kbrackbill

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by kbrackbill 4mo ago
Yeah, I completely ditched windows about 3 years ago now and I haven't looked back. My taste in games definitely helps, I mostly play indies and older games. I've only run into a few big issues. One is that gamepass doesn't w
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by kbrackbill 4mo ago
I bought a PSP on my first trip to Japan in 2008. I think it was around 30k yen. I remember the store I was at had used ones labeled with which firmware version they had, and I got a slightly more expensive one with an older firmware (3.4.0
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by kbrackbill 1y ago
The best phone I ever had was a Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact. I would still be using it if it wasn't too slow to run modern versions of android. This is one of those things that just makes me feel so out of touch with the rest of the world.
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by kbrackbill 1y ago
I guess people want different things out of small phones. I had a Z flip 3 for a few years because I thought the small pocket size would be nice, but it still doesn't solve the main issue that I can't reach the whole screen with m
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by kbrackbill 1y ago
I tried with a Jelly Max but despite what they say it doesn't work on verizon :(. It's the perfect phone for me otherwise.
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by kbrackbill 1y ago
I'm about 8 hours in and really enjoying it, but I feel like I can see this in my future. For now I have so many puzzles/threads going that even if one doesn't work on a run because of RNG I'm still making progress somew
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by kbrackbill 1y ago
Thanks for the suggestion, that was really fun. One I've been really enjoying in the same vein is https://raddle.quest
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by kbrackbill 2y ago
This is really cool, thanks for the writeup. Love how thorough you were, one of my first thoughts was whether you could hook it up to a gamecube and it was already done in the blog post :). One cool advantage of real cartridge compatibility
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by kbrackbill 2y ago
That makes sense about strava, they don't seem the friendliest to work with. Good to know about linking garmin, etc. accounts though, I missed that and it would definitely do what I want.
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by kbrackbill 2y ago
This is really cool, just tried it with a recent hike ( https://cubetrek.com/view/362602 ). Strava has a really basic 3d visualization but it's from a fixed angle which isn't very useful. Being able to move a
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by kbrackbill 2y ago
I tried the same thing with Haskell one year with a similar result (fell back to python then gave up). The beginning was nice when the puzzles were easy and I could focus on learning the language, but once the puzzles got tough it was too m
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by kbrackbill 2y ago
I find it hard enough without restrictions (especially toward the end) so I'm not doing anything too wild, but I've been trying to solve quickly this time. My goal was to get in the top 100 on one of the days to actually get a poi
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by kbrackbill 2y ago
This is a really impressive rendition of our corporate hellscape. It reminds me of games like cart life in that I appreciate what it's doing, but even though the frustration is intended it still makes it really unpleasant to play. I la
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by kbrackbill 2y ago
I don't know where you're referring to specifically, but a common thing I've seen is that cities will make some set of roads bikeable (usually roads they were repaving/redesigning anyway) but they're not really conn
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by kbrackbill 2y ago
re: the library integration, I'm confused about how you or your wife's computer is even involved in the process. For my kindle I borrow books on libby and amazon magically beams them over. Does your library not use libby? Are you
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by kbrackbill 2y ago
I'm curious, how did disconnecting lead to a career change?
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by kbrackbill 3y ago
I think what makes it hard to be realistic about these things is that they're all aspirational. People want to be the kind of people who have parties, have guests often, do big projects that need a truck. Admitting to yourself that you
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by kbrackbill 3y ago
Las Vegas Pros: Cheap relative to other US cities (especially California). Close to lots of beautiful nature (red rock, charleston, valley of fire, mojave, zion, death valley, joshua tree, eastern sierra). Airport has cheap direct flights t
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by kbrackbill 3y ago
Linux ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson#Operating_systems )
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by kbrackbill 3y ago
It's really easy to cheat in pretty much all of the wordle-alikes, but where's the fun in that?
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by kbrackbill 3y ago
> I wish my Garmin bike stuff had USB C. Same, my last non-usb C devices are my inreach and edge 500. I guess it's a testament to how long they last.
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by kbrackbill 3y ago
I recently read "Cadillac Desert" by Marc Reisner which I highly recommend if you're interested in the history of water issues in the west and California in particular. A great portion of the book is devoted to dams. The gist
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by kbrackbill 3y ago
We had an almost identical bug, also at Microsoft, when I was working on Hotmail (it may have been Outlook.com by then, I can't remember): POP, the email protocol, was localized into UK English as DAD.
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by kbrackbill 4y ago
I agree, I made the beginnings of an NES emulator a while ago and just never implemented sound. It didn't seem worth it for how much work it would be, and as you say debugging seems really hard. I remember there being a bunch of test r
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by kbrackbill 4y ago
Is it possible to buy a new car these days without the remote/cell connection stuff? Or if not, can it be disabled? My car is 15 years old so I haven't had to think about it yet, but I'm worried about what I'll do when i
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by kbrackbill 4y ago
This seems believable. I've been solving the saturdays at a higher rate over time.
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by kbrackbill 4y ago
I think you could also configure some codes to work that way- like "set the value at this memory address to 0 when you press the button".
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by kbrackbill 4y ago
I'm not sure if this applies to the playstation, but I remember the nintendo 64 gameshark I had had some "code finding" features that involved using a button on the cartridge to filter down to memory addresses that had change
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by kbrackbill 4y ago
Right, this is just an answer for "why has this obvious disruption never come up in the last ~100+ years"
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by kbrackbill 4y ago
Many states have laws that explicitly prohibit direct sales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_dealerships_in_the_United_...

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