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"alive" might not be the right adjective but it's not ...

2026-06-03T19:55:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…6ejf
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"alive" might not be the right adjective but it's not "dead" either. maybe "undead" ? ~sejo 🐌 (npub18cc…0qhx)

maybe just icons?

2026-05-28T20:25:33Z

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maybe just icons?

for cardputer i gave femto a toggle to hide line numbers/margin ...

2026-05-28T20:22:20Z

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for cardputer i gave femto a toggle to hide line numbers/margin and to reduce the status bar size. might want something similar here? or just remove them unconditionally.

it's been great having you here!

2026-05-11T23:03:34Z

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it's been great having you here!

do you know if they are going to have any extras for sale?

2026-05-09T17:41:07Z

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do you know if they are going to have any extras for sale?

yes kudos to @npub13e0…qty3, i've always thought it was ...

2026-04-29T18:41:08Z

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yes kudos to Andy Alderwick (npub13e0…qty3), i've always thought it was really striking 🤩

managed to get a basic NetBSD framebuffer drawing demo working ...

2026-04-25T05:54:03Z

managed to get a basic NetBSD framebuffer drawing demo working

next stop: porting uxn-lfb [1] to use NetBSD's wscons

[1] https://git.phial.org/d6/uxn-lfb

ohhhhhh :) it didn't animate for me. sorry for the noise!

2026-04-23T15:31:45Z

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ohhhhhh :) it didn't animate for me.

sorry for the noise!

maybe it's just my previous exposure to overline notation in ...

2026-04-23T15:30:53Z

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maybe it's just my previous exposure to overline notation in logic/type systems where the premise goes above the conclusion but i found this pretty hard to read.

also, the use of y in x^y to refer to the previous y's exponent also confused me for a moment until i realized what you were doing -- i'm used to seeing this notation in math where x^y would have a totally different meaning.

i wanted to suggest bozohttpd [1] or thttpd [2] but sadly to ...

2026-04-21T03:24:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…qu89
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i wanted to suggest bozohttpd [1] or thttpd [2] but sadly to replace nginx the real answer is probably lighttpd [3]

[1] http://www.eterna23.net/bozohttpd/
[2] http://acme.com/software/thttpd/
[3] https://www.lighttpd.net/

personally i really value the ability to set up a public, ...

2026-04-06T16:26:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…0quk
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personally i really value the ability to set up a public, read-only mirrors of my repos. i need to replicate more of https://git.phial.org/d6 over there.

hopefully Andy Alderwick (npub13e0…qty3) doesn't mind! 😅

you also have the merveilles mirrors right? ...

2026-04-06T15:57:07Z

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you also have the merveilles mirrors right?

https://git.merveilles.town/neauoire/

wiki -> pdf export program for e-readers

2026-04-04T21:55:13Z

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wiki -> pdf export program for e-readers

took a small detour to implement a streaming encoder/decoder for ...

2026-04-02T15:12:43Z

took a small detour to implement a streaming encoder/decoder for ULZ for the #uxn ecosystem.

https://git.phial.org/d6/ulz2

it's a small spec but as usual it took awhile to shake out the bugs (including building a test framework and generative tester).

here's a great elaboration (code in haskell but hopefully you ...

2026-03-29T17:29:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…ma6u
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here's a great elaboration (code in haskell but hopefully you can follow the ideas without being fluent) https://r6.ca/blog/20110808T035622Z.html

have you seen the link between the max-plus semiring and regular ...

2026-03-29T17:28:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…mtvt
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have you seen the link between the max-plus semiring and regular expressions?

you're welcome! 🎉

2026-03-23T18:44:01Z

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you're welcome! 🎉

i found it on itch (it's pay what you want): ...

2026-03-22T23:29:07Z

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i found it on itch (it's pay what you want):

https://ayolland.itch.io/brightlinger

i bought it from the author since i thought it was so cool. i can send you the ICN file i made but you may also want to support the author.

felt compelled to make this for some reason ...

2026-03-22T23:08:02Z

felt compelled to make this for some reason

happy birthday! 🎂 💪

2026-03-22T15:11:03Z

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happy birthday! 🎂 💪

inspired by some comments on IRC i tried muxn.rom from the ...

2026-03-22T01:29:53Z

inspired by some comments on IRC i tried muxn.rom from the framebuffer with uxn-lfb and... it's just works!

(on my netbook it runs but it's a bit too slow to feel usable.)

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2026-03-20T03:14:20Z

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⚡⚡⚡ IT'S ALIVE! ⚡⚡⚡ ...

2026-03-18T03:36:30Z

⚡⚡⚡ IT'S ALIVE! ⚡⚡⚡

https://git.phial.org/d6/uxn-lfb

working on a modern Varvara implementation for the Linux ...

2026-03-17T15:56:25Z

working on a modern Varvara implementation for the Linux framebuffer: https://git.phial.org/d6/uxn-lfb

the plan is to base the emulator code on uxn11/uxn2.

currently i just have a demo, but it's successfully detecting input devices, translating events into Varvara events, and drawing pixels to the screen.

(shout out to Bad Diode (npub1td3…x7ee) who explored this possibility years ago)

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2026-03-17T00:07:35Z

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Tempted to start a bootstrapping seed library, to save software ...

2026-03-12T22:44:33Z

Tempted to start a bootstrapping seed library, to save software versions of everything needed to bootstrap interesting projects like duskos, uxn, tiny languages, etc

😅 sort of embarrassing i bet

2026-03-12T18:18:14Z

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😅 sort of embarrassing i bet

💯😭

2026-03-08T19:14:02Z

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💯😭

of course, but you can also just choose not to care about certain ...

2026-03-06T16:22:40Z

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of course, but you can also just choose not to care about certain things. same goes LSP integration, VC integration, syntax highlighting, fuzzy search, filesystem navigation, undo stack, etc. block editors don't even worry about lines Devine Lu Linvega (npub1z8r…mrq6) Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar (npub1hz2…xhm6) Kartik Agaram (npub1ex6…6j2g)

it's as easy or as hard as you decide to make it imo ...

2026-03-06T16:10:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…e99k
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it's as easy or as hard as you decide to make it imo Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar (npub1hz2…xhm6)

"can we agree that a byte is 8 bits?" "...we have to ...

2026-03-06T03:19:18Z

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"can we agree that a byte is 8 bits?"
"...we have to agree on bits?"

also... that is wild. i thought you were maybe exaggerating... ...

2026-03-02T22:23:09Z

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also... that is wild. i thought you were maybe exaggerating... 😵

some of us are for sure

2026-03-02T22:20:05Z

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some of us are for sure

it's very interesting to me that the author here considers ...

2026-02-07T20:51:15Z

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it's very interesting to me that the author here considers federation to be entirely a downside.

as far as local community, moderation, sharing costs, etc having an opinionated instance (versus transparent relays) seems pretty important to me. i strongly prefer _not_ being totally independent.

(that said i agree that we really need some kind of portable identity/history support on the fediverse to enable better migrations)

ok, gonna go ahead and write math64.tal pretty soon now

2026-02-05T03:40:17Z

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ok, gonna go ahead and write math64.tal pretty soon now

#uxn I Ching ROM progress ...

2026-01-22T03:39:55Z

#uxn I Ching ROM progress

no joke, i carry a paper pad in my back pocket in case i need to ...

2026-01-12T16:19:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…ksl6
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no joke, i carry a paper pad in my back pocket in case i need to write anything down for someone. they can transcribe it using a touch screen or whatever

i imagine a case where people are mandated to use/support ...

2026-01-09T16:27:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…6xe8
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i imagine a case where people are mandated to use/support macos/ios for work but it's just getting worse and worse all the time and they fantasize about quitting/retiring Andy Alderwick (npub13e0…qty3)

since dandelions are related to sunflowers maybe this is ...

2026-01-04T18:30:45Z

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since dandelions are related to sunflowers maybe this is Dandelion BASIC?

looks fantastic! (fortunately my own "visual style" is ...

2026-01-04T18:18:59Z

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looks fantastic!

(fortunately my own "visual style" is probably too unaesthetic to ever require this kind of rebranding)

on the one hand it's janky and not portable. on the other it ...

2025-12-29T18:51:25Z

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on the one hand it's janky and not portable. on the other it means we don't have to argue about how to specify a reasonable networking device for varvara 😅

not really, but using subprocess support (i.e. console/exec) you ...

2025-12-29T18:43:10Z

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not really, but using subprocess support (i.e. console/exec) you can communicate with a driver program (e.g. netcat). this is what electrum.rom does.

muxn is on nanochat! (electrum.rom requires both console/exec and ...

2025-12-29T18:35:51Z

muxn is on nanochat!

(electrum.rom requires both console/exec and system/extension so this was a pretty significant bit of work. glad it's finally working!)

muxn.rom starting to feel more and more like a #uxn desktop ...

2025-12-27T20:37:24Z

muxn.rom starting to feel more and more like a #uxn desktop experience

yeah honestly an "offset" param to catclock to display a ...

2025-12-22T02:05:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…puty
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yeah honestly an "offset" param to catclock to display a different time is a very interesting idea

this time it's legit: muxn.rom is multiplexing six copies of ...

2025-12-22T01:59:30Z

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this time it's legit: muxn.rom is multiplexing six copies of catclock.rom, each with its own pc, stacks, memory, etc.

this isn't quite multiplexing two ROMs in muxn.rom, but it is ...

2025-12-21T18:41:04Z

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this isn't quite multiplexing two ROMs in muxn.rom, but it is multiplexing two logical screens into one actual screen (saving/restoring device ports as needed to avoid breaking individual ROMs)

#DecemberAdventure progress report: achieved catclock trinity ...

2025-12-21T18:39:12Z

#DecemberAdventure progress report: achieved catclock trinity

you vs the catclock she told you not to worry about ...

2025-12-19T15:12:19Z

you vs the catclock she told you not to worry about

#DecemberAdventure #glitch4andi

muxn.rom it passed the tests yes! YES! muxn.rom is out! ...

2025-12-19T03:52:29Z

muxn.rom
it passed the tests
yes! YES!
muxn.rom is out!

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2025-12-10T03:45:48Z

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https://gaultier.github.io/blog/the_missing_cross_platform_os_api_for_timers.html

oh! one thing i remember -- we'll need to patch uxn11 to work ...

2025-12-10T03:45:13Z

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oh! one thing i remember -- we'll need to patch uxn11 to work on openbsd (which doesn't have timerfd). we'll either need to use kqueue on openbsd/mac or else roll our own impl.

💪 feel free to ask me questions -- i have the most experience ...

2025-12-10T03:41:01Z

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feel free to ask me questions -- i have the most experience with NetBSD but have run all of them at one time or another.

for day 2 of #DecemberAdventure i wrote about muxn in a bit more ...

2025-12-03T01:58:12Z

for day 2 of #DecemberAdventure i wrote about muxn in a bit more detail: http://plastic-idolatry.com/erik/2025/dec/#02

it's still not an actual specification but i think it's clear enough that i can start creating a fork of uxn11 to add the muxn behaviors and start testing ROM compatibility.

imagine showing up in @npub18ak…untn's mentions to defend ...

2025-12-02T22:15:59Z

imagine showing up in ploum (npub18ak…untn)'s mentions to defend "vibe coding" 😵

it all makes sense if you value this one guy's time at 1000x ...

2025-11-27T13:41:56Z

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it all makes sense if you value this one guy's time at 1000x the rate of everyone else's! 😵

that reminds me that i need to send a PR for this: ...

2025-11-27T03:59:52Z

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that reminds me that i need to send a PR for this: https://git.phial.org/d6/uxn11/src/commit/ded7a4e91d53af53187d42e840982b4193ad59ea/doc/subprocess.txt

time to throw together some half life dialogue samples to ...

2025-11-25T14:44:37Z

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time to throw together some half life dialogue samples to sprinkle into your set

💪🐰👍

2025-11-20T16:43:18Z

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💪🐰👍

the term was originally "web bog" due to the bog's ...

2025-11-17T17:43:10Z

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the term was originally "web bog" due to the bog's giant spider infestation

fedi: we want the steam cube me: we have cube at home cube at ...

2025-11-16T04:53:43Z

fedi: we want the steam cube
me: we have cube at home
cube at home:

🙅‍♀️ "steam machine" by valve 🙆‍♀️ ...

2025-11-13T00:20:00Z

🙅‍♀️ "steam machine" by valve
🙆‍♀️ "green machine" by kyuss [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhaiAEvEiFI

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2025-11-12T17:24:27Z

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🤞 hopefully you have a good backup 😬

2025-11-12T16:20:12Z

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🤞 hopefully you have a good backup 😬

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2025-11-10T15:28:40Z

"a sun ultra 5 workstation running netbsd would fix me"

✨🧙‍♂️✨

2025-11-07T17:30:51Z

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✨🧙‍♂️✨

so instead of a LISP (LISt Processor) you've got a MULSP ...

2025-10-31T15:47:08Z

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so instead of a LISP (LISt Processor) you've got a MULSP (MULti-Set Processor)

the bigger problem i face is that most of the sites/pages i need ...

2025-10-29T15:52:24Z

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the bigger problem i face is that most of the sites/pages i need or remember are gone, so it's either wayback machine or bust

jeez, yeah :/ thinking back to all the old show write-ups i did ...

2025-10-29T15:47:29Z

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jeez, yeah :/ thinking back to all the old show write-ups i did for shows i played (and which i can't find now)

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2025-10-12T14:56:52Z

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aha ok <3

2025-10-08T03:51:00Z

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aha ok <3

is this what i think it is!?!?

2025-10-08T03:33:27Z

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is this what i think it is!?!?

⚡ just patched @npub1mte…k632's uxnds to add basic socket ...

2025-10-02T04:04:56Z

⚡ just patched asie (npub1mte…k632)'s uxnds to add basic socket support. [1]

😎 it works well enough to run my nanochat client!

[1] we're basically emulating the behavior of netcat, which we currently run in uxn11 using the subprocess extension

i know, this is a real die and this is the original photo with ...

2025-10-01T13:59:56Z

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i know, this is a real die and this is the original photo with its real color. i think its still in the spirit of the exercise.

🎃 boo! 👻 ...

2025-10-01T13:09:33Z

🎃 boo! 👻

"food not bombs but for chatrooms" ...

2025-09-27T21:27:15Z

"food not bombs but for chatrooms"

yes i presented at it last year (and many years ago). it's a ...

2025-09-23T18:42:16Z

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yes i presented at it last year (and many years ago). it's a good time, i encourage folks to check it out!

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2025-09-10T19:09:44Z

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2025-09-06T15:53:42Z

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2025-08-27T19:04:25Z

Faster, Sphinx of Black Quartz! Judge! Judge!

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2025-08-26T02:30:20Z

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would that be a xunflower?

2025-08-26T01:52:35Z

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would that be a xunflower?

you're joking but with uxn11 it's honestly feasible

2025-08-13T14:36:19Z

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you're joking but with uxn11 it's honestly feasible

for some reason i decided to add a calendar to my #uxn contact ...

2025-08-13T04:20:20Z

for some reason i decided to add a calendar to my #uxn contact card

(it correctly calculates day of week, leap year, etc and can move forward or backward in time)

i'm sure you're all sick of this (sorry!) but my #uxn ...

2025-08-12T01:33:49Z

i'm sure you're all sick of this (sorry!) but my #uxn contact card is out of control (it has a help screen now!) and i had to share it.

https://git.phial.org/d6/carto

animated maze generation in #uxn using randomized depth-first ...

2025-08-11T17:41:09Z

animated maze generation in #uxn using randomized depth-first search (with music added):

...and here's an updated version [1] based on the new uxn ...

2025-08-08T03:29:16Z

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...and here's an updated version [1] based on the new uxn contact card standard [2]

[1] https://git.phial.org/d6/carto/
[2] https://angelwood.xyz/blog/bcards-are-boring/

inspired by [@angelwood](https://wetdry.world/@angelwood ) i ...

2025-08-07T20:19:53Z

inspired by [@angelwood](https://wetdry.world/@angelwood ) i created a #uxn contact card for myself

and 165K is only a bit more reasonable than -165C

2025-08-07T04:27:05Z

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and 165K is only a bit more reasonable than -165C

😵

2025-08-05T23:01:52Z

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yeah once i implement the auto byte it's gonna be good ☺️

2025-07-31T04:09:50Z

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yeah once i implement the auto byte it's gonna be good ☺️

implementing the screen device for uxn-ez80. hard to overstate ...

2025-07-31T03:11:55Z

implementing the screen device for uxn-ez80. hard to overstate how excited i am about theis horrible screenshot

there is a linode outage affecting me. it's been down for ...

2025-07-27T23:55:41Z

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there is a linode outage affecting me. it's been down for over 12 hours 😵

i'll let you know once it's back up.

awesome! no more editing binary files by hand 😅

2025-07-27T21:58:25Z

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awesome! no more editing binary files by hand 😅

My stance on the current trend of using The Lesser Key of Solomon ...

2025-07-24T02:50:28Z

My stance on the current trend of using The Lesser Key of Solomon at work and in one's personal life:

1. There's no evidence these evil spirits really are the 72 princes mentioned in The Lesser Key (and their innumerable minions). They only started telling us their "names" after someone incorporated the text of Ars Goetia in a (poorly-worded) binding ritual.

2. There's also no evidence that anyone's binding rituals actually work. It's always the same thing: Belial is asked to clean someone's house but burns it down instead and then everyone blames the binding ritual, summoning circle, wand, chalice, etc.

3. While most wizards report that making dark pacts with imps improves their spell-casting ability there are plenty of other familiars that are safer and more trustworthy.

4. There's a trend of reassuring people about this by asking spirits like Asmodeus the Prince of Lies if they are being truthful. This feels naive at best and actively malicious at worst.

5. It's not clear to me that risking your immortal soul to make your boss a bit richer is a good idea, to say nothing of risking your immortal soul to do a better job keeping up with email.

6. Just because everyone else has already torn innumerable holes in reality and brought forth legions of demons into our universe does not change my own feelings about it, though it certainly motivates a heightened level of interest in exorcisms and abjuration magic.

the kragen awakened me! 🐙

2025-07-19T01:02:41Z

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the kragen awakened me! 🐙

every year or so i'm compelled to log into the orange website ...

2025-07-19T00:10:15Z

every year or so i'm compelled to log into the orange website to reply to posts about work i'm involved with (in this case implementing #uxn on low power systems)

uxn-ez80 is now passing opctest.rom! ...

2025-07-15T14:27:40Z

uxn-ez80 is now passing opctest.rom!

https://git.phial.org/d6/uxn-ez80

it's also correct enough to run primes32.rom (very slowly).

to determine whether 000f 4265 (1.000.037) is prime takes uxncli 15ms (on my 2GHz 64-bit system).

on an (emulated) 8-bit system running at 20 MHz it takes about 13 seconds. 😅

our final mar record "ruin is rebirth" is out today! ...

2025-07-10T13:51:18Z

our final mar record "ruin is rebirth" is out today!

https://m-a-r.bandcamp.com/album/ruin-is-rebirth

heavy music to express heavy things

#doom #providence

for no good reason i decided to document an imaginary 6-bit ...

2025-07-08T23:57:51Z

for no good reason i decided to document an imaginary 6-bit floating point format.

if you find floating point confusing this might help illustrate how it works... or it might confuse you even more. 🤷‍♀️

http://plastic-idolatry.com/erik/float6.txt