Moses Izumi
@moses_izumi@fe.disroot.org
A man whose mind is a haze of swedish punk rock, fantasies about musclegirls, and strong opinions on portable electronics: and slightly less stubborn views on software.
Child of the Home Theater PC-era.
("inside of every set-top box is a Computer waiting to break free")
Strongly believe that the decline of keyboard phones may have been bigger blow to the concept of general-purpose computing than any DRM/vendor lock-in: and that the snakeoil salesmen powering the "generative AI" industry can only thrive in a world where OS vendors don't ship software development toolchains as part of the base install.
My main barometer for Software Bloat is the presence of a splash screen to cover up loading times.
Inadvertently nerdsniped @rose@snac.pinkro.se into making a Gentoo LiveCD.
(see https://gardenhouse.pinkro.se/news/bouquet_of_isos.html )
Named myself as a play on anime cop Noah Izumi, because she's a friendly technooptimistic dumbass (can relate) and dismantled a supply chain botnet decades before NPM and Wordpress made those mainstream.
She also managed to conquer the Griffon because her last-gen exoskeleton didn't have the "neural network enhanced" movement system: a refreshing contrast to every other mecha anime absolutely salivating over equipment upgrades.
[sometimes I think Patlabor 2 should've been about her becoming a Quaker or something]
(see https://fe.disroot.org/notice/B3kS7d2BeERz3WC5Wi for more)
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== Interests ==
- Making simple gameplay mods for ZDoom
(weapons, player movement, jetpacks)
- Hacker conferences, i.e CCC
(never been to one, but the talks eviscerate 99% of tech Youtube)
- Reading: tech blogs, manga, religious works
(TechTipsy, @domi@donotsta.re 's blog, even Hackaday if I'm desperate)
(Patlabor, Rayearth, anything by Shirow Masamune)
(New Testament, The Religion of the Samurai)
- Permacomputing
(mainly interested in the "my laptop from 2003 works fine, get off my lawn Microsoft"-part of their philosophy)
- Videogames
(Jackal and Millipede are the best 2D shooters, because you don't need a speed powerup to have a fighting chance)
(Quake has worse guns than doom, but the verticality makes up for it)
(Doom is more interesting when you don't keep weapons between levels)
(got highly addicted to F-Zero for a while)
(Kung Fu for NES is the only beat-em up I really got into, it isn't a slugfest: also appreciate Mazinger Z for SNES because of the immense enemy variety)
- Birds
(kinda want to scratch a Golden Eagle under the chin, I find them oddly cute)
(don't get why Netscape's grandson is called Seamonkey instead of Albatross or something)
Profile picture is Ishikawa from Ghost in the Shell (1995 movie)
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As of 27 April 2026 I only repost/quote posts that I've replied to.
I don't wish to have a profile full of reruns, but I still see the value in signal-boosting the work of others.
Child of the Home Theater PC-era.
("inside of every set-top box is a Computer waiting to break free")
Strongly believe that the decline of keyboard phones may have been bigger blow to the concept of general-purpose computing than any DRM/vendor lock-in: and that the snakeoil salesmen powering the "generative AI" industry can only thrive in a world where OS vendors don't ship software development toolchains as part of the base install.
My main barometer for Software Bloat is the presence of a splash screen to cover up loading times.
Inadvertently nerdsniped @rose@snac.pinkro.se into making a Gentoo LiveCD.
(see https://gardenhouse.pinkro.se/news/bouquet_of_isos.html )
Named myself as a play on anime cop Noah Izumi, because she's a friendly technooptimistic dumbass (can relate) and dismantled a supply chain botnet decades before NPM and Wordpress made those mainstream.
She also managed to conquer the Griffon because her last-gen exoskeleton didn't have the "neural network enhanced" movement system: a refreshing contrast to every other mecha anime absolutely salivating over equipment upgrades.
[sometimes I think Patlabor 2 should've been about her becoming a Quaker or something]
(see https://fe.disroot.org/notice/B3kS7d2BeERz3WC5Wi for more)
_ _ _ _
== Interests ==
- Making simple gameplay mods for ZDoom
(weapons, player movement, jetpacks)
- Hacker conferences, i.e CCC
(never been to one, but the talks eviscerate 99% of tech Youtube)
- Reading: tech blogs, manga, religious works
(TechTipsy, @domi@donotsta.re 's blog, even Hackaday if I'm desperate)
(Patlabor, Rayearth, anything by Shirow Masamune)
(New Testament, The Religion of the Samurai)
- Permacomputing
(mainly interested in the "my laptop from 2003 works fine, get off my lawn Microsoft"-part of their philosophy)
- Videogames
(Jackal and Millipede are the best 2D shooters, because you don't need a speed powerup to have a fighting chance)
(Quake has worse guns than doom, but the verticality makes up for it)
(Doom is more interesting when you don't keep weapons between levels)
(got highly addicted to F-Zero for a while)
(Kung Fu for NES is the only beat-em up I really got into, it isn't a slugfest: also appreciate Mazinger Z for SNES because of the immense enemy variety)
- Birds
(kinda want to scratch a Golden Eagle under the chin, I find them oddly cute)
(don't get why Netscape's grandson is called Seamonkey instead of Albatross or something)
Profile picture is Ishikawa from Ghost in the Shell (1995 movie)
_ _ _ _
As of 27 April 2026 I only repost/quote posts that I've replied to.
I don't wish to have a profile full of reruns, but I still see the value in signal-boosting the work of others.
8petros
@8petros@fe.disroot.org
Free radical.
Old fart.
Cracking the system for a living.
A barbarian with overgrown brain.
Old fart.
Cracking the system for a living.
A barbarian with overgrown brain.
That's all folks...
