Alastair Toft @alastair@mastodon.gamedev.place
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I make things with computers.
Gameplay programmer at Studio Gobo.
Joined Aug 2018
If anyone is part of a general queer-friendly instance they particularly like, I'm open to recommendations 😊
I really enjoy following people's thoughts on here, but I'm always very conscious about what I post or boost on social media, especially when it links back to both my real name and my job. So I end up talking only about gamedev stuff and not engaging with anyone else. I'm considering making an alt where I feel more able to talk to people, but I'm still talking myself into it.
Alastair Toft
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I wrote an article about the history of the HTTP status code and what I think it tells us about designing specifications and APIs:
https://increment.com/apis/land-before-modern-apis/
If you liked my @365-rfcs project, this is a direct outgrowth of that work.
Trying out procedural volume textures to get seamless texturing across a terrain. Landed directly in the early nineties.
Alastair Toft
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Surprised nobody's contacted me for a comment about this yet https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/man-yearning-for-good-old-days-mostly-yearning-for-bionicle/
Reinstalling Windows 10 on a family PC for the last 5+ hours, makes me wonder what it can possibly be doing for so long...
Alastair Toft
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free software politics
I guess I'm still thinking about this so I'll talk about it: significant free software projects that could (and did, and do!) actively improve people's lives are routinely shut down by large corporations and while there are genuine problems with the priorities and attitudes of the free software community it's really disingenuous to blame those failures on those issues
Alastair Toft
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Playmobil kids, *do not read*!
LEGO kids,, hello,
I wrote up a blog post of the stuff I've tried with the @PINE64 #PinePhone so far. Excited to do more with it 😊 https://www.atoft.dev/posts/2020/07/26/getting-started-with-a-linux-smartphone/
Alastair Toft
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I think it's no coincidence that someone like me, who has worked with computers for over a decade, prefers to own a dumb TV, a blender with mechanical knobs instead of a touchscreen, no "smart home" stuff, etc. I know how computers work, and for that reason I am terrified of them
After much frustration with wrapping everything in Rc and RefCell I did manage to get something kind of working
Tooting from Tootle on #Pinephone
This was a pretty fun video https://youtu.be/4N-YcVclaUI
Alastair Toft
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Commercial software using closed protocols is the reason we have to juggle a bunch of different apps like Discord, Slack, Hangouts and so on. Closed platforms fundamentally undermine the very spirit of how the internet is meant to work.
PinePhone stuff
For example, it was as easy as on desktop to add the Syncthing repository and get my files syncing across
PinePhone stuff
#Mobian is closer to what I want from "Linux on mobile". The UI is a bit choppy compared to Ubuntu Touch, but having full access to ARM Debian packages is great
Alastair Toft
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LGBTQ+ rights are hardly universal and people are still struggling for thier basic rights.
Do any of the big music streaming services provide an API that's not deprecated or totally broken? I'll drop Spotify in a second if I can get support for open source clients.
- Pronouns
- he/him or they/them
- Website
- https://atoft.dev
I make things with computers.
Gameplay programmer at Studio Gobo.
Joined Aug 2018
