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syntaxseed

@syntaxseed@phpc.social

Programming, tech, gaming & other geeky topics from Sherri Wheeler.

Occasional business, handiwork, electronics, parenting and fitness content.

๐Ÿ˜ PHP/JS developer with miles to go before I sleep();

All posts are my own - never AI generated.

Ally & anti-racist. Bigoted or harassing replies get blocked & reported.

Available for part-time contract work.

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syntaxseed, to baseball
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Current status: lightly raining.

Forecast: 80% chance thunderstorms.

Ball diamond status:

๐Ÿ˜‘

syntaxseed,
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I see it's going to be one of those "close the diamonds 5 mins after most parents have left home" kind of evenings.

๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

gnuconsulting, to random
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Looking for an iOS game where you go around the galaxy trading stuff, upgrading your ship, maybe trading out crewmembers, light RPG-ish elements, probably story based. Little to no combat if possible. Anyone know of a game along those lines?

syntaxseed,
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@gnuconsulting There is a classic mobile game called Space Traders by Trese Brothers that is exactly this. It's been around for ages & revamped & re-released by the developers several times.

It exists on Android, not sure about iOS but there's a good chance!

syntaxseed,
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@gnuconsulting

Ooo!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/star-traders-frontiers/id1442583232

nebyoolae, to gamedev
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Has anyone ever made a 3D game where you have to match socks in a big pile fresh from the laundry? I want to play that.

syntaxseed,
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@nebyoolae And there will always, always be one who's partner is missing...

syntaxseed, to martialartsmemes
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Kids, husband & I are going for our belt testing this afternoon!

Youngest is aiming for orange belt & the other two are aiming for their blue. Husband & I are currently unranked although we have been in class for two years so... it will be nice to see how our sensei ranks us.

But damn if I'm not hella nervous!! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

syntaxseed,
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I suspect my husband is nonplussed that I've roped him into this whole thing. ๐Ÿคฃ

When our kids started, the sensei told parents that if you have a kid in class, you're welcome to join in for free at the back. At the time only 1 dad was doing so. I nervously debated with myself for several weeks until I cajoled husband into joining with me. Several other parents joined soon after. ๐Ÿ˜…

syntaxseed,
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@PJFDF Yay! That's right!

syntaxseed,
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@outofcontrol Oh wow- good job!

syntaxseed,
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@AndreasDavour Thanks!! We all did pretty well!

hirad, to Horizon
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I've started playing Zero Dawn in the last few days and I've gotta say, it's amazing. The incredible graphics and intriguing story that makes me wanna play more to learn about what is actually going on, but at the same time to spend my time enjoy and explore the environment as well.

syntaxseed,
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@hirad How's it running on Linux?

syntaxseed, to ai
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TIL that, apparently, absolutely nothing goes without saying. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Super yikes.

#AI

https://m.slashdot.org/story/427998

surchaw, to CloudComputing
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What are some of the most cost effective or services you've used?

respecting or not either is okay
although it is better if I have the most freedom to do anything, it should just be like I had a remote computer that I fully or semi-fully controlled.

some of the ones I have heard are:
justhost.ru, vultr, the ones included in these links: https://www.privacytools.io/private-hosting, https://redlib.privacyredirect.com/r/selfhosted/comments/14mmkvb/cheapest_quality_vps

syntaxseed,
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@surchaw I like the combo of Digital Ocean's vps servers (cheap) and RunCloud to provision & manage (easy).

You retain root access which isn't always true of other management services.

syntaxseed, to tv
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The modern #TV watching dilemma:

Do I keep watching a show I'm really enjoying even though I just learned that the show was cancelled with a huge cliffhanger & the season I'm on is the last.

Does one drive off a cliff if the ride is fun? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜†

#Streaming

syntaxseed,
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@mdub41 Yeah I'm on season 2. But I failed to do the research I normally do before starting a new show. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

syntaxseed, to woodworking
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Finished another addition to our backyard ninja course: the vertical peg board! Started this last year but finding the right size for the holes was tricky.

Definitely VERY hard. How's your 1-arm pullup strength? ๐Ÿ˜†

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syntaxseed, to steam
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Jumped through the hoops to get family sharing set up so I can share games with my husband (and someday the kids). Looking like I will soon be seeing if I can get Death Stranding working on . ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜

https://dcanalysts.net/steam-families-beta-is-perfect-for-your-gaming-family/

syntaxseed,
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Side note:
The SOA expansion for #GreenHell is longer than the main game & I feel like I've been playing it forever. ๐Ÿ˜…

So good though. So good.

syntaxseed,
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@bhhaskin Ooo that's a good sign!

syntaxseed,
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@bhhaskin Love that site. I never even wishlist a game without scouring that first. ๐Ÿ˜

syntaxseed, to Parenting
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With my kids getting a bit older I'm starting a MAJOR purge of kids' toys. Getting rid of all the off-brand building sets and dinky cars & other stuff the kids don't play with. Hoping to end up with only 1 shelving unit of toy bins in a closet and.... NO more toybox. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

No miscellaneous-toys toybox is a major #parenting milestone.๐Ÿ˜

#organizing

syntaxseed,
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The kids were extra helpful so the Great Toy Purge of '24 was unexpectedly completed today. A garbage bag of things to donate. One of things to sell & a bag & a half of things to throw out (3 boys = lots of broken stuff).

Emptied an entire toy-bin shelving unit (photo), and eliminated the toybox completely. Brought the twin to my other coffee table out of the crawlspace to occupy the former home of the toybox (photo).

Damn it feels really good to get rid of so much.

#parenting #organizing

syntaxseed,
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It also feels nice to have the toy-ish stuff less visible. They still have a "play room" upstairs - all 3 share a bedroom & so the spare room is a common area - which has a closet that I've put shelving & bus boxes into for toy & game #organizing. We've pared down to things they actually play with & it's now more out of sight & tidy.

Plus the kids are out-growing toys that are very young like hotwheels.

TBH after 12 years of #parenting... having the toy mess less front-and-centre is a relief.

syntaxseed,
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I realize that the sweet situation with all 3 boys in 1 bedroom (like a dormitory lol) won't last much longer. But I'm enjoying it while I can until the play room & my office eventually get swallowed by teenagers. ๐Ÿ˜†

#parenting

mcc, to random
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Hey. Question.

What the fuck is this?

Is my phone doing this? If so, how long has it been doing it? Also, why wasn't I informed? Also, why can't I find a setting to turn it off?

syntaxseed,
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@mcc On my Motorola thec setting is under Display > Attentive Display

syntaxseed,
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@mcc I also suspect Google likes to mix up setting names for undesirable things... ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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