social media is anything but and mastodon has not ever been and will not ever be better than twitter or any similar contrived microblogging platform for as long as it retains the favourite button
i make music: https://maple.pet/music
i make open source tech tools and toys: https://maple.pet/tech
i started the netizen club and the link cache, to help my yearning for a simpler internet: https://links.netizen.club/
i'm looking for work. if you know anyone who needs someone with 8+ years professional experience plumbing nearly any sort of bespoke tech, talk to me.
if you like a post where a person is talking about killing themselves that means that you like that that person wants to kill themselves, there is no other interpretation for the wording x has liked your post that i can infer in good faith and this is why i tell people not to like my negative posts unless they like that i'm in misery because if you want to convey anything else you have 26 letters and punctuation at your disposal
hey gang! i'm broke. i haven't had a stable job in over two years. i can code, i can make websites, i can make, repair and mod electronics (UK folks send me your consoles for repair!) and i can even do pixel art. you'd think someone or some place would need my skills but i guess we're both wrong. please boost if you can't donate or offer me a gig #mutualaid #fedihire https://maple.pet/comissions https://ko-fi.com/squirrel
That said, I hope the game will get a more nuanced label than “new Jon Blow game”. While the creative vision is his, he didn’t make any of the original games and there are a lot of talented people at Thekla who also deserve credit.
These games are the starting point, but the bulk of the game is new puzzles combining mechanics from different games together. I haven’t played the game but I have faith it will be interesting, and the world can always do with more great puzzle games.
The original games at the core of Order of the Sinking Star are:
* The Heroes of Sokoban series: by Jonah Ostroff
* The Promesst series: by Sean Barrett
* Mirror Isles: by me
* Skipping Stones to Lonely Homes: by me
i find fixing the daily annoying Linux things more difficult than "developing software". if your app has a bug, you can set a breakpoint or whatever. i wish i could do that on my entire linux install. where is it getting the y value for the icon label height? oh it loads that from this config file. etc. but i don't even know what program is drawing the icons onto the screen! if i did, maybe i could check its open file handles or something. anyway, having to think like this at all? is not Normal
for example. on my linux laptop, i updated the OS. and it changed my icon spacing on my desktop so that half the labels under each icon are now cut off. this happened in January. i've spent nearly a year trying to fix it on and off, but i've got no idea where even to start. on windows there'd be a single tool called like "Windows Icons Fixer 1.04" or a registry key you needed to change. but on linux? how do i even know which piece of software draws the icons? positions them? it's not X11
as i'm hoping to move to linux fulltime in the next couple years, i'd like a flowchart of how to fix things on linux. i've never really figured it out. on windows it's like. go into control panel. go into device manager. go into program files and delete something. but on linux it's hard to even work out what software is running on your computer, let alone which thing is causing the issue, let alone how to fix it, let alone whether the fix will break again the next time you update some package
new on the #linkcache
CarveToy - An online tool for generating and sharing wavetable samples.
Polish Matchbox Catalog - Carefully collected, scanned and catalogued matchbox labels from mid-century Poland with some very cool art.
Electronics Club - A website for anyone wishing to learn about electronics or build simple projects.
Identiconn™ Connector Identification Utility - Electronics connectors searchable by type, pictures, terms and even manufacturer logo.
soft launching our new webring
https://netizen.club/webring.php
suitable for viewing in very old computers
So proud to share my favorite personal project so far — the collection of Polish matchbox labels! All digitized and now available to view at https://www.etykietki.co !
thanks to my amazing husband for introducing me to the collection 4 years ago 🩷 @scyzoryk
all other credits in the website’s footer 🔥
queer robot squirrelbunny girl, un-retired computer fairies founder (2017-2021, 2024-), drone #6502, official amiga mascot, making a return to upset those who told us to leave.
https://pronoun.gdn/byte?or=it, robot, lowercase, check system link above, meat shell is 31yo, i block minors indiscriminately
flirting good but get at least acquainted first?
HRT: 15/11/2015
⚠️ do not like or favourite my negative posts: https://computerfairi.es/@mavica_again/110573733959251340 ⚠️