I'm Josh, also known as Jodhus. Adequate husband, passable father, functional systems administrator.
Things that make me happy:
- I'm into #retrocomputing. I'm quite nostalgic for the #c64 and #amiga computers I owned as a child.
- My father introduced me to #linux and #openbsd in the late 90's and I've used them both ever since. He was also instrumental in encouraging the concepts of #security and #privacy to me at an early age.
- My way of giving back to my friends/family/community is by #selfhosting and offering various services to them, including services that promote #federation.
- I like to tinker with #python and #rust programming, leading to questionable results.
- I find humor in almost anything and tend to not be offended by much; however, I will explode into fits of giggles for #nonsequitur and #snarky humor. I am a big fan of #mst3k and #rifftrax.
- I love most genres of music, but I'm not a fan of pop and modern country.
- I used to have lots of fun with #nightphotography back when my camera was state-of-the-art, but have not had the chance in nearly two decades.
- The way to my heart is through #thaifood, #sushi, and most other Asian cuisine.
Jodhus shared 2 days ago
Cringe-worthy 90’s Contemporary Christian music
Cringe-worthy 90’s Contemporary Christian music
This is what I was subjected to as a kid and my brain decides now, 30 years later, to bring back the suppressed memory:
Jodhus shared 3 days ago
New collection of archive tracks by Brothomstates - https://brothomstates.bandcamp.com/album/rekobn-tich-ey - these are from 1997/1998 or thereabouts. Glad these get to be heard.
Try not to bop your head. I dare you.
Jodhus shared 5 days ago
Is there a place I can buy computer peripherals that aren't laced with LEDs? I don't need my machine lighting up my office like the Singularity. . .
This remix will never grow old on me. One of the most beautiful things I've ever heard:
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Jodhus shared 11 days ago
Most of Infocom's early Macintosh ports displayed a full-screen "Infocom" logo as you booted the floppy disk, but "Zork I" had this amazing custom startup screen instead.
Jodhus shared 15 days ago
some #obscure #UltimaOnline #RetroGaming #history
back in the late 90s, when #uo's playerbase was exploding, player-built houses were both a convenient secure location, and a social signal of personal wealth. when a new shard (server) opened, players would race around the map trying to find legal "placements" for house deeds... areas where you could erect a home that had flat land, and no rocks or trees in the way. open land was truly scarce, and competitions to place a house were fierce.
to combat the real estate rush, #OriginSystems implemented a "decay" mechanic that would make your house collapse/disappear if it was unoccupied for a few weeks. thousands of homes disappeared this way, to the extreme frustration of the player community.
in the late 90s, a player placed this tiny single room house on the Napa Valley shard, between the towns of Minoc and Vesper. it remained occupied for years, until it was converted into a "public house" without locks. the house still stands to this day, 24 years later. it is one of the longest standing player-built homes in the history of the #mmorpg.
read the entire story here, as told by /u/MacroPlanet:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ultimaonline/comments/1097crs/rediscovering_old_places_in_uo_napa_valley/
Jodhus shared 15 days ago
f(x,y) = (((~x) % (y - 15)) * ((~x) + (20 - x))) & (-((~y) | (y + 19)))
Extent: 256x256 (scaled x2)
"Gradient" colouring scheme.
I’ve been using vi as an editor ever since my father was using it on his Amiga 2000 running Workbench 2.1. However, I’ve recently been looking into maybe giving emacs a try. I’m sure this will be an interesting mind unfscking. . .
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A story on giving credit:
Back in the 00s, I attended a network analysis tutorial taught by @taosecurity.
He had been called into an intrusion response. The client gave him the firewall logs. They had logged all blocked packets, but no passed traffic. He looked at them for a moment and pushed them away. They were useless. "They told me what *didn't* happen, not what happened."
I had had the exact same experience, but his phrasing was perfect.
Later, I was writing an article on flow-tools for (IIRC) O'Reilly. I could have just used that phrase. Who cares, it's just words, right? Instead, I told the truth and said I'd heard it in a tutorial.
RB read the article and said "Hey, that was me." He became one of my most vocal supporters, and still encourages folks to buy my books to this day.
All because I gave him credit.
Turns out, it was a broadly used cliche that I had never heard before. If I had simply used his phrase, he wouldn't have even noticed.
Credit is among the most valuable social currencies, and costs you nothing. NOTHING. Spend it liberally.
I remember borrowing this album back when listening to secular music in my family/school was considered taboo and being shocked to hear Adam cuss in a few songs. My father took me on a trip to visit my aunt in Michigan and I listened to this album non-stop on the way there and back. It was the beginning of the end for my limited collection of contemporary Christian garbage. . .
Jodhus shared 25 days ago
"2023 in RoguelikeDev", our fourth annual month-long event in which devs share their progress from the last year, and plans for the next \o/
https://old.reddit.com/r/roguelikedev/comments/100xl3z/2023_in_roguelikedev_a_january_event/
Get motivated for a a new year of #roguelike #gamedev :D
#roguelikedev
Jodhus shared 26 days ago
Some favorites from 2022, my first year of #astrophotography
