ManMachine

@max@manmachine.me

Professional computer toucher.
Amateur photographer and musician.
Autistic.
web: https://manmachine.me/
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[?]Grickle » 🌐
@grickle@mstdn.social

Who knew?

A bewildered minotaur stands outside a maze by an open door in the outer wall, axe on the ground, realizing there's an unexpectedly easy exit. Caption reads "He was stunned to have discovered an easy to access exit door."

Alt...A bewildered minotaur stands outside a maze by an open door in the outer wall, axe on the ground, realizing there's an unexpectedly easy exit. Caption reads "He was stunned to have discovered an easy to access exit door."

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    [?]dbat :godot: » 🌐
    @dbat@mastodon.gamedev.place

    @grickle it was door number four

      [?]Laurent Cimon » 🌐
      @clf@mastodon.bsd.cafe

      @grickle Of course they wouldn't make a fire hazard maze

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        [?]it's pronounced 'yagoda' [she/her] » 🌐
        @j-g00da@donotsta.re

        she looks at you the way she looks at a computer monitor #kamiokande #zalma #entropysrotoscope #art #fediart #drawing #red

        PSA: smoking is almost as bad for you as chatbots

        zalma looking at you, smoking a cig, yellowed plastic keyboard in front of her.

        Alt...zalma looking at you, smoking a cig, yellowed plastic keyboard in front of her.

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          [?]Ozzelot :ai_free: [they/he/any] » 🔓
          @ozzelot@mstdn.social

          @j-g00da at least smoking has the ability to look sexy

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            [?]it's pronounced 'yagoda' [she/her] » 🔓
            @j-g00da@donotsta.re

            @ozzelot yeah, at least while smoking you are killing yourself for a reason!

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              [?]Ozzelot :ai_free: [they/he/any] » 🔓
              @ozzelot@mstdn.social

              @j-g00da and somewhere, for someone, that reason is to be skillfully photographed with a flexaretík!

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                [?]Ozzelot :ai_free: [they/he/any] » 🔓
                @ozzelot@mstdn.social

                @j-g00da i haven't in my life seen someone operate chatjippity and thought "this deserves to be immortalized on a 6x6 square of ilford hp5"

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                  [?]Ozzelot :ai_free: [they/he/any] » 🔓
                  @ozzelot@mstdn.social

                  @j-g00da nor have i taken aesthetik photographs of smoking girls, cause i currently don't talk to any and approaching them randomly is not something i am built for

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                    [?]it's pronounced 'yagoda' [she/her] » 🔓
                    @j-g00da@donotsta.re

                    @ozzelot of course i can start smoking for you!

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                      [?]Tomáš » 🔓
                      @prahou@merveilles.town

                      @ozzelot dont fuck this up, bro

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        on this halloween let's look at some cursed connectors. may i present: the DB-20

                        looks like a d sub connector but the pins are on a grid and there are 20 of them

                        Alt...looks like a d sub connector but the pins are on a grid and there are 20 of them

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        or perhaps the DB-5 is more to your taste

                        looks like a DE-9 but there are only 5 pin sockets, spaced widely apart, and two of them are bigger.

                        Alt...looks like a DE-9 but there are only 5 pin sockets, spaced widely apart, and two of them are bigger.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        this one is like if someone recreated a DE-9 connector from a verbal description, having never seen the original.

                        back of some sort of docking station. there's a "DE-9" connector but the spacing is all wrong

                        Alt...back of some sort of docking station. there's a "DE-9" connector but the spacing is all wrong

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        some people call this a centronics-style connector, but it is a Micro Ribbon connector with some extra coaxials...

                        hybrid connector that looks like an old scsi or printer connector but it has three coax connectors inside it as well

                        Alt...hybrid connector that looks like an old scsi or printer connector but it has three coax connectors inside it as well

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        the fabled DE-0

                        a DE-style connector but there are no pins or sockets. just a blank plastic area.

                        Alt...a DE-style connector but there are no pins or sockets. just a blank plastic area.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        it's not cute! connectors only do this when they're in distress

                        vaguely like a PS/2 mini DIN connector but the pins are all jumbled up

                        Alt...vaguely like a PS/2 mini DIN connector but the pins are all jumbled up

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        this is what happens when someone asks "instead of two connectors, let's use just one connector"

                        two micro-ribbon connectors that are somehow conjoined

                        Alt...two micro-ribbon connectors that are somehow conjoined

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        two engineers fought over what kind of connector to use on a product. "a DE-9" shouted one. "no, screw terminals!" screamed the other. "why not both" said the small girl, calmly.

                        a de-9 shell with three pluggable screw terminals in green plastic

                        Alt...a de-9 shell with three pluggable screw terminals in green plastic

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        and this thing? i have no idea. i've never seen anything like it.

                        5-pin connector but each pin is shrouded in plastic, exposing the metal in alternating up and down directions. i have no idea.

                        Alt...5-pin connector but each pin is shrouded in plastic, exposing the metal in alternating up and down directions. i have no idea.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        this may look like an ordinary 27-pin circular connector, but i assure you that is a standard banana next to it, not some sort of fake plastic stunt banana.

                        a very large circular connector. the pins are about the size of banana plugs. there is also a banana for scale.

                        Alt...a very large circular connector. the pins are about the size of banana plugs. there is also a banana for scale.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        be careful to fully specify your connector. don't just say "i want a 15 pin d sub connector" because you might get one of these.

                        it is a 15-pin dsub connector but the pins are all in a single row.

                        Alt...it is a 15-pin dsub connector but the pins are all in a single row.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        someone needed to get 9 different fluids from one place to another, and wanted a way to connect 9 fluid lines quickly and easily. well...

                        9 clear plastic hoses going into a DE-9 shell

                        Alt...9 clear plastic hoses going into a DE-9 shell

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        need a higher current rating on your connector? need it really fast? try using the "scale" command in your CAD program

                        a very large automotive connector that looks like a small automotive connector that has been directly scaled up with no other changes.

                        Alt...a very large automotive connector that looks like a small automotive connector that has been directly scaled up with no other changes.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        this circular connector has 7 pins. 6 of them for electrical current and the remaining one for blood

                        a round connector with solder cup connections visible and a big pipe in the middle.

                        Alt...a round connector with solder cup connections visible and a big pipe in the middle.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        it's a baby ISA connector!

                        edge connector but with two rows of three pins each.

                        Alt...edge connector but with two rows of three pins each.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        this is a "Magic Bus" expansion connector, presumably some sort of dark magic.

                        back of a unit with a thing that looks vaguely like mini-USB but it has 14 pins

                        Alt...back of a unit with a thing that looks vaguely like mini-USB but it has 14 pins

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        here is a DE-7 connector. you can tell it's not a photoshop because it's a video clip.

                        Alt...a hand slowly rotating the connector. it has 7 socket pins.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        all these connectors exist physically and can hurt you. particularly if you step on them.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        how about this mini USB connector? i think the UART converter is built in, so it's actually kind of clever. evil of course, but also clever.

                        a plastic right angle "DE-9" but it has a mini USB jack instead of the usual 9 pin arrangement

                        Alt...a plastic right angle "DE-9" but it has a mini USB jack instead of the usual 9 pin arrangement

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        apparently there is a mini RCA connector

                        IBM ThinkPad 750 TV TUNER card with two RCA jacks, but they are tiny. a red RCA plug sits nearby for scale.

                        Alt...IBM ThinkPad 750 TV TUNER card with two RCA jacks, but they are tiny. a red RCA plug sits nearby for scale.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        when two DE-15 connectors love each other very much and get together, soon they'll have a few extra pins

                        two squared-up HDB-15 in the usual arrangement but they've been merged into the same plastic shell. also below them within the housing are four pins

                        Alt...two squared-up HDB-15 in the usual arrangement but they've been merged into the same plastic shell. also below them within the housing are four pins

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        how about a DE-3?

                        d-shell connector, size E, but with 3 sockets instead of the usual 9. there is a plastic housing around it with the HP logo. it's mounted on a circuit board.

                        Alt...d-shell connector, size E, but with 3 sockets instead of the usual 9. there is a plastic housing around it with the HP logo. it's mounted on a circuit board.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        big ol' waffle connector. this one is used to connect IBM tape units to mainframe computers.

                        hand-sized square connector with 200 pins, not all of them populated.

                        Alt...hand-sized square connector with 200 pins, not all of them populated.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        a 12-pin D-uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

                        four row d-style connector with 12 populated pins and room for 26.

                        Alt...four row d-style connector with 12 populated pins and room for 26.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        not technically a connector but sometimes you need a 0.1" header jumper to skip a pin. so they have this thing for that.

                        3-pin header with a jumper on it. the jumper jumps over the middle pin.

                        Alt...3-pin header with a jumper on it. the jumper jumps over the middle pin.

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                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                        oh i almost forgot this one. i couldn't find a DB-25 connector in my stuff when i was soldering up this board. i found a DB-23 instead 😬

                        a d-sub connector that is slightly narrower than a DB-25 on top of a circuit board where you can see that the footprint has two extra pins.

                        Alt...a d-sub connector that is slightly narrower than a DB-25 on top of a circuit board where you can see that the footprint has two extra pins.

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                        [?]Le Chep » 🔓
                        @c_chep@piaille.fr

                        @tubetime dunno how these are called. Took a picture of these dangling off the just-below-nose section of a V2/A-4 rocket in a museum

                        Three brown connectors with about 20 pins each (arranged in three rows), each dangling off about 30cm of cable off an oval hole in a sheet of metal.

                        Alt...Three brown connectors with about 20 pins each (arranged in three rows), each dangling off about 30cm of cable off an oval hole in a sheet of metal.

                          [?]Briala [She/Her] » 🌐
                          @static@aus.social

                          @tubetime I remember when D23s were almost a thing. Can't remember what devices used them, though...

                            [?]robelix » 🌐
                            @robelix@chaos.social

                            @tubetime

                            The other way around:
                            Only DB25 available, but I needed a 23 for an Amiga...

                            A DB-25 connector in a vice, sawing off 2 pins

                            Alt...A DB-25 connector in a vice, sawing off 2 pins

                              [?]Xeno the CaveSpider 🕷🏳️‍🌈 [🇩🇪: er/sein || 🇬🇧: he/him | it/its] » 🌐
                              @fxk8y@furry.engineer

                              @tubetime wait until you discover micro dsub and their high density variants

                                [?]👻 A spooky number 4 👻 » 🌐
                                @rotopenguin@mastodon.social

                                @tubetime that's not a jumper. That's some weird fuse from 1950's Russian cars.

                                  [?]FurryBeta » 🌐
                                  @FurryBeta@shark.community

                                  @tubetime That’s unique. Never seen that before

                                    [?]ftg » 🌐
                                    @ftg@mastodon.radio

                                    @tubetime
                                    So THATS where Philips FM1000 got that annoying microphone connector from.

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                                      [?]Jonathan Hendry » 🌐
                                      @jonhendry@iosdev.space

                                      @tubetime

                                      Big Blue waffle connector?

                                        [?]Briala [She/Her] » 🌐
                                        @static@aus.social

                                        @tubetime Reminds me of bus-and-tag.

                                          [?]wakest ⁂ [they/them] » 🌐
                                          @liaizon@social.wake.st

                                          @tubetime *that* is a connector

                                            [?]Chris [he/him] » 🌐
                                            @chrisvest@mastodon.social

                                            @tubetime cable is thick as an arm, too

                                              [?]DonatellaInCali [She/Her] » 🌐
                                              @Donatella@mas.to

                                              @tubetime

                                              Noooo. I recall trying to straighten the pins on one of these!!!

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                                                [?]HP van Braam [they/them] » 🌐
                                                @hp@mastodon.tmm.cx

                                                @tubetime no. Just no. This is where I draw the line.

                                                This should not have been made. This is clearly a job for a 3.5mm jack with a screw collar.

                                                No. Bad IBM, bad.

                                                  [?]Leeloo » 🌐
                                                  @leeloo@c.im

                                                  @tubetime
                                                  RS232 with software flow control?

                                                  Back in the day, we had a ton of those, with (the few remaining) terminals connected.

                                                    [?]Winchell Chung ⚛🚀 » 🔓
                                                    @nyrath@spacey.space

                                                    @tubetime

                                                    Looks like a joke advertisement from Byte magazine

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                                                      [?]Stumpy The Mutt » 🌐
                                                      @StumpyTheMutt@social.linux.pizza

                                                      @tubetime These heavy buggers are a complete PITA when the stack of cables weighs more than the instrument they're connected to.

                                                      A connector on the end of an IEEE-488 GPIB cable.

                                                      Alt...A connector on the end of an IEEE-488 GPIB cable.

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                                                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                                                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                        @StumpyTheMutt i have floppy drives that use these

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                                                          [?]Meph » 🔓
                                                          @M@nerdculture.de

                                                          @tubetime @StumpyTheMutt I use some fancy pico ampere meter connected by these.

                                                            [?]Ray McCarthy » 🌐
                                                            @raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie

                                                            @tubetime
                                                            Common on tuners & RF-splitters in VCRs

                                                              [?]ftg » 🌐
                                                              @ftg@mastodon.radio

                                                              @tubetime
                                                              Motorola and Storno loved using them for RF signals inside radios as well. Annoying connectors to source.

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                                                                [?]Techokami » 🌐
                                                                @techokami@woof.tech

                                                                @tubetime I believe this one is used for upgrading old designs without retooling the PCB or case

                                                                  [?]Randy Glenn » 🌐
                                                                  @rglenn@mastodon.social

                                                                  @tubetime It is indeed, and FTDI still sell them! DB9-USB-D5-M

                                                                    [?]Martin Rundkvist » 🔓
                                                                    @mrundkvist@archaeo.social

                                                                    @tubetime
                                                                    Hey cool, I recognise this from my Garmin hiking GPS!

                                                                      [?]ftg » 🌐
                                                                      @ftg@mastodon.radio

                                                                      @tubetime
                                                                      It does have the USB Uart and level shifter built in. It's a product by FTDI.
                                                                      I don't think they have bothered to do an USB-C version yet.

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                                                                        [?]smells of bikes » 🌐
                                                                        @smellsofbikes@mastodon.social

                                                                        @tubetime we have some test equipment that has a connector very like this, that's intended for interconnecting the test equipment so it can operate in parallel. K-link, I think?

                                                                          [?]john spurling » 🌐
                                                                          @synec@messydesk.social

                                                                          @tubetime

                                                                          cover art of "magic bus" by the who. it's a double decker bus painted with 60s hippie flower imagery

                                                                          Alt...cover art of "magic bus" by the who. it's a double decker bus painted with 60s hippie flower imagery

                                                                            [?]DeltaLima 🐧 » 🌐
                                                                            @DeltaLima@social.la10cy.net

                                                                            @tubetime must have been a The Who fan who was naming this :p

                                                                              [?]vk3kri » 🌐
                                                                              @vk3kri@mastodon.radio

                                                                              @tubetime
                                                                              I presume they were a Who fan.

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                                                                                [?]Κέχ (👻🏴‍☠️) [he/him will confuse the fewest people, but any works] » 🔓
                                                                                @xek@hachyderm.io

                                                                                @tubetime ISA Express x1 was a flop, even though everyone could move their existing designs over to it with some shift registers and a clock divider. It was a real shame.

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                                                                                  [?]Tube🍂Time » 🔓
                                                                                  @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                  @xek hahaha nice, i was trying to come up with a good bit to go along with it. guess those 74LS199 shift registers just weren't quite fast enough

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                                                                                    [?]Marcus Müller » 🔓
                                                                                    @funkylab@mastodon.social

                                                                                    @tubetime @xek you'll be delighted to hear of the PO74G374A, allowing us to build the parallal PCIe (v1, x1) that the PC platform always deserved.
                                                                                    potatosemi.com/potatosemiweb/7

                                                                                      [?]Diogenes » 🔓
                                                                                      @Diogenes@fuerth.social

                                                                                      @tubetime Isn't this a european TAE connector?

                                                                                        [?]Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar » 🌐
                                                                                        @yngmar@social.tchncs.de

                                                                                        @tubetime Medical devices have some fun connectors, like this one that carries air, fluid and signals:

                                                                                        youtube.com/watch?v=iXJUlyEGVSY

                                                                                          [?]Steveg58 » 🌐
                                                                                          @Steveg58@aus.social

                                                                                          @tubetime
                                                                                          Needs a tag I think.

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                                                                                            [?]🎃 scream(bloody gore)biogenesis 🎃 » 🌐
                                                                                            @screambiogenesis@mastodon.social

                                                                                            @tubetime Ach, used to work with assembly line machinery that used a connector like that, except with more pins. 26? 30? Something like that. The receptacle has two big honkin' over-center latches that hook onto those four pins on the outside to make sure you get a good, reliable connection. At least that was the theory...

                                                                                              [?]simmer » 🌐
                                                                                              @simmer@sfba.social

                                                                                              @tubetime this is a connector from Harting. Definitely not cursed and in wide use in industry and rail

                                                                                                [?]Pocket Man » 🌐
                                                                                                @Pocket_Man@mastodon.social

                                                                                                @tubetime at work we use this connector for heating elements in tool making. It’s common in Germany.

                                                                                                  [?]nasi » 🌐
                                                                                                  @nasi@chaos.social

                                                                                                  @tubetime Wait, what? These exist in smaller version? 😲

                                                                                                    [?]Deus Figendi.jwd » 🌐
                                                                                                    @deusfigendi@troet.cafe

                                                                                                    @tubetime

                                                                                                    Oh I know these very well from industrial applications. To connect machines to their cabinet for example.

                                                                                                    Those are pretty common.

                                                                                                    Besides higher current it's also sometimes just long long cables and you want a bigger cross-sectional area to have less voltage drop.

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                                                                                                      [?]Mx. Chara Aznable of Pnictogen [They/Them] » 🌐
                                                                                                      @mxchara@cyberpunk.lol

                                                                                                      @tubetime we'll have to remember this trick, although it would seem difficult to insure a good seal

                                                                                                        [?]AJ [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                        @goldman60@toot.nclf.net

                                                                                                        @tubetime yo what the fuck

                                                                                                          [?]1000millimeter » 🌐
                                                                                                          @1000millimeter@chaos.social

                                                                                                          @tubetime Well we have D-Sub with 2 rows, High Density D-Sub (DE-15) with 3 rows, now this is low density D-Sub

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                                                                                                            [?]crabbypup » 🌐
                                                                                                            @crabbypup@cosocial.ca

                                                                                                            @tubetime

                                                                                                            Pretty sure this is for diesel locomotive MUing

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                                                                                                              [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                                                                                                              @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                              @crabbypup hey now, we don't kink shame here

                                                                                                                [?]sen » 🌐
                                                                                                                @sen@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                @tubetime Oh hey, our locomotives link together using connectors much like these :)

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                                                                                                                  [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                                                                                                                  @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                  @sen yep that's exactly what it is! a friend of mine found it near some railroad tracks. and he found the banana at the grocery store

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                                                                                                                    [?]a haunted duck » 🌐
                                                                                                                    @mairi@trolley.seattlebus.space

                                                                                                                    @tubetime @sen

                                                                                                                    Very proud that my first thought was mu receptacle

                                                                                                                      [?]jack [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                      @jackeric@beige.party

                                                                                                                      @tubetime [re: huge circular 27-pin] multiple-working connector from 1960s Bri'ish diesel trains perchance?

                                                                                                                        [?]Amy Worrall » 🌐
                                                                                                                        @amyworrall@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                        @tubetime that isn’t actually that different from a genuine socapex connector. (I didn’t have a banana so used a can of Diet Coke for scale.)

                                                                                                                          [?]Raven Luni » 🌐
                                                                                                                          @RavenLuni@furry.engineer

                                                                                                                          @tubetime You could mash the banana with it

                                                                                                                            [?]Eric Likness » 🌐
                                                                                                                            @carpetbomberz@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                            @tubetime

                                                                                                                            This looks like something a sister-in-law of mine described when she worked on a Navy computer system. She said the connector/cable was almost too big for her to lift and connect/disconnect as they were working on the thing. I think it might have had something to do with Vertical Launch Systems.

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                                                                                                                              [?]Mikey! » 🌐
                                                                                                                              @mWare@ottawa.place

                                                                                                                              @tubetime Can I proffer T568B, T568A, and B865T?

                                                                                                                              RJ45 (8P8C) in typical A & B configurations, but then a flipped/rollover.

                                                                                                                              Alt...RJ45 (8P8C) in typical A & B configurations, but then a flipped/rollover.

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                                                                                                                                [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                                                                                                                                @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                @mWare that's very colorful--uhh hang on

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                                                                                                                                  [?]Mikey! » 🌐
                                                                                                                                  @mWare@ottawa.place

                                                                                                                                  @tubetime don’t worry, the other end was far above a pool… and we were converting from ends to patch panels. Took me 15 minutes to figure out how to map that to the 110 block.

                                                                                                                                    [?]Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD) » 🌐
                                                                                                                                    @iris@neuromatch.social

                                                                                                                                    @tubetime I love how it makes it physically possible to plug in upside down and the result is probably that no connection is made. like the USB A curse but silent failure.

                                                                                                                                      [?]RevK :verified_r: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                      @revk@toot.me.uk

                                                                                                                                      @tubetime that looks fun

                                                                                                                                        [?]mirabilos🐈‍⬛ » 🔓
                                                                                                                                        @mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org

                                                                                                                                        @tubetime this one must be nanoraptored

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                                                                                                                                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🔓
                                                                                                                                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                        @mirabilos it can be ordered from Digi-Key

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                                                                                                                                          [?]Chupacabra 78704 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                          @Homoevolutis0@mastodon.social

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                                                                                                                                          @tubetime I made those and gender changers for years.

                                                                                                                                            [?]食 Shoku the Umbreon » 🌐
                                                                                                                                            @TheMNWolf@furry.engineer

                                                                                                                                            @tubetime the new Nvidia power connector

                                                                                                                                              [?]Dr. Moritz Lehmann » 🌐
                                                                                                                                              @ProjectPhysX@mast.hpc.social

                                                                                                                                              @tubetime looks like an abomination straight out of the 1982 horror movie "The Thing" 🖖😱

                                                                                                                                                [?]Trantion » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                @trantion@masto.ai

                                                                                                                                                @tubetime That's the philosophy behind the USB 3.0 connectors, isn't it?

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                                                                                                                                                  [?]Matt Hall [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                  @401matthall@mastodon.xyz

                                                                                                                                                  @tubetime

                                                                                                                                                  Look, I know it's All Hallows' Eve and whatnot but you're genuinely scaring me now.

                                                                                                                                                  😱

                                                                                                                                                    [?]Sharpe! [He/his/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                    @Rgsharpe@sfba.social

                                                                                                                                                    @tubetime When you need to airgap a user but don't want to make it too obvious.

                                                                                                                                                      [?]Moe Lassus » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @moelassus@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                      @tubetime Now this is truly a nightmare.

                                                                                                                                                        [?]The ghost of internet past [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                        @jpm@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                        @tubetime eh no worse than a 13W3 as found on so many SGI and Sun workstations

                                                                                                                                                          [?]Le Chep » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                          @c_chep@piaille.fr

                                                                                                                                                          @tubetime these are @NanoRaptor pictures, right? RIGHT???

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                                                                                                                                                            [?]Scanner » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                            @scanner@apricot.social

                                                                                                                                                            @tubetime wait.. are those holes different sizes?!

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                                                                                                                                                              [?]AMS » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                              @AMS@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                              @tubetime That is not a B sized shell.

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                                                                                                                                                                [?]Tube🍂Time » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                @AMS no, no it is not

                                                                                                                                                                  [?]ShadSterling » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                  @ShadSterling@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                  @tubetime why is it upside down? And the rows use different sized pins?

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                                                                                                                                                                    [?]William D. Jones » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                    @cr1901@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                    @tubetime Is that the one that the Amiga or Apple community had to raise like $10,000 for to get a connector company to make a new mold so they could be produced again?

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                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Marcin Wichary [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                      @mwichary@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                      @tubetime This thread is “what if Nanoraptor but real.” (Unless these are not real and I’m missing a joke.)

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                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                        @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                        @mwichary ohhh these are VERY real, i assure you. 👻

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Marcin Wichary [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @mwichary@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                          @tubetime SURreal, even

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                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Tube🍂Time » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                            @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                            @mwichary only one of the connectors in the thread is fake.

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                                                                                                                                                                              [?]J.P. Stewart » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                              @jpsays@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                              @tubetime @mwichary

                                                                                                                                                                              There’s some serious sonic840 energy here and I love it.

                                                                                                                                                                              (Huge fan of posters v1 and v2)

                                                                                                                                                                              deviantart.com/sonic840/art/Co

                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD) » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                @iris@neuromatch.social

                                                                                                                                                                                @tubetime this entire thread is delightful, thank you

                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Bruce Elrick 🇨🇦 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                  @virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                  @tubetime It could have been offset like all the others but with a random hole filled in.

                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Ehay2k » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                    @Ehay2k@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                    @tubetime

                                                                                                                                                                                    What a fun thread! People don't realize how amazing connectors can be.

                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]MegatronicThronBanks » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                      @megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                      @tubetime Oooh, you are stirring up some dark past.....

                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Chris Espinosa » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @Cdespinosa@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                        @tubetime oh that’s just so wrong in several ways

                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Anthony David » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                          @adavid@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                          @tubetime

                                                                                                                                                                                          I was having a wonderful morning.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Now this ...

                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Toughest Bastard on the Fediverse » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                            @TTFKA_Tay0@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                                            @tubetime
                                                                                                                                                                                            I see your DB20 and raise you a DB37!😂

                                                                                                                                                                                            Front and back sides of a male DB37 connector on a white background.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Front and back sides of a male DB37 connector on a white background.

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                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Phil Stevens :tinoflag: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                              @phil_stevens@mastodon.nz

                                                                                                                                                                                              @tubetime That's a v2 example. v1 didn't have the trapezoidal ends, but had an oval radius instead.

                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Floon » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                @hteasley@mastodon.scot

                                                                                                                                                                                                @tubetime @dusk /SGI has entered the chat./
                                                                                                                                                                                                Behold! The DB13W3!

                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Anthony Rabine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @arabine@piaille.fr

                                                                                                                                                                                                  @tubetime i need to take a shower

                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Kata » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                    @katad@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                    @tubetime

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Back in the 486 days, we had to wrestle with these monsters. Not fun.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    VLB (VESA Local Bus) — straight from hell. 🔥👹

                                                                                                                                                                                                    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]🫶🏼 Loria » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @Loria@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                      @tubetime why is it cursed, it suited my purposes very well …

                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Dany [Danny] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                        @Dany@mastodonsweden.se

                                                                                                                                                                                                        @tubetime Just buy a 30-year old boat and start replacing (perfectly working) 30 year old electronics... you can get the device for nothing. Then you want to buy modern connectors to make it work in a boat. NOW you do not have an economy anymore. The RF-terminal for $10, the replacing 20-pole connector for 405. Not much fun.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Thorium » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                          @Thorium@social.linux.pizza

                                                                                                                                                                                                          @tubetime You should mention the db8 on APC UPSs. Plug in a standard console cable, bam, the UPS shuts down 🤬

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                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                            @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                            A piece I did for a certain discord Spooky Music challenge for this year's Halloween. Sequenced entirely in M8 tracker iOS app.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Thomas Fuchs [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                              @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                              What's your opinion, is the first Terminator (1984) a horror movie? 🤖🧟‍♂️

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Horror Movie:24
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]josh susser » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                              @joshsusser@autistics.life

                                                                                                                                                                                                              @thomasfuchs roadmap, apparently

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Ken McLeod » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                @_the_cloud@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                @thomasfuchs Missing option: Romcom

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]prokyonid » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prokyonid@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @_the_cloud @thomasfuchs movie has, in my opinion, the most unnecessary and excessive sex scene in any movie of its genre

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Thomas Fuchs [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prokyonid @_the_cloud that's an 80s action thriller thing to draw more viewers

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]prokyonid » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prokyonid@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @thomasfuchs @_the_cloud I dunno man, I'm a big 80s action movie guy (even the propaganda movies) and the scene with Reese and Sarah is the only one that ever felt weird to watch with other people

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Thomas Fuchs [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prokyonid @_the_cloud maybe it's because Cameron is a freak lol

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Matthew Garrett » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In the Binance version of reality where compromise happened via a developer laptop:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1) Was this laptop running an appropriate EDR? If so, how did it remain compromised and active for so long?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2) If it wasn't, why was it in such a privileged position that it could trigger this outcome?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The point of entry may have been a single developer's laptop, but the fact that a single developer's laptop *could* be the point of entry is a systemic failure, not an individual one

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Matthew Garrett » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The beyondcorp white paper was over a decade ago and yet we're still in a position where privileged access is permitted without verification that the endpoint is in a secure state first!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Matthew Garrett » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          But also: you don't want to be the developer that a press release is about? Never use a personal device to do your job. Make it your employer's responsibility. You might enjoy your work less, but you're going to be *so* much safer.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @RogerBW@oldbytes.space

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @mjg59 Also you are going to be so much safer, because the endpoint software won't be able to compromise or wipe your personal data if those are all on another device.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Matthew Garrett » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @RogerBW To its credit this is something Android largely does very well - the only failure case I'm aware of is when dependency leakage between Google corp accounts and the host profile allowed for unsatisfied dependencies after the work profile was wiped which resulted in bootlooping, but that should never have hit external users. I'd be more worried about being compelled to hand my compromised device over to corp security.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @RogerBW@oldbytes.space

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @mjg59 Or even your uncompromised device when you leave the job. As with email addresses, it's much cleaner to be able to say "all the work stuff is over there and when I leave I can't get at it any more, all the me stuff is over here and you have no contact with it".

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Matthew Garrett » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @RogerBW Again, I do trust Android's work profile stuff in this situation - any company that doesn't trust the remote wipe of the work profile shouldn't be supporting it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Kit Bashir » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @Unixbigot@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @mjg59 after my own¹ shitpost on the subject I started thinking about how I would build safety into an online exchange. Then I realized I was wasting my time; because by definition anyone trustworthy and sensible enough to handle more money than a handful of low-denomination coins never gets involved in magic beans in the first place.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ¹ aus.social/@Unixbigot/11753443

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Andrew Bartlett » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @abartlet@mastodon.nzoss.nz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @mjg59

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I interviewed at Canonical a few years back.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    It was for some kind of 3rd level support role that one could imagine dealing with sensitive customer logs etc.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Got far enough in to hear they would not pay for a work PC, we were expected to supply our own but would get an allowance for an upgrade after a few years.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    My view of their security posture dropped considerably at that point.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Having later seen the full horror that is their hiring process I am glad they declined.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @RogerBW@oldbytes.space

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @mjg59 Separately from the technical angle, I think stories with a single villain are much easier to sell: "this guy messed up" rather than "the organisation should have done a thing but it didn't".

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Matthew Garrett » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @RogerBW "An individual messed up" (vs "An individual was actively malicious") is inherently an attempt to avoid institutional responsibility

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @RogerBW@oldbytes.space

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @mjg59 Yes, that too. And of course even if they do an honest incident evaluation, and come up with a cause other than "the egotistical founder didn't want anyone to have power over him", by the time actual responsibility can be assigned the thing will have been forgotten by the public.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]mattia » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @blmt@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @mjg59 on the EDR topic: did you come across anything decent in the linux opensource landscape? Small environment (~10 endpoints, mostly laptops), high impact if compromised.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Matthew Garrett » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @blmt Urgh. I've never actually been the person making that decision so I've never looked into it. If free software is the goal then I think the best answer right now is probably using free tooling to impose strict policy and hope that's sufficient (and I'm scared that it's not going to be with the way things are going)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Jari Komppa 🇫🇮 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @mjg59 Before facebook I wondered aloud to some friends that if someone solves loneliness online somehow, they'll make infinite amount of money.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Instead, I think social media has made people more lonely.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Utterly Mundane » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @utterlymundane@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @mjg59 the flip side is important too, for *you*, the employee; don’t use your work device for personal things. Especially not banking, etc. And make sure you have everything you need to access payslips, benefits information, etc, without using your work sign on. In the current environment of layoffs, it *sucks* to suddenly find out you can’t get at something like that; and HR are going to be dealing with a lot of other people.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Ian Douglas Scott [is/eius/eī/eum/eō] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ids1024@mathstodon.xyz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @mjg59 If a single developer can run off with billions of dollars "worth" of cryptocurrency, nationstate actors are probably wasting money hiring hackers instead of just bribing someone with that access.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]mhoye but seasonally spooky » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @mhoye@cosocial.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      For the record I think that with about 24 hours of Cybersecurity Awareness Month left, at this point I'm sufficiently aware of cybersecurity.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I don't think any additional cybersecurity awareness is necessary. This is plenty, you know? More than plenty. Enough, I would say. I get it. Awareness confirmed. Ample awareness. We're good.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]sound description » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @sounddescription@uff.rip

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [staccato audio glitches]

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      🎺

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      that rice needs therapy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      purely psycho basmati

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Matthew Vernon » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @demoographics@wikis.world

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I spent some of today experimenting with working with a colleague on improving the Bluetooth connection process.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      That's right, we tried pair programming ;)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Simon Tatham » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @simontatham@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @demoographics why does Mastodon not have a 'groan' button distinct from the 'favourite' button

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        some fedi software has “emoji react” button which can be close enough

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Jess👾 [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          More "boring" service providers who are content with a modest profit margin and slow organic growth, please. I don't even care if the UI looks "dated" and new features take a long time to be built. Traditional boring bare metal, only add new customers when you have capacity to support it, whatever.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A company of 50+ year old tech veterans who have been laid off and left behind from age discrimination just looking to keep the bills paid until retirement.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Run it like a co-op, like a little credit union that isn't looking to expand quickly, just serve their little niche of the community.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          employment goals tbh

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Graham Sutherland / Polynomial » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @gsuberland@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the fact that "I hacked a website" / "I hacked a javascript library" can lead to a TWO BILLION DOLLAR theft is fucking wacko. also what the fuck do you even do with that quantity of cryptocurrency as an attacker. it's not like you can just ask some non-KYC exchange to hand you a billion dollars in any currency, monopoly money or otherwise. you might as well have stolen an aircraft carrier.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Thomas Fuchs [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @gsuberland either use it as ransom to get actual money or sell it on at steep discount

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @gsuberland the trick is to be one of a handful of entities on the planet that would also be quite satisfied with stealing an aircraft carrier

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                when should i release the first version of block game? (enikofox.com/blockgame)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                when you can:

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                gather, craft, and build with enemies and combat:60
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                wait mastodon shows link cards AND polls in the same post now? did it always do that and i just never noticed? what the frick

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Eniko Fox » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                anyway to elaborate on this i'm thinking of holding off on the first public release until it's more of a complete experience of a vertical slice of what the game will eventually be. but i'm not 100% sure that's the way to go

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]四 [he/him/his] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @yon@sakurajima.moe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko Remember, we who follow you and interact would try out anything you release. We might not be a great representation of future buyers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (But we might be the target for a super exclusive secret pre-alpha very early test release.)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Eniko Fox » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @yon I mean, this is mostly going to reach people I can reach via social media so.... Lotta Venn diagram overlap there

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]四 [he/him/his] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @yon@sakurajima.moe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko If you “just” post here I’d say an earlier state is fine. I mean we are curious :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    But more of an early release thing on stores etc would need more “content”.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Eniko Fox » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @yon this would probably be on itch only

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Eskild Hustvedt » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @zerodogg@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko Doesn't show up on phanpy, so maybe it's client-specific?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In either case, this looks awesome, instant purchase when available for sure. I also chuckled a bit at it following «the long standing artisanal software engineering tradition of "not invented here"».

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @zerodogg yay my jokes got a chuckle :D

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Oblomov » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @oblomov@snowfan.it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @eniko oooh can you attach a post AND an image too now?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @oblomov bet you can't

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Oblomov » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @oblomov@snowfan.it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Can you attach a poll and a picture to a post?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Yes:8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                No:2

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Closes in 3:23:18:35

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A picture of this same post as it was being composed, before this picture was added.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Oblomov » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @oblomov@snowfan.it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko so, what were you betting? 8-D

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @oblomov still cant quote and image though

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Oblomov » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @oblomov@snowfan.it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko yeah yeah stop moving the goalposts and pay up ;-)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Joking aside, I've always thought that Mastodon had some brilliant opportunities for managing links and cards better than the commercial silos, e.g. by putting the card after the paragraph for EACH link, and this would have been perfectly compatible with quotes, but I've stopped expecting things.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]itsFriday » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @itsFriday@mstdn.party

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        On 2026-12-01 regardless of status. That's when I have time to test it 😁

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Lou. [they/them] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko I might be tempted to suggest farming (crop and livestock) before fighting but that really depend on the kind of game you want to make

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Leandro (Cerberus1746) » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @cerberus1746@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @eniko Sorry, release as alpha, beta or full version?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            I think you should release when the multiplayer part is implemented to test it as soon as possible. Multiplayer is a major hassle to get it right and the more testing you get out of it, and as early as possible, the absolutely best.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Ilia Iverson » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @TheIliad@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko When you're ready! :3

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]四 [he/him/his] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @yon@sakurajima.moe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko I think having the gimmick in there (even if it’s not all of it) is key. It feels like the ultima “spice” sets it apart from destroy/place block.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I want to try it out and want more, not go “oh ok”.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Oblomov » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @oblomov@snowfan.it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko couldn't care less for mobs so I'm going to vote for the first option

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Shadow53 » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @shadow53@floss.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    FWIW, Minetest (now Luanti) for a long time only had mining and crafting without any mobs, and it seemed to get along just fine.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Eniko Fox » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @shadow53 yeah I guess combat tends to be kinda vestigial in these kinds of games

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I'm hoping to beat that low bar but maybe I don't have to wait until I do to release something playable

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]SlippiHUD [He/Him] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @SmashToday@discuss.smash.today

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko @shadow53

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I voted for basically creative mode. There's tons of fun to be had there.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        But non-vestigial combat sounds amazing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Will it be balanced for leaning?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Eniko Fox » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]SlippiHUD [He/Him] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @SmashToday@discuss.smash.today

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I was making a 16 year old Call of Duty joke.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward removed the ability to lean in the PC version despite it being in all previous versions of the shooter, because it was a console port. And when questioned about it, IWs response was the game wasn't balanced for leaning.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Eniko Fox » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @SmashToday oh lol

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            i have never played a call of duty

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]SlippiHUD [He/Him] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @SmashToday@discuss.smash.today

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I haven't played one in 16 years lol, it just popped into my brain as a silly request.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Raven Luni » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @RavenLuni@furry.engineer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko When you feel its ready (dont focus too much on details)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]mirek kratochvil » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @exa@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko gather, craft, build, tear down borders, win the class war

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]MaxTheFox [she/they] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @maxthefox@spacey.space

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko This looks so cool, I am looking forward to it!!!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Farbs [He/him or they/them] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @Farbs@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko limited testing releases that are just creative mode?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      IIRC that's how Minecraft started. Just walking around plopping dirt blocks in space. It was only compelling for an hour or so, but still a nice chill experience.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]fabiosantoscode » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @fabiosantoscode@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko I would say, release it when you have what makes Block Game unique.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I haven't played Ultima so I don't know what that is, but gathering crafting and building is something we already did way too much over on Minecraft.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        So if you were to release it in that state people would think it's just Minecraft but without all the other things you can do in Minecraft and move on, potentially missing the updates that differentiate it.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Eniko Fox » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @fabiosantoscode the problem with that is i would need to have randomly generated towns with npcs on schedules and that's a huge ass feature that relies on other big features

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]fabiosantoscode » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @fabiosantoscode@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @eniko understandable. Immersive sim ass problems 😱

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Evelyn Estelle [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @dragonfi@social.jsteuernagel.de

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko I was playing devil's advocate, and based on screenshots, I had the thought: "It looks like Minecraft, what is the extra twist that would make me buy it?". Then I read the elevator pitch: "An Ultima/Elder Scrolls meets Minecraft voxel sandbox game with building and crafting."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The elevator pitch sold it well to me, with reservations: it seem to be a bit ambitious (as in: orders of magnitude) for a 1-person team.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @dragonfi technically not a 1 person team though

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Evelyn Estelle [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @dragonfi@social.jsteuernagel.de

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko It is what you write in the FAQ though:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Who's making this?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Right now it is I, Eniko Fox, who is making it alone in my spare time.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (I'm just arguing from the position of wanting this to succeed as well as possible.)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @dragonfi ah i forgot i put that in there actually XD

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @dragonfi but yeah right now its just me but if i started developing it for reals i would pull in the usual team that does our games

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Janek helps indie games [He/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @hardpenguin13@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko what I actually want to play myself: gather craft and build

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        what I advise from the marketing perspective: with enemies and combat OR ANY OTHER aspect which will make the game look more unique and not "yet another Minecraft clone" - at glance!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        something I always tell my clients: you WILL be compared to other games solely on how the game looks like on the surface level, it is unavoidable

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @hardpenguin13 i mean, it'll have the decoration system that lets you place items in the world the elder scrolls style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          minecraft doesn't have that. but maybe that's not enough

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Janek helps indie games [He/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @hardpenguin13@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @eniko I am sure there are more things that make your game different and more unique, it's just the matter of surfacing them to the people who first see the game

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @hardpenguin13 i mean there will be, but they're going to require big systems, not the kind of stuff i can put in an early access prototype

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Janek helps indie games [He/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @hardpenguin13@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko a disclaimer window popup after launch, then

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                And some things that are easy to see but dont take too much time to implement

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @hardpenguin13 clearly i should put in player music/instruments

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Picard Tips » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @PicardTips@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Picard management tip: Time is the rarest commodity. Manage yours wisely.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Julia Evans » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @b0rk@social.jvns.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    git diff cheatsheet

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    would love to know what you think is missing!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Simon Tatham » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @simontatham@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @b0rk "only show the diff for one file" can also be used to only show the diff within one subdirectory. In a large code base that's often useful, e.g. show the changes within `src` to leave out the boring changes in `tests`.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (I'd like it even more if there was an option to _exclude_ a particular subdir, but I went looking for that just this morning and didn't find one.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    One of my own favourite git diff options is --no-index, which lets me use it like plain `diff`, on two files that have nothing to do with a git repository at all. But that's surely a matter of taste – I only do that because I happen to like the other UI features of git diff (colour, auto pipe through less, occasionally --color-words) and don't want to lose them when I'm diffing in a non-git context.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Dustin L. Howett » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @DHowett@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @simontatham @b0rk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Perhaps, `git diff ":(exclude)subdir"`

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Simon Tatham » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @simontatham@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @DHowett ooh, apparently that works, thank you!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        But how on earth did you find that? It's taken me ten minutes _even_ knowing it was there. Even after I knew about it I wasn't able to find it by looking in obvious parts of the git documentation.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I eventually grepped the git source¹, and found references to this kind of thing in release notes under the name "magic pathspec". In the actual git man pages that phrase occurs just once, in 'git-glossary', under the section on 'pathspec' in general – and aha, that _is_ where this kind of thing is documented.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I see that it's not in the man page for 'git diff' because it's more general than that, like the way that the man page for 'git rev-parse' is where you find all the general-purpose stuff about how to specify commits in lots of different ways (like ^ and ~3 etc).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        But I'd never have thought to look up a description of _functionality_ in the glossary: that's surely where you go for "what does this word even mean?", and if I'd seen the word "pathspec", I would have assumed that I already knew what it meant. Plus, 'git diff' doesn't even use the word "pathspec" at all – it just says "path"!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @b0rk, if you're still working on improving git's own documentation, something just jumped to the top of my own list of things that could use a little improvement. :-)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ¹ imagine I said all of this in Arthur Dent's sarcastic tones from the start of Hitchhikers

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Julia Evans » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @b0rk@social.jvns.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @simontatham @DHowett every time I open the git repo on github I see this issue about making a dedicated page for pathspecs (and moving the section from the glossary to that dedicated page) and I think it’s a really good idea github.com/gitgitgadget/git/is

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          it’s a bit tricky for me because I don’t understand the magic pathspec syntax so it’s hard for me to explain it :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          re discoverability: do you know about `git help --user-interfaces` and would you have thought to look there for a guide on this?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Simon Tatham » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @simontatham@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @b0rk @DHowett 'git help --user-interfaces' isn't a command I knew at all, so no, I wouldn't have looked there!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Julia Evans » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @b0rk@social.jvns.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @simontatham @DHowett yeah I would have assumed almost nobody has ever heard of it :). I’ll think about other ways it could be discovered too. Probably the DESCRIPTION section of the `git diff` man page just should mention it near the beginning.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Julia Evans » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @b0rk@social.jvns.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @simontatham @DHowett Also I’m surprised that `git diff ":(exclude)subdir”` works because the man page doesn’t say that that form can accept a pathspec. But it’s not that surprising if the man page is wrong.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Simon Tatham » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @simontatham@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @b0rk @DHowett now that I know about this, I expect I'm going to be using it all the time!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Having read the glossary section, it turns out the prefix ':!' is a shorter version of ':(exclude)'. And you can specify more than one of them, and you can use them in lots of useful commands, in particular all of diff, grep and log:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  git diff rev1 rev2 -- :!boringdir1 :!boringdir2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  git grep regex :!boringdir1 :!boringdir2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  git log :!boringdir1 :!boringdir2

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Julia Evans » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @b0rk@social.jvns.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @simontatham you have successfully nerdsniped me and maybe I will submit something like this github.com/jvns/git/commit/a70

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (though I need to check that everywhere I said “this can accept a pathspec” is uh actually true)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Simon Tatham » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @simontatham@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @b0rk *please* tell me to go away if I'm being too demanding, but I think this would also benefit from a few concrete examples, now that there's a whole man page with room for an EXAMPLES section. The first couple of paragraphs describing the general syntax are pretty confusing – looks rather like BNF or a syntax diagram translated into prose – and some examples would help a user check if they'd followed the instructions correctly.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Maybe also some discussion of what to do if there's a literal colon in a pathname in your repository? (My instant knee-jerk reaction to "this character is special" in more or less any context is "in that case, what if I need to say it literally?".)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      But I realise that here you're just moving the existing text into a more sensible place, and rewriting it is maybe a separate project.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Julia Evans » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @b0rk@social.jvns.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @simontatham yeah i 1000000% agree that examples would make a huge difference so i’m glad you think so too :). will try to save this tweet somewhere so i remember to look at it later

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        i think it’ll be better to do it in two steps for process reasons tho

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Mini [ummmm... loading] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @mini_ninja_64@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          the 2 variants of old ppl using a laptop

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1: touch screen, nothing happens, confused
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Today: the Hot Brown


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          a plate of freshly made potat chicken curry

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The preparation:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            baby potat

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            an amount of garlic

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            spiced and oiled chicken

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...spiced and oiled chicken

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            cherry tomatoes

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              and the Process

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              chicken being fried in the wok

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              potat and garlic added to the chicken in the wok to fry together

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              potat, galic and chicken drowned in coconut milk in the wok

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              potat, garlic, chicken and coconut milk are joined by (unseen) spoon of curry paste and the tomatoes to be cooked together until thick

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...potat, garlic, chicken and coconut milk are joined by (unseen) spoon of curry paste and the tomatoes to be cooked together until thick

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Mealumo » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @mealumoapp@pixelfed.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Chicken and potato in a rich curry sauce is such a comforting plate, and that glossy sauce looks great.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  thanks! it is very comfort food indeed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    p boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    What is the last thing (that you're aware of) you bought because of seeing an ad?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Ozzelot :ai_free: [they/he/any] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ozzelot@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    the goddamn ikea manul

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Tomáš » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou@merveilles.town

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Ozzelot :ai_free: [they/he/any] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ozzelot@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      or maybe the last was the jerboa! i would have to look at my receipt! but they were bought in one purchase.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]@<jn> ( -- ) #6118 DEO JMP2r » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @jn@boopsnoot.de

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou might have been a bunch of @b0rk's excellent illustrated explainers, the Wizard Zines

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]@<jn> ( -- ) #6118 DEO JMP2r » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @jn@boopsnoot.de

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou (but that ad certainly wasn't delivered through any typical advertising network. google had no hand in this)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Tomáš » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @jn ads come in many forms, for example i think a discarded coca cola can in the street qualifies as an ad

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]truh » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @truh@app.wafrn.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou@merveilles.town @jn@boopsnoot.de

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              If they put something on a shelve at a store: AD.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Tomáš » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @truh @jn if i see it: AD

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Druid » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ADHDruid@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prahou usually a video game or computer hardware that I was going to buy anyway, but forgot the release date.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hard to say. If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t have bought it… unless I eventually remembered.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ADHDruid fair enough. i'm sure most of the things we buy, we buy because of ads, but a lot of those purchases feel automatic.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    i'm basically just wondering when you specifically see an ad, are aware that it's an ad, and then proceed to buy it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Kallisti » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @kallisti@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A toothbrush recommended to me by my dentist

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @kallisti how many teeth out of 10 would you rate it?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Kallisti » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @kallisti@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          9/10, though one of them is a bit loose.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @kallisti ewww!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            but i'm happy for you

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Jake » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @Affekt@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou a safety razor. It did turn out to be pretty good.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Loes Zonderpoes [she/her] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @l@ra.0lb.be

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou Pokémon Pokopia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I was already planning on buying a video game

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Tomáš » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @l where did you see the ad?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]M. G. Liebach » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @m@helvede.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prahou Porn from @JenJen I believe.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]オチュー (stop colonialism 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇳🇨 ) [Recalculating route..] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @otyugh@pouet.chapril.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou I guess when I was a child I was exposed to several cereals adds that I ended up eating so I may have dragged the stuff in mom's cart myself in a blurr. *_*

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    20y since then I have no recollection of brain control (they may just have gotten better at it thought aaaaah).

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @otyugh There's a non zero chance that you're just immune to all ads and propaganda now!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]オチュー (stop colonialism 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇳🇨 ) [Recalculating route..] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @otyugh@pouet.chapril.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou Now that you're broadening my sense of "add" I guess feeling like "old thinkpad are cool" is a Fedi brainworm I'm afflicted with now, you artist make me sick. ;..;

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @otyugh oh yeah, computers.. mos def

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Enola Knezevic [any] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @rhelune@todon.eu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou Holy powdered energy drinks, in 2024 or early 2025. Have switched to them completely, no more carrying heavy ones from the shop or resorting to carbonated ones when the only non-carbonated one is not available. Before that Vivaia shoes in 2021, made of old plastic bottles, foldable for travel, machine washable, also bought a few pairs since. I used affiliate links from YT for both.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            And before that, I do not remember 🤷

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @rhelune Pretty cool examples! Thank you. Also this is now an add for Vivaia shoes!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I love how that works.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]LisPi » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @lispi314@udongein.xyz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou One would have to get very generous about the definition of "ad".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Because even then every single instance that came to mind I was effectively looking for that sort of thing or "solutions to XYZ problem".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Is a game trailer an ad? Especially if one's deliberately seeking out trailers of a certain genre?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @lispi314 i'd say a trailer is an ad, yeah!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]myu be you » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @mu@snac.minx.cafe

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @mu What brand? and how many tomatoes out of 10 would you rate it?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]myu be you » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @mu@snac.minx.cafe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou@merveilles.town heins or whatever the name is. 0/10, pure untomato

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @mu that's terrible :( sorry you got scammed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]aeva [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou probably a video game

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?].beejay » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @beejay@social.tchncs.de

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou The Cyberpunk 2077 DLC, which was finally on a discount after i decided that i wanna play it now.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              an adblocker

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @max how much was it?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  apparently it goes for about $5 currently

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @max what makes it different from a free adblocker?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      for your hard earn five bucks all the maintenance is taken care of, basically; plus the app store fees have to be paid somehow

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @max now the important question. will you advertise it here?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @max@manmachine.me

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @max Mister Mobilek loves this sort of stuff!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Andy » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @andycallisto@tech.lgbt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou @max I remember how I was ripped off when the shop assistant in my city's electronics store installed me an adblocker that costed me 2450 hryvnias (73,5€ at the time). I didn't ask for it, only found out that they did this because I looked into the receipt a few years later when I wanted to remember how much my laptop costed. And it was a license for two years, not even a perpetual one. They also installed a crappy antivirus that was cutting the connection to discord when I was trying to share my screen. I don't go to there now. Coincidentally, the store shares its name with a criminal network in Sweden.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]ManMachine » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              dang

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Andy » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @andycallisto@tech.lgbt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @max The thing I said in my head was much, much more obscene. I heard from my friend that shop assistants in this stores network earn money only from additional services. I don't know if that's true, but if it is, well... I am sorry for people who have to work there.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Bimbo » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @BigTittyBimbo@autonomous.zone

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prahou I don't see many ads so this is hard to know. Probably a jungle vinyl?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @BigTittyBimbo chill! how was it?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]uggla » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @owl@bog.fan

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou a passive drum machine/synth that was on sale, and advertised through a newsletter I had signed up for because I wanted to support the tiny company.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Mila [She/they] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @Tryllesokker@helvede.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou Video games from browsing a steam sale page. Oh, and some paints for Warhammer.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ads are a lot more tolerable when you're the one deciding when to go look at them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Swift [they/them (fae/faer if you're feeling spicy)] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @swift@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou some small power tools in neat cases, and a combined desk hoover / air duster / air pump thing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]uoou » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @uoou@fedi.friendo.monster

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A Playstation (the first one).

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @uoou far out!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]uoou » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @uoou@fedi.friendo.monster

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To be fair, it was a really good ad.

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

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @uoou holy shit

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Eh » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ahhhhhhhhhhh@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou @uoou Have you seen any of Chris Cunningham's other work?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]WimⓂ️ [he/they/彼] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @wim_v12e@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou I can't recall anything. I only see ads in the street and they are for things that don't interest me.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Kyle » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @kyle_pegasus@scalie.club

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou That's an interesting question. I can't think of a time I've consciously bought a thing brand new because of an ad, I have contempt for ads for new things.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        But at the same time I'm absolutely riddled with desire to buy things I think of as historically notable pieces of technology, often for their aesthetic and sentimental appeal - commodity fetishism - often this is fueled by advertisements decades old by companies that either no longer exist or are complete opposites now.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @kyle_pegasus That's a good point!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Buying something because of an *ad* from a company that no longer exists is something to think about. Does it stop being an ad because now it cannot fulfill its original goal of enriching the company?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Kyle » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @kyle_pegasus@scalie.club

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou I'd say that it doesn't. Maybe advertising is something you produce and it doesn't expire. maybe it effects me because I let my guard down around it, because I tell myself it's a historical artifact, and so it gets me because it has not become any less of a weapon of manipulation even though it's creator is dead

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Maybe other people aren't vulnerable to ancient advertising because they are manipulated by the current? After all, New thing better than old is basically the message

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Milly » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @aanee@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou Bike tyres, youtube review aka ad. Been good so far.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Arthur » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @arthsmn@organica.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou both my in-ears, Kuba Mali 2 and Kuba Auri. Love the brand!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tomáš boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]occult » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @occult@vox.ominous.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prahou DO NOT TALK TO COMPUTER stickers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]quoll (√) » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @quoll@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou hungry jacks (aka burger king) was giving away some pretty nice glasses with a burger and something meal deal

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]buffet, das [if you're elk: they/them] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @buffet@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou scrolled through my bank to give you a good response

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      got reminded of an unpaid invoice (done now)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      most recent thing i paid for (with my data) after seeing an ad is signing up somewhere after already giving them money to get more stuffs (admittedly they now think i'm called charlie kirk)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Cthulhoe [she/they] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @angelwood@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou Professor Layton and the Curious Village for the nintendo DS, the local charity shop had ads on the side of the building showing what they were selling

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]gsec » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @gsc@mathstodon.xyz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou subscription for ad free search engine

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @gsc kagi?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]gsec » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @gsc@mathstodon.xyz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou yes, exactly. I wish you could pay half and not be involved in ai shit, but nevertheless it's been a real relief :)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Fritz Adalis [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I stopped buying swastikas because I found out I could draw my own from a magazine article!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]khm [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @khm@hj.9fs.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  neverslop stickers

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @khm no ads in the fediverse :smug emoji:

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]khm [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @khm@hj.9fs.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      no I saw the ad on redbubble while I was buying "I'm going to kill a computer" stickers

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @khm how did you hear about the im going to kill a computer stickers though?!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]khm [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @khm@hj.9fs.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          saw an ad for them on redbubble when I was buying "STIKR" stickers

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @khm ok, you win

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]PaxtonPenguin » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @paxton@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou this thing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              a peepy from itemLabel

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @paxton the frick

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Grendel » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @grendel84@tiny.tilde.website

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prahou
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  the PowerPC build 9front iso

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]The Orange 4 [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @theorangetheme@en.osm.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou It could've been a book by Kim Crawley (here on the fediverse!) called "Recovering After Gen AI" (which was less an ad and more someone posting about a thing they did), but it could also be my "God forbid a girl lie a little to her investors" hat that I saw in an email from the Cards Against Humanity's clothing company. 😅

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Eli the Bearded » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @elithebearded@fed.qaz.red

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I wish they made ads for the things I want to buy. Then I would know about them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      But I guess I could say my "dictionary camera" I bought because I saw an ad. A 30 year old reprint, but still

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      110 film dictionary camera with tiny comic book ad "spy" camera.

The dictionary says "book 110 camera" on the spine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...110 film dictionary camera with tiny comic book ad "spy" camera. The dictionary says "book 110 camera" on the spine

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]cpm [he/him/they/them] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @cpm@spore.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @elithebearded
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        had one.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        even got images from it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        the orig gangsta 'loss leader'

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        those tiny film rolls?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        *No one* wanted them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        lol!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Eli the Bearded » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @elithebearded@fed.qaz.red

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @cpm @prahou

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I've got a Yashica Atoron, which uses even smaller film (8mm x 11mm, on a compatible Minox cartridge). It works, and I like the images from it. The Minox and Minox compatible sub-miniatures are the only "spy" cams I use.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Photo from Olympia, Washington, 2023

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Black and white photo of a dinosaur behind a white picket fence

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Black and white photo of a dinosaur behind a white picket fence

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Loohoosaher [he/him or they/them] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @hwll@sunny.garden

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou I'd rather not say

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @hwll heheheheheh i get it

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Loohoosaher [he/him or they/them] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @hwll@sunny.garden

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou wait you fuckin played me ahhhhh you got me again, you weird thing

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @hwll i did?! I just thought you were doing a perverse joke

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]𝚛𝚊𝚝 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @rat@social.sdf.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou a but the ad only decided exactly when, from whom and for how much

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @rat That still counts!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]guenther » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @guenther@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou probably some sort of takeaway food

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @guenther i can't watch french movies anymore because i want to buy cigarettes whenever i do

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Oha [he/him] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @Oha@ak.pobierz.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou @guenther

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Spy smoking cigs. Text underneath him reads
Mentlegen.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Christine Sætre-esque » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @csaetre@techhub.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou Small strips of washi with handwritten Japanese sales slips, circa 1866. Total impulse buy.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Envagyokabela » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @envagyokabela@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Define ad. Does Mark Zuckerberg whispering sweet nothings into my ear while I sleep count as an ad?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Csepp 🌢(poison variant) [it/they/he, same one you'd use for animals] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @csepp@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @prahou Oh heck, I see so few ads nowadays. Does self-promotion count as an ad?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  If so, then maybe the art book.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Maybe I've bought some stuff from promoted listings on online marketplaces.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Drayson [They/them] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @Drayson@dragonchat.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I found the wiring for the fediverse

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    5 Ethernet connectors interconnected in a cursed way that resembles the fedigram

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...5 Ethernet connectors interconnected in a cursed way that resembles the fedigram

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]sound description » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @sounddescription@uff.rip

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [uneasy synth music playing]

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Kiwa "meow" Tiger » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @kiwa@tiggi.es

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Iphone2Quad

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @stdevel@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @kiwa iPhone2Extreme with 5 GHz when?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Ángel » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I've been blocked by one Graham Perrin or Michael Finnegan or whatever for something, what a time to be alive

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @angel If they only knew the true extent of your power and influence.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Ángel » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @angel@triptico.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Am I an influencer yet?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @angel always have been

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]ozzi » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ozzelot@snac.sklenicekrtku.cz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the baba is you

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]ozzi » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ozzelot@snac.sklenicekrtku.cz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ozzelot@snac.sklenicekrtku.cz
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the fact that this has a like within seconds means that people who follow self-hosted snacs have a very specific taste

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]ManMachine » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                hello it's me people with specific taste

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]ozzi » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ozzelot@snac.sklenicekrtku.cz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @max@manmachine.me
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  you are appreciated here!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]sound description » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYING]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    someone in the comments of my no AI notice is very butthurt lol

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    big "i am very angry and wish to speak to the manager of people not liking AI" energy on this one

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    someone mansplaining to me how much it costs to make indie games as if i don't know:

Developing an indie game generally costs $10,000 to 2,000,000. In the broader commercial market, the average budget for a polished, team-built indie project sits between $50,000 and $500,000. 

The defining factor is whether you measure "cash spent" or include the developer’s unpaid labor as an opportunity cost.

Still going to complain about a solo indie developer using AI to make a game and release it for very little or free?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...someone mansplaining to me how much it costs to make indie games as if i don't know: Developing an indie game generally costs $10,000 to 2,000,000. In the broader commercial market, the average budget for a polished, team-built indie project sits between $50,000 and $500,000. The defining factor is whether you measure "cash spent" or include the developer’s unpaid labor as an opportunity cost. Still going to complain about a solo indie developer using AI to make a game and release it for very little or free?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Jari Komppa 🇫🇮 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko it's like going to a market and start complaining to a hand-made art piece salesperson that amazon exists

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]JDS [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @jdarkside@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko lol indie games costing 2 mill. What do words even mean anymore.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Gabriele Svelto [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @gabrielesvelto@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko "You indie developer who shipped actual indie games without - and even before! - the advent of genAI should absolutely listen to my uninformed hot take on the topic, or else!"

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @gabrielesvelto but you don't understand, making indie games is so haaaarrrrrrrdddd 😭

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Bonger Kong 🍉 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @KronetHjort@jorts.horse

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            AI goons are all so whiny.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            i love the "but you don't understand, i *have* to use AI otherwise it's too hard for me" argument

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            literal definition of skill issue my guy

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Jari Komppa 🇫🇮 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @eniko I had one neat game idea, but it required a lot of artwork that would have been infeasible; ai use would have enabled it. Community reaction - just the mention of ai use - killed the project. Whether that's a good or a bad thing depends.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Brian Swetland » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @swetland@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko Indie game development's a pretty risky venture no matter how you slice it... lots of solid games have been made that never get anywhere near profitable for various reasons, often in spite of quite high quality work... so I'm not sure why folks seem to believe that using the slop machine is going to improve their odds of standing out and succeeding... seems to me the opposite is far more likely.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]cogito ergo mecagoendios » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @elrohir@mastodon.gal

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko i fully agree with you about AI but even before that anyone who wields the argument about the utility cost of not using your personal time making money in other business has the soul of a landlord

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]nano » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @nano_squirrel@furry.engineer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko in response to that argument ... Git good scrubs.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Jonathan Lamothe [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @me@social.jlamothe.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko Did they not realise they were making this argument at a solo indie developer? I'm confused.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @me eh not sure i really count as solo, but i get your point

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]leberschnitzel [He / Him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @leberschnitzel@existiert.ch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko ai... Don't understand? The "no ai" notice doesn't change anything for them when they use ai, does it??

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @leberschnitzel they're mad that people don't like AI to the point someone would make something like this and it would then become popular

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Machine Lord Zero » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @MachineLordZero@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @eniko Bro I don't care how little they want for it, I don't want them to shit in my dinner

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Damon L. Wakes » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @DamonWakes@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko No, see, you don't understand: they're just a smol bean and that means nobody's allowed to criticise their choices even implicitly.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Maya Zimmerman [She / They] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @mayazimmerman@gamedev.lgbt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko This person clearly had no interest in making indie games until he thought he could shit one out on the cheap and rake in apparently millions of dollars (how else would those multi-million dollar indie games be profitable?). Dude's in for a rude awakening when he finds out what the industry is like.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Conchoid » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @conchoid@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko using ai i can steal this money from creators, yay

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]四 [he/him/his] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @yon@sakurajima.moe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Where are those super high quality cheaply made AI games?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. It’s a socioeconomic issue, if I was independently wealthy or we all had a living UBI I wouldn’t care much, human made things would still exist and people can live.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. What about flooding the market? If I can make a game for let’s say $5000 in token cost, and 5,000 other people made that same game right after me. Can I even make that $5000 back?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Plus artistic and environmental arguments etc. The “I don’t care” above doesn’t include the environment nor the market effects (RAM prices etc) and such.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sometimes it feels like arguing about social Darwinism with people when it comes to AI:/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]NullDott [He/Him] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @NullTheFool@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko So this person's response to "indie games require a lot of investment from a person to be done" is "burn money in the slop machine".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      what?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]aeva [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko I had no idea I was spending $10,000 to $2,000,000 making games in my spare time.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Spooooky Owlbear [any/all, they/them, owlbear] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @cocaine_owlbear@retro.pizza

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko so… this is in reply to your "No AI" graphic release?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Me thinks he doth protest too much.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Szabó Em, Enigma He-Art Director :shrimplant: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @jadedtwin@corteximplant.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @eniko bro never made games in high school in their spare time and it's obvious

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Rabbit Cohen » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @BathysphereHat@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko It's such a mild expression of anti-AI sentiment, too. Like, it's just saying that your specific project didn't use AI. Why are they so threatened by that?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @BathysphereHat because I made it, and it's popular, which means people hate AI, which means their AI slop won't be well received. And not only that but I'm actively trying to poison the well for AI by showing that hating AI isn't just acceptable, it's good actually

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Kyyrypyy » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @Kyyrypyy@library.love

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  If an indie game costs $10,000 or more to make, you're either using wrong tools, or you're using that money to pay for marketing. Every single aspect of an indie game can be made 100% free, with free tools (provided access to computer exists). Sure, if you wanna pay artists who do an aspect better than you, it costs, but I rather listen to PC-beeper churning out random notes on EGA palette of ASCII characters on a game that has no text, than wanna see any AI in any aspect of the process.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Limnetic Villains » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @limneticvillains@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    One of my friends gave me this for helping him move house, mint condition and in working order. What a load of fun!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Simon Greenwood [He/Him] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @simon@gotosocial.grnwds.uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @limneticvillains
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Trying to find film and get it developed is an adventure in itself.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Limnetic Villains » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @limneticvillains@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @simon it came with 2 reels of film, one original from the 70s and one from 2019 that is still viable.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Sammi » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @SamanthaJaneSmith@lgbtqia.space

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @limneticvillains @simon What is it super 8? Film in certain sizes is still available and you can develop yourself. Enjoy!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Limnetic Villains » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @limneticvillains@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @SamanthaJaneSmith @simon yes tis Super 8. :)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Sammi » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @SamanthaJaneSmith@lgbtqia.space

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @limneticvillains @simon Nice, enjoy the movie making

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Limnetic Villains » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @limneticvillains@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @SamanthaJaneSmith @simon I'll have to do something with it!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              You can shoot a rather expensive music video!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Limnetic Villains » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @limneticvillains@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @max I think that's exactly what I'll do!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Emsquared » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @emsquared@social.coop

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @limneticvillains is that super 8 or double 8mm (like standard 8 where you shoot down one half of 16mm then turn the film around to shoot down the other half). Some of them were built like tanks.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Limnetic Villains » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @limneticvillains@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @emsquared Super 8! :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    And it is built like a tank, I thought it was loaded with film when I picked it up its so heavy!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Emsquared » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @emsquared@social.coop

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @limneticvillains There are wonderfully cleaver people that DIY mod such cine cameras and put raspberry pi's in them with a pi cam and get wonderful faux digital 8mm footage. Would that I was that adept.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Limnetic Villains » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @limneticvillains@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @emsquared you can use sellotape instead of soldering things right? Blue tac?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Emsquared » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @emsquared@social.coop

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @limneticvillains Ha. Oh yeah all usable but seldom advisable. I'm a hot glue casualty case.

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