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leroy

@leroy@indiehackers.social

🦖 Published ARcheology: Dig Up History
📈 Lovingly created SpreadShare
♿️ Increasing accessibility
🤝 Director - HiVE Social Impact

I mostly post about #gamedev and #indiehackers as that’s related to my career.
But I am also interested in gardening, nature, and all sorts of crafting (woodworking, sewing, 3D printing, painting etc.)

Currently living in Vancouver, 🇨🇦

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stephanie, to Ottawa
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Hmm... Is that normal? Huge raccoon is broad daylight at our neighbour's 😳

leroy,
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@stephanie I have seen families migrate during the day. Unsure if it’s because their territory was disrupted (construction?) or potentially a rival raccoon.

Unfortunately the babies are vulnerable during the day ☹️

tylermumford, to 3DPrinting
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Well, I've dived into a new hobby again. !

I got myself a Bambu Lab A1 mini, and I am having so much freaking fun.

leroy,
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@tylermumford Enjoy! I’m loving mine (currently printing a plant pot in a size we haven’t been able to find).

The out-of-the-box experience has been mind blowing, and the detail it can manage is far beyond what I expected.

leroy,
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@tylermumford just regular Bambu Basic PLA. Which apparently is fine (for indoor pots). BUT I’m still going to paint/seal it partly for aesthetics and partly because of the design of the pot.

For pushing the 0.2mm nozzle, here is an example of some miniatures and terrain I printed (and painted) https://indiehackers.social/@leroy/112405967643435996

leroy, to random
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This weekend I saw some nice art on display in a café. Unfortunately I forgot to take note of the name.

So I tried to find the artist on Instagram via the search function.

I didn’t know IG have replaced their search (which would show an endless list of related accounts) with their AI ‘helper’.

Instead of taking ~2 seconds, it now took ~10 seconds to get a result.

GottaLaff, to Canada
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🇨🇦For those interested, finally, Part 3 of my series is done. Parts 1, 2 are linked in Part 3 but just in case, I'm linking here too.

This is for anyone interested in why, how we managed to get permanent residency.

Everyone else, ignore, although you may find it interesting regardless.

Part 3: https://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/05/im-moving-to-canada-part-3-its-happening.html

Part 1: https://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/01/im-moving-to-canada.html

Part 2: https://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/01/im-moving-to-canada-part-two-how.html

leroy,
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@GottaLaff Congrats on getting everything sorted and PR!

Moved here quite a few years ago and is now a reminder I should start that citizenship application…

Great time to move too, summer might be starting this week? Or maybe I’ve jinxed it now…

leroy,
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@GottaLaff Oh I misunderstood the timings!

djlink, to random
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Oh right, antagonizing your audience/creators of content, that always goes well https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

leroy,
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@djlink people should instead be filing for account/data deletions surely?

Not following through with that would result in massive fines if it’s at a large scale

leroy, to 3DPrinting
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Blown away by my little $400 FDM printer.
Models by BriteMinis. Terrain by Dungeon Blocks. I used GW paints. Printed using a Bambu Lab A1 Mini.

Designed a little scenario of a goblin mob raiding an inn. The player characters start off a little drunk before sobering up. Hoping I can run this adventure (with a custom ruleset) in the coming weeks.

Captain of the guard is talking to the inn owners
wolf riders getting ready to charge
adventurers enjoying a rowdy meal, unaware of the impending goblins

leroy, to VideoGames
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Truly very happy that Nancy Drew: Mystery Of The Seven Keys is released!
I spent a large portion of last year working on it, and I’m excited to see how all the fans will receive it.

Hoping to catch some of you streamers solve the puzzles, the HeR team really stumped me with some of them!

#NancyDrew #ClueCrew #Mystery #VideoGames #GameDev

leroy,
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@vintprox Looks great!! Now you just need to customize the lock screen to “It’s locked”

MichaelPorter, to random
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Folks, the alt-text efforts seem to be diminishing. I see a lot of stuff that I'd like to boost, but I've now been properly trained to expect alt-text on pictures (good, descriptive stuff that stands in for the image).

I'm not being pushy, just trying to be considerate of the Mastodon community that has trouble with images. I tend to unfollow accounts that post images without alt text - Not as a punitive thing, but to reduce my temptation to boost them.

leroy,
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@MichaelPorter shameless self-plug here. But this feature should be in all mastodon clients and enabled by default:

https://indiehackers.social/@leroy/111813329231666691

TLDR: The app spits out an error “Alt-text not included” and doesn’t let you post. The only override is to go into settings to disable the feature entirely because a simple “not this time” button would get abused.

chris, to random
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Forget all the numbers and blah blah blah... if someone says Carbon taxes are the reason gas prices are high just say this!

“Gas price trends in the US & Canada are identical. Therefore it is not Canadian taxation policy that drives the trend.”

Thanks for the TED talk @BarryCooke ! 😂

https://mastodon.social/@BarryCooke/112247838395522839

leroy,
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@chris @BarryCooke could gas prices be going up here purely because it allows them to point out this tax. Therefore pushing people to vote conservative, resulting in more freedoms and tax cuts to oil companies 🤔

leroy, to gamedev
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I am very excited to announce a very silly game!

Play a game by wiggling your eyebrows! Dodge storm clouds, save baby birds, and compete against your friends and family in Highbrow!

This game has been bouncing around my head for a long while, and I have experimented with all sorts of mechanics and art styles. After finally finding the fit, I’m ready to release it into the world.

All. For. Free.

No ads. No tracking. No data collection.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/highbrow-hair-raising-fun/id6477985641

leroy,
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But Le-Roy, why would you ever release a game with no ability to monetize? How do you get paid for your time? What if it’s a smash-hit and you could have earned millions!

I experimented with various methods of monetization. Each one changed the game in ways I didn’t like or introduced a barrier I didn’t want.

There is a pure joy that comes from enjoying a little toy with friends and family.

leroy,
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I didn’t want to interrupt that fun time by running an ad in between turns or make people wonder if this game is worth 99 cents before trying it.

It’s a quirky little game that I would like to spread a little joy into the world and leave it at that. Instead, I would love to hear about the stories and laughter that you have when playing this game.

And hey, if you desperately want to pay me, check out my other work ;)

leroy,
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@simeon thank you! Hope you have fun!

chris, to fediverse
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Wow cool. I just modified a link in my wordpress blog post (@chrisblog) and it actually updated the post on the Fediverse side as well and that update was recognized immediately by Mastodon/Ivory.

Imagine if we were all immediately notified when a news story was modified/updated!?

is The Way people!

leroy,
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@paul @chris Could https://writefreely.org be a good option for you?

No idea about it or affiliation, just did a quick search because I was curious what was out there.

box464, to homelab
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A new visitor today on my BirdNet Pi - meet the Red-Shouldered Hawk!

leroy,
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@box464 the one I’m using defaults to muted after pressing play…

and then keeps looping the audio after I have closed the modal…

I guess I need to quit and reopen the app now?

Beautiful bird song though! 😅

leroy,
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@box464 that’s not your fault! What is the project?

sean, to random
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Really hate the feeling of dread that comes over me when a service/tool starts using “AI” and I don’t trust that a clever prompt engineer couldn’t bypass the normal data silos/access restrictions and get the AI to share our data that it’s been learning from.

leroy,
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@sean I saw MeetUp added AI. FOR WHAT PURPOSE.

Surely they can use a very simple algorithm of “these are the types of events they go to, let’s inform them of similar”. How long does that take to write… a day? (a month with design/planning etc.)

But no, have to use a whole ML engine for this??? I’m so confused where the ‘efficiency’ is found.

atomicpoet, to random

If you’re ever in Vancouver, and you crave Ethiopian food, you got to head over to Fassil Ethiopian Restaurant on Broadway and Fraser.

I’ve been going to that place for 15 years, and the man who runs it always has the best doro tibs (chicken) with most outstanding flatbread.

And he’s a great gentleman too!

leroy,
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@atomicpoet I have been there and I agree! Too bad I forgot about it and haven’t been back in a long while. Thanks for the reminder, should pay a visit soon

ricmac, to random
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Personally, I like the word “fediverse”, just like I liked “blogosphere” back in the day. They’re both quirky, slightly ridiculous words, but that just reminds us that we shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously. https://indieweb.social/@laurenshof/111816835194366526

leroy,
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@ricmac oh that’s a nice perspective!
I always feel a little silly telling people I’m experimenting with something for the fediverse.

But yeah, maybe I should feel silly!

leroy, to opensource
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Woohoo! My first open source contribution is out in the wild.
If you are using @IceCubesApp you can now go to Settings/Content Settings and enable the Require Alt Text to Post feature.

If you attempt to post media without alt text you get this lovely error!

Here is an article on writing quality alt text: https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/describe-content-images

Daojoan, to random
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I've been warned by several folks in DMs and Whatsapp messages today that criticising VC funds down under might cost me my career in Australia's tech scene. Their messages were well-intentioned. But to be frank, I just don't give a s**t. The truth matters more. And I won't sycophantically give deference to anyone just because they have money or influence. I just won't.

leroy,
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@Daojoan I don’t know who the artist is, but the first time I saw this image it was captioned with “may the bridges I burn light my way”. This has stuck with me for many years. Burning a bridge is totally fine if the land on the other side is shit. As you say, it can also help people learn from our mistake of crossing it in the first place.

Edit: Artist may be Samantha Mash. Found on INPRNT but no record of painting on their own website

leroy, to fediverse
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What is your preference of forum thread?

Would love to hear your reasoning why!
Personally, I like the possibility of tangents in Reddit BUT I think I prefer the focus of staying on topic from a single thread.

leroy,
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@devnull @BeAware @multiverseofbadness yours looks so good!!

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