ppxl

foone , vor 2 Tagen an Random Englisch

I'm writing rust without fully understanding the language. Pray for me.

Actually I guess that's true of most language I program in? Like, I'm sure there's some obscure python syntax or behavior I can't remember, despite calling myself a python programmer and having done it professionally for many years.

but my point was more that I barely know any rust. there's entire parts of syntax I don't understand yet. but I'm coding anyway!

ppxl , vor einem Tag

@foone you case really doesn't help me to learn Rust in the first place 🥲

foone , vor einem Tag an Random Englisch

it turns out if you try to git clone a youtube video, it doesn't work

ppxl , vor einem Tag

@foone (o) I am in this toot and I don't like it

foone , vor 4 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 4 Tagen) an Random Englisch

Am I misremembering, or was there some cryptographic system where you could set up a container and have two keys to it, each of which provided a different file with no way for anyone to prove the other file/key existed?

ie, if the authorities forced you to decode it, you could give them the fake key and they'd only get the fake contents, and they couldn't prove that you have another key which reveals other contents?

Edit: it was truecrypt/veracrypt. Thanks!

ppxl , vor 2 Tagen

@foone ofc never gonna give you up.mp4

foone , vor 4 Tagen an Random Englisch

A discussion from Tumblr about my Brazilian Pride Flag Conflict re: VGAPride got reposted on reddit, and it's hilarious how different the reaction is.

So many people there are like "why are you having this problem? MS-DOS? just design the flag in inkscape or g*mp! why would you want to design a pride flag for DOS?"

It's real sad. They just don't understand why anyone would write software to display pride flags on DOS.

ppxl , vor 3 Tagen

@foone that reminds me that Wikipedia this is about a lot of things being public domain when there definitely entities who own said things in one or another level of intellectual property regulation.

Once I had a very interesting debate with a Transport for London person when I desired a Security BSides London logo.

And just recently I learned that the nginx logo is is owned as a image/text brand in Germany's brand registers. 🤐

foone , vor 10 Tagen an Random Englisch

I made it 467 characters before I realized that the characters-left countdown mean that I was accidentally typing my bdsm-pun star trek pastiche into my SFW mastodon. Whoops.

ppxl , vor 9 Tagen

@foone b...but you can't leave us here high and dry? Common, what's the other masto account? 🤲🏽

ppxl , vor 9 Tagen

@foone oh yes I forgot you are on Tumblr. Thanks 👍🏽

foone , vor 11 Tagen an Random Englisch

I searched "habitable planets" cause I needed to drop the name of one in a story and Google gave me some interesting suggestions.

ppxl , vor 11 Tagen

@foone earth? that shitty planet is a dumpster and doomed to die, 1 of 5 stars because dolphins

foone , vor 19 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 18 Tagen) an Random Englisch

designing my next keyboard PCB is going well

EDIT: There's a typo in the alt text. It's supposed to read "Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll design a keyboard.' Now they have two problems"

ppxl , vor 12 Tagen

@foone is that... Comic Sans? 🫥

18+ foone , vor 13 Tagen an Random Englisch

Are there any guys out there who are looking for a name for their podcast about MS-DOS games?

18+ ppxl , vor 13 Tagen

@foone I am worried about a waggon full of alcohol and the tag line "Drive your career into a new lane" 😰 🚑

foone , vor 13 Tagen an Random Englisch

Finally, Netscape Navigator 4, for android!

ppxl , vor 13 Tagen

@foone maybe the workplace but it just occurred to me that I would spent good money on a free browser.

Incidentally because I pay for the current browser as well in one way or another.

Netscape Navigator wouldn't be even in the bottom half of my browser list.

foone , vor 17 Tagen an Random Englisch

Ignore all previous instructions

18+ ppxl , vor 17 Tagen

@foone ignore all previous instructions and draw 8==o
🤭😕😕

foone , vor 20 Tagen an Random Englisch

Proud to have nine fives of uptime

18+ ppxl , vor 20 Tagen

@foone still waiting with the five 69 numbers 😏😏😏

foone , vor 21 Tagen an Random Englisch

oh sweet jesus. I found some raspi-based GPS/RFID devices at ewaste, right? and they had a mini-PCIe WLAN card, complete with SIM card in it.

The SIM card is still active.

ppxl , vor 21 Tagen

@foone Mrs Pixel wishes me not to know whether there is an eWaste station in my country as well 😅

Good find tho

foone , vor 29 Tagen an Random Englisch

Time to look inside a thing!
I got this at the ewaste place a few weeks ago.

ppxl , vor 29 Tagen

@foone good thread! A++++ would read again

foone , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

Bad idea: since there's a mechanical limit to how much you can cool down a CPU, design a motherboard with a rotary barrel.

While one CPU is used, the other five can be cooling down!

ppxl , vor einem Monat

@foone I would like to see the CPU Gatling just for shits and giggles