Notes | Brutkey

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

I really wish the Internet Archive could stop lying in their HTTP User-Agent headers. To be specific, I wish they could stop claiming to be either ancient versions of browsers or modern versions of browsers that are different from the browser engines they're actually using. It's hurting their ability to, you know, archive stuff, because these days such mismatches look a lot like bad crawlers.

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

Sylvia Ritter
@sylvia_ritter@mastodon.social

The annual flower pot marathon festival.
Advent Calendar - Door 21. 🌿

#art #bunny #fantasy #nature #fediart #mastoart

This is another speedpainting from my bunny series in purple, green, pink and white colors) :).

At night we can see a crowd of bunnies cheering at the recurring flower pot racing festival.

We can see at least six flower pots (one in the distance, so who knows how many contestants take part in this wild event) with various plants planted in their pots and joined by their jockeys. The pots have long root legs. Perfect for getting the contestants to the finish line. The winner of the marathon is already celebrating, while the other bunnies are still trying to get the best result. One of them looks rather tired. This event is very important for this crowd, finally something good, where they can spend some quality time together.

https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-21122025-1277716442

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

Anubi (without the Arts)
@anubiarts@app.wafrn.net

i swear there are games with names like "Splongo Pliko" that contain the most heartfelt story ever told through the medium of videogames with incredible gameplay that all AAA companies have been trying to achieve for decades but never could, and it was all made by a single person between break times

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

Dinchen
@dinchenix@mastodon.art

It is the end of the year and you're walking through fresh snow under the Northern Lights and you feel a little endless ❄
#pixelart #dinchenix #auroraborealis

pixel art illustration of a wintery scene showing the northern lights in different colors, which are reflecting onto a lake below. behind the water, on the snow is a hut with windows glowing in warm light, behind the hut is a forest of pine trees and a mountain range in the distance.

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

Antoinne Sterk
@antoinnesterk@cyberplace.social

Lichtjesavond (Laren)

#Urban #Photography

A small, rounded green glass jar with a tea light inside. The lantern sits on weathered wooden floorboards. The wood grain is prominent, and the teal glow casts long, warm shadows and a colored highlight across the planks.

To the left, a portion of a simple wooden church stool is visible. Behind the wooden platform is a transition to a darker tiled or stone floor.

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

kazé
@fabi1cazenave@mastodon.social

Quick PSA : yes, #Mozilla has been disappointing, but so far, they’re the only organization preventing Google to have a full control over web standards. Blink/WebKit-based browsers (Chromium, Vivaldi…) do NOT help at all in that regard.

So please use #Firefox or a #Gecko-based alternative (#ZenBrowser, #LibreWolf…). Ride the nightly release train and report bugs if you can. #Servo is getting ready, but for the next ~5 years, Gecko is our only suitable option.

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

Ivan Molodetskikh
@YaLTeR@mastodon.online

i added the pointer warping thing from blender to when you drag the view around in niri with the mouse

hf with this new way to pass time during boring meetings

(on a more serious note this helps when you need to scroll further than the edge of your monitor allows)

also unrelated: merged optional config includes earlier today

#niri

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

joomy
@joomy@functional.cafe

the UNIX v4 tape reminded me of this story by Ali Akurgal about Turkish bureaucracy:

Do you know what the unit of software is? A meter! Do you know why? In 1992, we did our first software export at Netaş. We wrote the software, pressed a button, and via the satellite dish on the roof, at the incredible speed of 128 kb/s, we sent it to England. We sent the invoice by postal mail. $2M arrived at the bank. 3-4 months passed, and tax inspectors came. They said, “You sent an invoice for $2M?” “Yes,” we said. “This money has been paid?” they asked. “Yes,” we said. “But there is no goods export; this is fictitious export,” they said! So we took the tax inspectors to R&D and sat them in front of a computer. “Would you press this ‘Enter’ key?” we asked. One of them pressed it, then asked, “What happened?” “You just made a $300k export, and we’ll send its invoice too, and that will be paid as well,” we said. The man felt terrible because he had become an accomplice! Then we explained how software is written, what a satellite connection is, and how much this is worth. They said, “We understand, but there has to be a physical goods export; that’s what the regulations require.” So we said: “Let’s record this software onto tape (there were no CDs back then—nor cassettes; we used ½-inch tapes) and send that.” Happy to have found a solution, they said, “Okay, record it and send it.” The software filled two reels, which were handed to a customs broker, who took them to customs and started the export procedure. The customs officer processed things and at one point asked, “Where are the trucks?” The broker said, “There are no trucks—this is all there is,” and pointed to the tape reels on the desk. The customs officer said, “These two envelopes can’t be worth $2M; I can’t process this.” We went to court, an expert committee examined whether the two reels were worth $2M. Fortunately, they ruled that they were, and we were saved from the charge of fictitious export. The same broker took the same two reels to the same customs officer, with the court ruling, and restarted the procedure. However, during the process, the unit price, quantity, and total price of the exported goods had to be entered—as per the regulations. To avoid dragging things out further, they looked at the envelope, saw that it contained tape, estimated how many meters of tape there are on one reel, and concluded that we had exported 1k to 2k meters of software. So the unit of software became the meter.

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

Sylvia Ritter
@sylvia_ritter@mastodon.social

Living in the Shadows.
Advent Calendar - Door 20. 💫

#art #mastoart #fediart #scifi #nature #adventure #fantasy

A fresh vivid green and blue alien planet where the people live and build their cities in the shadows and on the upper surface of giant stony upside down shard structures. Red and orange light sources accentuate three capital shard cities. The clouds follow the bright blue sky. It is a peaceful place, where nature is cherished and you can recharge.

https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-20122025-1277365529

Niko (Martin) :heart_ace:
@martinligabue@tsukihi.me

Antoinne Sterk
@antoinnesterk@cyberplace.social

Earlier Today

#Landscape #Nature #Photography

A sunset viewed through a dense, leafless birch forest.

The foreground is a dark, textured floor covered in a thick layer of fallen leaves.

The trees are entirely in silhouette, appearing as dark, jagged vertical lines that create a rhythmic, almost barred pattern across the middle of the image.

At the horizon, there is a fiery, intense orange and red glow, which transitions upward into a soft, hazy lavender and pale pink toward the top of the frame.