rl_dane rl_dane@alpha.polymaths.social

Roman Catholic. INTJ-A introvert with high-function autism and OCD. Linux (Debian/Suse) and Open-Source geek. Amateur photographer. Homeschooler. M.Sc. Linguistics. Kansan.

Just another guy who digs FOSS.

IT Director by day. Aspiring entrepreneur and indie game developer by night. World traveler whenever I get the chance. Opinions my own and are probably about #Linux, #FOSS, and #Coding. He/him.

Enemy to those who make him an enemy.
Friend to those who have no friends.
No, wait ... that's Boston Blackie!
No matter.
It fits well enough.
I'm trying to be grateful for the good things in my life.

I only look in here occasionally. Do not expect much interaction, for now I’m waiting out the “Freenode situation” over at Twttr. (OK, this turned out to be a lie. Apparently one has to follow people here early, because getting at posts of nōn-followees is a PITA.)
Languages: de-DE-1901, en-DE, some la, and I might understand some nl, es or similar.

When moving instances, do notify me first, otherwise I can’t follow you on your new instance (yet). My instance runs experimental software.

Mostly interested in cats. Also, good coffee☕, garlic, cats, nature, European paganism, IT (but not those new-fangled hypes; I like my Korn Shell, Assembly, used to like C; I run VMs, not (never!) containers; I hate the way people try to force systemd upon other people and avoid it and other plagues), cats, music (baroque was the peak of all music, it went downhill from there: Beethoven and Mozart were the beginning of that; love John Rutter’s though, and Nightwish/Tarja…), cats, books, good fanfiction… oh, and, did I mention? Cats! I also dare to sing and dabble a bit in #TeamRecorder, and I go geocaching, opencaching, terracaching, … and occasionally play Munzee.
Dogs and SJWs are not welcome. I don’t come here for deep social discussions or something, so don’t bother me with these. Nor with shudder… politics. And I’ll refuse follows from people who endorse ML (so-called “AI”) and/or content output by them.

My feed will include RSS posts from other activity feeds of mine (posted via daily cronjob, not in real time, so their post timestamp is irrelevant) as well as RTs and no CWs. RTs are not my own content and belong to the original poster. I often RT posts I do not understand, e.g. in foreign languages, just because the picture is nice or something.

I run my own single-user (so far, but I might admit personal acquaintances if they really want) instance of GtS so some tech trouble may be expected. No custom “emoji” (really, colon-magic-strings, which I loathed on other platforms already), but longer posts.

I’m personnel to Čara🐈‍⬛ (a rescue cat, FIP carrier and FIV+ but so lovely). Black cats are the best! (Though she’s got white socks and bikini.)

"EXCUSE ME? ARE YOU GIVING ME SASS?!!"
- The Gatekeeper, Final Space.

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Me: I hate drama.
Also me: I am totally here for the drama.

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I self-host some things in my ever decreasing spare time.
Have started playing with #ZFS.

Sometimes am #gaming on #Perpetuum - https://openperpetuum.com/
Or #InsurgencySandstorm when a bunch of mates are free for a session.
Possibly #OpenRA in the future...

#Photography is a thing I enjoy when I get time... it's often of my cats.

Oh and #FountainPens!

I might post some car stuff... but it's my job so :akkoshrug:

#NewZealand #Aotearoa #Kiwi

Overly enthusiastic 16-year-old immersed in the realm of Linux, proudly navigating the fediverse for over three years.

I'm also a passionate connoisseur of retro tech, I find happiness in the bygone era of technology. My purpose? To goof off and to share passions with fellow geeks :)

Opinions expressed in this blog are mine and frequently wrong.

My PGP proof:
openpgp4fpr:F0D13F9D3827F2DA7D017BBE2FA7198A6E4B79F7

#fedi22

#NoBot Saved in Jesus Christ. Interested in amateur radio, computer hardware, free software, gaming, networking, mechanics, aviation, Linux, tinkering. Lover of Dad jokes, groaners, and puns.

This account is on my single-user gotosocial alpha instance. It’s probably ephemeral, and may lose it’s database periodically so if you get new follows from me… sorry :D

Almost retired professor of religious studies. I fled twitter and still haven’t figured out how to maximize my mastodonics.
Tootfinder

Programmer, Father, Husband,
Enjoys Sci-fi and fantasy books and tv
Fort Worth, TX

Dad / husband / xennial / editor-producer Weird History / Creator of Wonders of the World Wide Web / Dutchman in the USA / GIPHY artist / VHS fan / jazz fan / hobby pianist / speaks several BASIC dialects / Wrote the first advertisement on Mars / Travels in time with the speed of 1 second per second / 'Pop-science video archaeologist' (Fast Company) / Extra in Ted 2 / ☎: +1 (248) 434-5508 / Blocked by Andrew Tate & Katie Hopkins on social media.