From 8592e25b4d36a83ca1c81d49e24c12e0315085cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florrie Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 19:53:57 -0300 Subject: "Initial" commit --- site/posts/14-inconspicuous-update.md | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+) create mode 100644 site/posts/14-inconspicuous-update.md (limited to 'site/posts/14-inconspicuous-update.md') diff --git a/site/posts/14-inconspicuous-update.md b/site/posts/14-inconspicuous-update.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc0c98e --- /dev/null +++ b/site/posts/14-inconspicuous-update.md @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ + + title: "Inconspicuous Update" + permalink: '14-inconspicuous-update' + date: {m: 6, d: 13, y: 2017} + categories: + - 'text' + - 'dev' + +--- + +# Inconspicuous Update + +Writing about the things I've done is fun, and maybe even interesting to some, +so since I wrote a particularly in-depth entry for today's occurings, I figured +I'd share that. Onwards! + +--- + +* I read about Twitter's lovely new "shadow banning" feature. Essentially it's + this new automated mechanic that blocks Twitter accounts from being seen by + others, without telling anyone. You can imagine the trouble this would cause + when somebody's following someone else, and they aren't getting notifications + for the mentions written by a person they're following..! There's a whole lot + of other gook related to the issue; + [this thread was informative.](https://twitter.com/Aichmomanic/status/874160155960647681) + +* I worked on my English course. I'm done The Old Man and the Sea; now I'm + learning about writing a biography. It's not going to be an /auto/biography + (that is, I won't be the subject); I'm not sure whether that'll make it + easier or not. The assignment lets you pick whoever you want. (In fact, + that's essentially the entire current assignment - pick somebody!) + I picked AntVenom, because, unlike most other YouTubers, his life on the + YouTube website has been somewhat tumultuous. (To be fair, the assignment + didn't ask for a YouTuber specifically; but AntVenom works well since his + life has been somewhat more interesting than the usual (or is it conceptual?) + rainbows and sunshine filled career.) + +* I worked on my Khan Academy algebra. I'm not sure how much progress I + actually made - it looks like I mostly did things I'd already practiced + before - but hey. It's good to keep the mind fresh by revisting old things. + +* I experimented with my Raspberry Pi; this time I configured it to not use + the somewhat bloated desktop environment, in favor of a simple console-only + display. I'm not sure if that's actually improved much performance-wise, + but intuitively it should, and at least I don't have to worry about there + being some gigantic UI sitting around not being used when I'm only SSHing + into the device! + + (I also tried out tmux; it's as slightly confusing as it's always been. I + tried the Lynx browser, but it seems to be missing some basic browser + features on the surface, such as scrolling by a single line rather than by a + whole page; and naturally it doesn't work perfectly with every site. On + another note, I figured out how to get my stupid gray ethernet cable out of + whatever device it's plugged into - you only need to push down on its grip + part and pull out! That should have been obvious from the start. Oh well; at + least I know now.) + +* I read about the + [C Seed 262-inch TV](http://uncrate.com/article/c-seed-262-inch-tv/). + It's quite the large TV..! Too bad the only pictures of it didn't compare it + to, you know, an ordinary-sized room. It's not as easy to get a sense of how + huge it is when your only reference is a few couches and a table. + +* I took a look at some old Scratch projects that I favorited on my original + Scratch account. Hm, did I say something about keeping the mind fresh by + revisiting old things..? + +* I made [a tiny music visualizer](https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/165923925/) + in Scratch. + +* I got a bit of an idea on using microphones and speakers to communicate + between a DS and a Raspberry Pi. The basic concept is that the DS has a + built-in microphone, which we can use to send data to the DS, and an + auxiliary output cable slot, which we can use to get data from the DS. Then + we can make the DS and some other device (like the Raspberry Pi) talk to + each other! (Too bad it's not wireless. It seems like it should be possible + to dos something like this wirelessly, since the DS does have some sort of + Wi-Fi support, but it doesn't seem to really be standard. Apparently it + requires some Nintendo service to be online, which hasn't been since 2015..?) + +* I considered printing all of + [Piers Anthony's newsletter](http://hipiers.com/backissues.html). I'd love + to have it all as a book; it'll take a ton of work, if I do decide to do + that, though! (In theory it'd be best to just automate the process, but then + you run into issues such as - what if there's a table embedded? What if + there's something that simply NEEDS human notice to be dealt with well? So + doing it by hand is kind of required. It also seems like there's just a bit + of merit to going through all of his posts by hand; though I'll mostly be + copy-pasting. Or who knows. Maybe I'll go and type it all out manually. Wait, + no, that's a terrible idea - each of his posts are several thousands of + words long, and he's written well over a hundred and fifty posts! Yikes.) -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5