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@osfast Ja, dat weet ik. Maar ik ga niet op pad om lieveheersbeestjes te zoeken. 😜

@osfast Die hele boom lijkt me gevuld met die groene krengen. Als die lieveheersbeestjes slim zijn gaan ze gewoon daarheen verhuizen. 😋

I finally figured out how to set up a website on my own computer in my own house, something I'd been trying to do for a long time. So my game, Algebrain, is now available for you to try for free via that method at this URL, at least until I get a power outage:

algebrain.duckdns.org/

This is an improvement over the previous URL in that it's set up with SSL which means you can play with a game controller (e.g. an XBox controller or PS3/4/5 controller or whatever controller you may have for playing PC games), and also the multiplayer mode should work. Feedback would be appreciated both in terms of whether you have any problems accessing the website (e.g. warnings or errors) and also feedback on the game itself (i.e. is it fun, did you find any bugs, does it succeed as a proof of concept, etc). I'm definitely a noob at web admin so I probably screwed up something.

To see the controls for using a game controller, go here:

adam4235.github.io/algebra/alg

I also documentated the steps I had to go through to set up a website on my own computer in my own house:

adam4235.github.io/encyclopedi

It was frustrating how difficult it was compared to setting up a webpage through a service or through a server that you rent, which I've had little difficulty with in the past. To me that discrepancy is a gaping flaw in the structure of the internet. If we want a free, open, and democratic internet, then why should it be /easier/ to share my stuff from someone else's computer who I pay a fee to, rather than just sharing it from my own computer? The common advice I hear: "it's only $10/month" and "that's less than the cost of maintaining your own computer" is dogma as far as I'm concerned. The server I'm using is an old laptop with a broken screen which would otherwise be basically garbage, so my method is free and saves resources.

@mpk23 Damn! They can spread digitally! Resilient little buggers!

@mpk23 Looks like the Dutch name might be 'bladluis' (leaf lice), which surprises me. I thought they were way smaller than that. Like 2mm at most. Huh.

@mpk23 Neat, that gives me a search term I can do something with. I have zero clue about those bugs and I definitely have less clue about the English names too. :D

@kjr It looks cute indeed, but I don't want them crawling over me while I'm reading a book in the garden. It distracts me.

Anyone able to help me out here with identifying this bug? I can't spend 10 minutes in my garden without having at least one waltzing over me. They're annoying just because there are so many of them! They're like, say, 5mm tall or so, not huge. The pic should show that clearly unless you really believe that those fingers belong to a giant. Location is in the Netherlands.

@SpinozasHeresy Links leads to an access denied page? Previous toot the same.

@medigoth Wow, browsing through, there are the most moronic kind of questions...

@johan Well, the first picture. The L-shaped ones (whether it be upside-down or not) are just an outright waste of space. Usually leading in enough space shortage that the backspace is tiny and you keep missing it while blind typing.

@knuppelbeer I'm amused at how they get shaven... those people had a lot of fun. :P

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