River 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@riverseeber.net
Computer Science undergrad student. I run a blog where I talk about technology, political science, and anything interesting.
https://riverseeber.net/blog/
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Spent some hours working on my Mycelium website editor project. It's now got proper functionality for handling users, including logging in and signing up.
And in general everything is fairly functional. The only really important thing left is I need a better solution for actually hosting the […]
And in general everything is fairly functional. The only really important thing left is I need a better solution for actually hosting the […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 20, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Spent some hours working on my Mycelium website editor project. It's now got proper functionality for handling users, including logging in and signing up.
And in general everything is fairly functional. The only really important thing left is I need a better solution for actually hosting the […]
And in general everything is fairly functional. The only really important thing left is I need a better solution for actually hosting the […]
I need to find more GenZ and/or queer/trans folks to follow on Mastodon. Especially looking for more mutuals tbh. It would be nice to make some more actual friends on Fedi.
Everyone should boost this to help me make more mutuals. :cyber_boost_request:
And come follow me if you fit either of […]
Everyone should boost this to help me make more mutuals. :cyber_boost_request:
And come follow me if you fit either of […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I need to find more GenZ and/or queer/trans folks to follow on Mastodon. Especially looking for more mutuals tbh. It would be nice to make some more actual friends on Fedi.
Everyone should boost this to help me make more mutuals. :cyber_boost_request:
And come follow me if you fit either of […]
Everyone should boost this to help me make more mutuals. :cyber_boost_request:
And come follow me if you fit either of […]
Tonight's mood is "Straight Line Was A Lie" - The Beths
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8jpC0bXQ8jo
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8jpC0bXQ8jo
September 12, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Tonight's mood is "Straight Line Was A Lie" - The Beths
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8jpC0bXQ8jo
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8jpC0bXQ8jo
Are there any good listings of small indie blogs anywhere? Like, blogs that publish at least somewhat regularly. Ideally as like an .opml file or something, all organized that I can import into my feed reader.
I really wanna follow more people that talk about queer topics and other […]
I really wanna follow more people that talk about queer topics and other […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 12, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Are there any good listings of small indie blogs anywhere? Like, blogs that publish at least somewhat regularly. Ideally as like an .opml file or something, all organized that I can import into my feed reader.
I really wanna follow more people that talk about queer topics and other […]
I really wanna follow more people that talk about queer topics and other […]
Are there general purpose programming IDEs other than VS Code that don't absolutely suck?
PyCharm is okay but kinda bothers me (also I don't like needing to install multiple IDEs for different languages), and it won't use my terminal environment properly for some reason.
A lot of the other […]
PyCharm is okay but kinda bothers me (also I don't like needing to install multiple IDEs for different languages), and it won't use my terminal environment properly for some reason.
A lot of the other […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 11, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Are there general purpose programming IDEs other than VS Code that don't absolutely suck?
PyCharm is okay but kinda bothers me (also I don't like needing to install multiple IDEs for different languages), and it won't use my terminal environment properly for some reason.
A lot of the other […]
PyCharm is okay but kinda bothers me (also I don't like needing to install multiple IDEs for different languages), and it won't use my terminal environment properly for some reason.
A lot of the other […]
my issue with light theme is that every single app theme for light theme just uses the same boring white as their background color. On dark themes, there's a variety. Accent colors that fit with an application's branding or color theming. On light theme, the background is always 0xffffff white […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 11, 2026 at 12:20 AM
my issue with light theme is that every single app theme for light theme just uses the same boring white as their background color. On dark themes, there's a variety. Accent colors that fit with an application's branding or color theming. On light theme, the background is always 0xffffff white […]
Somehow I always end up surprised at the beginning of a semester when I realize how busy I am with college.
You'd think I would learn to anticipate it.
You'd think I would learn to anticipate it.
September 10, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Somehow I always end up surprised at the beginning of a semester when I realize how busy I am with college.
You'd think I would learn to anticipate it.
You'd think I would learn to anticipate it.
Wow I have a whole byte of followers now! Crazy to think about...
September 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Wow I have a whole byte of followers now! Crazy to think about...
Random question for Fedi:
What are some good #wiki projects you know of, other than Wikipedia? Especially those related to #tech, but anything really.
I know of the Arch Wiki, but I've yet to come across anything else that parallels those two in terms of usefulness. Any good stuff I should be […]
What are some good #wiki projects you know of, other than Wikipedia? Especially those related to #tech, but anything really.
I know of the Arch Wiki, but I've yet to come across anything else that parallels those two in terms of usefulness. Any good stuff I should be […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Big day for my toots on the ol' Fedi network (i got 12 likes)
September 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Big day for my toots on the ol' Fedi network (i got 12 likes)
YOU CAN ACCESS YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE FROM THE FILES APP ON ELEMENTARY OS???
I'm actually so impressed right now, that's amazing. I didn't need to set shit up, it just grabbed my account that I already signed into and now it just works wtf this is amazing. Maybe I need to get this set up with my […]
I'm actually so impressed right now, that's amazing. I didn't need to set shit up, it just grabbed my account that I already signed into and now it just works wtf this is amazing. Maybe I need to get this set up with my […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 8, 2026 at 12:47 AM
YOU CAN ACCESS YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE FROM THE FILES APP ON ELEMENTARY OS???
I'm actually so impressed right now, that's amazing. I didn't need to set shit up, it just grabbed my account that I already signed into and now it just works wtf this is amazing. Maybe I need to get this set up with my […]
I'm actually so impressed right now, that's amazing. I didn't need to set shit up, it just grabbed my account that I already signed into and now it just works wtf this is amazing. Maybe I need to get this set up with my […]
Reposted by River 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
swear to fuck, if you showed a late-90s/early-2000s open source dev what people are doing today (uploading all their code to microsoft, using microsoft's protocols, and paying money to, in part, microsoft to deskill themselves with slop) their heads would explode
September 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
swear to fuck, if you showed a late-90s/early-2000s open source dev what people are doing today (uploading all their code to microsoft, using microsoft's protocols, and paying money to, in part, microsoft to deskill themselves with slop) their heads would explode
Reposted by River 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
It dawns on me that every LLM’s training input probably includes “Reflections on Trusting Trust” along with a lot of other material pointing to it admiringly and saying how important it is. Then I read about the “rogue agent” behaviors in the recent OpenAI […]
[Original post on cosocial.ca]
[Original post on cosocial.ca]
September 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
It dawns on me that every LLM’s training input probably includes “Reflections on Trusting Trust” along with a lot of other material pointing to it admiringly and saying how important it is. Then I read about the “rogue agent” behaviors in the recent OpenAI […]
[Original post on cosocial.ca]
[Original post on cosocial.ca]
Beautiful woman named 6am alarm is calling me right now 🙈👯♀️
But alas, I am far too dreary to respond... Perhaps another few winks in bed....
But alas, I am far too dreary to respond... Perhaps another few winks in bed....
September 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Beautiful woman named 6am alarm is calling me right now 🙈👯♀️
But alas, I am far too dreary to respond... Perhaps another few winks in bed....
But alas, I am far too dreary to respond... Perhaps another few winks in bed....
Man I really do enjoy ElementaryOS so far, I think I should just write a review of it, and then use that to shove in my little thesis about where the future of UX and Design in the Linux ecosystem should be headed.
September 6, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Man I really do enjoy ElementaryOS so far, I think I should just write a review of it, and then use that to shove in my little thesis about where the future of UX and Design in the Linux ecosystem should be headed.
trying to write a blog post about something which connects to both technical computer stuff, but also regular human stuff¹ without sounding incredibly fucking annoying or pretentious or condescending about it.
Difficulty one thousand bajillion a million zillion.
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¹ Guaranteed to be […]
Difficulty one thousand bajillion a million zillion.
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¹ Guaranteed to be […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 6, 2026 at 8:15 AM
trying to write a blog post about something which connects to both technical computer stuff, but also regular human stuff¹ without sounding incredibly fucking annoying or pretentious or condescending about it.
Difficulty one thousand bajillion a million zillion.
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¹ Guaranteed to be […]
Difficulty one thousand bajillion a million zillion.
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¹ Guaranteed to be […]
sometimes I have to remind myself that you guys aren't all just the cartoon profile pictures that you have. Like, you're physical meat-space humans.
Terrifying to think about...
Terrifying to think about...
September 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
sometimes I have to remind myself that you guys aren't all just the cartoon profile pictures that you have. Like, you're physical meat-space humans.
Terrifying to think about...
Terrifying to think about...
Reposted by River 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
September 5, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Reposted by River 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Curiousity
[Video] Original post on icy.wyvern.rip
icy.wyvern.rip
September 4, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Curiousity
Reposted by River 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
the secret to losing followers is being yourself
September 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
the secret to losing followers is being yourself
There is something truly sickening about the way that "AI" is destroying the tech industry, at all levels, but especially the academic.
It sucks out all of the oxygen out of the room from any real technological advancements, and wastes people's time and effort. There are genuinely interesting […]
It sucks out all of the oxygen out of the room from any real technological advancements, and wastes people's time and effort. There are genuinely interesting […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
There is something truly sickening about the way that "AI" is destroying the tech industry, at all levels, but especially the academic.
It sucks out all of the oxygen out of the room from any real technological advancements, and wastes people's time and effort. There are genuinely interesting […]
It sucks out all of the oxygen out of the room from any real technological advancements, and wastes people's time and effort. There are genuinely interesting […]
I finally made the switch away from my clanky little Arch Linux installation over to ElementaryOS. I'll be honest, it isn't exactly the most intuitive switch for *my brain*, but I think that the approach is correct. Elementary acts like a *normal desktop*. It's got a suite of built in software […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I finally made the switch away from my clanky little Arch Linux installation over to ElementaryOS. I'll be honest, it isn't exactly the most intuitive switch for *my brain*, but I think that the approach is correct. Elementary acts like a *normal desktop*. It's got a suite of built in software […]
Is anybody else having issues connecting to Mastodon from the Tusky mobile app in the last day or so? It totally stopped working randomly.
#tusky
#tusky
September 1, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Is anybody else having issues connecting to Mastodon from the Tusky mobile app in the last day or so? It totally stopped working randomly.
#tusky
#tusky
I'm considering switching from #archlinux to a #debian based distro.
The fact of the matter is that I simply do not understand what's going on with all the flatpaks and snaps and apts and all those things. On Arch, there's only one package manager, pacman (even the aur uses pacman to install […]
The fact of the matter is that I simply do not understand what's going on with all the flatpaks and snaps and apts and all those things. On Arch, there's only one package manager, pacman (even the aur uses pacman to install […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
August 31, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I'm considering switching from #archlinux to a #debian based distro.
The fact of the matter is that I simply do not understand what's going on with all the flatpaks and snaps and apts and all those things. On Arch, there's only one package manager, pacman (even the aur uses pacman to install […]
The fact of the matter is that I simply do not understand what's going on with all the flatpaks and snaps and apts and all those things. On Arch, there's only one package manager, pacman (even the aur uses pacman to install […]
Been thinking more and more lately about Reinforcement Learning. Maybe it's time to write a new blog post?
#reinforcementlearning #ml
#reinforcementlearning #ml
August 31, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Been thinking more and more lately about Reinforcement Learning. Maybe it's time to write a new blog post?
#reinforcementlearning #ml
#reinforcementlearning #ml