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Software developer, nerd. Might toot about:

#DoctorWho #InternetCulture #GoodGovernance #Lego #TTRPG #Urbanism #PokemonGo #ClimateChange #Ubuntu #Economics... probably other stuff.

Will always favourite cat photos.

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Joined April 25, 2022

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#Waterloo, ON 🇨🇦

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http://darcycasselman.com

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@flyingsquirrel@pixelfed.social

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https://flyingsquirrel.ca

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Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Jun 28, 2026

Replying to @inthehands@hachyderm.io

@inthehands@hachyderm.io I'm old enough to remember "10 years of Java experience" listings in 1999.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Jun 07, 2026

Replying to @tod@hci.social

@tod@hci.social I, for one, love these, Tod. Keep 'em coming.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · May 26, 2026

Replying to @json@micro.sadlerjw.com

@json@micro.sadlerjw.com Before the 90s, everybody knew that layoffs were the start of a corporate death spiral. But as automation was coming in and larger corporations had grown kind of bloated and bureaucratic and the economy was kind of tanking, corporations reluctantly laying off people found that the layoffs actually led to increased productivity. It hasn't really been true for most of the last 20ish years, but our corporate masters loved that lesson so much that they've clung to it ever since.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · May 25, 2026

Replying to @tod@hci.social

@tod@hci.social #Belleville, Ontario represent!!!

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · May 14, 2026

Replying to @caitp@mstdn.social

@caitp@mstdn.social Trudeau made a fairly minor (unless you're a billionaire) increase to capital gains tax and I think it's a bit reason why "the public" turned against him. Carney immediately reversed it after getting elected.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · May 09, 2026

Replying to @spraoi@tooting.ch

@spraoi@tooting.ch @evan@cosocial.ca But also, it's a really high bar to clear. Not just "I feel sad that they don't understand my good intentions."

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · May 09, 2026

Replying to @evan@cosocial.ca

@evan@cosocial.ca I can envision a scenario where you have information that is of serious, material import to their person or property--their house is on fire, say, and you've already called 911--where it might be important enough to circumvent their clear desire to have nothing to do with you that maybe you should impart that information having profusely apologized and promising that this is an exceptional one-off and you'll never do it again.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @AstroHyde@mastodon.social

@AstroHyde@mastodon.social I wanna say Doctor Who, but it's a serious commitment to watch all the way though. It's also not a great exemplar of "sci-fi," as it too rarely goes there. And if we're bundling, I'm not a fan of either Firefly or V. Babylon 5 is great, but Lexx is 100% an acquired taste and I've never managed to sit through Farscape for very long. So Star Trek it is!

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 25, 2026

Replying to @grimalkina@mastodon.social

@grimalkina@mastodon.social Good tip. The last poem I memorized in full was Al Purdy's At the Quinte Hotel, which I don't think would have the inspirational theming required. I'll see if I can find something more appropriate.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 25, 2026

Replying to @grimalkina@mastodon.social

@grimalkina@mastodon.social I should bring up the poetry thing at my next retro.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 24, 2026

Replying to @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

@NanoRaptor I'm in, but also, twelve different writers. No "showrunner" with their hand in everything. No continuity. Just, the Doctor shows up in a place with a friend or three, discovers a mystery/problem/injustice and puts things right by being extremely clever. Each one, totally different.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

Replying to @dafunk@aus.social

@dafunk@aus.social It's true. I'm just setting up my first MQTT device (a wired garage door opener relay) so I'm getting that set up now. It's an adventure!

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

Replying to @veronica@explains.social

@veronica Debian's great and all. No shade. But not my favourite. Up there, but not the top.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

Contemplating a Smart Home Strategy... https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2026/2026-04-19-smart-home-strategy/ #homeautomation #homeassistant

the flying squirrel

Smart Home Strategy

Thinking about the long dive down the rabbit hole that is home automation in 2026.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 03, 2026

Replying to @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social

@alice_i_cecile@mastodon.gamedev.place @counterVariable@mstdn.social If you do think they might be useful, you can scatter them around little libraries, or, in a pinch, Thrift on Kent will take anything, tho I'm betting they'll end up being pulped.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 03, 2026

Replying to @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social

@alice_i_cecile@mastodon.gamedev.place @counterVariable@mstdn.social The problem is textbooks, unless they're stone cold classics, have negative value. Used bookstores won't take them. UW Used Booksstore used to have a free shelf you could drop them off, but UW Used Bookstore itself is now dead and gone. https://wusa.ca/more-details-behind-the-closure-of-wusa-used-books/

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Apr 03, 2026

Replying to @alice_i_cecile@mastodon.gamedev.place

@alice_i_cecile@mastodon.gamedev.place @counterVariable@mstdn.social Not makerspaces. I haven't been with Kwartzlab for over a decade, but when I was, getting people to not bring us their junk was a constant issue. Drop by on a Tuesday and ask, maybe, but expect a no. (Then get a tour and appreciate how cool it is).

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2026

Replying to @geeknik@infosec.exchange

@geeknik@infosec.exchange Having done the free labour of approving pokestops for them, I feel like they're overselling the quality of this data.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Mar 14, 2026

Newly minted transit Youtuber from Hamilton comes to KW to ride the ION and enthuse about the city. It's quite charming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsUnaTH65qU

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FIRST TIME IN KITCHENER-WATERLOO! (ION LRT)

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Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Jan 23, 2026

Replying to @spencer@mstdn.ca

@spencer I had a couple co-op terms in Ottawa in 1995 and took the opportunity to dial into NCF with my Amiga. Good times. Glad they're still around.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · Dec 20, 2025

Replying to @bazkie__dup_19993@beige.party

@bazkie@beige.party The 90s: Pax Americana, the End of History, the world had maybe figured out economics, the Internet. Things were looking pretty good. Given that I was in highschool and university, tho, I was personally absolutely miserable pretty much the whole time. On a global level, pretty good. On a personal level, terrible. The 2000s: The endless wars on abstract nouns, the beginning of a decline into fascism, economic crisis after economic crisis... but I was finally getting my shit together.

Darcy Casselman @flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social · May 02, 2025

Retrontario points out Noreen Young, the puppet maker and puppeteer on READLALONG died a few recently. She also made the puppets for Today's Special and Téléfrançais.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreen_Young

#ontario #tvo #retrontario

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