ncommander

ncommander, 9 months ago to osrs

So, this is an idea I've had for a bit, and maybe see how far I get. I watch a fair bit of OldSchol RuneScape content on YouTube, and for the next several days, I have nothing but time on my hands.

I'm curious on how hard as an entirely new player on F2P it would be to successfully earn enough to buy membership in game (about 7M gold). I've never really gotten into MMOs before, but I've got RuneLite setup, and well, guess I'm ready to dig in. #OSRS #Runescape

ncommander, 1 month ago to random

Trying to figure out what to write about illumos is difficult, because for me personally, the entire experience has been pretty terrible from start to finish.

That said, I really don't want to shit on a project that appears to be struggling with commercial support, and frankly, I'm not exactly playing to its strengths.

As I'm using it, its basically still just SVR4 UNIX, and I'm ignoring the advancements based in ZFS, Dtrace, etc.

ncommander, 3 months ago to random

TIL that not all versions of Netscape supported DNS ...

ncommander, 3 months ago to random

Decided to try again on Minecraft Hardcore. Icespikes only world, there are no trees, so getting wood requires going to the nether (which is challenging), or finding a mineshaft ...

ncommander, 1 month ago to random

What frustrates the shit out of me is that illumos (and, if I'm fair, other OSes like Darwin), do not use clean isolation in their build process -- chroots or equivalents aren't used, so the entire thing has to be built upon itself.

In theory, illumos actually has better capabilities than Linux since it has zones and ZFS out of the box, while Linux is limited to chroot jails. However, you can't fucking build illumos unless your host system and src tree are close in ver 1/

ncommander, 9 months ago to random

I’m seriously debating just getting an iPhone when I get back to the US to replace my google pixel because my last two android phones have been a shit show.

ncommander, 6 months ago to random

Watching Dragon Ball Super, and unexpected Linux kernel source code shows up on screen.

(appears to be kernel/groups.c based on the EXPORT_SYMBOL line which is clear enough to read)

ncommander, 11 months ago to Youtube

Waking up and finding a Content ID strike for a piece of music that doesn't even sound like whats on air.

I've actually won content ID disputes before, but I've never gotten flagged on content that's been up for months at this point.

#youtube #contentid #copyright

ncommander, 11 months ago to random

Today I learned that dependency manage in Perl using a floating point numbers to compare version strings

I'm still processing the implications of this failure message, but I feel the need to scream into the void.

#cursedcomputing #perl

ncommander, 6 months ago to random

There's no possible way a guy in a Scream-style mask is up to good ...

ncommander, 6 months ago to random

Minecraft hasn't been doing it for me in awhile.

Factorio sounds interesting but I'm debating if I want to do multiplayer for a change.

Course I need people who want to play to do that ...

ncommander, 1 month ago to random

Went for a drive ….

ncommander, 8 months ago to random

The in bus entertainment system to Sofia is uniquely cursed, complete with AVI movies and resististibe touchscreen.

It has cartoon movi, inland movie and abroad movie
Complete with AVIs

ncommander, 3 months ago to random

Does anyone remember the last time they had a conversation on a train or bus?

I was on the train earlier today. I've recently been taking steps to drastically reduce my phone/Internet time, and I was just taken how literally everyone I could see was looking at their phone or had AirPods blasting.

Unsettling doesn't even describe the experience ...

ncommander, 1 month ago to random

So, does anyone on Fedi know enough about VAX hardware to know what an idiot proof purchase is?

Like, "so simple, NCommander can do it?"

System will likely be used in a several month long compile job.

ncommander, 27 days ago to random

With the power of DaVinci Resolve Fusion, you too can turn a modern 2024 terminal into a crispy amber

ncommander, 25 days ago to random

Well, NetBSD-10 GENERIC doesn't boot on the MicroVAX.

NetBSD 10-INSTALL does, and will infact boot a system off the HDD if its recompiled to remove the RAMdisk.

We're going to bave to do some debugging next stream.

ncommander, 3 months ago to random

Oh god, the state of New Jersey just released an updated website. Filing business paperwork just started having boss music playing ...

ncommander, 3 months ago to random

Its a pity Dwarf Fortress for steam doesn't have a mac port :/

ncommander, 2 months ago to random

Downloading files via FTP to enhance your system, just like the good old days!

ncommander, 2 months ago to random

Installing NetBSD on AArch64 looks like its a giant pain, especially since they don't seem to have UEFI compatible CDs.

I'm going to have to do this on x86, aren't I :/

ncommander, 5 months ago to random

I'm watching a show on following customs and immigrations on the US/Canadian border, and man ... the number of people who don't understand that different countries have different laws is painful ...

ncommander, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

I wrote about 700 words on my first attempt of a script on my recent illumos experiences. Its difficult to know what I should include.

I may just let this sit for a few weeks before coming back to it, because frankly, my first two drafts were turning into rants before I erased them and started over.

I also don't know if a technique critique would be useful, and I'm struggling not to be overly negative given the absolutely warm reception I got from the OpenIndian maintainer.

ncommander, 27 days ago to random

Distributed.net has a NetBSD/vax client, which appears to still work ...

ncommander, 3 days ago to random

As a New York City native, currently living in New Jersey, I should really visit the Statue of Liberty at some point in my life ...