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Aaron Mahler

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Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Feb 04, 2026

Ok, my new instance is running nicely, I've ported everything over and archived my account history here.

So, please do re-join me at @halfpress@mastodon.halfpress.com if the automated migration doesn't update you as it should.

My old posts will remain here as an archive (not that I'm under any illusions it's a key piece of the historic record). :)

See ya over there, I hope! #mastodonmigration

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NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Feb 04, 2026

Starting to bring my personal Mastodon instance online slowly and testing the waters. If you see any seemingly redundant follows or probing activity from @halfpress@mastodon.halfpress.com, just know it's me experimenting while I decide when and whether to migrate my account fully.

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NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Feb 01, 2026

One thing Elisabeth and I enjoyed immensely while living in Cali in ‘23/‘24 was having Dim Sum almost every Sunday morning in Mountain View after we’d visit the amazing farmer’s market.

Back home in Va, I started testing recipes and settled on a core set that have enabled us to continue our Sunday tradition at home. Entirely homemade Lo Mai Gai (with Char Siu), Siu Mai, Har Gow and Chili Oil are the current roster. I make batches and freeze them to last a few weekends in a row. #dimsum #food

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NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Feb 01, 2026

Have to say that the intelligent but flat stare of the sheep in Alien Earth was fantastically done. Creepy and captivating the whole time. #AlienEarth

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@halfpress@mastodon.social it is a ratfuck of supplicating garbage to shareholder value. Fuck Milton Keynes straight in the fucking neck and give me the guillotine.
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@flargh@mastodon.social Well, John Maynard Keynes anyway... I suspect the folks in Milton Keynes (and Bletchley Park) don't want to be associated. ;)
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@halfpress@mastodon.social o don’t even know where my head was with that reply; deleted. 😅
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NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 31, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social I put strong odds on autocorrect. For the record, was in agreement with you. :)
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Fuck Campbell's. I know people who have worked at the Hyannis facility for more than 30 years. https://www.thecampbellscompany.com/newsroom/press-releases/campbells-to-consolidate-potato-chip-producti
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@flargh@mastodon.social The phrase "Ongoing Snacks Network Optimization Strategy" is vomit-inducing.
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@halfpress@mastodon.social it is a ratfuck of supplicating garbage to shareholder value. Fuck Milton Keynes straight in the fucking neck and give me the guillotine.
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NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 31, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social Well, John Maynard Keynes anyway... I suspect the folks in Milton Keynes (and Bletchley Park) don't want to be associated. ;)
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Fuck Campbell's. I know people who have worked at the Hyannis facility for more than 30 years. https://www.thecampbellscompany.com/newsroom/press-releases/campbells-to-consolidate-potato-chip-producti
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 30, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social The phrase "Ongoing Snacks Network Optimization Strategy" is vomit-inducing.
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@halfpress@mastodon.social @tankgrrl@hachyderm.io As a cosplay prop that thing looks dope AF. But it looks super unusable as an actual deck
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NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 26, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social @tankgrrl@hachyderm.io Agreed - they both appeal in their own ways (and, of course, just the fun of building them).
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"Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation." -
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NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 22, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social Have you seen the two part documentary on Carlin that HBO put out a few years ago? Thinking of watching it again soon.
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"Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation." -
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 22, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social Gosh I miss him. His voice is timelessly relevant from beyond the grave… can only imagine what he’d be saying were he still alive for this bullshit.
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NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 20, 2026
This 1970 video from RCA declaring war on IBM’s mainframe market is a complete riot. It’s historically interesting, of course, but the many 70s era puzzling production and marketing choices are a sight to behold. @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io @tankgrrl@hachyderm.io https://youtube.com/watch?v=GygR1Nbrhfc&si=0TwVD5VO0yMpdVIW #retrocomputing #retro
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Here are the custom companions some users like to have along for their search! Katto is comfortably in the lead. (These are anonymously compiled.) If you're a Kagi member, you can select your companio
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 10, 2026
@kagihq@mastodon.social would love an option to randomly get any of the options on each page load. ;)
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I am appalled that it is 2026 and I am still expected to actually print out forms and sign them physically.
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@flargh@mastodon.social closing on a real estate purchase tomorrow and expected to go to the agency (local) for the ceremonial passing around of thick stacks of paper. Nope. All e-sign. I got the impr
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@halfpress@mastodon.social this involves a residential tax exemption, for which I need to physically print out and sign my tax form for last year, all of which *was* submitted electronically. But the
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 05, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social oh, I totally believe it. My mother-in-law had some paper medical form a year or so ago that I actually had to FAX for her. It involved me pulling out a multifunction printer I only keep around for the rare chance I ever have a pile of double sided pages to scan and placing it on top of the washing machine to get it close enough to my very-near-the-ceiling network rack that has the only telephone jack I bothered to install in our loft (I don’t have 50 foot telephone cables anymore).
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I am appalled that it is 2026 and I am still expected to actually print out forms and sign them physically.
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Jan 04, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social closing on a real estate purchase tomorrow and expected to go to the agency (local) for the ceremonial passing around of thick stacks of paper. Nope. All e-sign. I got the impression they prefer it over having to host things in their offices, in fact.
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Ariana Grande is 5'2" which makes her last name super-ironic
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Dec 26, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social more honest than Ariana Venti, I suppose.
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Wondering how soon the idiot who redacted the Epstein files is promoted to a Cabinet position.
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Dec 24, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social I have literally been waiting for someone in this admin to make this mistake since the redactions started. Box checked. Now waiting to see if they will repeat the mistake.
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@halfpress@mastodon.social I noticed a while back I'd have to unplug the Ethernet cable and plug it back in to get to recognize, but it would always pop right back up in the Network system pref when i
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@flargh@mastodon.social yeah, sounds like a nasty spiral into physical failure. Bummer.
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@halfpress@mastodon.social Nope, turned out it was a setting issue masquerading as a hardware failure after all. This is the second such issue I've had since upgrading to Tahoe. Trying to remember the
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Dec 23, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social Ah... I gave in too easily and my suspicions had merit. Glad you dug deeper!
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"Continue without supporting us" is some passive-aggressive bullshit.
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Dec 23, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social I tend to select it with renewed vigor when it’s phrased like that. The click sounds earily line “damn straight” to my ears.
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welp, this sucks. Apparently the GigE port on my long-out-of-warranty ThunderBolt hub is dead. No wonder my data speeds on the MacBook Pro have been suboptimal lately.
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@flargh@mastodon.social Curious how its death has manifested. I’ve run into a few similar seeming interface deaths over the years only to find an unexpected unrelated cause and an otherwise still work
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@halfpress@mastodon.social I noticed a while back I'd have to unplug the Ethernet cable and plug it back in to get to recognize, but it would always pop right back up in the Network system pref when i
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Dec 23, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social yeah, sounds like a nasty spiral into physical failure. Bummer.
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welp, this sucks. Apparently the GigE port on my long-out-of-warranty ThunderBolt hub is dead. No wonder my data speeds on the MacBook Pro have been suboptimal lately.
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Dec 23, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social Curious how its death has manifested. I’ve run into a few similar seeming interface deaths over the years only to find an unexpected unrelated cause and an otherwise still working port. On a related note, I do find my Mac will periodically reorient interface priority even without the actual defined order changing. “Why is this transfer to my synology running like trash? Oh, it’s arbitrarily using WiFi this time.” Toggle on/off and back to gig speeds. Irksome.
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I really haven't been hitten by the Maker virus but then I started checking out cyberdecks/writerdecks and I am *so* ready to roll my own at this point.
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@flargh@mastodon.social I saw the TypeFrame the other day and it shot to the top of my already burgeoning nerd projects list. I promptly did a quick inventory to see what I didn’t already have on hand
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@halfpress@mastodon.social Thank you so much! I was thinking about this one or one of the TRS-80 Model 100-inspired builds I've seen. Alternately, I *do* have an old Apple eMate 300 lying around that
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Aaron Mahler
Aaron Mahler
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Dec 15, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social The eMate would definitely be amazing and with some historical roots. Done any research yet to see if anyone has done a project around it? Is it a working unit or ready for sacrifice on the altar of retro-modernism? ;) I think I saw the Model 100-esque project as well, but would love a link some time if you have it around.
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I really haven't been hitten by the Maker virus but then I started checking out cyberdecks/writerdecks and I am *so* ready to roll my own at this point.
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Aaron Mahler
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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Dec 15, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social I saw the TypeFrame the other day and it shot to the top of my already burgeoning nerd projects list. I promptly did a quick inventory to see what I didn’t already have on hand. Shout if you need parts printed or something. Glad to help you get the Maker virus. :)
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"Tastes of chicken" refers to a baseline neutral protein reference. Why?
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Aaron Mahler
Aaron Mahler
@halfpress@mastodon.social

NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Nov 23, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social somewhere in the world, a person is having their first bite of chicken and saying “tastes like…”
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Aaron Mahler
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Aaron Mahler
Aaron Mahler
@halfpress@mastodon.social

NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Nov 20, 2025
Zork I, II and III now open source! Very cool. #retrocomputing https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/11/microsoft-makes-zork-i-ii-and-iii-open-source-under-mit-license/
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We should build statues to honor the first person to discover paprika
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Aaron Mahler
Aaron Mahler
@halfpress@mastodon.social

NOTE: Migrated to @ halfpress Feb 4, 2026 - follow me there! Former Encoding Engineer @  / Network Guy / Photographer / Emulation Enthusiast / Collector of 80s Arcades / Former CTO / Arduino Hacker / EV Driver / All Around Geek

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@halfpress@mastodon.social · Nov 16, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social and another statue for the person who made the first smoked version.
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