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mforester

@mforester@rollenspiel.social

Ich bin begeisterter Pen & Paper Rollenspieler und habe hauptsächlich Erfahrung mit Pathfinder, Cthulhu und Vampire.

Eine meiner größten Leidenschaften, das Programmieren, habe ich zu meinem Beruf gemacht.

Ansonsten verbringe ich meine Freizeit mit zocken, lesen, sporadisch Gitarre spielen und natürlich meiner Familie.

Not enough space to translate everything into english. Here's the short version:

  • tabletop roleplaying (Pathfinder, Cthulhu)
  • software developer
  • family man
  • guitar

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tashen, to fediverse
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So… am I the only one that uses Mastodon with blinders up to the grand concept of the ?

I acknowledge it exists, I like the idea, but… it doesn’t really affect me? I don’t really understand why people feel the need to explain the concept to newcomers, and risk potentially turning them off. People these days need a 5-second sell on things.

I just see Mastodon as a mostly similar, slightly different, successor to Twitter. No reason why it can’t be explained that way.

mforester,
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@tashen I kinda agree. I remember ignoring the "Fediverse" aspect for a few weeks when I joined Mastodon. It took me a while to wrap my head around the way Mastodon worked.
Once I was ready, I started actually reading the Fediverse explainer messages that where floating around. And it was revelatory. I'm still impressed by what is available and it keeps growing and growing.
But I also feel like I got the hang of self-controlling my experience rather quickly, so the explainers didn't bother me.

djlink, to random
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I'll say it, game graphics are good enough now, we don't need to keep pushing them for this to be the consequence. keep the graphics as they are and focus the next 10y on just improving production pipeline for the existing tech, different game experiences & alleviating crunch.

mforester,
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@djlink I'm with you on that one. In fact I often find Indie games with a distinct aesthetic more visually appealing than anything going for "photorealistic" visuals.
Additionally one of these ages well. I wonder which that could be. 🤔

mforester, to random
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I made it to the last chapter of -- where all my choices shall run together. But it's late and I'll see how everything falls apart tomorrow. 🤣
I'm actually quite pleased with myself. We kinda lost Nick along the way. This time for real. 😅 It was not that spectacular, but funny.
I really wasn't planning to go through the game a second time, but I'm interested in what alternatives different choices will open up.

Fizzychicken, (edited ) to random
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    mforester,
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    @Fizzychicken the perfect meeting is where both of these align. They are rare, but every now and then I came out of a meeting with a fresh perspective and wonderful coding ideas. 🤩
    At other times I'm bored out of my mind and stop listening after a few minutes, because nothing in that meeting relates to me. I shouldn't have been in that meeting and although we've improved our meeting culture, this still happens regularly. 😩

    djlink, (edited ) to random
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    Only one can exist!

    mforester,
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    @djlink can't we kill them all? 😩

    djlink, to random
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    this is exactly how I wish my coding setup looked like.

    mforester,
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    @djlink I'm ready for a resurgence. 🤘🤘

    djlink, to random
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    Area ahead still loading

    mforester,
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    @djlink welcome to Silent Hill - where the draw distance js real shit and we had to cover it up with creepy atmospheric fog. 😁

    killyourfm, to linux
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    For anyone who still hasn't found a compelling enough reason to switch to , allow me to present the future of :
    https://youtu.be/FCfwc-NNo30

    mforester,
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    @sobfly
    https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/github-copilot-will-bring-the-power-of-ai-to-windows-terminal 😩

    I saw this yesterday and was too frustrated to even read what they are planning. I've switched to wsltty, which is derived from Mintty. It doesn't have tabs, but I (re)familiarized myself with tmux and it's fine. I think even a bit better than before. Not sure yet. 😅
    Wsltty doesn't integrate with PowerShell, Cmd or anything else, but when I'm being honest: I spend most of my time in WSL anyway.

    @killyourfm

    jon, to random
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    And really the sheer absurdity of European Sleeper

    Here are two determined guys. They lease a freight locomotive, 2 ancient sleeping cars (at least with air con), 6 couchettes without air con (also old) and 2 seating carriages

    And they manage to run a Berlin-Brussels night train, something that others - like DB, NS or SNCB - could much more easily do with their financial means BUT REFUSE TO EVEN TRY

    And basic though it is it’s booked up all summer

    Couchette compartment
    from a couchette
    Label on the locomotive. vMax 140 km/h

    mforester,
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    @jon
    > Here are two determined guys. They lease a freight locomotive, [...]

    I misread this as "lose" and was wondering how that happened and why these guys were determined to find it again. 😅

    I had to read this multiple times to get it. 😅

    parcifal, to random
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    Curious! Do you use the inside your or a separate terminal when you use it? 🤔

    mforester,
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    @parcifal you can also start out with a "mixed" setup, e.g. using Vim/Neovim as a plugin in VSCode. However, to really learn it, I recommend taking off the training wheels. If you're in VSCode anyway, the temptation to go back to the old ways is pretty high. 🙂
    I also spent the time to read through chapters 0-21 of https://github.com/iggredible/Learn-Vim . There's vimtutor or (:Tutor in Neovim) to help get started.
    I forgot most of what I read, but I know where to look and learned the cmds I really need.

    nixCraft, to random
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    Recent news reveals that Windows Terminal will soon have AI capabilities, thanks to GitHub Copilot. While it may be useful for Windows users, as a longtime Linux desktop user, I personally don't want this feature in my Linux terminal. I am concerned about transferring my data to for-profit corporations like Microsoft or Google. It's important to be cautious about what we wish for. Additionally, I'm confident that I'm still smarter than these AIs ;)Do you want AI in your terminal snooping around?

    mforester,
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    @nixCraft noooooo!!! Not my Windows Terminal!!! 😭
    Time to go look for something else.

    birv2, to php
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    Thinking of reanimating my personal "blog", but as a . I've got the domain and am using for my business website. But is there anything that's more lightweight that anyone can recommend? I've looked at but don't really want to spend that much for hosting. TIA!

    mforester,
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    @birv2 I'm using Hugo, a tool that generates static HTML from Markdown files.
    My website is in a repo on GitHub and I've copied a pipeline that generates and publishes the website on every commit. I'm familiar with Git, Markdown and to a certain extent Go templating, although you don't need that to use Hugo.
    Very much personal preference and YMMV. I find it simple and pleasing to use.
    Incidentally my blog is also rather a digital garden, up to even mixing language between sections. 😅

    killyourfm, to random
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    Seeing charge €55 for T-shirts in their Paris pop up store honestly makes me love the band just a little bit less.

    mforester,
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    @killyourfm 55€ is insane. I remember a time when shirts were 30€ or less. And even with 30€ I thought about buying one twice.

    boilingsteam, to random
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    Lol the console comes with an antivirus i forgot windows devices absolutely need this kind of shit

    mforester,
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    @boilingsteam if it manages to get popular enough, that might change though. 🙂
    Although going by what you're writing I don't think that's very likely. 😅

    nixCraft, to random
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    Hello, how are you all doing? It's been tough lately. It all started with COVID-19 and the resulting financial crisis. The recession has already begun, and even though some tech companies have plenty of money, they are letting go of employees because of that. Additionally, many jobs in tech, IT, dev stuff, writing/copywriting, and more are being replaced by AI technology. So what new skills are you learning to keep yourself employed for the next 20 years? Please comment below. TIA.

    mforester,
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    @nixCraft gonna go and learn Fortran. That should help keep me around for a while. I already know VisualBasic and VBScript. 😁 The latter two are basically the Fortran equivalents for German legacy systems.

    nantucketebooks, to random
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    There's a short story I read a couple years ago that I thought was absolutely phenomenal. When I read it again last year, I realized I had misunderstood the ending. The story I imagined reading was a little more interesting than the actual story. I wonder if anyone else has ever had that experience.

    mforester,
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    @nantucketebooks I can't remember which book(s) specifically, but the same thing happened to me at least once.

    kev, to random
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    mforester,
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    @kev I can recommend @nikoheikkila 's blog at https://nikoheikkila.fi/
    Not web dev specific, but useful and practical advice for any kind of modern software craftsmanship.

    mforester, to random
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    Worse things can happen than having 's Vampire Killer pop into your head randomly. 😁

    https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PEcc4E2Hf_4

    killyourfm, to random
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    "I'm gonna need a hacksaw."

    ~Jack Bauer | 24 Season 2, Episode 1

    mforester,
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    @killyourfm I used to love that show, but I can no longer enjoy it. 😩
    It's not the graphic or implied violence, I still enjoy that from time to time (on screen), but rather the context which is probably impossible to fix.
    Oh well, I've seen Seasons 1-9 at least twice each. That should be enough for a lifetime. 😅

    mforester,
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    @killyourfm In any case, I hope it doesn't dampen your enjoyment. 🙂 The first two seasons of 24 are great action and drama. I remember the third season as being a bit weaker, but the ones after that were still enjoyable.

    photophoregirl, to random

    unfriendly reminder that “humans are a parasite on the earth/the earth will heal once we exterminate ourselves“ is ecofascist rhetoric.

    humanity isn’t killing the planet. a small handful of capitalists are. humans lived here in symbiosis with our environs for tens of thousands of years and we can do it again. It is specifically capitalism & settler colonialism and its defenders that insist the current endless cycle of extraction and exploitation is the only way, and they are LIARS

    mforester,
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    @photophoregirl that's a very good point.
    Next to capitalism, the biggest issue I see is getting people ready to relinquish a bit of their quality of living.
    Right now you can get whatever food you want anytime, travel huge distances in a relatively short time, have light and warmth any time of the day.
    We'll have to give some of these up and going back is gonna be hard on some people. Most people, I'd say.

    Fizzychicken, to random
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    @Fizzychicken a small scale ARM-based server running something neat with Termux?
    If it's headless, the cracked screen doesn't matter. 😁

    benjaminhollon, to random
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    Have you ever noticed that there are certain directories everyone has? ~/Documents, ~/Downloads, ~/Desktop, and so forth? Some of them you don't need, some of them you might wish were named differently, but any time you rename or delete them, the originals reappear?

    You see, these directories follow a standard so that all programs know where they are—with the right tools under your belt, you can customize them.

    https://tty1.blog/articles/xdg-user-dirs/

    mforester,
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    @benjaminhollon thanks for this post. I've enjoyed every one so far, but this is the first where almost everything was completely new to me. 😁
    I was aware of the XDG config directory env variable, but not much else.

    og, to random

    I am thinking about starting to learn !!!

    mforester,
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    @og do it!!! 😁

    killyourfm, to linux
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    If everyone had to install 11 themselves from scratch, they would absolutely switch to .

    Jesus, this takes FOREVER.

    mforester,
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    @killyourfm I remember my first time installing any Linux distro: "wait, it's done already!?" 🤯

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