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by bdickason 6y ago
Dx7 is such a rad synth!! I had a few vintage synths when I lived in New York but sold them due to space. Just started getting back into it and there is some really cooo hardware out there. Especially digging the Elektron line right now. Pi
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by bdickason 7y ago
Very cool. I always expect a link like this to either be some super basic examples (e.g. how to implement flocking) or articles detailing techniques used in games from ~20 years ago. Very cool how recent and modern these are (along with sup
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by bdickason 7y ago
I was working on something similar (small mmo) a few years back and would have killed for at least one example that had been shared. Part of this was to see how they did gongs, part of it (more importantly to me) was to know that there were
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by bdickason 7y ago
Github felt like it deserved a callout here (Free if open, paid if closed). And there's no mention of free to play games which is a business mdoel powering a large chunk of a big industry.
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by bdickason 7y ago
Same - I was hoping for an epic surfing story at desert point
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by bdickason 7y ago
Can’t speak for OP but at my company IC stands for ‘individual contributor’ (as opposed to a manager)
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by bdickason 7y ago
Thanks, this is super thorough!
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by bdickason 7y ago
I hadn’t heard about this project, thanks for sharing!!! QWTF was one of my first competitive games and I loved making custom maps for it.
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by bdickason 7y ago
Have you checked AT&T? I live in Santa Cruz (a small city) and was surprised to find that they wired my neighborhood for fiber last year. Price is competitive with Comcast and it’s been solid since I signed up a few months ago.
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by bdickason 7y ago
Thanks for introducing me to the Microbrute!! Just watched a ton of videos and I like how simple the design is. Looks like it’s a great starter kit (in the video I watched, they recorded a simple piece then spent a bunch of time tweaking so
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by bdickason 7y ago
Great idea to show viability of solar setups! I’ve installed a simple solar panel / charge controller / battery solution in a van and was surprised how simple it is to get up and running. The tech is really reliable and is super a
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by bdickason 7y ago
I have a 2015 Impreza and find the built in UI cumbersome and annoying. It has a few bugs where it can get stuck on a specific menu and it also doesn’t update the song that’s playing via Bluetooth from Spotify etc. I feel like there are a t
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by bdickason 8y ago
Great story - thanks for sharing :) In hindsight, do you think it was any different? (Microcomputer vs mainframe for the disassembled you were talking about building)
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by bdickason 8y ago
I’ve been using zeit / now for the past two months to host static sites and it’s been excellent. Haven’t tried a node app yet but their core service seems really easy to use and I haven’t had any issues.
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by bdickason 8y ago
Great post! I’ve seen the hardware side of manufacturing and also been amazed at how hard packaging / filling is when my ex launched a hair care line... her conditioner was also too viscous to go through the factory nozzles :/
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by bdickason 8y ago
I take notes in Markdown in an editor that formats it automagically called IA Writer. Bullets are indented, headlines bolded and out-dented, etc.
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by bdickason 8y ago
I use IA Writer for my mac which is a great notes app that supports dropbox syncing, focus mode, etc and also offers markdown support.
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by bdickason 8y ago
This is a great idea!
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by bdickason 8y ago
I shop at Whole Foods every week in Santa Cruz and haven’t noticed anything you’re describing. We still have a good selection of fruit/vegetables and meat/bread/cheese sourced from local farms.
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by bdickason 8y ago
I'm a big fan of the book and got a similar feeling from watching Indie Game: The Movie. Good documentary about a few small indie game studios that makes you feel like you can start something amazing. trailer: https://www.yo
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by bdickason 8y ago
Stupid question but I've been doing alot of construction lately and using Torx (25 I think?) for everything. What's the advantage of Robertson screws? (in particular for woodworking)
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by bdickason 8y ago
I’ve always been impressed by the demo scene but never tried my hand at one because of the insane programming chops needed. What are your top 3 favorite intros that you would recommend watching?
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by bdickason 9y ago
I loved subspace!! The ability to jump into anyone’s ship and become a gunner was such a great mechanic.
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by bdickason 9y ago
Eng is a common transfer to PM and many of your skills will carry over. I (personally) think age will hurt you but rather help because you have experience and have seen a bunch of failures which you can learn to avoid (this goes well during
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by bdickason 9y ago
This is cool! I didn't realize people were still playing maple story :O
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by bdickason 9y ago
My friends have been streaming on twitch so I've been writing a bot for them to play overlays/games with their viewers, let viewers earn points, queue up music, etc. Along the way I brushed up on some es6 concepts, learned React,
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by bdickason 9y ago
I don't know that it's a terrible resource, I actually think it has a nice layout and has the right type of information, it could just use more breadth. It offers one specific method for each area which you can see on alot of blog
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by bdickason 9y ago
As someone who lives in a very expensive area, I would happily live in a more rural or less populated area if there was decent infrastructure to do so. I don't think that internet alone is the solution, but faster internet across the c
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by bdickason 9y ago
I have a full time software-ish job (product manager) and I go in and out of being 'productive' vs. consuming (playing games, watching tv, etc). Here are the things that I've found make my side projects work: 1. Start with so
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by bdickason 9y ago
I recently looked into using GraphQL as a query language for a small side project (twitch bot in nodejs) that i'm working on. It seemed a bit heavy for what I needed (interface with a simple redis data store). I'm curious - after

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