/silicon/ - technology

hey there sushis i've been pedaling back and forth on deciding on a project to fully commit myself too, I was hoping y'all could give me some advice. for some background on my experience, I did one of those free 10 hour python courses that pretty much copies Eric Matthes' python crash course. this was my introduction to programming. i then tried SICP but never finished it, but i plan to start working through it again now that I've successfully set-up doom emacs on my system (am a basic vim user). the only other thing i've done that i could really consider a project would be running linux as a desktop system for as long as i have.

anyway, i'm currently stuck with a lot of ambition to start working on projects that aren't just hacking around on some popular linux project (i have some experience hacking on awesomewm and neovim) but i'm stuck trying to decide /what/ specifically to try out. here are my ideas:

#1 probably the most straight forward would be to make a videogame. something simple and short, i'm a big fan of horror gamees and i've always wanted to make one. i'd likely make it in godot. the main issue i have is that i may end up spending more time on the visuals and assets than on the actual programming.

#2 would be to get into web development. my main issue there is that i think i'd be kind of perfectionistic about my website and wouldn't be able to put the project down (even if it got in the way of university work) until i got it to a place where i was satisfied with.

#3 would be to start playing through one of those longer CTFs with multiple levels. i recently joined a hacking group (not the illegal kind) and i think it might be good for me to learn CTF skills since apparently, it's something they do in the group alot. i've only had experience completing the forensics part of picoCTF, is picoCTF worth working through or should i skip to something more challenging?

any help or stories would be appreciated, would like to know how y'all sushis started out :3

>>2281
this looks really cool sushi! i'm glad to see great things are already coming out of the yuri jam 2024. i'll check this out when i get home later :)

also, turns out i do have a project. forgot that i'm also working on a yuri jam visual novel (in renpy) where my partner for the project is handling all the visuals and story (i'm handliPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>2365
If you're going to jump into video game making, it's always harder than it seems. Pick a small goal first, something like pong or breakout. And focus on gameplay not art, if the goal is to learn programming.

Also consider learning low-level stuff, even if you won't use it, the understanding what your high-level code runs on and does will still matter.

Good luck, have fun!

>>2365
I think working on a project that solves a problem you have is fun, and really good if you want to learn something.
For example, I didn't like the offerings of color pickers, so I decided to make my own.
Even if you have a problem that's already solved by some software… solve it again, but your way.

I keep finding a reason to incorporate DAGs into my projects, don't quite know why.

>>2023
>>2016
I still think that the best way to keep your password is on paper.
I have a small envelope glued on the last page of my diary and there's also one at the end of my calendar.
I keep a password paper in both although I usually only add new passwords on the paper that's in my calendar. I only update the list in my diary every now and then. I doubt I'll lose my calendar since I don't take it out of my home unless I go on vacation, but I misplace it at home sometimes because I'm kind of messy. The system works for me though.
I also have an extra list of passwords that I only use for super old games that don't have saves but instead give you a password so you can go back to where you were, like in top gear for the snes. I put that one up on my wall though, not like it's a problem if anyone sees it.

Emacs
I wasn't aware there were other programs

>>2346
I use kdenlive on windows, but on linux I have to install qt and a billion kde depepndecies for it to work, so I just use Flowblade instead

Mostly using Windows lately because of my current laptop situation, I use KeepassXC for password management with a fuckoff long master password, and MPC-HC for playing video. For SSH to manage my servers I use a web app called Shellngn so that I can connect from places where I can't connect out through non-web ports (like at work).

That said I do have a Linux laptop I use sometimes but it is too old to even watch video. But some techy stuff is just better done with Linux.

Most things these days I actually do through my phone. Notable all-day apps are Feedly for news feeds, Opera browser, and Discord.

Every day I check rss feeds with newsboat, I use my web browser librewolf to browse the web, I communicate with my friends using element and (unfortunately) discord. I would rather use a more lightweight matrix client than element, but the only 2 terminal based clients I know of both suck. Maybe time to switch to xmpp. I watch anime using MPV, browse my files with nnn, and listen to music with cmus. I also use vim to edit text, I've experimented with various text editors and always end up back at basic stock normal ass vim. Pretty bog standard boring stuff I think.

cleaned my dirty laptop with a damp paper towel
a drop went in a vent hole and i heard a hiss
wouldn't turn on anymore

I tried to add some RAM to a friend’s laptop. After installing it, the machine would turn itself off because one of the cooling fans wasn’t working right. So I decided to open her back up and check. They were connected fine so I thought I’d disconnect and reconnect them to see if that would fix them, but I applied too much force and ended up ripping the cable, forcing me to replace the whole fan too.

Bought 200$ in MOCA (Coax based Ethernet) for there to be a crimp in the wall. After buying weird rj45s I finally found a female connector, all in all I paid 350 or so dollars for gigabit in my room in the end

Help old people with computers for fun. I know this lady who's Parkinson's/arthritis/whatever was so advanced she couldn't double click the home button on the iPad fast enough. I recommended she buy an android at that point. Everyone I know recommends apple devices for their simplicity but they can do better in the accessibility department. Windows is probably the best with the key delay feature which helps when obasan wants to type on her Compaq like she's dialing a toll free nunber

Back in the day I was the idiot buying the cheapest power supplies possible and I had two separate combustion incidents. One time the PSU itself just popped and filled my room with smoke. Second time a fan splitter cable set on fire with no apparent external cause – maybe unstable voltage from the power supply and/or a bad connection in the cable?
I know what I'm doing now and I haven't had any disasters since but I do live in fear of my graphics card's 12VHPWR connector blowing up.
Fake edit: actually there was something more recent – has anyone here NOT at some point bent CPU pins? RIP to my old Ryzen 3600. Always remember to heat the IHS before attempting heatsink removal.

I had a laptop that I kept plugged in 24/7 for a couple years (before I knew this would destroy the battery). When I got a computer to replace it I realized that I had almost killed the battery, and it eventually died leaving it unable to boot.
I took out the battery which turned my laptop into a pseudo-desktop since it had to be plugged in in order to work.
On top of that, the boot process is something I'll never forget.

Step 1: turn on the laptop
Step 2: it says that the wattage is too low, so I press diagnose
Step 3: wait for it to get to the rainbow screen of test colors
Step 4: force power off
Step 5: turn on laptop again
Step 6: wattage error again, but press continue
Step 7: congratulations it booted.

If I didn't hit diagnose the cpu caps at 300Mhz, and if I didn't reboot during the repair process a loud beeping noise would happen which was annoying, I believe one time it also caused it to fail to boot.

Haruna

This inspired me to look into how ttfs work.

>>2474
Sure, but if you converted the bitmap to a ttf I think it would become curves when you scaled it, because the ttf information is fundamentally stored as curves rather than a bitmap. My guess is that OP's program converts the bitmap font to a ttf font that only retains the original bitmap at one font size; I think that would be the most reasonable way to do it. So it looks right as long as you use a specific font size with it. Thinking on it more it actually seems like a good solution to making old bitmap fonts more compatible with modern programs. The bitmap fonts were only ever intended to be used at a single font size anyways, so it doesn't really matter how they scale.

This is a pretty good description of how ttf works:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/ttch01

>>2470
Coincidental timing, sushi roll. I found these on accident recently:
https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html
^ has otf and tons of multilang glyphs including CJK
Also check these out:
https://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/
http://www.dsg4.com/04/extra/bitmap/index.html

P.S. Sushigirl stop banning TOR nodes T_T

>>2475
The history of TrueType and early computer fonts is surprisingly involved and interesting, you can find interesting reading on that topic on the same domain you linked.

>>2477
Good find!

TOR nodes are not getting unbanned any time soon, too much abuse, sadly.

>>2477
Nice fonts sushi

I installed the GNU unifont and it looks graet

>>2477
you can use vpns !! if one doesn't work try another

thanks for sharing, there was a thread for interesting youtube vids somewhere on this board but ill check it out

i use this USB memory stick to transfer files betweeen computers it's like a floppy disk except it stores a lot more data

>>2445
It worked like a charm! And was much faster to setup than Plex. Amazing. Thank you!

>>2446
l33t h4x0r :0

The spirit of juche is a strong motivation. You need buy in of most of the household for a media server, it needs updated and maintained. I run immich and a comics server. Check out awesome-selfhosted on GitHub for stuff that's ready made for self maintenance

>>2447
No problem sushi, glad to help :D

>>2446
I do this, but using my phone. All my devices are logged into Discord, so I can just send any files to my alt account and then download it from the text history from the other device.

im pretty sure you can run it with wine :)

what about https://easyrpg.org/

>>2438
Oh, thanks! Though I wanted RPG Maker XP, that's good enough, since beggars aren't choosers, LOL!!!

But… the EasyRPG Editor is not released yet…

And it seems there "is" a way, based on this link: https://gdu.one/forums/topic/4804-tutorialrpgmaker-xp-and-vx-for-linux-users/

>>2433
Does it work in a VM? why not test it in virtualbox and then you should be able to run it virtualized on LM

Sadly, nothing works these days.

grow up namae!!

>>2422
nah.

got myself a fedora mail but I'm afraid it'll just disappear one day

>>2402

It's very clean and minimalistic; do you find it comfy?

bump!

>>227
Battlestations, yes

>>2424
thank you sushi, it is very comfy and i wish i could just sit there till the end of times. pictured setup is also the messiest it ever have been but i thought it looked cool. i need my workspace minimal and symmetrical! otherwise it makes me a little uneasy…

>>727
I realize this post is from 2017, but the more I looked at the post, the more impressed i became. Very pretty setup!

updated pic of my bst, the other tv i had was far too big so i traded it for a better sized tv, so i could put it beside me.