first impressions of LSDj are that it's one of the best pieces of software ever written and a tight encapsulation of "restrictions breed creativity"

like "tracker that runs on the gameboy" presents a pretty stiff set of UI limitations yknow? The screen is small and low resolution and your inputs are limited to four buttons and a d-pad. And those limitations forced the developer to devise one of the best interfaces I have ever had the pleasure of interacting with. Like it's not "intuitive," you'll absolutely have to consult the manual, but it is extremely well-organized and sensible and feels great to control in a way that makes it easy to learn. I only played around with it for maybe an hour and I already felt like I was flying around the program. It's fun as hell.

The song-chain-phrase-instrument hierarchy is absolute genius tbh and it feels driven primarily to accommodate the gameboy's tiny screen, but it makes it incredibly straightforward to compose and arrange music.

Some say femboy engineering has gone too far, some say not far enough

Can I Make an IKEA Blåhaj Shark Fly? by Femboy Engineering
youtube.com/watch?v=R8xa4b8JDS

Today was good, desk phones have been configured and deployed at practical locations around more tomorrow.

CAFFEINATED CHOCCY MILK
CHOCCY MILK
CHOCCY MILK
CAFFEINATED CHOCCY MILK
MY FAIR LADYYYY!!!!!

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I'm playing Sid Meier's Civilization as the Russians and despite being in the modern era, I only just now discovered gravity lol

↔️ Missing anyone who's going to be at Bornhack?
The EMF and Bornhack phone systems will be interconnected during the event!
Dial `BORN xxxx` from EMF, or `4EMF xxxx` from Bornhack to bridge the gap.

#EMFCamp #Bornhack

🎉 just got our* first commit merged into upstream WINE!! Start Menu icons are on master now

it'll be fun if the loss32 PoC ships a version of WINE that has zero non-upstream content eheheh

* under our legal name because of WINE's real names policy, sigh

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going back through time and begging Microsoft engineers to add some way to test if an HBITMAP has an alpha channel

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if I say “I am enjoying writing lots of Win32 COM code in C involving the Windows Shell” would you think I've been kidnapped

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"Know your enemy, but first know their favorite social media password reset questions." - The Art of Cyber War

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[mysterious circle of robed figures]
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: finally my evil plan reachesss fruition
Rowling: it'ss taken me yearss of careful planning but finally
Rowling: finally!!!
Rowling: finally we can defeat the sscourge of human rightsss

telling all my haters "it's just a tool!" but they won't stop criticizing my plan to plow my fields using many small nuclear weapons

Some stakeholders in that meeting had to bite their tongue because of their roles within the meeting but my own stake within the meeting was so smol I had nothing to lose by saying whatever was on my mind. Got some praise after for saying what everyone was thinking.

Silence is violence after all, so today's tech tip: Invite someone to your meetings with nothing to lose for speaking out and let them have at

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