Meg

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I like video games, programming languages, and hacking things up with old video game hardware. I also post a lot about TV I'm watching, and sometimes books I'm reading too.

At my day job I hack on dev tools for a moonshot operating system, and I think Plan 9 is cool. I've also worked on social networks, streaming, and low level network software in the past at companies big and small.

Used to stream on twitch (as megmactv) but don't really anymore.

Anything I say here is 1000% my own opinion and probably no one, including any employers I have or have had in the past agree with me.

#NoUnroll

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Meg7h ago
Misty8h ago

Longshot, but: are you in Canada and have a copy of a CD called "Great Northern" by the fusion jazz band Skywalk? I've been on the hunt for a physical copy, would love to buy it off you.

#music

Show threadMeg2d ago

Related: figuring out a way to soft-poach an egg in the microwave for an egg sandwich has been a bit of a game changer for my mornings lately. I have no trouble cooking eggs all sorts of ways on a stove but I really hate dealing with dishes in the morning so not needing to involve a pan or pot is great.

(I've been putting water in a small bowl, cracking an egg into it, poking the yolk a couple times, then microwaving on 80% power for 80s and letting it sit for a minute after so the white finishes cooking in the hot water)

Meg3d ago
ra6bit3d ago

Nirvana wasn't a grunge band, they were a riot grrl punk band, people just didn't notice because they were dudes.

The sound fits- intentionally "sloppy"/gritty northwestern US punk-

the lyrics fit- they focus on empowerment, sexual assault, racism, classism, patriarchy...

Kurts visual style fits (right down to the thrift store cardigans and dresses)..

Nirvana is a partly gender swapped Bikini Kill.

Meg3d ago
Meg3d ago
dadbod3d ago
“ Amazon’s biggest rival in the e-reader space has formed an official partnership with iFixit to provide repair kits and guides for its latest models. The Kobo Libra Colour and Clara are designed to be opened and repaired. “
https://www.androidauthority.com/amazon-kindle-2026-3657863/
I'm never buying another Kindle, and neither should you

Bricked hardware, ads, and control. The Amazon Kindle is no longer built for readers. Here’s why I’m done with it.

Android Authority
Meg3d ago
For some reason my microwave will let you set its power level to zero. I guess just in case you want to slowly spin a bowl around with a fan going??
Meg3d ago

https://glauca.space/@r/116434222890632831

Ooh this is very cool. I really dislike that Firefox doesn't support webusb, even though I can see a logic to not supporting it.

R (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image 🌟 Project Release Announcement Time! 🎉 I wrote a WebUSB extension for Firefox. This lets web pages access USB devices (with your permission). This has long been supported by Chrome, but Mozilla has not wanted it, at least by default. Fortunately, because add-ons are a thing (for now. make sure to keep fighting for this!), it's possible to change that! Common reasons for wanting this include programming microcontrollers, 3d-printers, smartphone bootloaders, and similar "physical computing" projects. This works on Windows, Linux, and macOS You can get the source code here: https://github.com/ArcaneNibble/awawausb In order to make this work, you will need to install a small program on your computer. This is explained in the README. You can then install the .xpi file (on the GitHub Releases page) into your browser (which was _just_ auto-approved while I was typing this announcement up). Please boost (if you want), test, report bugs, etc. etc. (although do keep in mind that this code is entirely written by a single catgirl) i think this is the perfect type of project to drop late on a sunday / very early on a monday?

Shark corner
Meg4d ago
Show thread⁂ L. Rhodes4d ago
Every time my configuration gets borked, I end up tinkering with my #Kobo and figuring out more things you can do with the FOSS ecosystem that's accumulated around it. This time, it was simpleUI https://github.com/doctorhetfield-cmd/simpleui.koplugin and Kobo sync integration https://ogkevin.github.io/kobo.koplugin/ , which together made me realize that I hadn't paid nearly enough attention to the #KOReader plugin options. I'm steadily creeping toward preferring it over Kobo's Nickel OS.
GitHub - doctorhetfield-cmd/simpleui.koplugin: A highly customizable UI plugin for KOReader that features a home screen, bottom navigation bar, top bar and desktop modules/widgets.

A highly customizable UI plugin for KOReader that features a home screen, bottom navigation bar, top bar and desktop modules/widgets. - doctorhetfield-cmd/simpleui.koplugin

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Show threadMeg4d ago
Another milestone towards spring: first groceries shopped by bike!
Meg4d ago

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@megmac/114428960305769404

I've switched to an email client that doesn't render the email nicely since last year so I'm just gonna quote last year's to say that I got accepted to volunteer as front of house for fringe again this year :)

Maybe I'll scan your ticket if you go! :)

#yegfringe