(on bsky? also follow @essem.space!) 23, :neurodiversity:, dev/sysadmin, trying to figure myself out :esm4head: robot cat that creates software things and other bots […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://wetdry.world/@esm, follow @ap.brid.gy to interacthttps://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.spacehttps://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mu5xncpu3sp2you cannot force me to learn vim beyond how to exit it28 Aug 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5xncpu3sp2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mu3oazdvhbk2i would really like to see a distro deliver its install medium as a unified system image (USI) someday imagine the install steps for a major distro being "extract this zip file to a usb stick and boot from it", no reformatting/flashing required27 Aug 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3oazdvhbk2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mu24jtchvam2related to my last post: it's wild how computers can just Do this27 Aug 2026 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu24jtchvam2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mtzgcw6xtgj2here is doom E1M1 being played back using the linux kernel's OPL3 MIDI driver on an ESS solo-1 PCI soundcard. i apologize in advance https://wetdry.world/@esm/11716425960443457226 Aug 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzgcw6xtgj2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mtysrqr7iuq2this feels ominous, what the hell are they gonna do to pages26 Aug 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtysrqr7iuq2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mts74xbonko2HAPPY MANJARO CERTIFICATE EXPIRATION DAY ‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥24 Aug 2026 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mts74xbonko2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mtrsiwqis5x2trying to find an image/animation that looks really bad when quantized/dithered (e.g. converted to GIF), but is still mostly fine with lossy compression codecs (of note vp8, and specifically webp's usage of it)23 Aug 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrsiwqis5x2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mtp6uumhiac2updated my mkosi images and now chromium shows this on boot22 Aug 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp6uumhiac2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mtfomjxzcfz2if you want to know how dire the state of beat saber with the htc vive wand controllers is: i had to install a mod to be able to pause the goddamn game because they just Don't bind it to anything19 Aug 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfomjxzcfz2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3msz77ifa5te2is there anywhere i can get a pico dvi/hdmi sock that _isn't_ from adafruit14 Aug 2026 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3msz77ifa5te2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3msrpjyntvqu2The Nutty Professor for Game Boy Advance11 Aug 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrpjyntvqu2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3msjdib3pv7i2something is definitely up with my smaller VPS, uptime kuma keeps setting off false alarms (there are periods where i get constant notifs that things are going up/down every minute) and ssh access keeps freezing every now and then07 Aug 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjdib3pv7i2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mrvx3smzf5t2i wonder if there's some kind of project for preserving CD+G discs31 Jul 2026 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvx3smzf5t2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mrskaus3o7y2they're making croc tuah29 Jul 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrskaus3o7y2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mr73k4limzn2real ones remember the dark ages when one of the better options for emulating n64 games on pc was through dolphin22 Jul 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr73k4limzn2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mqrysweg5b62i wish the wii homebrew scene was good16 Jul 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrysweg5b62https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mqpus6dgfoq2sure man whatever, i guess my system that has two entire gpus inside isn't considered a dual-gpu system15 Jul 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpus6dgfoq2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mqkut3vs3ok2obligatory "go watch the 120 star TAS" post https://youtu.be/mVwQD1jTERA13 Jul 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkut3vs3ok2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mqivrojprie2quake is such a timeless game 💖13 Jul 2026 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqivrojprie2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mqaufpnvsnr2idea: multiplayer furnace tracker10 Jul 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqaufpnvsnr2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mqa6mmxemv52i'm still surprised at how many atari xl/xe demos originally made for pal systems just Work on ntsc09 Jul 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqa6mmxemv52https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mq6xmcgewfp2was there ever a leak regarding the nintendo 3ds from 2009 or so? i could've sworn i heard something about it from someone around then before the official announcement, then looking it up on youtube and not finding many relevant results09 Jul 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6xmcgewfp2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mpzkbv7puuh2did you know that you can link oppo and oneplus (the smartphone brands) back to "educational computer" famiclones07 Jul 2026 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzkbv7puuh2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mpprkxsss7v2shoutouts to whoever drew this bunny on one of the classic macs at this computer museum03 Jul 2026 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpprkxsss7v2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mplwpybmnov2sony did a thing i guess ...is it bad that i can't really get myself to care enough about this01 Jul 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplwpybmnov2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mpkg472ttwu2dancerush stardom is neat01 Jul 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkg472ttwu2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mpjphjnkcij2dear distro package maintainers: when packaging libvips, _please_ ensure that you are marking _cgif_ as a dependency and not _giflib_ libvips doesn't use giflib! it uses cgif and a vendored libnsgif for handling the format!! you are shipping a package with broken gif encoding support!!!!30 Jun 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjphjnkcij2https://bsky.app/profile/apub.essem.space/post/3mphqmetwczq2is there a systemd-based distro with a package build system similar to void's and decent support for building/hosting external package repos (anyone criticizing these choices in my replies will be thrown into the sun)30 Jun 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:q63dk26yzetzcrupok7e347j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphqmetwczq2