Gene Pasquet

#Python and #Rust developer. 15-years #emacs user.

Loves #hiking, #synthwave, #sketching, #drawing an collecting #fountainpen.

#foss #linux #rustlang

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2024-08-14 13:03:52

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 I'm surprised there's anyone left on the emacs subreddit that wouldn't have joined mastodon, given how much more compatible it is with the editor and its ideology!

2024-07-31 09:39:32

A failed attempt at #baking #sugarfree #flapjacks. They don't hold together (still good though.) If anyone can suggest a way to increase their structural integrity pls let me know!
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/880/434/868/404/075/original/4944ebe43969a212.jpg

2024-07-16 08:31:29

Really disappointed by the light #themes available, not only in #emacs, but even in #programming #editors in general. Why so much disdain for light themes?
#lightthemes

2024-07-08 10:42:54

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@npub188q…3jlx but at least now we have a map of where all the right-wing extremists are 😇

2024-07-04 09:21:13

A bit miffed about how involved updating #sshd was on #NetBSD. See as follows:
#Debian: apt update && apt full-upgrade -y
#NetBSD:
- Read the official communication on the issue
- Learn how to setup the OS sources in /usr/src
- Set up the OS sources following the manual
- Compile openssh & install as per instructions

2024-07-03 09:16:17

It's hard to realise how much you start relying on #magit. I just had to rebase a feature branch onto a main branch and started doing that in terminal. But I quickly got tired of typing commands, opened up #emacs, opened the project and did it in magit...

2024-07-02 09:08:27

I finally bothered using ediff with my #magit conflicts. It's so good, so much better than #smerge. No idea why it's not the default when hitting enter on a conflict item...
#emacs #diff #git #development

2024-06-27 06:20:24

#Famous #Emacs #Users
http://xahlee.info/emacs/misc/famous_emacs_users.html

2024-06-11 17:28:18

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 what's stopping you from running #linux on that macbook m1?

2024-06-04 17:42:41

Received my new #jinhao 9019! A brilliant writer!
#jinhao9019 #jinhao9019dadao #fountainpen #newpenday #NPD
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/559/580/379/624/424/original/e0bf1e276da427ac.jpg

2024-05-30 13:23:32

I wrote my retrospective on this #lispgamejam. A lot of positives!
https://itch.io/jam/spring-lisp-game-jam-2024/topic/3795777/my-overview-of-this-spring-lisp-game-jam

2024-05-28 17:58:02

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 i ditched that shit, got Android phone and installed syncthing on my home server/NAS.

2024-05-28 07:49:48

Need more ratings for the #lispgamejam people! many only have a single #rating :/
#lisp #gamedev #game
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/517/614/072/487/188/original/5e8d76693d744b85.png

2024-05-27 21:40:34

#lispgamejam while @npub1mcc…nxed is struggling, you can still play my pixelly-car #lisp #game over here:
#itchio #outage
https://gitlab.com/binary-ec/turbo-racer#installation

2024-05-27 14:29:28

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@npub19y8…wxgj Any luck in running my pixel racer yet?

2024-05-27 10:02:04

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@npub19y8…wxgj i think everybody should be asked to target the same Linux VM, that way the setup would be a lot simpler

2024-05-27 08:28:59

Now comes the hardest part of the #lispgamejam: making sure other people can actually play your creation... No wonder browser-based games are so popular, next time I'll use #guile #hoot I think.

2024-05-26 11:38:41

Here we go #lispgamejam
https://etenil.itch.io/turbo-racer-3000

2024-05-26 11:22:27

Is there anyone on #macos who would be kind enough to bundle my #guile #lisp game for the Apple operating system so I can add it to itch.io?
Just clone the repo and run make bundle.
https://gitlab.com/binary-ec/turbo-racer
#lispgamejam

2024-05-26 11:10:52

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@npub19y8…wxgj I'm just concatenating the modules into the main file. No time

2024-05-26 10:29:24

How on earth does one bundle additional module source code with #guile #chickadee? Making the code keyword a list fails, and I don't understand how to use guild to pre-compile it.

2024-05-26 09:36:01

Grumble. I started out wanting to make a little arcade car driving #game. Now I've actual acceleration numbers from a ferrari testarossa implemented to scale, some implementation of engine RPM and gearing... Things got out of hand somewhere... #lispgamejam

2024-05-26 09:07:44

I've never done so much #maths and #physics during this #lispgamejam since university! Programming a game is a lot of maths!
#lisp

2024-05-25 06:06:22

Implemented #game menus! Almost ready for prime time! #lispgamejam
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/500/222/637/737/656/original/8888ab4b14c029ef.png

2024-05-25 05:05:25

Designed my very first #sprite with #libresprite for my #game. Quite happy with the result!
#lispgamejam
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/499/982/289/117/755/original/3756eb3354dd45d1.png

2024-05-24 05:52:12

Slowly getting down the TODO list :) #lispgamejam
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/494/502/048/407/158/original/f375976726fa7bf9.png

2024-05-23 19:14:13

More progress on my #lispgamejam entry today; I've implemented most of the game logic now 😀 Next I'll add some fun bits and finally rework some sprites and visuals before the end on Monday!

2024-05-23 08:35:26

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@npub1w66…rc58 Wow the results aren't bad actually. I totally didn't know about Searx! Thanks for that!

2024-05-23 08:31:43

Shit #duckduckgo is down. How am I supposed to work without selling my soul to Google!?

2024-05-22 18:17:25

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@npub1ptm…rtr5 this is the current version:
https://gitlab.com/binary-ec/turbo-racer/-/blob/main/turbo.scm?ref_type=heads#L78

2024-05-22 09:09:25

Is there a better way to write this in scheme? That looks ugly to me:
(define (player-collides?)
(let ((player-hitbox (vehicle-hitbox player-position)))
(let loop ((vehicles vehicles))
(if (rect-intersects? player-hitbox (vehicle-hitbox (vehicle-position (car vehicles))))
#t
(if (null? (cdr vehicles))
#f
(loop (cdr vehicles)))))))
#lisp #scheme #lispgamejam

2024-05-19 22:16:56

Today I got more time than expected to dedicate to the #springlispgamejam2024. I managed to refactor the game logic (still using no ECS...) to get some gameplay with collisions and randomness; and add music! (No sound effects yet...) #GNUGuile and #chickadee are very good BTW. #lisp #lispgamejam

2024-05-19 15:24:09

These are your father's parentheses. An elegant weapon... For a more civilised age.
#scheme #lisp #springlispgamejam2024
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/468/439/612/399/923/original/96555fab36e72eae.png

2024-05-13 06:11:28

Alright, #guile + #chickadee are now set up in preparation for the #lisp #gamejam 2024! Let the fun commence!
#lispgamejam
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/432/293/607/632/668/original/7c3236eb7fef8ecc.png

2024-03-26 14:06:00

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 at best the treesitter modes work the same for me, at worst they bug out like python-ts-mode sometimes and I need to switch it back out. So not sure if anything has gotten any better.

2024-03-20 09:17:09

#emacs.ch is mot blocked by the great firewall of China, to my great surprise. I felt sure they would have blocked the entirety of the fediverse!

2024-03-15 07:20:52

And I finally succeeded in installing #gentoo! Thus achieving a new level in my #Linux skill :D. Next is #linuxfromscratch?
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/098/492/447/001/802/original/350c204c220f2198.jpg

2024-03-11 11:07:49

@npub1w66…rc58 Could you add a link in the newsletter to read the #systemcrafters newsletter on your website with proper formatting? I receive them on a Gmail account and the newsletter looks awful both in HTML and in plain text (see attached). Thanks!
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/076/735/392/820/316/original/e9b00dcd1e5c73cf.png

2024-03-02 09:12:10

I've been using #NetBSD 10 on a laptop for several weeks now. I observed that #emacs seemed pretty slow to start. I know the editor does quite a lot of file IO on startup so I suspected something odd with #disk #IO on #NetBSD and ran a benchmark.
The results are quite surprising. Hopefully someone competent with NetBSD reads this and can advise. Please have read:
https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/gmni.etenil.net/disk-benchmark.gmi
gemini://gmni.etenil.net/disk-benchmark.gmi

2024-02-21 11:36:36

A little #Emacs #package I made to easily see what #semver constraints translate to in the echo area. For example to ensure that ~1.1.0 actually does translate to >=1.1.0 <1.2.0 and avoid mistakes!
https://gitlab.com/binary-ec/semver.el

2024-02-14 17:48:38

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@npub15fe…x47v I did read the article, the points highlighted dont shock me as Mozilla tries to keep up with their competitors that also invest in the same sort of features/technologies. I wanted to know why you felt enough was enough.

2024-02-14 17:27:08

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@npub15fe…x47v I'm confused, what is it exactly that you find unpalatable with Mozilla's direction that makes you think switching to librewolf is a better idea?

2024-02-06 08:02:37

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@npub1x54…da4c @npub19y8…wxgj #Emacs of course

2024-01-06 18:33:25

A little #comicstrip I drew based on the characters recently entering the #publicdomain
#comic #mickeymouse #SteamboatWillie
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/111/710/433/927/591/608/original/6439358fdbc1511f.png

2024-01-05 15:25:42

Does anyone know of a #mastodon #bot that aggregates today's top #news #headlines in a single post?

2023-11-21 15:08:27

#gnu name system:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9498.html
#distributed #dns

2023-11-14 19:44:38

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 and to think it's a printer that started the free software movement. Microsoft has found the way to destroy all free software!

2023-11-13 17:20:08

I've (re)started my #book reading #journaling lately. Here a photo of my latest entry with my #jinhao x159 #fountainpen inked with #diamine green black.
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/111/404/376/970/857/456/original/0b9395869f683667.jpg

2023-11-09 05:10:27

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@npub19y8…wxgj @npub1jw4…99y9 I could never get to grips with common lisp's loop. I must have gone through the loop chapter in Practical Common Lisp 10 times...

2023-11-06 18:40:00

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 this mastodon instance made me use a social network and gave me access to much more #emacs news, ideas and material. Thanks a lot @npub1fzx…t6h3

2023-11-06 18:38:20

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 not sure, the education system I'm familiar with just copes with shoestring budgets and uses what they're given. They basically use donated money to equip themselves with computers for the children.
I posit that this is entrapment through convenience, and extreme consumerism.

2023-11-06 16:45:54

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 They all want a piece of you... Nowadays, even when you pay you're still the product.

2023-11-06 12:32:02

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 it was a Royal Kludge keyboard and it must have been 5 year old, so not unexpected for it to start developing issues

2023-11-06 11:29:32

Well it happened. My #mechanical #keyboard died. It's with regret that I decided to call it quits and just get a Logitech K380 instead. I'm liking it so far even though it can't match the feel of mechanical switches.
#mechanicalkeyboard #logitech

2023-09-25 08:53:39

Holy crap, the new UI of #slack reveals just how completely bloated the software has become. (I also think it looks ugly, but that's in the eye of the beholder).

2023-08-15 09:23:23

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@npub15fe…x47v I also use C-x C-e at the end of the sexp that interests me, it prints the output of the call into the modeline (and the *Messages* buffer)

2023-07-14 12:33:41

Yay, my #Gentoo VM is now working :). Now to figure out how to get a working graphical environment.

2023-06-08 10:29:21

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@npub1w66…rc58 I don't have an answer as to the motivation, but I don't really understand the negativity, is there something bad about creating more fonts?
I think it's cool that we're not just setting on DejaVu and that there is some funding for more fonts to be created. At the end of the day they're FOSS fonts so they don't hurt anyone.

2023-06-04 14:43:41

And I finally published my game for the #lispgamejam in #itchio. Feel free to download and try it out (the code is awful).
https://etenil.itch.io/magnetic-trek
https://diode.zone/w/xo2R6LkdSexsDdaP5ubngF

2023-05-23 12:26:47

Just watched the @npub1w66…rc58 's #youtube livestream on #emacs #dired on the system crafters channel. There are so many uses and so many nifty tricks I didn't know about with Dired!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ZssDbEt4A