2026-10-22T05:24:11Z https://nostr.now plungepool https://nostr.now/npub14sxktpc4uj8y7rc63m9dupzvxup2qd82dakrgxg498auu0zljmgsjsnx7d https://assets.merveilles.town/accounts/avatars/112/496/734/369/511/179/original/9491ce7b0a16d5a2.jpg https://assets.merveilles.town/accounts/avatars/112/496/734/369/511/179/original/9491ce7b0a16d5a2.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg7g052yhmd7uvd7z3p4kln27kf7f5hk8hru7yf6a6m9c6gwvspwgzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzr96ru8 something to be said for drinking from the firehose and making the attempt to consume difficult information even when you only understand like 25% of it. brain does a good job at backfilling this stuff to you later when you’re eventually in a position to receive the foundation and context for what you missed 2026-10-06T19:53:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszhrkhppf0pcwc3ayqk5u5pvc6jz77zr48xfskavz32qggure6ldgzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzgsfhh3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04f9tr998dqh2s0d3dl8wqg0dje0p42tpx0d8wdx46s5cd6vhn5s04jaqh'>nevent1q…jaqh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I sort of get the vibe of where you&#39;re coming from I think but how can it be a multiplication of e-waste when you&#39;re taking something that many would already consider to be e-waste otherwise and giving it a purpose? 2026-04-10T02:19:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw5seehwsedz20q9xe30mkvpcx7k7s620azuuttu0cqz6u7uqd9jszyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdz0grjkj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8hc0xneyvychpt3el5zl6hz5vz6qpf0vjzqjupfu6rvhwzfdzy2cgcutnr'>nevent1q…utnr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>beautiful sprites. looking forward to dumping some more hours into donsol 2026-03-15T18:39:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0fgulx8emuksn3xkp4fw8qwvtea3tjnnxreen3rg4axvp7l2grpgzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzulxzdv why does this sum up my life rn in such an insane way<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/926/001/747/988/886/original/175f9b4560df595d.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-01-20T06:27:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgx448u7ekwp5ldxwawhca4yf9def3cu0qh0exsuxxqx2ug3zjmuqzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzl9az55 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsggt6xfzwka9scug4qf8cht82azdyf87j0d0kfk96kptx7a3k958gx5vjvg'>nevent1q…vjvg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;just don&#39;t have it for breakfast&#34; 2026-01-14T06:25:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyxg6lykfhpseuuc9npvqx5y5y8q3qwmh6ntupdcpw2ewj4w2mp5czyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdz3p0xvv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83yz57jez5hek20kcnkwc4sjqaej22xx5y4chwdpfzgqpj27u8jcc8qtew'>nevent1q…qtew</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah and on top of that it&#39;s for my dayjob and we use a fairly obscure flavor of proprietary business basic that there are basically no resources for outside of the (severely lacking) official documentation. it does run inside a java vm though so occasionally I can get away with calling util functions from java but only veerrryyy occasionally hahaha 2025-10-02T01:49:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsql6wf2vqfgnmrfuschtgnm4jt0q3y6kn8dm5ysk0urr50rece07gzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzkc09qh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrpax6svvtydurk974pf8a6vx4y7y6u5pf32elmkwyeu32v0y47egc0trgj'>nevent1q…trgj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that doesn&#39;t work for my use case, I was reading from a database and needing to insert line breaks after a certain number of characters for display in a gui text box, then after saving the edit removing the newline characters before writing back to the db. I finally figured out that CHR(10) is the LF character and CHR(13) is CR. 2025-10-02T01:39:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr3hra3antqcr9s38yw956g5fz7mvgq5a5cu6yn73as09fvsqy9cqzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzfjzg4r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy267zzvsyzna4sxxy4aes99mmgvf0fg42f48rpujtshmne0z4l9gwqk9mh'>nevent1q…k9mh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>today was trying to find out how to insert newline characters in a string and it was soooooo annoying to google for. eventually got it though. happens to me often though even when I&#39;m just trying to remind myself of control structures and syntax, the word &#34;basic&#34; coupled with any programming topic usually yields basic general guides on that topic and not ones for the programming language 😅 2025-10-02T00:50:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsduruw8sf7whph7f45hc6akcq7q7h364u5nwayl2peu3s90909mgszyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzc6wcva the BASIC programming language has some terrible SEO 2025-10-01T21:51:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszu64vjch9fq0yhnj2q9hywemhxnfyx90fzm9l2qr8rcrd7ct4ceqzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzanwhld Book list for streetfighting computer scientists<br/><br/><a href="https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Book_list_for_streetfighting_computer_scientists">https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Book_list_for_streetfighting_computer_scientists</a> 2025-09-10T23:29:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxdfd6k3u8s9d3sk7dx4h3q8e7t6qvtxzzpw5l5kpqnsjjrxau6vczyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdze0m0zz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszryxs4nycvxxhfgk926emx62z0zft8pza4ttvf6jsa9t842zrtdsuvljce'>nevent1q…ljce</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z2cvkdv4e89xpe5v6rl93vud3fm4mxxygcr3s6xfxrf52u4k34gs8tlaft" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>R E K T A N G L E</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z2c…laft</span>)</a></span> made a fantastic illustration&#34; tell me something I don&#39;t know 2025-09-01T06:26:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9wxcgpxsj7m4rswkqsj6f5ktv55mt06chmkpnlpu60dc8vt4demczyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzvdjel9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5uaym0kamdulpmvxstua4c50e3kvl4cx8e422xlch8my3nenz0gf4vj56'>nevent1q…vj56</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>still have a lot of rules to implement but getting closer to procedurally generated bonsai trees in #uxn ! #Catjam<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/103/545/458/163/689/original/c4e688f3e36e3a64.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-28T00:25:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqlzpdmqf0hpj2ql2zhx5gyfnjed9hnt43v5ffyhahm337nl2ek6qzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdz99vke4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdty86n78rrfgkad2kl6p4rjl8lqf3su4r5sc8x3kfr2sgha4l7ncgct3vg'>nevent1q…t3vg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>legacy code always looks like 1, modern code usually looks like 3 2025-08-28T00:22:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0nk842ca0k4uene0ueamh8cspu346v4y7qk4eq7mn3d5vqafx3yszyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzjrqd9r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswt502kcxqx9p20gns8guvdk3zgadqcmy3gjyea9xxjsrlpknmzeqa99g26'>nevent1q…9g26</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>basic is such an interesting thing, and a somewhat unique case of something that has had crazy longevity but mostly only outside the mainstream tech world. I&#39;ve been writing in a flavor of basic at my new dayjob to augment a system that is nearly 40 years old and nearly every function of the company heavily depends on, and as I&#39;m learning that&#39;s not even that uncommon!! it&#39;s not just bakeries in indiana using commodore 64s for cash registers haha 2025-08-26T04:09:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvkw7ceh02c20k77qe9vnfxegv0n7mvhspqefle4ydeukpf5kt3zszyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdz42ertd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd065h7mmtxm8nk35c42mpm8mn5nm6yg5u4vjxjfs34ke4qg8rwrcauzyzs'>nevent1q…zyzs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what inspired you to wanna build a basic interpreter? 2025-08-26T00:36:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx5uaym0kamdulpmvxstua4c50e3kvl4cx8e422xlch8my3nenz0gzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzdfmz4s haven’t posted about my #Catjam game but I have been working on one, it’s been slow-going but rewarding, learning about a ton of things all at once I’ve never interacted that deeply with before (uxntal, catlangs in general, graphics and game programming). after two weeks of many hours of daily work on the game(two prior weeks spent on the compudanzas uxn tutorial), all I’ve really got to show for it is this flickering triangle.<br/><br/>I will keep working on it beyond august, but as far as having something playable by the end of the jam, eh, probably not happening<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/046/430/151/098/998/original/da676826723d7dfe.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-17T22:23:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf5gl078yunm8vjjx4guhwrmwc7ktfpax7sepug7xaw6ydqhpvdmczyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdz7snsgk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2d8yq8d5vdtn9me04xx2yz28a9acdkxsz0tvtry70uzc5q7w0tc87suag'>nevent1q…suag</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ooo yea been hoping for this 2025-07-27T21:55:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs83v5d0zs5fld035wahsjr0f6mngl62yaeym0kktcsh5mwf6ks90qzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzz9la3l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyhw6u8sawcu6ukqch4scxnnqm3c29cm8x72sh2nsxw0q5z4fagyg23ermj'>nevent1q…ermj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>these kind of cover illustrations for technical books feels like a lost art 2025-04-30T04:19:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs09dt6wd0er86v7rkxnjmcw3g76m3jp2s8r89gdu3whc59ezl4pvqzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzk2zhf2 Sometimes you come across an interesting looking programming book used for $9 and you just have to buy it<br/> <img src="https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/424/556/836/886/670/original/2ad3eabb5d41897c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-04-30T02:29:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdlkd4u36xcjsmfxydp6g3cjqpk7ldnxkdmq6y8mgw7kn789sqvnqzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzpx923z how to people here prefer to store simple user preferences between program launches? plain text file? json? csv? yaml? 2025-03-06T02:09:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05v0reu7hk09w57wl2ujzt6ht475k57g2alra0kvh38feqfmnzyqzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdz9r2nve In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgt843qpvd0nvzyfgcan63sr08wvt29r0jphajjzxhvhh5g0wknskg0cd2'>nevent1q…0cd2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know I&#39;m preaching to the choir in here ;) 2025-01-06T00:18:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmmvg8ppl62ehe05mqq66wpa3uzukmdx0avpm39966ckjc02ruxgzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdz36jvw0 more often than not, the ways people talk about code online makes me feel like I&#39;m insane or living in an alternate reality 2025-01-05T23:25:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttlc26kgxg9pp39tqxe4mngz5n7xlxww7cyzkt3n79u5266sts0gzyzkq6ev8zhjgunc0r28v4hsyfsms9gp5afhkcdqez55lhn3ut7tdzakx4xu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2rras6dxr0r5pxm4rueswqvvetgdpfhugsdj6djdk7q3gkjdta2qy92dgt'>nevent1q…2dgt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh sick I didn&#39;t realize that was a thing 2024-11-11T21:55:55Z