Adam Nelson
@adam.nels.onl.ap.brid.gy
Mad computer scientist, unfinished project collector, meme enjoyer. Posts mostly tech and memes and tech memes.
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they get surprised all the worker ants are female but they aren't called 'uncles' are they??
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
they get surprised all the worker ants are female but they aren't called 'uncles' are they??
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it has been a while, but whoo, new bloggery: "wastrel, a profligate implementation of webassembly" https://wingolog.org/archives/2025/10/30/wastrel-a-profligate-implementation-of-webassembly
wastrel, a profligate implementation of webassembly — wingolog
wingolog: article: wastrel, a profligate implementation of webassembly
wingolog.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
it has been a while, but whoo, new bloggery: "wastrel, a profligate implementation of webassembly" https://wingolog.org/archives/2025/10/30/wastrel-a-profligate-implementation-of-webassembly
Finally made it to UB4! I don't know if it's even worth trying to go to Master Ball though, the grind is getting ridiculous.
I made it this far with a fairly unique deck. I don't see anyone talking about Alolan Raichu, but it's pretty good!
#pokemontcgpocket
I made it this far with a fairly unique deck. I don't see anyone talking about Alolan Raichu, but it's pretty good!
#pokemontcgpocket
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Finally made it to UB4! I don't know if it's even worth trying to go to Master Ball though, the grind is getting ridiculous.
I made it this far with a fairly unique deck. I don't see anyone talking about Alolan Raichu, but it's pretty good!
#pokemontcgpocket
I made it this far with a fairly unique deck. I don't see anyone talking about Alolan Raichu, but it's pretty good!
#pokemontcgpocket
A while ago, I noticed that the media storage of my Mastodon server was close to using up my entire hard drive on this server, so I started running `tootctl media remove --days=7` in a daily cron job.
I thought, naively, that the deleted media would be re-fetched the next time I viewed it. But […]
I thought, naively, that the deleted media would be re-fetched the next time I viewed it. But […]
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toot.nels.onl
October 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A while ago, I noticed that the media storage of my Mastodon server was close to using up my entire hard drive on this server, so I started running `tootctl media remove --days=7` in a daily cron job.
I thought, naively, that the deleted media would be re-fetched the next time I viewed it. But […]
I thought, naively, that the deleted media would be re-fetched the next time I viewed it. But […]
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ghosts? in my shell? it's more likely than you think.
October 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ghosts? in my shell? it's more likely than you think.
I can hear a mouse in the wall behind my desk.
It's been there for days. I trapped several other mice weeks ago, and sealed the hole I think they're coming in through, but there's one (?) left that won't come out. It won't come out for traps, no matter where I put them. And the cats meow at the […]
It's been there for days. I trapped several other mice weeks ago, and sealed the hole I think they're coming in through, but there's one (?) left that won't come out. It won't come out for traps, no matter where I put them. And the cats meow at the […]
Original post on toot.nels.onl
toot.nels.onl
October 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I can hear a mouse in the wall behind my desk.
It's been there for days. I trapped several other mice weeks ago, and sealed the hole I think they're coming in through, but there's one (?) left that won't come out. It won't come out for traps, no matter where I put them. And the cats meow at the […]
It's been there for days. I trapped several other mice weeks ago, and sealed the hole I think they're coming in through, but there's one (?) left that won't come out. It won't come out for traps, no matter where I put them. And the cats meow at the […]
Gemini is cool but unfortunately unsuited for low-spec and retro computers because it requires TLS. I wonder how feasible it would be to design a new TLS-like encrypted transport using Ascon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascon_%28cipher%29) that could actually run at reasonable speed on retro […]
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toot.nels.onl
September 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gemini is cool but unfortunately unsuited for low-spec and retro computers because it requires TLS. I wonder how feasible it would be to design a new TLS-like encrypted transport using Ascon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascon_%28cipher%29) that could actually run at reasonable speed on retro […]
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We are modernizing the user interface
Pray we do not modernize it further
Pray we do not modernize it further
July 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We are modernizing the user interface
Pray we do not modernize it further
Pray we do not modernize it further
Are you looking for a better approach to federated chat than #matrix or #xmpp? I'm working on #chatterbox, a simple, straightforward federated chat protocol that, ideally, will be more user-friendly (and developer-friendly) than either […]
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toot.nels.onl
September 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Are you looking for a better approach to federated chat than #matrix or #xmpp? I'm working on #chatterbox, a simple, straightforward federated chat protocol that, ideally, will be more user-friendly (and developer-friendly) than either […]
One upside to having a weird personal domain is that I can instantly recognize spam when the title says something about my business, "Nels".
September 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
One upside to having a weird personal domain is that I can instantly recognize spam when the title says something about my business, "Nels".
Another thought re: Chatterbox and https://toot.nels.onl/@adam/115119481028785546
One of my main goals is ease of implementation, and that's the value that my current API isn't living up to.
Maybe the solution is to keep the websocket and protobuf but drop the attempt to mimic gRPC. Just […]
One of my main goals is ease of implementation, and that's the value that my current API isn't living up to.
Maybe the solution is to keep the websocket and protobuf but drop the attempt to mimic gRPC. Just […]
Original post on toot.nels.onl
toot.nels.onl
August 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Another thought re: Chatterbox and https://toot.nels.onl/@adam/115119481028785546
One of my main goals is ease of implementation, and that's the value that my current API isn't living up to.
Maybe the solution is to keep the websocket and protobuf but drop the attempt to mimic gRPC. Just […]
One of my main goals is ease of implementation, and that's the value that my current API isn't living up to.
Maybe the solution is to keep the websocket and protobuf but drop the attempt to mimic gRPC. Just […]
I've been trying to design a new federated chat protocol, Chatterbox, that improves on Matrix and XMPP and is simpler to use and implement than either.
But, after a lot of work designing a WebSocket+Protobuf API, I've had to ask myself... why isn't this just REST? […]
But, after a lot of work designing a WebSocket+Protobuf API, I've had to ask myself... why isn't this just REST? […]
Original post on toot.nels.onl
toot.nels.onl
August 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I've been trying to design a new federated chat protocol, Chatterbox, that improves on Matrix and XMPP and is simpler to use and implement than either.
But, after a lot of work designing a WebSocket+Protobuf API, I've had to ask myself... why isn't this just REST? […]
But, after a lot of work designing a WebSocket+Protobuf API, I've had to ask myself... why isn't this just REST? […]
Just discovered emdasche, how have I not heard of him before, this is great https://emdasche.bandcamp.com/album/look-back-a-pok-mon-ruby-and-sapphire-indie-rock-arrangement-album
August 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just discovered emdasche, how have I not heard of him before, this is great https://emdasche.bandcamp.com/album/look-back-a-pok-mon-ruby-and-sapphire-indie-rock-arrangement-album
With age verification showing up on a bunch of sites all at once for seemingly no reason (Spotify? Really?) and laws like the EU's Chat Control being seriously considered again, it seems like corporations and governments are conspiring to lock down the open internet.
But if that's really their […]
But if that's really their […]
Original post on toot.nels.onl
toot.nels.onl
August 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
With age verification showing up on a bunch of sites all at once for seemingly no reason (Spotify? Really?) and laws like the EU's Chat Control being seriously considered again, it seems like corporations and governments are conspiring to lock down the open internet.
But if that's really their […]
But if that's really their […]
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literally nothing that anyone involved with AI on any level has said in the intervening decades has shaken my ironclad conviction that we are a hundred years out from a skynet-style self-sustaining AI situation. if the alignment-bro apocalyptic scenario were to take place, where suddenly there […]
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mastodon.social
August 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
literally nothing that anyone involved with AI on any level has said in the intervening decades has shaken my ironclad conviction that we are a hundred years out from a skynet-style self-sustaining AI situation. if the alignment-bro apocalyptic scenario were to take place, where suddenly there […]
Made it to UB3 with a Luxray+Zeraora+Oricorio+Pichu deck. This deck _obliterated_ UB1 and UB2, but UB3 is still a wall I can't get past. The decks stay the same, but the players get much better.
#pokemontcgpocket
#pokemontcgpocket
August 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Made it to UB3 with a Luxray+Zeraora+Oricorio+Pichu deck. This deck _obliterated_ UB1 and UB2, but UB3 is still a wall I can't get past. The decks stay the same, but the players get much better.
#pokemontcgpocket
#pokemontcgpocket
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Me, after having to help with a family member's computer for ten minutes
August 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Me, after having to help with a family member's computer for ten minutes
I haven't played OFF, though I know most of the plot because YouTube. But I always appreciate a new Toby Fox soundtrack.
And this song... *chef's kiss* Incredible. Perfect epic, menacing, yet oddly somber boss theme. Been listening to it on repeat. Tricky Tony does it again […]
And this song... *chef's kiss* Incredible. Perfect epic, menacing, yet oddly somber boss theme. Been listening to it on repeat. Tricky Tony does it again […]
Original post on toot.nels.onl
toot.nels.onl
August 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I haven't played OFF, though I know most of the plot because YouTube. But I always appreciate a new Toby Fox soundtrack.
And this song... *chef's kiss* Incredible. Perfect epic, menacing, yet oddly somber boss theme. Been listening to it on repeat. Tricky Tony does it again […]
And this song... *chef's kiss* Incredible. Perfect epic, menacing, yet oddly somber boss theme. Been listening to it on repeat. Tricky Tony does it again […]
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Marowak EX with Will is _so much fun_ in Ranked.
It's not a meta deck. And I don't know if it's good or I'm just lucky. But I've been doing great in Ultra Ball with it; so much of this meta is weak to Fighting.
#pokemontcgpocket
It's not a meta deck. And I don't know if it's good or I'm just lucky. But I've been doing great in Ultra Ball with it; so much of this meta is weak to Fighting.
#pokemontcgpocket
August 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Marowak EX with Will is _so much fun_ in Ranked.
It's not a meta deck. And I don't know if it's good or I'm just lucky. But I've been doing great in Ultra Ball with it; so much of this meta is weak to Fighting.
#pokemontcgpocket
It's not a meta deck. And I don't know if it's good or I'm just lucky. But I've been doing great in Ultra Ball with it; so much of this meta is weak to Fighting.
#pokemontcgpocket
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animated homestuck adaption by vivziepop with john egbert voiced by toby "radiation" fox (credited with nickname). am i dreaming. is this a bit. what
August 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
animated homestuck adaption by vivziepop with john egbert voiced by toby "radiation" fox (credited with nickname). am i dreaming. is this a bit. what
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To err is human; to if err != nil { return nil, err } is golang
August 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
To err is human; to if err != nil { return nil, err } is golang
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free as in freedom motif
July 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
free as in freedom motif