mallaidh (dork aspect) @mallaidh@witches.town

why do people not read my bio before following

is there any good way on the modern web to just host a single plaintext file that can be linked to as such without spinning up my own webserver?

all the paste services i know seem to just have it as a file embedded in a larger page

#nocontext
"Groff and mom: an overview"

here's some real #retrocomputing for you whippersnappers, from when vector display on CRT was chosen over Nixie tubes for power efficiency: the Friden EC-130, designed by Bob Ragen and the first calculator to use reverse Polish notation. Sold for 2200 USD back in June of 1963, with a thirteen-digit capacity. The boundaries of computing would be pushed two years later by its successor, the EC-132, which added a square root function to its bag of tricks.

https://witches.town/media/3YO6T26QuO_1hi0FiXw

when you realize that a pda is actually starting to be considered retro computing now, and the past feels so much further away

and not all of the links on these pages are actually up to date (by-sa links to the 3.0 version instead of the 4.0 version)

they're buried under subpages instead of just making the website a way to get to their licenses directly

why does the creative commons website make you follow two links just to get to a javascript license picker instead of just giving a plain list on the homepage

#nowplaying
the self-titled 1981 debut album of the lounge lizards, a rather peculiar avant-garde jazz group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA77axhsxiM

#nowplaying
"egomaniac's kiss" by dna, some of the best no wave i've heard. ikue mori's drumming seems to hold it all together, with arto lindsay providing guitar and vocals and robin crutchfield on keyboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3CpzIXkRSg

i feel like the surname drinkwater would be very appropriate for a mastodon user

"Blind, bisexual and polyamorous goose involved in love triangle dies, aged 40"
https://www.indy100.com/article/blind-bisexual-polyamorous-goose-thomas-new-zealand-henry-black-swan-wellington-bird-rehabilitation-8202691

#nowplaying
portuguese radio block on wuml

it's working yay
https://witches.town/media/ZK0jCb7CHWSRxBtQRhc

oh yeah i forgot that a counter for how many levels are left to draw is the best way to keep track of how many levels are left to draw

if this program doesn't start working soon i'm gonna

*does any graphics programming*
[screams internally]

why is graphics programming the way it is

urgh i just remembered that, not only did i have work to do in java, but it involves graphics

my receiver is set to aux but still outputting from the radio extremely quietly

that's odd to say the least

had a good omelette, not perfectly executed but tasty. jalapenos mixed in with the egg, salsa and sour cream when served, enjoy.

next time i'll try to get it set up better so it's not so thick and sticks together more, plus dice the peppers more.