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AmpElectrecuted

AmpElectrecuted wrote:
sneak peak…

yes ocular will probably have 3.0 blocks now!

it got merged

Last edited by AmpElectrecuted (Feb. 8, 2025 10:49:12)

AmpElectrecuted

forever
ask [why are C-blocks centered in ocular] and wait
end

just trying to fix a bug

edit: it was my cache, probably an older version of scratchblocks lying around

Last edited by AmpElectrecuted (Feb. 1, 2025 15:59:21)

NanoRook

so nice getting ocular up again, thank you mr based jeffalo

one click sign on still doesn't work for me so my status is stuck as this incredibly lame halo reference forever. years after I am gone they will remember me by this

Jeffalo

NanoRook wrote:
so nice getting ocular up again, thank you mr based jeffalo

one click sign on still doesn't work for me so my status is stuck as this incredibly lame halo reference forever. years after I am gone they will remember me by this

thanks

, mostly was lefty's work. for the sign in, i was able to authenticate with scratchauth using the comment method. does that work for you?

AmpElectrecuted

when cloud variables are fixed, there should be a scratch project to let you set an ocular status from scratch

Zydrolic

AmpElectrecuted wrote:
when cloud variables are fixed, there should be a scratch project to let you set an ocular status from scratch

jeffalo doesn't handle the login, scratchauth does

unless you're gonna be fetching comments from projects and looking for the exact user (possible with https://api.scratch.mit.edu/users/PROJECTAUTHOR/projects/ID/comments?offset=FOO&limit=FOO ) (but that might end up being a lot of requests at some point if people just end up using it more than sign in) i don't think there'd be a way to do that? might just be forgetting something or being pessimistic here though

Last edited by Zydrolic (Feb. 16, 2025 13:26:25)

CST1229

Zydrolic wrote:
(#3767)
jeffalo doesn't handle the login, scratchauth does

jeffalo does own the ocular server though, so he could just bypass the scratchauth auth he implemented when editing a status from scratch (since you can authenticate through that alone, even with cloud variables using the cloud log)

Jeffalo

CST1229 wrote:
Zydrolic wrote:
(#3767)
jeffalo doesn't handle the login, scratchauth does
jeffalo does own the ocular server though, so he could just bypass the scratchauth auth he implemented when editing a status from scratch (since you can authenticate through that alone, even with cloud variables using the cloud log)

this could be weird and interesting. like if i had a specific project, and instead of having an ocular dashboard to edit your status, you could just comment what you wanted your new status to be - might confuse scratch's moderators though.

Pufferfish_Test

Jeffalo wrote:
(#3769)
CST1229 wrote:
-snip-
this could be weird and interesting. like if i had a specific project, and instead of having an ocular dashboard to edit your status, you could just comment what you wanted your new status to be - might confuse scratch's moderators though.

if we got rid of the ocular dashboard entirely, status moderation would become orders of magnitude easier… there'd definitely br some cons though
help i can no longer say cons without going into functional programming mode

scratchusername40

Jeffalo wrote:
CST1229 wrote:
Zydrolic wrote:
(#3767)
jeffalo doesn't handle the login, scratchauth does
jeffalo does own the ocular server though, so he could just bypass the scratchauth auth he implemented when editing a status from scratch (since you can authenticate through that alone, even with cloud variables using the cloud log)
this could be weird and interesting. like if i had a specific project, and instead of having an ocular dashboard to edit your status, you could just comment what you wanted your new status to be - might confuse scratch's moderators though.

You could do cloud vars. Like, encode the status into numbers. And use all 10 variables, so you can get the full length.

Last edited by scratchusername40 (Feb. 19, 2025 23:03:09)

redspacecat

Question: Why is everything on the ocular website lowercase?

Jeffalo

scratchusername40 wrote:
Jeffalo wrote:
CST1229 wrote:
Zydrolic wrote:
(#3767)
jeffalo doesn't handle the login, scratchauth does
jeffalo does own the ocular server though, so he could just bypass the scratchauth auth he implemented when editing a status from scratch (since you can authenticate through that alone, even with cloud variables using the cloud log)
this could be weird and interesting. like if i had a specific project, and instead of having an ocular dashboard to edit your status, you could just comment what you wanted your new status to be - might confuse scratch's moderators though.
You could do cloud vars. Like, encode the status into numbers. And use all 10 variables, so you can get the full length.

using comments would allow us to benefit from scratch's filter/moderation

redspacecat wrote:
Question: Why is everything on the ocular website lowercase?

adds character

BigNate469

Jeffalo wrote:
redspacecat wrote:
Question: Why is everything on the ocular website lowercase?
adds character

Would be kinda funny then to put it in all caps on April Fools' day once.

AmpElectrecuted

BigNate469 wrote:
Would be kinda funny then to put it in all caps on April Fools' day once.

JEFFALO HATES CAPS LOCK;

Jeffalo

AmpElectrecuted wrote:
BigNate469 wrote:
Would be kinda funny then to put it in all caps on April Fools' day once.
JEFFALO HATES CAPS LOCK;

TRUE I DONT EVEN HAVE A CAPS LOCK KEY ON MY KEYBOARD. HOLDING SHIFT IS FAR MORE USEFUL. I HAVE AN EXTRA ESCAPE KEY WHICH IS NICE FOR VIM

NanoRook

AmpElectrecuted wrote:
when cloud variables are fixed

Jeffalo

hi everyone - quick update. yes ocular is a bit shaky right now - something's either wrong with my server's networking or my home internet and i'm not sure what. i'll let it sit so we can figure it out, sorry about the inconvenience!

BigNate469

Jeffalo wrote:
hi everyone - quick update. yes ocular is a bit shaky right now - something's either wrong with my server's networking or my home internet and i'm not sure what. i'll let it sit so we can figure it out, sorry about the inconvenience!

I'm not having any issues right now, it might be on your end. However, I also haven't used it much today, so I'm a bad source of if it's working or not.

Zydrolic

sb3 is a little overscaled:
https://ocular.jeffalo.net/post/7802927
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/741323/
they also overflow outside view and become unreadable unless you view it on the forums themselves:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7808220/
https://ocular.jeffalo.net/post/7808220

TesterMatt9th

BigNate469 wrote:
Jeffalo wrote:
hi everyone - quick update. yes ocular is a bit shaky right now - something's either wrong with my server's networking or my home internet and i'm not sure what. i'll let it sit so we can figure it out, sorry about the inconvenience!
I'm not having any issues right now, it might be on your end. However, I also haven't used it much today, so I'm a bad source of if it's working or not.

Well I am

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