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@tindall Scrolling through the thread I see a lot of people talking about modern interfaces and I partially agree, most forums suck on mobile.

But I also really miss the web design vibe forums have, and I feel like Discourse in its design really misses that old forum vibe.

A project I've been a member of has recently set up Invision as their forum, and while its sadly not FOSS its design has a far better vibe to it in my opinion.

Maybe this is part nostalgia, but it's a very strong feeling I have.

you're wearing pink striped socks, drinking monster energy, and writing rust code

I'm wearing leather gloves, drinking club mate, and writing c code

we're both equally valid and valuable and I love what ur doing babe

https://smartgrowthamerica.org/program/arts-culture/mndot-air/

"In partnership with MnDOT’s Sustainability and Public Health Division (SPHD), the Fellow will experiment with artistic projects, tools, and strategies to reduce transportation carbon pollution, including reducing personal vehicle miles driven."

- $40,000 for the year-long residency.
- you'll present project concepts and requests for funding in the $10,000-$15,000 range towards project implementation.

Deadline 1 December!

Found a friend. 🐈

I'm releasing an alpha version of my new self-hosting-oriented cloud service called Greenhouse today!

Right now the service is free for early-adopters. Help me make self-hosting "radically easier"!!

https://sequentialread.com/greenhouse-alpha/

Wasabi keeps breaking into my roommate's bedroom at all hours so she put up a sign. It's not going well #DailyCatPic #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats #cats

friendly reminder that not all indians celebrate diwali. it is specifically celebrated savarna/upper caste hindus but is rooted in violence toward dalit, bahujan, and adivasi/indigenous peoples both in its traditions and scriptures and its societal impact on these communities for the last 1000+ years.

it’s also often a time of violence toward muslims and religious minorities (much like other savarna holidays).

so proceed with a little care, leave your assumptions, and bring the desire to unlearn/relearn when you are faced with a holiday like this from a place/region/culture you probably don’t know much about to begin with.

for more info, check out content from @dalitdiva and @other_collective on twitter or instagram. or ask me and we can talk about it resources.

happy wet cat wednesday

I did it.

https://cosmolinguist.dreamwidth.org/1221031.html

You know how the Eiffel Tower won the Grand Prize at the 1889 World Fair? Well, it had to share the glory with a book.

Not any book: A book ENTIRELY WOVEN IN SILK.

You heard right. And nerds, get this: All pages of this book were produced on the Jacquard loom in 1889, using thousands (200k-500k) of punch cards. Only 50-60 copies were made. >

Hey!

What's the best game development method/platform/etc. for creating 2D, 8-bit-ish games, as quickly as possible?

My go to is always Pico-8 or tic-80 or Love2D if I think they are asking from a "I want to learn how games work" perspective, but the question was asked of me today from a new perspective.

Basically, I have a competent computer user (and artist) who is not a developer and has no interest in becoming one, who wants to create a (very simple) computer game Fast.

if youre in computer science and you dont hate computers i dont trust you

ok the results of a longer trial for covid-19 vaccines in 5 to 12 year olds has come out

and i think i have a new top "adverse event that has to be reported for vaccines" https://twitter.com/jbenton/status/1453375910695026700

"ingestion of a penny" might even top my two favourites from the adult vaccine trials, "genital herpes" and "pregnancy"