RL_Dane

RL_Dane, 2 hours ago to random

I don't know what to feel about this.

https://qoobo.info/index-en/

RL_Dane, 2 hours ago to random

Every time I get a headache, this song starts running through my head:

https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=jJPMnTXl63E

WARNING: extremely sad lyrics

RL_Dane, 1 day ago to random

I just typed "2004" instead of "2024" on a web form.

Oh gee.

@amin, I regret to inform you that you have been reverted to a baby.

The decades, they just slip by me, I tells ya.

RL_Dane, 2 days ago to random

Dear God... trying to type into the chat field on major financial website on a 12th Gen i7 and it's like watching the text appear in slow motion.

LET'S JUST BURN THE WEB DOWN AND START A NEW ONE.

RL_Dane, 2 days ago to retrocomputing

Gals with a time machine: "OMG you're my grandma! You're so CUUUUUTE as a teenager!"

Dudes with a time machine: "LET'S KILL HITLER!"

Nerds with a time machine: "FINALLY, I can get all the retro hardware I want in near perfect condition for dirt cheap!!!"

cc: @libreivan @ivan, #RetroComputing, #ClassicMac, and #Amiga friends

RL_Dane, 3 days ago to ADHD

Lemme get this straight, #BetterHelp helped themselves to $80 out of my account every month for several months while I dealt with undiagnosed #ADHD with no help from them (kinda hard to get treatment when you have to initiate all of the communication and you have raging ADHD). The US FTC sued them and all I get back is $9.70?

Good grief.

OH SNAP, they got sued for selling customer's data TO FACEBOOK. WOW! WHAT A PARAGON OF VIRTUE.

BetterHelp. More like GetShafted.

#LateStageCapitalism

RL_Dane, 2 days ago to random

Holy crap, the iPad Pro costs as much as a macbook?! Goodness gracious.

RL_Dane, 3 days ago to ADHD

Someone needs to write an #ADHD videogame called "Dopamine Farming" where you have a stable job and a great life and all of a sudden DONT care about anything in the world and start planning things around the dopamine they will produce so you can get through the day, like, "Time for a haircut! I don't need one that badly, but that's fifteen dopamine points, so I'll take it!"

RL_Dane, 2 days ago to ADHD

#ADHD #TheStruggleIsReal

#LossyPNG

RL_Dane, 3 days ago to apple

CONSUME!

(Please share this far and wide, even on crappy social networks)

#Boost #BoostPlease #Apple #Consumerism #LateStageCapitalism

Courtesy of @NanoRaptor via https://fosstodon.org/@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social/112417124729759905

RL_Dane, 3 days ago to random

@lowqualityfacts follows me now.

I wonder what that says about the quality of things I post. ^__^

RL_Dane, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to amiga

Hey awesome and helpful #Amiga friends,

Continuing my alternate history exploration, I've settled on the hardware I would've gotten for Christmas 1989 (A500, basic monitor, some kind of HDD, Workbench 1.3), but now I'm trying to find fairly equivalent software to what I used on the classic mac to round out the experience.

Any recommendations for Amiga equivalents truly appreciated:

...

Update: Thanks so much for all of the helpful pointers so far. I will be going over the options tonight. <3

RL_Dane, 4 days ago to random

Ooo, found a new-to-me fediverse software in < 15k SLOC of C: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

$ cloc snac2

Language code

C 11441
C/C++ Header 3351
...

SUM: 15533

cc: @amin

RL_Dane, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

TIRED: Listening to a 4-hour-long focus audio track while working by keeping a youtube tab open in the background

WIRED: "mpv --no-video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m80E1K75vDI"

INSPIRED: Listening to SID/MOD/XM/scream tracker modules in vlc/mpv/qmmp instead (examples: https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_artist_modules&query=69185)

Edit: spacing and capitalization for clarity.

RL_Dane, 6 days ago to random

Hey @slembcke,

How's your kitty doing?

RL_Dane, 6 days ago to vim

Hey #vim / #NeoVim gurus,

Is there any way to make the spelling checker ignore words with numbers in them?

Couldn't find a good answer online.

RL_Dane, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to amiga

Hey #Amiga folks,

In my little exploration, I'm re-creating the A500 I would've gotten in Christmas 1989 rather than the Macintosh SE I actually got.

My understanding is that the original A500 is capable of displaying 640x400 (NTSC -- I'm in the US) with 4 bitplanes...

So why does workbench display 640x200? (At least, that's what it looks like to me based on the non-square pixels I'm seeing in font rendering)

Update: to avoid interlacing. I forgot abt that 😅
Many thanks for the explanations!

RL_Dane, 6 days ago to random

What a missed opportunity 😅

RL_Dane, 6 days ago to amiga

I have 16 firefox tabs open. On my home computer. For me, that's like 160 for a normal person, maybe 1600, lol.

All #Amiga stuff ;)

RL_Dane, 6 days ago to random

What are my homeys up to ${tzag}?

RL_Dane, 7 days ago to amiga

Hey #Amiga folks,

Anyone have a sample FS-UAE config using a hard disk directory?

I've looked everywhere, and there's nothing that tells you how to actually use/configure it.

RL_Dane, 6 days ago to random

Extended #regexps are great for place names like "Wellesley" where you can not remember if it's Welesley, Welleseley, Wellesselley, Welleslley, or Welesslley to save your dadburn life. ;)

/wel+es+e?l+ey/ !!!

cc: @amin

RL_Dane, 7 days ago to amiga

I find myself missing the #Amiga's "bring up" / "push down" window stacking buttons all of a sudden.

RL_Dane, 7 days ago to ADHD

Well, sleep, you eluded me today.

I'd like to blame my #ADHD hobby/obsession/hyperfocus-du-jour, the #Amiga, but really, it was my bladder. :P

RL_Dane, 7 days ago to til

#TIL that #StarTrek warp scales used pretty simple formulas:

c=wf^3 for TOS (e.g. warp 4 = 4^3 the speed of light
c=wf^(3 1/3) for TNG for warp factors 1-9 (but not beyond 9)

Source: https://yewtu.be/AY3z7nghDNk?si=83bhGNe4kuoCIsp5&t=474