So then @paulrickards and I were playing around trying to get our networks talking to each other.
After a couple of false starts, it turns out oldsk00l IP stuff *really* doesn't like any kind of NAT malarky, and I'm currently trapped behind carrier-level NAT that I can't do anything about.
So Paul did some digging and managed to whip up some sort of magic Python UDP tunnel and we've somehow managed to print to each other's ImageWriters across the Atlantic :D
I need to give a big thank you to the #Mastodon community.
A few weeks ago two of my relatives began identifying as #trans and if I hadn’t been here absorbing and learning for the past year I probably would not be as accepting and supportive of their choices as I am now.
I may have gotten there eventually but that’s not something I have to worry about.
So thank you to everyone here who opened my eyes and my mind. 🙏
If #alien life ever visits Earth the chances of being able to communicate with them is zero.
Why? Cats. Dogs. Cows. Horses. Goats.
Supposedly #intelligent humans have spent millennia engaging with domesticated animals who are genetically similar, have evolved in the same ecosystem and yet we have no real clue as to what they think, want or care about.
So if an #alien lands on Earth, what hubris makes us think we'll be able to converse with them or them believing they can converse with us?
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