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by zeta0134 1mo ago
Personally I think the trust model for phone calls has worn itself out. The network is too large, and the risk too great, for "guess this 10 digit number and you can call me any hour of the night" to be at all sustainable. In prac
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by zeta0134 2mo ago
You walk down it. Extend your hands, see if they pass through the walls, etc. If you've never used VR before this can be hard to explain with words, but "it's like you're really there" in terms of spacial presence a
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by zeta0134 2mo ago
Truthfully, I don't know! Especially for younger kids though, there's usually at least an adult in the room, right? Even when they're visiting a friend, the other parent is there to step in and check on them occasionally? I g
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by zeta0134 2mo ago
This is generally my opinion, and goodness it's swung around quite a bit. This entire debate feels like it should be solved by adequate parental controls. To the extent that it matters, I think the missing link here is "primary ed
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by zeta0134 3mo ago
By far the most irritating limitation is code size. This is a fantasy console, but the Lua VM is compressed into some sort of bytecode stream with a hard limit on the number of "tokens" (basically whole words) in the code. This
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by zeta0134 3mo ago
They *are* doing the basic housekeeping. What do you think this announcement is, if not exactly that? AUR is very clearly documented as user-submitted, and automatic installs from it are heavily discouraged by the maintainers for this reaso
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by zeta0134 4mo ago
Well I usually already have my browser open, and "Ctrl+T, 'fa', [enter]" loads up my email basically instantly. I don't want email notifications (or any notifications, really) so a local app just seems like it would
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by zeta0134 4mo ago
Shopping in the US, these have entirely replaced zigbee and other sensible mesh-based options at hardware stores like Home Depot and Lowes. The only exception I can find is Phillips Hue, and those seem to be slowly getting phased out with (
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by zeta0134 4mo ago
Speaking personally, I have the "must be covered" gene along with the "overheats easily at night" gene, so it's been a bit of a struggle hitting a balance. Right now a thin breathable quilt is the way to go, even in
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by zeta0134 4mo ago
A pox specifically on my otherwise delightful samsung OLED, which immediately upon any sort of disconnect event (say, changing the resolution, or restarting the machine) decides to spend 10-15 seconds slow-scanning every other possible inpu
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by zeta0134 4mo ago
Aye, the inspiration is not subtle. Technically it is the latest entry in the "rhythm-based roguelike" genre... which to my knowledge mostly includes CotN and its sequel, Cadence of Hyrule. Both are excellent, and I recommend them
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by zeta0134 4mo ago
It is indeed also on Itch. I'm planning to release both, along with a physical cartridge at some point. It's a real NES game, so a ROM is included. (No DRM, of course. I'm not even sure how you would achieve DRM on a ROM ch
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by zeta0134 4mo ago
Still chugging away at my NES rhythm game. Currently, in addition to climbing the content mountain (so, SO much pixel art and music needs to be made) I'm also slowly learning video editing workflows. I was able to put together a brief
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by zeta0134 4mo ago
I got lucky: the only creator doing that used a consistent name for the video, so I could pattern match on that. I haven't found anything that would work universally.
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by zeta0134 4mo ago
I've been having some success by configuring my RSS reader with simple rules, like "please don't tell me about shorts" and "I don't care if this person is live right now." Too bad the real homepage shows t
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by zeta0134 5mo ago
My tell is to recognize any room with a piano in it. I naturally want to sit down and play this piano, but the keys are totally wrong. No problem, I'll look around and, lo and behold, dozens more pianos all... with the keys in the wro
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by zeta0134 5mo ago
The answer is loyalty programs. I wouldn't be surprised if many existing loyalty programs already violate this law in spirit. The customer is encouraged to scan their app, and offered personalized coupons. Anyone not participating pays
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by zeta0134 5mo ago
I'll chime in with a really basic example. On my Android phone, I can have syncthing run as a background task. I can point other applications to use a data folder, in my syncthing share, and store their persistent state there. The Cam
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by zeta0134 6mo ago
I'm firmly on team "dual USB port" for this problem. We do this on computers, which can then perfectly well charge and play audio at the same time. Why not phones? It seems like there's plenty of space for a second por
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by zeta0134 6mo ago
I started seeing this term come up everywhere when Overwatch first released. The common usage is much closer to mystery bundles as you describe, and regulators tend to be upset about them when real money gets involved. It feels an awful lot
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by zeta0134 6mo ago
I've owned and used the CR-48 prototype Chromebook model, which very well did have a developer mode and a third kernel option built right in. Ran Ubuntu on it with no issues. This has been possible since before the device family was of
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by zeta0134 6mo ago
I've had pretty good success with CleanRip https://wiibrew.org/wiki/CleanRip#Wii_DAT_download for acquiring ROM files. With it, I was able to backup my entire personal collection with minimal fuss, and can now enj
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by zeta0134 7mo ago
That the news sites allow bottom of the barrel advertisers on their site primarily reflects negatively on the news site, for not curating their partnerships. They decided to become a tabloid, and should lose an according amount of respect.
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by zeta0134 7mo ago
Ha, my first thought is that I'd likely break this system. My page synchronizes its animation playback rate to an audio worklet, because I need to do both anyway, and some experimentation determined that syncing to audio resulted in sm
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by zeta0134 7mo ago
Location: Tennessee Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Within Tennessee Technologies: C, C++, Rust, JavaScript, Python, Lua, 6502, Verilog Résumé/CV: On Request. Github: https://github.com/zeta0134/ Email: zet
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by zeta0134 7mo ago
It took me a minute to realize that the salesforce button, bottom right, is a standard site feature and not part of the parody.
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by zeta0134 7mo ago
I've been pretty happy with my Framework Desktop, though I managed to snag it before RAM prices shot through the roof. Currently, a tricked out model is around $2500. https://frame.work/desktop Mine sees more use as a
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by zeta0134 7mo ago
I've had no trouble with syncthing on Android. It just has access to the sync folders, as far as I can tell. Seems to work great, even if I've got the same file open simultaneously on several devices. I use a tablet in my kitchen
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by zeta0134 7mo ago
I'm trying to understand how this is even a bad thing. Where is the privacy invading verification? Surely a given OS can implement the API response however it wants? If you're root, tell me your age. If you're not, (a child a

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