Posts by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #ASLZ0qvrxoh7TkLv9M by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-01-25T10:15:40Z
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#minetest
(DIR) Post #AT2pccmn5pglnhJ64u by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-02-25T16:54:11Z
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Mixing things I shouldn't mix... making an automatic plant watering system. Feels like a rite of passage#esp32 #electronics
(DIR) Post #ATNBFwOWmh62Kp0Chs by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-03-07T12:39:03Z
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Went to Swindon last weekend. Don't especially recommend the town, but the Computing Museum there is cool!Programmed #BASIC on a BBC MicroComputer (1981). Also played Zelda: Ocarina of Time on a #Nintendo64, Duck Hunt on #SNES, and used an Apple iMac G3The museum also had an Xbox One and a Nintendo Switch, feels a bit soon
(DIR) Post #AVKMl8l0mjKZmO5sTA by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-05-04T23:09:02Z
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My blog now shows likes from the fediverse. To like a post, you just need to favorite my toot sharing the post.The only remaining thing to complete #IndieWeb backfeeding is to show fediverse replies on my blog, I don't think I'll do this as it seems like a privacy issue.Thanks to the maintainers of brid.gy and #webmention.io for making such great services freely available
(DIR) Post #AXA9uFeatVxJnho1mS by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-06-28T16:31:20Z
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Tired after saying hello to all the guests#dogs #dogsofmastodon #lurcher
(DIR) Post #AXJuL0MuB3E0WjrmL2 by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-07-03T14:31:20Z
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I really hate it when sites redirect to their home page rather than showing a 404 Not found page, it's so annoying. Actually, I hate when sites just break useful URLs
(DIR) Post #AahAM6PpcJNBsNb9w8 by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2022-12-02T02:02:03Z
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New blog post: #Minetest on #SteamDeck: usage and reviewhttps://blog.rubenwardy.com/2022/12/02/minetest-steam-deck/
(DIR) Post #AahAUswx3H6KidHI5Q by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-10-10T17:04:01Z
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New blog post: I have joined the #IndieWebhttps://blog.rubenwardy.com/2023/10/10/hello-indieweb/#blog #webdev
(DIR) Post #AahAXNDxSoD1ByQ2yW by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-09-04T13:01:30Z
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Final PCB draft? I'm designing a plant watering system printed circuit board using #KiCAD. Hoping to order it very soonWish I had a fancy logo to put on the silkscreen#electronics #esp32
(DIR) Post #AahAXOLnHA4SgZ5opM by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-09-06T18:31:34Z
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😀 Can't wait to find out all the mistakes I've made!
(DIR) Post #AahAXPDg2pAlNgIqoa by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-09-12T15:37:15Z
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It's arrived!#KiCAD #pcbway #electronics #esp32
(DIR) Post #AahAXRV7YwJYSMToHY by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-09-13T00:09:49Z
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Day 1 progress. Next, I'll solder some JST connectors to my pumps and test that the pump circuit works#esp32 #kicad #electronics
(DIR) Post #AbXHdri27AStAPgcJE by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2023-11-06T16:53:31Z
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@kyleI learned to program using Scratch when I was 11. It's really good for seeing the results of what you make on your screen, very approachable
(DIR) Post #AjqqpC2qEc3oHY6tkm by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2024-07-12T10:04:45Z
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I've been playing #OpenTTD for years and only just discovered that you can ctrl+click with signals to set them at a fixed distance on an entire route at once, including extra signals just before tunnels and bridges. I had been doing straight lines at a timeThis makes laying track so much easier!
(DIR) Post #AjqqpDYmbLCkyu3vBA by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2024-07-12T10:11:07Z
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I've also discovered that #OpenTTD's town growth algorithms *suck*.Using the "better roads" is slightly better as it avoids the city adding loads of single road blocks. But the town grown algorithm is a random walk that gives up after a while. So to make big cities you need to have few junctions or use tunnels from the center of the city to the outskirts. LameAlso, all you need to get maximum growth are 5 active stations. The % coverage or passengers above that doesn't matter!
(DIR) Post #AjqqpF3J3LDNbrLoOW by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2024-07-12T10:23:49Z
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Another thing I've discovered recently in #OpenTTD is Cargo Distribution. It makes passenger networks so much more viable as passengers have a destination in mind. So a passenger will go house -> bus -> train -> bus -> house in another city. Without this, the closest you'd get is with transfer orders.When this is enabled, there's a graph of network load shown by long-pressing the map icon (not very discoverable!)
(DIR) Post #Amn4kib08ROWHF4Kvo by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2024-10-08T08:17:10Z
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Whenever I connect to public WiFi that asks for an email address, I always enter an address on the same domain that's asking. Like hello@publicwifi.net. Very few forms actually check for it and they just let you connect without verificationI opt into marketing emails, of course
(DIR) Post #AnAIcKvqSihTDWnPKi by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2024-10-19T13:11:26Z
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@stfn another side effect is that the fediverse makes back link finders pretty useless - suddenly there are thousands of domains linking to your site.Ahref at least ranks by domain authority, but the results are limited and there are sometimes lower authority personal sites I'd like to see. Google web console just does A-Z
(DIR) Post #AnAJbmFjUyqjcEOZea by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2024-10-19T13:22:32Z
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@stfn I have a script that tails my logs to find backlinks using referrer - refback. Most browsers have changed the default to only expose the domain name, rather than the path, so finding back links by referrer is pretty useless these days unfortunately
(DIR) Post #AtZnBtwQOBM8p1Lmc4 by rubenwardy@fosstodon.org
2025-04-28T12:21:55Z
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@GinaYeah this is my view too - having a far right mod is not good. Moderators are representatives of the project. It doesn't matter that moderation is a group thing and auditableBut also the reaction from other servers and users is incredibly toxic, and the move to defederate so quickly without any actual harm is damaging to the fediverse as a whole