08f2822513ca.jpg"> <br/> 2026-08-06T19:23:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvpwlz5z6s72kqp7unk7jpeuj7gjm58k6qfeqzq2ev6mjmptez4nqzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjh9kr73 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2swtsa6lkapky3ym0m0p439tprlc7qp4sjs0edtap588n8n4vtgqhsv3tn'>nevent1q…v3tn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do you also have a directory for people who document code by hand? because I would join that in a heartbeat 2026-07-28T14:41:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2q46rhvn6knxr35g2fgzs7rqkc0rugk3egusdfaptt4gu7z5eawszyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjxg4fef In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ed8cq6vcnxye7x7j9rnmhl628velkymqpapv4e4r8vc8qm6vqlqgppars'>nevent1q…pars</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#makershour A1: I&#39;m Alex, a dragon wizard who spins cozy yarns from atop a hoard of cozy yarn, and I&#39;ve been doing a little short fiction editing and a lot of knitting. Mostly jumping back and forth between the Wedding Sweater and a Christmas Hat. 2026-06-25T19:03:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsytf6d689nmzr92g2pqk8kmhxqea0h0djclk0kw2un5epldnjd8uqzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjewwfpg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswxq4vv877xzsdjcdpvepnpgnshzejz6kwfrye4fdvr5jsavgq0xqd78cgj'>nevent1q…8cgj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this sugar glider has decided I&#39;m a tree<br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/609/496/330/960/681/original/b75c113b74b34e01.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-20T23:28:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8nr69qndszfl6n3uwp9nzn5zntpf4fvvfjx04n4757d7gxqeqtqzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pj7wkgvj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnmyzxu3jh267tseaxgl5xkuz5pjf4n5h5lrsruemyta7lxn3wcqywdddd'>nevent1q…dddd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>one syllable or two? 2026-04-24T15:58:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfknqfysx3wgdhfzthn4u32jqzpv9aw2tqfn77x68z7jj2t87st0gzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjgvkmtd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs84jgf4k3lvxpwvm7redqeuftq66zj65p8tyjpvxwcpgeej5c5qnq8yj9s8'>nevent1q…j9s8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I did my linguistics undergrad in Pittsburgh, and briefly considered picking up &#34;yinz&#34; but decided it was too location-specific. If I&#39;d stayed there, I definitely would have. 2026-04-24T14:53:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgkw0rrw775sh0tacwtzauptxz56dhkzaeyvg0yzaa33yyx2spy6gzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjjp3wdh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrg5th80fcw6qwlvqgvnj2rt6zfva005fwm2xtpc56zz6wx3ndacgt34j6n'>nevent1q…4j6n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use it IRL (PNW/western Canada), because it feels like a queer thing to me here. It&#39;s more gender-inclusive than &#34;you guys.&#34; 2026-04-24T14:37:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvmn5xgxjpwp7cs0zhcukp9q2mmnyqn8mzeaxu5v3p3nlefjq70kqzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjty5cup #Seattle folks: <br/>I&#39;m moving out soon, and looking to give away a bed and a couch to somebody/ies who can come pick them up the week of April 6. What are the generally accepted hashtags for #BuyNothing sorts of deals?<br/><br/>(adding them as I learn them) #FreeCycle 2026-03-29T00:06:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs079zawpunua0ejmjutucuqykmuvctz7sfqn566ngvncdcpsw5qeczyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pj8gv5ua so I got laid off again, for stupid AI-pilled reasons.<br/><br/>Anybody need a writer or editor with:<br/>- 8+ years of technical writer/content strategist experience, mostly in software<br/>- One published short fiction anthology (as editor)<br/>- A master&#39;s degree in sociolinguistics<br/>- A knack for learning new content management systems<br/>- A love of working with invested SMEs<br/>- A basic understanding of web dev<br/>- Strong boundaries<br/>- An aversion to generative AI?<br/><br/>Prioritizing remote work in Canada.<br/>#GetFediHired 2026-03-26T01:05:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszmcmffa539jx0zc5gq8cgx6w676r4j2pp0awc9rkynqffe95ep0szyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjafktnn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstcpq9kyllhenw5ael8cfdppep7fln4pkwv9yy62tjeytkxzem2ccxez20w'>nevent1q…z20w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sound symbolism: in a lot of languages, &#34;ee&#34; is associated with small/sharp/hard things, and &#34;oo&#34; and &#34;oh&#34; with large/round/soft things. <br/><br/>Advertisers use this a lot: consider Cheezits (a cracker) vs Oreos (a cookie).<br/><br/>I can get into more kinds of sound symbolism if y&#39;all want, but here&#39;s the really weird thing: A recent study found that this particular distinction isn&#39;t unique to humans, and I&#39;m hoping to see more science about this in the future. <br/><br/><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-bouba-kiki-effect-baby-chicks.html">https://phys.org/news/2026-02-bouba-kiki-effect-baby-chicks.html</a> 2026-02-22T16:55:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgwmnas7j9w54pg0ypy68ysktzvzahrfc8fafm0tnw8neznwma8zgzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjavc9gy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyc62hqwzyt58zhh9zwxsg3xncjcxcvfgdjmq5js2l40kyt999jvg9vra3m'>nevent1q…ra3m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What are some sites you wish everybody knew about? 2025-07-25T14:04:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrkvlfewr5tuj2gdmhhqkck8cpxmv3tg70tntxwq4u3nt066dr65czyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pj29g6y0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstx0nh4vw93ar9e7lhywqxn80qg7jy56rcy7nc5ywf9awuzz8sanq70j8ey'>nevent1q…j8ey</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>though if anybody needs documentation for their FOSS project and lacks the spoons/skill/motivation/etc, I&#39;m between jobs and looking for Things to Do 2025-07-15T15:28:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2cnlpqa95xgkrkapsfjcj7r2x42t27m7ppxtrvrsmsvzn4c2s8qqzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjcf6ayy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstx4lgcyj6w8uj57j8n4mqz9m37at66ua8h3yeyea4583drp3efpstku38a'>nevent1q…u38a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>counting myself as &#34;into FOSS&#34; even though I&#39;m not a programmer because I now have two computers running Linux 2025-07-15T15:17:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv4s385u25edeah3azcw9zkgnetrl0nwzcmfwgmj22elea2uwpveqzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjfgdz27 Wrath Month is the other eleven months of the year. This is Pride Month. 2025-06-01T18:23:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstt3835fclp8d38te9gnpku3eqfzwqm49crdye6434gypytjm7tpqzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjuy0d26 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9usazhnen2vq04tsgfuksky74dn0w74s8340v8wk87ueaud2zuyg0aw94t'>nevent1q…w94t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I get that this is real inside-blaseball stuff, but the silly names have got me interested<br/><br/>(also just wanted to make a blaseball joke because we&#39;re here making a weird evil twin of normal math by adding Ls to things) 2024-12-24T16:25:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9usazhnen2vq04tsgfuksky74dn0w74s8340v8wk87ueaud2zuygzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjpmp2jk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswg7dlx27a0s85flp6guhamc9jffa97vlnqvg68mh9mvcynjqtjagpy4q8t'>nevent1q…4q8t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>gotcha.<br/>Is there a lemniscatic SOH CAH TOA equivalent I can use to better visualize sline and cosline? (is there also a tanglent?) Or is that just a right triangle inside one lobe? 2024-12-24T16:20:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz2m8q0m4n7rln22ux456n3mrvkhzr3dj4ajh5p6atju87q8xyxfqzyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjwphcc6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs05wu5mdt0aphjg9jg5k53xedrex484dxu67yknkcyfdal0mxzcmcx2mkwn'>nevent1q…mkwn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>are sl and cl pronounced sline and cosline? or sline and closine? 2024-12-24T06:12:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd6n40vtwqxmp707x0v2tks8nmh2cf0p75932t7vw6lt08wvc4tlczyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pj34hsal In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspmv7eukzxwy2r8xcdy42y48xdehyjt9lhqxces5jdn5fc38u9f4q87tlp9'>nevent1q…tlp9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is that why they keep getting bigger 2024-09-10T23:44:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgesyanph8ax54ssy3aq3f0yehplgxz5en26ymdl3893rvtn20h4szyz4spk47l2ljvvjhjqhtcm8dp7wne6hu6ep6ueshkgnenfhu657pjmdv832 <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/112/415/164/344/758/557/original/38e410351fab8fa1.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/112/415/168/534/874/073/original/0dcc2e12cd164094.png"> <br/> 2024-05-10T05:36:07Z