Mauve 👁💜 @mauve@mastodon.mauve.moe
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Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.
Joined Apr 2022
Playing the fun game of `Match the Result type`. Today's participants: `anyhow::Result`, `std::io::Result` and whatever the heck usize::try_from returns
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Dear fellow Europeans, I am respectfully asking you to consider signing this European Citizen Initiative to institute a billionaire tax. It was invented by leading French economist Thomas Piketty; I read the whole thing, and it is technically excellent. Hit me if you have questions, but please sign it, it is important.
It needs 1 million signatures (currently 300K) and seven countries over their threshold (currently three: Denmark, France, Germany).
Autism
@TheBreadmonkey Watch out letting governments know about it since it can lead to medical discrimination and limit your ability to immigrate. The global medical system is still deeply rooted in eugenic s and sadly there's not a lot of support for autism. ADHD at least can get you some meds though which can be helpful.
Having a rough one NGL. Gonna attribute it to the phase of the moon.
@lazerwalker Wow! Are there out of the box keyboards with this setup that one could get somehwere? OR is this a "you need to flash custom firmware" situation?
Cool, an effort to get Oracle to drop the #JavaScript trademark https://javascript.tm/
Emajil software has been the bane of my existence since I moved off of the built in client in Windows 7. The new frustration is Betterbird crashing on boot constantly after having crashed intermittently for months now. 🙃
@lucid00.com Yup! I think I need to tinker with it a bit more to see how apps run but so far fdroid is inatalled
Cool I guess I can run Android apps on my computer now 🤷
@metasyn Yeah I was also considering giving that new "loops" thing a go once it's out since it's federated too. 🤔
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We're hiring a Technical Administrator at @spritelyinst! This position is both technical and organizational... more or less you'd be helping the Executive Director (me) carry out the mission of the organization using FOSS tools. https://spritely.institute/news/come-work-with-us-hiring-a-technical-administrator.html
You don't have to be a programmer to take this position, but you do have to be comfortable with using and *learning* FOSS tooling (such as Emacs and Org-Mode, which are used heavily in the organization).
Non-traditionally CS paths to using FOSS tech are welcome; particularly excellent for someone who is early in their career as a free and open source enthusiast, or a humanities graduate student who uses technical tooling to organize their work, or someone who has established experience in the organizational end of FOSS ecosystems. If you feel that assisting in the organization of a FOSS nonprofit while using or learning particular FOSS tools is appealing, apply! https://spritely.institute/jobs/2024-09-12-technical-administrator.html
@metasyn Probably distributed systems or vr tech since that's the bulk of what I ramble about in meatspace :P
Kinda want to record some small rants for tiktok / youtube shorts
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ahem.
Capturing the browser's back button/gesture to "wait before you go" a visitor is absolutely hostile and will never result in any volume of positive "conversions" you absolute fuckwads so knock it the hell off.
thank.
@mcc I wish keyboard shortcuts were something configured at the OS level with a registry of common command names instead of each app having to reinvent it 🥲
@technobaboo @trevorflowers "XR glasses" but really it's like a screen on your face since there's no camera for 6dof or controllers and a small FOV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdc9rcrZW8I
I use em when walkin around or when I want a large momitor without my usual setup at home.
@trevorflowers The feature where you can dim the scren with a button press is great and works seamlessly. Glad I no longer need my lens cover. The audio doesn't leak too bad so I can watch stuff while my partner watches tv. The remote play for my ps5 needs me to pair a controller so I haven't tried actually gaming yet. There's a bit of lag so I probs wouldn't do any shooters with it but belatro could probably work
@trevorflowers So far I'm loving it. It's way ligher and more comfortable than the Rokid Max. The diopters are great. The audio is a hit meh but usable. The gaze based mouse is great on the neckband. Setting up youtube took a bit of fiddling but it works great. The "ambient" mode where the image is in the corner is great. Fan is way too loud but w/e. Battery isn't great but is usable enough. I installed a thing to do windowed multitasking.
I feel like more businesses should be using VR for demoing stuff and for meetings. It's cheaper to buy and ship a headset than it is to fly somebody over or to pay for office / showroom space.
- Pronouns
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- mauve+fedi@mauve.moe
- Matrix
- @mauve:mauve.moe
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- @RangerMauve
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Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.
Joined Apr 2022
