Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-11T01:16:13Z

Hello, mastodon!

I'm Arne, and this is my account. Don't know if I'll post much, since I didn't use my twitter much either, but who knows!

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-12T15:06:24Z

Here's a translation of Louie Zong's Signal/Noise that I made:

tumblr.com/thesoupmaster/70072

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-12T15:21:28Z
Pokemon SV Leaks

Looking at the leaked Sprigatito evolution, I don't think it looks that bad. Like, I wish they'd let the cat be a cat for once, but at least it doesn't appear to be a fighting type.

kotaku.com/pokemon-scarlet-vio

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-12T23:35:35Z

@frooned This one appears to be the cover of the summer 1951 Fantastic Story magazine.

Here's a page with the full cover: abebooks.com/FANTASTIC-STORY-M

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T00:36:07Z

@frooned OK, finding the sources for these is kinda fun!

This is apparently from a 1975 Soviet children's book called "Home on Orbit".

Here's a blog post about the book: dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/201

And here's a digital copy of the book: epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/k

(This picture is in chapter 1)

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T01:50:51Z

@frooned Cover of "Mystery in Space Vol 1 #22" (November, 1954)

dc.fandom.com/wiki/Mystery_in_

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T02:05:04Z

@frooned Artist is Francesco Francavilla. Created for Mars Attacks in 2009, presumably.

Source: twitter.com/f_francavilla/stat

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T02:13:54Z

@frooned Cover of Weird Science Magazine #10 (1951). Artist is Wally Wood.

cgccomics.com/gallery-comics/d

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T02:19:44Z

@frooned Cover of Super Science Stories (March 1950)

archive.org/details/Super_Scie

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T02:22:21Z

@frooned Cover of "The Star Fox" by Poul Anderson

goodreads.com/book/show/199699

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T02:22:43Z

@frooned And, I think this is the last one you had that wasn't sourced!

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T14:23:22Z

This is the news we like to see!
Congrats, Ash! 🎉

npr.org/2022/11/13/1136294515/

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T15:45:36Z

Don't mind me, just tooting from my Nintendo Switch!

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-13T19:21:34Z

@nanobri I think this means the next value is stored in the header of the response.

requests.readthedocs.io/en/lat

So, response.headers["Link"] would contain a value that has what to request for the next and previous pages.

The format of the link header is shown at the first line of the example response here:

docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-14T00:40:45Z

RT @Philli_Seltzer@twitter.com

I have so much Sonic Frontiers content to keep up with so here’s a two for one fan art of @SnapsCube@twitter.com and @saltydkdan@twitter.com
@SaltyDKArtRT@twitter.com t.co/Q99ryd5l8Z

🐦🔗: twitter.com/Philli_Seltzer/sta

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-15T19:16:03Z
Linux stuff

37 just released today, so I decided to take some screenshots of my setup! I really like the new quick settings look in GNOME 43.

OS: Fedora Linux 37
DE: GNOME 43
Wallpaper: tumblr.com/taplaos/68073103064
Terminal eye candy: neofetch and cli-pride-flags

A screenshot of GNOME 43 on Fedora 37. Three terminal windows are open: one with system stats, one with a rainbow pride flag, and one with a trans pride flag.A screenshot of GNOME 43 on Fedora 37. A terminal displaying system stats is open. The quick settings menu is also open.
Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-15T23:22:10Z

Apparently, Pokemon TCG Live released today, but I can't play it, since it's way too laggy on my phone, and it fails to load the login page when ran with Wine 😭

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-15T23:24:37Z

It just goes back to the language selector after a few seconds...

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-15T23:34:07Z

Now I'm getting a notice that says the servers are down for scheduled maintenance. Here's hoping it resolves itself!

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-16T01:54:59Z

@Kallisti777 Ooh, nice! Is that shiny mew legit? Those are hard to come by!

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-16T03:48:22Z

It works now!

The problem was that PTCGL uses a Unity plugin called Vulpex Webview for the login page, which uses shared memory. Shared memory isn't implemented in Wine currently, so it fails to load.

However, if you use a fork of wine that does support shared memory (like wine-ge-custom), you can log in and play just fine!

A screenshot of Pokemon Trading Card Game Live running on Linux via wine-ge-custom.
Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-16T17:07:17Z

If anyone wants to add me on Pokemon TCG Live, my username is TheSoupMaster. Disclaimer: I am not very good at the game.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-16T23:27:39Z

Mastodon makes a pretty good showing here, but you can't deny the prowess of the Cybiko®️ Wireless Handheld Computer for Teens (2000)

xkcd.com/2699/

A feature comparison chart of social media sites and messaging services. All of the popular messaging services are missing features, but one labeled "Cybiko Wireless Handheld Computer for Teens (2000)" has every feature checked.
Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-17T00:25:31Z

@crowsandpawns I'm only finished with Gideon the Ninth. My tumblr dash was almost nothing but Locked Tomb memes for like a month after Nona was released, so I had to read it to figure out what was going on.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-17T13:11:09Z
Tumblr meta

I know the popular thing is to talk about how Musk is breaking twitter, but tumblr staff just pushed an update to the mobile app that makes it so you can't see anyone's bio!

Twitter is a broken website because of bad management. Tumblr is just always broken.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-18T22:05:38Z

@frooned Cover of Utopia Zukunftsroman #110

coverbrowser.com/covers/utopia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-20T03:29:56Z

Wait, Hbomberguy was the YouTuber that convinced mastodon to change from publish to toot?! I never would have guessed that!
mastodon.social/@Hbomberguy/14
twitter.com/Hbomberguy/status/

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-20T18:26:09Z

@katymontgomerie Hey, welcome to mastodon!

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-24T02:51:59Z

@jsatk Yes and no. There is no (legitimate) way to transfer a Pokemon from Gen 2 to Gen 3. You can transfer from Gen 3 all the way to Gen 9, but you can't get from Gen 1 to Gen 3.

You *can* transfer from the 3DS virtual console Red and Blue directly to Pokemon Bank, but is that really transferring from the "original" Red and Blue?

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-24T03:37:52Z

@jsatk Yeah, Ruby and Sapphire had a different trading protocol from Gens 1 and 2. As well as the GBA and GBC using different link cables.

It could have been possible, but would have required a separate accessory to handle communication between a GBC and GBA.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-24T15:30:55Z

@PrintShopDeluxe The cool crab has made it! :apartyblobcat: 🦀 :apartyblobcat:

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-24T18:12:55Z

@FedericoSchonborn @PrintShopDeluxe @foone is way ahead of you! github.com/foone/VGAPride/tree

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-29T02:50:51Z

@foone Unless there were multiple accounts hacked and renamed to Tesla today (could happen!), it was probably Jacob Forster.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-30T01:11:26Z

@graay YouTube Music is ok. On the free tier there are ads and you can't turn the screen off while music is playing. But if you have your own collection of MP3s (or if you bought albums from Google Play Music before it was shuddered), you can import those and stream your MP3s completely ad free and with the screen off.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-30T04:30:54Z

@frooned Artist is Henri Lanos. Can't tell you much about him, since his Wikipedia article is only in French

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_La

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-30T04:34:19Z
Early tank concept art.

@frooned Also Henri Lanos. Same signature in the bottom right!

Arne
@arnaught
2022-11-30T15:16:19Z

My year in review! I wonder what my 6th top podcast is, considering Reply All ended.

Though, I disagree with the first image. I'm not sure that you toot a tweet, PocketCasts!

A screenshot of the PocketCasts year in review. It says: "In 2022, you spent 4 days 6 hours listening to podcasts. During which time 743,749,952 tweets were tooted. Toot! Toot!"

Below this, the cover art of three podcasts are shown. They are The Flop House, This American Life, and Escape this Podcast.A screenshot of the PocketCasts year in review. It says: "Your Top Podcasts". Below this is a list of podcasts

1. Hey Riddle Riddle, Headgum
2. Oh No, Ross and Carrie, Ross and Carrie
3. My Brother, My Brother And Me, The McElroys
4. Hello From The Magic Tavern, Arnie Niekamp
5. Reply All, GimletA screenshot of the PocketCasts year in review. The cover art for Oh No, Ross and Carrie is displayed. Below this, it says "The longest episode you listened to was Ross and Carrie Meet Alice Greczyn: Wayward Edition from the Podcast Oh No, Ross and Carrie. This episode was 2 hours 16 minutes long."
Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-02T02:42:18Z

Finished the first page of advancements in SkyFactory 4!

A screenshot of SkyFactory 4, a Minecraft modpack. The first page in the advancements book is open. An advancement is highlighted which says "You Win! Complete all the advancements on the page"
Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-02T13:26:34Z

@frooned Artist is Guy Sabran, 1934.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-02T13:34:47Z

@frooned This page is the only one I could find with a visible signature on the image (though it wasn't very legible, IMO): fineartamerica.com/featured/tr

The org that uploaded the images (Mary Evans Picture Library) has more info on their website. maryevans.com/history/future-s

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-06T15:29:45Z

I was going to post my YouTube Music recap, but then I realized that I have my YouTube history set to auto-delete after 3 months. So, the recap is only for the past 3 months and most of my listening history for 2022 is deleted. Oh, well.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-06T15:35:16Z

There is one interesting thing, though: if I made it to the top 2% of Weird Al listeners in just the past 3 months, I imagine I must have been the top Weird Al listener if you could include the entire year!

A screenshot of the YouTube Music recap. It says "I was in the top 2% of "Weird Al" Yankovic listeners"

Below this is a picture of "Weird Al" from the cover of the album "Mandatory Fun".
Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-09T18:50:46Z

@gaycats :blobcatstabbystab:

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-10T01:22:25Z

@gaycats :blobcatpeek: this one's not as violent

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-14T02:31:49Z

@PrismLauncher Peak feature: new cat! :blobcataww:

A screenshot of Prism Launcher 6.0. A drawing of a cat is behind the interface.
Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-16T01:10:57Z

@gaycats neco coneco

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-16T23:31:18Z

@haeckerfelix Live Captions is really cool! It'll be useful to have for podcasts and videos without captions.

I only wish I had it a couple years ago for the peak of online courses!

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-17T00:10:43Z

@pocketcrocodile I still think the English dub of this scene is better.

"You look like that American guy. You know... like Bill Clinton!"

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-17T19:00:23Z

Impractical Use of Live Captions: Adding Captions to Half Life

youtu.be/7VjslwJyf3Y

I decided to try this as a quick experiment. Can you use the Live Captions program to add subtitles to a video game that doesn't have them like Half Life? The answer is: kind of.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-17T19:00:31Z

It works pretty well in "cutscene" situations, where just one person is talking and there aren't many audio effects going on. But in normal gameplay where multiple characters might talk over each other, there are intrusive audio effects, and you may walk away from the character that's speaking, it's practically useless. (Obviously, it works better with clearer audio)

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-17T20:07:02Z

Link to download Live Captions: flathub.org/apps/details/net.s

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-18T19:12:29Z

Ok, so everyone's talking about the new twitter rules or whatever, but how about tumblr?

They added polls, but they don't work! You can make them on desktop apparently, but no one can vote in them, or even see them!

A screenshot of a tumblr post. There is supposed to be a poll, but it says "Unsupported content. Update your Tumblr app to see what's here."

Below this is a comment which says: "so much going on here
the initial 'ahh tumblr gold joke' fakeout for 'no it literaply links to the app store
reblogging in the editor and finding out its a poll
the poll doesn't work and people literally can't update their app bc its already up-to-date
beautiful.... truly"
Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-18T19:25:36Z

@gaycats neco coneco

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-23T16:09:03Z

@SleepyCatten I'll add to that: The Augmented Steam browser extension adds the IsThereAnyDeal current and historical low information to the store page for any game on Steam!

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-23T18:57:07Z

*finally* released for the ! Anyone remember when the release date was "Mid 2020"?

nintendo.com/store/products/sp

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-24T04:27:10Z

Poipole 💜

A photo of my nails. They're painted purple
Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-25T16:27:40Z

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Phoenix Wright says "In other words, it was no longer Christmas Eve... but Christmas Day!"
Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-25T20:18:51Z

Quick Tip: Don't update your kernel without doing a full upgrade. None of your drivers will work lol.

On the upside, I got my xbox controller working over bluetooth again.

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-26T19:43:35Z

My Replay 2022!

Arnaught's Steam Replay 2022

36 Games Played (Top 9% of players)

120 Achievements
309 Sessions
22 New Games

Your Most Played Games By % Of Playtime

15% The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe
14% TIS-100
12% Splitgate
8% AI The Somnium Files
6% TOEM
Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-26T19:45:22Z

s.team/y22/rwfnhvc?l=english

Arne
@arnaught
2022-12-29T01:31:31Z

Does anyone out there want to play Portal 2 co-op? I want to get all achievements on Portal 2, but I still need all of the co-op achievements.

Arne
@arnaught
2023-01-01T05:00:05Z

Happy Sherlock Holmes is now in public domain day! :ablobcatrave: 🎉

Oh, also happy new years, I guess.

Arne
@arnaught
2023-01-01T13:47:08Z

:blobcat:

A panel from Azumanga Daioh. Saskaki is standing in the center, holding 2 plush cats. She says "It’s going to be a good year! A good year!"
Arne
@arnaught
2023-01-01T22:03:19Z

Whew, 100% completed TITLE_PENDING. The "On The Clock" achievement was a pain lol

A screenshot of Steam. It shows Title_Pending on my profile, with 24 out of 24 achievements completed.
Arne
@arnaught
2023-01-04T01:56:37Z

@HulloItsIcy Thunderbird is probably your best bet for a desktop mail client that isn't Outlook.

- You can add Gmail and Outlook (Outlook will need an app password if you have 2FA on your MS account)
- There's rule based filtering, and colored tags that can be applied to messages.

- Outlook calendar is not supported, AFAIK. You can import an ics from outlook, but it's read only

Arne
@arnaught
2023-01-05T16:34:12Z

The Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Classics achievements on steam are a little busted. Everything is extremely rare, since most people haven't played all of the games in the collection.

My rarest achievement shouldn't be getting 5000 points in Columns. It should be that time I left the Stanley Parable running for 24 hours on a Tuesday. Now that's a real achievement to be proud of!

A screenshot of my Rarest Achievement Showcase on Steam. The rarest achievement is getting 5000 points in Columns, followed by Commitment from the Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe.A screenshot of the achievement rarity for Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Classics. All but three achievements are less than 2% rarity.
Arne
@arnaught
2023-01-05T16:36:12Z

Also, shout outs to the random Project DIVA achievement in my rarest achievements. Only 4.3% of players can accomplish the truly hardcore task of making Hatsune Miku wear a custom t-shirt.

Arne
@arnaught
2023-01-08T02:38:05Z

Me when I see a cat

A screenshot from Azumanga Daioh. The biting cat is walking outside, and there is a finger in frame pointing at the cat.
Arne
@arnaught
2023-01-09T15:47:34Z

Hey, it's my birthday today! But the semester also starts today, and I have Calc 3. So, you win some, you lose some.

Arne
@arnaught
2023-01-16T19:01:11Z

There's another game squared away! Calico was really fun, if not really glitchy. My favorite glitch is when you hold down RB to pet the nearest cat, sometimes your character will just start vibrating because the cat-petting-AI breaks! youtu.be/a1JbZga7hhA

A screenshot of my Steam profile. Calico is completed with 13 out of 13 achievements.
Arne
@arnaught
2023-02-09T02:57:50Z

Not bad!

A screenshot of Tetris on GameBoy. Game over with 43,212 points with 102 lines cleared.
Arne
@arnaught
2023-02-09T18:21:05Z

A couple more good attempts!

A screenshot of GameBoy Tetris. Game over at 105 lines and 45,592 points.A screenshot of GameBoy Tetris. Game over at 117 lines and 56,732 points.