Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
Going live with some Mega Man 2 hacking - removing full screen flash effects. https://twitch.tv/madewokherd
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Gender Census 2020 Report #2: The identity question
https://gendercensus.com/post/625808277898493952/gender-census-2020-the-identity-question
Me: The race condition happens because the thread just posts a message to make X happen, then does something that requires X to have completed.
Brain: It's surprising that we still use the notion of a linear order of events when thinking about race conditions.
Me: Wait, what?
Hi, I wrote a thing about some problems I had with creative schoolwork https://archive.org/details/stunted-creativity-or-how-i-skipped-an-entire-category-of-schoolwork
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having a techie girlfriend is being asked "what happens when you click it though, like what's the error" and going "i mean it just doesn't work" and hearing the sharp inhale of someone working through their tech support trauma right in front of you to avoid screaming
About to reverse-engineer some Zelda 1 audio code, for converting recorder tunes. https://twitch.tv/madewokherd
I don't usually cross-post from Twitter but LiveSplit just works(TM) in Wine now https://twitter.com/madewokherd/status/1274074775879585792
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fun with linux
Amazing.
I have the Zoom client installed on my computer (the only things I use it for don't need encryption). And every time I leave the computer for any length of time, when I come back, the Zoom client has started on its own.
It's not a specific interval. It's not a specific time. It just seems to be any time I'm away from the computer for more than 15 minutes; when I wake the computer back up, Zoom's sitting there, waiting.
I check running daemons, I poke at background tasks - nothing.
Finally, it occurs to me: "when I wake the computer up". So on a hunch, I check xscreensaver - which has an oooold screensaver called "zoom". I don't have that screensaver installed, but it's listed in the possible screensavers, so xscreensaver checks for it - and it doesn't just check the screensavers directory, it checks $PATH too.
I remove the "zoom" line from ~/.xscreensaver - and the problem goes away.
When I need to test things on Windows for work now it goes Windows->synergy->synergyc->Linux (local)->Remmina->x11vnc->Linux (work)->VirtualBox->Windows. It's kind of amazing that the whole chain works.
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first half of the free batch of icons i did for pride!
tucking (genitals)
Everyone says to use tape but I've found that shoelaces do a much better job of keeping the balls in place while being less painful, and once they're in place there's no need to secure the rest of it, underwear is good enough. Why does everyone use tape?
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lewd
*rings doorbell* Good day, friend. Do you feel empty inside? Unfulfilled? Well, I'm here to tell you the good news that the emptiness in your life can be filled by our lord and savior, dildos.
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As a parting gift for tonight have moff again.
(I'm kinda sad I don't show art much after the first time because a lot of it is gifts to and of people.)
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go to gendered bathrooms and replace the signs with two random things like, a fish and a sandal, and watch as people puzzle out which one is manlier
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The sixth annual international Gender Census 2019 is now open until 25th March!
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/gendercensus2019/
It's for anyone whose genders (or lack thereof) aren't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and the results are useful in academia, business, and self-advocacy.
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Looking through old art (because I desperately need to organize my desktop and art folders)
this is a thing I did for a zine towards the very start of 2018. Pretty sure it's been long enough that I can post this publicly.
horse and sheep gfs. They still need names actually
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Here’s a survey about titles that should only take 3 minutes or so, for literally anyone who speaks English:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc9qrhq9Y_I3E-4GYritWVpQ2xXj8uBmAMGNmpVF-9XDgWAw/viewform
It’ll end at noon UK time on Sunday 13th January 2019 at the soonest.
Every survey response, RT and boost is really helpful! Thank you. :)
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If you really want to help Firefox succeed, file a bug on https://webcompat.com/ when you find a broken website. Don't just switch back to Chrome; let Mozilla know there's a problem so they can try to fix it.
When browsers lose market share, they fall into the "compatibility death spiral." Sites don't bother to test, they break, and users flee to the browser that "just works." Mozilla is fighting this battle every day, and it just got harder.
Joined Aug 2018
