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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

Forgot to share last week. How is it ok that there's a music festival in #Berlin with a band with actual 88 in their name?

Lineup or some Berlin festival including a band called Audio88. Doesn't sound goid to me.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

I found my liner notes for a track I have in a compilation and I think they're still valid.

Track Title: Bradyon

Artist name: pgcd
Artist link: https://pgcd.bandcamp.com/

About the artist:
pgcd was born in Italy in 1970 and is still not dead. Starting at the age of 14, he's been making fringe music - starting with a performance including power tools and destroyed furniture during a high school concert, and progressing through industrial metal/punk (with his band CSR) and experimental tribal electronica with Negatif Übermensch. Now he lives in Berlin and refuses to yield to minimalism.

About the track:
Bradyon is about depression. That special kind of depression that gives birth to the realization that the futility of our life is not a simple romantic conceit - rather, it is the result of the merciless and inescapable laws of physics of an uncaring and mindless universe.
At the same time, the alternance of scales and moods of the track mimics the ups and downs that who has ever suffered from depression knows all too well: the fitful and difficult ascent to calm and joy, and the sudden crashes and desperation brought on by even a single noxious thought.
And, in the end, there's only the cold and hopeless void.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

I randomly saw this picture I took to complain about a UV strip that was advertised as filtered but wasn't and I think it's quite nice. Yeah I'm not doing great at the moment.

Photo of a couple UV-reactive minerals with UV light shining on them

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

Sto cercando di scoprire cosa dava alla "neve finta" che si usava negli anni '70 quell'odore particolare (a proposito, se qualcuno lo sa, me lo dica ché lo apprezzo). Ho invece scoperto che o non so io come si scrive "propellente" o non lo sa la maggioranza […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Startpage mi suggerisce di scrivere "propellente" con una L sola e io sono a disagio.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

By which, Linked means "you're going to have to click 6 times to disable bullshit notifications about games", of course.

linkedin claiming that they have "simplified" the notifications settings.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

The beds in question (they're obviously currently disassembled)

These (Montessori/House style) beds are in Berlin and looking for somebody who'd use them for children as opposed to firewood.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

I have a dormant #bluesky account so I figured I would start the day by reporting #ICE there but, whenfaced with the choice of reason, I am stumped. Why isn't there an "all of the above" button? (I chose violence, btw)

Bluesky reporting screen requires to select an option but how can you choose between "violence", "harassment or hate", "child safety" and "misleading" when talking about ICE?

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

I was searching for some info on the Jean Carles method to figure out fragrance accords. That's am interesting and useful recommendation, YT, thank you so kindly =)

Bunch of perfumery-related recommendations inexplicably followed by a "DIY TECH FOR ANARCHISTS" one.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

Thanks to WikiHow, here's my concern and the reason why I'd prefer to raise the slatted frame rather than one side of the bed: I have a (possibly irrational) concern that the angle between the legs and the body of the bed is going to cause undue stress on the […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Picture of a raised bed head with a circle pointing to what I mean.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2025

New bullshit just dropped: When you decline optional cookies, TrustARC just goes ahead and takes a full fingerprint of your browser.

Screenshot of a "processing..." privacy dialog.
I guess at least they're open about not giving a shit about your privacy request, right?

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

Finally finished my #inkscape image to print the round cap labels for my DIY fragrance notes! I'm stupid proud of this.

A bunch of round labels with names of notes, essential oils and aromachemicals.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

Crazy white growth in a single night. Note that it was covered (glass bell). Any ideas? #askfedi #fungi #mold

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2025

A question for the ages: how can tardigrades manage to look _cute_?

A tardigrade. It shouldn't look cute, yet it does. Why?

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2025

Mastodon tab uses 14GB (and then some). I'm pretty sure this didn't use to be the case?

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2025

I'm so bad at Italianing that I saw Pula's Arena before I saw the Colosseum in Rome

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2025

hunting for fluorescent minerals has unexpected results

One of two very fluorescent scorpions I saw while looking for UV reactive minerals

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2025

Recensione di un negozio di orologi. Ammetto di esserne un pochino ossessionato.

"L'orologio fa male ai nervi del cervello
perché è a sfera e comunica con il cuore
Attraverso le vene"

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025

I have a new candidate for when we entered the Shit Timeline

Illy coffee cup from 2011 with the "may you live in interesting times" curse inscription

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2025

Looks like gamers took notice! Almost all countries are above the threshold, with some AMAZING results (Finland <3) and we're very close to the goal! citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initi…

Signatories for the Stop Destroying Videogames EU Citizen Initiative - we're A LOT!

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2025

Però il nome del servizio nelle email è abbastanza ok

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2025

It turns out "my" shirt design was stolen and used by some US assholes who now sell a Rob Anybody t-shirt. I can't do anything about that, except giving everybody the design for free - if it has to be out there, nobody should profit from it. If you end up […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

SVG design for my Rob Anybody t-shirt. #GNUTerryPratchett

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2025

This goshawk (?) was completely frozen in place - she had just killed what seems to be a crow, and the other crow on the fence was making a call i never ever heard (kinda like a cat looking at a bird, iykwim) and there were a couple other crows circling […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A goshawk (probably) on the ground with what seems to be a crow chick in her claws.

A hooded crow watching over the goshawk while calling (for help, maybe?)

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2025

Every once in a while I'm reminded of this very fine example of clerical creativity I witnessed back in '22

Candies shelf in a Berlin supermarket, with candies carefully arranged to spell "ANAL" and "ORAL".

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2025

Playing charades with the kids. One picks up this card and mimes kissing. Eventually I give up, they show the card and I say "those are moustaches!" The reply: "noooo! They're two whales smoochy kissing!" And in that moment, pgcd was enlightened.

Card for a game of charades with an ambiguous figure - either moustaches or two whales exchanging a smoochy kiss

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2025

Unfortunately, acrylic markers bleed more than I'd like on cordura but I think my waist bag message is clear. Even though i had to come up with my own "design" because the proper one is hilariously beyond my skill. *Lines* are beyond my skill, as you can see.

Handmade decoration for my waist bag - aims to represent an "ally pride" flag or sone such.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2025

For whatever mysterious reason, kids in my kids' social circle are utterly in love with Rosé and Bruon Mars' APT (which, contrary to my initial understanding, is not a song about state-sanctioned blackhats). Needless to say, I had to check if it is […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

the ludicrously long list of people credited for writing a... well, apparently simple song:

"Apt." was written by Rosé, Amy Allen, Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Theron Thomas of R. City, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Cirkut, and Mars, while being produced by the latter four; additional writing credits go to Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman for the interpolation of Toni Basil's 1982 single "Mickey".

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2025

My kids demanded that i share the result of their very long experiment involving a white rose, food dye and a flower press - behold!

A cyan-colored rose next to a flower press

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2025

Thalia may have their problems (dunno, just assuming) but they sure as hell know how to catalogue Terry Pratchett #GNUTerryPratchett

On Thalia.de, Pratchett books are in the Literature category. Which is fitting.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2025

@bittersweetdb @desolationpark @keefmarshall @Langile So now I'm trying to figure out the actual chance at getting words of a given length in a (sort of) random grid. And, since I can't actually estimate it mathematically (because my knowledge stops several […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2025

This is some ai/ki I am very ok with.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2025

Getting a few custom patches made turned out to be economically unfeasible. So, here's the next best thing, thanks to my non-existent skills and inadequate tools. #GNUTerryPratchett

I decorated my waist bag with the hashtag

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2025

Is "i bake splendid bread" a good addition to my CV as dev?

My bread. It's good and it's also beautiful.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2025

We'll see. I don't trust you.

Facebook declaring they'll honor my request for my data not to be used to train their AI.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

I need to work on a part of the mechanics (not sure about the cooldown position) and obviously layout etc, but here's a preview of one of those "new strategy options" for #Wordrush Feedback very welcome (especially from the steering committee)! @keefmarshall @desolationpark @bittersweetdb

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2025

Dovremmo riconoscere la assoluta preveggenza di Guzzanti. "Fascisti su Marte" it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascisti_su_M…

Immagine di Fascisti su Marte, di C. Guzzanti

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025

Greece stepping up in its role as New Germany

Headline: Winter hits Greece in the heart of spring

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2025

For the record, possibly as a result of the repeated head smashing, the fourth step still escapes me OTOH, the first part of the interface is done, for a given value of

Interface to submit highscores to wordrush scoreboard
Doesn't look awesome

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/04/2025

Here's a rare glimpse of my process while developing the new "global #wordrush leaderboard" feature.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2025

Saying something like this is a red flag that you're not committed to other humans and you're likely an asshole. So is having founded LinkedIn, or "4chan for MBAs" as I like to call it.

Screenshot from Fortune where LinkedIn cofounder says that seeking a work-life balance is a red flag that you're not committee to winning.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2025

When you wake at 2:42 AM there's only two options Option 1: despair Option 2:

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2025

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: I can't "vibe code" because I still have a modicum of self respect, and I won't send pictures of my feet because I'm old and unattractive. On the other hand, I'm happy to work for less than my usual request for a Good Cause (ie. climate […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Photo of my business card with a few meaningful symbols on top, my phone number and email at the bottom and my name in the middle (all redacted, obviously) and just "all around nice guy" as a professional descriptor

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2025

@bert_hubert this is excellent but I'd like to point out that cloud infrastructure today *IS* defense. It's as defense as something that doesn't directly kill people can be. It would be good to remind EU politicians of this ASAP, because I'm very sure US ones are up to speed.

Snippet of linked article, in which defense expenditures are mentioned.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2025

I want to see this as a reasonable request to ensure smooth team communication but I'm afraid I still see it as poorly disguised racism.

Job requirement (for a dev job): "native" German skill.

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pgcd @pgcd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2025

This morning I explained to the spouse that I'm in full "what to do" paralysis - there's several things I should do (write a paper for a friend, work on new wordrush stuff, work on its scoreboard server, complete opensourcing some code, work on my Brilliant […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Building a LEGO TIE Bomber that I bought when I naively believed I had a long-term job and that the world wasn't about to end so stupidly

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