ManMachine

@max@manmachine.me

Professional computer toucher.
Amateur photographer and musician.
Autistic.
web: https://manmachine.me/
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[?]Robert Dallas Gray » 🌐
@rdg_music@musicians.today

when I was younger I used to think music production was mostly about inventing interesting mic techniques and it’s actually about just recording things really well and not fucking around with them too much

[?]hades » 🌐
@hades@social.lol

we should invent vegan leberkäse

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[?]ManMachine » 🌐
@max@manmachine.me

I had surprisingly convincing vegan sossij recently, so it seems like it should be possible

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

    @max we do what we must because we can

      [?]Felix Frank [he/they] » 🌐
      @felixf@chaos.social

      @hades You would think that all the „mostly salt and fat“ foods could be easily replicated and yet…

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

        @felixf maybe it’s dutch

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

          from my link log —

          mlibc: a fukk-featured portable C standard library

          github.com/managarm/mlibc

          saved 2026-06-25 dotat.at/:/QZR06.html

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

          @fanf … ah, that was a typo for "full", not a weird hipster spelling of "fuck"! I was imagining "fukk-featured" being some horrid neologism for "fuck features, we're only going to do the simple stuff".

          (Which in other circumstances is _also_ a kind of C library people want.)

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

            "fukk-featured" being some horrid neologism for "fuck features, we're only going to do the simple stuff"
            Reminds me of what the suckless crowd is doing, but their neologism is arguably better (?)

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

              if your article is headed with an AI image then i'm not reading your article

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              [?]JWcph, Radicalized By Decency » 🌐
              @jwcph@helvede.net

              @eniko - and the same goes if any of the other articles in your sidebar/links are about how useful AI is.

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

                @eniko yes , if it has main image

                  [?]Netraven » 🔓
                  @Netraven@hear-me.social

                  @eniko @ThomHartmann keeps on tossing slop over the fence here and doesn't even read replies or do anything besides throw slop at us and people boost it right up.

                    [?]Starry [He/Him] » 🔓
                    @Starry@chitter.xyz

                    @eniko The instant I notice some plagiarism machine generated content in a piece of art, exhibit, job posting, really anything. I walk away. It makes it abundantly clear to me that the rest of the thing was not executed with care, and I see no reason to give it my time.

                      [?]Scott Wilson 🌈 » 🌐
                      @scottwilson@infosec.exchange

                      @eniko

                      Corollary: if your post features an image, I ain’t gonna like or re-toot it.

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

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                        @eniko but actually nobody invented AI this far. If I'll ever be the first and it will outperform my lost inspiration, it surely will create for me. And do not read or watch, I won't give a fuck :)

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                          [?]Nαtαshα :mastodon: » 🌐
                          @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

                          Still don't know

                          A panel from the cartoon Calvin and hobbes by Bill Waterson 

Calvin is shown bundled up in his winter coat and a knit winter beanie, standing next to his lunchbox. He poignantly asks, "How old do you have to be before you know what's going on?"

                          Alt...A panel from the cartoon Calvin and hobbes by Bill Waterson Calvin is shown bundled up in his winter coat and a knit winter beanie, standing next to his lunchbox. He poignantly asks, "How old do you have to be before you know what's going on?"

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

                          Interviewer: what do you ultimately want to become?

                          Me: employed

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                          [?]heyheymomo » 🌐
                          @heyheymomo@socel.net

                          I’m on the puter

                          Design consisting out of a lot of elements related to computers videogames and tech, with momo on his keyboard on top. Upper and bottom text reads “not now, I’m computering!”

                          Alt...Design consisting out of a lot of elements related to computers videogames and tech, with momo on his keyboard on top. Upper and bottom text reads “not now, I’m computering!”

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                          [?]archenemy / Fernando [He/Him - whatever you want to call me is fine with me] » 🌐
                          @archenemy@mas.to

                          @heyheymomo i think i might need this on a t-shirt. you know for the days they make me go work in the office instead of at home.

                            [?]wordsmith‽ ⁂ [he/him] » 🌐
                            @wordsmith@writing.exchange

                            @heyheymomo
                            Glad to see Diskette still on their feet!

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

                              @heyheymomo thinky sand make go

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

                                @heyheymomo I think I would like this on a mug

                                  [?]BoonaryDigit 👻 » 🌐
                                  @binarydigit@social.lol

                                  @heyheymomo do you sell this as a hi-res print? I’d love it for my home office!

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

                                    new blog post: The kinda DJ? kiwa.space/mew/the-kinda-dj.ht

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

                                    that's actually cool af, congrats!

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

                                      The Moon is New

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

                                      @prahou the moon is used

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

                                        @aeva It is now! They will replace it again soon, I bet.

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                                          [?]Moses Izumi (he/him) » 🌐
                                          @moses_izumi@fe.disroot.org

                                          I drew Mr. Mobilek's benevolent elder brother.

                                          I'm too young to have interacted with the Nokia N900 or other Keyboard Phones in person (and never got one after the fact): but have always viewed the iPhone design as pretty inadequate for any tasks more involved than browsing websites or taking pictures.

                                          #mobilek #phonebadbookgood

                                          cc @prahou

                                          anthropomorphic cellphone with keyboards for wings
(modeled after the Nokia N900)

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

                                            @moses_izumi
                                            he is real btw
                                            @prahou

                                            siemens sk65, a candybar phone with a qwerty keyboard that rotates out the middle, making it look like a cross of 2000s business productivity

                                            Alt...siemens sk65, a candybar phone with a qwerty keyboard that rotates out the middle, making it look like a cross of 2000s business productivity

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

                                              biblically accurate, even

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

                                                @max
                                                he callate
                                                he mailate

                                                but most importantly

                                                he rotate

                                                  [?]tibi [they/them] » 🔓
                                                  @tibi2@mstdn.social

                                                  @ozzelot holy fuck

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

                                                    @tibi2
                                                    I've missed out on the ability to buy a few :D And not sure I want it now. I proclaim I'm done with phones, done!

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

                                                      @tibi2
                                                      also look up xelibri and the sx1 (though tbf the nokia 3650 isnt much better, and nokia's fashion line of phones...)

                                                      siemens went hard on the weirdphone market!

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                                                        [?]tibi [they/them] » 🔓
                                                        @tibi2@mstdn.social

                                                        @ozzelot oh I remember these. I had a m65 around this time. not nearly as wild but it was an aluminium reinforced? phone with rubber gaskets fucking everywhere. I lost half of them by the time I was done with it

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

                                                          @tibi2 @ozzelot mister telefonek

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                                                            [?]VGA golden hour » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @vga_gradients@mastodon.social

                                                            seed: 2026-06-21T16:52:08.217152
size: 256 x 256
shape: GS_VERTICAL
color pick method: COL_RANDOM_TRIAD
blends:
(157, 84, 210) -> (148, 140, 154), 0.5292
(148, 140, 154) -> (243, 163, 50), 0.4708
dither: DT_PATTERN (map: 8x8_dpaint2e)
flags: LOCKED_LIGHTNESS, ALL_CONTINUOUS

                                                            Alt...seed: 2026-06-21T16:52:08.217152 size: 256 x 256 shape: GS_VERTICAL color pick method: COL_RANDOM_TRIAD blends: (157, 84, 210) -> (148, 140, 154), 0.5292 (148, 140, 154) -> (243, 163, 50), 0.4708 dither: DT_PATTERN (map: 8x8_dpaint2e) flags: LOCKED_LIGHTNESS, ALL_CONTINUOUS

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

                                                            “I could do that before breakfast” turns out to be a Boast Most Ancient.

                                                            Handwritten notes: a sentence of Classical Chinese translated as: The Lord of Qi said “One moment — I need to crush my enemies before breakfast.”

                                                            Alt...Handwritten notes: a sentence of Classical Chinese translated as: The Lord of Qi said “One moment — I need to crush my enemies before breakfast.”

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                                                              [?]Nanoraptor [She/Her] » 🌐
                                                              @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

                                                              What is the platonic ideal of an IC package? or an SMT component?

                                                              The ideal LED shape? Those most True and Correct LCD elements?

                                                              I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE OPINIONS

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

                                                              @NanoRaptor

                                                              8 pin DIP probably housing a 555

                                                              Every SMT is an abomination and will not be spoken of further.

                                                              5mm through hole red

                                                              Middle horizontal element of any 7 or 8 segment display

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                                                                [?]gloriouscow » 🌐
                                                                @gloriouscow@oldbytes.space

                                                                @NanoRaptor

                                                                Tell me this isn't the best package. It is an enormous ceramic DIP with a metal plate on it because shiny.

                                                                a very large metal-bodied DIP package, an intech RGB DAC

                                                                Alt...a very large metal-bodied DIP package, an intech RGB DAC

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

                                                                  @NanoRaptor Whatever the ideal LED is, it's not a blue one

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                                                                    [?]Bart » 🔓
                                                                    @bartreardon@aus.social

                                                                    @NanoRaptor

                                                                    a 130 in one electronics project lab

                                                                    Alt...a 130 in one electronics project lab

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

                                                                      @NanoRaptor
                                                                      The ideal IC package is the Rockwell zigzag package from the '70s and '80s. I will brook no dissent.

                                                                      A Rockwell R5313 in a 64 pin double dip package.

                                                                      Alt...A Rockwell R5313 in a 64 pin double dip package.

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

                                                                        @NanoRaptor
                                                                        Runner up:

                                                                        RIFA capacitors.  Delicious.

                                                                        Alt...RIFA capacitors. Delicious.

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

                                                                          https://opencircuitsbook.com basically is a bible for that

                                                                            [?]Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 [He/him/daaaaaaaad] » 🌐
                                                                            @Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social

                                                                            I made an approximation of notorious foodie tuna melt and I went to heaven and back.

                                                                            I didn’t take pictures. But man, this was sublime. I substituted his spices for just plain chipotle as that all I had:

                                                                            tiktok.com/t/ZTBWHfMUX/

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                                                                            [?]The Man-Machine » 🌐
                                                                            @manmachine@metapixl.com

                                                                            Yellow painted pipe and mostly white painted ornate brick wall.

                                                                            Alt...Yellow painted pipe and mostly white painted ornate brick wall.

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                                                                            [?]Kyle Brown :DBFHBear: » 🌐
                                                                            @Wearwolf@kind.social

                                                                            With great power comes great need for cable diameter

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

                                                                            My brother in computation, name one other media player that survived, much less that you have not had to relearn every 18 months, over that time span.

                                                                            cloudisland.nz/@rmi/1167859627

                                                                            [?]Rob Isaac [He/him] » 🌐
                                                                            @rmi@cloudisland.nz

                                                                            It is June 2001. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                            It is June 2006. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                            It is June 2011. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                            It is June 2016. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                            It is June 2021. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                            It is June 2026 …

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

                                                                            @mhoye VLC is, like, the platonic ideal of open source software. The low level bit-banging parts: absolutely top notch for decades, frequently updated. Human-facing parts: hasn't changed appreciably since the Nineteen Hundreds, weird, confusing, 40,000 configuration options, makes designers drop to the floor in tears. Might as well have "TBD, WRITE ME!" at the top of the window.

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                                                                              [?]Claudius » 🌐
                                                                              @claudius@darmstadt.social

                                                                              @jwz @mhoye some designers will say it is a bad UI. And yet *everyone who works with video* gravitates to VLC. Everyone. It is just that good.

                                                                              Even people who don't have it as a default, at least keep it around for the cases where it's the only thing that works.

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

                                                                                @claudius @mhoye Your "just that good" is my "the only thing that works at all in a sea of bad options". That is not something to celebrate.

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                                                                                  [?]Claudius » 🌐
                                                                                  @claudius@darmstadt.social

                                                                                  @jwz @mhoye There's a lot of software that I've been using for 15+ years. I don't think a single one caused as few problems as VLC has.

                                                                                  So, yeah, I'm really fine with it just the way it is.

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

                                                                                    @claudius @mhoye Ok cool story bro

                                                                                      [?]InnocentZero » 🌐
                                                                                      @innocentzero@social.tchncs.de

                                                                                      @jwz @mhoye I really thought MPV can do most things now. Atleast everyone keeps telling me so, atleast. I'm not a video guy by any means, but whenever I have an odd job, it does well? Idk, is there something VLC does that mpv doesn't? (Apart from the GUI, MPV is just a box playing the video, the CLI is the interface)

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

                                                                                        @innocentzero @mhoye Even in testing contexts, I never got mpv or mplayer to even basically function. And then a few years ago the developer had a hissy fit and removed support for "xdg-screensaver" (the "maybe don't blank the screen while a movie is playing" module) so they are dead to me.

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                                                                                          [?]sofia ☮️🏴 » 🌐
                                                                                          @sofia@chaos.social

                                                                                          does religion imply belief in the supernatural?

                                                                                          yes:35
                                                                                          no:17
                                                                                          [heavy sweating]:10
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                                                                                          [?]Nina Kalinina [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                          @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt

                                                                                          @sofia "heavy sweating" because it doesn't have to but in 10 out of 10 cases it does

                                                                                            [?]Florence » 🌐
                                                                                            @themaritimegirl@tech.lgbt

                                                                                            Portable cassette players found at the ReStore today!!

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                                                                                            [?]VWestlife » 🌐
                                                                                            @vwestlife@mastodon.social

                                                                                            @themaritimegirl I have a fancier model of that Panasonic with a digital tuner and VMSS (Virtual Motion Sound System), which originally came with headphones that vibrate your ears along with the bass notes in the music to make it feel/sound like "subwoofers for your head". Yeah, it's super gimmicky and the novelty wears off quickly.

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

                                                                                              The tuning scale on this Panasonic is absolutely bombastic, such a design centerpiece!

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                                                                                                [?]Tim Newsham » 🌐
                                                                                                @timnewsham@mastodon.social

                                                                                                The game is a foot
                                                                                                the door is a jar
                                                                                                and the stop is a head

                                                                                                [?]Jordan Sissel » 🌐
                                                                                                @whack@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                @purpleidea ok so I am trying to use tabs instead of spaces for indentation and within two days I've already found a failure.

                                                                                                yaml rejects tabs as indentation. lol

                                                                                                Of course I fucking find this.

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

                                                                                                  @whack @purpleidea tabs are objectively wrong

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

                                                                                                    weren't they, like, invented by IBM

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

                                                                                                      @max sounds like something IBM would invent, yeah

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

                                                                                                        RE: retro.pizza/@mrencyclopedia/11

                                                                                                        Hi it’s me, “English speaker who learned grammatical nightmare Dutch and then randomly decided it was time to get serious about Chinese, and did in fact learn to read Chinese”

                                                                                                        Make your own flash cards. Write your own notes. Ideally with pen and paper, but if that’s not an option, type it letter by letter or use speech-to-text. Don’t copy-paste. Don’t autocomplete. Don’t generate with AI. You need to use YOUR hands or YOUR voice if you want to change YOUR brain, YOUR own inner neural network weights.

                                                                                                        I’ve been trying an Obsidian plugin called HiWords. You select a word, right click, and add a definition; from then on, that word will be highlighted in Obsidian notes, and you can hover to see your definition. Elegant, helpful, I like it.

                                                                                                        They have a (completely optional, opt-in) functionality to shell out to an LLM for filling in the definition. I imagine that a lot of students requested this functionality, and it wasn’t hard to implement, so I understand why they added it. I can see why the students want it; it sounds so much more efficient, so much more ✨data✨ per effort to get the vocabulary collection up and running. But it’s self-defeating. It’s drowning your senses in noise that won’t stick in your memory. Two or three words you took the time to look up and write down yourself are vastly more helpful than a paragraph churned out by a machine.

                                                                                                        Do it by hand, learn it by heart. 📓💖

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                                                                                                          [?]afx » 🌐
                                                                                                          @afx@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                          @0xabad1dea This is why writing cheat sheets before exams was always helpful even when they were not used in the exam.

                                                                                                            [?]Agnieszka R. Turczyńska [she/her] » 🔓
                                                                                                            @agturcz@circumstances.run

                                                                                                            @0xabad1dea I'm curious? Why do you consider Dutch grammar as a nightmare?

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

                                                                                                              @agturcz take the weird edge cases of English and turn up the knob, because Dutch is in even more of a half-eroded Indo-European state. And the rules about word order in complex clauses remain mystifying after speaking it daily for years.

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                                                                                                                [?]Space Catitude 🚀 » 🌐
                                                                                                                @TerryHancock@realsocial.life

                                                                                                                @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                Another "forklift at the gym" example.

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

                                                                                                                  You know why I can read Classical Chinese? Because I have spent the last year slowly but surely making a complete handwritten copy of my favorite textbook. Every explanation. Every example sentence. With my own original translations and margin notes. On nice sturdy paper with a pen I find comfortable to use. I’m at 183 handwritten pages so far.

                                                                                                                  (Gonna repeat again that a lot of people who think they hate writing by hand actually hate cheap ballpoints that hurt their hands.)

                                                                                                                  Photo of my Classical Chinese notebook lying in front of the open textbook on a book stand

                                                                                                                  Alt...Photo of my Classical Chinese notebook lying in front of the open textbook on a book stand

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                                                                                                                  [?]Joost Rekveld » 🌐
                                                                                                                  @joost_rekveld@assemblag.es

                                                                                                                  @0xabad1dea that looks like so much more fun than the not very constructive (or effective) activity on various chinese language apps that I has been my not very well thought out 'strategy' over the last years.. Would you mind sharing what your favourite textbook for Classical Chinese is ? Does it assume any level of knowledge of modern Chinese ?

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

                                                                                                                    @joost_rekveld unfortunately yes, every serious full-length textbook of Classical Chinese I’m aware of presumes a strong working knowledge of modern Mandarin. In fact, that’s why I started working on my own website that approaches it from the angle of people who are interested in ancient languages in general, but there’s not much there yet. 厄.net/classicalchinese/

                                                                                                                    The book I’m working from is “Classical Chinese: A Functional Approach” by Kai Li and James Erwin Dew. The orange edition is typeset in Simplified, the green edition is typeset in Traditional.

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                                                                                                                      [?]Joost Rekveld » 🌐
                                                                                                                      @joost_rekveld@assemblag.es

                                                                                                                      @0xabad1dea many thanks for the pointer to the book, and what a good idea to make such a site ! I certainly feel part of your target audience...

                                                                                                                        [?]Elrond Hubbard » 🔓
                                                                                                                        @anarchiv@todon.nl

                                                                                                                        @0xabad1dea Thicker pens really save my wrist.

                                                                                                                        But damn, that's impressive. Respect!

                                                                                                                          [?]lou. » 🌐
                                                                                                                          @einsiedlerspiel@todon.nl

                                                                                                                          @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                          I'd like to hear more about your thoughts on choosing a pen, is there anything more to it than 'try a lot of pens until you find one that works for you?' :blobfoxcomputer:

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

                                                                                                                            @einsiedlerspiel

                                                                                                                            The three most important factors in finding a pen that's comfortable to use are:

                                                                                                                            1) Barrel thickness. Cheap ballpoints tend to be very skinny, and adult hands cramp up holding them. A chunky pen can be much easier to hold for long writing sessions.

                                                                                                                            2) Softer grip area with no sharp faceted angles. I have found that if I use a wider pen, a rubber/foam grip is not necessary, but many people find them a lifesaver.

                                                                                                                            3) Smooth, flowing ink. Ballpoints are the WORST for this. Their grease-based ink has many virtues, such as waterproofness and being very cheap per page, but you have to press hard and drag the pen like a knife to get a clear line. IMO fountain pens are the best for this, but if that's too much fuss, a nice gel pen from a serious brand is the best all-around option.

                                                                                                                            Unlearning a painful death-grip acquired from ballpoint use may take some time and practice.

                                                                                                                            Here are some specific model recommendations from a serious pen fan. penaddict.com/top-5-pens

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                                                                                                                              [?]lou. » 🌐
                                                                                                                              @einsiedlerspiel@todon.nl

                                                                                                                              @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                              ya that makes sense, having this enumerated is helpful thanks!

                                                                                                                              (I learned my death grip in school with a probably ill-fitted fountain pen, and have mostly experimented with different tips in a thick (and heavy!) ball-tip housing. That's tolerable -- but it still takes discipline not grip and press too hard; maybe I should try fountain pens again)

                                                                                                                                [?]rasteri » 🌐
                                                                                                                                @rasteri@mastodon.scot

                                                                                                                                @0xabad1dea @einsiedlerspiel I'm quite a big fan of liquid-ink rollerballs. Bit of a halfway-house between fountain pens and gel-inks

                                                                                                                                  [?]trainguyrom » 🌐
                                                                                                                                  @trainguyrom@techhub.social

                                                                                                                                  @0xabad1dea @einsiedlerspiel I'm curious if left handers have differing opinions on pen ink from right handers.

                                                                                                                                  Personally I go for good quality #2 pencils and a manual sharpener for my note taking purposes, which has the fun of slowly making my hand appear silvery the more I draw and write at a time

                                                                                                                                    [?]Ted Lemon » 🌐
                                                                                                                                    @abhayakara@mastodon.nl

                                                                                                                                    @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                                    I'm curious to know how many chinese symbols you were able to learn in that time!

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

                                                                                                                                      @abhayakara I started studying (modern) Chinese at all about four years ago, and got serious about Classical specifically, which has some different vocabulary, about a year ago. I stopped keeping formal count at about two thousand characters, because at that point, you know all the common ones and flash card drilling doesn't help much. The number that I can recognize in-context in a sentence is probably between 2500-3000, which is the low end of fluency. (A highly-educated Chinese person will know 4000-5000).

                                                                                                                                      In the Chinese public education system, they take a tactic of pushing 700 crucial characters in the first year and then slowing down a bit, with a target of 3000-3500 by the end of 6th grade. I think I did about 600 in my first year, which feels fair because I wasn't a full-time schoolchild.

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                                                                                                                                        [?]Ted Lemon » 🌐
                                                                                                                                        @abhayakara@mastodon.nl

                                                                                                                                        @0xabad1dea that's fabulous! Did you in fact use any tools like Anki?

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

                                                                                                                                          @abhayakara I used Skritter, which has an expensive subscription but I recommend it over Anki because it's specifically designed for Chinese/Japanese characters and has you hand-write the characters in stroke order (on your phone/tablet, with finger or stylus)

                                                                                                                                            [?]RRB » 🌐
                                                                                                                                            @rrb@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                            @0xabad1dea Using AI to help learning is like doing athletic training by using machines to lift weights.

                                                                                                                                              [?]AT » 🌐
                                                                                                                                              @at@mathstodon.xyz

                                                                                                                                              @0xabad1dea extremely Mesopotamian approach to education

                                                                                                                                                [?]David Willanski » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                @dwillanski@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                @0xabad1dea I had exams where we were allowed to bring one single sided A4 page of notes. The act of trying to write the entire course on one page meant nobody actually used their notes in the exam.

                                                                                                                                                  [?]marmarta [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                  @marmarta@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                  @0xabad1dea oh this is so true. In ye olde school days, I used to prepare cheat sheets for class tests; they were made so that I could potentially use them for cheating (Poland in the 90s had a bit of a different approach to cheating than some other countries :D it was very normalized), but the mere process of making it, digesting information into small portable form and writing it down was always enough to actually... teach me the material. And pass the test without cheating.

                                                                                                                                                    [?]🍵 holly [any] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                    @holly@social.v.st

                                                                                                                                                    @0xabad1dea @quixoticgeek Ooh, HiWords (minus the “AI”), sounds very useful! I want to try it for adding hidden furigana to my Japanese grammar notes. Any other Obsidian plugin recommendations?

                                                                                                                                                      [?]Magnus Ahltorp » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @ahltorp@mastodon.nu

                                                                                                                                                      @0xabad1dea This is what I try to tell anyone learning Chinese characters. Even if you never plan to write any character in a "real" situation, writing them by hand makes it easier to recognise them, because you don't truly know the character if you don't know how to write it.

                                                                                                                                                      And even copying characters is such a great skill to have when put in a real situation. You can get away with a lot if you're just able to copy your address or whatever onto a form.

                                                                                                                                                        [?]Karpour » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                        @karpour@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                        @0xabad1dea Better to chose Dutch and not German. Dutch has much easier grammar than German, and much more consistent pronunciation than German and especially English.
                                                                                                                                                        I'll give HiWords a try, that seems useful for learning 日本語 :)

                                                                                                                                                          [?]Zimmie [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @bob_zim@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                          @0xabad1dea I like the way Field Notes puts it in their marketing materials: I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it *now*.

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

                                                                                                                                                            if you have a 4 functions (act, item, draw, willpower) arranged in a cross pattern (one at the top, left, right, and bottom) and two of which can be disabled, how should the arrangement be?

                                                                                                                                                            always available left/right, disabled top/bottom:88
                                                                                                                                                            always available top/bottom, disabled left/right:55

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                                                                                                                                                              [?]Myno :myno_sit: [she/they/it] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                              @mynotaurus@floofy.tech

                                                                                                                                                              @eniko oh instinctively id split it diagonally (like controller face buttons, A/B is essential stuff and X/Y is usually more exotic stuff)

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

                                                                                                                                                                @eniko I'd pick neither, and use the most accessible buttons as the always available and the others as possibly disabled.

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

                                                                                                                                                                  oh no not again

                                                                                                                                                                  50/50 results split

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

                                                                                                                                                                  @eniko so the answer is "yes" it seems 😆

                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Mark W. Gabby-Li 🐌 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                    @Aradayn@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                    @eniko Given that the first option in a poll is biased to get more votes, I think if this was the final result, it means the second choice would have won by a small margin. 😆

                                                                                                                                                                      [?]staringatclouds » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                      @staringatclouds@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                      @eniko Agrajag ! Is that you ?

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

                                                                                                                                                                        Depends on the screen I'll be using, I guess! The screen's supporting surface (hand/table) and dimensions (can be held in hands of various sizes) etc. are going to shape the exact experience.
                                                                                                                                                                        ...Could just say "PC vs Mobile" but listed out the *reasons* up there...!

                                                                                                                                                                        Anyway: I voted for **Disabled L/R Buttons** because *no matter* you're on a touchscreen, ONE OF the top/bottom buttons is always going to be accessible...!

                                                                                                                                                                        On a phone, I find my fingers' vertical movement easier.

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

                                                                                                                                                                        @eniko the correct solution is "do it like CSS reflow, where you end up with all 3 commands in a row but the 3rd one is 80% off screen"

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]VGA golden hour » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @vga_gradients@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                          seed: 2026-06-18T05:45:07.657295
size: 256 x 256
shape: GS_CIRCULAR center=(0.6286, 0.8544)
color pick method: COL_RANDOM_TETRAD
blends:
(64, 121, 33) -> (79, 210, 234), 0.5481
(79, 210, 234) -> (252, 222, 216), 0.4519
dither: DT_PATTERN (map: 4x4_authored)
flags: ALL_CONTINUOUS

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Tomb💀Time » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                          must i run all modern software in individually customized docker containers?

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Tomb💀Time » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                          what if said software uses docker as part of its functionality? is there a way to install a meta-docker?

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]🔪 Joel May-Kill 🔪 [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @jpm@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                          @tubetime that’s just Incus - you can run Docker inside Incus containers.

                                                                                                                                                                          Docker was a mistake.

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                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Tomb💀Time » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                            @tubetime@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                            @jpm can i run Incus in a Docker container?

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                                                                                                                                                                              [?]🔪 Joel May-Kill 🔪 [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                              @jpm@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                              @tubetime probably, nested containers is a thing (which is how Incus can host Docker/Podman)

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                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Rue Mohr » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                @RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                @tubetime Installer? no, I dont write those, I just ship you my entire computer.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                  I bought another canon 300D on a whim (fully expecting to be outbid, was not, such is life.) It was meant to come with among other things a memory card, which was not present, but there was an unexpected kit lens, version with stabilization. Kinda a win.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Oh yeah. And the mirror assembly pin is just as broken as on my previous 300D (leads to loss of autofocus.) On the plus side, now if I fuck up the repair on one 300D, I have another try.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                  @ozzelot@snac.sklenicekrtku.cz
                                                                                                                                                                                  I can also, you know, do the IR/full spectrum mod on at least one... :3

                                                                                                                                                                                  "which is the parts one"
                                                                                                                                                                                  "they're both the parts one"

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

                                                                                                                                                                                    On the plus side, now if I fuck up the repair on one 300D, I have another try.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt..."Airplane!" good luck, we're all counting on you quote

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

                                                                                                                                                                                      @max@manmachine.me
                                                                                                                                                                                      Through the magic of buying two of them, I have experienced the same exact fault twice

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

                                                                                                                                                                                        I love fountain pens but you do have to be aware of things like “weather decided it’s a leaky pen day”

                                                                                                                                                                                        (Sudden changes in air pressure can cause fountain pens to blorp)

                                                                                                                                                                                        Sheet of my Classical Chinese notes with ink blorped and smudged on the page and on my hands; the offending pen lies cozily in a paper towel stained with ink.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                          Sudden changes in air pressure can cause fountain pens to blorp
                                                                                                                                                                                          I was a heavy fountain pen user in uni and I quickly learned to carry them in a ziplock bag with some paper towels, just in case.

                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Ishambard » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                            @ishambard@cupoftea.social

                                                                                                                                                                                            @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                                                                                            Sun Quan mentioned!

                                                                                                                                                                                            As someone with a passing interest in Chinese history, instilled in me from playing way too many Koei games over the years, I was delighted to see a name i recognised!

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

                                                                                                                                                                                              @limneticvillains@mastodon.online the Lazy Brat series, turns out, are fantastic music for travelling in a bus through a busy city, staring wistfully out of the window.

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


                                                                                                                                                                                                curled sossij, egg and toast on a glass plate

                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...curled sossij, egg and toast on a glass plate

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Veronica Explains » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @veronica@explains.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                  The internet is still full of wacky, weird, fun stuff. Your stuff still has a home. People want to see it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️ [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @foone@digipres.club

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Toggle buttons that can update their own state should be banned

                                                                                                                                                                                                  I'm trying to connect to my headphones, but the connect button becomes a disconnect button when they finally connect.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  which they do, 5 milliseconds before I click them again

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️ [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @foone@digipres.club

                                                                                                                                                                                                  THEY DISCONNECTED AGAIN AS SOON AS MY BACK WAS TURNED

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]woe2you » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @woe2you@beige.party

                                                                                                                                                                                                  @foone You stopped observing the quantum button.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                    “Bluetooth: it’s slow and confusing, but at least it’s unreliable”

                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Effin' Birds » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @effinbirds@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                      An important message from Yarrow the owl
                                                                                                                                                                                                      eatf.art

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Colin » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @colinstu@birdbutt.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                      @effinbirds @xoagray I was so ready for a hoot or something.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                        RE: social.coop/@fraggle/116751947

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Periodic reminder that the only planet where 100% of Linux systems have working audio is Mars.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                        I switched to exFAT for my crossplatform drives specifically not to deal with NTFS issues, works a treat. But I don't need any NTFS features also, yeah.

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