I found https://github.com/Alia5/X4-rest-server/ today and it makes me way to excited. Tricky to set up and “just” a proof of concept (that proofs very well) but look at this: #x4foundations with a REST server that lets you read (and partially set) additional gamedata more or less live. Awesome! Could plumb all sorts of stuff on that!

Not a big fan of reveal parties n stuff so here goes what some close friends know already: If I had just one wish Only one demand I hope he’s not like me I hope he understands Creed, With Arms Wide Open (I’m bad with words)

The little one (7) saved for a new toy camera. After doodling around with the camera she mentioned wanting to make “movies” so I gave her a little tripod and suggested to go for a Stop Motion one. She listened to the overall idea and vanished in her room. A day later I was presented with a SD card full with over 300 pictures of one scene each carefully adjusted over the course of three hours. I’ve to say I am really impressed with what she achieved here on her own just by listening to some ramblings of mine and…

Are you interested in writing a modern, RESTful, scalable solution to common problems? Learn from existing projects – like FOAAS (Fuck Off As A Service): https://github.com/tomdionysus/foaas. Under WTFPL license and in JavaScript, of course.

Who would have guessed: That empty policy header against FLoC is probably worthless in the first place because people that are concerned about this are probably not affected by a prior opt-in at all: https://seirdy.one/2021/04/16/permissions-policy-floc-misinfo.html Really curious what else will show up on this topic over the next weeks.

Today I needed a specific really old #Firefox ESR version (don’t ask, answer may be unsettling) and look, stuff is all still on the Mozilla attic: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/45.0esr/linux-x86_64. Neat! Somewhat dusty but it still starts flawless (on a tmp profile, of course) 🙋