Simon Howard @fraggle@octodon.social
doom nerd
Joined Aug 2018
may it be, may it be, may it be, may it be, an evening star shines down upon you, may it be
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If you ever doubt the usefulness of your efforts, remember that a substantial amount of trees are planted by squirrels hiding nuts and then forgetting where they put 'em
This weekend I put together this palette hack for making Doom mods work as intended even when played alongside WADs that replace the palette: https://github.com/fragglet/doom-limited-palette
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inventing a horrible new t-shirt that says "i was raised in the hood" under the network neighborhood icon from windows 95
ok google how do you rediscover your dreams when the world has stolen them from you
Happy Birthday to deca2.wad, which friends and I published 20 years ago today.
https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/deathmatch/d-f/deca2
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Linux (!) just joined Apple, Microsoft, and Google in adopting the code of conduct I created, Contributor Covenant.
what makes me most skeptical is that his idea for addressing the issue seems to be "an email filter to stop him using naughty words" rather than actually engaging with and listening to the people he's hurt
An encouraging email from Linus Torvalds where it seems like he might finally be admitting that his behavior isn't okay, but the proof will be in whether he actually changes.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167
Doom limited palette hack https://github.com/fragglet/doom-limited-palette
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Got my two most popular bots posting on Mastodon, if you want that sweet, sweet content: @JPEGBot and @metalband_exe
he hasn't announced yet whether he's running in 2020, i guess for now he's just ...
biden his time
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A quirk I love about modern english (early and current) is that whenever we noun a verb the stress moves from the first to the second syllable to denote "thing-ness"
Hence, you record a record; rebels rebel; a permit permits; an envelop envelopes; and you suspect the suspects.
Is this what the youngsters nowadays call a "cursed image"
yes i'll have the zalgo garlic knots please
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Why PayPal’s crackdown on ASMR creators should worry you
https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/14/paypal-ban-asmr-sound-art-therapy/
doom nerd
Joined Aug 2018
