#randomGameIdea #IshouldNotWorkOn #becauseIHaveManyUnfinishedOnes

A game about navigating a dodecahedron, like on Wumpus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt_the_Wumpus

The hunting mechanic in Wumpus is not fun by today’s standards but things like building a farm or exploring a planet 🌏 could be cool.

I don’t understand how 32% is too dry, or 17 is too cold. Here it is 0% and 7° in my office 😝

Brrr... 🥶

BTW I need one of those with humidity

hey @justamoment@twtxt.net ! Is vector-pass open sourced or open to collaboration somehow?

I’d like to use it and perhaps replace BitWarden but I’d prefer to have passphrases rather than passwords like ijf7wY6B8ykd7Jid7 since phrases are easier to type

Screenshot of Pass phrase generation in BitWarden

Embedded OTPs and everything depending on a strong secret is a blast, BTW 😀

@prologic@twtxt.net 👀 In my context we use “Platform” often, but not “Ecosystem”, I guess I need to research a bit on the difference to understand it better.
Thanks for sharing all that! I always forget the About page

Ecosystems vs Platforms

@darch@neotxt.dk If I may add something, I think it needs more contrast for the Dark theme. (I don’t know how I reached that theme on Edge, perhaps browser settings? On LibreWolf it shows the Light one)

Screenshot of my profile in neotxt.dk

@darch@neotxt.dk

I'm on the cover!

Hehe, it’s looking great, good job!

I’d like to know more numbers for techs like GPS/Navigation, Twitter, TikTok, AI/ML based assistants. Decisions taken based on ML. Wearables. Medicine. Encryption. % of population with a mobile device and Internet access.
It’s going so fast that we can’t remember how to live w/o those technologies, anymore.
As a tech designer is exciting. As a world citizen… Well, a bit overwhelming, but with hope that all that tech won’t make us consumerists.

#stupidMooresLaw #buckleUp

#quoteOfTheDay

What 1 programmer can do in 1 month, 2 programmers can do in 2 months - Fred Brooks

Talking about analytics 🤣

“Don’t compare your progress with others”

@prologic@twtxt.net I always wanted a few of these

AA batteries with USB plug

But now cost wise I have some traditional NiCd chargers and batteries for the few devices without rechargeable batteries at home. Like the Xbox controller. Works well enough.

Checking my notes, I find that there are as well a few strange traits in Spanish that foreigners could find counterintuitive, like having silent letters, sounds depending on the following vowel, and so…
#languagesAreWeird

Español vs Français

I’m writing a Game design proposal and I came to a topic I love

Accuracy vs Precision

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci

Internet’s Echo chambers 101

This happened during an event in Guadalajara, México a few years ago.

I randomly recalled when you said QR Guerilla Marketing

Polemic usage of QR codes

https://www.informabtl.com/se-disculpan-por-ponerle-codigo-qr-a-gluteo-de-mujer/

After sleeping like a bear 🐻 I’m feeling much better today. Thanks all for your messages.

This morning I had a routine blood test of like 6 tubes 💉🩸🤨 You know, on empty stomach and such…

So I’ll have a good #tea to start the morning and classes #chocolatePeppermintFTW

Chocolate Peppermint Tea

Meet my Christmas dog 🐶 🤶

🤶 🐶

Thank you for the feedback and your votes (Bananas, Søren Peter @darch@neotxt.dk, prologic) !

On the programming side, this problem is not that challenging (yet). Ask availability to your friends, and make some statistics with it, sum, sets. I think this will be done quickly.

On the product design and user interface sides, it has been challenging.
It’s different if you ask to decide between Tue 9pm, Wed 9pm or Thu 9pm. vs. deciding two days, vs a whole week (24 x 7 = 168 possible options)

We have discussed getting inspiration from Doodle and Framadate but I find that is difficult to make it accessible, and for a week’s view those are also confusing.

Currently, I’m focusing on the use case of deciding on a Weekly call on Fridays and Saturdays in the mornings or afternoons (about 48 different options), but I’m trying to find a better strategy. Perhaps divide and conquer (Fri mornings, Fri afternoons, Sat mornings, Sat afternoons)

What do you think?

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Thanks for the catch-up. I live in that state, so I experienced firsthand the change.

Basically, our state had an ICANN region (Mexican Mountain Time/MT), but the government said “Forget that and follow Mexican Central Time”.
But as the state on the border, Texas, USA, stays with American MT, that made some trouble between companies and offices.
That has happened before, the municipalities/regions had different start and end for DST for 1 or 2 weeks, but now they have 1 hr offset all the year.

Municipalities affected in this State

tl;dr ICANN timezone America/Chihuahua is not gonna be used anymore. Some municipalities are going to switch to America/Mexico_City and some others to US/Mountain. In the future, when USA removes DST, those states are going to follow. Regions on the border will follow American regulations. #sovereigntyFTW

@carsten@yarn.zn80.net meanwhile, in Spanish

A stupid meme with llamas

I found a Foosball with a digital scoreboard.

In college I wanted to make one of these with electronics and PICs, but it was a bit expensive as a student, so never I finished that.
Later I made one with a tablet and an online ranking system.

I wanted to build one for table tennis, inspired by one I say online which recognizes a RFID chip in your racket 🏓

@marado@tilde.pt hehe, agreed!

At least we only have an UV index of 5 😜

Weather is my city

Winter is here ❄

My car dasboard is showing the snowflake ❄

@darch@neotxt.dk I agree! Doodle.com is a great inspiration. Instead of Emojis, using standard symbols like ✓ (✓) or ✗, with the standard traffic light colors, could be a better idea.
Thanks for the feedback!

Screenshot from Doodle.com

I’m working on this PoC to vote on the best time for an international call, showing the multiple timeslots in your local time, and getting numbers on preferences among people.
The UI could be vastly improved, but this is what I have so far… I want to see it in action since it’s very different to choose between 1, 2, or even 7 days (24 hours each). If you want to help to test it and give some comments send me a reply!

At least I’m learning a lot on the topic…😁

Screenshot

@prologic@twtxt.net

That's the joke - The Simpsons

What’s going on? 🧐

errors on twtxt.net today

I have a bot where you can register your exercise routines. So now I have a few months of data, and I’d like to do something with it.

I think the gamified contribution graph from Github could be something interesting (to see how often you exercise and how intense it was)

Currently, I have this graph of burned calories each day and a sum, over a timeline, but I think it does communicate anything interesting:

A simple graph of the amount of burned calories across time

Any ideas?

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci

It allows you to pick a few options in your local time, and I think it automagically picks the ‘best’ time

Please submit your choices to see how it works

@prologic@twtxt.net These are the most decent times I found for most of us
(Mexico City is Americas Central Time, and I guess Sydney is a good reference point for aussies, I’m sorry if not 😬)

I wasn’t aware of this term, cool!

A random example I found out there:

@carsten@yarn.zn80.net 450k-720k USD? Sounds to me like a big number!
A decent house here is about 50k-100k. With 500k you can get a small mansion in important cities.

Also, the average wage in my country is about 500-1,000 USD/month, so I guess it’s a matter of numbers. Thanks for sharing, it gives me perspective.

Hmmm…
Go instead to the lower limit of Miller’s Law (about having 7 +/- 2 options)

That means max 5 elements.

I’m loving the way Microsoft Edge allows you to see the tabs vertically. Perhaps it’s available on other browsers, but I haven’t seen it.

Disclaimer: My Taskbar is vertical as well.

The installer is not working with ZSH but the script seems to work fine…

This is amazing BTW

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci damn, not even 5!

Here with the new timezone (moved from MT to CT, and DST no more 🥳) we have this 🌞

Not that bad I think, I guess it would be 5.15 with the previous time

@prologic@twtxt.net It’s looking good here

BTW, do those filters work for Timeline and Discover, right?
Being Timeline your following list and Discover all the local (twtxt.net) following?

I think I’ve never understood the difference behind the scenes.

@prologic@twtxt.net
Hmm, I can’t find those labels on mobile… I reloaded, sign out and login, tried the mobile view, then the PC one (with the AMOLED theme on my phone 🤳), am I missing something?

I could try on my PC in a few hours if that’s the matter

and

😅

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci

@carsten@yarn.zn80.net #forTheRecore there is no Mexican Halloween 🎃
But the Day of the Dead (Nov 2nd) is pretty cool (as you can see in the Coco movie)

Talking about the food, yep, it something you miss being in Europe, although I found a few nice places there.

I friend send us this img, it’s a peculiar tradition of cooking for your dear dead relative, friend or celebrity

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I like to have separate devices for each activity. That way a can switch more easily of context and stop working when I should be doing something else

That said, currently I only have a single ‘decent’ laptop PC that I use for everything… At least I have 2 phones, one for work, and another for personal life 🤔

@prologic@twtxt.net no worries, my point goes on saving the Timezone on the Twtxt file, instead of adding a Metadata (which is going to be outdated if you travel to another Timezone)

@movq@www.uninformativ.de and yeah, the current administration (leftist populist) is proposing half-baked laws for everything. So… What can I say?

My state is in the border but my city don’t. So it’s gonna be a mess if I have to work with friends close to the border. There isn’t even a Mexican Timezone for them, so I’ll have to pick one from USA.

Basically this current map is gonna change completely… With 2 days notice

@prologic@twtxt.net Got it!
I thought you were saying this one:

Hmmm, good question. I’m aware the hash is part of the twt, but it can be hidden in the App for readability (I’m thinking of a RegEx or something simpler). How would it be if you hide it on the API? 🤔

Dear #yarners

Thoughts on the new Yarn App logo ?

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci

@prologic@twtxt.net It’s an amazing implementation, not so intuitive but playable

I have good memories of my grandpa playing Solitaire across many versions of Windows, I hadn’t played in years but I remember the tricks, he