makeworld

Aspiring solarpunk living in Toronto. Software developer. Learning what I want and how to live it.

I post a lot of links.

he/him

Website: https://www.makeworld.space/
GitHub: https://github.com/makew0rld

Public Key

npub13wdlskeh4kyv2xx2pfvhfdp6mn6rf3g0n3gkczhesy2c76tfk6qspyxn07

NIP-05 Address

makeworld_at_merveilles.town@momostr.pink

Profile Code

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relay.damus.io

nos.lol

nostr-pub.wellorder.net

Author Public Key

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2025-09-08 23:14:49 UTC

When someone comments "this is just like xkcd N", I don't look up the number or consult my memory. I just imagine the most appropriate xkcd comic for the situation and assume I'm right.

2025-08-12 12:50:13 UTC

TIL about Bedrock, a fork of Uxn
https://benbridle.com/projects/bedrock.html

2025-05-12 02:01:35 UTC

Left Ctrl key barely works on my Framework anymore :/
Anyone have suggestions/experience?

2025-04-13 18:05:07 UTC

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ha fair enough!

2025-04-13 17:23:38 UTC

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if you can share, how did you land on your goal number? There seems to be a few conflicting studies when I look online.

2025-03-21 00:19:41 UTC

What's the opposite of vibe coding? Maybe Merveilles should be about that ;)

2025-03-15 04:24:37 UTC

My simple personal search engine is now public on GitHub! I hope you find it useful like I have.
I plan on adding some config options in the coming days.
https://github.com/makew0rld/search

2025-02-22 13:52:06 UTC

The second stupidest thing about these tariffs is that they begin at 12:01 AM. Why do governments always do this? The day begins at 12!

2025-02-17 16:48:54 UTC

I'm finally ready to release my desktop image dithering app, Dithertime! 🌟
It's more accurate, correct, and extensive than any other image dithering software out there. And it's fast too!
I've been working on it nights and weekends for a year, and I'm excited to have created a paid app for the first time.
Check it out at https://makew0rld.itch.io/dithertime 👈
(boosts welcome!)
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/020/236/174/598/068/original/721657f3e1319729.png

2025-02-10 22:26:28 UTC

Dithering app coming soon
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/981/936/825/501/942/original/03ec09c2785b0e90.png

2025-01-18 14:36:48 UTC

Oh god NYT interviewed Curtis Yarvin
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/curtis-yarvin-interview.html

2025-01-04 18:16:57 UTC

The Smartest Person
https://www.atvbt.com/the-smartest-person/

2024-12-01 05:14:29 UTC

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the idea of "petnames" described in the paper requires infrastructure for being able to see names that your friends set. Otherwise every contacts app would count as petnames, but that's not the case.

2024-12-01 03:36:28 UTC

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but can you see your friend's address book within yours? That's what makes petnames special. I don't recall I2P being able to do that.

2024-11-22 18:01:03 UTC

Petnames: A humane approach to secure, decentralized naming
https://files.spritely.institute/papers/petnames.html
A great, easy to understand introduction. (h/t @npub1urx…v0z4)

2024-11-22 16:45:18 UTC

Bluesky has apparently "temporarily paused ingesting commits from federated PDSes" so the bridge is not working. Almost like one company holds all the power...
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1520#issuecomment-2492534380

2024-10-22 02:50:21 UTC

My first real camera is coming in the mail, a Sony a6000. I'm excited!

2024-10-06 04:10:11 UTC

You're already using the best voting system
https://www.makeworld.space/2024/10/best_voting_system.html
(new blog post!)

2024-09-28 03:44:52 UTC

Trying to play around with black and white. Here's an old telephone pole from Halifax.
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/213/107/791/650/114/original/1eef861374887eed.jpg

2024-09-19 14:22:24 UTC

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For some context on how wacky this is:
> Lehman said that the "hardest part" of his work at Tlon had been to distance Urbit from Yarvin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbit#Politics_and_controversy
Him starting the project has always cast a shadow, but ostensibly it could be ignored after he left a leadership role. Now there will be a strong social cost with associating with Urbit at all.

2024-09-19 14:15:53 UTC

Big news in my inbox today from the Urbit Newsletter: Curtis Yarvin has returned to the project. Apparently this happened in late August. This is pretty shocking news and will probably be a make-or-break moment for the project.

2024-09-16 19:37:01 UTC

Updated my laptop and now I can't build my static site anymore 😒... Really time to switch to Hugo methinks

2024-09-06 02:02:52 UTC

Anyone got a good way to keep lists of POIs, restaurants, bars, etc in the city on a map? It looks like Google Maps is the best solution but I'm wondering if there's anything nice that is not that.

2024-08-01 13:29:58 UTC

It looks like Simple Mobile Tools (those orange Android apps) have been forked after the buyout so they can continue to have a non-corporate home. The suite is now called Fossify.
https://github.com/FossifyOrg

2024-07-23 09:54:54 UTC

I fucked up my repo so bad
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/112/835/191/845/663/860/original/6fb2504afbe4d41b.png