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blinryMy fourth and final morning workshop at #39c3 is taking place tomorrow (day 4), at 11:00 in workshop room D (2nd floor):
Draw your own mouse cursor theme!
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/event/detail/lets-build-our-own-cursor-themes-for-linux
blinryTomorrow at #39c3, I'll do a workshop about Jujutsu, a Git-compatible version control system that is both simple and powerful! <3
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Time: Day 1, 11:00 UTC+1
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Place: Workshop room D (2nd floor)
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More info: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/event/detail/jujutsu-a-git-compatible-version-control-system
blinryRE: https://mastodon.social/@nicosemsrott/115718366956608168
blinry-Suchspiel hard mode! :D
(Bin ca. 1 Sekunde zu sehen, aber dafür bildschirmfüllend! Gebe gern mehr Tipps bei Bedarf.)
War sehr schön gestern, ich mag die positive, spielerische Grundstimmung auf den Demos von @pruef_de@mastodon.social. <3
Am 10. Januar dann in:
- Hamburg @pruef_hh@mastodon.social
- München @pruef_by@mastodon.social und neu:
- Düsseldorf @pruef_nrw@mastodon.social
Nico SemsrottWir verfolgen mit den PRÜF-Demos eine bestimmte Strategie. Und so sieht das dann in der Praxis aus! #pruef @pruef_de@mastodon.social @pruef_hh@mastodon.social
https://youtu.be/1vufBsRm93g
blinryI applied for a 100-day space mission simulation study at the @DLR@social.bund.de the other day, and was immediately rejected! :D Probably due to my penicillin intolerance, which fits one of the exclusion criteria of this study…
Anyhow, this was the closest of being an astronaut as I'll probably ever get!
https://dlr-probandensuche.de/100-day-space-analog-mission-participants-wanted-for-isolation-study-at-dlr/
blinryWe're ready for beta testing! 
Turns out that the basic functionality for the Fedi Matchmaker bot didn't take a lot of code to implement.
We're now looking for ~10 beta testers, to gather feedback and prioritize the remaining features!
The bot will match you with another participant every Friday evening. The idea is that you then schedule a call or a chat, and get to know each other a bit!
Send us a DM if you want to be a beta tester! You may drop out any time.
@piko@chaos.social
blinryHere's the Python source code, if you're curious:
https://codeberg.org/Piko/fedi-matchmaker-bot
blinryWe think we'll be ready for a trial run pretty soon! So we have another question:
Imagine the bot would initially match you once per week. At which time should the bot ideally send out the DMs that you've been matched with another person?
Which downsides/upsides would these different times have for you?
(These might be other times of day for you if you're not in a European timezone.)
blinryWe're ready for beta testing!
Turns out that the basic functionality for the Fedi Matchmaker bot didn't take a lot of code to implement.
We're now looking for ~10 beta testers, to gather feedback and prioritize the remaining features!
The bot will match you with another participant every Friday evening. The idea is that you then schedule a call or a chat, and get to know each other a bit!
Send us a DM if you want to be a beta tester! You may drop out any time.
@piko@chaos.social
blinryStarted building a musical toy, where your entire keyboard is an instrument! ⌨
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It has three modes: In the first one, the pitch that is played corresponds to the Javascript keyCode of the key!
It's fun to look for words that sound nice! :D
You can try it here: https://files.blinry.org/keyboard-instrument/
(Heads up: The video has beepy sounds! And you need a physical keyboard for the demo.)
blinryIn the second mode, the pitch corresponds to the x position of the key's center!
So it's a bit like a... weird, microtonal piano, with way too many "in between" keys?
blinryStarted building a musical toy, where your entire keyboard is an instrument! ⌨️🎶
It has three modes: In the first one, the pitch that is played corresponds to the Javascript keyCode of the key!
It's fun to look for words that sound nice! :D
You can try it here: https://files.blinry.org/keyboard-instrument/
(Heads up: The video has beepy sounds! And you need a physical keyboard for the demo.)
blinryFor listening, I think our test supervisor was more nervous that many of us – they seemed a bit worried that the audio playback would fail! But it worked just fine.
The task-based comprehension questions seemed to go okay for me, while I made many educated guesses in the "quick response" section.
blinryThe base rate for passing the N4 tests seems to be around 40%, and I think I was a bit underprepared, so I'd give myself a 1/3rd chance of passing? The other test takers I talked to afterwards seemed more confident, at least.
Results will be available at the end of January... so now I wait.
Thanks for cheering me on, everyone! :D This was fun!
blinryThe grammar & reading section went alright, and I understood many things! ✨
I think this was my best section. There also were a couple of texts I didn't have time to fully comprehend, so I took some guesses.
blinryFor listening, I think our test supervisor was more nervous that many of us – they seemed a bit worried that the audio playback would fail! But it worked just fine.
The task-based comprehension questions seemed to go okay for me, while I made many educated guesses in the "quick response" section.