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
@bx Oh cool the setup you mention is very doable with the steam keybinding thingie. That's what I use for my bindings and you can set each joystick/d-pad to different keys. My left joystick has 6 shortcuts I use for text editing.
HonestlyI think my ps4+attached setup is almost perfect. Just needs to be a bit more ergonomic with a single bluetooth connection and a better battery. Also if I could program the key bindings in the controller itself instead of needing extra software.
@cblgh Yeah this is super cool and relevant. TY for the link! I think I saw there was a strageloop talk about it but it got lost in my backlog :P
@cblgh It seems really cool. I just worry about going all in on a workflow with a tool that won't also scale seamlessly to my keyboard + controller setup. I've been trying to constrain myself to being as close to "standard" tooling as possible. Hence using nerd-dictation with the NATO phonetic alphabet instead of Talon's custom phonetic alphabet.
@bx Not usually. I generally switch between using one or the other. I have a keyboard that attaches directly to my ps4 controller, but the battery kinda sucks and it's not great for keyboard bindings and special characters.
Kinda wish I had enough money to comission a custom controller +keyboard device but my current setup will have to do for now.
I also considered going ham on chording to map controller keys to different letters/symbols but that would take too long to set up and learn.
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Hello, Toronto! Have you been in want of a hackerspace that caters to software tinkerers, game jammers, demosceners, and tech art makers? Do you wish there was a community hub for weird nerds right near Spadina and Bloor?
Then the Queer Computer Club is your space! Come by this Sunday for our first open house. Meet people, chat about tech, and maybe become a member?
More details in the link below. We hope to see you there!
http://queercomputerclub.ca/events/
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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.
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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.]
bluh gotta figure out how to do swagger in golang as well as use some new router I haven't before.
@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)
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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!
Woof. Seem to be recovering from my cold finally. Been mostly composting in bed staring at videos past few days.
Still a bit out of it but pulling myself together.
Carpal tunnel has been coming back to my right thumb so I gotta start training lefty to take on more loads to account for that.
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abandonware ought to be public domain
if your company made it and decided its no longer going to support it, the commons at least deserves a chance
fixes forced obselesence very effectively
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
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@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.
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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!
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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
