finances are still really tight and i need a bit of help to make ends meet over the next couple weeks; whether you can boost this or throw me a few bucks, i appreciate any assistance

https://lightcrystal.systems/support

#mutualAid

lowkey i just wish my desktop GPU and openbox played nice together, my desires for consistency would be met

See, I told ya, here they are again, they've brought trinkets, cameras to capture our strange ways, but really, more often than not, diseases that rot the mind and body. That arrow shut him up good, "You're going to be left-". We didn't let him finish, yes! That's what we want, please leave us behind. Back to the treeline.

And here they are again, are you fucking kidding me, "-going to be left behind" the word of god, it's god damn missionaries now. Yes please! Only you won't let us. More arrows.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now

Attachment: ]]> https://mas.to/@TodePond/116382627541164504 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:57:17 +0000 https://mas.to/@TodePond/116382627541164504 good session, even if a little shorter; fixed long file test that was failing, implemented cursor/selection tests, and also implemented look (aka find) along with tests. good progress. i'll be starting the uxn frontend next

so i redid my budget and things are looking really rough.

as it is, im definitely not making it to iwp9, and i need an influx of a few hundred dollars to safely make it through the month and pay may's rent. let alone pay child support.

if anyone has need of a systems, application, and web programmer who's really good at c, go, c#, posix shells, TSQL, mongoDB, JS/TS, semantic HTML and modern CSS i could really #getFediHired about now, even for a short term contract.

or if you can toss me a few bucks in #mutualAid, every little bit helps

stay real, honknet

this is crazy, they are transparently tightening the noose for the death of digital privacy

https://twitch.tv/cyberdragonmaid

Drop by and hang out, i will also be streaming my music on a separate stream (the radio social link on the twitch channel) so you can jam with me.

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https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/

i have no work lined up currently despite my best effort to the contrary. any leads or donations are appreciated 🖤

https://lightcrystal.systems/support

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• node lifetime supervision with auto destruction of associated 9pfs is working
• buffered reads of large files are implemented
• framework for executing arbitrary text is implemented

the main pieces of the backend that still need implementing are the auto generation of the text in TAG and EXE panes, the plumbing client, and Look (find) and Edit (sam style regex) opcodes. regardless i think now is a good time to write the unit tests around the core functionality

blade or die =w=

test harness and unit tests soon for an actual quality signal tho

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i have most of the text editing primitives done and the 9pfs connected to the data structures.

next up:

• implement file read operations. it's gonna be chunked data
• write tests to validate and debug the 9p server
• start working on the UI

@MURRUMUR few know this but this is what the tranny flag was originally meant to symbolize. it is a NATO psyop making trannies into pawns of neoliberal neoimperialism. that's why I only salute the REAL girlflags!!

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Attachment: black flag with magenta syringe and labrys and magenta stripe on the bottom

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Attachment: closeup of an anime girl, she is blushing, some text demonstrates her thought process shoot I blurted out something only a total slut would say she looks ashamed of herself, maybe slightly excited? its hard to tell where am i going with this well as you know we are now running on year 2026 of some calendar or other and time inevitably marches onwards as we each try our best to progress on our ideals or at the very least remain alive this is your call to cease regretting the past and start acting on the present for your one future]]> https://snug.moe/notes/akfhrfubb2ee962i Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:46:53 +0000 https://snug.moe/notes/akfhrfubb2ee962i on to some really cursed bullshit:

𝓮𝔁𝓮𝓬𝓿𝓮("/usr/bin/id", ["id"], ٠𝔁٧𝓯𝓯𝓭٤٩٣٠٦٦٤٨ /* ٥٠ 𝓿𝓪𝓻𝓼 */) = ٠

Alternatively, if you think the software I build is cool[2], and can spare a few bucks, donations[3] go a long way.

Financial goals right now:

• child support
• May's rent
• new tires for my van so I can safely make it to iwp9

[1]: https://lightcrystal.systems
[2]: https://forge.lightcrystal.systems/nilix
[3]: https://lightcrystal.systems/support

• send a byte to tell the window to reread some data out of the 9pfs or terminate itself
• know when the window is closed so i can destroy its 9pfs

this is gonna be really cool tho ><

Attachment: ]]> https://social.xenofem.me/objects/091ad993-2010-4a98-b37c-7dbf88f84f6f Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:37:20 +0000 https://social.xenofem.me/objects/091ad993-2010-4a98-b37c-7dbf88f84f6f i promise nwc8 is still happening, i recorded another run yesterday and its sounding really fucking good

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#ocular #painting #type #art
https://ocular.nchrs.xyz/feed.html#260322_TROYMER01.jpg

Attachment: A large painted mural reading the letters TAG TROYMER (misspelled daydreamer) and NACHTSCHWÄRMER (night swarmers).]]> https://merveilles.town/@rostiger/116273994977373169 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:26:14 +0000 https://merveilles.town/@rostiger/116273994977373169 Free yourself from the bondage of time and place and status
For what peace do they give?
What truth do they reveal?
What lie do they live?
Whose blood weeps from these wounds?
Detach yourself!
Detach yourself!

For there is a war
Deep in our hearts
And that's where all battles ought to be fought
Come here
Lower your eyes
And surrender

update from my side of the world- ive been fortunate enough to get another short term contract and a gracious donation this week but im still about $100 from making April rent without dipping into my savings. if youve got another gig to keep the ball rolling or a few bucks to spare please help a girl out

https://lightcrystal.systems/support

#mutualAid #fediHire

• uf2 support (includes a monospace version of Geneva which makes the mscan output look nice)
• the order of the theme colors follows the standard
• scrollbars are pixel-perfect and the mouse pointer is a bit nicer
• search and pending indicators are gone; search button stays hilighted when search is active; pending indicator is not needed with the synchronous architecture
• new architecture! the backend uses the xrxs framework to expose a 9p filesystem, which the uxn instance reads and writes to

https://forge.lightcrystal.systems/nilix/taro

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• drawing multiple lines of text in a listbox
• or drawing a single line of text in a label or text entrybox

when drawing a line of text, when i reach a newline, i increment the address and return it, so the calling function can draw the next line of text without having to reseek to it; when i reach the end of the string, i return a null short for the calling function to check against :>

as i explained at the beginning of my last blog post, it's not like i had a choice. i literally couldn't function anymore, so yeah i guess there's an element of bravery in quitting instead of letting them fire me but the end result would have been the same

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-two-worlds-of-programming/

by @baldur

|00 @System     &vector $2 &wst      $1 &rst    $1 &eaddr  $2 &ecode  $1 &pad     $1 &r       $2 &g      $2 &b     $2 &debug  $1 &halt $1
|10 @Console    &vector $2 &read     $1 &pad    $5 &write  $1 &error  $1
|20 @Screen     &vector $2 &width    $2 &height $2 &auto   $1 &pad    $1 &x       $2 &y       $2 &addr   $2 &pixel $1 &sprite $1
|30 @Audio0     &vector $2 &position $2 &output $1 &pad    $3 &adsr   $2 &length  $2 &addr    $2 &volume $1 &pitch $1
|40 @Audio1     &vector $2 &position $2 &output $1 &pad    $3 &adsr   $2 &length  $2 &addr    $2 &volume $1 &pitch $1
|50 @Audio2     &vector $2 &position $2 &output $1 &pad    $3 &adsr   $2 &length  $2 &addr    $2 &volume $1 &pitch $1
|60 @Audio3     &vector $2 &position $2 &output $1 &pad    $3 &adsr   $2 &length  $2 &addr    $2 &volume $1 &pitch $1
|80 @Controller &vector $2 &button   $1 &key    $1 &func   $1
|90 @Mouse      &vector $2 &x        $2 &y      $2 &state  $1 &pad    $3 &scrollx $2 &scrolly $2
|a0 @File      &vector $2 &success  $2 &stat   $2 &delete $1 &append $1 &name    $2 &length  $2 &read   $2 &write $2
|b0 @File_      &vector $2 &success  $2 &stat   $2 &delete $1 &append $1 &name    $2 &length  $2 &read   $2 &write $2
|c0 @DateTime   &year   $2 &month    $1 &day    $1 &hour   $1 &minute $1 &second  $1 &dotw    $1 &doty   $2 &isdst $1

( variables )

|0000

( program )

|0100 ( -> )

  ( default theme ) 
  #028d .System/r DEO2 
  #0a8d .System/g DEO2 
  #098d .System/b DEO2
  
  load_font

  #0400 .Screen/width DEO2
  #0300 .Screen/height DEO2
  
  #0010 .Screen/x DEO2
  #0010 .Screen/y DEO2
  ;wtf  uf2/draw
  
BRK

@load_font ( -- )

  ;font_file .File/name DEO2
  #2100 .File/length DEO2
  ;font .File/read DEO2
  
JMP2r

@wtf "Taro 20 "or 20 "something $1
@font_file "font.uf2 00

@uf2/draw ( text* -- )
	
	[ LIT2 15 -Screen/auto ] DEO
	[ LIT2r 03 -Screen/sprite ]
	&>w
		LDAk DUP ?{ POP POP2 POP2r JMP2r }
		#0000 ROT #20 SUB
		( addr ) DUP2 #50 SFT2 ;font/glyphs ADD2 .Screen/addr DEO2
		( move ) ;font ADD2 LDA .Screen/x DEI2 ADD2
		( draw ) [ DEOkr DEOkr ] .Screen/x DEO2
		INC2 !&>w

@font $100
&glyphs $2000

@neauoire i can't really identify what i'm doing wrong here

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