Kirtai 🏳️‍⚧️

AuDHD Transgirl with OCD who is a fan of personal dynamic computer systems like Smalltalk.
Also likes playing piano.

Pronouns: she/her
Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/Kirtai

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2026-05-05 23:08:22 GMT

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Like a railgun or coilgun?

2026-02-22 02:51:43 GMT

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Money?

2026-02-20 05:27:47 GMT

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Oh for fucks sake :neocat_scream_angry:

2026-02-20 05:23:16 GMT

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Oh no, what happened?

2026-02-20 03:45:16 GMT

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We need more done in *actually* high level languages.

2026-02-17 04:22:19 GMT

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It's understandable though, give that pretty much every machine type was *completely* different.

2026-02-17 03:49:18 GMT

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I look at some of the stuff we had in the 70s and 80s and they're crazily advanced despite tiny and slow hardware.
I wish it hadn't been (almost) forgotten.

2026-02-17 03:43:53 GMT

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Hmm, I get the strong feeling there *is* an appropriate word but I can't quite bring it to mind either.
Maybe "inputs"?

2026-02-17 03:40:15 GMT

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Oh, did you mean arguments when you wrote assumptions?

2026-02-17 03:39:09 GMT

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Every time I think about learning Python I remember what a blasted hellscape its packaging is and I go do something else.

2026-02-15 02:53:08 GMT

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Even key:value pairs would be a huge upgrade.

2026-02-15 02:45:50 GMT

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"Modern" filesystems are terrible.
They don't even have a comment field or versioning.
(I remember that the Amiga would save the URL of a downloaded file in the file's comment.)

2026-02-09 12:55:01 GMT

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We even lost versioned file systems :neocat_floof_sad_low_ears:

2026-02-07 21:36:50 GMT

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Thanks, I'll try that :)

2026-02-07 19:34:03 GMT

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What would be good values to start with?

2026-01-29 10:37:33 GMT

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What font are you using there?
No longer using the Xerox Smalltalk one? :neocat_0_0:

2026-01-25 06:02:47 GMT

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I think I first heard about prevalence in relation to KeyKOS, though it may have been Smalltalk.
But I definitely want it :neocat__w:

2026-01-24 22:56:27 GMT

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I am sad that so many amazing systems have been almost lost due to the windows/mac/unix focus.

2026-01-22 21:46:59 GMT

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I never thought of that but spatiality does indeed seem to be the thing that attracts me to it. Similar to Smalltalks.

2026-01-19 23:19:44 GMT

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I don't actually understand the "I made you do" thing.
Am I better off not knowing?

2026-01-15 23:07:33 GMT

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But *honey* is a different matter.

2026-01-05 19:15:12 GMT

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"Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you’re as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?
-- Brian Kernighan, 1974"
Imagine how hard it is to debug code you're not smart enough to write in the first place.

2025-12-28 00:41:39 GMT

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You thought the bouncing ball was from Atari?
:neocat_angry:

2024-10-29 16:45:48 GMT

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Good point. I was just thinking of how it could be used for a Picotron like system I was thinking of.

2024-10-29 16:38:52 GMT

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Clever. I suppose that works better when the display frame rate is not the same as the logic update rate.

2024-10-29 13:10:52 GMT

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Perhaps step() ?

2024-10-22 03:02:43 GMT

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The way anime girl faces look becomes much more understandable once you learn that they're based on cat faces, not human faces.

2024-10-21 12:01:32 GMT

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But then insecure guys couldn't drive around in massive vehicles with angry faces on the front.
(Yes, the angry face on the front of SUVs is deliberate)

2024-10-17 02:12:26 GMT

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I remember reading many many *many* years ago that the reason for switching to CMOS from other technologies was its lower power requirements even if it was much slower.
Is it *still* slower than competing techs and only used due to the lower power/heat dissipation requirements?

2024-10-16 19:55:21 GMT

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Yeah, I know, but when I'm falling asleep and want to go to bed *now* having the computer play silly buggers is quite unwelcome. :neocat_laugh:

2024-10-16 02:27:45 GMT

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Oh noes! Especially when you have spinning disks connected.

2024-10-14 19:03:41 GMT

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True, but many midi devices allow you to write the firmware with the right commands.

2024-10-14 18:59:16 GMT

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Yes, of course I want to expose all my usb and bluetooth devices to $RANDOM_INTERNET_SITE. Why wouldn't I? :neocat_sob:
At least they're resisting webmidi. /sigh

2024-09-21 19:18:23 GMT

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True. I did like the Smalltalk-76 font though (called Cream iirc?) since they *did* care about how things look.
I think @npub1z8r…mrq6 uses that one in their UXN tools. :neocat__w:

2024-09-21 18:51:00 GMT

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Maybe the fonts that were used on monochrome systems like Smalltalk-80 & 76, Interlisp, Lisp machines and the like could be a good inspiration?

2024-09-16 18:37:31 GMT

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Oof, that's a pity.

2024-09-16 18:35:30 GMT

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Maybe make a pair of matching front plates?

2024-09-12 11:45:33 GMT

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Why on earth would someone use the same field for that? :neocat_what: