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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

How do I explain heat pumps to a #Cat? Asking for no particular reason.

A photo of Manni, our cat, sitting in the freezer door, preventing me from closing it.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

[cat] Look at how relaxed she is. She doesn't have Microsoft Outlook.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

I finally managed to take a good picture of the local White Stork couple. As far as I know this is the first time that White Storks are breeding in Ampflwang, Upper Austria. #BirdCouple #BirdPhotography #WhiteStork #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Birds

A photo of a White Stork couple standing on its nest.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

Am I stupid, or does the ZTE MC888 5G router really not offer any way to set up a simple firewall rule to "block all incoming, allow all outgoing" for IPv6? It seems it can either "block all" or "allow all" (no matter the direction), and individual […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Screenshot of the ZTE MC888 5G router web interface page for port filtering. It shows that the only choices for default rules are "Accepted" or "Dropped", without any mention of direction. It also shows that the "Add New" dialogue does not accept whole subnets. (If I remove the prefix length, it is treated as a valid address, but does not work either.) Furthermore, it shows that there can only be 10 rules.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

[cat (pictures)] I haven't posted about Manni for some time - mostly because I didn't have any good new pictures. Time to change this. I made the mistake of allowing her to walk around outside without a leash. She enjoyed it, but on Monday she got […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Manni, the cat, chilling in one of her beds. This is her sunbathing spot.

Manni, the cat, walking through a small soccer goal net, while wearing a leash.

Today I loaded the washing machine, but didn't start it yet. Then I went for a short walk. When I returned, I found this: Someone (the cat), must have dug around in the pile of dirty clothes.

Manni, the cat, smelling the neighbour's car. I think the neighbour ran over a bird, as there were some feathers stuck to the car. This, of course, got Manni quite curious.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

[cat] I haven't posted any #caturday pictures recently. It's time to fix this. Manni, our #cat, now regularly asks to go outside. It isn't easy to get a good picture while also handling the leash, but this one turned out quite good imho.

A photo of Manni, the cat, walking through a soccer goal net, while also wearing a leash.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026

In case you are wondering how this looks: Here is the very early, but working prototype. The selected code is what gets generated for the part of the graph on the left. There is also a "Compile and Save" button (not in the screenshot) that triggers […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Screenshot of Unreal Editor, with both, a graph and the corresponding C++ code. The C++ is a chain of monadic bind operations on what is basically a State Monad.

(Technically it's a State Monad Transformer that wraps a Free Monad. The Free Monad is used to encode side effects and to convert recursion into loops.)

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 08/11/2025

Some new pictures of our cat, Manni. Description in the alt texts. #Caturday #Cat

A photo of Manni, the cat, sitting on her cat tree. This cat bed is from a friend, and still smells after her cat, what is probably the reason Manni likes it a lot.

Photo of Manni, the cat, sniffing an umbrella. She is really curious, and of course had to inspect the umbrellas immediately after we put them into the bath-tub to dry.

Photo of Manni, the cat, sitting on my keyboard. At some point during home office she decided that I need a break from coding, so she intervened.

I tricked her though, by connecting a second keyboard and unplugging this one.

Photo of Manni, the cat, playing with a cat teaser on the bed. She finally is bold enough to jump onto the bed - both for play and for waking us up in the morning. Her inner clock is amazing - I don't need an alarm any more. Also, getting woken up by a cat nose bump is way better than by the alarm clock.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2025

Manni decided I need to stop typing and pay her attention instead. Still: I win 😜 #Cat #CatsOfMastodon

A photo of Manni the cat, lying on my work computer's keyboard. My lap is also in view, where I have a secret, second keyboard.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025

[cat (pictures), feline eye-contact] It has now been 3 months since we adopted Manni, a 15 year old cat. Meanwhile she feels right at home. Description of the images is in the alt-text. #Caturday #Cat

Photo of Manni, a cat, sitting in a cat-bed on a scratching post.

She isn't a too big fan of her new scratching post. However, she likes the bed we put on it. The bed was a gift from a friend, and still smells of her tomcats, what Manni seems to enjoy.

This picture shows Manni's current favourite sleeping spot. My partner made this cat-bed for her, and Manni could watch, so she knows that it was made with love.

This photo of Manni shows that one doesn't always need expensive cat toys. A blade of grass was better than all cat teasers we bought combined. Until she ate it.

This picture of Manni shows her current favourite game. She looks below the cat tunnel, and we have to move a cat toy through, which she grabs. Sometimes. Most of the time she just has fun anticipating where it will appear. To be honest, it's a bit boring to us humans, as we basically play entertainer for her, and she doesn't do much other than staring...

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2025

We have some cans of cat food that Manni does not like any more. She has eaten the same food some weeks ago just fine, but at some point she decided that it's no longer to her liking. She had rejected it once already, but we thought, after giving her […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Photo of the cat Manni, sleeping on some cardboard pieces.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2025

Today's #Caturday photos: An older, and a more recent picture of Manni, our adopted #cat. The first (older) picture shows her holding hands with me (please excuse the weird colours in some areas, the original was overexposed). The second shows her […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Photo of Manni the cat, holding hands with me.

Photo of Manni the cat, sitting on her new scratching post.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

Now, that she is feeling well again, I think I can post how our #cat looked like two weeks ago, after we returned from the veterinarian. She had been feeling ill that whole weekend, and on Monday she got an infusion beneath her skin, as she was […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

A photo of Manni the cat, after getting an infusion. Her primordial pouch is significantly bigger than usual due to all the liquid.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

On my way to fetch my bike from the repair shop, and thought I might share the view. This is from Riegel, Frankenburg.

Photo of the landscape, taken on/in Riegel, near Frankenburg.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2025

[cat (video)] We bought an #ActivityBoard for our adopted #Cat, Manni. She absolutely loves it. She doesn't even particularly like the dry food we put in it, but having to actually think in order to get it makes it better than the best cat treat. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Tortie

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025

I just downloaded a #3dPrinting STL file of a #cat activity board, hoping to get some entertainment for our newly adopted cat. At first it didn't look bad, but then I realised that its features are tiny, and that it needs to be scaled to twice its size […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Screenshot of the estimated time and filament numbers of a 3D print of a cat activity board. Total time is 2 days, 18 hours and 29 minutes, and the overall filament use is about 1 kilogram.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2025

[cat] It's a hot day today, so Manni the #Cat is trying to chill on the balcony for the first time. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Tortie

A photo of Manni, the cat, lying on the balcony. This is the first time ahe did that.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2025

[cat (photo, eye contact)] After two weeks living with us, Manni has successfully conquered a part of the couch. She hasn't fully settled in yet, but she is doing well enough. Meanwhile she is brave enough to meow if she wants something, and is also […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Manni the cat is sitting on the back rest of our couch. She likes that place.

Manni the cat resting on her edge of the couch.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2025

I finally managed to take a good picture of our #cat. She is still settling in, but getting bolder with each passing day. #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

Photo of Manni the cat, sitting on our couch chair.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2025

Some people should never get access to blender and a 3D printer. To be precise, one person should not get access to those tools. I am that person. #3dPrinting #blender3d #UglyItems #WhoInTheirRightMind

Photo of a 3D printed flowerpot with features that are supposed to resemble a swan: wings, tail an head. It is ugly, but so much so, that it just had to be printed.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2025

Today's #3dPrinting project was to fix my #MNTReform laptop's broken trackball keycaps. I could, of course, just have bought a replacement set from #MNTResearch (it's just €20), but since the STL files for the keycaps are publicly available on the […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

A photo of an MNT Reform laptop with two of the trackball keycaps replaced by newly 3D printed ones.

Detail picture of the 3D printed trackball keys of my MNT Reform laptop. Print quality seems good, but that was mainly because I reduced layer thickness and print speed, and also did quite a bit of post-processing with sandpaper.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2025

I am still trying to find proper parameters for #3dPrinting #PETG on my printer. I think I left the filament out too long, so it might have absorbed too much moisture, limiting achievable print quality... However, I am quite happy with this print of a […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Photo of two 3D printed parts that can be combined (with a spring) to form a toilet paper holder. The print quality is OK-ish, with noticeable seam and some tiny gaps in the perimeter near a hole and the seam.

Photo of one of the two 3D printed parts of a toilet paper holder. It shows a view into the outer part, revealing a notch that allows the pin on the other part to slide in and lock in place.

Photo of the combined toilet paper holder. The pin on the inner part can be seen through the notch of the outer part.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2025

First successful #3DPrinting project. This is the soap holder I drew in #FreeCAD yesterday. It isn't perfect, as I still need to play a bit with temperatures and extrusion speed, but it's decent enough to keep. #SuperSlicer is pretty impressive too […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Photo of an Elegoo Neptune 4 Max 3D printer mid-printing.

Photo of an Elegoo Neptune 4 Max 3D printer with a finished soap holder on the table. The soap holder is lying on its side, as this orientation made printing without support beams possible.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2025

I feel so stupid. I tried to debug why my material edits looked wrong one one instance of a blueprint and not in the others. After hours I finally found out why....

A screenshot of Unreal's transform widget. The x-scale is highlighted. It contains the number -1.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2025

[politics, atpol, cars] 2019, ÖVP (the Austrian "conservative" party): Hydrogen cars are the future! By 2025 there will be hydrogen fuel stations all over the country. 2025:

Photo of a newspaper headline (from derStandard, 2025-04-24) reading:

OMV schließt alle Wasserstoff-Tankstellen
59 Autos tanken hierzulande Wasserstoff. Für die OMV geht das Geschäft nicht auf, der Konzern vollzieht eine Kehrtwende und setzt stärker auf E-Mobilität.

Translated to English:
OMV shuts down all their hydrogen fuel stations. In Austria 59 cars are fuelled by hydrogen. This is not a sustainable business for the OMV, so they changed their mind and are now supporting electric cars instead.

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Andreas Grois @soulsource.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2025

#UnrealEngine currently seems to have a packaging bug related to SSL certificates. Best make sure that the "Verify Peer" setting is explicitly set in your project's ini files. That's in the "/Script/Engine.NetworkSettings" section of DefaultEngine.ini […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Screenshot of Unreal Editor, showing the "Engine - Network" tab. The "Verify Peer" checkbox is highlighted.

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