⟨Joe⟩ /ˈɔɪklɪd/ @j@mathstodon.xyz

Having a ton of fun playing around with wasm4[1], a fantasy console[2].

My wireframe renderer is coming along nicely, using the same logic for determining occlusion as the original 1984 Elite. The hard part isn't the code, or the two lines of linear algebra that it really boils down to. It's labeling the vertices in the right order, so that face normal vectors come out pointing the right direction.

[1]: https://wasm4.org/
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_video_game_console

My ISP seems to be hijacking all DNS requests, regardless of server, so that they can blackhole facebook traffic (facebook.com is being routed to 127.0.0.1). I can run DNS queries against example.com and still get results:

I've think I've got a new favourite paper.

"The Meanderings of a Weapon Oriented Mind When Applied in a Vacuum Such as the Moon"

Working on a quick and dirty script to make an ePub of current stories on #hn:

#hackernews #epub #ebook #python

Getting back into #baking #bread

#voidlinux #aarch64 booting on #pinebookpro using #manjaroarm kernel sources. Unoffical sd card images to follow.

@PINE64

Damn. So close.

I have access to a laser engraver this weekend.

#jurassicpark #life #laser #arduino #jeffgoldblum #art #mastoart #engraving

#arduino based laser at my workplace

Not a fan of these, but this one certainly has it's charm:

No words.

64 MiB of RAM is surprisingly usable with #NetBSD #RUNBSD

I should make bacon

Minimalist (mostly) monochrome portrait mode raspberry pi setup.

#voidlinux #rpi #linux #cwm

#Mathematica on #Debian chroot on #Alpine VM on #OpenBSD host.

#RUNBSD

Switched to #cwm after finally getting fed up with tiling window managers.

#RUNBSD #OpenBSD

Hmm. Going to have to get creative with my uni wifi

Secondhand thinkpad arrived.

#OpenBSD #RUNBSD

https://xkcd.com/2042/

Legible screenshot