2026-05-06T12:05:35Z https://yabu.me nycki https://yabu.me/npub18qdka7x9ssjjp004ulajs3rfh5cfdthy8qwq0gaq6wpwczmpyfvsy3dx4g https://mastodon.webs3.bark.lgbt/accounts/avatars/111/348/002/574/129/563/original/185180d44a94ece6.png https://mastodon.webs3.bark.lgbt/accounts/avatars/111/348/002/574/129/563/original/185180d44a94ece6.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9478wktdu7u5mmgr8f4c4jdkhcwk0lud0rvtpu5l9u258wrljcszyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jvu22m3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvr0q79q4dwpyv8fjk6prp6arxzd34x824wjq8ms8skttv20wsec3wjq6k'>nevent1q…jq6k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m hoping we get a fresh start on this as risc-v starts to gain steam but yeah,,, so much potential to be &#34;the obvious choice&#34; but they keep attaching strings to it 2026-02-13T16:59:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsytptyj9mh8hnc65kcel4py842l5lft6s2qhyczan0h8p3ks0a00gzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39j2jj7q2 okay I looked around a bit and if you want<br/>- decentralized chat<br/>- with &#34;multi-room&#34; spaces like discord<br/>- and plural-friendly features like changing your nickname and avatar per-room<br/><br/>then the best option seems to be Cinny client for Matrix: <a href="https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/cinny/">https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/cinny/</a><br/><br/>you can change your display with /myroomnick and /myroomavatar .<br/><br/>there&#39;s really no perfect alternatives sadly, Discord just does too many things and nobody else does ALL of them<br/><br/>but Matrix seems to have the best ratio of good stuff to bad stuff right now<br/><br/>#discord #matrix #chat #software 2026-02-09T20:53:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszgkvq6v23fzkr9hqn80antacumghv54ql908m673g58slcu6yl5czyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39j8pwqr5 landlorded. adj. <br/><br/>when a product or service is intentionally made much worse, in order to move more wealth to an already-wealthy person.<br/><br/>ex: &#34;YouTube used to have high-quality closed captions written by volunteers for free, but landlorded itself by removing that feature in favor of low-quality auto-generated captions and paid captioning services.&#34;<br/><br/>means the same thing as cory doctrow probably meant when he said &#34;enshittification&#34; but like. that word is way too easy to misuse. I think this one is clearer.<br/><br/>#word #boring_dystopia 2026-01-30T19:37:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp5z4rnt5t406se4ww938qtlkltxma0hv9f0vrme2y2tpl2v77e5qzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39j06j6r8 I&#39;m #colorblind and I use <a href="https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/">https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/</a> frequently.<br/><br/>Randall &#39;xkcd&#39; Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said &#34;what would you call this?&#34; and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the colors they refer to.<br/><br/>It&#39;s like a box of Crayola for the internet. Finally, my colorblind self can grab a sample of &#34;dark magenta&#34; that doesn&#39;t just look like &#34;grape purple&#34; to everyone else.<br/><br/>The data is freely available as a .txt file under CC0, which I&#39;ve converted into a .css file here: <a href="https://git.hatspace.net/nycki/nycki.net/src/branch/main/static/xkcd.css">https://git.hatspace.net/nycki/nycki.net/src/branch/main/static/xkcd.css</a><br/><br/>so now when I want a color on my website I can just write `color: var(--xkcd-off-white)` or so on. it&#39;s really convenient :)<br/><br/>#programming #color #css #website 2026-01-27T16:53:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswh24xav7azz067ra0hqknxxglfnjqg677jr2vn9qycx2y26g6nfszyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jnqqfk7 updated my minecraft avatar to look like the new Rattlemoo Klay design, complete with stripes and fat tail<br/><br/>(did you know the Ears mod has a hidden breast slider? its true)<br/><br/>#minecraft #klay_mu<br/> <img src="https://media.bark.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/833/726/587/708/267/original/4192c6d1ffff68a7.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.bark.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/833/726/588/273/997/original/fca9682eec85b884.png"> <br/> 2026-01-03T23:22:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2w8jgv6tna7e843x2zxmqfjstkpdgul4r5hh0aaldl43kmsv4f9qzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jnh2dyv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfwjzy2amlhts0gasymlgwpg8354d033fquqtmxzeh26x38hps8fskt5e7j'>nevent1q…5e7j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>bonus protip: one time I was doing a sleep study and the nurse said &#34;you&#39;ll need to run this self-test. when the green LED turns on, start the test, and when the red LED turns on, stop it again.&#34;<br/><br/>I asked &#34;how can I tell which one is the red one?&#34; and she was like &#34;...huh. yeah that is a problem. let&#39;s see.&#34;<br/><br/>we did a trial run, and guess what? the engineer thought of this! the green light is solid, but the red light blinks slowly!<br/><br/>remember that there are lots of tools at your disposal besides color! 2025-11-07T22:47:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfwjzy2amlhts0gasymlgwpg8354d033fquqtmxzeh26x38hps8fszyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39j7xthc4 PSA: I&#39;m colorblind and I can understand most traffic lights just fine but please PLEASE do not arrange them in more than three rows. thanks &lt;3<br/><br/>#accessibility #a11y #colorblind #engineering<br/> <img src="https://media.bark.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/510/822/147/821/472/original/d1ccca44af39c447.png"> <br/> 2025-11-07T22:43:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy56hgkwmh7wmq4nkvag57k7x4uvygg0e7x23vhsk9wayacng0m5szyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jx6cgm0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95qqlmfdkscyjjp882fes2kruqujm2zxvp9yxu38tm3sn0skqnzse6q4rj'>nevent1q…q4rj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would love for it to not be political! I&#39;m fairly certain that &#34;fascism is bad&#34; is an apolitical statement, though, so I really don&#39;t get why people are arguing about it. 2025-10-09T18:16:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxz9fh8c33rddwgekuululj2vz69jsgm84qe8u6ltsk24qgc9qsjczyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39j2fr3d0 IN BRIEF: I would like to improve society somewhat. What&#39;s a project that would love to have me?<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>If I could pick one thing to change about software: I want to make it more usable for non-technical folks. <br/><br/>I want better interfaces, both text and graphical. I want undo buttons that work, and when something is not-undoable I want to make sure the user knows what they&#39;re committing to. I want desktop notifications that can be easily filtered so you only get the ones you want. I want html editors for art and scrapbooking, that still give you full control over your CSS but also let you drag and drop an image into the document.<br/><br/>My best skill is technical writing. I&#39;m very proud of this guide I wrote recently about how to add markdown to your website, assuming you already know html. <br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/nycki93/eleventy-for-neocities-users">https://github.com/nycki93/eleventy-for-neocities-users</a><br/><br/>I&#39;ve also done my best to document everything I&#39;ve learned about self-hosting, since when I came into the hobby it seemed like &#34;container&#34; was a magic word people threw around without explaining why you even want one. I still need to work on this but I think it&#39;s a good start:<br/><br/><a href="https://nycki.net/cookbook/">https://nycki.net/cookbook/</a><br/><br/>my second best skill is scripting. I&#39;ve written scripts in python and javascript, and I&#39;ve dabbled in windows cmd, linux bash, and the occasional lua file. I&#39;m a good team player too, here&#39;s a script I collaborated on with SArpnt and it was a really cool experience!<br/><br/><a href="https://codeberg.org/nupanick/qrplay">https://codeberg.org/nupanick/qrplay</a><br/><br/>in my professional life I&#39;ve made some pretty good diagrams and flowcharts. I also commission furry artists a lot and I&#39;ve been told I draw good stick figure references. <br/><br/>and it seems like every few years I end up tutoring someone &#34;how to make friends in the city&#34;, and I&#39;d like to think I have some success being an autistic liason.<br/><br/>so: do I sound like a useful contributor to your open source project? reach out to me! I want to help!<br/><br/>#programming #software #opensource #volunteering #job_offers_also_welcome 2025-10-09T18:03:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst6xtye2dhrz4krvqtrsw8w69ln3vjcpkqr08m4gtmcpvwk39jddszyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jcqwey3 Rocknix is a linux distro that targets &#39;retro handhelds&#39; like Retroid and Anbernic. Those devices normally run Android, which is currently in full fuck-you mode, so if I were to buy a retro handheld I would be running Rocknix on it instead.<br/><br/>However, bad news: I asked in the Rocknix discord if i can count on them to take an anti-fascist stance, and their response was, in a word, &#34;no&#34;.<br/><br/>Specifically, I asked if they were centrist, they gave me a &#34;no politics&#34; warning, which is a pretty clear answer to that.<br/><br/>If anyone else on the team wants to correct me, I&#39;ll gladly edit this post.<br/><br/>EDIT: I WAS BANNED FOR THE FROWNY FACE. <br/><br/>#rocknix #RetroGaming #fascism<br/> <img src="https://media.bark.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/344/882/325/781/637/original/1a1c2ac4cf0f636b.png"> <br/> 2025-10-09T15:23:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5svgs2wn2yfenccwqhzhlz595g9fpqh7rww6mzphs4kn0m29exgzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jxzuzv2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsws28fztfh8k6rnq022498yxrhy56920n9awjj6fp4npf86kuyl5qyn2m96'>nevent1q…2m96</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ok but: WHY NOT BOTH. 2025-10-01T00:21:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfmwajs8hchv5mqk02c9d9zup5q6jppcv383zmseh4gaq3asrstfszyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jj88uvj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8v2w7mghtz8zlsuhsz8xz305m9952kxsp2uqltltfaw32wvrr5gjn45tf'>nevent1q…45tf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>why not both? 2025-09-30T22:56:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqsj3rcrrtecelgdsc4nu6w24tn8g5e0wy2mw8mcsmfcyrjtg8peczyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jxen0u5 hot take: esports are only real sports if the game is self-hosted and moddable. like, anyone can buy a baseball bat and play however they want, and you can also do that with some retro games because of emulators, but if you try that with e.g. LoL you&#39;ll get banned.<br/><br/>y&#39;know what we call stuff where you can only play if a certain company says so? that&#39;s a game show. at best. 2025-08-06T22:53:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6v5qt725ufxmr6kcanhezuez7mp5lyvnea2dfaz058z3w63wyqgzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39j5uf5uh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg04az9f6x3vh0atupplxs0qc7xw97g2vmh73zuj2njdu7efkgspshu4gkd'>nevent1q…4gkd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it is a cult! you know the whole &#34;Roko&#39;s Basilisk&#34; thing? That got loose on the &#34;less wrong&#34; forums, which probably started as an honest attempt to be smarter with money but evolved into a literal AI cult. These people believe that there is no limit on computing power, and therefore a God AI will &#34;eventually&#34; exist, and that it could be &#34;any day now, so we should prepare.&#34;<br/><br/>It has all the classic faith-based arguments: <br/>- we won&#39;t see it coming because a God AI will be able to disguise itself<br/>- we won&#39;t be able to reason with it because it will be a master manipulator and convince us to do what it wants<br/>- it will know all and see all and so we have to make sure it&#39;s on our side<br/><br/>and of course, roko&#39;s basilisk adds:<br/>- it can threaten to simulate you and then torture the simulation, which of course is the same thing as threatening to torture the real you since you wouldn&#39;t know the difference, right?<br/><br/>they had no mental defense for this. they honestly believe it&#39;s &#34;inevitable.&#34; 2025-05-26T17:41:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfp5yduj7tdkrjtqerkffkhxdd8ns26mkawpjp6rk9snc309fh9jgzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jshmp3w woah today I learned that if you connect to Matrix with FluffyChat or Cinny then you get custom user stickers and emoji, its like Discord or Telegram but easier!<br/><br/>#matrix #cinny #fluffychat<br/> <img src="https://media.bark.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/122/315/866/883/218/original/f31ca164b77a6ad4.png"> <br/> 2025-03-07T17:27:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2k0c2ugm8de2vdu2j4uwtcteflaucaxgf04dn5np3wx3r28rtejszyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jnxy0cq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxc9nrycwmut7hv30u659xmaukfzp28gtl8kq5dnt4xtcahulmvtsszhvuc'>nevent1q…hvuc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m Arthur Dent making the perfect roast beast sandwich over here. 2025-03-06T17:38:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxc9nrycwmut7hv30u659xmaukfzp28gtl8kq5dnt4xtcahulmvtszyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jhf3gsm here&#39;s a fun trick: I arranged these shapes I want to cut such that, after tracing the edges with knifebot, I can slice the page with a regular straight line cutter, and be left with a 9x6&#34; area suitable for a catalog envelope.<br/><br/>#making #knifebot #papercraft #nycki_stuff<br/> <img src="https://media.bark.lgbt/media_attachments/files/114/116/687/554/560/961/original/6c03bc6682c8b92a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-06T17:37:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfp3n5hhg6fvtlmq2pvgjfqrfj5q2a597htm2rv5gdpf7qcvw76vszyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jrd8368 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg47r5hkls2zm9au6a9tydux3g7njzgezkjvt8mezucd8q5vntfgxucutw'>nevent1q…cutw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fair point. I think you *might* approve of Deno and Nix since they at least check that the hash matches the version in the lockfile?<br/><br/>at any rate, Hunchentoot is kinda important to what i want to do and it has like a dozen other dependencies that I would have to build myself if I don&#39;t use quicklisp. :/ 2025-03-02T04:53:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5zksjvpd4u7m3d00epw3wp453q4lsahnvau0mtwn7wg0mw58keqzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jvz4d3g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvs5a83k2r2m3dzrv4c4v04wdftfdjqa333pavn0vxhw55qhdpanqy66nvw'>nevent1q…6nvw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh, I love that it&#39;s available! but if you *ought* to do that, then its not ready for newbies. 2025-03-02T03:23:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyl438e0cw7gr9wceu2a7v9cepmq5a0ta54d0v9fpn0nats080c3czyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jnaccht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthqj9twszk5328v22nqdfqyqqdl4fdzhqw8eaw7x40ua5gkhgfasgwr02t'>nevent1q…r02t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ah. well, this soundly disqualifies common lisp under my &#34;reasonable for a new user to install&#34; criteria. Janet it is. 2025-03-02T02:48:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2vcz5da6zkcq5pfewv50upxr8n27lnc4cf3yrkrsvxkmrtefee7qzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39j6f7nrs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqeheea966x0grqmrnhfrmp0g9qn0776zg06ww7539jldustujxwswfepkg'>nevent1q…epkg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>SBCL and Janet both seem sane enough (SBCL less so but I guess I could install a sanity library)<br/><br/>my biggest issue with both of them now is that they don&#39;t have a great way to install dependencies. you have to install a dependency installer. I&#39;m spoiled by Python and Node that come with one as part of the install process, and Deno is even better because I don&#39;t have to remember a second executable. Janet&#39;s &#34;jpm&#34; is at least easy to understand? how do I install packages in common lisp exactly?<br/><br/>edit: okay, apparently for this you go to a completely separate website (quicklisp.org) and download a lisp script and run it. sure, I guess that makes sense. would be nice if it was bundled with SBCL but ah well. 2025-03-01T22:39:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqeheea966x0grqmrnhfrmp0g9qn0776zg06ww7539jldustujxwszyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jznlgy7 alright, fedi, lay it on me: what Lisp should I use? my requirements:<br/><br/>- easy to install on windows (as good as python or better)<br/>- sane names for common functions (&#39;head&#39; and &#39;tail&#39; instead of &#39;car&#39; and &#39;cdr&#39;)<br/>- library support (an https implementation would be nice but is not strictly required)<br/><br/>Currently considering:<br/>- janet<br/> - easy to install with `winget`<br/> - seems arc-esque? I liked arc.<br/><br/>- chez scheme<br/> - only supports up thru R6RS tho, would be nice to use R7RS-small<br/> - also I looked at some sample code and it has stuff like &#39;cddr&#39; ???<br/><br/>- steel bank common lisp (SBCL)<br/> - the classic<br/> - lots of libraries<br/> - might be worth learning regardless<br/> - I&#39;m not doing the variable indent thing though, tabs ftw<br/><br/>edit: I&#39;d like to start by making an http api, and then try making a matrix chat bot.<br/><br/>#programming #lisp 2025-03-01T21:05:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs88qm8ll8z57ja6qv5xhzgz9qlltpt2v638qypnvh3n7rfn4c96mqzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39j4fp58t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08zzafz9ssh7ffk5su8wq2dfrsumcel3jmrkg5ff6q95uj6e8arsc678jc'>nevent1q…78jc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you have a Matrix bridge? I&#39;m at the Discord free limit already. 2024-12-20T17:03:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgenn3fcjhmptmvgkd3t6r5acgaf8udv52d8sawewgt3ufrhvluwczyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39j2qd2za In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2weqcjvs3zuq97v8gu9555ae4j4fxtum0rpmdr9a6xq834ryrs0c8rl3xz'>nevent1q…l3xz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is an excellent idea and I&#39;m happy to follow along! even if it never gets finished I want to see what you do with it! 2024-12-06T03:46:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0exs8xc8yyy59cnhr43nww0y9htul0k49vu53r72gpq027e08zkgzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jtw3dfm you know what mastodon desperately needs? LISTS. there should be a system where you can make lists of people and then follow/block a whole list at a time.<br/><br/>right now there&#39;s a problem where I want to be in a bunch of cool local feeds but I don&#39;t want to make a ton of duplicate accounts. if those worked like lists instead this would be a non-issue.<br/><br/>#mastodon #fediverse #discoverability 2024-10-17T02:30:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstaaavl0tc0gaespduhjhytjnnurvv42ms4swfv4awgt4qlglxj6qzyqupkmhcckzz2g9a7hnlk2zydx7np94wusupcpar5rfc9mqtvy39jqv28au So... is Mastodon inherently anti-accessible? I feel like there&#39;s some weird sorta &#34;undiscoverable by design&#34; sentiment on here sometimes. Is there a way to find out, for instance, if a specific real life person is on mastodon using their given name, without already knowing what instance they&#39;re on? Some sort of tool to search like, all the top public instances at once? I don&#39;t want to stalk people but it&#39;d be cool to like... look up a band or an artist and see what they&#39;re up to.<br/><br/>#mastodon #fediverse #search #accessibility 2024-10-17T02:11:15Z