I just decided to start asking this instead of ‘what do you do?’ when meeting people. Figured I’d try it out on you folks.
Seeing machines, mostly
What does this mean? Cameras? Machines that can identify things via images?
Machines that put cameras in the right place and lighting. Then identifies things.
Mostly agriculture and/or pharma related.
Make other things too. But those are my biggest clients.
Novels and short stories. Also very large children, carved wooden staffs, and random pieces of art.
My body is a machine that turns caffeine into uptime.
A mess
jack shit
I had a shop that made flaming nipple tassels, though I just closed down until the future is more certain. I also create sideshow and fire performances. My most recent one involves a drill and my skull.
And finally, a lot of D&D content, such as an entire world setting inspired by the tarot deck
an entire world setting inspired by the tarot deck
This just makes me so happy!
Carbon dioxide. A metric [emphasis]-ton of dust. Other waste.
Sometimes I write small Perl programs or Bash scripts, but that’s rare, and it’s mostly for my own benefit or amusement; even more rarely do I share them.
Sometimes despair. Sometimes happiness. Hopefully a sense of being informed and/or entertained if not also a (weak?) sense of camaraderie by means of weird little text interactions with people online.
Shout out from a fellow (<=>) enthusiast
Shitty code
Memes
Currently? Walnut ink.
That sounds interesting. What’s the process for making it? What colour does it come out?
This month I’m building Bluetooth headphones for a teen I work with, he needs them to function but his parents won’t spend money on them and he keeps breaking the cheap sets he has.
I’m working with a school metal shop to make steel frames for them and I’ve made the cups 3d printable and easy to replace. Of he does manage to break these, it will take no skill to repair them.
A bunch of FOSS hardware and software. https://twystlock.com was my latest creation. My next is a suite of modular open source home automation sensors including everything from air quality to mmWave presence.
In a more “professional” FOSS sense I just presented a new federated identity management system at IIW based on ActivityPub and OpenID Connect: https://fedid.me.
I also make a lot of behind the scenes algorithms.
35mm film with picture negatives on it
maybe systems. my work tends to be getting one or more systems to do something a business wants.
Resin dice, novels, 3D prints, paintings, video games, wooden furniture, RPG scenarios. I have way too many hobbies and maybe two hours per week to work on them, so in reality I create very little. But making something physical is incredibly helpful for keeping the worst of my depression at bay.
