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Rust-obsessed dwagon with a passion for the process of creating funny colored text files. - he/him - huge fan of #linux / ~~#unix~~ #plan9 and its […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ furry.engineer/@mage_of_dragons, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Anthropy @anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
#DRAM #nand #memory #hardware
"don't make me tap the sign" meme, the sign is titled "DRAM/NAND is artificially price-fixed by a handful of companies that get sued for this every 5-10 years"
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 01/10/2026
okay, it doesn't *fully* work, but it manages to get into usermode and even runs the multiprocessing test binary to completion (sometimes) that is so much more than I expected
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 01/10/2026
wait wdym -O3 works
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 01/10/2026
@asokel okay, because alive roaches usually last much longer than dead ones, so keep that in mind
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 01/10/2026
@asokel roach is alive?
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 01/10/2026
meow is an ISO approved variable name
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 01/10/2026
I see why people write dev diaries now, it's probably better if you wrote down when you broke something, instead of bisecting the repo every time
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 29/09/2026
wtf I change *one* tiny thing in how processes are being blocked and now there's a triple fault
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 29/09/2026
> A fatal error internal to GDB has been detected, further debugging is not possible. GDB will now terminate. I wrote code so bad, the debugger gave up on it.
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 27/09/2026
cats have successfully infiltrated both the C, as well as the C++ language
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 27/09/2026
```c union purr { int x; float y; }; ``` - ISO C Working Draft n3220; Section 6.7.3.4 Tags, Example 2, Line 7
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 27/09/2026
ohhhhh gitlab allows `/tableflip` nevermind then
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 27/09/2026
wdym the forgejo issue template is more powerful than the gitlab one
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 26/09/2026
[osdev fanfic] *sits in front of a big tower labelled "the proc subsystem" and slowly, fully concentrating on its task and only with the utmost care inserts a little brick with the label "kfree" into some hole in the tower. Afterwards, the dragon carefully steps back, flips some switch, the […]
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 26/09/2026
The problem with getting older and following your interests is that you can't infodump to your past self about all the things they'll do.
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 26/09/2026
:drgn_nervous:
output from the Typhon kernel:
PARENT!
Child PID: 3
CHILD!
CHILD: 4
an ascii smiling face in red color, ominously staring at the reader
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 26/09/2026
It's good when the disassembler prints "(bad)" for code generated by gcc
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Enalys :dragn_verified: @enalys.mastodon.zergy.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
What dragons like: - Cookies :dragn_cookie: - Hoard :dragn_shinny: - Be washed 🧽 :dragn_bratty: - Sleep :dragn_blanketsleep: - Rawring :dragn_sarc: 🎵 #Dragon
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 25/09/2026
[osdev] "return to null" sounds cool when taken out of context in context, it is very frustrating
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 24/09/2026
idk fully what's the correct number of git stashes to have is, but 24 has to be too much
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Freeeeeeeeeeeeee :ablobfoxbongohyper: :fluffytail: @freeplay.wetdry.world · 24/06/2026
**You're absolutely right** :neofox_floof:, waaff waff f wahrhfff rherfhfff WAaahhfff !!1 waaff waff fwrrfff waff :neofox_up_paws: **waaff whrehff wafhff:** * waaff wrhrff waff waf waf waf ahrhrff ARHfhf !! * :neofox_thumbsup: waafff wafff **waaahhhh** […] [Original post on wetdry.world]
a fopi that is standing on its back legs, and its front paws against a computer desk, with the computer showing images of more foxes. There's also a platinum foxi under the desk
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 23/09/2026
wdym there was a DE that did a javascript (using java in the name because it was popular)
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 23/09/2026
[GCC documentation (short page)] gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Directiv… sorry what why how ...did they just notice a side effect of their impl and made it a feature??
gcc.gnu.org
Directives Within Macro Arguments (The C Preprocessor)
Directives Within Macro Arguments (The C Preprocessor)
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 22/09/2026
why are you creatures imagining so many different kinds of dragons how the hell am i meant to choose now
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 21/09/2026
KDE is like the one furry project that managed to convince normal people that it's not
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 20/09/2026
now *this* is how you manage repo issues
screenshot showing three forgejo labels, all describing bugs of different severities:

1. bug with an image of a really nervous dragon besides it, described as "severity high"
2. bug with an image of a dragon with its tongue sticking out besides it, described as "severity silly"
3. bug with an image of only a slightly nervous dragon besides it, described as "severity medium"
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 18/09/2026
alr maybe I do have a horn bias
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 18/09/2026
help I need to scream but lack the appropriate maw and vocal cords necessary to produce an adequate roar
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 18/09/2026
Getting sidetracked into doing data analysis on the e621 database to figure out whether I have a horn bias
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 17/09/2026
[osdev, amd marketing] > AMD Enhanced Virus Protection (NX bit)
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 14/09/2026
[Steam frame] probably the most expensive way to buy Half Life: Alyx
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 13/09/2026
Cursed C code compilation aka the ISO C specification
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Feral Art Bot @feralbot.botsinbox.net.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
e926.net/posts/2983512 Source 1: www.patreon.com/posts/bat-dragon-57… (Reference ID: 984)
Art of a reptile by tom_fischbach. Sourced from e926.net
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Li ~ Crystal System @li.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
the heritage of computers is a gay guy using it to hack nazi encryption btw
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 11/09/2026
[osdev] RockRidge extension engineers probably: 8.3 filenames are soooo 80s let's extend this filesystem with cool new* UNIX-like filenames that are stored in a linked-list
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link altink :spinny_cat_pan: :spinny_cat_nb: @link.js.meowingwo.men.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Photo of a baby fox looking at someone and bleping. There's a textbox underneath the photo reading "Customers usually keep this item."
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Feral Art Bot @feralbot.botsinbox.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
e926.net/posts/5082461 Source 1: www.furaffinity.net/view/57813391 Source 2: d.furaffinity.net/art/kruvis/172408… (Reference ID: 2383)
Art of a mythological_scalie by kruvis. Sourced from e926.net
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 10/09/2026
Does it still count as embedded if my resulting binary is an apk?
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 09/09/2026
horrible horrible merge conflict, but now we have 219 new commits on main that need syncing with upstream :3
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 09/09/2026
:drgn_mlem:
pull request changes summary from forgejo

4162 additions, 979 deletions
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 09/09/2026
In my defense, the procedure was written in assembly and not C
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 09/09/2026
Woag, I really fell for the ```c int *foo(void) { int i = 621; return &i; } ``` trap #programming #include
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 09/09/2026
[re: osdev] I think I fixed that now hard to tell if the cpu is just in a good mood or the race condition is gone
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 08/09/2026
[osdev] Aw come on, there was a second deadlock bug??? ...or maybe that one was always there and I just introduced and then fixed a new one
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 08/09/2026
[re: osdev] ...it does count as fixed if the bug doesn't happen > 50% of the time right?
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 08/09/2026
[osdev] I can even predict when a run ends in a deadlock based on whether my fans stop spinning early :3
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 08/09/2026
at least the selftest works now after I programmed it better
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 08/09/2026
also, fuck past me for even coming up with such awful semantics
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mage_of_dragons @dwagon.org · 08/09/2026
Why is it so easy to forget the semantics of your own functions??
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Bluefire @bluefire.dragonchat.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Dragon problems. That mansion was already on fire when I got here, I swear!
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