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I am a geek. I play board games, build computers, assemble Legos, and play with old model trains
I have written an emulator for my game conole with a 16x16 led display. Now I can debug the games without having to use the real hardware
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I have written an emulator for my game conole with a 16x16 led display. Now I can debug the games without having to use the real hardware
Post a non-religious image you think of as holy
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Post a non-religious image you think of as holy
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FOSDEM 2026 - Accepted developer rooms
Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026
fosdem.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Am I making lots of breakout games running on #raspberrypi pico ?
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Am I making lots of breakout games running on #raspberrypi pico ?
I always loved High voltage lines. But this abomination is terrifying. High voltage lines design should never include lines that cross each other.
Image source: Google street view in Osaka
Image source: Google street view in Osaka
September 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I always loved High voltage lines. But this abomination is terrifying. High voltage lines design should never include lines that cross each other.
Image source: Google street view in Osaka
Image source: Google street view in Osaka
Could it be that I am again building a game console with a resolution of 16x16 ?
By the way note that is possible to saw an 8x32 led matrix in 2 8x16 matrix that you can put together to make a 16x16 display
By the way note that is possible to saw an 8x32 led matrix in 2 8x16 matrix that you can put together to make a 16x16 display
September 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Could it be that I am again building a game console with a resolution of 16x16 ?
By the way note that is possible to saw an 8x32 led matrix in 2 8x16 matrix that you can put together to make a 16x16 display
By the way note that is possible to saw an 8x32 led matrix in 2 8x16 matrix that you can put together to make a 16x16 display
Please remember : when you push a commit, the associated tag is not pushed
July 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Please remember : when you push a commit, the associated tag is not pushed
Come on @microsoft.com , I have no reason to replace this perfectly good PC, that I use for #VisualStudio development. Why can't you continue to provide an Operating system that supports it?
July 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Come on @microsoft.com , I have no reason to replace this perfectly good PC, that I use for #VisualStudio development. Why can't you continue to provide an Operating system that supports it?
If you see this, quote post with a time travel movie that's not BACK TO THE FUTURE.
July 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If you see this, quote post with a time travel movie that's not BACK TO THE FUTURE.
Warning AI are inserting data inside our images for unknown purpose?
I asked an AI to generate an image with a white background, then used paint to replace the white by black and this is what I observed: many pixels that look white are not exactly white and this contains a lot of information
I asked an AI to generate an image with a white background, then used paint to replace the white by black and this is what I observed: many pixels that look white are not exactly white and this contains a lot of information
July 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Warning AI are inserting data inside our images for unknown purpose?
I asked an AI to generate an image with a white background, then used paint to replace the white by black and this is what I observed: many pixels that look white are not exactly white and this contains a lot of information
I asked an AI to generate an image with a white background, then used paint to replace the white by black and this is what I observed: many pixels that look white are not exactly white and this contains a lot of information
I think it is amazing how accurately It would be possible to predict my score at an Othello game just by looking at my opponent rating score
July 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I think it is amazing how accurately It would be possible to predict my score at an Othello game just by looking at my opponent rating score
Trying to play midi sound with Pygame on a Linux PC.
After 4 hours of installing libraries, drivers, utilities,...
I give up.
Sorry Linux after 44 years of experience in configuring computers and industrial systems, I still cannot understand how to configure ALSA, Libasound2, timidity, amidi...
After 4 hours of installing libraries, drivers, utilities,...
I give up.
Sorry Linux after 44 years of experience in configuring computers and industrial systems, I still cannot understand how to configure ALSA, Libasound2, timidity, amidi...
July 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trying to play midi sound with Pygame on a Linux PC.
After 4 hours of installing libraries, drivers, utilities,...
I give up.
Sorry Linux after 44 years of experience in configuring computers and industrial systems, I still cannot understand how to configure ALSA, Libasound2, timidity, amidi...
After 4 hours of installing libraries, drivers, utilities,...
I give up.
Sorry Linux after 44 years of experience in configuring computers and industrial systems, I still cannot understand how to configure ALSA, Libasound2, timidity, amidi...
Experimenting with W32 and C
June 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Experimenting with W32 and C
A very old BCPL program found in my trash
June 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A very old BCPL program found in my trash
Let's make a variant of my jump game to teach kids how to type faster (in addition to teach them how to program)
June 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Let's make a variant of my jump game to teach kids how to type faster (in addition to teach them how to program)
If I count correctly, I will need 96 relays (2 per rail switch an signals and 1 per uncoupler and Insulated tracks) . That' a lot of relays...
June 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If I count correctly, I will need 96 relays (2 per rail switch an signals and 1 per uncoupler and Insulated tracks) . That' a lot of relays...
Starting a new design for model train control panel
June 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Starting a new design for model train control panel
May 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Working on the sound chapter of my retro game programming tutorial in #pygame
I have decided to use MIDI instead of wav or mp3 files so that the children do not spend their time searching for funny sound samples on the Internet instead of focalizing on the code.
I have decided to use MIDI instead of wav or mp3 files so that the children do not spend their time searching for funny sound samples on the Internet instead of focalizing on the code.
May 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Working on the sound chapter of my retro game programming tutorial in #pygame
I have decided to use MIDI instead of wav or mp3 files so that the children do not spend their time searching for funny sound samples on the Internet instead of focalizing on the code.
I have decided to use MIDI instead of wav or mp3 files so that the children do not spend their time searching for funny sound samples on the Internet instead of focalizing on the code.
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Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
What book should I read while on vacation...
May 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
What book should I read while on vacation...