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M / He/Him / Bi / 28 Tech enthusiast cat. Linux user. I use Arch, btw. Mostly SFW. Con Staff. Not a red panda. Don't feed bread!

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Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 5d

BLFC is coming up! Who am I gonna see there? 😺 #FursuitFriday
📷: @frooxius.bsky.social
🧵: @roofur.com

Glitch in fullsuit, laying face up on a carpeted floor. His body is coiled around a giant orange ball of yarn, and he is looking at the camera.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 7d

I've been informed that "vibe coding" is the actual terminology people have begun using to describe "writing code with AI" and I genuinely can't think of a worse term.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 14d

hi owen

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 15d

As for the questions of "Glitch why are you making bit-perfect copies of SD cards?" and "Are you insane?" the answers are "Because science" and "Yes".

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 15d

Problem is virtual machines do that in real time, whereas I am dealing with a full disk image and need to find out after the fact what has changed.

I already tried simply tar-ing the files and passing them though ZSTD, but it doesn't compress as much considering the massive similarities.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 15d

So I figure the best way to store or "compress" this information would be to store only the differences between the files, in a manner very similar to how virtual machines can use snapshots to track block-level disk changes in distinct locations.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 15d

For more context: Imagine that I have a bit-perfect image of a 32GB microSD card. Then on the real card I add/change/remove some files and I create another copy of the entire card. Now I have two images of this SD card totaling 64GB, but with relatively minor changes between them.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 15d

Trying to figure out the best way to efficiently store a set of very large but mostly similar files, and I feel that I already know the proper solution but I'm just not sure how to implement it.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 18d

You're all a bad influence.

Screenshot showing the purchase of a Steam Deck 512 GB OLED and a Steam Deck Docking Station.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 18d

Caturday?!

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 19d

It's extremely tempting, but also with the LCD version currently being discounted the next higher up OLED version is ~70% more the price of the LCD. Hmm ...

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 19d

Debating between the discounted Steam Deck LCD version or getting the OLED ...

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 21d

Or maybe I keep the "blog" format but focus instead on very short "how to do X thing" guides instead of opinionated pieces.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 21d

Since my website has been down for years and I can't consistently put out full length articles, I wonder if I should turn it into a wiki instead where I publish my findings about all the things I dabble in.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · 28d

Difficult to sleep tonight with everything going on ...

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · Sep 15

I'd really appreciate if I could have more than a day every three months where I feel "normal" and can adult properly, instead of feeling inconsistent about myself all the time.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · Sep 15

Out of all the times I've had to replace my tires it has almost exclusively been due to driving over nails ... for some reason.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · Sep 13

CATURDAY!

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · Sep 10

Besides that, no comment.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · Sep 10

Today may be a good day to turn off autoplay.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · Sep 10

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Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · Sep 10

IT IS WEDNESDAY MY DUDES

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Frooxius 🔜 BLFC @frooxius.bsky.social · Sep 1

In the latest @resonite.com update, I've made it so when you lag, now you don't!

The renderer can decouple from the main engine and smooth out any hitches and lag spikes and make them less jarring/disruptive - extra useful in VR and when watching videos!

#Resonite #gamedev #socialVR

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · Aug 31

That makes sense, both in terms of use case and why it's beyond me because I've never had to deploy anything at scale.

So when I want to add server-side sessions to a simple Flask app, I get annoyed when it suggests Redis by default when I just want to store sessions and not add another dependency.

Glitch 💻😺 @glitchfur.net · Aug 31

I'm going to sound really dumb but I am having a hard time understanding why Redis/Valkey exists.

The only logical use case I can think of is inter-process communication but other than that it just seems like "variables, but as a server" to me?