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Bas Wijnen

@MakerWijnen

Trained as scientist and as middle and high school physics teacher. Prefer they/them for everyone including me. Not offended by he/him. DMs are open.

NederlandJoined February 2015

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I've finally created an account on Mastodon. I'm also planning to actually post things there sometimes. So if you want to hear what I'm doing, create an account (see twitter.com/ladyaeva/statu) if you don't have one and follow me at scholar.social/web/@wijnen .

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it depends. there's instances that are centered around specific topics, and general ones of various sizes. if you're unsure, you can always just pick one of the big ones on joinmastodon.org/communities and migrate your account to another instance later if you feel the need

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My project to control my central heating is slowly but steadily progressing. I have now made a board. It looks good, but unfortunately programming the #avr microcontrollers doesn't work and I have no idea why. If you want to help, details are here: avrfreaks.net/forum/i-fail-p

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I just played through Portal Reloaded and it's amazing. Not made by Valve, but by fans, that's even cooler. It's a worthy sequel to Portal 1. Perhaps I should have seen the ending coming, but it never crossed my mind. I definitely recommend it to anyone who likes Portal. #portal

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My replacement for the #Arduino libraries is mostly done. I've also got USB support working, including a serial port. Next steps: make that serial port more easily usable, and add support for USB HID. Also, I need some demo projects to build with it. Ideas welcome.

If you're interested in retro games, you may want to check out my new video on Nemesis (Gradius) where I dive into the ROM image to figure out how it was made. youtube.com/watch?v=ePqfmC #retrogaming #MSX #reverseengineering #programming #game #Python

The internals of Nemesis (Gradius)

In this video, I explain how I generated a map of Nemesis, a game by Konami from 1986. I share some interesting things I found, and how I found them.The sour...

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I've been working on understanding the internals of the old game Nemesis. And I felt like trying to complete the game without scoring any points. So I did. And I made a video about it.

Impossible(?) run of Nemesis/Gradius 1986 Konami game

Following my work on the Maze of Galious ROM image, I have done a similar project on Nemesis (called Gradius in other releases). In a later video I shall pre...

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If you have examples of #neurodiversity in games, both good and bad, please share! I'm looking for ND characters, games about ND, medical tools, etc. RTs appreciated.

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Hey

are you sure you know the actual date of birth of your homework helpers? 🤣

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If you have a personal collection of CRTs which aren't documented on my website crtdatabase.com please reach out to me via DM or Discord so I can coordinate some documentation with you including pictures and any personal anecdotes you have. Please RT for visibility.

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Working with numbers is hard, apparently. Even for mathematicians like

. Fortunately, I'm here to correct them. Unforunately, I'm easily distracted. So here's my response, 5 months after their video...

Matt Parker and professor Fry can't do maths?!

Matt Parker did a video on his channel standupmaths about doing an experiment. He even got the help of Hannah Fry, who is a professor. It's a lot of fun, but...

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could we freeze the assets of american and european oligarchs as well

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Ashley Holub, PhD

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Wij presentatoren moeten ons hier tegen uitspreken. Mannen en vrouwen. Een veilige situatie creëren op de vloer en achter de schermen. Dit is niet een vrouwenprobleem maar een probleem van ons allemaal. Als slachtoffers niet naar voren durven te stappen, is dat onze schuld.

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During 2021, my #allsky camera took an photo of the sky from the Netherlands every 15 seconds. This image combines the 2.1 million images into a year-long keogram, showing the length of the night change during the year, the motion of the Sun and Moon, and lots and lots of clouds.

Raspberry Pi and ZWO

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Samperson (Crime Arc)

this year I just want to see people who don’t think they can make things, begin making things.

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a company comprised entirely of people who do not understand consent, do not respect consent, and/or are eager to look away when consent is violated wants to know why i don't trust them weird

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Maar het is natuurlijk wel zo. Lees vooral ook dit inzichtgevende stuk daarover: joop.bnnvara.nl/opinies/de-oli Doe dat trouwens eerst maar even.

De olifant in de coronaruïne - Joop - BNNVARA

Mak meestribbelen door het maatschappelijk middenveld dient kabinet noch maatschappij.

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I've been playing

's Get in the Car, Loser! (you should too! It's even free, so you have no excuse :-P) and got to a conversations about the government which seemed like an insane horror fantasy. But now I'm thinking maybe it's accurate for US state lawmaking?

Retweeting this on its own, because I think it originally got lost. And even though I don't think this is the best game ever, I'm still proud of making it in so little time and like people to see it. :-) I'll also add a screenshot to make the tweet more interesting.

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I changed my plans: instead of the Jam, I decided to join the Compo. Which means I had one day less to finish it. But finish it I did.

If you need to practice with radioactive decay, or just want to see what I've made, have a look! ldjam.com/events/ludum-d #ludumdare49

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I changed my plans: instead of the Jam, I decided to join the Compo. Which means I had one day less to finish it. But finish it I did. 😎 If you need to practice with radioactive decay, or just want to see what I've made, have a look! ldjam.com/events/ludum-d #ludumdare49

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I'm currently working on a game for Ludum Dare Jam #49. Hopefully I'll have something to present by Monday. :-)

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I have a thick skin when it comes to online harassment. But I also have empathy for people who don't, or whose online experience is not like mine. It's a great big universe out there.

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Whose inaction exactly

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President Biden

United States government official

We can’t wait to tackle the climate crisis. The signs are unmistakable. The science is undeniable. And the cost of inaction keeps mounting.

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Finally trying Minimal Twitter (web) thanks to a recc, and it's like, where have you been all my life. No ads No trends No who to follow Always latest tweets It's like 2010 Twitter all over again. addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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VGameDev //nullptr::live

Currency has value because we agree it has value. And by refusing to see any value in crypto you are actively counteracting it, even if a minuscule amount.

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Recently I've been busy making a map of an old (1987) game for the MSX computer by reverse engineering the ROM file. If you like that kind of thing, please check it out here: youtu.be/QatXloCTusE

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In case you're wondering what "sort of" means: I'm synchronizing one or more blocks of memory. So we define the blocks that hold the items, for example, then when one player picks the item up, both players have it in their inventory.

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I've made it possible to play single player games for the MSX computer with two players. Sort of. I'll try out MoG (probably) with a friend on Twitch this Sunday, 20:30 CEST (that's 18:30 UTC, 2:30 pm EDT). If you like #retrocomputing, please come watch. twitch.tv/drwijnen

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Yesterday I went on a cycling trip for the first time since the pandemic started. The convenient location of the #geohash motivated me. As one does with geohashing, I documented it: geohashing.site/geohashing/202

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A lot of young, idealistic people are getting caught up in cryptocurrency because they want to build a better world. Their talent and optimism deserve a better outlet than this scam money, and we all need a better alternative than the status quo

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I think it's time for us in the tech world to speak out and make it clear the emperor has no clothes here. Cryptocurrency is sustained by a mix of money laundering, vaporware, fraud, ransomware, gambling, and delusion. It has no social benefit except helping end first dates fast

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Eva ''Buff Girlfriend''

All this kink discourse makes me think it was kinda shortsighted of Citibank and WalMart to invite gay people to pride in the first place.

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i can't believe i lost a billion dollars this year because nobody gave me a billion dollars

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The Associated Press

The password is: Don't share. Netflix, Disney+ and other streaming are hoping to discourage people from sharing their passwords without alienating subscribers. Password sharing is estimated to cost them several billion dollars a year in lost revenue. apne.ws/S5axEvy

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Casper Slotboom

Well, this is awkward... #notulendebat

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Paypal and Venmo are now trading in proof-of-work cryptocurrency. The virus is now fully normalized, and there is nothing now to stop its climate change contribution from growing without bound. It is necessary to pass laws to stop use of proof-of-work cryptocurrency— now.

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Welcome to the world of #crypto, now on Venmo.

Get started in the app with as little as $1. Learn more → venmo.com/crypto

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Er stond 10-15 minuten; bij mij was het 22. Maar ik ben wel gewend dat ik altijd langer doe over vragenlijsten, want ik ben nogal zorgvuldig met die dingen. Hopelijk komt er wat nuttigs uit.

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De toegang tot medicatie en zorg voor mensen met #cysticfibrosis #taaislijmziekte in heel Europa verbeteren. Dat is het doel van deze survey van CF Europe. Help je mee? Mensen met CF: surveymonkey.com/r/QY5VXFS?fbcl Ouders: surveymonkey.com/r/Q2JXNVG?fbcl

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I really hate the “no person who works a full time job should live in poverty” discourse because it should simply be that nobody deserves to live in poverty. We gotta let go of this idea that we work in exchange for worth. People are innately worthy + deserving of the basics

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Dit! Zolang de R boven de 1 is (en voor de Britse variant is hij er nog nooit onder geweest), zijn de maatregelen niet streng genoeg. Zoek oplossingen voor de problemen in plaats van te kijken welke maatregelen versoepeld kunnen.

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Politici kom terug van je reces en ga opzoek naar een oplossing voor horeca, onderwijs, en sportbranche, anders dan je nu doet en wel als volgt: we zitten in een levensgevaarlijke valse tegenstelling. Er zijn maatregelen-daardoor neveneffecten en DUS moeten maatregelen weg. Nee!

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Dus als het kabinet het er echt doorgeramd had zonder kamerdebat was het nu juridisch geen probleem geweest. Willem Engel gaat economie en volksgezondheid potentieel veel ellende toebrengen. Aan mensen die nog twijfelen: mooi bewijs dat NL dus GEEN dictatuur is. Blijf svp thuis!

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