Zach "earboxer" DeCook @zachdecook@librem.one

Hey fediverse! I'm called Zach, and yes, I love technology. Started coding as a kid writing #nds games using #PAlib, got into programming #microcontrollers. Spent several years doing #fullstack web development and some #devOps, looking to expand my skills and gain new experience.

Technology should (at least) do one thing well, and (necessarily) be there when you need it.

#introduction

anyone have an idea how #phosh could be modified to fade out the currently running app, so we could see our wallpaper?

#postmarketostweaks background setting gave performance issues, so I'm thinking this approach will be better.
So far, I have

*{background-color:unset}

in gtk.css

I needed to `sudo modprobe uinput`. This is really promising, I bet someone running #sxmo would be able to get it running faster because that supports splitscreen and #phosh doesn't.

I tried out #node-virtual-gamepads (https://github.com/jehervy/node-virtual-gamepads
).

#ioctl syscall crashes with #ENOTTY after I select 'gamepad'.

but we'll call this 'promising'. probably will be easier to add #gamepad support to #uxnemu than to try to wade through the levels of complexity to get #squeekboard to behave nicer under #SDL (it tells me unknown keyboard layout sometimes at compile)

With the recent talk about #gamepad support for some big #uxn apps, I wonder if there are any soft-gamepads that could work with #varvara #uxnemu on a #mobileLinux device.

Any leads?

apparently it's also important to delete the old records... and also that the new records are correct.

Installed a new home router, and I guess it decided to get us a new IP address, so my gemini capsule is down while the new A record propagates.

today I added a script to my #gemini capsule to allow me to add to my /bookmarks.gmi file *using gemini*.

Seems like some of the browser experience could be done out in geminispace itself... less requirement for client authors, though that means more things "in the cloud".

. @wholesomedonut wants to see technology as it is: "a miraculous, marvelous invention whose original intents have long been uprooted by a society full of greed and indifference"
gemini://soviet.circumlunar.space/wholesomedonut/gemlog/my-return-to-tech-exile.gmi
I hope you're able to get free from the vitriol and set your mind on higher things. (Unfollowing negative accounts helps, but maybe taking a break from the fediverse would be best).

starting to try to compile #organicMaps on a raspberry pi zero... it's armhf, so if the problem (running it on the pinephone) is architecture based, this will likely also fail.

Which got me thinking more about #usfm2gmi:
If I were to make a #bible gem-app, what feature options would be desired?
Would any of the following be useful, and how should they look in #gemtext?
* notes (currently in square brackets)
* cross-references (currently in parentheses)
* word references (I experimented once with putting Strong's references in superscript)
* red-lettering (ideologically, I disagree with this)
* section titles
* chapter divisions
* verse numbers

Wrote a little #awk script to create an outline of the #openEnglishBible gemini://gemini.zachdecook.com/cgi-bin/oebindex.sh so you can navigate the bible without thinking about the verse and chapter numbers.
(https://git.sr.ht/~earboxer/cgi-bin/tree/master/item/oebindex.awk)

Was reading #linbits by @linmob and feeling kind of left out, running #postmarketos 21.03, so I upgraded to master/edge. It broke phosh startup, but was fairly easy to fix by (plugging in a keyboard and) removing some unused packages and running `apk fix`.

thought i would compare mastodon clients for mobile linux.
Compiled and set up #tootle . #GnomeSocial is still compiling dependencies. One of these is written in #rust , can you guess which one? (this experience makes me want to learn #vala)