overview for mhredox

One Note enshitification in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

e13n

What's your best future band name? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Dixie wrecked

What kind of music is this similar to and where can I find more? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Check out Boards of Canada. Lots of their stuff is like this.

https://youtu.be/gCpWlusq3_c?si=yHxSFJfF0zTjiDwE

What's your biggest gamer achievement? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I was ranked #1 in the world for a good while in Pistol Whip. On both PC and PS4, before they separated out all the leaderboards based on modifiers.

Self hosting kids-friendly multiplayer games on Raspberry Pi 4 in c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Definitely possible -- check out emulatorjs. There are a few premade docker containers for it, but they were a bit finicky when I tried them. I eventually just ended up writing a react wrapper for it and have it hosted in a docker container. It works great, and will even play psx games without issue.

what are 5 Lemmy communities I probably haven't heard of but should join? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Mid 30s and still can't grow a beard or moustache. There is no hope for me.

Youtube is now unusable without a frontend in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Upvoted for BoC

Full Stack Programmer Doing Frontend in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same. Honestly no issues with react+vite that I haven't been able to solve.

What were the consequences of you going to college? Do you think it helped you in life or did it only hold you back? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I managed to get into web-dev without a CS degree, but I definitely consider myself one of the lucky ones.

I got a bachelor's in Chemistry, but realized very quickly after graduating that there are precisely zero decent paying jobs for a bachelor's in general chemistry. Literally the only place that even called me back was offering $14/hr to do urinalysis... working the graveyard shift.

I ended up getting a job doing content review as a contractor for the largest video sharing platform (you know the one). A lot of the work was really monotonous, mostly just copying and pasting stuff. We had a quota that once we hit, we could stop working (and still be paid a full day). I could already hit the quota in around 3-4 hours, but I realized if I didn't have to copy/paste, I could cut that down to only 1-2 hours.

So, in my spare time at work I ended up learning JavaScript and making a chrome extension to do just that. I showed my bosses and they ended up putting me in a full time programming position.

I don't use my chemistry degree at all, but my math minor definitely comes in handy.

Self Hosting Fail in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Exact same thing happened to me the other day. Like exactly. Maybe we live in the same area.

Real debird issues in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

Can't tell if you're having a problem with birds or debris. Maybe it's a problem of debris from debirding. Either way, good luck 👍

What item do you own that has an unexpectedly high value? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] mhredox@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I bought a Roland Jupiter 6 synthesizer for $1100 around 14 years ago. Are the time, the price definitely made me flinch. Last I checked, they are going for $8000-$10,000 on eBay.

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Working on an emulated-OS docker container (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by mhredox@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Decided I'd give a sneak peek at something I'm working on:

Since building my home server I've constantly been on the lookout for a decent frontend to manage my files, etc. I initially tried file browser, but it was always really buggy for me, and honestly I hated it.

Since my server is headless, a PiKVM and the like wouldn't really work for me the way I wanted, so I decided to just build what I was looking for on my own.

And with that, I'd like to introduce: ~~redox_os~~ TBD

It's an emulated OS built in react with a node+express backend. It's made to be as fully customizable as you want. You can create new "apps" for it very easily. Anything you can make in react/JavaScript can be loaded as an "app" with just a simple config file.

It's still very much a work in progress, but I figured it was complete enough for a little show and tell.

Current features:

a desktop with icons/etc
a file browser
text editor (complete with syntax highlighting)
a full featured terminal
a picture viewer
a music player
a video player (capable of live-transcoding to an html5 compatible format)
a file downloader (for downloading files to the server from the web)
full drag and drop capabilities (even drop files from outside your browser to upload)
downloading files from the server to local
full mobile/touch support

I'm also still very much deciding how to handle the release. It's mostly functional already, but I'd really want it to be polished before a proper release.

Since I also have a full time job, that may take a while. Contributors would definitely help, but I'm also a little split on whether I should make if FOSS. I'm definitely leaning so, but idk.

Definitely open to any feedback, suggestions, criticism, etc.

Edit: Thanks to everyone for the feedback! Looks like I'll definitely be going FOSS. Also I'll be changing the name 😄

Not sure what to call it now though. Maybe reDOS? Lol

I still wanna tidy everything up a bit before making the code public. Maybe go back and start adding some comments/documentation as currently there is none. I'm really terrible about that.

Also definitely a bit shy to open up my code to public scrutiny haha. I'm sure there are plenty of mistakes and bad practices.