Menno Finlay-Smits @menn0@mastodon.nzoss.nz
Tech lead at the Cacophony Project, among other things. Curious crafter of artisanal bits.
What's your favourite #linux window manager? Take the poll at Opensource.com https://opensource.com/article/18/8/window-manager
Please consider writing your hashtags in upper camelcase so screen readers have a chance at figuring them out.
#whyistayonmastodon sounds like an giant undecipherable mess of sounds.
#WhyIStayOnMastodon reads out "Why I Stay On Mastodon" 😄
(Reason #44 I stay here: my previous requests like this have been generally well-received, proving that most people are awesome.)
Duke Of Defense / crowdfunding.
Downloadable Ubuntu Linux demo already available on the page!
Duke of Defense is a tower defense game where you play as a knight directly on the battlefield.
Cunning strategies and clever resource management skills to construct towers that fend off hordes of enemy goblins, ogres, and golems.
Slated to be released October of this year.
$516 / $5,500 goal funded.
--> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seabassdev/duke-of-defense
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#DukeOfDefense #TowerDefense #Kickstarter #Linux #gaming #Ubuntu
Vet: You'll need to give him half of one of these tablets each day. They're quite small, it can be tricky ...
Me: It's OK, I know how to break a pill in half thank you. Can you direct me to the nearest nightclub toilet cubicle?
Sometimes I take solace in the software giants (?) that came and went. Nothing is forever. This too shall pass. dBase. WordStar. WordPerfect. Borland. Lotus 1-2-3. DOS. Sun. Nokia. Palm. Too see the struggle, to be the struggle, and to let go. It doesn’t matter if their ideas were good or bad. Capitalism churns on.
Q: What do you give the person who's got everything? A: Antibiotics.
On en parle depuis longtemps dans de très nombreux contextes, je l’ai enfin trouvée: la fameuse “poche de résistance”
The best one so far
RT @birdsongnz@twitter.com: Here's a list of some situations where The #CacophonyProject tools would prove to be very useful for New Zealand - https://cacophony.org.nz/situations-cacophony-tools-are-useful
#PredatorFreeNZ #predatorfree2050 #pestcontrol
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/birdsongnz/status/1017241017798365184
RT @JamesBSumner@twitter.com: Yes, it was me who smuggled a large seabird into the plenary and launched it at the speaker's head with the words "Actually this is more of a cormorant than a question." I am to be considered for possible readmission to the society in 2038, which seems fair.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JamesBSumner/status/1017037509249912832
RT @crazyKiwiClare@twitter.com: Late night presentation writing leads to creative but crazy ideas...See you at iTx tomorrow 3:20am to find out what we are really working on right now. #ITx2018 #iTx #cacophonyDev #predatorfree2050
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/crazyKiwiClare/status/1017349032971198464
RT @sakeriver@twitter.com: Today as I was walking home after my run I saw a large lemon rolling down the hill. It kept rolling for about a quarter mile. And now you can see it, too.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sakeriver/status/1017079423546212352
RT @voidspace@twitter.com: New website, new tech blog. Agile Abstractions: Michael Foord. Python training and consulting. "Hello World" https://agileabstractions.com/Hello-World/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/voidspace/status/1017321675271139328
RT @sturdyAlex@twitter.com: It’s a bold look from May this morning. Scalping your enemies and wearing the trophies is a barbaric practice, but in the case of Boris Johnson, I approve.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/1016628071477186560
The performance numbers here are quite impressive. Some caveats and limitations though, but djb claims they can be mostly overcome with more development effort.
RT @hashbreaker@twitter.com First release of djbsort: super-fast constant-time automatically verified AVX2 sorting code for int32 arrays. https://sorting.cr.yp.to (Next target is ARM NEON.) Verification starts with the #angr toolkit for symbolic execution, which in turn uses libVEX from Valgrind.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hashbreaker/status/1016821281998721025
RT @crazyKiwiClare@twitter.com: A big shout out to our wonderful bespoke battery builder extraordinaire Chris Forne. Thanks for these little Li-ion beauties that mean we are now going battery powered at Cacophony. #cacophonyDev #predatorfree2050
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/crazyKiwiClare/status/1016550948712280065
RT @emmamaxleawell@twitter.com: I lied about being a vampire, I'm a VampLiar.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/emmamaxleawell/status/1015433607803031558
RT @atroyn@twitter.com: Things that happen in Silicon Valley and also the Soviet Union:
- waiting years to receive a car you ordered, to find that it's of poor workmanship and quality
- promises of colonizing the solar system while you toil in drudgery day in, day out
