I got the old intel-based MacBook Pro rigged up with #Parsec and #Tailscale and running Amphetamines so that I could leave it plugged in with the lid closed. Now, I just need to figure out how to get the web version Parsec working on an iPad.

I might be trying too hard to get an iPad to handle my workflows.

ParSec Issue 12 has dropped and includes my novelette “Adamere in Swan.” You can buy the issue or subscription from the PS Publishing website.

“Adamere in Swan” is a prequel to “The Relative Positions of Dead Things in the Dark” (ParSec Issue 4). It began life as a bloated novelette/beginning of a longer piece, and ended up as a svelte novelette which can stand alone as well as serving as part of a series of linked stories.

I started writing about Xan as a lark. I’d finished my first NaNoWriMo and decided I wanted to keep up the daily writing habit. I worked on a novel and shorter related pieces, enabled by a tiny laptop, pubtrans, and whitefish bagel sandwiches at a bagel shop close to my workplace at the time. (Whether or not I do anything with those words, now sitting on a different tiny laptop, is another question.)

Early on, I decided I wanted to introduce an adopted sibling and Baschimeh began coming into focus. When Baschimeh decided she was trans, I had to decide how to deal with that.1 (Particularly since I am cis, and since I wanted to write about a trans character rather than the experience of being trans.) I very specifically wanted a setting where none of the characters would care—not Baschimeh, not her family, not her friends or antagonists—because trans women are women. That left me with the question of how to communicate to readers that she’s trans (or would identify as/be identified as trans, if she were a real person living in the early 21st century). I eventually settled on a reference to participation in a boys’ ceremony as a child, which is maybe a bit blink-and-you-miss-it but that’s also kind of the point. I’m aiming for more of a “fuck off, terfs” vibe (because really, fuck all the way off, terfs) than “colorblind but for gender” (ugh), and hope I succeed at least that far.

1. No, I don’t actually think my characters are independent entities. But when it’s the subconscious, rather than the conscious mind, putting in work, it can certainly feel that way. ↩︎

https://aphowell.com/2024/11/08/adamere-in-swan/

I built a Windows Gaming Server - This screenshot was taken from my #NixOS system where I am using #Parsec to remotely control it. It's under my stairs with power and ethernet, and nothing else.

New arrival - Parsec.

Seems very fluid and fun!

Context free grammars (CFG) are better than parsing expression grammars (PEG), because CFGs represent how we think.

Parser combinators are similar to PEGs, so they are worse than CFGs, too.

So, don't use Rust libraries nom, combine. Use lalrpop.

Don't use Haskell libraries parsec, gigaparsec, attoparsec, megaparsec, trifecta. Use Earley, happy.

See more detailed story in my new article https://safinaskar.writeas.com/this-is-why-you-should-never-use-parser-combinators-and-peg .

The story also includes some cases, where PEG and parser combinators may still be useful. Also, the article gives links to my Haskell parsing libraries.

Annoying had to give up on #pop_os and #linux for now since the software I use, #Parsec, don't support hardware decoding of video on Linux-based systems. They used to but it seems like a smaller company, so probably hedging their bets on what features to do... Annoying for me still.

Episódio 147 – Jogo de Navinha ←→, Tomo I – Parte A

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/11/08/episodio-147-parte-a/

#Parsec works on #SteamDeck again! Hooray!

I'm looking for some opinions:
I need a lightweight mini-PC as a #Parsec client.
- Stream 4k video
- Support H.265
- Can surf the web with high performance
- Super quiet

We tried and play Dstroy2's local multiplayer modes thx to
#Parsec while being in Montreal (Canada) & Poland, it worked like a breeze, pretty impressive <3
It will help us to playtest together our next builds. We really recommend to check it out!
#indiedev #gamedev