Ben Foote

20+ year software engineer, dad, perpetual tinkerer, nerd.
#blacklivesmatter
I wish the internet was a nicer place.
I'm trying to make software simple again.

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benpocalypse_at_mastodon.social@mostr.pub

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2024-09-20 15:20:01

Why does the stock market exist?

2024-08-28 14:24:01

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2024-08-26 21:16:48

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@npub188q…3jlx I wish mesh wifi solutions weren't so expensive. I ended up ultimately settling on the Orbi, and it makes a huge difference, but jeez.

2024-08-19 16:33:34

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@npub1qe5…8ugl Ezra Klein is a shit heel.

2024-06-07 13:42:45

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@npub1up2…k6en Can't run MS Recall.

2024-05-24 18:28:51

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@npub17td…apfk Please don't do this.

2024-05-20 17:20:54

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@npub12f7…lkxh Having lived in a big city with porch pirates, I recommend a delivery box instead of letting someone in your house.

2024-05-17 00:30:27

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@npub1myy…3uhu Went on my honeymoon there. It was amazing.

2024-05-10 20:05:25

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@npub1tvq…l6jk Flatpak.

2024-04-26 00:34:19

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@npub1hde…de0r Welcome aboard!

2024-04-25 13:08:21

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@npub1g5t…xw4h Wow!

2024-04-05 18:29:30

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@npub1src…fms4 Amazing!

2024-03-31 17:08:25

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@npub1dm5…5sqe Not specifically an Easter punk rock song, but The Vandals have a fun cover of Here I am Lord.

2024-03-05 17:02:50

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@npub12f7…lkxh As promised, this is what I was talking about: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/pull/705
I'm not crazy 😁

2024-03-05 01:30:30

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@npub12f7…lkxh I'm patiently waiting for the portal to land that allows discovery/calling of other installed flatpak apps. It looks like the MR had activity today, so fingers crossed.

2024-02-26 13:59:07

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@npub1wjw…ue5t No.

2024-02-23 17:46:18

I'm officially saying that it's time to stop saying "X, formerly known as Twitter."

2024-02-20 16:24:45

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@npub1ede…nsaa My kids and I made this game during the pandemic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6_ITHpbM60

2024-02-16 18:17:33

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@npub18yv…xxyn I love Athletic Beer. It's my goto when I want something that tastes good.

2024-02-15 22:29:43

Oh man...if you use Slack (I know proprietary garbageware) and can't believe that Slack disabled it on Gnome Web on your #PinephonePro, there is a saint out there that has made a flatpak version of their app that is built against aarch64. It's not pretty, but it works.
https://github.com/andirsun/Slacky

2024-02-01 14:23:48

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@npub1uw8…88kr Pitivi is also a decent option. It doesn't have as many features as Kdenlive or OpenShot, but it's good at what it does.
https://www.pitivi.org/

2024-01-18 16:20:03

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@npub17td…apfk The constant deprecation of graphics API's so that game developers never fully support the platform 😆

2024-01-15 22:48:39

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@npub1h4m…f22a Hope you're also able to stay warm!

2024-01-15 22:42:31

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@npub1g5t…xw4h Wow. You work at a break neck pace. Can't wait to play this game as well!

2024-01-09 13:57:56

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@npub1tvq…l6jk I'm torn because I love games that are in this style, but also have grown to hate capitalism. Guess I'll have to buy all these then...

2023-12-08 14:32:02

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@npub1g5t…xw4h Can't wait to play this!

2023-12-08 13:54:23

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@npub1tvq…l6jk I loved the original World of Goo. I can't wait to play this!

2023-12-02 01:26:29

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@npub1uw8…88kr I'm so mad that it's cloudy here tonight. We haven't been able to see them at all this year due to weather conditions.

2023-12-01 03:41:47

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 I wrote my first game ever in Turbo Pascal. I mixed in some asm routines for the graphics, and my high school teacher for the class was blown away. I wish I still had the source...

2023-11-09 21:46:28

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@npub1src…fms4 We need Koush on Mastodon, or if any of the accounts that appear to be his are here, we need him to post here instead of Xitter.

2023-11-08 18:00:06

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@npub1tvq…l6jk Ahhh that sucks.

2023-10-07 20:28:03

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@npub1c5c…644a I love deep dives on super obscure software bugs. The answer is always something crazy and yet somehow satisfying.
I can't find a link to it at the moment, but there was some crazy Mozilla/Firefox bug years ago where it would crash on the same day every year. I also can't remember what the solution was, but it was an awesome deep dive bug report that took years to find and fix.

2023-09-27 16:24:24

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@npub1d76…897u @npub1z90…uuwf I'm still holding my breath for the GTK4 port of Apostrophe. I love that editor so much.

2023-09-07 22:00:55

Does anyone know how to refresh your Mastodon feed using the #Tuba client on the #PinephonePro? I tried to change the settings to stream my timeline, but that doesn't seem to do the trick. I need a hard refresh!

2023-08-13 22:32:09

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@npub1xzm…eykm I really wanted a purple T-shirt.

2023-08-02 02:42:55

One night a week, my wife and I have an "alone" night after we put the kids to bed. These are usually the times I get to work on my various projects, and my wife will make art or read.
Well, tonight I focused on adding a feature to my static site generator. Aka, I spent an hour and a half trying to decide if there exists a data structure like a SortedDictionairy but one that allows duplicate keys. Turns out, nothing like that exists.
Back to the drawing board I suppose...

2023-07-12 15:02:56

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@npub1dm5…5sqe It's invite only right now, but I would recommend also checking out Tildes as well. The discussion there is extremely high quality, and you can just email to request and invite.

2023-07-06 14:54:44

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@npub1nq0…n00m Hah...that looks awesome.

2023-06-11 14:11:20

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@npub16ur…mx4u Is Gnome Mobile included with the latest upgrade? I'm tempted to test it out on an SD card.

2023-05-25 23:03:33

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@npub12ty…vnqc Good luck. I once tried to publish a game my kids and I made on Google Play and it ended up with my account getting banned for unknown reasons.

2023-05-13 01:36:33

I'm almost 43 years old, and the greatest advice I can give anyone is that the best method to heat up leftover pizza is via a pan on the stove. You're welcome.

2023-05-04 01:13:43

What's this? Oh, just getting some late night coding done on my #PinephonePro 😁
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