Scheme hacker, writer, game developer, and Emacs inhabitor living in Athens, Greece.
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Last Notes npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson No #SystemCrafters stream today, the littlest one brought home a virus that hit hard today. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Anyone had luck with either of the GTK libraries for Guile, either g-golf or guile-gi? npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Well that's the first time I've ever received a phishing email with an old password of mine in it. I think It must have been acquired from one of the many hacks of commonly used websites. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1sg4…xslc are you sure you want your project associated with a cult? :) npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1ptm…rtr5 I'd like to absorb some cheese npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson 🔴 Today on #SystemCrafters Live, we'll craft a few Emacs Lisp functions to create a custom note taking workflow with Denote, an excellent note taking package for Emacs! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub19am…qjn6 yep, user Shepherd. Something tells me that the Syncthing home service is not shutting down when it is asked to. When it happens again I'll check the logs, thanks! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1ug8…mrp2 Love the NES-inspired art style npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1npl…fmmh looks amazing! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub19am…qjn6 I've actually had this as a problem for a while in Guix, I think that my user-level Shepherd can't kill one of the service processes so it hangs when I try to 'sudo shutdown' npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1cww…ny8k I hope the store isn't straight outta bromptons npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l0f…acen Slack, yet another "silver bullet" of office productivity npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l0f…acen yep, I should have just expanded the language but I was mainly concerned it would make the game harder to play. Turns out the approach I used made it impossible to win! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1p5l…tqn2 cold blooded npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l6w…k6d9 thanks! Yeah, maybe I'm just being a chicken ;) npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson This post brought to you by a typo I just made. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson We've all heard of Nonguix, but who's gonna create Ninguix? npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1gyy…0vqe I can't start any day of work without fiddling with (and breaking) something unrelated to the task at hand npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub10fn…3eq2 variable-pitch-mode turned on? npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1xw8…8598 thanks a lot! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1zae…fpj4 nothing directed at me, but just posts I've seen floating around. I've actually had zero negative reaction to promoting my Guile course here, thankfully. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub19am…qjn6 That is encouraging! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1chp…l3fs Good point, I always forget about CW npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1qva…fuzz The culture on LinkedIn is pretty gross. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson I'd love to start talking more about making a living as an independent hacker/creator but I've sometimes felt a vibe that this topic isn't so welcome on the Fediverse. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hc2…7065 oh, someone is creating a new thing? npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Going to make my first million by creating a Lisp-themed boy band called the "Backquote Boys" npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1344…t5qv Price fixing by making the price free, what a concept! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1uvl…43yh love the philosophy behind the Sinevibes plugins, and they are tastefully designed, too! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Holy wow, just heard of Softcult from a Spotify recommendation, this is really good: npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1pn7…gaxg Sorry to hear about June being shelved! Freeing up time and mental energy for new projects is great, though! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Lambda Dungeon got ranked #9 in the Spring Lisp Game Jam. Pretty good for a game that doesn't even have a completable game cycle! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1agu…mnja yep npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1cww…ny8k It's like Henry Ford (allegedly) said, "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said 'another GCC'" npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1znz…8l64 I did the same thing today and I regret it already npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1znz…8l64 rise and grind! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hc2…7065 I've been keeping my eye on this one for a while, it is really cool npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub19d3…8yg2 but... why? npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub16se…wex2 never taxes npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hmg…aj2k npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hc2…7065 mmm, cake. Great article! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub19am…qjn6 it worked! Needs a lot of clean up and support for more Org element types, but I was able to use Skribilo to publish an HTML page from the output by the end of the stream. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hmg…aj2k I didn't notice any horns npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub10fn…3eq2 being focused toward an achievable goal is pretty addictive, hard to capture that feeling in larger projects I think. Finishing projects is a slog npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1gch…00vs morning, catboss npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1xzp…x4fk I take revenge by causing a prompt dialog to be raised and let it sit there overnight, waiting for a confirmation that will never be given npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub16se…wex2 I miss those days... npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub16se…wex2 Yeah, must be. People are pretty acclimated to official app stores now, maybe it somehow feels illicit (or inconvenient, at the least) to Apple users to buy something "off-market"? npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub16se…wex2 congrats, that's an excellent boost! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub13dv…xgkt really nice work! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hc2…7065 I see you've already initiated plans to eliminate me and become the only Dave remaining npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson I'll be sharing some Guix best practices at the London Guix meetup in about 2 hours! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1pn7…gaxg Yeah, it's beyond tired at this point npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1zgl…rqd7 it's a bit more shallow but it's totally acceptable for me, I've used far worse laptop keyboards npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1zgl…rqd7 ThinkPad X13s? Looks pretty cool! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub143l…q9zn but what comes first, the Chicken or the Makefile? npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub18g4…n4gd I would not have expected that! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1gw9…5jgc they're gonna replace the contribution activity graph with an Excel spreadsheet npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson What comes first in this sentence, developer or AI? npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hc2…7065 npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1vfh…e0hv oh nice, text effects! I need to experiment with text and overlay animations more in the sequencer npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Starting an experiment in using GNU Guix as not only the vehicle for deploying a Guile-developed web application, but also as a caching build server for static website pages using Haunt or Skribilo. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1vfh…e0hv kudos on the video sequencer improvements in 4.1, they made a huge difference in performance for a bunch of videos I edited recently! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1cww…ny8k an artist finds ways to immortalize themself in their work npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l0f…acen It's a pain building a working cross-platform game without using the browser. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub143l…q9zn who needs Org when you have Gemtext npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1gxf…ejye excellent, welcome aboard! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hc2…7065 you natoo ra dat nat npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub13th…7dkj glad you'll be joining us! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Streaming Day 9 of my Spring Lisp Game Jam project right now! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1c9v…w5x4 I'm starting to plan that now! Will probably send out a survey soon to figure out what people are most interested in learning npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l0f…acen it's all the fun kind of math npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub19am…qjn6 makes sense. I'll also boost the call for help on the next stream! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1gxl…ht6w self-actualization is all about overcoming obstacles toward a meaningful goal and realizing that you always had more ability than you imagined npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Streaming Day 8 of my Spring Lisp Game Jam project right now! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub19am…qjn6 perhaps we need to organize a fundraising drive for infra costs? I can help organize and promote that! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l0f…acen looks really good! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub143l…q9zn grenade eggs, perfect for stacking npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hc2…7065 looks awesome! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1svs…7l46 yep! I usually start a new iteration once per month npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub16se…wex2 Definitely hits the nostalgia in the feels npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub129t…mdn4 Yeah, really makes me want to try implementing something similar! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson This voxel displacement technique for "modern retro" rendering looks so incredible, really inspiring: npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l0f…acen awesome! I want to play it npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1zln…u9mv Thanks! Can't take credit for the art, this is from kenney.nl. Need to work on my pixel art skills! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson It's a mobile game now! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1w2q…wq9d every jam is a chance to get faster! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1geh…507x thanks! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Definitely feels like time to start porting my game engine "substratic" to Hoot so that I don't have to write so much code from scratch for the next jam! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1gyy…0vqe yeah, I was actually surprised about that and started trying to make the game UI a bit more responsive. With a couple more media query tweaks I think it will be rather playable on mobile! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub15fe…x47v yep, that's one of the next things I need to add. It's a pretty dumb language but it at least makes you feel like you're writing code :) npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Check it out here: npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Lambda Dungeon is starting to look pretty good! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Streaming Day 6 of my Spring Lisp Game Jam project right now! npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1g2j…jt7f yep! The JACK interface works more smoothly and reliably for me than the real JACK npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson Pipewire has made it almost trivial to have a quality audio setup in Linux for music production. npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l0f…acen No problem! I've used it very little but it does seem to work well enough to find the important stuff npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l0f…acen try some of these perhaps: https://searx.space/ npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1l0k…6jlm npub16ex6xf76nklaqv6slwtcjn3pq6f0558p8pp8ney70755jqmahywstnl9hd David Wilson @npub1hv3…rjmk ultimate multitasking, my ADHD would stand no chance
