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Procerand
@procerand.bsky.social
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Alaskan Game Developer and Software Engineer. Currently working on an automated tree core scanner, Astral Skies, and (rarely) a Lego sorter. (he/him)
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procerand.bsky.social
Decided to procrastinate on my game to develop a tool for determining if the Aurora is both overhead and visible. Right now, I have a 30 minute NOAA Aurora forecast visualization implemented, next up is bringing in the weather for determining visibility.

#Aurora #NorthernLights #Alaska
A map of the world with the aurora probability overlaid ontop. A pin is over Fairbanks Alaska with the text "6% chance of Aurora"
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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retr0.id
HTTP/1.1 200 Good Request 👍
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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rwruedii.bsky.social
I'm honestly surprised that subprotocol wasn't used by IoT coffee and tea devices.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
procerand.bsky.social
More off the shelf liquids should have expiration dates since most things start to break down after a few years.
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
procerand.bsky.social
I finally got the networking for multiplayer into a state that I'm happy with for my game. Now I have to actually integrate it. Downside of using my own game engine is that this will require rewriting a lot of the core logic. On the bright side, my game doesn't have that many features yet.

#gamedev
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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coelacant1.bsky.social
Well, had another unexpected tangent... I reverse engineered Bambu Labs Cloud API so I can keep printers out of local mode while having full API access for MQTT data/commands, file uploads, video streaming, etc.
Local camera stream via authentication data pulled from the cloud API Output showing acquisition of TUTK codes for video streaming and the start of the test output of the MQTT data stream
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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lorenschmidt.bsky.social
couldn't you hypothetically do really really nice document scanning with any old phone camera by incrementally adding detail from multiple photos over time? they do this in astronomy.
October 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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shenanigansen.bsky.social
Panel 1: A girl with poofy dark brown hair, brown skin, and yellow beads holding the hair in a "space buns" hairstyle, is looking back at you while sitting in a computer chair in front of a drawing tablet. She wears a purple sweatshirt with a yellow "stitch" pattern going down the sleeves, and has apparently drawn a golden-armored knight standing on a cliff with billowing clouds and night stars in the background. She is labeled "illustrator" and says "It took me 10 hours to draw this!" Panel 2: Shen points at her with his right hand, a manically smug expression on his face and the other hand on his hip. He is labeled "comic artist" and says "HAH!! Just ONE drawing in 10 hours??" Panel 3: Shen continues speaking, pointing at himself with his thumb. He says "I'D have to get like TWENTY drawing done in that time." Panel 4: Behind the still-smug shen is a slouched, deformed, horrible beast of a man with a drawing tablet in one hand and the other hand holding the pen, and also strapped to a plank of wood for wrist stabilization. It wears only a ragged loin cloth. The neck is long and extends far forward, and the hair is wild, going in all directions. In the darkness of the face two small eyes glint. This creature is labeled "animator"
October 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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wy477.bsky.social
Alaska Gamedev Expo 2025 is scheduled, stocked with games, totally FREE, and we've even got an excellent flier (made by the talented @deathbyulan.bsky.social)

#Alaska folks on the road system and especially #Anchorage peeps put it on your calendar!

www.arcticshield.org/event-detail...
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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lameposting.bsky.social
Microsoft hates computers AND everyone who uses them, whereas Apple only hates computers, and Linux only hates the people who use them. In this essay I will
October 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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procerand.bsky.social
Got a nice shot of the silicon wafer. I'm waiting on some parts to arrive before I can throw it under Forge in order to take a closer look at the individual circuits on it.
A close up shot of a silicon wafer. It's tinted blue and black with colorful rectangles sprinkled throughout.
October 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
procerand.bsky.social
I got some premium protogen food. On a related note, silicon wafers are surprisingly cheap.
A silicon wafer with a pleasant iridescent sheen being held like you just ordered a crepe at the fair. Except this isn't the fair. It's a house.
October 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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mtrc.bsky.social
they should make a kind of body that is functional, imo
October 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
procerand.bsky.social
I got invited to give a guest lecture at my local university's machine vision class about my tree core scanning project and how it uses machine vision. This will be my first time being invited to give a talk someplace.
#acadamia #machinevision
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
procerand.bsky.social
I got a new webcam camera. I will now use it for everything but a webcam, so enjoy this neat picture I took using it.

#photography #treecore
An artistic photograph of a tree core sample on a tray on a white background
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
procerand.bsky.social
Multi sample imaging is now fully integrated into Forge's GUI! This makes it the cheapest and highest resolution multi tree core scanner out there!
#acadamia #biology #treecore #science #lab #automation #dendrochonology
The user interface of FORGE. On the left side consisting of 75% of the screen is an in focus picture of a tree core sample as part of the live video feed of Forge. On the right side is a list of collapsible menus. Starting from the top is the titlebar which says "FORGE" below that is a menu section titled "Control" it contains a variety of buttons for moving and homing the 3D printer that Forge is based upon. In addition there is text for the step size and current X, Y, and Z position. The next section is titled "Automation" and has 3 buttons labelled "Start", "Stop", and "Pause". The next section is labelled "Camera Control" and contains buttons for taking photos, auto focusing, toggling the machine vision on and off, along with setting a filter to filter out hot pixels. The next section is "Sample Management" in this there are buttons labelled "Go to Sample" along with a plus and minus button that select samples 1 through 20. Below that is a scrolling section that contains the list of 20 samples with check boxes to mark which ones to scan, and names for each individual sample.
October 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
procerand.bsky.social
Finally got fully automatic tree core sample imaging working on Forge!

The workflow is now place lens cap on, detect hot pixels, remove lens cap, place samples, enter their names and hit start. I think this makes it one of if not the easiest tree core scanner to use out there.

#treecore #science
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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snowers.bsky.social
Pretty good light show over Palmer
Northern lights over Palmer, Alaska Northern lights over Palmer, Alaska Northern lights over Palmer, Alaska
September 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
procerand.bsky.social
Went over to someone else's house and saw the newest version of Bambuslicer today after using an old version of Orca slicer for a while. The preparation screen feels cluttered, like it's trying to do too many things at a time.

#3DPrinting
September 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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konkniption.bsky.social
Once again, we're back here for a simplified project friday for #makersky! How did everyone's week go? What progress did you make this week?

#woodworking #3dprinting #metalworking
September 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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jeffgeerling.com
Any bets on how long until yt-dlp will have to switch to a full browser automation stack (ala selenium, playwright, etc.) to snag YT videos? github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dl...
[Announcement] Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads · Issue #14404 · yt-dlp/yt-dlp
Beginning very soon, you'll need to have Deno (or another supported JavaScript runtime) installed to keep YouTube downloads working as normal. Why? Up until now, yt-dlp has been able to use its bui...
github.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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retr0.id
after extensive wind tunnel testing and analysis, I've concluded that airplane mode is a complete scam. it doesn't change the phone's aerodynamics in the slightest.
September 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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lottievixen.xyz
I hate my constant "I'll get something at some point"

then the shop closes down..
September 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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mtrc.bsky.social
really enjoying love2d except boy oh boy you really gotta remember to add '2d' to your search queries or you're gonna see some things
September 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM