Mark McGookin @markmcgookin@qoto.org

I wouldn't mind getting some attention. #GetFediHired

* Former software engineer having primarily focused on graphics; I wrote major parts of the original Kindle render stack, the image scaler used on amazon.com, and a lot of graphics code for games and consumer electronics middleware you've likely used
* Good at solving systems design and algorithm problems
* I think I'm pretty okay as a musician too and that's where I want to focus my attention these days

Monday - Ian

Tuesday - Greg

Wednesday - Ian

Thursday - Greg

Friday - Ian

Saturday - Greg

Sunday - Ian

The Gregorian Calendar

So, I've decided to drop this giant non-enshittified Python course out there for your ongoing amusement. https://github.com/dabeaz-course/python-mastery.

It's the same course I took on a decade-long world tour of corporate training. Some people who took it went on to do dumb things like land rovers on other planets and stuff. Anyways, enjoy!

Save the recipes you like that you found online because in a matter of months or weeks they will be drowned out by chat gpt generated recipes that looks plausible but don't work, and have taken up the first 20 pages of search results.

Discoveries are everywhere. I was at a beach with friends on the weekend, and rolled a log (as I do), found and photographed a beetle (as I do), and uploaded to #iNaturalist (as I do).

It's the second #iNaturalistNZ observation of its species, and 7th globally.

This is how knowledge about nature gets built: people sharing interesting things they find. In the old days it was employed/wealthy collectors. Now it can be everyone with a smart phone.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/150979514

#beetle #Aotearoa #NZ

The Inigo Montoya method of greeting people.
Step 1: Polite greeting.
Step 2: Your name.
Step 3: Relevant personal link.
Step 4: Manage Expectations.

#books #reading

Orion's Belt is a huge waist of space. ..

I know, I know, a terrible joke... only 3 stars.

Finally released: The GB Interceptor.

An open source rp2040-based adapter that goes between your (unmodified) Game Boy and the game cartridge to record or stream your gameplay via USB.

Video: https://youtu.be/6mOJtrFnawk
Details: https://there.oughta.be/a/game-boy-capture-cartridge

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It's that cold outside, I just saw a #Tory MP with his hands in his own pockets.

I drew up some conductive pad footprints for kicad for anyone to use

https://github.com/nataliethenerd/KicadConductivePads

The pendants are finished aside from adding a string/clasp. I had some heart-shaped PCBs from the last time I worked on this project, so I built those as well.

Programming is chaotic magic. There are no rules. You ask a game dev “Can the player summon a giant demon that bursts from the ground in an explosion of lava?” and they’ll say “sure, that’s easy” and then you’ll ask “can the player wear a scarf?” and they’ll go “oof”