@casualcomputing

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Guy with family and friends, and now also a dog, living somewhere rainy and cold in the northern hemisphere.

Developer of Sputter Music #Sequencer for #android and accompanying #puredata patch Spitback.

The last couple of years I have also been into #3dprinting and #microcontrollers. They have become performant enough to do #audio and #musictechnology, which is awesome.

Hope to find more people on here to share those interests with.

Dev bloghttps://casualcomputing.info/
Spitback Pure Data Patchhttps://github.com/funkyfourier/spitback
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxwVhByaxnwujqrXs6q1Xxw
Android is on the track to become closed down like iOS is. We need to do somethibg about it. Here's why and how:
https://keepandroidopen.org/
#keepandroidopen #android #freedom #smartphones #foss #software
Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

To an extent, social media has raised my profile, but I’ve been blogging since 2006 and would do better than most if social media disappeared. I have my own platform.

What bothers me most about social media—including Hacker News, Mastodon, Reddit, Twitter/X, etc.—is that it provides a platform to idiots, those who say shit so dumb, glib, and insipid that nobody would ever see it or pay attention unless the platform places their posts conspicuously in reply to something interesting.

Remember "Metal Slug", a hardcore arcade side-scroller?

I've ported a clone to SDL2 and for the web in https://midzer.de/wasm/minislug/

Even playable on mobile, would not recommend though =D

MiniSlug

Metal Slug clone ported for the web

Finally made some more progress with migrating to new native C++ sequencer code!

Read more at: https://casualcomputing.info/posts/playhead-movement-fully-working/

Playhead Movement Fully Working Again

Playhead movement is now fully working with the new native C++ sequencer code, as can be seen in this video: Implementing movement of the playhead is not as straightforward as it might seem. This is functionality is often taken for granted and it is hard to fathom on the surface how hard and complex this problem really is. I will attempt to explain:

Casual Computing

And here it is in action in a simple demo showing all 12 channels playing.

https://makertube.net/w/fULfpG9LNwpb3iCfavVkAp

Arduino Quad AY-3-8910 First Demonstration

PeerTube
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) on the Qweremin

YouTube

According to Google, #Conversations_im is now also collecting users’ email addresses.

Pretty much the exact same thing that happened to Quicksy about a month agoÂą is now also happening to Conversations.

An app update I submitted ~48 hours ago passed review without any issues. A subsequent update just now, which contained very minor bug fixes, was rejected because I failed to declare that I’m collecting email addresses.

I’m so tired of this bullshit.

Âą: https://gultsch.social/@daniel/114954618263198238

Had a look inside the LIPS TV (really an elderly LG) that broke down recently. Not much I can do, I’m afraid. Measured some of the birdseed components (all good), the ICs are likely acting up. The only thing wrong with it is the HDMI inputs not working, so it might be the HDMI switcher chip?
I'm not sure where "small indie developers" scamming their customers is a good thing. I am a small indie game dev struggling to make a living and I don't scam my players.I'm not sure a "pay forever" model is a good thing for anyone. You have been conned into think it's a good thing, but it's a bad thing for the rest of us. Four year old Kaleidoscope works fine, why should I keep paying for pointless upgrades I don't need.

“Why I prefer human-readable file formats”

Choosing human-readable file formats is an act of technological sovereignty. It's about maintaining control over your data, ensuring long-term accessibility, and building systems that remain comprehensible and maintainable over time. The slight overhead of human readability pays dividends in flexibility, durability, and peace of mind.

These format

https://www.osnews.com/story/143009/why-i-prefer-human-readable-file-formats/

#OSNews

“Why I prefer human-readable file formats” – OSnews