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Returning to Twitch
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Returning to Twitch
2020's been a shit year for most of us, but 2019 was also kind of like that for me. I started a new job right at the end of November, and since then, I haven't really had much time to think about Twitch streaming or my open source projects.However, I'm starting to get my head above water these days, so I might be able to come back to Twitch soon! I've got a bunch of projects I've been wanting to make, and it'll be a lot more fun to work on them on stream. :3One caveat: I feel really awkward being the only person in my ho...
Poll About Next Blog Post
I'm divided on whether or not I should write a blog post about the parts of the furry fandom that should be avoided.Groups like Furry Valley.Individuals like pkrussl and Kero the Wolf.On the one hand, I want to warn people, so they don't fall into their trappings.On the other hand, I don't want to give them too much attention, so I'd have to limit it to a single, self-contained blog post.What do you think?
Coming Soon to Dhole Moments
A couple of weeks ago, I started a blog called Dhole Moments. I'd planned on writing about a few topics of interest, such as elliptic curve cryptography, FIPS-186-5, and "hedged" signatures (deterministic signature algorithms with additional randomness).However, I ended up writing a post about source code leakage and endpoint security that got spread around by popular Twitter accounts and even ended up cited in The Register.I received some hate comments in response to that post (mostly for being a furry), which led to me writing a p...
Tier Changes
Hey, just a head's up!With my new job, my schedule is super packed, and I don't have a viable means of fulfilling the rewards for the top tiers ($50/mo.). I've been trying to schedule these, and failing miserably. :(Consequently, I'm unpublishing them. If anyone wants a refund for their time in these tiers, let me know how to best reimburse you.Sorry for not doing this sooner.
Headless Lounge Bot
I've been working on a Telegram bot for the past week or so that, I hope, everyone finds extremely useful.If you're an artist, streamer, etc. and you've ever said to yourself, "I wish I could have a Telegram group that only my supporters can access," then you'll love @headlesslounge_bot.What it does: It allows Telegram users to link their Twitch/Patreon accounts. Once your accounts are linked, you can then invite the bot to your group, make them an admin, and then specify your enforcement policy.Do you want to only allow...
Telegram Channel for Software Development
Hi everyone,I've created a dedicated Telegram channel for following my development projects.This will be mostly used to announce new Github releases. From time to time, I may also announce stream go lives (but only special events).Follow along here: https://t.me/dreamseeker_devAdditionally, if you'd like to join a group instead of a channel, I've already got one set up for everyone: https://t.me/soatokThat's all for me today. I've got some exciting projects coming around the bend soon.
The Immediate Future
First, a quick recap.FAQ Off should be finished soon.Immediately after, I'm going to be developing a program (upon Swizz's request) called FloofPal that allows Twitch streamers to have an on-screen animation that changes whenever a new chatter joins their channel, with an optional speech bubble that says "Hi <name>!"The Fursona Sticker Switcher is still delayed due to upstream open source projects. I'll hopefully be able to un-stick it soon once FloofPal is done.Afterwards, a lot of my time is going to be sunk into Canis dev...
What Is FAQ Off, Anyway?
I decided to use FAQ Off to explain what FAQ Off is.Something something dogfooding. Something something furries.
Beta Access to Open Source Software
In addition to developing open source software on Twitch, I'm also going to be running some projects on my own infrastructure.For example, the public FAQ Off instance is currently hosted at https://faq.dhol.es.All current patrons will receive an invite link in their email as soon as version 0.1.0 is released. This link does not expire.Moving forward, early access to software projects I've developed will only be provided to patrons at the Brilliant tier (and higher).Since my software is open source, non-patrons or patrons at lower tiers ...
Project Canis
If you're a game developer (whether independent or part of a AAA company), Project Canis will make your life a lot easier.What is Project Canis? I fleshed out its motivation and design on Twitch (and noodled with my Twitch chat over what to name it). If you'd rather watch the video on demand:https://www.twitch.tv/videos/414203797 (starts at 3:20)The Problem TodayWhether you're working with RPG Maker, Game Maker Studio, Visual Novel Maker, or your own game engine, if you find yourself using a third-party script or resource, you'r...
Development Itinerary for April/May 2019
I talked a little bit about my development plans on stream, but in case you missed it, here's a recap with less word jumbling.What's already done: ✔️PHP implementation of dhole-cryptography ✔️Fixed the ABI issues with elgato-stream-deck and electron ✔️Improved the build scripts for fursona-sticker-switcher to precompile node-hid for Windows and Mac ✔️ Fixed a weird quirk with GIFs in StreamLabs OBS by using the real path on the filesystem when studying file extensions. My fix should land in version 0.13.0, whenever that&...
Directions in Extra Content
I've received a lot of requests and suggestions from viewers in the past month or so. They're all good ideas, but I can't possibly implement them all at once.So here's a quick summary of directions I can take my Twitch channel. Let me know which one you'd most be interested in.1. Weekly or biweekly podcast. Invite a guest on from the intersection of furries and technologists. Talk about current events, security news, open source, etc.2. Educational (101) streams. The main value here is that they could be shared openly as VOD...
