Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social

@Citizenzibb@fosstodon.org Think I'll watch Outland tonight, one of his lesser appreciated, yet good movies.

@Citizenzibb@fosstodon.org Noooo!

@EJonsan @HealthRanger Welcome to the Fediverse!

@dallin@librem.one How's that new computer working out?

@normand @retiredguru@social.linux.pizza I'll take another look at FreeCAD. I do use MeshLab almost daily. I miss the good documentation back in those days. I cut my teeth on GW-BASIC and messed around with AutoCAD 2.5 in the early 90's. I didn't have access to newer machines, and in a way I'm thankful. I got into the VRML craze. Good times! I wish I could explain to my 15 YO daughter how exciting of a time it was and how fast things changed.

@normand @retiredguru@social.linux.pizza I would love to help out with a project like that, but I lack the know-how or even an understanding of how to get the know-how. Good coding is one of the hardest skills to attain I think, and what prevents free software from really being adopted. Most volunteer work has levels of entry so that anyone who wants to help can. Most of the culture around computers has never been like this, maybe because the easy things get automated? It makes for a high barrier of entry.

I'm still using OpenBSD from time to time and appreciating the thought put into it. There are several solutions for forwarding sound with X11, but I was curious if any of you folks have one that you prefer? #OpenBSD

@lo I hear that used to be a common game around Halloween. In that show Northern Exposure they would take bets because they had to pre-dig graves due to the frozen ground in winter. Most modern people are so sheltered from death that they never consider it. In North Carolina we would have Decoration Day with the church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoration_Day_(Appalachia_and_Liberia)

@retiredguru@social.linux.pizza I wish I could move my department to FreeCAD or something like it. I hate Autodesk with a passion, but it is basically industry standard. There are some programs that use IntelliCAD like Carlson. I really like those guys and their software is so much better, plus you can actually own it. Will be trying to move to them next year. We probably spend $21k in Autodesk licenses annually, would throw half that at FreeCAD if they could improve.

@lo Hope she doesn't have too bad of a time with it. My late grandmother didn't have symptoms but died as a result of sepsis from a UTI. I guess the caretakers let her hygiene go because they were afraid of the virus.

"As science penetrates deeper and deeper into phenomena and approaches the essence of things, it sees the mysteries increase and itself hemmed in on all sides by the unknowable."
Herman Bavinck

@Gargron Pretty sure this was in The Matrix when Neo met Trinity at the club.

@artyr3 @adellerichardson That is pretty cool, want to see some pictures! I wish I could do something like that. After juggling all of the variables, the house we are building in the spring is starting to look like a multi-generational mansion. Bureaucracy and convention dictate so much. We are wanting to be off-grid, maybe I can pick your brain sometime?

@emelie Nightmare fuel

@artyr3 I think I will continue down it. I was hoping for one OS for my integrated home system, but realistically it will probably be a mishmash. I've been thinking a lot about how to raise my kids around tech and OpenBSD looks like a good fit because it is self explanatory. The more they learn, the more functionality they get. My oldest mostly shuns technology and would be happiest living in the early 20th century I think lol. Right @adellerichardson ?

@lo Those Greenland sharks are pretty cool and old. My friend, an ophthalmologist, would get into removing their cataracts. Don't know why anyone would want to eat that unless starving.