Art and Coding

I'm a single father in his 40's. I'm a coder for work and I make art with spray paint for fun.

[deepdive002]

Me

Here is my pinned post about me:

Single Father: I love being a dad, this is a golden time in my life.

Atheist: The idea of God or an afterlife feels like wishful thinking.

Positivist: I believe in the infinite redeemability of humans.

Extra Positivist: I believe anyone can be good if they want to be.

Man of Faith: While I don't have hard evidence, I believe in infinite redeemability to my core. I only block or unfriend someone as a very last resort. Each one leaves a scar. (I have blocked 2 people since 2015.)

Not Agnostic: Saying God's non-existence is unknowable or unanswerable is just something people do (unwittingly) to placate Theists. I am as certain there is no God as I am certain of physical reality. Like how I am certain I am sitting in a chair as I write this.

Bipolar: I've been hospitalized 10 times in my life with Manic episodes.

Mental Health Advocate: I take my meds everyday. My illness hasn't affected my life in years.

Street Artist: I post my street art on my side blog. It's my secret identity.

Programmer: I have a degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Riverside. I do Software Development for work when I can.

[yansurnummu]

ah lads not again

[deepdive002]

I absolutely disagree with this!

I believe we should make 512 terabyte hard drives the cheap, fast and normal thing to have on a computer.

[deepdive002]

I wish she had told me she's a Trump supporter 2 months ago.

I've been chatting with a woman I met on Facebook Dating for 2 months. I told her about my politics early on and she said nothing at that time.

Last night she told me that not only did she vote for Trump but that she still supports him.

I don't know what to do.

If you are up for expanding this post and reading a bit of text I would be grateful.

[waylay-managment-2]

Ooc

Alright Harlan. I’ll ask you this one time. Are you here or are we accidentally sharing brain cells because there’s no way I got all that lore right on a guess

[deepdive002]

Let me guess: Harlan is an avid fan fic writer on AO3. She likes spicy medieval love rivalries and arranged marriages. Her latest work is about a dolphin prince who falls in love with an octopus and must destroy the evil conch shell to restore balance to the force.

[katalactic]

What do you most often see in the clouds?

I love the question! And I really enjoy watching clouds ☁️

I always spot a bunch of different things, but most of the time I see animals, like whales, dragons, horses and sometimes a fluffy cat drifting by 😊

[deepdive002]

I love looking at clouds too! Here is a poem I wrote about looking at clouds:

I mostly see dragons and ships.

I keep a folder in my Google drive for the pictures of clouds I take:

[oaks-and-willows]

I just started going to a Kava bar in San Diego CA. I love the people and the conversations. Where do you drink Kava?

I order it online and drink it at home with friends, but this is also because my country doesn't allow the sale of kava and thus we don't have kava bars. I fell in love with kava in the South Pacific though and envy you for being able to meet strangers around a casual shell with snacks and stuff!

[deepdive002]

Unfortunately, it's rather expensive, as most bars are. It's $8 for a shell and $13 for a glass.

Enjoy handcrafted kava in a relaxing lounge. Join us for events & community! San Diego, CA.

I'm glad they are in business but I can't go there every day.

[prinnay]

Drag n Drop RIP Win10. I'm never upgrading 😭

[deepdive002]

What's wrong with Windows 11? I don't mean to be contrarian. I've just never really looked into it. Microsoft asked me to upgrade a few years ago and I did. I like trusting people and organizations until they prove to be untrustworthy.

Maybe Win11 is riddled with spyware and AI? I don't really know. It sounds plausible but I haven't verified that.

[podcastwizard]

some royal jewels were stolen from the louvre which is unfortunate for historical reasons but you gotta appreciate a classic crime. so many crimes are online these days it’s nice to see heist culture is still alive

[deepdive002]

A funny take on a tragic event.

[kyotoprotocols]

What do you see in the clouds?

The force of buoyancy overcoming the force of gravity, condensation, frontal boundaries, air parcels instability compared to the environment, vapor pressure = saturation vapor pressure, the Bergeron line, convection, stress tensors, wind shear, inversions, a bachelors degree and a masters degree in meteorology

[deepdive002]

I love looking at clouds.

I was wondering why some of the puffy ones have distinct texture while others are wispy.

What affects the surface characteristics of cumulus clouds?

I love looking at clouds. I love trying to describe them and compare what I see day to day. I have dozens of questions about the things I’v

Do clouds have surface tension like liquid water?

Does the flow of water either into or out of a cloud affect its surface characteristics?

[deepdive002]

Sex and Gender

I've heard that sex and gender are different things. That your sex can be generally determined by physical characteristics of your body, like chromosomes and penises. While gender is your instinctual identity that feels right.

A transgendered person has a gender that doesn't match their body while a transsexual person has changed their body to match their gender.

Biological sex seems largely irrelevant and a poor predictor of behavior. However sex is a lot more objective to detect than gender. Much like race, just because it's a simple way to group people does not mean it's a good way to group people.

I know the folks in the soft sciences don't like objective measurements because they get in the way of their social-hierarchy method of determining whose theory is right. I get the impression the concept of biological sex was thrown out a while ago and anyone with a research paper mentioning it will lose all their friends.

The problem I'm facing is that I'm an engineer and I need an objective way of diagnosing my 8 year old daughter's gender identity. I figure if hormone therapy is the right move I'll see it coming a mile away and I defiantly want to get it for her.

I've heard that if she likes to stand on the toilet to pee it's a pretty good indication she's trans. I'm guessing her obsession with pregnancy, birth and baby razing in her make-believe games is not a typical of transman behavior. Obviously self-diagnosis is a bad idea and I would hire a professional psychologist to make the final call.

Still, can any transman here list behaviors they did as a kid which a parent may want to be on the lookout for?

[deepdive002]

This is very frustrating. I just had a private message conversation with a person I met on Tumblr. Her name is @outcast123. I was hopeful about a new friendship.

Now I'm almost certain she is a Nigerian scammer. Tumblr can be a lot of fun but damn this is frustrating.

Finding genuine human interaction on the modern Internet is hard.

[deepdive002]

Is that them in the video? They all look so cute! Is her name Zena? By the way do you live in the USA? Because I live in Florida. You can always talk to me whenever you want. I hope the best for you and your family. I hope everything works out for you 💝

Yes, that's a video I had on my phone from the weekend. I live in Laguna Beach CA, in the US. My daughter's name is Xena (with an "X" like a warrior princess).

I hope for the best for you too.

I made a post about bipolar a month or two ago. I'm curious what you think about it. I'll dm you the link.

[deepdive002]

Aw I am sorry about your financial issues. I hope you get all the money you want that you can live off and may you get all the money you want. Hope you are having a wonderful night.

Thanks. My kid makes me happy. I'm sure I'll figure out the money issues.

My daughter had a birthday last weekend. We had the party at my mom's house. It was awesome.

[deepdive002]

Hey I just wanted to say thank you for the post. I hope everyday is a wonderful day for you and you experience everything in life that makes you happy. You deserve all the happiness in the world

🧡💙💜💚

Things are tricky at the moment. I have financial issues to worry about but who doesn't.

I try to be happy.

I don't know if I deserve all the happiness in the world. Sometimes when I say to myself "I am worthy of love." It feels like a lie. I try to get out of that mindset.

I was active on Tumblr a while ago but now my feed is kind of garbage. I need to curate it some and make friends with people on the other side of the posts.

This can be a really awesome place but it requires active participation. I hope we stay in contact.

[bokonomnomnom]

Well, I was going to deliver a service this Sunday explaining how I, an atheist find value in attending my Unitarian Universalist church, but, uh, God had other ideas.

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[deepdive002]

God can't smite us at Tapestry UU in Southern California. We haven't had 8" of snow in Lake Forrest for about 10 thousand years.

[deepdive002]

My daughter had fun with her crush on a Ferris Wheel yesterday. His family was celebrating Chinese new year and they invited us.

[moon-flower-fields]

I rebranded 🔥🔥🔥

[deepdive002]

Hi moon flower!

It's a pleasure to meet the new you!

What new and amazing adventure do you plan to conquer first?