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My coding jag is coming to an end. My partner will be back tomorrow, kicking my ass to do other things.
π¬ 2 comments Β· Sep 26 Β· 3 weeks ago
re: Stop pretending to be anti-violence β [gemini link] I agree with so many things, except one -- markets. Yes, government equals violence, in every 'solution' it offers. Yes, enforcement, especially selective enforcement of contracts is violence. And capitalism, especially in advances stages, is total violence -- like most --isms (government preferences) it is and -ism that gives preference to the rich. Free Market is not Capitalism It is the opposite of capitalism. Let me elaborate, because...
π¬ 11 comments Β· 1 like Β· Sep 18 Β· 4 weeks ago
Sometimes one just has to have 24 oysters and three vodka martinis.
π¬ 1 comment Β· 1 like Β· Sep 16 Β· 4 weeks ago
Netcup wanted my ID! β I tried to sign up for their cheapest VPS. They demanded that I provide them with a government-approved picture ID using a device with a camera via a link that mutt broke into 3 lines. Harumph. Naturally I ignored it, and two weeks later (today) they sent me an email that my order was canceled because I failed to provide a valid ID. I could not resist and wrote a scathing email in response. That will show them! Is it something about Germany specifically that makes people...
π¬ 5 comments Β· Sep 11 Β· 5 weeks ago
AWS Hosting β AWS hosting experience As some of you know I've struggled with tildes hosting my games, and finally gave up and signed up for AWS a week ago. Why AWS? I don't really know, but given their size and breadth (encompassing a good chunk of the Internet) I figured it is likely to at least be reliable. My attempts to get a cheap host at some barely-known place or one of the German facilities failed miserably. Also, unsurprisingly, trying to sign up for Oracle was a disaster with four $...
π¬ 10 comments Β· Sep 07 Β· 5 weeks ago
SpellBinding: New Server! β [gemini link] How many times can this happen? Hopefully this is the last time. DDNS address -- I can point it anywhere I want! My own AWS instance -- hopefully no downtime. I am grateful to tilde.team for hosting the game -- while it lasted. Hope to see you making words soon. p.s. This is mainly for Antenna. BBS users already know. I tried using ctrl-c.club via my gemlog, but ctrl-c.club Gemini server was down. What's happening?
π¬ 5 comments Β· 2 likes Β· Sep 06 Β· 5 weeks ago
DIY Gemini Servers... β I am kind of tired of bending over backwards to code CGI games running behind a server built for an entirely different purpose. I am just going to write my own. This is easier than what I am doing now, opening and closing users and game state databases and loading the same stupid files for every click. The game logic is really, really fast with the game pre-loaded. User data is likewise in RAM. The only variable is the network. I could write a simple async server...
π¬ 11 comments Β· 2 likes Β· Sep 04 Β· 6 weeks ago
And my internet is down for hours again, second time this week. Manhattan is a third world country.
π¬ 10 comments Β· Aug 25 Β· 7 weeks ago
Help: a minimal VPS Gemini server with CGI β I am considering getting an OVH VPS for $5/month to run a Gemini server. I have many questions, and appreciate your feedback. Which servers supports CGI and are minimal/easy to manage? Preferably written in C. Can I generate a certificate for Gemini or do I need to buy one somewhere? I would like to avoid registering a domain name and OVH gives you a permanent IP address. Is that workable? Anything else you can think of I should look into?
π¬ 33 comments Β· 1 like Β· Aug 23 Β· 7 weeks ago
@requiem, team is not fixing their gemini server. If you were serious about your generous offer, I would love to take you up on it... I promise that it will not cause you any headaches -- other than just keeping your host up. pls email me at stack@ctrl-c.club Let's bring spellbinding, wordo and ensemble back to Gemini together! Many thanks
π¬ View post Β· Aug 20 Β· 8 weeks ago
Went to The Clap Factory again last night for some reason. Why does anyone ever go there? The place really sucks.
π¬ 3 comments Β· Aug 01 Β· 2 months ago
Folding Kayaks... β Not sure why, but I keep looking at Oru Kayaks with envy and anger! I wrote up a page on my gemlog... [gemini link]
π¬ 2 comments Β· Jul 10 Β· 3 months ago
Have to buy a cheap new phone... Thoughts? β My last phone was a Samsung A14 (meh), and I lost it. I am back to using my old moto G play (2021) with cracked glass, for months now. The glass is very cracked and I am not sure how long before it breaks or starts cutting my finger. So I think I better get a phone. I hate phones and the idea of buying a new one is not at all appealing. I think I will go with a Samsung A15 because it has: a real 3.5mm headphone jack; an SD card slot; a decent camera;...
π¬ 20 comments Β· 2 likes Β· May 26 Β· 5 months ago
My Das keyboard failed for 2 minutes, then started working again! I thought my machine locked up as it sometimes does from browser overload, and almost rebooted it, when I noticed that it was actually alive (it's a notebook I keep under the desk). dmesg showed a few error messages with "Possible bad USB cable", and unplugging and plugging it in did nothing (no lights, no response) A little percussive maintenance and it was back to work like nothing ever happened. Is that what they mean by '...
π¬ 6 comments Β· Apr 28 Β· 6 months ago
Harold and the Purple Prion β Harold has lost a lot of weight, and his hands are shaking. He has trouble sleeping. Soon after, he experiences the onset of severe, rapidly progressing dementia and falls into a deep catatonic sleep. In his dreams, he sets off on an imaginative adventure, creating everything he needsβ a moonlit path, a forest, a boat, and even a picnic along the way. As Harold explores, he faces small challenges yet always finds creative solutions by imagining his way out....
π¬ 2 comments Β· Apr 17 Β· 6 months ago
Research Environment and Tools for Advanced Rapid Development β I am starting work on a new project. I was going to do it in C or Lisp, but given the name, it should be something more this century, and work poorly (so Lisp is out).
π¬ 3 comments Β· Mar 23 Β· 7 months ago
Fidgetting with British Pound Coins β When I code I always have a handful of fat coins for fidgetting with while thinking. Somehow it always helped, and later it turned out that stimming is a real thing which helps people with ADD focus (and hyperfocus, my secret power). Old British Pounds have always been my favorite. I truly enjoy the tactile elements -- the weight, the subtle ridges, and the visuals -- the Queen at various ages, the onions or whatever is on the back, the writing on the...
π¬ 3 comments Β· Mar 21 Β· 7 months ago
Please feel free to complain or support GPL here! My personal dislike started after seeing FSF strongarm CLisp into GPL for using GPL'ed command-line subroutine. Bullying a lone coder, even for 'greater good', by a corporation full of lawyers is still evil.
π¬ 16 comments Β· Mar 02 Β· 7 months ago
Linux is Choking My Machine! β 4GB is becoming unbearably small to run web browsers. I am really outraged. My system completely locked up when I had a few Librewolf windows open and clicked on some link that opened Opera (which configured itself as the browser to open when I click on web links on my PDF viewer, for some reason). Slowed down to a crawl like I haven't seen since Windows days, and then locked up with the fan blasting and kswapd on top. I had to shut it down with the switch. I...
π¬ 21 comments Β· 2 likes Β· Feb 19 Β· 8 months ago
Mullvad dns screwed me but good today β I listened to some Internet rando's advice and altered a few scripts somewhere in my xubuntu's DNS resolver, putting mullvad dns as my primary. And then I forgot all about it for maybe a month. And, today, I couldn't use Lagrange. I couldn't figure why it wouldn't connect -- I had a Tor browser up with no problems, so it wasn't the usual ISP issue. I almost started reinstalling Lagrange when I noticed that my LibreWolf likewise was having problems. And...
π¬ 3 comments Β· Jan 19 Β· 9 months ago
Help! Spellbinding needs a new home! β Tilde.cafe had generously provided a home for Spellbinding, but they are shutting down(?) Can you spare a tiny bit of resources to host it? Spellbinding is a C-based CGI script that uses absolutely minimal resources to provide the game experience to a couple of dozen players daily. If you have a stable server and wanto to help, I and the players would greatly appreciate it. Also, if you know of a good, stable free provider with CGI, please let me know.
π¬ 13 comments Β· Jan 08 Β· 9 months ago
Sleep hacking β I am going to try polyphasic sleep, after reading and watching a few videos. After the last 3-hour time-zone shift I never fully recovered a good sleep cycle. I find myself waking up at 4AM, forcing myself to go back to sleep, and waking again around 9 or 10, very tired and barely awake all day. So I think it will be a breeze to just get up and take a 20-min nap or two.
π¬ 5 comments Β· 1 like Β· Jan 06 Β· 9 months ago
I think I am an optimist. β When a pessimist says "Things cannot possibly get any worse", the optimist says "Yes, they can!"
π¬ 5 comments Β· 3 likes Β· Jan 02 Β· 9 months ago
Trying to run again... β I stopped running maybe a year ago, when my right foot started hurting constantly. After a few months of being unable to walk without pain, I got myself some Hokkas and the pain went away. Unfortunately I got scared out of running, and got on the trajectory of turning into a fat turd. So I started running again. Very carefully, a couple of minutes at a time to start, stopping anytime I felt pain. Oddly my left foot is giving me trouble now, and running in Hokkas...
π¬ 8 comments Β· 2 likes Β· 2024-12-27 Β· 10 months ago
USB... The Golden Age Is Over β I was never a big fan of USB, but for a while things were good. You could get a USB device, plug it into your computer's USB port using a USB cable, and things worked. But now, it's whack-a-mole with which cable to use, what port to use, and compatibility is not guaranteed. Just for charging my phone, most of my cables and chargers do not provide a fast charge. What really sucks is that it's hard to figure out what cable to use with which device -- some are...
π¬ 9 comments Β· 2024-12-24 Β· 10 months ago
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