davidcampey

davidcampey, 2 days ago to random

@grumpygamer I help young people into coding through starting code clubs at coderlevelup.org (in partnership with the Raspberry pi foundation), and we use scratch a lot (as well as some python and unity).

They love creating in it. Some of them have played and love monkey island.

Would you consider collaboration to make some scratch projects with monkey island assets that can be remixed by young makers?

davidcampey, 4 days ago to space

At devconf in #CapeTown today looking forward to talk about the wonderful things our kids and mentors do, and celebrating the WTC World Champions from here in Pinelands.
#codeclub #coderdojo #space #robots #education

https://www.devconf.co.za/capetown?currentSpeaker=678100

atomicpoet, 4 days ago to random

The truth is, there’s usually only two avenues for financing new technology:

1. equity
2. debt

VCs deal in the world of equity. They exist for the awkward “teenage” phase of development – between seed rounds and IPO. They assume a lot of risk because they (typically) hope for the possibility of 10x ROI, and they almost always have an exit strategy. Most VC-backed companies fail.

Theoretically, you could avoid the world of equity through debt financing. Thing is, debt financiers are more risk averse than VCs. For good reason too – the only thing they have to gain is their money back with some interest. If the company fails, they get nothing.

Thus, if you want to get rid of VCs, you need people who are willing to tolerate the same risk.

andycarolan, 16 days ago to illustration

I was hired by the Brand, Design and Communications Agency Whistlejacket to produce illustrations for the WRAP "nudging strategy for reducing consumption of single-use disposable cups" in collab with the Swedish EPA.

https://www.andycarolan.com/work/wrap-green-nudges

#illustration #design #sustainability #coffee

davidcampey, 20 days ago to random

@pluralistic small typo in https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/22/kargo-kult-kaptialism/#dont-buy-it
"... but boy, are you a sap if you but it."

x00001, 1 month ago to random

Because YOU demanded it!
(@Max asked lol)

#RadioFreeSociety Wallpapers! In TWO flavors!

For that Cortex Goodness: https://bbrae.neocities.org/radiofreesocietyci.JPG

For that Hackers Spice: https://bbrae.neocities.org/radiofreesocietyht.JPG

Limit one wallpaper per download. By clicking the link you agree that Radio Free Society isn't responsible for damage to your cyberdeck caused by the use of these wallpapers during hacking or pirating sessions. Side effects include the desire to: listen to @revengeday on repeat, abolish the system, distribute corporate media for free, and hack the planet.

radio free society with the cortex implant logo in the background

jenniferplusplus, 1 month ago to random

Do you ever get sad because the cyberpunk dystopia we're living in is so much stupider than the one we were promised?

chris, 3 months ago to vancouver

Apparently I just introduced the term "enshitification" to a popular Vancouver morning rock radio show (CFOX)… and they like it. You're welcome @pluralistic 🤣
#enshittification #crapificationofeverything #Vancouver #Radio #Media

radio GIF

boris, 3 months ago to fediverse

PieFed written in Python and Flask, AGPL-licensed, first class moderation tools. Project goal:

To build a federated discussion and link aggregation platform, similar to Reddit, Lemmy, Mbin.

#ActivityPub #AGPL #python #flask https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi

alberto_cottica, 3 months ago to sciencefiction

I like doing economic analysis of #sciencefiction work (man needs a hobby, I guess). Looking for advice: what do I read next? Preference for recent work depicting #solarpunk economic systems.

Background: I am part of a collective, the Science Fiction Economics Labs. We maintain a list econ-sci fi work here: https://edgeryders.eu/t/economic-science-fiction-a-selection-of-works-and-authors/8582?u=alberto

Illustration by Nadia E. Alter

SergKoren, 3 months ago to writing

Have you ever written a play? Was it ever produced? If the answer is no, there is no need to respond.

#writing #production

vga256, 4 months ago to gaming

the world of Shima no Shima began a few years ago with a single goal: i really wanted to see manga/anime-style rain in a 1-bit game, and i hadn't seen that done before. i had no idea what the story or setting was going to be about at the time beyond that.

i was a bit intimidated by the prospect of coding weather effects by hand in adventure game studio. it took me a few days to come up with something similar to what you'd see in a graphic novel.

the little hypercard "weather control" window on the bottom right is part of my game development tooling. i can set the appropriate weather for each room in-game by dragging each slider, and seeing what it looks like. when i close the window, it saves the weather for that room. the weather changes dynamically during gameplay as well.

#AdventureGames #adventureGameStudio #indiegamedev #hyperCard #anime #manga #shimaNoShima

davidcampey, 4 months ago to python

Team at Afrolabs is unexpectedly #lookingforwork: lead, senior and mid level dev with me in a product / tech management role, and a product designer as needed.

Full stack, broad skills:
Web: #python/node/php, #Googlecloud/aws, #react/ #angular/ #svelte, firebase/pg/pub-sub
Chat: openai/llama2, WhatsApp/slack/discord
Senior has android/kotlin depth and some #gamedev skills in unity/unreal

They've worked well together for the last 3+ years across logistics, community and edtech.

Fedi Help?

atomicpoet, 4 months ago to random

Kurt Cobain didn’t like The Clash.

Kurt Cobain and I disagree about The Clash.

ocramius, 6 months ago to random

Writing Laravel code again: makes me want to rip everything out.

Everything is optimized for typing little and understanding even less.

It feels like going back to Doctrine1 :-\

thomasapowell, 6 months ago to mastodon

An unexpected benefit of having an Activity Pub focused open ended project for my SE class is I get test follows.

Hi👋 everybody from #Ucsd CSE. Have fun exploring the #Fedi. #Mastodon is just part of it.

If folks have suggestions requests for some CS Graduate student teams to build something for the Fedi as a class project reply below. They’ll see it or I’ll bring it to class for sure.

Maybe @lisamelton
Or @atomicpoet boost this for visibility. 🙏

mcc, 6 months ago to random

I've been told people on this website enjoy me trying to think through computer problems out loud while in incredible pain, so good news: I'm taking my new Thinkpad T14 (https://mastodon.social/@mcc/111218408629532857) out of the box and I'm going to install Linux on it first thing. So expect a LOT of complaining.

smallcircles, 7 months ago to foss

Good news.. @excalidraw

The latest version of #Excalidraw looks like it is starting to become a true open alternative to #Miro for collaborative sketching and sticky notes sessions.

Plenty cool features, #FOSS, self-hostable, stores stuff locally / syncs encrypted, save & export, etc.

Check it out at:

https://excalidraw.com

lyteforce, 7 months ago to python

I've been "trying" to learn #Python for over a year now & continue to find myself easily discouraged when concepts that are presented as "basic" are far from it for me. Eventually my frustration wins out & I take a long break, only to try again & restart the learning all over.

Beyond try, try, try, try, try again... any other hot tips? If it would help, what excites me is being able to code a Discord bot to do... stuff. If the "basics" are too much, is that goal too lofty?

dnc, 7 months ago to gardening

What is this growing in my bed https://www.diningandcooking.com/963801/what-is-this-growing-in-my-bed/

#Gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening

Radical_EgoCom, 8 months ago to random

"If we really want to damage the monetary systems of the world, there are things we can do. Embrace the sharing movement. It comes down to relying less on money and finding practical ways to not use currency. Couch surfing verses buying that hotel room. Downloading music or movies for free from the internet. Growing your own food verses grocery shopping. Carpooling. Let people stay with you. Stay with other people. Try health clinics for checkups verses actual doctor's offices. Staying in and reading a book or staying at home verses expensive nights on the town. Home cooked meals verses eating out. Every time you don't use money the economy is affected. Every dollar you don't use comes directly off the top of GDP. Everybody is out for your money. For neo-Liberal economies to work your entire life has to be nothing more than a dollar sign. They know this. So, if you want to change the system just try to find ways around money where possible. If you have to rely on your friends or vice-versa, try it. Network. Give of yourself. Start relying on each other verses spending for your needs as much as possible. Of course it isn't always possible and easier said than done, but do what you can. It will hasten the death of this way of living."

• Charies Elsenstein, author of the book, Sacred Economics

GossiTheDog, 8 months ago to random

Starfield lets you name the ships in your fleet. Name mine.

Radical_EgoCom, 9 months ago to random

Marx was wrong, Bakunin was right