Kira @oak@merveilles.town

I want people to tell me when they think I'm being unkind or harmful, so I can learn & grow into more constructive behaviours. 💜

#introduction Hi, I'm Kira!

I'm a white nonbinary trans girl in my early 30s.

I am a verrry curious humyn. I value my connection to plants & nature, free software, small simple handmade tools, exploring new things & places, making interesting things, & doing experiments.

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Currently, I'm studying earthskills, sailing, various DIY skills, & how to think more like a scientist. I'm partway into my gender metamorphosis, and healing past wounds & traumas. I'm here to have fun, learn & share new things, and make friends.

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I communicate best with people who utilize #1-#7 of https://eastbaymeditation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Agreemnts-Multicultural-Interactions-15.09.13.pdf and have low tolerance for people who behave unkindly or who I don't feel comfortable around, and will mute or block as needed.

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Hey friends, fyi that I've mostly been tooting from https://sunbeam.city/@tty if you're interested in continuing to follow my typedwords :3

Just realized I meant engine, not generator! TIL engine=mechanical energy and generator=electrical energy

Trying to find any prior work around solar generators that use temperature differentials to induce rotation.

So far I've only found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer and a solar-thermal stirling engine -- anyone know of others?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CJDwrA4MGk

Gosh, I've been super stressed lately. I need to slow the heck down while also not neglecting myself.

"Describing why the Web is horrible is like describing why it’s horrible to drown in an ocean composed of pufferfish that are pregnant with tiny Freddy Kruegers—each detail is horrendous in isolation, but the aggregate sum is delightfully arranged into a hate flower that blooms all year."

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1403_02-08_mickens.pdf

some interesting notes on C design choices given its ancestry of B:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26350735

http://solarprotocol.net/index.html

interesting modular laptop approach:

https://frame.work

Moon.

(Expand to full size; mastodon web crops it in an unfortunate way.)

I just put out my hand on the balcony to a monarch butterfly and it landed on me! :D

It was a beautiful moment. 🦋