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I'll be attending @fediforum next week! I want to talk about:- open data & schema systems: leaf ( entity-component ), lexicon, and...

I'll be attending
@fediforum next week! I want to talk about:

- open data & schema systems: leaf ( entity-component ), lexicon, and rdf
- “federation” through local-first tech & data synchronization

It'll be the first (un)conference I actively participate in so I'm excited to get to talk and discuss with people!

🗓️ April 1-2,2025
📍Online

https://fediforum.org/

This is part of what https://a.weird.one wants to enable in the long term: "so long as I have robust backups and can easily migrate at...

This is part of what https://a.weird.one wants to enable in the long term: "so long as I have robust backups and can easily migrate at any time".

That's why we're building on the Willow protocol at our core.

To enable you to continuously sync and backup your data to your own devices, without having to be the one who runs the servers to do it.

That ability should be common to every application.

https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/113855664498311894

Wrote some musings on a useful concept I found in Chinese philosophy. It's the idea that we all have two parts of our mind: one that...

Wrote some musings on a useful concept I found in Chinese philosophy. It's the idea that we all have two parts of our mind: one that could be called the Wisdom Mind, and another that could be called the Emotional Mind.

https://zicklag.katharos.group/blog/the-wisdom-and-emotional-minds/

The funny thing, AI is missing one. 🤖

This is really cool. It's kind of like a cross-platform CUDA for Rust:https://github.com/tracel-ai/cubecl

This is really cool. It's kind of like a cross-platform CUDA for Rust:

https://github.com/tracel-ai/cubecl

My next step is to test out scripting myMPD with Lua and see if I can get my use case working nicely on my laptop. That should prove I'm...

My next step is to test out scripting myMPD with Lua and see if I can get my use case working nicely on my laptop. That should prove I'm ready for the hardware.

I guess I didn't do any actual work on this today other than writing this progress report, but, that counts well enough. :D

I also discovered Pipewire and a UI for it: https://github.com/dimtpap/coppwrPipewire is a Linux audio thing that is like the virtual audio...

I also discovered Pipewire and a UI for it: https://github.com/dimtpap/coppwr

Pipewire is a Linux audio thing that is like the virtual audio cables that plug all your apps' sound into your different sound outputs / inputs. It's an alternative to JACK if you've heard of that.

The best part is that it's got an API and CLI, and multiple custom frontends, so it's very scriptable and extensible if you want to...

The best part is that it's got an API and CLI, and multiple custom frontends, so it's very scriptable and extensible if you want to make your own UI.

myMPD is a web UI for MPD that actually has lua scripting, so I think I'll be able to setup some cool scripts for switching between playing the same song in both rooms, and playing a different one in each.

Anyway, now for the software. This took some searching, too.It's looking like MPD ( https://www.musicpd.org/ ) and the myMPD UI are the...

Anyway, now for the software. This took some searching, too.

It's looking like MPD ( https://www.musicpd.org/ ) and the myMPD UI are the winners.

MPD is really cool because it lets you do things like setup multiple outputs, so I can have one output for one room, and another output for another room.

It also lets you make "partitions", aka. different music queues so I can play two songs at a time, each in it's own partition.

So far, the hardware plan looks something like:- Raspberry Pi- Stereo amplifier: https://amzn.com/dp/B0BX8TGZZF- Speakers ( need 2 of these...

So far, the hardware plan looks something like:
- Raspberry Pi
- Stereo amplifier: https://amzn.com/dp/B0BX8TGZZF
- Speakers ( need 2 of these 2 packs ): https://amzn.com/dp/B01JH3PNSO/

It took some searching to match the speaker and amp power ratings because frustratingly product pages usually don't put important statistics like the RMS power rating for the speakers!

Well, since the need came up, I pivoted my #DecemberAdventure for the last 2.5 days from FORTH to a home audio system.The goal is to be...

Well, since the need came up, I pivoted my #DecemberAdventure for the last 2.5 days from FORTH to a home audio system.

The goal is to be able to take a Raspberry Pi, add my music library to it, and to be able to use a web interface to play either the same audio in two rooms of the house, synchronized, or to be able to play a different song in both rooms.

I've got to figure out the hardware and software.

Here's a couple other good references, two FORTHs that fit into a bootsector:- https://github.com/meithecatte/miniforth-...

Here's a couple other good references, two FORTHs that fit into a bootsector:

- https://github.com/meithecatte/miniforth
- https://github.com/cesarblum/sectorforth

There's a great blog series about miniforth, too.

I might not get a ton done because I'm super busy working on weird.one but I also haven't done a lot of "play coding" in a...

I might not get a ton done because I'm super busy working on weird.one but I also haven't done a lot of "play coding" in a bit, so if I keep things bite-sized, I might be able to get something working by the end of december.

- Re-implement the minimal FORTH interpreter with the FORTH assembler to replace fasmg and make our FORTH self-hosted.My target will be the...

- Re-implement the minimal FORTH interpreter with the FORTH assembler to replace fasmg and make our FORTH self-hosted.

My target will be the x86-64 ISA.

My major references will be
- lbForth
- jonesforth.
- fasmg documentation
- misc. forth tutorials and specifications

OK, so for my #DecemberAdventure, I'm going to try to write a self-hosting #FORTH compiler!I've tried this before, but only got so...

OK, so for my
#DecemberAdventure, I'm going to try to write a self-hosting #FORTH compiler!

I've tried this before, but only got so far, trying to port JonesForth to fasmg.

I want to go for the most minimal bootstrap, thus using fasmg, a self-hosting assembler seems like a good idea.

A reply to @cwebber's recent "recipe for the fediverse" and an overview of how we plan on handling identity for Weird on the...

A reply to @cwebber's recent "recipe for the fediverse" and an overview of how we plan on handling identity for Weird on the
#leafprotocol. Just finished a new blog post!

https://blog.muni.town/capabilities-and-identity-with-leaf/

https://social.coop/@cwebber/113528858061852192

Slowly while working on our #leafprotocol we've realized that it shares a lot of similarities with both #activitypub and #atproto.We...

Slowly while working on our #leafprotocol we've realized that it shares a lot of similarities with both #activitypub and #atproto.

We just finished a blog post that explains how Leaf compares with its alternatives:

https://blog.muni.town/leaf-atproto-activitypub/

I am loving Flatcar Linux:https://www.flatcar.org/It's so easy to maintain, and automatic system updates with an immutable system...

I am loving Flatcar Linux:

https://www.flatcar.org/

It's so easy to maintain, and automatic system updates with an immutable system partition is so great.

Thank you @flatcar!!

Just giving a shout out while I use it to migrate my server: the restic backup tool is awesome. I highly recommend...

Just giving a shout out while I use it to migrate my server: the restic backup tool is awesome. I highly recommend it!

https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html

Something I feel like I should be able to do in Mastodon:Subscribe to a thread without posting something useless in it, just to hope I get...

Something I feel like I should be able to do in Mastodon:

Subscribe to a thread without posting something useless in it, just to hope I get mentioned next time somebody replies.

I want to be able to see when anybody else comments on a post, because it's something I'm also interested in. I guess the closest thing I can do is bookmark it and then keep checking back.

I just tried bridging my Mastodon account to BlueSky with https://fed.brid.gy/.If it worked, this post should also show up on a feed over...

I just tried bridging my Mastodon account to BlueSky with https://fed.brid.gy/.

If it worked, this post should also show up on a feed over here:

https://bsky.app/profile/zicklag.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy