Notices by Thomas Sturm (tsturm@famichiki.jp)

@jartigag @alcinnz Yep. One of the most influential computers in the history of our civilization is the Sinclair QL.

From personal experience, every person that owned a Sinclair QL was inspired to write better software by its complete lack of quality control. 😆

@billyjoebowers People took the gadgets out of every dystopian sci-fi novel as ideas for their business plans, but not enough people actually read the books all the way through.

I wish more people would have read near-future science fiction in the 1980s and 90s. Like, really read it and thought about it.

@davidaugust @smach @mekkaokereke @lorihc The person complaining is a “former aide” because they couldn’t fucking cut it to work for a boss that reads their work. Tough luck.

@mimsical I’m afraid to ask what it looks like from behind.

@clacke “Qingdaoist”

😄

@isaackuo @nyrath Learned that the hard way playing Kerbal. The Jupiter-equivalent there has challenging delta-v requirements all over the place.

@noondlyt There are several projects out there that are pretty far along. The Ladybird browser comes to mind: https://ladybird.dev/

@noondlyt Pretty sure several people are thinking about it.

It's one of those programmer ticks like "I should write my own editor" and "I'll write my own blogging software" 😁

OK, I'll need to date-limit the data before visualizing earthquakes in Japan. 😅

Peak Sakura

@KinkyTurtle @ThermiteBeGiants @mike Understandable reaction - for many people in the US, seeing a regional passenger train or tram is as unlikely as an UFO sighting.

@glennf Which is why the end state for nerd CMS users is that they write their own CMS.

This, of course, adds another bad CMS to the list of bad CMSes.

@thomasfuchs Congratulations! Not a single game specifically, but if you have the Wifi/Pi edition, definitely follow the tutorials to set up wifi - it allows you to download many of the old games directly from the web which is extremely cool. :)

@picnoir @clacke Yes, France is the big surprise here for me. Maybe it’s because I mostly ever interact with Parisians, many of which show a different attitude… 😁

@clacke Yeah, that show is great. Chatham is so deep into the show and also just a great person to listen to. It's a lot of fun if you like the Expanse.

Just found out that a black-and-white version of the new Godzilla movie is now screening in theaters here in Japan. Very tempting!

Of course it has an even more ridiculous name: G-1.0/C

@clacke Yes! Osaka Castle is very pretty - I believe this one was rebuilt after the war at some point. It’s in a big park and in front of it it’s always very busy. This photo is the north side, which is less photogenic, but the lighting was irresistible. 😊

Time for a short introduction. I grew up in Germany, have been living in the San Francisco Bay Area for two decades and now for more than a year in Osaka, Japan.

I program for a living and still can't believe people pay me for what I would probably be doing anyway.

When I'm not in front of a computer, I'm most likely taking pictures out somewhere or sitting in a cafe reading a book.

Expect the occasional nerd content here, in addition to me boosting a multitude of cat photos.

OK... That seems to have worked!

I didn't anticipate that I would get a notification for every single follower that got re-connected with my new account, so my browser went "blip" quite a lot over the last few minutes. 😆

I used this guide to accomplish the account migration - it's great:
https://codingitwrong.com/2022/10/10/migrating-a-mastodon-account.html