It's not hard to generate a static HTML page that loads your game to run on the browser with #pyodide (WASM). And it comes with an assets editor and a #chiptune making tool.
https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
It's not hard to generate a static HTML page that loads your game to run on the browser with #pyodide (WASM). And it comes with an assets editor and a #chiptune making tool.
https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
It's not like I'm expecting any loss: I rarely sell music, and when I do it is rarely to the states (I don't know why, I think my stuff ought to be way more popular! 😁). But still, it is disheartening to see there is now an effective wall, a country where I won't be able to (directly) reach. Congratulations to everyone involved.
[PS: if you're puzzled about what is this all about - a number of European countries, including Portugal, won't be shipping stuff to the US due to legal uncertainty regarding Trump's tariffs.]
It's not like I'm expecting any loss: I rarely sell music, and when I do it is rarely to the states (I don't know why, I think my stuff ought to be way more popular! 😁). But still, it is disheartening to see there is now an effective wall, a country where I won't be able to (directly) reach. Congratulations to everyone involved.
[PS: if you're puzzled about what is this all about - a number of European countries, including Portugal, won't be shipping stuff to the US due to legal uncertainty regarding Trump's tariffs.]
It's not like I'm expecting any loss: I rarely sell music, and when I do it is rarely to the states (I don't know why, I think my stuff ought to be way more popular! 😁). But still, it is disheartening to see there is now an effective wall, a country where I won't be able to (directly) reach. Congratulations to everyone involved.
[PS: if you're puzzled about what is this all about - a number of European countries, including Portugal, won't be shipping stuff to the US due to legal uncertainty regarding Trump's tariffs.]
.envelope object/propriety in #shapely yesterday, before that I used .bounds (a min/max of points tuple), but envelope is good to know because it provides an easy way of getting the centroid and the area of the bounding box, which can be very useful.
Yes, go for it! :-)
My grandpa went ballooning ages ago and liked it. The balloonist misjudged the height a bit and landed in an open-air pool. Well, not in the water, but on the sunbathing lawn just inside the fence. :-D After the ride, everybody was given a very long personal name that they had to memorize. Decades later, my grandpa still knew his assigned name.
The most important thing to know is that – in German – you don't fly (fliegen) a ballon, but ride (fahren) it: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballonfahren#Fahren_oder_fliegen Judging by the English wikipedia article, this is not an English thing, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_air_ballooning
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import py5
from shapely import Polygon, Point
def setup():
py5.size(400, 400)
py5.stroke_join(py5.ROUND)
def draw():
py5.background(200)
pts = ((100, 100), (300, 100),
(py5.mouse_x, py5.mouse_y))
xs, ys = zip(*pts)
cx = sum(xs) / len(xs)
cy = sum(ys) / len(ys)
tri = Polygon(pts)
py5.no_fill()
py5.stroke_weight(1)
py5.stroke(0, 200, 0)
py5.shape(Point(cx, cy).buffer(5))
py5.stroke(0, 0, 200)
py5.shape(tri.envelope.buffer(2))
py5.shape(tri.envelope.centroid.buffer(5))
py5.stroke_weight(3)
py5.stroke(0)
py5.shape(tri)
py5.fill(0)
py5.shape(tri.centroid.buffer(2))
py5.run_sketch(block=False)
#py5 #python #creativeCoding
https://around.com/the-lie-of-ai/
Long read, it starts with Claude Shannon and Markov chains...
I mean, what do you want to do with it? If you want to use this as an actual printer for daily use, I’d get a laser printer instead, because they’re very reliable and the print quality is top notch.
I got my dot matrix printer mostly for experiments and nostalgia, so I wouldn’t want to pay something like 300-400€ for it.
I mean, what do you want to do with it? If you want to use this as an actual printer for daily use, I’d get a laser printer instead, because they’re very reliable and the print quality is top notch.
I got my dot matrix printer mostly for experiments and nostalgia, so I wouldn’t want to pay something like 300-400€ for it.
$n bytes are part of a bitmap image”, and then this gets printed at whatever the current position is (somewhat similar to SIXEL in a terminal).It’s just that the *units* are a bit weird, because this is all done in bloody inch. 😅
$n bytes are part of a bitmap image”, and then this gets printed at whatever the current position is (somewhat similar to SIXEL in a terminal).It’s just that the *units* are a bit weird, because this is all done in bloody inch. 😅
All I can say is, when I go to big stores like Amazon, then I have trouble finding “traditional” dot matrix printers for use at home. 😅 Epson still sells them, but they’re more expensive than my laser printer was. So yeah, they still exist, just expensive, by the looks of it.
All I can say is, when I go to big stores like Amazon, then I have trouble finding “traditional” dot matrix printers for use at home. 😅 Epson still sells them, but they’re more expensive than my laser printer was. So yeah, they still exist, just expensive, by the looks of it.
> ESC/P standard.
> because there is virtually no market for these devices anymore, meaning new ones are very, very expensive.
I think dot matrix printers are still pretty common in many Point of Sales (POS) registers right? At least here in AU they're very common. I had a quick look myself today, there seems to be quite a solid market for these types of printers. In fact even EPSON still sell Dot Matrix printers themselves 🤣
FWIW, I have an OKI Microline 3390eco. Good thing is, you can still buy new cartridges for it.
If you want to buy a new device, check if it supports the “ESC/P” standard. That’s very widely supported.
FWIW, I have an OKI Microline 3390eco. Good thing is, you can still buy new cartridges for it.
If you want to buy a new device, check if it supports the “ESC/P” standard. That’s very widely supported.
(Oficina do Clubinho Gráfico aos domingos)
"#Python for artists" button
https://movq.de/v/3e26ec9a71/IMG_8800-edit.jpg
https://movq.de/v/3e26ec9a71/IMG_8800-edit.jpg
https://discuss.python.org/t/diataxis-and-python-documentation/41836
Write bytes to a parallel port and stuff happens. If it’s just ASCII bytes, then it will print ASCII text. Even the simplest programs can use a printer this way.
With a little bit of ESC/P, you can print images and other fancy stuff. That’s what I did this morning – never worked with ESC/P before, now I can print images. It’s not that hard.
Hayes-compatible modems are similar: Write some AT commands to the serial port and the modem does things. This isn’t even arcane knowledge, it’s explained in the printed manual.
Maybe I’m wearing rose-tinted glasses here, but I think with all this old stuff, *you get useful results very quickly* and the manuals are usually actually helpful. It’s so much easier to get started and to use this hardware to the full extent. Much less complexity than what we have today, not a ton of libraries and dependencies and SDKs and cloud services and what not.
https://movq.de/v/4bd16cb3c7/tux1.jpg
https://movq.de/v/4bd16cb3c7/tux2.jpg
Write bytes to a parallel port and stuff happens. If it’s just ASCII bytes, then it will print ASCII text. Even the simplest programs can use a printer this way.
With a little bit of ESC/P, you can print images and other fancy stuff. That’s what I did this morning – never worked with ESC/P before, now I can print images. It’s not that hard.
Hayes-compatible modems are similar: Write some AT commands to the serial port and the modem does things. This isn’t even arcane knowledge, it’s explained in the printed manual.
Maybe I’m wearing rose-tinted glasses here, but I think with all this old stuff, *you get useful results very quickly* and the manuals are usually actually helpful. It’s so much easier to get started and to use this hardware to the full extent. Much less complexity than what we have today, not a ton of libraries and dependencies and SDKs and cloud services and what not.
https://movq.de/v/4bd16cb3c7/tux1.jpg
https://movq.de/v/4bd16cb3c7/tux2.jpg
(aos Sábados das 12h às 15h, na Rádio Barcelos)
Emissão de 23 Agosto 2025
39 músicas de bandas portuguesas, incluindo 7 que integram o catálogo da ANTI-DEMOS-CRACIA:
. The Dreams Never End - Perdido
. Marciano - John Said
. Ameeba - Lizard Face
. Sci Fi Industries - TriVial
. Kokori – Time Traveler (sedation mix)
. Turning Point – Espelho
. Zero à Esquerda - Porque Tens Tanto Poder
https://www.sinfonias.org/playlists/1961-playlist-podcast-23-agosto-2025
#kokori
(aos Sábados das 12h às 15h, na Rádio Barcelos)
Emissão de 23 Agosto 2025
39 músicas de bandas portuguesas, incluindo 7 que integram o catálogo da ANTI-DEMOS-CRACIA:
. The Dreams Never End - Perdido
. Marciano - John Said
. Ameeba - Lizard Face
. Sci Fi Industries - TriVial
. Kokori – Time Traveler (sedation mix)
. Turning Point – Espelho
. Zero à Esquerda - Porque Tens Tanto Poder
https://www.sinfonias.org/playlists/1961-playlist-podcast-23-agosto-2025
#kokori
(aos Sábados das 12h às 15h, na Rádio Barcelos)
Emissão de 23 Agosto 2025
39 músicas de bandas portuguesas, incluindo 7 que integram o catálogo da ANTI-DEMOS-CRACIA:
. The Dreams Never End - Perdido
. Marciano - John Said
. Ameeba - Lizard Face
. Sci Fi Industries - TriVial
. Kokori – Time Traveler (sedation mix)
. Turning Point – Espelho
. Zero à Esquerda - Porque Tens Tanto Poder
https://www.sinfonias.org/playlists/1961-playlist-podcast-23-agosto-2025
#kokori
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Darkways 
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Suicide Commando
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@EsquerdaNet@EsquerdaNet https://masto.pt/@EsquerdaNet/115071753190472828
@EsquerdaNet@EsquerdaNet https://masto.pt/@EsquerdaNet/115071753190472828
@EsquerdaNet@EsquerdaNet https://masto.pt/@EsquerdaNet/115071753190472828
I never used hardcopy terminals, either. We did have a dotmatrix printer, but that was just used as a regular printer.
Inkjets, I don’t know. They were pretty fascinating and cool when they came out. A lot faster than dotmatrix and obviously quiter. They never gave me much trouble, actually. But I switched to a laser printer long before crap like DRM’ed ink cartridges became a thing.
I never used hardcopy terminals, either. We did have a dotmatrix printer, but that was just used as a regular printer.
Inkjets, I don’t know. They were pretty fascinating and cool when they came out. A lot faster than dotmatrix and obviously quiter. They never gave me much trouble, actually. But I switched to a laser printer long before crap like DRM’ed ink cartridges became a thing.
gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/21.1
> A further check showed that all the network blocks are owned by one organization—Tencent [4]. I'm seriously thinking that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) encourage this with maybe the hope of externalizing the cost of the Great Firewall [5] to the rest of the world.
gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/21.1
> A further check showed that all the network blocks are owned by one organization—Tencent [4]. I'm seriously thinking that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) encourage this with maybe the hope of externalizing the cost of the Great Firewall [5] to the rest of the world.