Notices by Ethan Black (golemwire@social.librem.one)

@rl_dane Hmm...
I like the 500 char limit actually, vs a 5000 char limit; it means I run across shorter posts more often.
But I wish the limit was 1000 characters or 750 characters or something, as 500 just feels too small for me.
At any rate, I'm going to go with Fosstodon (for now, anyway), as I already have a Fosstodon account. I also have a Fosstodon sticker on the back of my laptop, LOL.
Next I'm gonna need a "my other computer is a Commodore 64" sticker...

@rl_dane Yeah... I want to self-host but I don't want to get DDoS'd or something either.
A friend I texted suggested I use an "isolated VLan", whatever that is. I've had enough trouble running a mailserver.
I think I'll just move to Fosstodon or BSD Cafe today. I can always reconsider. (Thanks for reminding)

@rl_dane It always bugs me... it feels like it wastes energy and puts unnecessary wear on the camera.
But I tend to use computers like we share the same pantry or something.

My programming journey mostly began with JavaScript + ProcessingJS library, and ever since then it's been a journey to get down to writing real software for a real computer. Everything nowadays is too complicated and mysterious, with the Intel Management engine and Web browsers and proprietary software and such (and Nvidia -- don't get me started). But finally I could have a computer that's honest and is just... a COMPUTER.
[2/2]
[From my YouTube comment on https://youtu.be/S2fGP59mJ5M]

This is a dream come true.
I am too young to have used a Commodore 64, but I have always wanted to better touch the Real Computer inside the case. I've always wanted a simpler computer I could understand, down to the core.

This can't be happening. #Commodore is back?? https://www.commodore.net/product-page/commodore-64-ultimate-basic-beige-batch1
"Commodore has returned from a parallel timeline where tech stayed optimistic, inviting, and human."
"The first official Commodore 64 in over 30 years is here - a faithful recreation of the original motherboard on FPGA hardware."

I know this news is a few weeks old, but I'm just discovering this. This is the kind of thing I dream about.

#Commodore64 #C64 #retrocomputing #smallcomputing #SID

It can run in an extended mode with higher speed and more RAM!
And it has an Ethernet port and HDMI. Wow!
I'd happily pay $300 for this. *Especially* if I can play with my own designs on the FPGA. It would be such an amazing testbed for ideas if so.

@kzimmermann Absolutely!

@kzimmermann That #Nvidia / #KOSA -related tweet appears to be misinformation...
https://en.gamegpu.com/iron/nvidia-ne-vvodila-18-dlya-drajverov-oshibka-geforce-now-vyzvala-lozhnuyu-paniku
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/rumor-check-cant-use-nvidia-app-due-to-age-requirements.339539/

@pleasestop Ahahha-hhahh

Wow, after 25 years of #Unix / #linux experience, I learned that you can filter output in #less.

Press ampersand (&) and enter a regex to show only lines matching the regex.

Press ampersand (&) and then exclamation mark (!) to apply an inverse filter.

@rl_dane I have my phone set up to do light theme at daytime and dark theme at night. It's quite nice. (Unless the phone ignores the setting and just stays dark. It does that sometimes.)

Open-source #SuperMarioMaker 3?
https://youtu.be/P8WqSn4JUIQ

#gaming #DMCA #Nintendo #gamedev #SMB

@ChristosArgyrop Wowza.

@ChristosArgyrop What. I'm hoping it's satire ..? Wow.

@flacs If only it were that way in #SSBU j:

@rl_dane The SubSky CPU can only R/W one byte or four bytes at a time, so unfortunately I need to avoid e.g. 2 bytes per pixel, as well. (Still unsure about how to handle audio with this limitation...)

@rl_dane Some notes on color indexes, from my bobcolor.s lib (for the videogame; it uses this palette):
A bobcolor color index can usually be interpreted as:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Brightness Saturation Type (often hue)
with Saturation descending (keeping RGB values generally ascending).
Type:
4-15: the 12 hues
0-3: other types

@rl_dane @cerement SubSky's supposed to be easy to program for (in a low-level language), so I feel like color cells would be too hard to work with.
Here's a demo of the palette I have in mind. The colors have been rearranged since I made this demo image, but nonetheless there are a few short of 256 colors here so that'd be 1 byte per pixel.

@rl_dane Keep pushing for [positive!] change though. There's always something one can do.