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Dan Lien

@danclien

Shaving digital yaks for fun. Functional programming, distributed systems, infrastructure (he/him)

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USB cable tester showing what data transmission and power delivery modes a cables has.

USB cable tester showing what data transmission and power delivery modes a cables has.

USB cable tester showing the eMarker data for a cable

USB cable tester showing the eMarker data for a cable

For anyone with way too many USB cables, a cable tester makes organizing cables so much easier. I got rid of all my power-only/no-data cables.

(Not recommending this brand, but it seems to be working well so far.)

12.01.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mayhem just got little more mesmerizing 🀩
Mayhem just got little more mesmerizing 🀩 YouTube video by PlayOverwatch

@davatron5000.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/Qrv2F...

11.11.2025 02:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.

Some of y'all know @peruvianidol.com from #designsystems stuff. Mike's doing a 24-hour stream raising money a children's hospital. He's ~$1500 away from his goal. It'd be cool if you could help out and pitch in a few bucks.

www.extra-life.org/participants...

08.11.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!

05.11.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 5482 πŸ” 808 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 339

I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.

01.11.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 7659 πŸ” 759 πŸ’¬ 204 πŸ“Œ 69
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02.10.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 356 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Please understand that although I probably would like THING you have recommended for me, I can only start a new THING when the committee of brain goblins approve it. I am not on the committee, I do not get a vote

16.10.2025 02:07 πŸ‘ 340 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

12.10.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 2747 πŸ” 1036 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 18

My kids suggested I could be the doctor for Halloween 😡

12.10.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

11.10.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 17830 πŸ” 2482 πŸ’¬ 267 πŸ“Œ 93
a very pretty pink sunset

a very pretty pink sunset

sky says trans rights

09.10.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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When parakeets cosplay

09.10.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 1080 πŸ” 422 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 32

Still hoping my OS will drop the threads using 100% CPU on random useless things πŸ™ƒ

08.10.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The threads are just sleeping. Sometimes indefinitely until one random day it wakes up ands uses 100% CPU. πŸ˜‚

08.10.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

07.10.2025 20:15 πŸ‘ 11063 πŸ” 2868 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 123

Organising gets the goods.

Now here's hoping they reinstate the employees they fired for protesting their original wrong-headed decision.

25.09.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity.

That wasn't a goddam suggestion!

25.09.2025 12:46 πŸ‘ 5236 πŸ” 1154 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 34

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

24.09.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 57369 πŸ” 19380 πŸ’¬ 1826 πŸ“Œ 1011
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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

25.09.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 6590 πŸ” 2465 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 433
Screenshot of a YouTube thumbnail titled "ADHD Leads to Doom Piles"

Screenshot of a YouTube thumbnail titled "ADHD Leads to Doom Piles"

I feel attacked

24.09.2025 23:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant with me and now I post on a niche microblogging site everyday :/

23.09.2025 03:27 πŸ‘ 601 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 4

Brain still feels broken post-COVID πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

23.09.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two pills, red pill that says "AI is the future" and the blue pill says "AI is going to kill us all". The words Tech Bros in the middle panel, and then Morpheus saying "Did you just take both pills??"

Two pills, red pill that says "AI is the future" and the blue pill says "AI is going to kill us all". The words Tech Bros in the middle panel, and then Morpheus saying "Did you just take both pills??"

22.09.2025 20:30 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people

21.09.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 3474 πŸ” 929 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 26

If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.

16.09.2025 19:22 πŸ‘ 8589 πŸ” 2112 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 57

Weird, iPadOS 26 has killed 3D game performance on my M1 iPad Air (What the Car?).

May be worth holding off upgrading for a bit.

16.09.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

15.09.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Day 8: Almost testing negative πŸ™ƒ Having weird headache/brain zap/nausea symptoms. Just being on my phone is overstimulating while also being bored out of my mind so πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

09.09.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought I didn't like Metroidvania games. I might be a bit traumatized by endlessly getting lost in Metroid on the NES as a kid.

Giving Hollow Knight a shot, and it's been surprisingly fun.

06.09.2025 01:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
iPad Mini with a controller attached to it

iPad Mini with a controller attached to it

Day 5 of COVID: Bought a controller for my iPad Mini so I have something to do in bed. πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

06.09.2025 01:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0