Hey #WebXR people, as we are still stuck on Android rather than a proper Linux XR headset, could we at least put a Linux instance on a Web page, an immersive one? 🐧😎
It's "flat" but what if it didn't have to? Started as https://github.com/leaningtech/webvm/issues/90 and working now, partly.
Kudos to the whole AFrameVR, threejs and WebVM communities for that, amazingly enough I only put it all together and voila, working GNU environment in WebXR.
Once entering XR the terminal based on xterm.js and https://github.com/AdaRoseCannon/aframe-htmlmesh by @ada works... but freezes, no input (despite term.focus() ) nor refresh (despite term.refresh() or reset()) so suggestions welcomed!
Running nginx in termux as on device HTTPS server works on a standalone HMD too.
I think I might have to switch to visual studio code or something similar soon just to make my speech to text typing easier. I can imagine that having the fancy code completion would actually make a huge difference from my typing speed.
when I use a keyboard and typically way too fast for suggesting thing to actually keep up, but my voice isn't quite as good at handling weird API names
@bx Ah for my hands I actually ditched keyboard and mouse altogether. I use either my steam deck's controlls or a ps4 controller combined with a mini keyboard that I can operate with just my thumbs. 😁 My previous mouse was an apple magic trackpad and it really sucked for finger pain.
Adding tech to household appliances makes them less reliable and more expensive.
[Refrigerators with net-connected computers and screens. Wifi-connected dishwashers, clothes washers, etc.]
Improving the technology of a household appliance usually makes it more efficient or cheaper.
[Heat pumps are more efficient air conditioners. High-capacity inverters make refrigerators, air conditioners, microwaves and induction cookers more efficient... to the point where induction cookers wouldn't be residential devices without them.]
@bx Great to hear, ty! I've been mostly focused on fingers so far but I'm also trying out stuff like bag holding and door opening. Also writing is on the todo list but honestly I barely use my arms outside of finger work. >:P
Eating is a cool idea. Been meaning to train lefty too use chopsticks. (it has a hard time atm sadly)
Over the weekend, I learned that in modern JS, you can just make up your own events and create listeners to respond to them, and *nobody can stop you*. Like, you can add a listener for an event you call `control-reset` or `text-edit` or `steve` or *whatever*, and then when something on the page dispatches that event at the listener, the listener will act! It’s event anarchy!
Pet snake
One of my new kittens has decided it's a good idea to start climbing on top of my corn snake's terrarium and just staring at her as she tries to inch in closer. Gotta relocate the snake now cause she tried to strike at the cat (stopped bybthe terrarium cover) which didn't dissuade it from sitting longer
@jonny "if our wildest dreams for "open science" are to pay amazon to rent our own data... we need better dreams" 💯 there is this weird push for expensive (and carbon-unfriendly) cloud hosting of raw data in neuroscience. everything else on the poster is also awesome.
Open source maintainers are often good at writing code but not good at asking for money
Companies aren't very good at giving money away, but they absolutely know how to hire consultants - and they often have a training budget set aside already
Spend that money on maintainers!
@fleeky Just imagine the spice levels of the takes I don't shout on a public forum. :P
Fission Tech Talk now: Willow talk with @gwil and Aljoscha https://lu.ma/fission-tech-talk-willow-overview @fission #FissionTechTalk
tech anger
Great and it doesn't want to recover encryption keys for my chats. Wonderful software! Military grade.
@rra @cblgh K! We had a bug in how we authenticated methods which I just fixed today. I also added an account creation script to my staticpub example: https://github.com/RangerMauve/staticpub.mauve.moe/blob/default/create_account.js
Should all be working now!
@em I'd like to but it's been hard because electron-builder doesn't play nice with it out of the box.
Tracking issue here: https://github.com/AgregoreWeb/agregore-browser/issues/217 and docs here if you'd like to send a PR https://www.electron.build/configuration/flatpak
ATM the most portable option is appimage.
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.