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synlogic

@synlogic@toot.io

#software engineer
#gamedesign -er
#writer

topics:
#programming, perf & #scalability, #latency, #Golang, #climate, #democracy, #wargaming, #scifi, #utopian, #comedy

consulting:
https://github.com/mkramlich/portfolio/blob/master/sw-eng-MikeKramlich.md

"Slartboz"
education & political game on topics of democracy & climate. style: sci-fi, #postapoc, funny, real-time Terminal-based #Roguelike

To encourage work on my projects PLEASE send a tip or donation. Best upboat!

Alt text: profile icon & banner are screenshots from Slartboz prototype

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hynek, to random
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There’s something funny how you can immediately tell if a keyboard designer has ever used a terminal on macOS or not.

Hint: it’s the second option key.

synlogic,
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@hynek reminds me of when Apple took away ESC. as a longtime vi user I was pissed

markmccaughrean, to Netherlands
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Not bad; not bad at all 🙂

Especially for 52°N 🤷‍♂️



🇳🇱
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🚀☁️

synlogic,
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@markmccaughrean thats real? in the sky?

synlogic, to random
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right now someone somewhere is in process of building a new LLM service that is like ChatGPT but... Fox News ified. If you know what I mean.

We can predict they'll do it. I did anyway. Its human nature. And we know there are already slimy actors out there with billionaire or even trillionaire backers. Koch, Mercer, Thiel,.Musk, Putin -- just those guys alone but there are many more

synlogic, to random
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@jake4480 sketching designs & concepts for a new game. Antikaos

set in Slartboz universe, but not Roguelike. more GUI. more education & political influence. and might try to run a Kickstarter to raise dev funds. might bomb, obvs, but prob wise to try at least once

very early, crude sketch of elements attached. helps me iterate on details in my mind's eye anyway

nyrath, to random
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PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A HYPERVELOCITY NUCLEAR INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM (HNIS) FOR OPTIMAL DISRUPTION OF NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS

nuking incoming rogue asteroids

(pdf file)
https://www.adrc.iastate.edu/files/2012/06/AAS-12-225.pdf

synlogic,
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@nyrath this is why I come to social media. ha

nixCraft, to random
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why does counting start at zero in programming? wrong answers only.

synlogic,
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@RL_Dane @nixCraft can confirm

er... my friend can confirm

davidho, to random
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Hello from here at 10 pm!

If the traffic calming chicane is the first thing you noticed, let’s be friends.

synlogic,
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@davidho is that of real world? or some CGI/AI mockup? cant tell haha

jake4480, (edited ) to science
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Robots still can't outrun the fastest animals because millions of years of evolution + tissue and bone make for more agility, flexibility, etc. 🤯 Fascinating stuff https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprising-reason-why-robots-cant-outrun-the-fastest-animals

synlogic,
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@jake4480 I bet Boston Dynamics has best chance. of making something like a robot cheetah/grayhound. in our lifetimes. now imagine such a thing with guns or lasers mounted on it (ala Dr. Evil's sharks)

but it reminds me of that saying: if you and your friends are on a hike and encounter a bear, dont worry about outrunning the bear -- thats actually impossible in a 1-on-1 race with a bear because theyre MUCH faster than youd assume. instead, you only have to outrun your friends. just one of them

jake4480, (edited ) to PCGaming
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32 years ago today on May 5 1992, one of the greatest games of all time (and forever my favorite first person shooter), Wolfenstein 3D, was released. I wrote about it for the list of 20 video games I can't stop thinking about (https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/20-video-games-i-cant-stop-thinking-about). I still play it regularly. Sometimes weekly. Killing digital Nazis is always fun and therapeutic.

You can play Wolfenstein 3D FREE in browser here: https://dosgames.com/game/wolfenstein-3d) and you can also download it free and run it on your own machine via DOSBox. Wolf 3D is also on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2270/Wolfenstein_3D) for a few bucks, and on the Microsoft store (the port of the 360 version). Now if they'd only port it to Switch! 😂

Happy birthday, B.J. Blazkowicz. 🎂

synlogic,
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@jake4480 I loved Wolf3D too. but also the orig masterpiece to which it was a homage/riff by Id: Muse's Castle Wolfenstein

I have an entire plot/scenario/setting planned & designed for Slartboz which is my own homage to it. "The Gurls From Brazil." I just cant afford to work on it anymore unpaid haha

but if I ever resume buildout its the part I'm salivating over most: Nazi zealots! Undead Hitler! WWII era Panzers! and Abro & frens The Lazer Lizards go on their own Inglorious Basterds spree

Dandelion, to random
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Wargaming is presently streaming Canadian Vice Admiral Angus Topshee playing World of Warships from aboard HMCS Vancouver.

synlogic,
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@60sRefugee @nyrath @cerebrate @Dandelion

when I imagine future sci-fi spacegoing warships I sometimes like to limit myself to minimizing assumptions & hypotheticals, while still punting on harder "which A-vs-B paths do we go down" Qs a bit longer

when I apply that strategy I sometimes like to assume that in 2030 to 2130 era:

  • we WILL have space warships (cuz history: bring war everywhere)

  • oldest ones based on SpaceX Starship

  • role-tailored variants

  • missile cruisers & drone carriers

platformalist, to gamedev
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TweetTweetJam 9 is almost here!

https://itch.io/jam/tweettweetjam-9

Starting Monday, come make a tiny game in 500 characters of code! It’s super fun every year, and we’d love for you to participate!

synlogic,
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@platformalist what does it pay?

synlogic,
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@platformalist ah k. what I suspected. not a good fit for me then haha. I've been making computer games for decades, sometimes for professional pay, usually for peanuts or zilch. so not an itch I need to scratch anymore. I invested a few months of my life last year building a game (Slartboz) brought in $17 total. never again. loltears

regehr, to random
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I read the Foundation trilogy over the last month or two, turns out I really didn’t remember it well, has to have been well over 30 years since I first read these.

overall I felt kinda meh about it, like maybe the time period when people should read this has ended

synlogic,
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@scheidegger @regehr I love the ideas in Asimov and Clarke. their writing styles are minimalistic. I think they're important to read but rereading is not compelling. guys like Herbert, Heinlein, Stephenson and Banks are all more exciting to reread and just soak in the atmosphere and action

Robert_Brandt, to random
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Original box I bought in '81, we had been playing since '79, though I waited to get the upadeted rules. Dice might be original, or might be from Squad Leader. #TravellerRPG #MayDay

synlogic,
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@nyrath @Robert_Brandt well said. that little fiction blurb was like a taster of what TTRPG experience is at its heart and at its best. using words to stimulate our minds and paint worlds and adventures which exist only in our imagination

erin_catto, to random
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Rounded polygon testing with a new SDF polygon renderer.

video/mp4

synlogic,
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@erin_catto what are you using for physics engine?

jake4480, to random
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People hate advertising so much there's actually faint marks of where someone marked the "mute" button for a lot of these gas pumps. Also, did you know that. Try it. Second button down on the right.

synlogic,
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@jake4480 I've worked on the guts/brains of modern gas pumps. not that brand/model shown. a competitor AFAIK. agreed all that multimedia/IoT stuff is annoyimg for users who just want to get gas, pay for it and go

luis_in_brief, to random
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Data/surveillance/payment systems mystery:

  1. Google's payment systems regularly require me to regularly re-identify myself to them at the "picture of passport" level. No other online payment provider has this problem with me.
    .2 The passport office, on my last renewal, required surprising-to-the-clerk, mysterious, time-consuming, additional checks with a system in DC.
    (🧵)
synlogic,
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@luis_in_brief maybe something related to Tidelift and US/West sanctions against Russia, Iran, Hamas. not saying you are involved with latter, obvs, only that if there is unkbeknownst to you a sanctioned individual or entity with same name it might trigger extra scrutiny behind scenes, that a vendor has to act on lest they get in legal trouble. In the last week a new batch of sanctions went into effect or at least got signed into law

theory. obvs could be wrong

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synlogic,
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@jake4480 @buru5 I am uncomfortable with the AssBuddy portion of its name. dont want that in my download history

synlogic,
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@jake4480 @buru5 its like when in the 90s some entrepreneur wanted to build a website kinda like Craigslist but for building/home contractors. so they secured the domain name ExpertsExchange. they didnt appreciate fact that DNS is case insensitive and lots of kinky people out there with web queries they might want to keep private who would enter "expert sex change" and end up at their site

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    synlogic,
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    @jake4480 but Biden has forgiven billions in college loans

    TikTok is de facto owned by the Chinese gov, which exercises totalitarian control within their own borders, plus has a known op to try to manipulate American voters and steal American IP. they are an evil actor on the world stage almost right up there with Russia and Iran

    I worked on the problem space for the State Dept, years ago

    synlogic,
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    @jake4480 the law Biden signed does NOT ban Tik-Tok or destroy it. it merely requires that it must change ownership. if an American buyer comes along they can take it over and service continues seemlessly. users who love it or depend on it can continue to do so

    if anything I'd argue the US gov should extend the same approach to other companies and services with Russian ownership or ties. like Telegram, LiveJournal, JetBrains, Kaspersky, others

    hynek, to random
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    “While I’m guessing, the timing of the March 2019 core update, along with the traffic increases to previously-suppressed sites, heavily suggests that Google’s response to the Code Yellow was to roll back changes that were made to maintain the quality of search results.”

    👩‍🍳👌💋

    https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

    synlogic,
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    @hynek it looks like sabotage by a coordinated group of outsiders

    Nonilex, to Law
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    : a little scrambly Ramone for your consideration…

    (yes, w/an “e” at the end; for the band “Ramones” whose members all took the surname … Ramone. 😢 that needs to be said, I guess I’m old.)

    1/3

    for more Ramone, follow

    I will continue [ coverage ~9AM ET Tues]

    Ramone the baby squirrel tumbles from his sock momma but quickly if not coolly recovers

    synlogic,
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    @Nonilex I have no expertise on this at all but (I'll chime in anyway haha) I would guess that if a baby squirrel spends enough time being taken care of by a human it will be hard to impossible for him to transition to life in the wild again. therefore a human parent forever, whether you always or someone else. no matter what you did the right thing by saving him

    isaackuo, to Ukraine
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    Caltrops are back, now dropped by drone.

    They immobilize supply trucks, making them sitting ducks for drone bombers.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2024/04/12/ukraine-teams-ancient-and-modern-weapons-to-stop-russian-trucks/

    synlogic,
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    @isaackuo @swope k. I saw one photo with a flawed design I think, made out of 2 triangle plates

    theres a diff design that has like 4 spike-tipped rods all connected at a single common vertex at center, and all 4 spiky points face outward in perfect symmetry. as a kid I associated that design with ninja haha

    synlogic,
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    @isaackuo @swope ah ok

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