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by novaleaf 5y ago
For older kids, the Microsoft MakeCode platform is great. They have a microbit IDE, including emulator: https://makecode.microbit.org/ And a dedicated gaming device like a gameboy, including emulator: https://ar
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by novaleaf 5y ago
he's trying to be punny.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
I am making a C# (net6) game engine. Features very similar to unity ecs, and that works. But I don't have much of anything else implemented yet. graphics are crude, and no other systems. if you are interested in checking it out: ht
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by novaleaf 5y ago
You would like to listen to / read this planet money episode: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2010/10/04/130329523/how-...
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by novaleaf 5y ago
I haven't heard anything yet either. I spend about $5k/mth on GCP so I wonder if they might be making an exception for spenders....
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by novaleaf 5y ago
it's a big ask, but anybody know of similar for C#? I find it really difficult to find any intro to programming via gamedev for C#...
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by novaleaf 5y ago
C# GAMEDEV (HOBBY/OSS): I'm making an OSS C# game engine. https://github.com/NotNotTech/NotNot It's an ECS engine very similar in features to Unity Dots. I just finished the graphics/io bindings
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by novaleaf 5y ago
If you are wanting to dip your toes in graphics/gamedev and don't want to do low-level rendering, nor super heavy Unity, consider Raylib or the C# Raylib Wrapper I wrote. - https://www.raylib.com/ - https:/&
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by novaleaf 5y ago
that is different. when you use the web everything these days is via HTTPS, which encrypts the content so tmobile can't see what's going on. TMobile is censoring SMS texts, which is not encrypted.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
fat shaming?
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by novaleaf 5y ago
I had severe pain in this exact location. When diagnosing, I was suggested to get my wisdom teeth removed. When they were removed the oral surgeon suggested I wear teeth guards when sleeping, because I had severe wear on my molars. So I&
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by novaleaf 5y ago
> The net effect is that the house uses 75% fewer total BTUs for heating than it used to when I had a gas fueled furnace. You do realize that the 75% reduction is from your insulation improvements, not changing your furnace to a heatpump
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by novaleaf 5y ago
one thing not mentioned: new accounts are heavily penalized when posting.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
I don't think the introspection need be so nuanced. The instinctual "Why are you shit talking yourself? What did you just let slip that I don't know?!?" Is just as valid a red flag.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
yes, bad naming on my part. While it does support PhantomJs still, the default is a Puppeteer backend.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
Self promotion: my SaaS is the lowest cost web scraping tool for high volume, and has been in business since 2016. https://PhantomJsCloud.com My SaaS requires some technical knowledge to use (call a web api) which I suppose is
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by novaleaf 5y ago
It reminds me of the loading screen patent from the early 90's. You couldn't have any user interaction during a loading screen because if you did you violated some patent.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
> . If I use a larger dose, I sleep even less well than I would without a supplement. I stopped taking Melatonin because I noticed, on multiple occasions, that after a week of use my sleeping period became extremely easy to disrupt and r
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by novaleaf 5y ago
It probably wasn't "BIOS" persay, but the Intel Management Engine (IME). Citation: I bricked my own Lenovo applying the IME "critical" update.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
yes, just as you imply, don't hold your breath ;)
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by novaleaf 5y ago
If you want good C# support, Stride is on NET5 right now, with NET6 as a PR in review. disclaimer: I wrote the NET6 PR.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
injury to insult: GChat (whatever it was just previously called) was disabled for me, directing me to use it directly in Gmail. The problem is, on the tablets I have for my kids (Galaxy Tab A) the GMail app doesn't include the Chat fe
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by novaleaf 5y ago
Not optimistic, but a great sci fi novel dealing with sustainable tech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Windup_Girl
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by novaleaf 5y ago
required viewing: https://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt... (circa 2013)
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by novaleaf 5y ago
fyi, I think that's a knife, not an arrow/spear head. The original all purpose tool
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by novaleaf 5y ago
worse: paid content farms / ai to generate crap "articles" by the boatload, targeting every organic search term 5 different ways. The result is that ACTUALLY USEFUL articles are buried on page 5. Any slightly helpful bit of
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by novaleaf 5y ago
bitwarden has a right-click context menu, which allows you to fill, or copy username/password. This is easier than the icon, and it doesn't require enabling the autofill feature.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
Yeah, just cheap clips for attaching bags and keychains and the sort. for things I need to work I generally buy from walmart if posible.
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by novaleaf 5y ago
When I search for cheap carabiner's on Amazon I notice that my former purchase no longer shows up on amazon search, even though it is prime, and offers great price+product characteristics: https://www.amazon.com/gp&#x2
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by novaleaf 5y ago
https://www.npmjs.com/package/xlib it's a "kitchen sink" library for typescript. Probably a bit long in the tooth right now, am going to port to mjs in the next few weeks. unfortunate name I guess, but

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