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zalasur

@zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net

I play strategy games, write software, and stream on Peertube (not necessarily in that order). Also, sock monkeys! Preferred pronouns: he/him/his.

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georgetakei, to random

Having a hard time believing Tuberville talks to many scientists.

zalasur,
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@georgetakei "Are the scientists in the room with us right now, Senator Tuberville?"

Daojoan, to random
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I can’t believe more people don’t know about this

I’m making over $500 USD per day

It’s a little known life hack called “aggravated armed robbery”

Check out my course to learn more / join my inner circle (it’s a gang)

zalasur,
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@Daojoan "Doctors hate this!"

baldur, to random
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That feeling when you have a look at Linkedin and see a former boss write about how LLMs mean the end of coding and programming as a job. That now the only thing needed to get working software is to describe clearly what you want, something they were always manifestly incapable of doing

😑

zalasur,
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@baldur "That now the only thing needed to get working software is to describe clearly what you want"

Ah, so our jobs are safe is what I'm hearing. 😂

GottaLaff, to random
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Oh my. Some-boddeeee is soooo mad.

"George puts former congressional colleagues in group chat to call them ‘f***ing idiots’"

https://www.semafor.com/article/02/14/2024/george-santos-puts-former-congressional-colleagues-in-group-chat-to-call-them-fing-idiots

zalasur,
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@GottaLaff so strange to hear him speaking the truth for once

zalasur, to DwarfFortress
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Today on Dwarf Fortress: The World of Wonder: That damned Forgotten Beast won't go away. In our "test simulations" we tried attacking it outright (no one laid a hand on it before getting decapitated by a "scratch") and entrapping it (it was too smart to go into the room we set up for it).

So, we're going to try something clever. We will dump magma on it somehow!

https://video.surazal.net/w/9HhmDj1WqnkgTzvXKsVKka




zalasur, to DwarfFortress
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@BlindiRL wants you to know there's a Tarn Adams (of fame) interview coming up on his YouTube channel. You have an opportunity to submit questions. Details below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qka6PIb_VZA

zalasur, to PCGaming
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Continuing the Artemis storyline on No Man's Sky. We're two thirds of the way to completing all the chapters. I'm hoping to get to the last chapter sometime tonight.

I'll be choosing an empty galaxy as the target once we complete the mission. After that, I'll set up a new home base and start exploring the Universe anew from there.

https://video.surazal.net/w/9HhmDj1WqnkgTzvXKsVKka

zalasur, to random
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Lately I see a lot of talk about companies saying they have to write websites with accessibility in mind to "avoid lawsuits".

How about writing a website with accessibility in mind to avoid creating a substandard experience for all people visiting your website?

An accessible website is one that people can use without friction. It makes them want to come back without having to be coerced via email SPAM. Why aren't we seeing this being framed in this way more often?

zalasur, to random
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Taking the bus is a little bit like playing Poker. If you can't find the weirdo, that means it's you. You're the weirdo.

zalasur, to random
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My favorite thing about social media is the constant stream of people yelling at the Universe for not following the appropriate rules of engagement and that it needs to stop, right this second.

zalasur, to fediverse
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Saturday Surprise Stream! Distant Worlds 2 (XL mod): Learning Warfare Tactics

I've got much better handle on the early game, but now I need to figure out how to more effectively wage war in the mid-game. Our enemies are crafty and tenacious.

I'm playing with the XL mod which modifies the tech tree to make the game more expansive.

https://video.surazal.net/w/9HhmDj1WqnkgTzvXKsVKka

zalasur, to fediverse
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SNEAKY STREAM! Last night I did a short Distant Worlds 2 stream and realized about an hour into the game I had made a critical error, so I'll start over from the first save game. I didn't get too deep into the play-through, fortunately.

So today it's do-over time!

Today we're playing with the XL mod which rearranges the tech tree and expands the late game. I'll be focusing on learning mid-game warfare tactics in this run.

https://video.surazal.net/w/9HhmDj1WqnkgTzvXKsVKka




zalasur, to random
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Uh

I'm starting to see weird ads on Facebook. Pro-Zionist, heavily religious type stuff.

Here's an example. It's not even the strangest one I've seen today.

zalasur, (edited ) to random
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Ugh, you ever see a post that is meant to give advice but the advice is very bad and you just want to yell at the person?

Plain HTML purists are bad at that. "Don't bother writing your web app in React, write it in plain HTML instead!"

I'm a big fan of KISS, but listen. Anything written in plain HTML is not an app. It's a document. To have even the most basic interactivity in the form of a POST request you need a minimum of a backend server platform to process it.

zalasur, to DwarfFortress
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: "The Mythical Dimension", Episode 2: We've established our fort and are preparing for the first migration wave and also the first trade caravan.

We need to mine out some stone so we can create trade goods and more furniture. Then we can dig deeper. No, deeper. Keep going.

Wait, that's too deep.

https://video.surazal.net/w/9HhmDj1WqnkgTzvXKsVKka

zalasur, to Minecraft
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Streaming with on Jimorian's Chill Server. Impromptu stream!

https://video.surazal.net/w/pEcQhTnVBgYMQGhT3pYcLE

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Can you imagine if the automobile had never been invented and that horses remained the norm?

I mean, with the current population, the infrastructure for picking up horse shit alone would have to be mind boggling.

zalasur,
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@Mrfunkedude Another fun fact: horses were also loud as they walked in cobblestone. The clack-clacking of their hooves contributed a lot to the urban noise pollution problems of the late 19th century.

zalasur, to random
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I'm genuinely curious to know just how many cursed monkey's paws Gary Busey has burned through to remain alive to this very day.

I mean, seriously. Does he have a closet is his house that when you open it, the spent monkey paws just come tumbling out onto the floor in a pile or something??

zalasur, to fediverse
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I did a bit of reorganizing of my playlists on my server. Now all my VODs are consolidated to one playlist. Each video can be assigned to multiple playlists but I figured it would be easier for me to manage to have everything in one place.

I think I will do some streaming this weekend, but I'm not sure what yet. I'm torn between Dyson Sphere Program and Distant Worlds 2.

There's the possibility I might revive my Minecraft streams again, too, but that's happening later.

zalasur,
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I want to spin up another Minecraft server at some point but I want to wait until the next major version is released.

Also holding me back a bit is right now I'm not sure what my employment situation is going to look like in a few months and Minecraft servers require hosting infrastructure.

Another thing holding me back is I always have trouble getting people interested to join. Sometimes I get a few people but interest wanes rather quickly.

So we'll see.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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This is for the 3 people who corrected me on my spelling of "Daylight Saving" yesterday.

Daylight SavingS
Daylight SavingS
Daylight SavingS
Daylight SavingS
Daylight SavingS
Daylight SavingS

😁

zalasur,
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@Mrfunkedude I'm going to have to hide this post from my partner or I'll get an earful 😅

zalasur, to DwarfFortress
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Today in Dwarf Fortress: The World of Wonder: We're in Year 4 and we're getting close to bringing magma closer to the surface. We just need about 70 or so magma pumps. No biggie.

We're getting more and more migrants now, and our population is now past 70 members. Sadly, we lost one (our chief medical dwarf) to a were-ferret. Once we get our magma industry going, we can get armor for our dwarves for next time.

https://video.surazal.net/stats/videos/468caefc-abf6-4427-9d66-85cd4ac3946b

zalasur,
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Mrfunkedude, to random
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I don't know what I'm going to do . I've made bread for the week, did the laundry, brushed the cats, what else is there to do?

Maybe I'll live stream a game later if I don't have a headache.

zalasur,
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@Mrfunkedude Switch it up a little: knead the laundry, brush the bread, and fold the cats.

zalasur, to DwarfFortress
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Today on Dwarf Fortress: The World of Wonder - Year 1003. We're establishing a pretty decent fort but we're not attracting any migrants, leaving us to stagnate at 16 dwarves from our initial migration waves. We'll need to see if we can improve that situation and soon.

Also, we need metal, and for that we need fuel! Can we find coal or are we going to have to go straight to magma? Let's find out!

https://video.surazal.net/w/9HhmDj1WqnkgTzvXKsVKka




zalasur,
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ai6yr, to Futurology

I missed this story from last year. Runaway Roomba. (plenty of gadget promotion in here, btw... it's like a Roomba+Ring commercial, LOL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6MQoMje6l0

zalasur,
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@ai6yr My Roomba runs out of battery after 2 hours. If it were still roaming around two days later without a charging station nearby I'd be more than a little concerned. 😅

ai6yr, to random

Great, there's a startup trying to ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONTROL A CYBERTRUCK FROM THEIR DREAMS

Startup: "We spend a third of our lives asleep, and humanity dreams of using this time profitably, just as the heroes of the movie Inception did."

zalasur,
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@ai6yr Again, why are techbros hellbent on recreating the Torment Nexus?

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