🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

"I'M THE MOST INTERESTING DOG IN THE WORLD" - #Rufus

#Dogs
#DogsOfMastodon

Branch managers :confused_dog:

So in my sparetime I have been writing this open-source game, a mmorpg called a MUD (no graphics in the typical sense, all ncurses based).

Anyway, I never would have thought the most complicated part of writing the game engine would have possibly been the handling of pronouns! The number of variations you have to consider is astounding when you really try to catalog all the different types.

I think I finally got them all covered though.

#Ruby #MMORPG #Game #Games #GameDev #Aethyr #Programming #MUD #MUDs #Development #GameDevelopment

@freemo Supplemental semi-interesting fact of the day: the Neandertal is a valley of the river Düssel near Düsseldorf. The "h" got dropped in the German spelling reform of 1901.

#history #archaeology

@freemo @alex

In many senses, I find #qoto sets high standards for communication in #fediverse. You have enabled connected services, allowed 65K characters, you have robust policy, we can use markdown in posts, and you are also very welcoming, responsive, and open community!

@freemo It’s clear and simple, and a modified version has actually been the default in Soapbox for about 2 years! https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox/-/blob/develop/app/instance/about.example/index.html

@freemo @obi @khird @trinsec

Sorry I will be shutting down #InstanceTicker in the near future.
Thank you for using #InstanceTicker !

If you are interested in #chemistry, #MassSpectrometry, or the development of cool new scientific instruments, then this #podcast episode may be a good fit for you!

Dr. Chris Chouinard is doing some interesting work on ion mobility-mass spectrometry for a wide range of applications from #biomedical to #antidoping. He is also using predictive computational approaches to be able to detect structures of compounds that don't even exist yet!

https://cleancompetition.org/2022/11/15/90-investigating-ion-mobility-mass-spectrometry-for-anti-doping-chris-chouinard-phd/

Qoto != Goto
Yet, when first I glanced at Qoto, I saw Goto, that infamous #Fortran statement responsible for mountains of spaghetti code. I then saw what it really stood for and immediately signed up.

Qoto, to me, means #reading to learn or teach ourselves. How else really? Watching or hearing do not quite measure up to reading, especially physical books that you hold. In bed, paperbacks are preferred; hardcovers can be dangerous if you’re drowsy.😩

The best way I found to see if I’ve learned something from reading is to write down a synopsis. Not so easy. How about writing something original? I have great admiration for all writers of: #novels, #short stories, #history, cook books, text books, technical specifications, how-to books, etc. etc. I’d go out on a limb and say, the art of writing is significantly more difficult than either creating a painting or composing a piece of music. Please note that I said art, not science.

In this internet age, much of our reading is in snippets. TL;DR
So, here’s a poll for the longest time you’ve spent reading in one sitting recently. (excepting this toot)

I thought it would be nice to start my Mastodon adventure with a #Mondog (what a lovely adventure into cuteness this hashtag is). This is Jess, my family's eldest dog. Her hobbies are splashing in puddles and playing fetch with every toy imaginable.

To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.

(Please boost for reach)

So here's our #mondog Sulo