maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

dwm.exe was somehow choking it. killed the process, nothing seems to have changed behaviour so i'm not sure what from it was choking, but now my GPU usage cratered.

my GPU is idling at 80c... 🥲

i've also posted it on my non-tumblr blog now: https://maple.pet/blog/solving-a-base64-mystery-nobody-asked-for

several hours later here's a writeup on how i did:

https://www.tumblr.com/maplesynth/742691202686730240

spoilers, i didn't recover the whole JPEG. but about half of it is intelligible

now i just need to sample the whole fuckin base64 alphabet

sickos voice after a few hours of python yes ha ha yes

no conventional OCR does not work on this at all

is there a type of quasi-OCR already done that i can leverage to just recognize exact characters which are always rendered identically like this or do i need to get my paws dirty in the python mines

#programming #ocr #python

jackbox party pack 10 dodo re mi is really fun

is thermal grizzly a pun on thermal grease. did i just figure that out now. am i the last one to figure that out

can you imagine if original super mario brothers was released today as a GaaS and JP smb2 was "season 2" i don't have any point to make here i just think we're currently living in the dumbest timeline

i'm so special and cool and absolutely everybody loves me and i'm the queen of my world

updating my resume to add that i can solder better than an FAA certified engineer

boy i forgot how loud my 3d printer was

@jk i want you to know every now and then i still think about more slaw

it's mavica