Andy Valencia

Previously on noagendasocial.com, I'm a retired tech dude. OS, low level hacking, now web/css/JS. No Agenda Art bot is mine, too.

My primary account is on goto.vsta.org

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vandys@noauthority-social.mostr.pub

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2026-07-17 01:50:24 UTC

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@nprofile…wajc I had to write my own music library and streaming service. It handles album art, but not in any sort of grid for tune selection.

2026-07-12 14:35:07 UTC

Four loaves of bread, all at once in our Foodi. Two black bread, one whole wheat, one Emmer sourdough.
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/907/501/052/603/757/original/7be6ff20839afeea.jpg

2026-07-10 14:25:14 UTC

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@nprofile…kwpr Do _not_ ssh to a BBS. Telnet. Only YOU can save a packet.

2026-07-08 22:30:00 UTC

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@nprofile…4s8c The rank-and-file appear to be fine with doing what they're told, saying what they're told, even thinking what they're told. The problem is with the Komissars.

2026-07-05 15:09:57 UTC

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@nprofile…q8rs Our seminary certainly had psych courses, taught by a local clinical psychologist. I eventually realized we were studying a massive, undocumented algorithm. Pretty interesting stuff.

2026-07-05 02:39:01 UTC

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@nprofile…jfq8 From the first time I saw "Patriot Frony", my gut said "Feds"

2026-06-25 17:53:45 UTC

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@nprofile…q8rs That's about the right time to prime the pump heading into the midterms.

2026-06-19 19:40:02 UTC

its == "it" possesses something
it's == "it is" contraction
Thank you.

2026-06-18 00:55:00 UTC

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@nprofile…l4kz Who is she? Solid physical comedy chops, lol.

2026-06-17 14:00:08 UTC

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@nprofile…xvyw Short version: steer clear of warships unless you're looking for a fight. Which you will probably lose.

2026-06-03 15:12:16 UTC

The downward spiral of the WWW... more and more is behind anti-bot "you must enable JS" walls. No doubt just another "gift" of AI. But now _RSS feeds_ are being put behind these. SMH. Are they unaware of what a feed reader or aggregator does?

2026-05-31 15:48:59 UTC

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@nprofile…sk9g If you ever do, don't be surprised to find out that Christians don't really have a problem with aliens.

2026-05-31 15:46:28 UTC

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@nprofile…3vcs
(You can pretty much ignore me, I just need to say a few things out loud.)
So Marknote is slowly catching up with vim, UTF-8, mkdir, and ripgrep (rg). What will come next? Backups (tar)? Reorganizing folders (mv)? Spell check (ispell)?
Ok, sorry. This dinosaur will now go back to sleep.

2026-05-31 04:12:51 UTC

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@nprofile…3hmk So-so. Duck is often adequate, so why burn $$$?

2026-05-29 00:56:42 UTC

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@nprofile…cqfx Looking forward to the garden photos! Bless you.

2026-05-28 18:44:43 UTC

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@nprofile…a6vy I heard there was somebody still using AmEx, what are the odds I'd run into him on the Fediverse?

2026-05-27 18:37:50 UTC

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@nprofile…p4t6 @nprofile…a6vy Specifically, Medical Assistance in Dying.

2026-05-26 19:32:45 UTC

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@nprofile…jw0c Right now they're flogging ebola. Hantavirus kinda sucks for their purposes, so I'm watching for a rebranding of simething in the rhinovirus family.

2026-05-26 19:27:15 UTC

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@nprofile…sk9g Have you read C.S. Lewis's Silent Planet trilogy?

2026-05-26 19:24:26 UTC

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@nprofile…3xx2 We had a long email thread about how to join lines. It had progressed to competing source code when I replied:
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2026-05-26 14:05:55 UTC

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@nprofile…94wq I suppose they could store a hash of the last part of each of your previous passwords. Depending on how many letters are kept, the hashes could end up being pretty solvable.

2026-05-26 14:00:03 UTC

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@nprofile…gwmg I know this is fake, because nobody's wearing a mask.

2026-05-26 02:33:27 UTC

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@nprofile…gr74 Towers are still a lot of Linux-compatible bang for the buck. Hard to take on an airplane, true...

2026-05-26 02:29:59 UTC

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@nprofile…9p7q Seasonal forecasts from NOAA have the accuracy of Buster the talking horse. High res forecasts always fall short if the European system. Why _not_ put it out of its misery?

2026-05-25 20:26:41 UTC

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@nprofile…a6vy Have you tried LibreOffice Impress? I've used it for various presentations.

2026-05-25 19:39:00 UTC

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@nprofile…a6vy Which OS?

2026-05-23 21:19:25 UTC

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@nprofile…ehdf Welcome back!

2026-05-22 19:43:16 UTC

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@nprofile…al6u But is she telling the truth?

2026-05-19 19:55:42 UTC

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@nprofile…2aek Have you tried Rush?

2026-05-17 00:57:24 UTC

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@nprofile…da5s Bagel? Or flatten them and English muffins?

2026-05-16 20:39:23 UTC

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@nprofile…7ypj First computer (256 bytes)
https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/586/179/536/683/968/original/43a82e885fe161d6.jpg

2026-05-14 19:25:37 UTC

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@nprofile…m8u2 On the Left Coast, Republicans are controlled opposition. They provide the illusion of democracy, getting to hold a few offices. In exchange, they do what they're told.

2026-05-13 18:25:18 UTC

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@nprofile…3vcs Kali Linux unstalled onto Chromebook HW is surprisingly good.

2026-05-01 14:29:08 UTC

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@nprofile…rq7v If you're supposed to be the premier protection service, yes, you need to react in a split second. Doing hard things is pretty much the point.

2026-05-01 03:44:32 UTC

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@nprofile…rq7v Is it just me, or is each one of them holding back, hoping somebody else goes first?

2026-04-29 21:04:33 UTC

Can we agree that the Linux kernel's attack surface area has become too large?
https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

2026-04-27 15:05:29 UTC

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@nprofile…vhve An article very much along along the lines of this marriage meme::
https://glory2godforallthings.com/2025/10/12/marriage-as-a-lifetime-of-suffering-3/

2026-04-15 19:27:53 UTC

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@nprofile…a6vy @nprofile…07t3 @nprofile…dlsx I think you're ready to look at "Great Lent" in the Orthodox Church.

2026-02-10 03:54:57 UTC

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@nprofile…al6u jmail.world is nowhere near as bloated ad I expected! It's probably just expensive running a popular website.

2026-02-05 23:07:49 UTC

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@nprofile…w4wg @nprofile…l4kz Meh, $43 for a laptop suffices: https://www.ebay.com/itm/196465475764

2026-01-13 16:32:05 UTC

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@nprofile…c2ja Two words: encrypted folder

2025-12-24 20:22:16 UTC

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@nprofile…wv05 @nprofile…8n5d It's a city tree, so I can guess who'll be paying.

2025-12-24 19:18:02 UTC

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@nprofile…ccvt Something happened to Starbucks espresso. Never great, it now tastes to me like the second pull through the same grounds,

2025-12-15 20:30:23 UTC

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@nprofile…tcuw It's very likely NAS had _many_ psyop accounts running. (Not that @nprofile…ysj7 is any part of it, they've just slimed onto the platform.)

2025-12-15 20:26:37 UTC

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@nprofile…pza5 Is it real? It doesn't seem like it, just judging the writing style.

2025-12-15 14:56:22 UTC

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@nprofile…0f08 I'm seeing reports that they were stabbed to death, and also that the son might be a suspect. It's early days, so expect all of this to change in the blink of an eye.

2025-12-04 15:49:02 UTC

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@nprofile…3hw5 I can't find any primary sources for these claims of oncologists declining chemo. So be careful accepting this X posting at face value.

2025-12-04 00:48:34 UTC

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@nprofile…dl9j No; just have your CBDC only work at your local market, and only $10/day. Who needs actual walls?

2025-11-18 23:47:50 UTC

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@nprofile…d337 If you ever need to be excused, just tell the judge or prosecutor that you understand the role of jury nullification.

2025-10-31 19:21:52 UTC

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@nprofile…d337 I'm sorry to hear of this heavy memory! May you find a few happy memories of her as well on this sad anniversary.

2025-10-28 21:43:36 UTC

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@nprofile…l4d9 The amount of cognitive dissonance and conflicting data/observations WRT Charlie Kirk is a strong signal that _something_ stinks.

2025-10-26 01:47:52 UTC

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@nprofile…gsr7 My brother (literally... another son from my mother/father) is currently doing well. You want to talk with him?

2025-10-23 13:48:25 UTC

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@nprofile…nzc2 I remember sitting at the lunch counter at a Woolworth's. Man, I'm old.

2025-10-22 02:21:05 UTC

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@nprofile…vgsn Atlas Shrugged? (Or just read the book.)

2025-10-22 02:17:43 UTC

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@nprofile…ccvt Nope. Move on.

2025-10-18 08:19:46 UTC

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@nprofile…0q34 This is why God created the bread machine.