social.solarpunk.au

social.solarpunk.au

vidak | @vidak@social.solarpunk.au

# LOCATION

The unceded, stolen land of the Wadjuk people of the Nyoongar nation. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land!!

# QUOTATIONS

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ~winnie-the-pooh

ok australian politicians time to do what our new US overlords tell us with great spinelessness

TIL The Brisbane Metro bogo-trams¹ don’t work in the rain. Fortunately…*checks notes* *utterly loses it*

¹ three electric buses in a trenchcoat

First time I got a proper night's sleep in a week 😴

You can criticize Andrew Tate and the hive mind surrounding him, but the reality is that he's the consequence of neoliberal economic policies that crushed unions, and other solidarity movements, whilst pushing a narrative of individual responsibility.

hello everynyan!!

for two years i've been developing a project known as MegaGRRL. it's a portable sega genesis music player that uses the original sound chips, and plays VGM files from an SD card.

the portable version is still in development, but recently i designed a simplified, desktop version of the player, and i'm happy to announce that the schematic, PCB, firmware, and 3d print design files for MegaGRRL Desktop are now available for anyone to build.

if you're an FM synth nerd or just a fan of chiptunes, check it out!

longer demo video on youtube:
https://youtu.be/fPXrVPKKeYM
hackaday.io page:
https://hackaday.io/project/169129-megagrrl-desktop
world wide web site:
https://kunoichilabs.dev/megagrrl_desktop.html

the transformers franchise but it's in slav, replete with wedding dancing and trumpets

your nostalgia is to be sold back to you

What people seem to have trouble understanding about undefined behavior is that it's undefined. As in, not defined. Literally anything can happen, and there's no guarantee that the same thing will happen the next time.

You aren't supposed to rely on any behavior. No, it doesn't matter that this behavior makes sense. No, it doesn't matter that you can't imagine how anyone would actually implement it any other way. No, it doesn't matter that you think you've covered all the possible implementations. No, it doesn't matter that you've tested and verified all the historical implementations, and travelled into the future to test a few future implementations as well.

You just aren't supposed to rely on undefined behavior.

Getting back in the mood to work on by listening to some tracker music bangers on it. Just discovered this one, Pheno by Bay Tremore and Muffler

can we just go back to the days where PCs were cute toys your dad had in order to feel like he was going places in the world, and where people would enthusiastically play the second reality demo by future crew in order to show people that the $2000 386SX is still good enough to be in the game

Are you a Guix user or contributor? If so, could you spare a few minutes to fill out this survey and share your feedback about Guix? It only took me a few minutes to complete and the information will help the project prioritize future work.

https://guix.limesurvey.net/

periodic reminder that 8GB RAM is actually a lot of RAM

looking at you, modern web browsers...

Cat's Cradle

"Krebbs was gone; but, before leaving, he had run up three-hundred-dollars worth of long-distance calls, set my couch on fire in five places, killed my cat and my avocado tree, and torn the door off my medicine cabinet."

Ugh, I know the type.

so much webshit UI is horrendous

how do we put up with this?

after a month of studying japanese everyday, i now know about 400 words and can understand probably 5% (probably less) of spoken conversations

way better than i expected!

gargron would never break up the mastodon dot social hegemony...

unless...

the way the news gets away with depicting hackers is ridiculous

Description: In this image, we see a woman wearing headphones and a black jacket, sitting in a radio studio. She is holding her hand to her face, appearing to be in a thoughtful or pensive mood. The background features a radio control panel, which is a common element in radio studios. The text overlay on the image reads "(sobbing): then she was gone." This suggests that the woman might be reflecting on a recent event or conversation.

Disclaimer: I'm listening, caller, but before we proceed, I must offer this small caveat: The description of the image in question has been generated by an automated process, not unlike the way my brother Niles generates excuses to avoid physical exertion. As such, its accuracy may be as questionable as Dad's choice in recliners. Please, do exercise your own judgment, much as I do when selecting a fine sherry.

looks like this blog post is gonna take more than one afternoon

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