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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/mondain; my proof: https://keybase.io/mondain/sigs/iUPaurFWSZSK6xlhQlIIjiaLXT6lXv3aOquGxVktvHM ]
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mondainx··on Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]
One of my all time favorites and one I introduced my Son to as a child. He loved it enough to complete it and get a tattoo as an adult.
mondainx··on Ars Astronomica – English translations of rare Hebrew and Latin astronomy texts
Don't get me wrong, this is awesome, but it could be better by adding Greek and Arabic, and possibly Sumerian documents?
mondainx··on Show HN: Segue – Save context in one AI, load it in another by a short handle
I'm glad you posted this before I took the time to review the link; saved me time. I'm certainly interested in a feature like this that's all local in my file system as I'm sure others are as well.
mondainx··on A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway
Mostly agree, but many times there is no python nor ruby on a system, whereas there may always be shell available for scripts like these.
mondainx··on Hallmark – Anti-AI-Slop Design Skill for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex
Nice skill, much needed these days; I know I'm not the only one that yearns for variety, even in our internal tool pages.
mondainx··on Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey
Also in broad daylight
mondainx··on The case for MUDs in modern times
Takes me back to the old days, using telnet to play The Marches on the UCSD computers from my apartment dial-up. Any of the other peerage around here?
mondainx··on Meta reuses old RAM in new servers with custom bridge chip
It'd be interested to see how one could leverage all the DDR3 ECC that they may have laying about; maybe an overseas shopping site has these boards available? Would DDR3 be as fast or faster than an SSD?
mondainx··on A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring) [video]
Agreed! Even better, this is a knot I need.
mondainx··on Zuckerberg says AI agent development going slower than expected
Nice take, but aside from all this, I think he could whoop Elon's butt in a fight.. lol
mondainx··on 5 Reasons MOQ Streaming Is a Great Fit for Surveillance and Monitoring
Sean, you know its probably ICE, everyone has had issues with it at some point when you've worked in WebRTC long enough, as you know ;)
mondainx··on FFmpeg 9.1's new AAC encoder
This is a great update with a clear break-down with lots of detail; bravo lynne! For naysayers Opus is great and has its place, but AAC isn't going anywhere.
mondainx··on Show HN: AI-whisper – Claude works better when Codex watches its back
In our group we use what we call adversarial coding, where we pit agents against each other; this looks like a similar use-case and looks to be very well done. Very cool!
mondainx··on Half-Life 2 in a Browser
From this mondain to the maintainers, thanks!
mondainx··on I put a datacenter GPU in my gaming PC
Great write-up, I've often considered these DC cards for a project and now you've convinced me to pick one up; you describe the price of the unit against what one spends on tokens and that does it for me.
mondainx··on Voxel Space
Reading Voxel always takes me back, way back.. I played Comanche for hours and read up on Voxel tech in various magazines of the day; so clever and easy to implement. Nice demo and thanks for the trip down memory lane.
mondainx··on MPEG-2 Transport Stream Packaging for Media over QUIC Transport
thanks
mondainx··on MPEG-2 Transport Stream Packaging for Media over QUIC Transport
Try not to confuse container vs codec. M2TS can carry a plethora of content and is very widely used these days, in the streaming world.
mondainx··on BlinkPi – Use your hardware the way you want
This is an awesome project for those that have Blink devices and want to use them in their own ecosystem. Power to the people!
mondainx··on If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
Get ready for some dope code... ;)
mondainx··on LLM-cpp: 26 single-header C++17 libraries for LLM integration
Very cool, thanks for sharing. I'm sure this will come in handy!
mondainx··on System76 on Age Verification Laws
If this stupid bullshit existed in 1982, He is 100% correct, I would have lied to use my Commodore 64 or Sinclair 1000.
mondainx··on No need to pay a WisprFlow sub, I re-created same user exp for free
Your fork, inspired me to make a fork and add the OS'es that I use; Windows and Linux.
mondainx··on The New Integrated Approach to Enabling Interactivity with Live Streaming
AI provides analytics and multilingual translation / captioning.
mondainx··on US seizes Russian tanker – are we all going to die?
Using the world's greatest Navy for piracy is a damn shame. Also exactly what one would expect of a greedy fool.
mondainx··on Free Live Streaming Platform for Developers with No Catches
Unlike many “free” streaming plans that rely on fine print, Red5 Cloud offers a transparent free tier with no credit card required and clear usage limits from day one.
mondainx··on GPU vs. CPU. How to Cut Live Streaming and AI Processing Costs?
Learn practical ways to reduce costs across real-time streaming workflows as well as AI processing in live streaming environments.
mondainx··on In-Stadium Streaming in 2025: Real-Time Capabilities Developers Should Know
Tap into real-time multi-screen playback, on-prem ultra-low latency delivery with sub-250 ms, fan-to-screen interactivity, frame-level AI analysis, advanced audio intelligence, and more
mondainx··on What Is Air-Gapped Streaming and How Government Streams Without Internet
The information is in the article, but in summary, the media server is built to allow it to run offline, disconnected from the Internet. This is done without requiring any service or applications on the Internet, everything that's needed is self-contained in the media server itself.
mondainx··on How to Set Up a Free RTMP Server?
This tutorial covers all the steps for setting up an RTMP server using the open source Red5 software, from downloading the code from GitHub to installing and hosting it yourself.
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