Computer scientist & firewall dragon. Did a PhD on making web browsers less broken. Into browser innards, niche programming languages, reverse-engineering, unfiction, 3D printing & fabrication, … ⚧️ she/they • 🩷💛💙 • ♾️ 🌍 San Francisco ➡️ https://spinda.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mk4kxij6us2q22 Apr 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4kxij6us2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mjte4ca3as2nhttps://ak.kawen.space/objects/cff1f520-a354-4749-bb11-513837c3c5ab19 Apr 2026 06:44 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjte4ca3as2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mjsg7bbxsc2nMore cursed Gorogoa mechanics. This one hurts my brain.18 Apr 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsg7bbxsc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mjsfb52sks2yWorking on my deterministic simulator for Gorogoa. I just got to the clock tower puzzle, and I never realized how cursed the compass card mechanics are. I'm gonna have to add physics to the simulation just for this one card.18 Apr 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsfb52sks2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mjjhlv7ukc2nFalling asleep to the soothing sounds of someone infodumping about roller coaster design flaws.15 Apr 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjhlv7ukc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mj5st3xrei2mI'm working on a solver to compute a mathematically-proven optimal speedrun for Gorogoa, a card puzzle game. I made a playable text-based simulator to test the minimal game engine I built for it. It's written in Rust and super fast: on my laptop, it can simulate 4.2 million moves/sec per CPU core!10 Apr 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5st3xrei2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mhyzt6cbds2yThis typeface is so cute, I wish I had a use for it! https://www.bethmathews.com/shop/partslistfont27 Mar 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyzt6cbds2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mhlmqnxxiv2oGoogle is so broken now. I searched "balena update lock" (looking for info about a balenaOS feature), and by the second page of results I was getting ads for purses, weather forecasts for Montreal, and far-right propaganda.21 Mar 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlmqnxxiv2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mhizvr6qrn2xI get several calls a day from "AgencyCPR" (agencycpr.com, I think?), from different local numbers to evade blocking. If I answer, they hang up immediately, and then I get a call from Allstate trying to sell me auto insurance. I don't have a car. I've told them this, but they won't stop.20 Mar 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhizvr6qrn2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mhfgmxxbk22wLast snap from Denver. The botanic gardens a day after snowfall.19 Mar 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfgmxxbk22whttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mhbhqjjlri2cOpen road, open sky17 Mar 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbhqjjlri2chttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mh7wskozxq2oView over San Jose17 Mar 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7wskozxq2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3meyn55vfhh2qGAY SALE16 Feb 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyn55vfhh2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mewievo5na2qMade the mistake of shelling out for a month of Peacock to watch the Winter Olympics. What they don't tell you: 1. paying extra for the ad-free package is a waste of money because it excludes Olympics content 2. replays of figure skating events (what I want to see) vanish forever after 24 hours 😮‍💨15 Feb 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mewievo5na2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3menk6jvtyx2kA neighbor in our building installed a Ring camera pointed at the building entryway, and now I can't go in or out of my own home without being logged by a corporate mass surveillance system. As far as I can tell, there's no legal recourse because it's a "public space". 😣 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-012 Feb 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3menk6jvtyx2khttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mdycakh5au2lDiscord has invented a new switch state. We now have "on", "off", and "onff".03 Feb 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdycakh5au2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mc4mmyiljj2hI swear, GitHub just gets worse and worse.11 Jan 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc4mmyiljj2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3mbrri6wbkk2dI've also been working on the same idea 😅 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jan 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrri6wbkk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3ma4p5uinzr2jIt's been a while since I checked r/rust, let's drop in and see what's new! ... ... ...oh great, they're dogpiling a trans person who changed their name in their git repo and got doxed for it. I love 2025.16 Dec 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4p5uinzr2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3ma2hy2zoho2xCurrent musical hyperfixation: the Return of the Obra Dinn soundtrack. Phenomenal work/focus music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qvdAWLcPyU15 Dec 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2hy2zoho2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3m7c6dzkluc2vWTF, why does @tailscale.com's Linux client intentionally bypass all firewall rules and allow all incoming traffic on the VPN interface by default? And why was this surprising behavior silently introduced in a bugfix update? https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/1171706 Dec 2025 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7c6dzkluc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3m6qc2vfrax2aSnow!!!29 Nov 2025 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6qc2vfrax2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3m5w3pttysj2yDiscovered this useful library recently. It's like a maintained, TypeScript-native Lodash. remedajs.com18 Nov 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5w3pttysj2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinda.net/post/3m5dpzpmtl222« 𝑈𝑛 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑗𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑖 𝑑𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒̀𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑖. » I can't believe forums.unfiction.com is up again after 8 years, even as an archive! I was 13 when I made my account and ran my first game back in 2009. I have a PhD now and a "real" job, but I miss telling stories with everyone who was there.11 Nov 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:pypoumh5amfwkm267spgn64c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dpzpmtl222