HowToPhil (Phillip R)

https://mastodon.social/@howtophil

I am as I have always been, I am always changing.
(Undiagnosed but clearly something is different here)

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2026-04-19 13:55:26 UTC

Fuck rust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8AVjc7pXNk

2026-04-17 21:25:04 UTC

#Japan #abacus #soroban #Ono #banshuSoroban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KC6VzZAvlM

2026-04-10 04:43:19 UTC

#Homelander is "powerful" in his home continuities, but you bring any other-publication superhero or supervillain, and he's merced in a minute.

2026-04-08 16:33:28 UTC

How do we get along with people who think empathy is evil?
Easy. We do not.

2026-03-25 21:24:10 UTC

Watched a video a bit back, which can be boiled down to: #Linux is not secure because the users/owners of the computers can do stuff without asking someone else.
...
Dude, that's not an insecure system. That's a person doing with their shit what they want.

2026-03-23 10:09:26 UTC

People assume "normal" was normal for longer than it was.

2026-03-22 16:20:20 UTC

A reminder that #TPM is a vendor's attempt to restrict the hardware YOU OWN and is NOT making your computer "more secure," other than being "more secure" from you being able to do what you want with your stuff.

2026-03-16 14:15:34 UTC

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I'm assuming it's at least like Michigan... so 1ft visibility at most (though mayube down to 3 inches) and probably 1/2 a storey-deep snow with drifts 1.15 floors tall?

2026-03-12 14:58:53 UTC

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I mean, I'm xennial, and that's all I've known too

2026-03-07 18:50:41 UTC

#Ubuntu: "We'll comply without a fight and put the #AgeVerification into #dbus."
Users of Linux: "Not installing no-age-dbus."

2026-03-03 18:00:49 UTC

Your computer is your private property, and the instance of an OS that runs on it is effectively your private property as well. Operating system legislated "age verification" software is an order to infect your private computer with spyware.
You have a right to decide what software runs on your privately owned computer and what software does not run on it.

2026-03-03 16:42:42 UTC

"Capitalism is bad."
"But you sell your stories!!!"
"Show me how you are forced to live in a swamp but never get muddy?"

2026-03-02 23:12:28 UTC

"It's ineffable."
"Well, try effing it."

2026-02-26 18:20:21 UTC

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Nice! You could vary the movement of the enemies chess-style, having some move at diagonals, Ls, slower/faster etc
Or look into pacman ghost logic: https://pacman.fandom.com/wiki/Maze_Ghost_AI_Behaviors

2026-02-25 17:11:54 UTC

"Phillip, why are you learning [random skill]?"
"...Why would I not learn [random skill]?"

2026-02-12 15:16:44 UTC

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Marketing. And the kids like "inline images and videos" though I don't care about that.
Mumble is a closer analog, or Mumble/IRC combined, since the kids also like (/puke-a-little) voice-chat

2026-02-06 01:44:17 UTC

Some people make cogent arguments that are wrong, and that's one particular issue.
However, the morons just say whatever, and you should tell them that they are morons. We need to stop treating idiots like they have a right to be listened to.

2026-02-05 01:12:11 UTC

I've told people forever that #4chan is a shit website full of shit people and run by shit people.
Now, they also know the owner is heavily linked to #Epstein and the #pedophile ring... And that the "right-wing mentality" birthed from 4chan was plotted out by Jeff & the 4chan owner

2026-02-01 16:25:04 UTC

Everyone in #ICE custody should be released. ICE has broken every law to kidnap them, and it's time to let them out

2026-02-01 00:25:55 UTC

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I figure the closest we'll get to superheroes is The Maxx

2026-02-01 00:10:47 UTC

It is an age of villains, and thus heroes must rise up

2026-01-25 19:25:21 UTC

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And most of the "money" that #ICE #DHS #CBP has because that's digital

2026-01-20 01:46:55 UTC

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3/3
In fact, more of Congress and the Senate (and likely more than reported) are moving towards abolishing/defunding #ICE. Many are speaking of #impeaching #trump (this is slower than we'd like, but we are moving the needle).
Progressives are being voted into positions all over the country.
We are winning, but this is not a battle. This is a war that has been going on for the entire history of the USA. It's just louder right now.
We are weeding out fascists. Like any cancer, it takes time

2026-01-20 01:42:28 UTC

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2/3
We refuse their control. #maga is fracturing and devouring itself. Data they want hidden is being uncovered and made clear for everyone to see.
Identities of #ICE agents? There will always be someone inside who becomes ready to turn on them and share all their details.
#EpsteinFiles? They are going to be released. The administration is slowing it down, but they can no longer stop it.
They are losing control, what little they had, so they are trying to appear strong. They are weak.

2026-01-20 01:39:12 UTC

People have this idea that #Americans of the #USA variety are ALL gun-happy firearms owners. In fact, most do not own guns, and a good chunk of the ones that do ONLY own hunting guns.
We are not a bunch of pseudosoldiers. This is unlikely to be resolved in a blaze of gunfire. And the way we're protesting is doing more than you seem to think. The administration is panicking because they cannot push us down and keep us there.
We've a lot of sheer, stubborn, "I would prefer not to" for them 1/3

2026-01-18 23:52:31 UTC

So... You're telling me that leading with "Hey, do you prefer mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic typewriters?" is the wrong way to flirt with women???
I don't buy that! Women love typewriters!!!!
#women #flirting #typewriters

2026-01-16 00:16:29 UTC

#ICE is full of rapists, murderers, and pedophiles
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/901/893/043/727/355/original/5ec23eab4f01c2ef.png

2026-01-10 18:34:11 UTC

Johnny Appleseed gave his only coat and his shoes to immigrants. But America can't bring itself to be half as good as its legends

2026-01-09 15:52:15 UTC

#ICE is kidnapping #NativeAmericans #FirstNations people
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/865/936/764/517/623/original/5860a9561592ec53.mp4

2026-01-07 01:03:57 UTC

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It would be interesting to see the Congressional "lead' completely vanish just from "acts of gods" and natural causes

2026-01-07 00:48:22 UTC

A republican Congressman died today, bringing the republican "lead" to 1 vote. One vote. Just one. ONE

2025-12-29 00:37:16 UTC

#ICE is so busy HELPING (to destroy and terrorize) communities and families this holiday season they asked this one request:
ICE is asking for people to quit calling its hotline to report an undocumented girl named "Anne Frank" hiding in the attics of Republican lawmakers.
Please don't call
1-866-DHS-2-ICE
(1-866-347-2423) for this reason, or to report pregnant foreigners seeking shelter in your local manger this holiday season.
- https://www.instagram.com/iamdaymadison/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/800/052/924/117/408/original/1371391ad46e2bfa.png

2025-12-28 19:50:28 UTC

Politeness is oft' the enemy of Truth and Justice.

2025-12-25 19:27:12 UTC

Not having any hobbies at all is a gross waste of human potential

2025-11-18 03:32:44 UTC

When you "deport" a bunch of guys named Jesus, don't be surprised when Jesus deports you when you try to show up at the Pearly Gates.

2025-10-29 23:15:35 UTC

I am 100% sure that 95% of all #ICE agents abuse their partners and children

2025-10-28 02:16:18 UTC

The #Republicans can choose to show up for #Congress any time they like, but it turns out, when they kept saying "No one wants to work anymore," they meant themselves!

2025-10-26 01:34:23 UTC

A horror movie, but the "evil witch" that was burned at the stake was good all along and protected children. Just before the flames are lit, she figures out who has been killing the kids and vows to return to protect them. She does return and begins destroying those that harm children in creative and entertaining ways.

2025-10-25 23:59:27 UTC

The bullies tell you there's no point in fighting back, and people they've convinced tell you the same. That's because the bullies fear the day you fight back. They are weaker than you and those you will inspire to stand against them.

2025-10-23 14:45:18 UTC

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And that's a key thing that's infuriating about them. Many of them are one-brainscell-stupid. BUT many of them choose to be stupid for leverage. Because, how do you argue effectively with a moron who can't understand anything?

2025-10-23 14:41:22 UTC

It's like the #magats can't understand renovating #TheWhiteHouse with permission vs without permission.
It's /almost/ like they don't understand consent.

2025-10-21 00:35:47 UTC

People: "That's a lie!"
Same People Later: "Fuck... you were telling the truth."
Every damn time... At some point, I'm going to go all agro:
"Tell me, exactly, when have you EVER caught me lying? Never. Never is the answer. There are things about me that are strange, wondrous, and hard to believe. And they are all true."

2025-10-18 19:47:03 UTC

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Super Stuck Bros.
#RuinAVideoGame #HashtagGames

2025-10-18 19:32:10 UTC

A flashfiction about a drooling dullard who dooms the United Systems of Andromeda (draft 1)
epub on archive_org: https://archive.org/download/a-problem-draft-1-by-phillip-j-rhoades/A%20Problem%20%28Draft%201%29%20by%20Phillip%20J%20Rhoades.epub

2025-10-06 00:39:51 UTC

Note to #fascists:
It's cute that you assholes think you're going to bully us into submission.
Fuckers, we're the ones you called "weird" all through school, college, work. You've been threatening us for our whole lives. And you know what? We never stopped being ourselves. You never won. You will never win.
You might knock us down. We will always get back up. You will grow tired. We will never stay down.
There is no way for bullies to defeat us. We have strength you can't understand.

2025-09-30 00:17:10 UTC

#antifa #wwII #KilroyWasHere
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/290/367/352/976/664/original/0e5ba00b7112e676.png

2025-09-28 02:22:44 UTC

Situation I will likely struggle with the rest of my life: "I answered the question you asked and now you are mad at me for not answering a question you did not ask... I don't understand."

2025-09-25 12:31:18 UTC

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I'm going to assume sarcasm in your voice when I read this

2025-09-21 20:37:22 UTC

It's 2025 and #antifa still means anti-fascist, which means the only people who have a problem with it are fascist trash

2025-09-17 13:33:14 UTC

They don't want ID laws on the internet to "protect the children."
It is to make it easier for them to control the narrative, like they could when TV and radio were under their thumbs

2025-09-16 14:28:42 UTC

Software does NOT need to be updated constantly. It is FINE and GOOD for many pieces to be COMPLETE and STABLE

2025-09-09 14:11:32 UTC

#CityGovernment is in the wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAI8N5HDCRs

2025-09-05 14:25:46 UTC

I'd rather spend 3 weeks loading 666 cassette tapes into my #GamingConsole than "buy" a #keycard and not own my copy of a game

2025-09-05 13:00:26 UTC

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Yeah, right after I posted that, I thought about writing a story about people who get isekai'd because the gods want to see them suffer, or as an "interdimensional gladiators" thing

2025-09-05 12:56:13 UTC

"Why are the main characters in Isekai stories so important in the worlds they go to??? And why so powerful?"
"Why the fuck would the gods go through the trouble of migrating their souls to a new fuckign world if they were not going to be important and have the power to make change?"

2025-09-02 22:30:03 UTC

"Do you like your country's cooking?"
"I live in the USA. We have all the foods and fusions you can't imagine... but everyone eats McDonald's..."

2025-08-29 20:16:35 UTC

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I don't think you did. I assume it's related?

2025-08-29 20:15:48 UTC

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Yeah :( I had issues with tumblr "just happening to delete accounts with trans content," and I'm salty about that with them. So, I understand

2025-08-29 19:56:17 UTC

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The WMG page on tvtropes for that used to be a fun read, if I recall correctly.

2025-08-25 00:58:35 UTC

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The other option is a copy of some edition of this: https://archive.org/details/conciseguidetoms0000jams

2025-08-25 00:50:18 UTC

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Hyperpad (Hypercard clone thing)?
https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue115/406_1_REVIEWS_HYPERPAD.php
https://vetusware.com/download/Hyperpad%202.2/?id=4020

2025-08-18 20:27:05 UTC

Dear Alaska,
I don't understand. How did #Putin set foot in your state and leave alive? (Not promoting anything for legal reasons, just wondering.)
-Me

2025-08-08 17:43:21 UTC

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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/994/378/190/871/656/original/c8348737e7567f36.jpg

2025-07-26 17:19:43 UTC

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That seems like a good direction. I lusted after an Apple IIc someone had built a mechanical keyboard into for a while

2025-07-26 17:16:23 UTC

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Oh, nice :) Are there any reviews on odds and ends hardware working with it? Like old house control stuff or thermostat accessories?

2025-07-26 17:14:25 UTC

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The FPGBC and the Analogue Pocket accept Gameboy carts and accessories and link with original GB cables... I haven't looked deeply into "TheC64" but it seems to be about what I could get shoving a Pi into a 3D printed lookalike case...

2025-07-26 17:11:22 UTC

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It'd be neat to see C64 stuff that follows the same-ish upgrade style as the Analogue Pocket or the "Funny Playing Gameboy Color" stuff
https://funnyplaying.com/collections/gbc

2025-07-26 13:34:14 UTC

"Fighting words" laws exist because getting punched in the face is the natural result of saying some things.

2025-07-25 00:23:39 UTC

I watched that documentary, Letterkenny, and I now know everything about #Canada and #Canadians

2025-07-24 17:04:52 UTC

If the #tRump administration attempts to arrest #Obama for trumped-up "treason" charges, then there will be a civil war. Not maybe. Not near. I 100% see the country moving into guerrilla warfare against the illegal trump regime

2025-07-20 19:16:55 UTC

"[I tell someone something]"
"Well, I don't know about that."
"I do. That's why I said it."
////Later////
"Oh, you were right about [thing you said]."
"Yes. I know. That's why I was talking about it. I talk about things I know."
"..."

2025-07-20 14:57:28 UTC

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Same with reviews of tools. Somebody will buy a yard-worthy electric chainsaw and leave 4 pages of review about why it's terrible because it's not the 2-person $10,000 chainsaw they use at work... "Different use-cases, my chainbro. Different use-cases."

2025-07-20 14:44:31 UTC

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I do understand secure boot, and I KNOW it's about nothing more than corporate control of your hardware and forced obsolescence.

2025-07-20 14:40:05 UTC

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Secure boot is a scam and everyone should disable it

2025-07-20 14:31:42 UTC

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You're supposed to decide the software you run on your hardware and not beg a random corporation to allow you to run what you want, you know?

2025-07-20 12:06:22 UTC

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And that's why "secure boot" is bullshit and has always been part of planned obsolescence

2025-07-17 00:03:55 UTC

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Fantasy Consoles?

2025-07-15 00:32:05 UTC

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On the other hand, calling William Shakespeare "Billy Shakes" is radical

2025-07-14 12:52:09 UTC

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The end of this is that it will require The People to /force/ access to the facilities and release the people, people who should not be detained to begin with

2025-07-06 01:43:33 UTC

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Funding cuts and firings at NOAA by #Trump & his cronies caused these deaths. They committed "Depraved-Heart Murder" which is an actual type of murder under USA law

2025-06-25 20:01:30 UTC

When we show up at ICE homes even though they thought we would never know who they are because of the masks
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/745/778/881/176/423/original/ef4be3a7311a1612.png

2025-06-25 19:56:14 UTC

"Run candidates people want to vote for" is great advice that establishment democrat leaders need to hear with ears all the way fucking open

2025-06-24 19:24:42 UTC

"I won't use an umbrella or fan myself because I am worried other people will think I'm not manly" is the biggest load of unmanly statement ever.

2025-06-20 23:44:38 UTC

My wrestler name would be "The Bone Folder"
Named after the piece of #stationary equipment

2025-06-15 20:05:00 UTC

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There's a fight about what kind of dash to use?

2025-06-10 01:51:31 UTC

#Trump says he has ordered the Marines to LA.
I don't see why we could not begin calling the Command Inspector General (#marines) hotline and reporting that the "Commander In Chief" is giving obviously illegal orders to have the Marines attack US citizens.
"Civilians with no Marine Corps affiliation, may also file complaints with the IG regarding fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, or reprisal."
Phone: (757) 836-2128 24 hours
Email: omb.marforcom.ig@usmc.mil
https://www.marforcom.marines.mil/Resources/Inspector-General/

2025-06-08 23:53:41 UTC

#Modular #Stencil System For 3.5"x5.5" #PocketNotebooks (#FieldNotes, #Moleskine, & Others)
This is an extension to my full-sized stencils for 3.5x5.5-inch #pocketJournals. This lets you add regular/wide ruled lines, dots, grids, tables, etc as you like in blank notebooks.
#Thingiverse #3Dprinter Downloads: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7060429
Also on #TinkerCAD: https://www.tinkercad.com/users/gEfJm2CRHZS

2025-06-08 15:08:51 UTC

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I'm slowly getting the modules and module-layout templates printed. Running some tests in this notebook. Here's me flipping through pages, no talking, to show Modular layouts (some), modules, standard templates, and "just modules no layout" near the end... Seems to work pretty well. Might increase the Layout Templates to 2mm because the wide-open-spaces in them leave the line-rules a little flimsy
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/648/360/597/186/021/original/58adbcb7c9f19811.mp4

2025-06-07 15:09:32 UTC

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So, I'm thinking of taking these "panel stencils" I'm working on and making little "modules" for them. So a person would use the panel set they like, mark out the boxes, then lay down a module sized for a panel and get dots/rule/wide-rule/lines... or leave it blank for a "blank panel"
Thoughts?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/642/709/818/451/052/original/31a23d87669555b5.jpg

2025-06-07 14:22:44 UTC

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It's a very thin model, so let it fully cool before removing it otherwise you might warp it

2025-06-07 13:45:25 UTC

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The full-sized 3.5"x5.5" #dot #stencil (and the mini-stencil) are up for people to download and #3Dprint from #Thingiverse
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7059128
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/642/377/659/407/290/original/642162b1374d836a.jpg

2025-06-07 13:06:00 UTC

The #DVD should have used a cartridge system like #VideoDisks did

2025-06-07 01:21:36 UTC

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Mini-stencil for dots seems to work. I'll have to print the full 3.5x5.5 one tomorrow. Def needs a "micron-style" pen for this one though.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/639/455/283/896/035/original/59055bdd063927b0.png

2025-06-06 19:16:09 UTC

I made some things.
#3D #printable #stencils to add #lines (#wideRule & #standardRule) as well as #grids, #tables, & #todo #checklists to #blank 3.5"x5.5" #pocketNotebooks (like #FieldNotes or #Moleskine or more cost-effective alternatives).
Can also be used in larger or smaller notebooks. Can be used to turn already lined paper into grid-paper.
#Free #CreativeCommons
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7058617
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/638/008/807/729/109/original/e3ca6f36820f0a96.jpg

2025-05-24 05:01:51 UTC

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WARNING: Do not attempt to store your null in your void.

2025-05-16 16:33:02 UTC

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I think we should pronounce HOA "hoh-Uh"

2025-05-13 20:27:23 UTC

"It's homosapiens not heterosapiens!"
~Bare nonsense to respond to people shouting different bare nonsense

2025-05-03 14:48:31 UTC

It's regional, but I think "borrowed out" is a fine alternative to "loaned" or "lent"
"I borrowed that out to him."
"I borrowed out that gadget to her."

2025-05-02 01:54:14 UTC

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Motherboard died or...?

2025-04-18 22:17:00 UTC

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Those are not my flaws.
You hate those things about me
because they free me.