Josh @jrc03c@merveilles.town

Lamps in video games are using real electricity 🙀

I'm needing some positivity and focus, and here is where to find it.

I'm grateful as ever, Merveilles.

Hi fediverse I am once again asking for you help in getting me a job, or job leads,

where: in the Seattle area.

what im looking for: programming or general tech jobs.

job history : extensive programming background in C#, Javascript, some lua, and a bunch of other languages. mostly for games. has done full stack web development too.

can provide github and pass most code tests. - have a very unconventional background

A few weeks ago we published a follow-up article about the solar.lowtechmagazine.com project: "How sustainable is a solar powered website?"

The article is a very extensive research into the embedded energy costs of this setup and how to lower that. Additionally we have some statistics on visitors (865k unique), energy use (18.1 KWh) and uptime (98.2%) after more than a year of operation and what conclusions to draw from that.

There is quite some overcapacity in the system, so to increase our efficiency one approach would be to host multiple servers on that off-grid solar system. But that is scaling up. Instead the #lowtech solution we opted for is seeing how we can do the same with smaller batteries, smaller solar panel and hosting more sites on the same machine. To that end we've started migrating #french, #spanish and #dutch language sites to the solar server as well.

Anyway here is the whole thing with all the details!

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website.html

Absolutely love this article. Good tips on making generative art more interesting.

https://www.generativehut.com/post/how-to-make-generative-art-feel-natural

Fun old book random illustrations
https://perchance.org/old-book-illustration

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/

The science is in

so cuuute ^_______^

Happy Valentine's Merveilles!

Yes, of course I want a rotary cell phone.

The power switch is an actual slide switch. No holding down a stupid button to make it turn off and not being sure it really is turning off or what. http://justine-haupt.com/rotarycellphone/