SeasonalEnnui

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by SeasonalEnnui 3mo ago
I agree, and the lack of empathy around this area is sad. If you're developing an app, it is better to fall into the pit of success by using a UI framework that already has accessibility baked in. Any project that uses Dear Imgui for e
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by SeasonalEnnui 5mo ago
If you buy the UK 1.8-metre Power Adapter Extension Cable, this has a metal ground pin that grounds through the metal clip on the power brick. I switched all my MacBook & iPad chargers to this, no more earth leakage sensation from metal
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by SeasonalEnnui 8mo ago
I tried it out, fetching i8 arrays from a localhost server, sending to webgpu and rendering the waveform. Wow, faster than I expected, 2 billion points/sec.
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by SeasonalEnnui 8mo ago
I had a look, that certainly looks like part of the solution, now I need to get that array buffer from my backend into the browser runtime transferable object.
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by SeasonalEnnui 8mo ago
Yeah I agree, I'd like to get an idea of the order-of-magnitude of difference between the two approaches by trying it out but realistically I don't think there's an easy way to get a i16 raw array into the browser runtime wit
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by SeasonalEnnui 8mo ago
What's the best way to get all those points from a backend into the frontend webgpu compute shader? There doesn't seem to be a communication mechanism that has minimal memcopy or no serialization/deserialization, the security
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by SeasonalEnnui 10mo ago
I've done both, I prefer embedded web views: - All the work is done in my high performance backend, where I joyfully optimise my hot loops to the assembly level. The web view is a thin layer on top. - HTML and CSS is a joy to work with
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by SeasonalEnnui 10mo ago
It's a huge leap forwards from those days. - Works on linux/macos, x86/ARM64. - The mature frameworks (e.g. ASP.NET with razor pages) are great. Microsoft still have the same issue of pushing new and different ways of doing w
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by SeasonalEnnui 11mo ago
Yes! I’m glad to see this pointed out - when working on UIs, I regularly move them between 3 monitors with varying resolution & DPI. 4k @ 200%, 2K at 125%, and 2K at 100%. This reveals not only design issues but application stack issues
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by SeasonalEnnui 1y ago
The thing I enjoy most about C# is the depth/levels of progressive enhancement you can do. Let's say in the first instance, you write a proof of concept algorithm using basic concepts like List<T>, foreach, stream writing. A
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by SeasonalEnnui 1y ago
Yes, totally agree. The 2nd thing I found it great for was to explain errors, it either finds the exact solution, or sparked a thought that lead to the answer.
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by SeasonalEnnui 1y ago
Good blog post, I recognise much of that. The positions of both evangelists and luddites seems mad to me, there's too much emotion involved in those positions for what amounts to another tool in the toolbox that should only be used in
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by SeasonalEnnui 1y ago
Mode Control Panel? I'm not sure about "eating" the world but certainly used worldwide by aircraft. Anecdotally I've noticed a lot of acronyms from science/technology being reused in the context of LLMs, what a curi
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by SeasonalEnnui 1y ago
I really like this. Did you investigate the options regarding CO2 sensors? I'm interested to know if you compared SCD30 to SCD41? The dual-channel design of SCD30 is supposed to offer lower drift and longer stability compared to the SC
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by SeasonalEnnui 2y ago
This SDK update moving the RP2040 baseline to 200MHz is very welcome for the projects where you can't have an egregious overclock over manufacturer approved spec. For hobby projects, I've achieved significant overclocks on both RP
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by SeasonalEnnui 2y ago
This gets me every time. I expect to see something interesting and it turns to be the other one. One is a fantastic thing and the other is mediocre, pick which way round at your discretion!
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by SeasonalEnnui 2y ago
A good datapoint, thanks. Extending my original point - C# got really good in the last 5 years with regards to performance & low-level features. There might be an entrenched opinion problem to overcome here.
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by SeasonalEnnui 2y ago
I could argue the opposite - GC makes it more viable for games. "GC is bad" misses too much nuance. It goes like this: developer very quickly and productively gets minimum viable game going using naive C# code. Management and inve
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by SeasonalEnnui 2y ago
What is the deal with accessibility & godot? That's largely my concern with Dear ImGui et al. It's okay to have it as a debug environment in a game, it's not okay to have it as an application. The lead developer agrees:
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by SeasonalEnnui 2y ago
The grid display of instructions makes this one of my top bookmarks for SIMD development. Then switch over to the intel guide for depth.
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by SeasonalEnnui 2y ago
Same. I’ve adopted the “write it twice” (a play on WET/DRY) methodology to software & electronics development. Write v0 (formally called a “proof of concept” I suppose but perhaps a bit more developed), or protoboard a circuit, lea
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by SeasonalEnnui 2y ago
One of the first things I do with a fresh install of an OS is to enable window titles on taskbar icons & disable any grouping feature. Icons-only cause a cognitive hiccup as I try to work out what it means, and extra clicks from groupin
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by SeasonalEnnui 3y ago
I agree with what the parent is alluding to; the introduction of the RP1 is very understated but perhaps it's more interesting to SBC engineers rather than the end users. In other words: 1. The RP1 (implemented on TSMC 40LP) contains
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by SeasonalEnnui 3y ago
Agreed! The gap is getting smaller, I can imagine feature parity in another few years. Some fellow nerds doing that kind of stuff in $$$-EDA say it isn't exactly smooth sailing in those EDAs - regular crashes and so on.
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by SeasonalEnnui 3y ago
KiCad is good now. That might seem like a flippant comment however it is indicative of the progress that KiCad has made in the last 3 years. I have moved from a firmly entrenched position with a proprietary EDA (which felt like a pair of co
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by SeasonalEnnui 3y ago
I have seen a few comments expressing a desire for a statically typed scripting language. I’ve been using a new workflow for a couple of years I’d like to share. Install .NET 8, and create a new C# Console application. From .NET 6 onwards,
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by SeasonalEnnui 3y ago
I got the impression the primary motivation to do this is so the BCM2712 (and future processors) can move to smaller process nodes (less power, more speed) but keep things like 5V tolerant IO, ADCs, analog features which work better on 40nm
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by SeasonalEnnui 3y ago
Have you got an exchange email or Teams set up on a mobile device? These will generate 2FA requests (but not make any kind of notification on the device).
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by SeasonalEnnui 3y ago
"How to Command a Nuclear Submarine" available on Prime Video.
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by SeasonalEnnui 3y ago
Same here. It has been educational to see the various viewpoints in the comments and how complex this can get.

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