thfr - Network

Feb 05, 2025, 15:58

Word of the day: Dunning-Krugerocracy

Feb 02, 2025, 00:35

Content warning: US politics

I think chances are high that we are witnesses to the slow rolling start of THE major geopolitical catastrophe of the 21st century

Jan 27, 2025, 11:17

Content warning: tech, US politics

It's 2025 and I'm amazed that OpenBSD is on track to outliving U.S. democracy.

Nov 22, 2024, 23:24

I'm increasingly convinced that the Musk/Ramaswamy tech-bromance agenda of massive cuts will usher in the next stage of the Gibsonian "high tech, low life" cyberpunk dystopia.

Nov 22, 2024, 03:28

Content warning: re: politics, long

The remaining democracies are in deep trouble unless they can find a figure to rally behind that will take up the fight against the global fascists and hold all those criminals that usurped power and institutions for their corrupt and criminal enterprises to account. It's clear that the current system of U.N., EU, international court of justice etc. is not equipped for the task and needs urgent reform, lest this be the opening chapter of new dark ages, with the added "pleasure" of nuclear blackmail likely becoming the norm as the 3 biggest nuclear powers are run by unaccountable dictators now.

Nov 22, 2024, 03:20

Content warning: politics, long

Let's not mince words - this is the fascist takeover of the United States. The playbook traces back to the 1920's to 1930's, with minimal variation. One thing they learned is to call their opponents fascists and similar terms that are way more applicable to themselves... this is part of a broader re-writing of history and word meanings (hello, 1984).

It's clear that with the election putting the convicted criminal above the rule of law, the latter is now a thing of the past. It's only a matter of time to see the courts gradually turn into instruments of the oligarchy and the ruler.

They will go after the convenient scape goats first (currently "illegal immigrants"), maybe at the same time as their political enemies (anyone who tried to hold their past and present criminal behavior to account). But others will follow, inevitably - anyone who doesn't toe the party line. Hard to think of anything that would have been considered more un-American just 10-20 years ago then this, but here we are...

There will be murders, lynch mobs, large scale human suffering probably in concentration camps for anyone not fitting the racial and ideological "ingroup". Elections in this country, if they even take place, will never be the same.

I never would have thought that the oldest democracy of the modern world would subvert itself within 10 years of my moving there. But the situation is clear - the ruling majority empowered by the electorate is the departure from truth, fairness, humanity, decency, to embrace the old-school fascist values of loyalty, patriotism, arrogance, misogyny.

The USA have long benefitted from skilled migrants filling the roles that the country doesn't want to or can't do themselves. This was because of liberal values, stable political circumstances, rule of law, respect for science and progress. All of this is over now; people with knowledge and a care for science, truth, civility who have international mobility are best served to look elsewhere now.

Oct 10, 2024, 20:32

Will stream 3D word puzzle game Lingo from OpenBSD in 30 minutes (21:00 UTC) at https://twitch.tv/thfrw

#PlayOnBSD

Sep 25, 2024, 01:30

join me for a test stream of Brotato on OpenBSD using the recently enabled VA-API encoding via ffmpeg in 30 minutes (2:00 UTC) at:

https://twitch.tv/thfrw

#PlayOnBSD
#StreamingBSD

Sep 25, 2024, 00:18

sadly the game drops me threw the floor after the first room, making it impossible to continue the game... not sure what's behind this apparently OpenBSD-specific bug...

Sep 25, 2024, 00:17

#IndieRunner now supports detecting and launching Godot 4 games. A number of them work on #OpenBSD, like Buckshot Roulette, 8 colors star guardians plus and a few more...

https://github.com/IndieRunner/IndieRunner/

#PlayOnBSD

Sep 24, 2024, 12:50

Cult physics game "Arctic Eggs" runs on #OpenBSD with:

$ godot4 ---main-pack game.pck

https://pobsd.chocolatines.org/352141877

#PlayOnBSD

Sep 21, 2024, 23:00

#PlayOnBSD Balatro stream now live at https://twitch.tv/thfrw ♣️​♥️​♠️​♦️​🃏​

Sep 21, 2024, 19:44

join me picking up streaming games on #OpenBSD again - starting with Balatro tonight at 23:00 UTC (a little over 3 hours from the time of this post).

Will stream at: https://twitch.tv/thfrw

#PlayOnBSD

Aug 15, 2024, 18:12

@solene PS: it's built with an engine using Love2D version 11.

Aug 15, 2024, 18:09

If you #PlayOnBSD, you can now play the just-released turn-based adventure RPG Arco using IndieRunner on #OpenBSD:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2366970/Arco/

@solene

Jul 15, 2024, 17:29

Demo video of running Beyond All Reason on #OpenBSD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-4PTP0MLU

#PlayOnBSD

Jul 14, 2024, 20:59

Beyond All Reason is now playable on #OpenBSD-current with script included in the package recoil-rts:

$ beyond-all-reason

This takes care of all files and the correct configuration.

#PlayOnBSD

Jul 13, 2024, 18:22

3D pixel action wizard simulator Void Wizard runs on #OpenBSD with godot4.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2717810/Void_Wizard/

@solene might be interested...

Jun 24, 2024, 01:34

@claudiom do you happen to be familiar with Quake mod Slayers Testaments?

https://www.moddb.com/mods/slayers-testament

Apparently this can run now on latest version of vkquake...

Jun 12, 2024, 12:21

Successfuly tried the new suspend-to-idle on #OpenBSD with my !S3 laptop. Experience documented here:

gemini://thfr.info/openbsd/trying-suspend-to-idle.gmi

or

https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/thfr.info/openbsd/trying-suspend-to-idle.gmi