i am working with people to co-launch a new social media platform and that launch happens tomorrow so we’ve been putting the finishing touches on it all week and it’s been incredibly busy. hopefully it will not be starting tomorrow-ish
hello Cleveland Beehaw! happy to be joining this pleasant little corner of the internet.
good news: I’m in the process of buying a house, after renting my whole life up to now. got lucky that the first home I toured in-person (after viewing probably 100+ homes on Zillow) I liked enough to put in an offer, and had the offer accepted. now I’m just going through inspection and mortgage approval crap.
bad news: I broke my big toe. not broken broken, apparently just a tiny chunk of bone flaked off where the ligament is attached. I put off going to the doctor about it, because I woke up with my toe swollen and painful, Dr. Google suggested that it was probably gout, and I didn’t want to bother with a doctor visit if it was just going to be a lecture about eating healthier. so I hobbled around on a broken toe for almost 2 weeks before going in for X-rays and getting told it was broken. now I’m crossing my fingers that it’ll heal up on its own in the Fancy Medical Shoe they gave me, and I won’t have to have surgery on it. and it’s a good reminder that sometimes I need to push past my ADHD and medical anxiety and go to the doctor anyway.
I have been playing ps2 games via emulation and have been looking into 3d printing dvd cases so I can properly store all my dvds. I am also burning them into a backup so I don’t have to plug in my external optical drive every time I want to watch a dvd. It is also better for preservation purposes. I am looking forword to your new social media platform especially if it part of the fediverse. I would love to join when its up.
I just discovered meshmixer has a much better automated way to create supports for 3D models than the default curamaker I was using, so it’s renewed my interest in printing miniatures and such.
Nice I am looking into places that do 3d printing since 3d printers are expensive plus you need somewhere to store it and some of the models are really big. Though I might end up just looking for used dvd cases since I am planning on only using the printer to print cases for dvds. If any dvds no longer work I can always take the cover out and use for ones that still work.
I just finished creating a chatbot trained off Microsoft’s dialogpt, and it felt really weird talking to it. I asked it if it had any plans and it responded with going to the beach in the south of France. I then shut it off.
It just felt weird to talk to it and hearing its response. Yes, there was a 3 sec delay, but I think I’ll just put it aside for now.
Besides that, everything else has been going well. I’ll be heading on vacation next week to see NASA’s rocket launch to Europa.
Oh man, that sounds exciting! Getting to see a NASA launch sounds like a cool vacation. I hope you enjoy the trip!
Not bad, actually working on licensing my IP/trademark to a restaurant group…so that’s interesting.
I got made redundant 3 weeks ago so im busy interviewing. Looking to land something right at the end of my 2 month notice period to protect the payout. Could be a big opportunity tonget ahead on the mortgage. I was looking to leave anyway so im accepting this turn of events with a big smile
