@MisterMaker
I'm curious—where in Malaysia? At a guess, one of the Perhentian islands? (I lived in Malaysia for six years until this June; the Perhentians were the islands we went to for vacation that were only accessible by boat.)

@MisterMaker
Haha, a very lucky guess! XD

I can't remember which of the perhentian islands it was that we'd go to. Looks like Redang island is fairly close, though—that's where my senior class in High School went for a retreat.

Any other destinations in Malaysia you have visited or are going to visit?

@10leej
Ohhh, this is on the front page. Fixed now, thank you!

@10leej
Oh, rats. Should be https://arainlesssky.benjaminhollon.com

*checks the code and sees that the correct link seems to be entered there*

Um… I'll figure out what's going on.

Am I the only person who hates it when online tutorials add "-y" to commands?

I kinda love the idea of a full OS running on a VPS or something somewhere and carrying around a low power laptop I can VNC into it from. No matter what device I’m using, I have all the same file, programs, and computing resources.

I will probably never do this but it’s fun to imagine daily driving a pinebook or something that is set up to do this with a powerful desktop computer through Tailscale.

@MrDers Haha, fair enough.

The avatar is actually a screenshot from an old version of my website (scroll to the section about coding and watch):

https://web.archive.org/web/20211228101723/https://seewitheyesclosed.com/

@MrDers Thanks! I've considered changing it, but have failed to think of something better. 😄

@MrDers If memory serves correctly, the avocado's name is "Guaco"

The bio I just sent with a poetry submission:

Benjamin Hollon is a writer and part-time polymath who spends his free time playing the trombone, coding websites, and stargazing. He will one day rule the world. Find out more about him at benjaminhollon.com.

@Xanthinian It would be different, but the gravity is lower on mars, so I’d expect taller buildings

@atoponce What is it about the project that you like?

@sotolf It doesn't say, but in High School you bring a personal one, and it's High Schoolers who take this quiz.

They might be seeing it as justified during class time, say if you close a file as a teacher walks by and they ask to see what you were doing to make sure you weren't doing something you weren't supposed to.

@sotolf Yeah, I'd be fine in that case, but the handbook doesn't explicitly limit it to that.

I think I'm going to research Malaysian privacy laws and then talk to a teacher about this.

I'm taking a quiz on my school's handbook and really wish I could answer "True" to this.

@sotolf Here's the relevant passage from the handbook:

"Understand that computers are an extension of the
classroom and are monitored by teachers and administrators.
You should not assume that anything you do on a computer
is done in secret. As acting guardians, Dalat staff have an
obligation to monitor your activity on the school networks
and computers and may view computer files, as deemed
appropriate by administration."

I assume it's only for school-related things, but it doesn't say that.

Someone used the "I don't have anything to hide" line on me today when discussing WhatsApp vs. Signal...

My main issue was that the line was irrelevant; she said she doesn't like Signal, but didn't provide reasoning.

She did mention her friends not using Signal, though, which I get. That's the only reason I still have WhatsApp; everybody over here in Malaysia uses it.

I'm confused as to why all the featured testimonials on the Nuclear Music Player website are vehemently negative https://nuclear.js.org/

I can agree, though; I used it and it's not great with very questionable legality.

@floppy Feels to me like an intentional "I don't care what you think" from the author, especially given the tone of this article they wrote about the use of Electron: https://github.com/nukeop/nuclear/blob/master/docs/electron.md

@floppy Also don't get me wrong; I use electron for my novel editor. Nuclear in particular, though, certainly doesn't justify their use well; I remember it using 10% of my CPU without even playing any audio. With mine, it's extremely minimal, and I'm hoping to transition to another platform once I have a stable framework worked out.