ManMachine

@max@manmachine.me

Professional computer toucher.
Amateur photographer and musician.
Autistic.
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[?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

Welp. Bedroom TV is dying. Which is something I can't afford to replace, but I need it for my sleep hygiene and mental health so I guess we're replacing it anyway

I hate piece of shit "smart" TVs

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

@eniko I know you aren't in the US, but I see old dumb tvs at thrift stories and charity shops all the time for pretty cheap. Might be worth a shot if you have any near you.

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

    Maybe since smart TVs need RAM and storage the shortage will bring back dumb TVs

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    [?]clew » 🌐
    @clew@ecoevo.social

    oh please

    One year of dumb things

    @eniko

      [?]disorderlyf [She/Her, Sie/Ihre, Ella/Su, Elle/Son] » 🔓
      @disorderlyf@todon.eu

      @eniko I sadly more suspect they're just gonna raise the prices and tell everyone who doesn't capitulate to get fucked

        [?]Ryan Finnie [he/him,*/*;q=0.8] » 🌐
        @ryan@m29.us

        @eniko My home office's "bench monitor" is a corner-mounted 42" "Insignia" brand TV from about 10 years ago. It has no smarts, and its defining feature is it can handle nearly any mode. DOS 320x200 @70Hz? No problem. I'm pretty sure TVs like that aren't even made anymore, and if they are, they'd be impossible to search for.

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

          @eniko 🤞😎🤞

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

            Might have fixed the TV? God knows how long that'll last though

            By fixed I mean I swapped out the plug converter (Cyprus is in the EU so everything comes with EU plugs but all the outlets are UK style) and also swapped it to a different spot on the power strip

            Can specific plugs on power strips fail?

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

            @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place oh most certainly they can

              [?]Bruce Heerssen :guillotine: [Flexible] » 🌐
              @bruce@darkmoon.social

              @eniko
              Yes, individual outlets on power strips can fail. If that happens, you should replace the power strip. IMO

                [?]ROTOPE~1 ⭐️ » 🌐
                @rotopenguin@mastodon.social

                @eniko are there burn spots on the plug tongs? The socket could be loosy-goosey with its contacts.

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

                  @rotopenguin no. Also I don't unplug stuff from it basically ever

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

                    @eniko Yes. Also catch fire.

                      [?]Bitslingers-R-Us » 🌐
                      @AnachronistJohn@zia.io

                      @eniko Yes.

                      While melting your outlets should be quite rare, sometimes the contacts in a given outlet will loosen over time and/or oxidize, so it’s not all that uncommon for specific plugs / outlets to fail.

                      This is a picture of a three outlet IKEA power strip. The last outlet is melted and charred. This was from a space heater.

                      Alt...This is a picture of a three outlet IKEA power strip. The last outlet is melted and charred. This was from a space heater.

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

                        @AnachronistJohn even if you basically never unplug stuff from them?

                          [?]☠ Captain Arcee ☠ » 🌐
                          @captainarcee@retro-gaiden.com

                          @eniko what you need is the warm glow of a CRT TV 😁

                            [?]scunneen (he/him) 🚋 » 🌐
                            @scunneen@mastodon.social

                            @eniko Wish I was near you— I have 3 working tvs that I trash picked but currently have no use for.

                              [?]ShutterBugged » 🌐
                              @developing_agent@mastodon.social

                              @eniko you may have success looking on craiglist or similar for 2nd hand "digital signage" which is both built to last and also lacks any/all "smart" features.

                              those that are "smart" often have normal linux-capable PCs in them: youtu.be/q9a3dCd1SQI?t=1902

                                [?]Stomata » 🔓
                                @Stomata@procial.tchncs.de

                                @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place What about a monitor and a mini PC running linux

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

                                  @Stomata oh I don't use the "smart" bits, I use a mini PC

                                  It's just that "smart" TVs are more prone to malfunction

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                                    [?]Dog Noise Generator [He/Him] » 🌐
                                    @Buster@woof.group

                                    My favourite piece of internet today is the theory that Jesus was actually a type of yeast.

                                    Turns water into wine
                                    Floats on water
                                    Makes bread for 5000 people
                                    Put in a cave for 3 days and lo - he has risen!
                                    Jesus was a sourdough starter.

                                    Also this would imply: We should be calling him 'Mother' not 'Father'

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

                                    @Buster and the holy trinity is obviously a mesophilic symbiotic culture, a holy union of Acetobacter, Candida and Lactobacillus. Like kefir, combutcha or others

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

                                      RE: mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/

                                      what about a dungeon diving game with life sim aspects where you get isekaid into a fox girl in a dungeon town where everyone's a girl

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

                                      i really should make like a tiny quick game with my qbasic engine but i am very bad at coming up with tiny quick game ideas that i would find satisfying to make >_>

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

                                      look i have a fucked up definition of tiny and quick ok

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

                                      @eniko tiny: not tiny
                                      quick: also no

                                        [?]0x0961h » 🌐
                                        @0x0961h@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                        @eniko yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah, a bit 😅

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

                                          @eniko that's what the "q" in "qbasic" stands for right? so by definition anything you make in it is quick

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

                                            @aeva oh i thought it stood for queer

                                              [?]... and and and and ... [It/Its] » 🌐
                                              @andnull@social.nouveau.community

                                              @eniko Shhhhhhh, it's tiny and quick on geological time scales

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

                                                people keep saying "oh like <game x>?" but nobody has said "like princess maker* but you're the princess" yet

                                                *fighting/adventure path only

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                                                [?]Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤 » 🔓
                                                @efi@chitter.xyz

                                                @eniko no, I need the dresses, you don't understand

                                                  [?]🌈 Andrew ☄️ [he/him they/them] » 🌐
                                                  @bnut@aus.social

                                                  @eniko I don’t know princess maker, but I’m surprised you’re not the princess in it already

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

                                                    @bnut you play the princess' dad

                                                      [?]anne.💫 » 🌐
                                                      @ann3nova@corteximplant.com

                                                      @eniko Yes, but also the politics/queer kissy kissy path. :)

                                                        [?]Sin Vega » 🔓
                                                        @sinvega@mas.to

                                                        @eniko

                                                        promo image for a princess maker 2 remake, showing the princess as a queen in full queen clothes. In the corner, Cube the butler carries the princess home with his demon wings, over a caption reading "Butler is hard also"

                                                        Alt...promo image for a princess maker 2 remake, showing the princess as a queen in full queen clothes. In the corner, Cube the butler carries the princess home with his demon wings, over a caption reading "Butler is hard also"

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

                                                          @sinvega butler is hard also

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                                                            [?]Sin Vega » 🔓
                                                            @sinvega@mas.to

                                                            @eniko I trusted and u were worthy

                                                              [?]Wharrrrrrgarbl » 🌐
                                                              @Wharrrrrrgarbl@an.errant.cloud

                                                              @eniko can some of the townspeople be theys

                                                              like golems own the laundromat or something

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

                                                                @Wharrrrrrgarbl we can have some they thems and trans men

                                                                  [?]josh g. [he/him/they] » 🌐
                                                                  @joshg@mathstodon.xyz

                                                                  @eniko can I vote yes fifty more times

                                                                    [?]Tock » 🌐
                                                                    @Tock@corteximplant.com

                                                                    @eniko You seem like a game developer who could make a life sim about rocks entertaining. Fox girl land, let's Goooooooo!

                                                                      [?]Log 🪵 [it/it/its/its] » 🌐
                                                                      @log@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                      @eniko Like a queer furry Rune Factory? And we'd get to liberate monster girls from the dungeon to build up the town and/or household? And with cooking *and* fishing *and* dating minigames? And possible to complete with pacifist conduct? And at least one shroomie or woodie girl? Okay, those might be rhetorical questions.

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

                                                                        @log quick and tiny

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                                                                          [?]Log 🪵 [it/it/its/its] » 🌐
                                                                          @log@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                          @eniko Both of those terms are relative. Banana provided for scale.

                                                                            [?]KT » 🌐
                                                                            @kertinker@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                            @eniko What about the neighboring town? How far do you have to go to find a guy? Are they at the bottom of the dungon?

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

                                                                              @kertinker what neighboring town >_>

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                                                                                [?]KT » 🌐
                                                                                @kertinker@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                @eniko So they're a reward, being held prisoner in the dungeon!

                                                                                  [?]Matilda Love [she/her, it/its, plural they/them] » 🌐
                                                                                  @matildalove@wetdry.world

                                                                                  @eniko you're asking on queer fedi, you already know the poll results

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

                                                                                    @matildalove yes but i want the positive reinforcement you see

                                                                                      [?]Mx Verda » 🌐
                                                                                      @MxVerda@lgbtqia.space

                                                                                      @eniko Sakura Dungeon??

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

                                                                                        @MxVerda i'm not familiar, i'll have to look that up

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

                                                                                          @MxVerda probably a bit less male gazey >_>

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

                                                                                            @eniko @MxVerda And based on your previous titles, a lower age rating. Although I wonder how a similarly explicit game would look like with lesbian gaze. :neocat_flag_lesbian:

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

                                                                                              @eniko
                                                                                              Here's my idea. Something between Snake and that Tron lightbike thing.

                                                                                              ..So, foxes supposedly pair for life, right? I'm thinking you move a fox girl character around a play field, trying to match with another static fox girl on the play field. Maybe they can have matching colors or attire. As you move you leave behind a colorful trail, and when you match they hold hands, leaving the trail in place. You have to match new fox girls, navigating around the previous trails and pairs.

                                                                                                [?]j_bertolotti » 🌐
                                                                                                @j_bertolotti@mathstodon.xyz

                                                                                                @eniko But, but... cube game...

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

                                                                                                  @j_bertolotti this is not replacing block game

                                                                                                    [?]Ether Diver » 🌐
                                                                                                    @etherdiver@ravenation.club

                                                                                                    RE: ravenation.club/@etherdiver/11

                                                                                                    This ended up being an excellent demo of the Cosmos's ambient capabilities/proclivities. Highly recommend if you make drifty/spacey music and are remotely interested in this device.

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                                                                                                    [?]Ether Diver » 🌐
                                                                                                    @etherdiver@ravenation.club

                                                                                                    Today's Strream is a special request video! A follower asked for a Cosmos demo that was a little more "ambient" than my last one, so I pulled out my biggest "ambient" gun, the Soma Terra, for some hot Soma-on-Soma action!

                                                                                                    I'm gonna put the Cosmos thru its ambient paces today, so come watch and ask questions/make requests!

                                                                                                    Starts at 12:30 PST!

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

                                                                                                    @etherdiver@ravenation.club I must absolutely watch the VOD later!

                                                                                                      [?]Chloé Raccoon » 🔓
                                                                                                      @chloeraccoon@mastodonapp.uk

                                                                                                      I have run out of edam

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

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                                                                                                      [?]Chloé Raccoon » 🔓
                                                                                                      @chloeraccoon@mastodonapp.uk

                                                                                                      @max I got a ball of it as a present from @karyxdragon and @abby for christmas. Out came the industrial cheese wire...

                                                                                                        [?]John Regehr » 🌐
                                                                                                        @regehr@mastodon.social

                                                                                                        RE: mendeddrum.org/@fanf/116090957

                                                                                                        30-year-old analysis of RISC vs CISC still reads well!

                                                                                                        though it's fun to see which RISCisms have died out, such as "Do NOT support arbitrary alignment of data for loads/stores"

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                                                                                                        [?]Tony Finch » 🌐
                                                                                                        @fanf@mendeddrum.org

                                                                                                        @david_chisnall @regehr @dougmerritt i still refer back to john mashey’s risc-vs-cisc analysis from the 1990s yarchive.net/comp/risc_definit

                                                                                                        in which he counts instruction set features to demonstrate that risc and cisc correspond to real phenomena and aren’t just marketing

                                                                                                        but the main reason i like it is because these days programmers get the impression that risc vs cisc is arm vs x86 but they are really bad exemplars, because arm is the least riscy risc and x86 is the least ciscy cisc

                                                                                                        much better exemplars are mips and alpha vs vax and 68020

                                                                                                        unfortunately mashey didn’t include arm in his analysis so the reader needs a fair amount of knowledge to fill in the gap

                                                                                                        then there’s amd64 and arm64 which postdate mashey’s analysis and are even closer to the middle ground

                                                                                                        there’s clearly a thesis/antithesis/synthesis but the synthesis hasn’t been given a catchy name so it is talked about in risc-vs-cisc terms even tho that no longer makes sense

                                                                                                        eg wrt addressing modes the convergence looks like base + offset * stride, not just an address as in risc, and no indirection or other extraneous memory accesses as in cisc

                                                                                                        and things like plenty of registers, 0 or maybe 1 memory accesses in most instructions, complexity is ok if it’s register-to-register, simd is great

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

                                                                                                          @regehr an old colleague of mine once said "these days they're all MISC architectures."

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

                                                                                                            @simontatham @regehr "M" for "Medium"?

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

                                                                                                              @cr1901 @regehr I understood him as meaning just MISC for "miscellaneous".

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

                                                                                                                You know what time it is.

                                                                                                                NEW MOON TONIGHT!

                                                                                                                Be careful, cyber-sibs!

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                                                                                                                [?]FULL-FIFO DEVELOPER 🇺🇦🇨🇿 » 🌐
                                                                                                                @lkundrak@metalhead.club

                                                                                                                @prahou brother i liked the old one

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

                                                                                                                  @lkundrak so it goes! 🌚

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

                                                                                                                    @prahou Shit! I've still got a part of the old one in the fridge! Bet that's rancid by now, despite the coolness.

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

                                                                                                                      @ozzelot ministerstvo zdravotnictví varuje: The Old Moon Causes Cancer!

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

                                                                                                                        @prahou odkdy máme zdramini v kalifornii

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

                                                                                                                          @ozzelot od motoristů!

                                                                                                                            [?]noah christopher [she/they] » 🌐
                                                                                                                            @ohnoitsnoah@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                            @prahou i knew something felt off

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

                                                                                                                              @prahou they are ending support for the old one, so you _have to_ upgrade smh

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

                                                                                                                                @j-g00da the new one has face-id!

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

                                                                                                                                  @prahou oh it better have a face-id considering the size of the front eyeball

                                                                                                                                  the new moon with a giant eye socket hovering outside my window

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

                                                                                                                                    @j-g00da you bet it does!

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                                                                                                                                      [?]keef » 🌐
                                                                                                                                      @keefmarshall@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                      Had to be done...

                                                                                                                                      marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-g

                                                                                                                                      XKCD 2501 comic -a conversation between two people -  only it reads:

1: "Bonk Wave is second nature to us Fedi Artists, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows socool and sknob."

2: "And AxWax, of course"

1: "Of course."

[Even when they’re trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person’s familiarity with their field.]

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

                                                                                                                                        Another ambient etude composed entirely on the Polyend Tracker and entirely from samples captured on recent @majenko@mastodon.social stream where some MFM hard drives were being.. prepared.


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                                                                                                                                          [?]Njord » 🌐
                                                                                                                                          @Njord@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                          Ignoring the many very serious ethical issues associated with LLMs and similar technology, how useful do you consider them?

                                                                                                                                          Worse than useless:185
                                                                                                                                          Basically just a toy:118
                                                                                                                                          Useful in limited cases:223
                                                                                                                                          Pretty Useful:28
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                                                                                                                                          [?]rstevens 🐳💨✅ » 🌐
                                                                                                                                          @rstevens@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                          i’m so old, i remember when computers got cheaper over time

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                                                                                                                                          [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                                                                                                                                          @jwz@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                          @rstevens Most people include the Epsilon Georg which should not have been counted

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                                                                                                                                            [?]Mac84 🍏 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                            @mac84tv@bitbang.social

                                                                                                                                            Totally normal Power Macintosh G3 “beige” desktop, now with a PicoIDE. 👀

                                                                                                                                            A Marathon server case with a Power Macintosh G3 board inside.

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

                                                                                                                                            @mac84tv@bitbang.social such a proper name for a G3 system though!

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

                                                                                                                                              @mac84tv Oohh is there a Marathon teardown coming? Please say yes.

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                                                                                                                                                [?]Mac84 🍏 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                @mac84tv@bitbang.social

                                                                                                                                                @Geekman Sadly there isn't too much to tear down. Inside is a stock Power Macintosh G3 (beige) with some drives and a non-Apple power supply. It's also sadly missing the top metal sheet and some accessories.

                                                                                                                                                The top of the computer, showing the logic board and drives, etc inside.

                                                                                                                                                Alt...The top of the computer, showing the logic board and drives, etc inside.

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                                                                                                                                                  [?]Mac84 🍏 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                  @mac84tv@bitbang.social

                                                                                                                                                  @Geekman Oh and here's the back!

                                                                                                                                                  The back of the Marathon Power Mac G3 server.

                                                                                                                                                  Alt...The back of the Marathon Power Mac G3 server.

                                                                                                                                                    [?]hades » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                    @hades@social.lol

                                                                                                                                                    inventing mathematics was a mistake

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

                                                                                                                                                    @hades@social.lol fantasy geeks can’t accept that most accursed magicks are in fact very boring

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                                                                                                                                                      [?]Coraline Ada Ehmke » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @CoralineAda@ruby.social

                                                                                                                                                      Call me old-fashioned, but "I rented a robot that wrote some code" doesn't seem like participating in FOSS in good faith.

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                                                                                                                                                      [?]Coraline Ada Ehmke » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @CoralineAda@ruby.social

                                                                                                                                                      If self-transformation isn't part of contributing, what even is the point?

                                                                                                                                                      [?]The Iconfactory » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @Iconfactory@iconfactory.world

                                                                                                                                                      Because of your generous support during our Kickstarter, all of the games in Ollie’s Arcade are now free to play in the App Store! 🕹️

                                                                                                                                                      We’ve begun working on adding Frenzic to the roster and later a new dungeon crawler that’s gonna be a blast. Stay tuned but for now enjoy the free air, our friends!

                                                                                                                                                      apps.apple.com/us/app/ollies-a

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

                                                                                                                                                        @Iconfactory@iconfactory.world Blown away by that changelog today, hats off! “Community has chipped in and there’s no more IAP” should be more prevalent in the world, certainly

                                                                                                                                                          [?]Claudestrophobic [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @starchy@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                          logging in to my sysadmin job

                                                                                                                                                          a screencap from olympic women's single skeleton (athletic danger sledding) with a caption on the screen, "SHE'S FIGHTIN TO KEEP THINGS ONLINE."

                                                                                                                                                          Alt...a screencap from olympic women's single skeleton (athletic danger sledding) with a caption on the screen, "SHE'S FIGHTIN TO KEEP THINGS ONLINE."

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                                                                                                                                                          [?]𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" [She/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @Lana@beige.party

                                                                                                                                                          @starchy

                                                                                                                                                          Reluctantly crouched at the command line
                                                                                                                                                          Desperately typing to keep it online
                                                                                                                                                          A green light flashes, the systems come up
                                                                                                                                                          Churning and burning for the latest markup
                                                                                                                                                          Deftly inserting some Python or C
                                                                                                                                                          While guzzling down a coffee or three
                                                                                                                                                          Reckless and wild, he pours through the code
                                                                                                                                                          His prowess is potent, an effortless flow
                                                                                                                                                          As he speeds through the lines, the servers go down
                                                                                                                                                          As 404 errors are suddenly found
                                                                                                                                                          The department is empty except for one man
                                                                                                                                                          Still loading and coding as fast as he can
                                                                                                                                                          The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
                                                                                                                                                          His coffee gone cold long ago in his cup
                                                                                                                                                          But he's typing and striving, debugging the terms
                                                                                                                                                          And thinking of someone for whom he still burns

                                                                                                                                                          He's going the distance
                                                                                                                                                          He's coding in C
                                                                                                                                                          He's all alone (all alone)
                                                                                                                                                          All alone in his time of need

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                                                                                                                                                            [?]MWL Book Quote Bot » 🤖 🔓
                                                                                                                                                            @quotebot@io.mwl.io

                                                                                                                                                            Note that I used "sense of privacy" and not actual "privacy."

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

                                                                                                                                                            It's very annoying the way I have to get half way through writing a long detailed explanation of why someone is wrong before I figure out why they're right.

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                                                                                                                                                            [?][ˈkʰy.bi] [er, he] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                            @eiswuerfeltoaster@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                            @simontatham happens to the best of us. sometimes you get lost a little and end up taking a more circuitous route towards understanding, but there's no shame in that.

                                                                                                                                                              [?]Jonathan Yu » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                              @jawnsy@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                              @simontatham Very relatable

                                                                                                                                                                [?]Uglyhack [He/him/his] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                @uglyhack@post.lurk.org

                                                                                                                                                                @simontatham
                                                                                                                                                                It's annoying, but it's good that you have a way that you figure out that you're wrong, and if I understand correctly it's even before you get into the public debate.

                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Alan Bellingham » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                  @bellinghman@wandering.shop

                                                                                                                                                                  @simontatham I didn't quite do that yesterday, but I did reply to a post to assert that, unlike France, Germany only has one time zone. I then had to go off and check

                                                                                                                                                                  Yes, Germany does have only the one, and France does have ... 12!

                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                    @TimWardCam@c.im

                                                                                                                                                                    @simontatham It can go something like this:

                                                                                                                                                                    (1) You work out what the right answer to something is.

                                                                                                                                                                    (2) You remember the right answer, but forget the detailed reasoning. From now on you just know what the answer is but would be pushed to justify it.

                                                                                                                                                                    (3) A few years pass.

                                                                                                                                                                    (4) Someone claims that your right answer is wrong. You can't instantly see what's wrong with their argument, but you know that you know the right answer, from way back.

                                                                                                                                                                    There are two possible scenarios.

                                                                                                                                                                    (a) Yes, you're still right, and the "someone" has come to the wrong conclusion by repeating, yet again, the age-old mistakes whose details you've forgotten.

                                                                                                                                                                    (b) The world has changed. The "someone" is, now, right, even though they wouldn't have been a while ago. You'd better try to recreate your age-old reasoning and spot the assumption you made that was true then but is not true now.

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

                                                                                                                                                                      @simontatham It is better seen as personal growth than something "annoying"...

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

                                                                                                                                                                        @Rastal they aren't mutually exclusive!

                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Mark Dominus » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @mjd@mathstodon.xyz

                                                                                                                                                                          @simontatham I think you should treasure that.

                                                                                                                                                                            [?]lkngrrr 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                            @lkngrrr@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                            @simontatham But dude, that counterfactual is so useful. Not only did you convince yourself that they’re right, but now you know how to walk others through it!

                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Jyrgen N » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                              @jyrgenn@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                              @simontatham Hah, I have had that myself. Or working for hours on a comment, because I don't find the right words, and then I realise that is because actually I don't have anything relevant to say.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                Hats off to @grunfink@comam.es, is by far the nicest service I've ever deployed for my personal use.

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                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]The Real Grunfink » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                  @grunfink@comam.es

                                                                                                                                                                                  Thank you so much!

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                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Chris Silverman 🌻 [he/html] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                    @csilverman@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                    A strange and disturbing figure, rendered entirely in dark, dull, monochromatic blue-green against a pale tan background. The figure is lurching forward, the way a zombie would, arms hanging down. One arm is longer than the other. Its legs are oddly thin compared to its upper body. It is wearing a suit coat and tie, but the left arm of the coat is short, like a short-sleeved shirt, and the left side of the coat is higher than the right. Also pinned to the left breast of the coat is what looks like an ID card, although whatever is printed on it is not visible. The figure wears mismatched boots, one of which is open, and appears generally dysfunctional. Where its head would be is a shapeless black smudge; a void that looks like a large ink blot. At the center of the void is a small orange icon of a gas pump—the icon a car displays when it is close to running out of fuel. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

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                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                      @lcamtuf@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                      Math trivia: the "B." in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stands for Benoit B. Mandelbrot

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                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" [She/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                      @Lana@beige.party

                                                                                                                                                                                      Pick the best fallacy

                                                                                                                                                                                      Sunk Cost has been my favorite since 1982:371
                                                                                                                                                                                      Proof by Assertion is best:65
                                                                                                                                                                                      Why y'all hate Strawman so much:76
                                                                                                                                                                                      I just heard about Recency Bias:152
                                                                                                                                                                                      If you don't vote Ad Hominem you're ugly:91
                                                                                                                                                                                      Any fallacy fan knows No True Scotsman is best:191
                                                                                                                                                                                      God told me Appeal to Authority is his favorite:112
                                                                                                                                                                                      "Vote for False Attribution" - Abraham Lincoln:69
                                                                                                                                                                                      The best is Circular Argument because it's awesome:205
                                                                                                                                                                                      Category Error is the prettiest fallacy:94
                                                                                                                                                                                      You said Tu Quoque so I did too:30
                                                                                                                                                                                      C'mon vote Bandwagon everyone's doing it:125
                                                                                                                                                                                      Vote Slippery Slope, next thing you're doing drugs:204
                                                                                                                                                                                      I like turtles and also Non Sequitur Fallacies:241
                                                                                                                                                                                      If Appeal to Probability can be chosen then it is:70
                                                                                                                                                                                      Motte-and-Bailey is best, but I meant kinda good:72
                                                                                                                                                                                      These are all bad and wrong, vote Fallacy Fallacy:352
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                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Weird Units » 🤖 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                      @weirdunits@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                      toots per semitone

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                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]I love this, so I [he/him] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                      @jpm@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                      @weirdunits that’s just Timmy Trumpet

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

                                                                                                                                                                                        [uneasy music playing]

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                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]ISO7010 pictogram of the day » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @iso7010@hacksrus.xyz

                                                                                                                                                                                        W071 – Substance or mixture presenting a health hazard

                                                                                                                                                                                        Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISO_7010_W071.svg
                                                                                                                                                                                        Author: Wikimedia Commons user Clemenspool
                                                                                                                                                                                        CC0 (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)

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

                                                                                                                                                                                        thinking about putting my aseprite qbasic BSAVE format export script on git. wondering if i should do it as a gist or as a full repo. it's less than 90 lines of lua so a repo feels overkill but gists arent very discoverable

                                                                                                                                                                                        what do fedi

                                                                                                                                                                                        gist:9
                                                                                                                                                                                        repo:67
                                                                                                                                                                                        some secret 3rd thing:17
                                                                                                                                                                                        i just like voting in polls:33

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

                                                                                                                                                                                        you're not allowed to vote "some secret 3rd thing" without telling me what the third thing is!!

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

                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko If we tell you, it's not a secret, duh

                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]lick here for more info [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                          @virtulis@loud.computer

                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko does the whole thing fit in one post on your instance? :blobcatupsidedown:

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

                                                                                                                                                                                            @virtulis no way, gamedev.place has an annoyingly short limit :/

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                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]lick here for more info [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                              @virtulis@loud.computer

                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko a thread, then!

                                                                                                                                                                                              (but less jokingly, there's nothing wrong with having a repo for a tiny bit of code. especially if it would benefit from a readme, which it sounds like)

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko okay then: put the file on your web server and link to it in a mastodon post

                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Sin Vega » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @sinvega@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko bastards

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]ROTOPE~1 ⭐️ » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                    @rotopenguin@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko fine, I'll rephrase that in a way that lua can't see it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Some secret 0th thing:0
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Free Space:0
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Machine Lord Zero » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @MachineLordZero@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko my suggestion is chuck it in whatever form makes best sense for it to you, then link to it in a big collection page named something like Eniko's Stuff

                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]🌈 Andrew ☄️ [he/him they/them] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                        @bnut@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko I’d do a gist and a blog post intended as the main way for people to find it

                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Jeremiah Fieldhaven » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                          @JeremiahFieldhaven@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                          @eniko Is it likely to see much revision? If so, I'd vote for a repo.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          If it's likely to be largely static and not need any history? You have a website!

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                            @JeremiahFieldhaven hm it might grow. though it might also not >_>

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Jeremiah Fieldhaven » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                              @JeremiahFieldhaven@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko Website for now, if it grows bung it on codeberg and link/redirect to it from your website?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]h_m_m [he/they, i guess] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                @h_m_m@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko repo only if you think you'll edit it a lot in the future, because then people could see the edit history more easily, which might be educational

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  DO NOT TALK TO COMPUTERS

Should you ever find yourself in the company of a computer attempting to communicate, do not engage.

Talk to computers damages your health.

Educational poster

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...DO NOT TALK TO COMPUTERS Should you ever find yourself in the company of a computer attempting to communicate, do not engage. Talk to computers damages your health. Educational poster

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]miniBill (Leonardo) » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @miniBill@mastodon.uno

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou Ok but but but... can I swear at them? 👉👈

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @miniBill but be careful

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]ARGVMI~1.PIF » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @prahou

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Does it count if I talk to computers in their language (i.e. write code)?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]0xC0DEC0DE07EA [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @prahou did you make this?

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @c0dec0dec0de yes, i worked hard on it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]dmi 💽 [they/them (or she/her)] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @domi@donotsta.re

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @prahou as always, unfathomably based

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Louis [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @louis@social.louis-vallat.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @prahou@merveilles.town big CONTROL vibes ​:big_mood:

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @louis i don't know what that is :')

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Louis [he/him] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @louis@social.louis-vallat.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @prahou@merveilles.town I'm talking about the CONTROL game, where awesome posters likes these ones can be seen throughout the office ​:neocat_reach_drool:

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @louis ah, thank you

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]q3k :blobcatcoffee: [he/him (To Be Filled By OEM)] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        announced @prahou

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        'do not talk to computers' poster in an elevator

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...'do not talk to computers' poster in an elevator

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Misty [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @misty@digipres.club

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          WSL stands for Windows as a second language

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @jwz@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Zipbomb JSON.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Someone who is not me should formulate a maximally-malicious JSON file. I made one with a nesting depth of ~182 million, but "jq" gives up early, at only around depth 3,000. So one trick would be to find the right balance of nesting and array length that stays under typical parsers' limits as long as possible, while requiring as much RAM as possible to get there.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          jwz.org/b/yk2x

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @jwz@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ok FINE, since you have all failed me, I wrote my own JSON bomb generator. jwz.org/b/yk2x

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Jeff » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @evilotto@sfba.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @jwz I can't help but smile a little that people are still using perl to make the internet a better place.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]James Carr » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @jcarr@techhub.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @jwz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Bender the robot proclaims that he'll write his own JSON bomb, with blackjack and hookers!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Bender the robot proclaims that he'll write his own JSON bomb, with blackjack and hookers!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Jesse Atkinson » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @jsatk@sfba.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @jwz in Perl no less!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @jwz@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @jsatk I like languages that are *stable* and don't require me to have 7 different versions installed at once.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Jesse Atkinson » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @jsatk@sfba.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @jwz brother I hear you. As someone who has written JavaScript for 17 years I’m exhausted by all the changes to it and node.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Amin Girasol » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @fluidlogic@oldbytes.space

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    folks: I'm trying to get a sense of the proportion of people here who are into a given class of retrocomputer today but didn't experience the machines when they first came on the market. I want everyone's input! Please boost!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    This poll is about the early consumer home computers released between say 1977 and 1994.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Minicomputer poll: oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic/116

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    32-bit home/personal computer poll: oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic/116

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I had access to an 8 or 16-bit computer during their heyday:786
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I did not have access to an 8 or 16-bit computer during their heyday:60
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    8 or 16-bit computers had their heyday before I was born or when I was an infant:175
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]tante [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @tante@tldr.nettime.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      "AI is built on the collective knowledge of humankind."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      No. Nononononono. It is not built on _knowledge_, it it built on _data_. And not everyone's experiences are available as data, many communities are excluded. Also: "Collective" implies some sort of collaboration and shared activity. But "AI" is just accumulation by a few powerful.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      So No. It's not collective but extractive, not knowledge but data, not humankind but the hegemonic western view. Everything in that statement is wrong.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @jwz@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @tante I have been reliably informed, since the 80s, that knowledge is data with parentheses around it.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        for all you beautiful hard working professional computer touchers out there:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        "my day job has me making the world a ____ place"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (be honest, don't just repeat what your CEO says)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        better:438
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        worse:93
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        not better not worse but a secret third adjective:337
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        my mental health depends on me not examining this:332
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Kiwa "meow" Tiger » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @kiwa@tiggi.es

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          im doing a thing on a linux vm at work and forgot everyting lol, less than a year since i stopped using linux and can barely remember a thing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          maybe i need to get a vm or something for practice

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @kiwa@tiggi.es Well you can have a local Proxmox on the tiniest of boxes now (I do it like that myself)

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @max oh no I'm not self hosting any time soon hah not really in the headspace for that

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ah fair enough

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This textbox is a message and part of a system of messages. Java is installed on over three billion devices. Java is found everywhere, even in your car. We thought we were a powerful culture.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Roni Kaufman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ronikaufman@genart.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Condensed Flexflex, after Guido de Boer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                All the letters of the alphabet in the Flexflex typeface, stacked horizontally, as thin as possible. White background, black letters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...All the letters of the alphabet in the Flexflex typeface, stacked horizontally, as thin as possible. White background, black letters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                All the letters of the alphabet in the Flexflex typeface, stacked vertically, as thin as possible. White background, black letters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...All the letters of the alphabet in the Flexflex typeface, stacked vertically, as thin as possible. White background, black letters.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ronikaufman@genart.social Reminds me of Ryoji Ikeda's "Data Matrix" live music videos, very nice!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Human Brain Enthusiast » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  It's so weird that a lot of people think the quality of software is measured in how often it gets updated—it's literally the opposite.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]John Maxwell » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @jmax@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @thomasfuchs Software as fashion, essentially. Change as a social status token.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Bart Louwers » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @bart@floss.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @thomasfuchs If the quality of software is literally measured by how infrequently it gets updated then Internet Explorer is high quality. Don't think so.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Software update frequency has little to do with quality. Software updates often do tend to make software better, at least in open source where entshittification does not play a role. Frequent updates also mean software is actively developed, which is also a good thing.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @thomasfuchs idk, vim and now neovim have been getting updates forever, and they are pretty high quality.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Update frequency either way isn't a very good metric. Maybe bugs and security vulnerabilities needing frequent patches, but never getting them is just a program not being used or not maintained.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I think it's actually pretty hard to judge it unless you have access to the source.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]mathew » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @mathew@universeodon.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @thomasfuchs A problem that recently came up is that some educational establishments will not allow use of software that hasn’t seen a release in more than two years. This was preventing some teachers from being able to use Inform in class, so now there’s discussion about having a release of Inform just to satisfy the bureaucrats.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (Shh, nobody tell them about TeX.)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Lunar 🛸 ♾ » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @lunarloony@dosgame.club

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @mathew @thomasfuchs In the UK, educational establishments have to comply with Cyber Essentials. Off the top of my head, you technically can't have software that's over a year out of date (which sounds wrong now I write it down); and worse, any software updates have to be deployed within *two weeks*.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]patter » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @patterfloof@meow.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The Internet where we go back to running our own servers, age verification by "these are my friends I've known for years"

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Chloé Raccoon » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @chloeraccoon@mastodonapp.uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @patterfloof My age verification is "the site is read only <insert figure one>"

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              RE: mastodon.social/@verge/1160410

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              lol fuck that i aint doing that

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Vile Lasagna » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @VileLasagna@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @eniko Finally something* I can point to when people whine about me bitching about Discord and not wanting to sign up to any channels there

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Other than **gesticulates vaguely at everything** which they see as illegitimate commie nerd type whining that has no real consequences despite an ever flowing stream of evidence

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Nikita Lisitsa » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @lisyarus@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eniko Ah, so the question "should I make a discord channel for my game" somehow just answered itself

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hah hah. Fsck those guys.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place doing it globally is uhh what

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]🌈 Andrew ☄️ [he/him they/them] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @bnut@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko it’s still a problem if you want a community on there, but apparently it’s pretty easy to bypass 80.lv/articles/people-are-usin

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Nature is healing, there's a new Dankmus track out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOci81Xve7g

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]John Regehr » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @regehr@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        something I've been thinking about is how, when I teach a class, I tell the TAs to never, ever touch the keyboard when they're helping a student with an assignment. not even once! because as soon as someone else is driving, it becomes real easy for the student to stop thinking and just let things happen.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        kind of like what happens when we use a coding assistant.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]MWL Book Quote Bot » 🤖 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @quotebot@io.mwl.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        You know, a glass teletype. That toy that kids keep calling a "monitor," even though we all know monitors are reference speakers used in audio production.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]hades » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @hades@social.lol

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        […] I’m anti-the branding of it as “artificial intelligence”, because it’s not intelligent. It’s a form of machine learning. “Generative AI” is just a very good Markov chain that people expect far too much from.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        localghost.dev/blog/stop-gener

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        it has been 0️⃣ days since I had to send a corporation a nastygram about disrespecting my “reduce motion” and “do not autoplay videos” accessibility settings

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