bryanthompson

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by bryanthompson 1y ago
as long as it gets those blob dollars!
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by bryanthompson 1y ago
I used Mosaic Magic back in my high school journalism class to design a yearbook cover 20+ years ago! Turned out great - it won some kind of award iirc.
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by bryanthompson 2y ago
Area51/Rampart here. It was a better, simpler time.
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by bryanthompson 2y ago
One really nice use case for dithering that I've found is for building graphics for 8-bit (Pico-8 and Picotron) games and toys. I made a ruby script that can take a graphic and scale it to whatever size, then it uses a closest color ma
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by bryanthompson 3y ago
Of all the IoT contraptions and ecosystems, I hate garage door openers the most. My opener came with some sort of goofy base unit where you can hit the "close door" button and it'll sound an alarm, trigger close, and then the
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by bryanthompson 5y ago
The whole system is infuriating. I stay pretty well in one lane for what I want to watch, and if I _accidentally_ click on ONE music video, the whole feed is wrecked for months.
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by bryanthompson 5y ago
Almost all NFC you find these days is going to be a form of EMV and is encrypted. There was a form of contactless magstripe (MSD) that was not encrypted and has been phased out of usage as of like, late 2019 via card update bulletins.
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by bryanthompson 5y ago
There are some reasons it still exists, however, it is no longer required and merchants/POS systems ought to start phasing it out. In the US, the way we do tip on receipt is a lot more natural if you're asking for a signature. Wi
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by bryanthompson 6y ago
Also interesting how there are such specific requirements at grocery stories. None of my US-based cards could be used in several grocery stores in the Netherlands. When the cashier looked at my cards, they immediately knew it was because
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by bryanthompson 6y ago
The liability shift in the US that affected most retailers occurred in October 2015 -- basically, merchants are and have been liable for fraud that occurs on swiped transactions. I'd be curious to find out how the example presented by
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by bryanthompson 6y ago
On this topic, if anyone can point me toward a US-based issuer where I can open an account and get a card that supports credit pin (not pin for cash advance on a credit card), I'll happily venmo you a pizza or something. The issuers I
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by bryanthompson 7y ago
Same here. I only follow woodworkers and immediately unfollow anyone who gets outside the line of what i want in my feed. It has allowed me to find interesting niches in the hobby and connect with people with 10x the skill who like teaching
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by bryanthompson 8y ago
Proxima and Ultima by Stephen Baxter hit along this theme and are a pretty good read.
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by bryanthompson 9y ago
I'm one account flag change or one password reset from being in this exact situation, and it's terrifying. I have been an Audible customer since before Amazon bought them. Somewhere in their account aggregation process, I'v
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by bryanthompson 9y ago
Did you ever play Defend the Temple scenario? Spent soo many hours on that one and I havent found anything close in new games. Really hope this gets released on time and someone makes a new DtT.
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by bryanthompson 10y ago
I have a wife, kid, and a whole mess of dogs. Job is fairly demanding and I have some other loose-ends from past projects that require some babysitting. I aim for at least 15 minutes per day in my wood shop, a little more on the weekends.
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by bryanthompson 10y ago
If you're doing online charges only, Stripe gets my vote. If you're building an app and need to accept cards in person, take a look at https://cardflight.com . I'm an engineer for CardFlight and in the past was l
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by bryanthompson 11y ago
Sure, but they're not going to even tell you if you're a good fit until you go through the entire expense of building for their gateway. I'd think one would spend that effort integrating with any number of other gateways tha
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by bryanthompson 11y ago
Did you get any decent action out of the API? I spent 2 hours tonight poking at it... Pretty certain I'm doing everything correctly, but I'm getting 403's and no usable errors.
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by bryanthompson 11y ago
This thing is a total disaster. Some of their example code: https://github.com/VisaDeveloperProgram/SampleCode/blob/mast... Docs are incoherent in just so many ways - and their quick start drops you right int
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by bryanthompson 11y ago
Once your application is completely functional, you email them (lol) and then they go through contract negotiation and application/security/etc. review where you get your terms.
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by bryanthompson 11y ago
Their on-site tools are total garbage, so I tried playing with their API... and it was also a giant pile of trash. Random exceptions, timeouts, incoherent structure all around. 0/7 would not play with again.
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How I Side-Hacked an Obama 2012 Campaign Microsite(madebymarket.com)
3 points by bryanthompson 11y ago|0 comments
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by bryanthompson 12y ago
Apparently the board swiped left.
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by bryanthompson 12y ago
This is from 2012? It'd be neat to see some in depth follow ups on stuff like this. I'm just now going from proto boards to building schematics and boards, so seeing the evolution and thought process on projects like this can be p
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by bryanthompson 12y ago
I really enjoy the radial arm saw, but it does seem like the sliding compound miters are taking their place. I figure if these work for most of the work I need to do, then it'll be easier to justify things like a planer & jointer.
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by bryanthompson 12y ago
Thanks for the tip! I'll try that this afternoon.
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by bryanthompson 12y ago
tl;dr: I got over whatever block I had and built a table & benches I'd been planning for years. In High School, I really enjoyed shop class... after graduation, I bought random small tools and handled some household work, but alway
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by bryanthompson 12y ago
I remember when http://noteslate.com/ launched their site & demos and being excited, checking back weekly, then monthly, then realized that it was all a big cloud of vaporware. I hope Sony actually goes through with thi
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by bryanthompson 12y ago
I think what he's getting at is that he's modeling the content expectations first, with no regard to the actual data they are based on. My team builds a lot of things this way - we start with mockups & presenters that have no

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