Made a new tool: timer - run command at a specific interval
Manpage: https://hacktivis.me/git/cmd-timer.mdoc/
Repository: https://hacktivis.me/git/cmd-timer/
Tarballs: https://distfiles.hacktivis.me/releases/cmd-timer/
I'm almost finished with my game, but I can't help but look at fundamental flaws that are too late to fix.
For one, the game is clearly inspired by Zelda, but I feel like that since it plays somewhat like Zelda then they should also expect shields to work like they do in Zelda, but in my game, the shields just reduce damage (making them act more like the rings in Zelda 1). The truth is that I made the shields reduce damage instead of blocking projectiles because I didn't want to bother writing collision detection for that along with trying to find/create sprites to accommodate. But then I realized that I have Octorok-like enemies that shoot projectiles and there is no way to dodge them outside of moving out of the way.
The other major flaw is something that someone else pointed out, which is that the enemies spawn in random locations. I should have included preset spawners in the room templates, but I never thought of that and including that now also means that I have to make different spawners in each template along with the number of spawners that appear in each difficulty.
I guess these are things to keep in mind for next game.
@adiz Nostr is uncensored and I almost never see antisemitism there.
Here are the first test images of the Sun’s Corona taken by the ESA Proba-3 mission.
The images (one in visible light, the other in light emitted by iron atoms w/o half their electrons) were taken by the twin Proba-3 spacecraft, flying 150 m apart to create artificial total solar eclipses using the 1.4 m disc on the Occulter spacecraft.
Still in commissioning phase, Proba-3 requires ground control for precision flying.
Next: Autonomous flying and 6 hour eclipses!
This fascinating composite image, uses data from observations made on 23 May 2025 by 3 different missions:
1. The Sun’s disc (artificially coloured in yellow), captured by the extreme-UV telescope (SWAP) aboard Proba-2
2. The outer corona (in red) observed by the LASCO C2 coronagraph aboard SOHO, covering the area 2x radii away from the Sun
3. The inner corona (in green), imaged by Proba-3’s ASPIICS coronagraph covering the region from ~1.1 to 2 solar radii.
@beardalaxy I don't think his campaign is going to go anywhere, but he along with his fat, high-pitched voice, weeb friend almost made me not want to associate with video games and gaming culture because their videos were way too autistic, even for me.
@gabriel I think XMPP MUCs have the potential to replace IRC channels just for the mere fact that they at least temporarily archive old messages, instead of just only showing messages sent since you joined.
I haven't used Delta Chat, but I think the potential for it is not as a decentralized E2EE messenger, but rather as a user-friendly alternative to PGP/GPG encrypted email.
It's time for war!
What (decentralized) messenger is actually good?
For the purposes of the question your favorite client is what counts.
- Matrix (Message cant be decrypted)
- XMPP (Does calling work?)
- SimpleX (Muh metadata)
- Delta Chat (just use email lol)
- Jami (No chat but GNU chat)
- IRC (Get off my lawn zoomers)
Russia to Mandate State-Backed Digital ID App on All Devices
https://reclaimthenet.org/russia-to-mandate-state-backed-digital-id-app-on-all-devices?utm_source=fediverse