2026-07-31T03:16:55Z https://nostr.ae Profoundly Nerdy https://nostr.ae/npub1gu7myed0vlre5v0h35gkczsdrwkgsc865hs22r3vcg6r985sqs8q79a0aj https://files.bitbang.social/accounts/avatars/109/451/243/609/920/113/original/733448def38e4305.png https://files.bitbang.social/accounts/avatars/109/451/243/609/920/113/original/733448def38e4305.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqxp6np6mt5qe9r7au9uq4cgwqsv9kxqmhptj0325t9j8utfkjpaczyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqup7dquw Those of you with terminal and plain text first workflows, how did you handle academia? I&#39;m imagining a mix of git, pandoc, and vimwiki or org-mode.<br/><br/>Is there a good article on how to setup such a workflow? Any pitfalls?<br/><br/>#linux #freebsd #cli #terminal #vim #emacs #college #university #acadamia 2026-05-26T19:45:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrekrxyx9c0pgypa7fsx0hg58903e0zm82wxz977hp06p8zzwpdlszyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquzn79h6 Can someone recommended good meal creation guides for home canned/lacto-fermented foods?<br/><br/>Any suggestions on what to plant in a small garden?<br/><br/>#canning #lactofermenting #prepping #gardening 2026-04-29T16:45:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvpyfltnh48qycc24ej76wzcwjx5sy246ffgtgmlq7werapjaq6sczyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqut450sp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8uzp6zzrpm668hv50enerrerz2a55yexv7ej7mszp0jr6d9w6euqnjx75v'>nevent1q…x75v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you need to authenticate to a Google account to make it work? 2026-04-15T13:44:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw0xedh4qm6ty3pvhfazpx8s5sg4x02zau8sjw30xywas0dyclpfqzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu9y6quk I&#39;m thinking about getting a used Jeep, 10-ish years old. I&#39;m concerned about intrusive data harvesting from the vehicle. I&#39;d still like to be able to use my phone&#39;s GPS functionality with the infotainment display IF I can do it with a FOSS software stack that respects privacy and a degoogled phone. Suggestions?<br/><br/>Any tips for preventing the vehicle from phoning home more generally is also welcome. <br/><br/>#jeep #privacy #grapheneos #askfedi 2026-04-14T19:31:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdzff0l7vkv8de95jmn4sq7gmv0zkl7qk5ve8qy7vplhmtqghh9jszyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu3ustv3 I&#39;m looking for a modern introduction to #C. Something that is slow and steady but through. This is as much for systems programming on Linux as embedded work; I intend to do a bit of both. Any suggestions would be helpful. #programing #programinghelp #askfedi 2026-04-07T21:03:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdjpjhyvhydwhndxyhc0wsa5h9cvmykuwve3e9lpu0zls7h68yhkszyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu90xz4f Programming languages that change how you think about programming...<br/><br/>* Assembly<br/>* BASIC<br/>* Forth<br/>* Haskell<br/>* Lisp<br/>* Perl<br/>* Raku<br/><br/>What else should be on this list?<br/><br/>#programming #assembly #basic #freebasic #forth #haskell #lisp #perl #rakulang 2025-12-29T17:45:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx5hargyudz76j759zwlcuz7ekw3xnxg3wwz2wynwh7rr3gvs8mzgzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu5jvh8d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzm87aw5kgzq8ze4cl7fec5aupc8za330ffyfq8ragy38f389uwgt6m739'>nevent1q…m739</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Evolution is proof of life. 2025-12-24T11:47:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszuckrk97dw5zl5e4x4jcddw8ycg0uq4scpj58u5eqgrfwv998msqzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu3jmkng Learning Perl needs a 9th edition. Perl has changed a lot in the past 5 years, especially with respect to the object system. <br/><br/>Thoughts?<br/><br/>#perl #programming 2025-12-23T19:10:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9t2p2md4v4ldj5rrjd4yp55s5xknwmdymjreg42htvepcswprj9gzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu9u4ck6 How do I configure VICE so that I can telnet to the C64&#39;s serial port?<br/><br/>#c64 #retrocomputing #emulation 2025-12-16T23:45:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9wg7k8a6357lws0fchjdnw2mdapttgfy7au4tm96gkwyl5gdg0jczyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu2dfjh6 The open source vim-like spreadsheet program sc-im is wonderful to work with. If you use Vim regularly, it quickly becomes intuitive. <br/><br/>sc-im is entirely viable as a LibreOffice Calc or Microsoft Office Excel alternative in the terminal. It even supports embedded Lua scripting. It&#39;s a one-man passion project that really needs more hands. <br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im">https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im</a><br/><br/>#foss #opensource #vi #vim #neovim #libreoffice #excel #programming #lua 2025-12-15T20:37:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdnk8um0xffxzat3ef3f5y7sd8crqzesk7khht0qq7rcjycywq44czyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquuk36wj Is #Perl&#39;s jump in the #tiobe index reflective of anything real? #programming 2025-11-05T20:14:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz3c6fsxt3cuckalplyfngkndcenx8349wy6j8ne0txwnwmk9wp5qzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqutwn34w Is anyone here using ZFS as their daily driver file system of choice on Gentoo? I like FreeBSD&#39;s ZFS integration and want to replicate some of that. It seems more polished than BTRFS. <br/><br/>Unfortunately, it looks like the Gentoo wiki is a bit out of date when it comes to ZFS knowledge. <br/><br/>#Gentoo #FreeBSD #ZFS #BTRFS #Linux #sysadmin 2025-11-03T16:08:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg7rfw8veegg0tumhe9ywey7f27jmt8j2supt4mgl0tdql8ptt60czyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqurk5us4 I know there are big archives of historical Usenet posts online. Are there similar Echonet archives from Fidonet?<br/><br/>#usenet #fidonet #retrocomputing #sysadmin #bbs 2025-10-23T01:26:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgaq22sktlhvfptm6g998au8aex09z4p7c6chrmxjhm9j4cnl2krqzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqutf0vry My club is getting into CW. I just watched HRCC&#39;s video on CW over UHF/VHF, using a lightly nodded Quansheng HT. <br/><br/>Has anybody here ever run a CW net on these frequencies? How does propagation compare to FM? #hamradio #morsecode 2025-09-12T14:16:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy4urklph0lwxpe3zs979t9f58lzkclwlu6jpmh6uqxvk0vacfqdczyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquzm8cfw What are your thoughts on #Matrix as a Discord replacement? What about Matrix as a modernized #IRC? Is bridging to other services *reliably* still an issue? 2025-07-20T18:12:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsysgf0yn6l79gla0l4zlj2vdflvpe43rzcaf2mq9e9vfwqy6qf7xgzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquruaas0 I&#39;m jealous, bitcoiners can backup their wallers to seed phrases. It&#39;s not really possible to do the same thing with PGP keys. <br/><br/>#cybersecurity #pgp #bitcoin #backups #pki 2025-06-17T23:26:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9fxklexqygmhf0vad459uyc58q5n92a6p4ujtn2sze3tgx4hatxgzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquhudcyc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjff3vjxtcqw4ugnnmmuqnk9qufsawtjvd85y0w6dl96g8rahagcj59jjz'>nevent1q…9jjz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As a Gentoo user I really find myself appreciating the BSD ecosystem. Do you have the equivalent of a use flag to enable/disable dependencies? 2025-06-15T13:32:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgthdv7c0mzpcxvp8d604tcm5snakucplr2pns5wnqdun0t4r7vkszyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu8tnrgw Does Forth have well-known foot-guns at all like C? The lack of a preprocessor eliminates a class of foot-guns. I&#39;m less certain about null pointers, use after fee and friends. Anything uniquely problematic with Forth?<br/><br/>#programming #c #forth 2025-06-04T22:43:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz0lkvq5g3fjqz42yzmaecm8utjhm6966h587vf2m6t34xc77wxtszyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzque4ev9z What would you consider the single most sophisticated piece of software ever written for the C64?<br/><br/>I&#39;m on the fence between GEOS and the Newcomer RPG. The former is a whole OS but the latter uses effectively all of the C64&#39;s memory and its 14 disks long!<br/><br/>#c64 #retrocomputing #retrogaming #geos 2025-05-18T18:29:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf29tj4mz6xkzkfpj64rfrdzugpf7xdmglr69zjgdl2rlt7nmej5czyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqutw0ty0 Back in the day when 40 column displays were common on microcomputers, was email and newsgroup participation with 80 column systems awkward? Be that FidoNet and Echomail or the real ARPANET / Internet if (somehow) available. <br/><br/>By the time I was connecting to BBS systems I had access to an 80 column machine, so I don&#39;t personally recall.<br/><br/>#retrocomputing #usenet #email #bbs 2025-05-12T20:56:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst0gm9luzh09xs845thuzws7ceks857muj8hlqgcydtju6tvctyugzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu69874j Those of you who taught yourself to code at a young age, how old were you and what language was it, and on what platform?<br/><br/>How would you suggest replicating the experience for current or future generations?<br/><br/>For me it was BASIC at about 13 years old, but I think it would have been much sooner if I had regular access to a computer sooner. I started on a used Commodore 128D but ended up on a Laser Apple II clone.<br/><br/>#programming #retrocomputing #askfedi 2025-04-27T13:40:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqpc9f469gsskgukw7kjp3xe0snkfekampsxptumyqqr0xethq3zqzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquxhn362 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst6p7s6xrdlz4admyrwn0lfy90yuswrsd6qw4puk9hgg7e8wng4rsqegu9r'>nevent1q…gu9r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I went to *try* to implement a very simple interpreter on the virtual C64. I&#39;ll have it listen for input over RS-232. There should be a way to bind a TCP port to the virtual RS-232 port. Then, from the Linux host I can pop open a terminal window and telnet to the virtual C64 user port. It will be expecting input. I pass it text and it should store, fetch, or execute as instructed. <br/><br/>Better? Or clear as mud? 2024-12-26T03:12:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrwu9nh2dny079z55c8xlgymmgye6yv79hlslkedk265l2ygr4mcczyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqujgl6rj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvk2adt4v09phdndw48nkt7kksvsgjdl002xqnlpgnqkay8gcjccc03kgud'>nevent1q…kgud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, I want to be able to pass data (text) from a terminal window into VICE via RS232. There is no BBS. From the C64&#39;s perspective I&#39;ll be remoting into it. 2024-12-26T02:26:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszcxsjcjxevd6m0x0w3jevyufc2acnvthprwfy9tqnk8wtqt2y0eczyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu5f26zs How do I telnet to the #c64 serial port in #VICE? I assume VICE has some way to set this up. #retrocomputing 2024-12-25T19:27:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8wrvx998lv3fradl2te0vxphn8x2fepkespnjp2hsan0z33eug5qzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqudnns5p I REALLY enjoy Displaced Gamers&#39; content on #YouTube. Are there similar channels that do code disassembly and breakdown? I learn a lot watching this channel.<br/><br/>I&#39;m mostly a 6502 guy, but I&#39;ll take ASM on any platform if I&#39;m perfectly honest.<br/><br/>#retrocomputing #retrogaming #programming #reverseengineering #asm 2024-12-13T16:42:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy7gg696wh3gxcmlg9slrc8lt30v0ufcazqls9vlr8emg5ac7a2mczyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu4f2dhz Were there 8-bit processors with significantly more than 64kB of directly addressable RAM back in the day? I&#39;m not counting bank switching. Bonus if the thing had a hardware stack (or two) that could be relocated.<br/><br/>#retrocomputing #programming 2024-12-13T13:31:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgcp98dygnufpuw5e9eh8k5c45ust2jp6kjcf4v3zj607r9hz7nfgzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqus4g2qf Newish #hamradio guy here. What are some common breaches of etiquette new CW operators make? I&#39;m currently learning #morsecode at 20wpm. <br/><br/>The learning process is painfully slow, but I am learning. 2024-11-07T01:33:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst9dmntlz9jg2t59tr8n4x7gyppufj360l79atqcwn9hqj8e75d7szyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquej0sr2 There is an interesting discussion in on the #Rakulang github repo about the toggle method.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/issues/2089">https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/issues/2089</a><br/><br/>I&#39;ve never understood the utility of this one. Can someone explain an ideal use case? <br/><br/>It seems like it&#39;s just semantic sugar on top of just using logical not to invert a Bool blindly. Am I missing something? Possibly something obvious?<br/><br/>#programming 2024-10-28T18:29:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg8wvvaf02rv70ya0el9vmc8azuppkaczflp99df3jqsah8gswt2qzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquctjhwp What is your favorite or most useful one-liner and why? Any tips for improving the readability of one-liner code?<br/><br/>#awk #sed #perl #rakulang #forth #ruby #bash #shell #programming 2024-10-17T01:34:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgegjt8svd3e4a3z5p5yx5yn8mp7y88fg4hzuvh4l2r7svkcwm3gqzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquask5da Is there an #Amiga counterpart to #C64 <a href="https://csdb.dk">https://csdb.dk</a>? Lost of modern hacks to old games, etc. #retrogaming 2024-10-13T01:24:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd5nr3smwhgnkhxsf2nz2r3m6stt79u6u8qxz2fz9rfd7wx4glmfczyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu8mmaqc Were the #Amiga versions of the Goldbox #DND games better than the #C64 and #MSDOS versions? 2024-10-13T01:22:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstdyx68j6fnmftj07ehymlht2kj0cpnq8kj4wf33jtgwhac7qq5yqzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu5k6pe6 Graybeard devs, how the heck did you get stuff done prior to proper version control? I&#39;m sure you took backups to cover your ass, but what other stuff did you have to do?<br/><br/>#programming #linux #retrocomputing 2024-09-04T20:14:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqshp2dt57rwcuvxs96cx3zvmgltz7xq0cx7htfz3c2n6l3hg5ajszyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu633gvq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsphh7tae60lv7fwhxyvu9s3f52cw7a2n00ayngwrrsutassl3f0agpu2nxv'>nevent1q…2nxv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It helps a lot.<br/><br/>How big of a PITA is the hardware compatibility issue these days? 2024-09-01T15:47:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf5xkxnu353fpp39kew45vgzml67qsgufgrsajlyv3ql0wp0sq3cczyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqupanx6e People who prefer BSD over Linux, why? Also do BSD admins compile their programs, akin to Gentoo in the Linux world, or are packages all binary?<br/><br/>Honest question, not a prelude to flaming anyone over their OS. <br/><br/>#Linux #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #Gentoo #sysadmin 2024-09-01T15:34:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxfafd00fyq77jxx6k06gqnexsvhcz4479kqtevam8xd6emex0jngzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqurk7rlf The best thing about the #Fediverse: #Mastodon, #Lemmy, etc. is that it does not care if #Reddit is down.<br/><br/>If an instance fails in the Fediverse, I just pick up and move to an new server. Centralization has taken us backwards. #Usenet showed us the way back in 1979!<br/><br/>#socialmedia 2024-08-28T20:41:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8mjl3jvp9nj9t3srqjd34dcxx6pgauv7rkwvmxz2ynds5sx0lecqzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquglq4xu Is there a #Fullthrust-like game for #Linux or #DOS? Think turn-based mass unit combat, hex square-based movement, fleets and lots of tactical strategy. <br/><br/>#opensource #retrogaming 2024-08-08T13:12:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs95d6vd6sk7ty7mtwuswp9hya259wf47r8uanzdww7w9lqu473tugzyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqu7qpdd7 In &#34;Party Like It&#39;s 19100+e^iπ&#34; Curtis Poe mentioned (future?) #Perl support for operator chaining. To use his example:<br/><br/>```perl<br/>my $val = $obj?-&gt;this?-&gt;then?-&gt;that;<br/>```<br/><br/>Can&#39;t #Rakulang do this natively already with a slightly different syntax?<br/><br/>The audio quality of the YouTube video wasn&#39;t what it could have been, so someone please speak up if I misunderstood his point. 2024-06-27T14:32:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr6sx2kqhg5l73dmfn63lsdrvend7pdjdayxajv02026j22hkj5fszyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzquqyg57y Were here any good artillery games for the #C64 akin to Scorched Earth or maybe Gorillas.bas?<br/><br/>The later versions of Scorched Earth were especially fun.<br/><br/>#retrogaming 2024-05-31T20:57:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs04n39rxxn3xq8akll4t872ckhp8v2vdmtvldwtyqkvkp8vywvwdszyprnmvn94anu0x3377x3zmq2p5d6ezrql2j7pfgw9nprgv57jqzqucp5kce Can anyone recommend a #roguelike for the #c64 or even the #commodorepet? Period or modern, either is fine as long as it&#39;s fun.<br/><br/>#retrocomputing 2024-05-24T22:09:25Z