Nearly 20 years old, LEGO NXT is now running #MicroPython! 😀

LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 (2013) is still the first priority, but we're pulling along NXT (2006) as we go. Much of it is is already working.

Thanks @schodet @danderson and many others.

#retrocomputing #ewaste

@kit I literally just got done watching a video essay like this omg. it was about how Tim Heidecker is Good™ and Rob Schneider is Bad™. the whole video just kind of meandered around without a point to make and instead settled for surface-level comparisons between them and observations like how Rob Schneider’s sitcom has really aggressive color grading which is somehow manipulative and insecure? the title of the video was “Why Conservative Comedy isn’t Funny” but it didn’t even try to explore this question

it did make me aware of Tim Heidecker’s standup routine where he pretends to be a hacky insecure entitled reactionary comedian though and that was pretty interesting to watch

@kitsunecafe awwww can’t wait for you to have a better connection - that would drive me insane

"So, solar panels and LEDs are basically the same--"
"what??"
"They're like speakers and microphones--"
"WHAT!!"

i dedicate this to all fops critters here on fedi

@Undead_Zeratul omg huh! so even you don’t know everything about ZScript and ZDoom modding? one of the things that stopped me from pursuing it was that I felt overwhelmed by (what seemed to me like) certain gaps in the ZDoom documentation and I wasn’t sure how to start messing with modding given that that’s the case. my usual approach is to read the docs until I know just enough to make a little “hello world” program and keep reading the docs until I can do more, and gradually build up my understanding that way. but I felt like I couldn’t do that with ZDoom (or, to be honest, modding in general)

although it sounds like what you did is just start tinkering with other people’s mods and trial-and-error a bit until you learned the rules? which sounds like an interesting approach to be honest, and a smart one too. it’s probably great for quickly building an intuition of what can and can’t be done

but yeah it absolutely amazes me what ZDoom can do, even looking at it from the outside. it completely blew my mind seeing that HDest has terrain destruction and the ability for bullets to go through map geometry (I wouldn’t be surprised if this even had dynamic penetration based on the texture of the geometry too). honestly even just the ability to mantle over geometry blew my mind lol. that still doesn’t feel like something that ZDoom would be able to do

@hwll I do think you’re right about parts of the essay. I almost hesitated sharing the video because I felt a little uncomfortable with parts lol. although I do like the overall message, even if it does feel kind of exaggerated in places

and aw I wonder if we all have FOMO for different things. I definitely get that. I feel like I tend to pile up books and never read them lol - although I generally go for nonfiction or storyless, pure worldbuilding books (like TTRPG books)

also I’m glad that my perspective was interesting to you! I definitely have a very very skewed perspective on storytelling and I’m still trying to figure out where I draw the line between storytelling that I want to involve myself in (or write) and storytelling that I don’t. because there are many stories (though they’re very very rare) that I genuinely like, and those stories have also deliberately caused me pain (though it was often so mild that I didn’t consciously notice at the time)

@fargate aww yeah that’s very fair. I hope that someday I can start roleplaying again and doing collaborative creativity in general because I really miss that, and I think you’d be amazing for both. and also I can think of lots of fun (and “fun”) situations to explore with Auverloupe 💙

@Undead_Zeratul woahh you’ve done so much! and your HUD mod looks incredible too. I can’t believe how many different appearances it can have - let alone all of the other options

to be honest the most I’ve done in terms of HDest modding is manually changing the bible verses that appear when you get a helmet pickup lol. and that really just consisted of editing a text file

@fargate oohh I’m picturing what his automata would look like and they sound like they have an alien beauty as well

also I like your take on the faerie courts! your take on autumn, especially, is exactly what I had envisioned: a milder, quieter, and more contemplative court that’s still connected with death, though not quiet as much as winter