From: David ‘Bombe’ Roden Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 07:59:34 +0000 (+0200) Subject: ✨ Add comic “Drugs and Wires” X-Git-Tag: v2~70 X-Git-Url: https://git.pterodactylus.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6b8c84a6917d78c73dc255f49302d7892610a92e;p=rhynodge.git ✨ Add comic “Drugs and Wires” --- diff --git a/src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/watchers/DrugsAndWiresWatcher.kt b/src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/watchers/DrugsAndWiresWatcher.kt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..98f5c5c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/watchers/DrugsAndWiresWatcher.kt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +package net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.watchers + +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.filters.HtmlFilter +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.filters.comics.DrugsAndWiresComicFilter +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.queries.HttpQuery +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.triggers.NewComicTrigger + +class DrugsAndWiresWatcher: DefaultWatcher(query, filters, trigger) + +private val query = HttpQuery("https://www.drugsandwires.fail/") +private val filters = listOf(HtmlFilter(), DrugsAndWiresComicFilter()) +private val trigger = NewComicTrigger() diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/filters/comics/DrugsAndWiresComicFilter.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/filters/comics/DrugsAndWiresComicFilter.kt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cc40bc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/filters/comics/DrugsAndWiresComicFilter.kt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +package net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.filters.comics + +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.filters.ComicSiteFilter +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.utils.asOptional +import org.jsoup.nodes.Document + +class DrugsAndWiresComicFilter : ComicSiteFilter() { + + override fun extractTitle(document: Document) = + document.select("article.webcomic1 header.post-header h2").text().asOptional() + + override fun extractImageUrls(document: Document) = + document.select(".webcomic-image a.current-webcomic img").map { it.attr("src") } + + override fun extractImageComments(document: Document) = + listOf(document.select("article.webcomic1 div.post-content").text()) + +} diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/filters/comics/DrugsAndWiresComicFilterTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/filters/comics/DrugsAndWiresComicFilterTest.kt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1357209 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/test/kotlin/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/filters/comics/DrugsAndWiresComicFilterTest.kt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +package net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.filters.comics + +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.filters.ResourceLoader +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.states.ComicState +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.states.ComicState.Comic +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.states.ComicState.Strip +import net.pterodactylus.rhynodge.states.HtmlState +import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat +import org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains +import org.junit.Test + +class DrugsAndWiresComicFilterTest { + + private val filter = DrugsAndWiresComicFilter() + private val htmlState: HtmlState = ResourceLoader + .loadDocument(javaClass, "drugs-and-wires.html", baseUrl) + .let { HtmlState(baseUrl, it) } + + @Test + fun `filter can extract comic correctly`() { + val comicState = filter.filter(htmlState) as ComicState + assertThat( + comicState.comics(), + contains( + Comic("Chapter 8 Page 18").add(Strip("https://www.drugsandwires.fail/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/18.jpg", "")) + ) + ) + } + +} + +private const val baseUrl = "https://www.drugsandwires.fail/" diff --git a/src/test/resources/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/filters/comics/drugs-and-wires.html b/src/test/resources/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/filters/comics/drugs-and-wires.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c759238 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/test/resources/net/pterodactylus/rhynodge/filters/comics/drugs-and-wires.html @@ -0,0 +1,890 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Drugs and Wires – Cyberpunk Misadventures in the Dark Future of 1995 – Everything went wrong. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Skip to content + + +
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“The only addiction my treatment doesn’t seem to help is my potato fetish.”

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That’s because the bread they lace with every unregulated addictive substance they feasibly can is potato bread. Note that quite a few of those unregulated substances are sexual stimulants, so if your potato fetish is holding steady, you’re actually ahead of the game.

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I can already hear the Metal Gear Solid alert sound going off in his head.

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Oh fuck not Raël and his raëlians… Christ, why are these cults always obsessed by space and extraterrestrial weirdos.

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Ok but true words, we are really sorry where I live for being the place of origin for this nonsense and we’ll be the first ones to cheer we he finally fuck off back to space or whatever that madman believes will happen when he finally kicks it.

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What’s the red flag for raëlians in this comic? I’m out of touch and don’t remember all my creepy red flags in specific, other than the giant waving one that is everything about these jackasses.

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Panel 4, penultimate word. “Raël”.

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Other than that, the drawings on the board could be misconstrued as something if one doesn’t look too close and forgets the crap peddled by New Beginnings. That *sounds* like a dismissal, but I’ve known some cultists who delight in “hiding the truth in plain sight”, so that is sometimes the way you need to look for their crap. The number of cultists I’ve known who delight in that shit is pretty close to the number of cultists I’ve know. It’s probably not statistically representative of the total population, though, as my sample size is quite small so my p-value is rather large.

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Real fresh meat for the plot here!
+So the Sandman group decided to pursue this lead. Mira can even name Dan as the friend if this guy tries to call that bluff. But I wasn’t actually expecting a reaction like panel 7.

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Recall ch7 pg27. The version of Skullfuck that hit Shitparade has Right Living nonsense inside its code, but
+it’s not the original code. So I think we are looking for someone who would be both 1) associated with New Beginnings Drug Rehabilitation Services and 2) competent enough to modify the code.
+It does not make sense to me that this would be Eve, among other reasons because she should have known what Skullfuck was and refused to be involved in modifying it. I would be surprised if it was this dude, since he’s old (in a world where this tech is new), but I could be wrong, and even if it’s not him it could mean he knows something.

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The other mystery is how this version, with (at least) 2 different contributing authors, came to be.
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Of course whether they knew how to make the code _actually do that_ is a different question. It clearly doesn’t.
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It can be amazing what code atrocities one can commit when one has no respect or understanding for code, but no inhibitions with mucking with it. Add in a little knowledge (you know, one of the most dangerous things in existence) and it’s even worse.

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Just to be clear: I’m a fan of knowledge. But you need enough to be safe before you start trying to change the world with it, or bad things happen.

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It must have been one of his cult followers. That guy himself is too busy running the scam. He provides the motivation, his marks provide the skill.

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Or in this case, lack of skill. It is not too far-fetched that skullfuck was not meant to be lethal. The Morris worm was not meant to force a coordinated shutdown of the internet either.

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Still, someone would have to have written the original code for a purpose.

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And someone has set up the Epitaph. And named it.

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Blue Pill Arcade, Drugs & Wires prequel comic, is now finished!

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BPA takes us back to the year 1993 and explores Dan and Eve’s relationship and the early days of VR in Stradania.

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Not many people know that, but our boy Dan used to make music in his university days. Thanks to the wonders of technology his 1992 debut “Privation Sensorielle” has been digitised and preserved for generations to come, possibly against its creator’s will.
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Our second fanart contest has just wrapped up! Thanks to everyone who participated – we got so many beautiful entries from folks, judging was difficult to say the least.

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Our Fanart category winner is Symberzite with a brilliant Bladerunner/D&W mashup. Check out their piece on twitter!

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Fanart runner-up is Leona Florianova because who can resist those colours? Check out her piece on Tumblr

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Now for Original Characters! Our OC winner is ekrixart with their character Niles. Check them out on tumblr! We love the idea for the mods and how they’re all both functional and plausible in D&W world.

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Our OC Runner-Up is Flygohr – that character sheet presentation is A+. Check out his work on Instagram

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-Winners and runner-ups will receive a signed Vol.1 of Drugs & Wires, winners will also get part 1 of Blue Pill Arcade, a phone charm and a personalised sketch from Cryo.

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Happy (belated!) 2019, everyone. Cryo here! (or..Mary, seeing how I’ve totally deanonymised myself on social media lately.

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I realised this website’s been quiet for a while now so I figured I’d give you an update of all the things in case you don’t follow our ramblings on social media.

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Drugs & Wires has been updating on Patreon for the past few weeks – I felt like it’s best to build a buffer for public updates going forward. The good news is that public updates will resume this Wednesday, 23rd Jan – but if you just can’t wait you can read the first 3 pages on Patreon for just $3. I’ve also had to switch my streams to patreon-only to avoid spoilers, those are available to all patrons!

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We still have an active Discord with open access and a welcoming community for all as well as an exclusive #patreon channel where I post WIPs for patrons and other things sometimes. (if you scroll far enough you might even find some extremely secret pre-2012 art of what would eventually become Dan and Lin)

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All physical Kickstarter rewards went out back in October 2018, and digital goodies dropped in November. Please get in touch if you’re a backer and haven’t received your package so we can sort something out! So far we’ve only had a couple of packages returning or missing. KS fulfillment was a ton of work for us both, but seeing the items drop was so satisfying. Thanks to all of you who supported the campaign! <3 I don’t think I ever want to burn another floppy, though.

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If you missed the Kickstarter and would like to buy the book, it’s available in my new store!  I’ve also got some other merch available too, though most Kickstarter stuff is very limited edition and as I’m typing this there’s only 2 Wirehead shirts left.

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Regarding convention appearances: I managed to get a trading table at Dublin Comic Con this March! Nothing else confirmed so far. Now that I live in Ireland travelling for UK cons is gonna be a bit more of a challenge!

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If you’re reading Drugs & Wires regularly, you might have noticed that our updates have been a bit all over the place lately – and I apologise for that! A couple of months ago I had to go back to working full-time  and readjusting to that has been challenging. In addition to that, I’m busy preparing the first issue of Blue Pill Arcade for London MCM and both me and Io are working on some extras and things for our upcoming Kickstarter! (more on that later)

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Anyway, it seems like June is going to be extremely busy for both work and personal reasons, so unfortunately I’m left with no other choice than to take a mini-hiatus and put D&W on a break until July. We might update before then, but I can’t promise it’ll be regular. I’m very sorry about that – hopefully the stuff we’ll be working on in the meantime is gonna make up for that! I’ve also closed down our Tictail store until after MCM to help me keep track of stock.

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Speaking of Kickstarters – we’re planning on launching one for a collected edition of chapters 1-4. I’ve been slowly adapting it all for print and making rewards (BPA comic being one of them) and there’s still a lot of work to be done, but hopefully we’ll get there! If you’d like to know when it launches, sign up for our mailing list here. (Your email might already be on there if you’ve bought stuff from the Tictail store in the past) I promise I won’t spam you more than a couple times a year – it’s just a neat option for people who can’t keep up with my shitposting on social media!

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Good news – after many months of writing scripts and thumbnails, Blue Pill Arcade is finally getting drawn! First 5 pages are already up on Patreon.

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Blue Pill Arcade is a prequel set 2 years before the events of the main comic. While Dreamspace (our original prequel series) focuses on Dan’s last moments in VR, BPA is all about the early days of Dreamspace and its users. Expect it to be a little more light-hearted than the main series (light-hearted by D&W standards, anyway…)

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Good news, ‘Wireheads – thanks to ongoing support from our Patreon backers, we’ll be publishing another five pages of D&W this month! Slightly less good news: next Monday’s page will unfortunately be bumped, as Claire’s on the road with only the barest of bare-bone art-ing tools at her disposal.

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Hearty thanks are due to all of our July patrons:

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With the generous help of our Patreon supporters, we’ve reached our first major stretch goal: an extra page of Drugs & Wires each month!

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Hey everyone, haven’t posted here in a while! Actually, I’m pretty sure this is my first time writing a news post on here – normally Io’s much better at it, but I’ve got way more free time on my hands these days, so it’s only fair I start updating more often.

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