tech, tiny computer
Unfortunately, it overheats when installing large software packages. So I am now letting it install GNOME on a frozen bag of pizza rolls.
I tried doing so in the fridge, but alas, it did not get wifi.
@V this isn't even a theory, this is straight-up canon
@house_house_@twitter.com:
"Actually, in our timeline, a goose chased Thatcher out of office, spurring a Bennite revolution and the irreparable decline of the Tory party. The villagers are Marxists."
(https://twitter.com/house_house_/status/1176724707019591680)
tech, dedicated two-factor device
Just placed an electronics order to see how tiny I can make a dedicated two-factor device. Not everything I use supports U2F or FIDO2 (that’s already easy), and I’m kind of afraid of a simple phone drop leading to manual recovery of ~20 TOTP keys.
I’m a little surprised this is not a common enough thing for there to already exist commodity devices, so I’m going to try a Raspberry Pi Zero W build first.
the difference between an engineer and witch:
- an engineer knows that if a part is designed for one purpose, it won't work well in others
- a witch knows that "what it was made for" is always a subset of "what it can do"
PSA for Washington State Cannabis Users
Due to a state-wide "emergency ban" of flavored vape cartridges by executive order of Governor Jay Inslee[1], Have a Heart cannabis shops are selling flavored vape carts at a 30% discount and plan to pull them from their shelves as of Tuesday the 8th. I can't speak for other Cannabis shops in the area but suspect you'll find similar situations.
video game randomizers (+)
I’ve been picking at a few other randomizers lately for exercise time. Currently working through OoT randomizer, with a plan to try Metroid Prime rando next.
Current seed I’ve been trying across several sessions put bombs, Zelda’s lullaby, and the adult’s wallet deep into the Gerudo desert, forcing me to route in all the shortcuts in the game.
Apparently I remembered those and most of the caves under rocks everywhere, despite not playing this game for many years?
fft: war of the lions, minimal spoilers
tl;dr: I’ve learned to greatly appreciate robot wars as a genre of videogame.
fft: war of the lions, minimal spoilers
Most interesting is how it selects from the pool of available buffs and debuffs.
The War of the Lions build of the AI seems to consider the balance of opposing units when selecting spells that mitigate physical and magical damage. It’ll also selectively go for Haste, Slow, and Immobilize if that outcompetes KOing a unit outright. Which all is way more nuanced than I ever expected the AI to be when I first played it.
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Fleeks. Singular they/them preferred.
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