Marc Nause @nause_marc@mastodon.xyz

My mini-me feared to run out of practice exercises for basic arithmetic operations today so we wrote a small software which creates simple exercises and checks the user's input. The mini-me laid out the requirements and I did the code. And suddenly I noticed the magic moment when he realised that we had the power to let the machine do anything we liked. #StayAtHome #MagicOfProgramming

Showing tonight: Frankenstein's Army

(Feeling less thin-skinned again.)

TIL about a base-20 numbering system used by shepherds in Northern England. I just love the word "bumfit" for the number 15!

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2020/03/25/counting-sheep/

Watching yet another childhood classic tonight: "Zwei Himmelhunde auf dem Weg zur Hölle", aka "Più forte, ragazzi!", aka "... All the Way, Boys!"

L’aile ou la cuisse? Yes, that's all I can bear with right now. #LouisDeFunès #Escape

Found this #punchcard in an old notebook of mine. I got a bunch of them in a box of vintage computer stuff several years ago and I used them as bookmarks. Sadly this one seems to be the last one that's left. #fortran

#AndroidDev|s, does anybody have any experience with #GDSA (Global Developer Service Alliance, https://www.gdsa.com/)? My application for a dev account is in review. Don't know if it will be granted since I am no company and the account is just for my pet project.

Just in case you don't know what to do on Friday: I'll go to Hamburg to see Ek Minute Baba play live at Hanseplatte (31.01., 21:00).

https://ekminutebaba.bandcamp.com/

Instead of buying an extra monitor for my #c64 I use a cheap video grabber and #VLC now when I want to do stuff without occupying the family TV. Works pretty decent once I figured out all the command line foo: https://low.audioattack.de/viewing-the-output-of-a-c64-on-a-laptop-via-a-stk1160-based-video-grabber

Just installed /e/ on my good old MotoX Play. It comes with the latest security patches. While I love the MotoX Play hardware, I will not use it as a daily driver anymore since #LineageOS 16 is available for my #Fairphone2, but it is good to have an up to date backup. @e_mydata #FreeYourDevice #FreeYourAndroid

The most meaningful thing I did this year: I donated peripheral blood stem cells which helped somebody else to survive a terrible disease.

If you need a New Year's resolution, why not set the goal to register as a stem cell donor in 2020 (for example with #DKMS)?

Had to leave #36c3 today. I failed meeting several people I wanted to meet, but also had some unexpected encounters. I only attended 2 talks, but I held my first lightning talk and I attended a cool SMD soldering workshop. I had a blast, but will prepare myself better next time.

Watch me stepping out of my comfort zone. T -15 minutes

https://c3lt.de/36c3/talk/VVRMMA/

Will anybody bring a Bangle.js to #36c3? I would like to have a short look at the hardware. (Will not disassemble, I promise!) #banglejs

The Bangle.js hackable smart watch looks really tempting. It would be an instant buy for me, if I had not bought an Amazfit Bit just a few months ago which pretty much serves all my needs (but is not open). #banglejs #openhardware #gadgetbridge

https://banglejs.com/

There was just no way Arduino IDE and I would become friends. I set up #PlatformIO (https://platformio.org/) on #VSCodium (https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium) today and it is just such a joy to work with. Finally I am getting stuff done on microcontrollers.