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Is it a sin to drink Scotch while listening to Irish music?
Sunday, 01-Nov-20 09:45:01 UTC from web -
What a terrifying time to be a minority US American
Saturday, 31-Oct-20 17:45:49 UTC from web-
@thismightbeauser Don't worry. Compared to the rest of the world the US is a minority.
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@adiwan I'm not sure what positive to take away from that being in Europe as a US minority.
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Well it was early in the morning, I was tired, thought to myself, "I really hate myself, I'm going to upgrade the production servers from Ubuntu 18 to 20 LTS". Backups, who needs backups, I don't think the dependencies have changed in this version release.
Wednesday, 28-Oct-20 22:17:33 UTC from web-
@oracle I'm crazy with my "rolling release" Debian Experimental. Any time used *buntu and dist-upgraded it was always a hell and ended up in a complete re-install for the sake of saving time fixing each issue individually.
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@adiwan I know what you mean, the LTS releases bundle too many programs together in my opinion. In my f-up, it was the upgrade to python 3.8 that caused most of my problems.
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@oracle My upgrades aren't peachy either. Often I have to manually handle a less than fortunate set of dependencies due to conflicts or just unavailable packages. I don't mind that as I make a little game out of it and the frequency of those problems is not that bad. Strangely most of the time samba and python are the cause of an issue.
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The game jam rankings are published https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/vaguely-named-horse-game Not too bad from 3206 entries. http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/875651
Wednesday, 28-Oct-20 14:04:26 UTC from web-
@scribus Overall top 8.3%! I'm more proud of the "Fun" category, which is in the top 2%. The Overall category is wishiwashi and undefined.
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So uh, how long has registering new users been busted? It's fixed now.
Monday, 26-Oct-20 01:55:31 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark You call it busted. I say it's an effective anti-spam-account measure.
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@ceruleanspark I mean I haven't registered since day one so
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Great! From formerly 4 Corona-infected it has jumped up to almost 80 in my area. 0.032 % of the local population.
Sunday, 18-Oct-20 09:15:09 UTC from web -
Damn. I bought another 3D printer.
Wednesday, 14-Oct-20 10:06:10 UTC from web-
@adiwan @scribus Not much of a point either, since we already have metal 3D printing in the shape of 4+ axis mills. You just put in a sufficiently big piece of metal and load the 3D model to the CNC software and let it work.
Mill of hot extrusion, metal printing will stay too dangerous and expensive for domestic use for at least a few decades I think. Most homes don't even have the space to fit the machinery or the wiring to run it. -
@nerthos Oops, *mill OR hot extrusion
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My company laptop is so configured that it automatically locks the screen after 15 minutes of inactivity. There is no way to alter its behaviour because this was set by the admin via a policy. HOWEVER I used a AutoHotkey script that wiggles the mouse by one pixel back and forth once every 14 minutes.
Tuesday, 13-Oct-20 09:33:14 UTC from web-
@scribus I'd say it's a creative workaround. I also could use a slightly flaky optical mouse that glitches from time to time and moves the mouse cursor slightly despite standing still.
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I'm somewhat unhappy with Unity's HTML5 WebGL export. I have exported my game jam game https://adiwan.itch.io/lasso-loop-whiplash-webgl and it has ugly z-fighting and weird lighting issues at some overlapping geometry. I looked into everything I could, like adjusting the far and near plane or all shadow and lighting settings. I'm stumped. The compiled versions are fine.
Thursday, 08-Oct-20 14:23:23 UTC from web-
@scribus There has to be some limitation beyond the obvious. I had to change the color range from linear (HDR) to gamma because it was a hard requirement for that. My developer friends are also stumped and cannot help me with educated guesses other than what I've already done.
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Damn I think I do need a webcam after all
Wednesday, 07-Oct-20 15:50:51 UTC from web -
My game jam game is finished https://adiwan.itch.io/lasso-loop-whiplash
Tuesday, 06-Oct-20 16:32:50 UTC from web- Scribus likes this.
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@adiwan The "natural" approach makes sense, too. If I'd come to it fresh, it may have been different. May have a totally different experience going back to it
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@scribus The "natural" approach always has some baggage to it. If you're used to drive a lot of remote cars/planes/boats you're fine with tank controls. Some games work better using a mouse pointer to command the character to walk to (Diablo or any good Point & Click adventure). Such decisions are huge and always wrong (for some people).
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Also I have a bad habit of giving my victim really wicked altitude, which of course means he ain't hitting things on the ground, lol.
Tuesday, 06-Oct-20 18:28:40 UTC from web-
@scribus That's a "problem". It is fun but it ain't helping. I already put 2 times the gravity onto him (the hips). Putting more would create too much friction and force making the physics more unstable.
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I don't know if dude meant to do it, but he ended up making just about the best possible fan video for "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" https://twitter.com/jonathanfly/status/1300976651380109313?s=20
Friday, 02-Oct-20 20:54:38 UTC from web-
@scribus Impressive. Too bad there are a ton of cut-off faces (chin). With a little bit more care in the selection of source faces it'd be a lot better.
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@adiwan Yeah, it was an experiment at this point, but a dang promising looking one! You know, if you disregard deepfakes and just think of neat computer morphs for their own sake, or improving movie CGI FX.
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For the self-reported healthiest and smartest (don't call him that) it's highly sus.
Friday, 02-Oct-20 14:36:46 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation Oh. That's a bit of an overreaction? I don't know.
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@scribus It'd be very ironic if he died from COVID. Who would be the one running for the presidency?
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@adiwan By my understanding, Pence, by default. If Pence is unable, and the Party wins, or if the Party wins and then the candidate is rendered unable, then the Party gets to just appoint someone from their ranks. I think? Never really been in the position, myself, haha
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Wednesday, 30-Sep-20 17:37:40 UTC from web
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@adiwan Indeed, I suppose I could "catch it live when it airs" or source an "alternative" "home media" . . . :p
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@scribus I have, for the most part, no other choice than to get those "alternatives" when it comes to getting the original English audio, or even for seeing the newest episode on day of release.
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As you may have guessed from the fact that the bill keeps getting paid, I am in fact, still alive.
Monday, 28-Sep-20 22:26:35 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Finally, good news in 2020
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@ceruleanspark huzzah
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I've bought a not-dakimakura. It's a slightly slimmer and shorter pillow and the cover is blank grey. I really need something stabilizing my sleep position when lying on the side. I tend to sleep on my stomach and it hurts my sleep quality. I wanted a wider pillow but there are no covers... or at least blank ones. At 150cm x 50cm there are only sexy anime pillow covers. I have too much dignity than to embarrass myself with frivolous prints on pillow covers.
Monday, 21-Sep-20 10:01:15 UTC from web-
@adiwan I've got a body pillow, myself. Can't really testify as to how I sleep with it, since I'm asleep at the time, but plain gray cover all the way, heheh.
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I need a new pyjama but it's super difficult to find something not awful. As if they were designed to be ugly on purpose.
Saturday, 19-Sep-20 06:45:28 UTC from web-
@adiwan "Because if you're sleeping with someone to see you, why aren't you both naked?" ;-)
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Because of the whole covid situation in the US all my comics are heavily delayed that should have been released this and last week :(
Thursday, 17-Sep-20 14:51:58 UTC from web-
@scribus Makes sense. Like the NFL uses still Roman numerals for their Superb Owl extravaganza.
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i have eaten so much pumpkin this past week that I believe I am legally required to change my name to Peter
Wednesday, 16-Sep-20 17:46:08 UTC from web-
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@adiwan Well, a second recipe (and three pies of it) currently underway so . . . haha I'm doomed
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My 3rd character of the current D&D campaign will be a woke barbarian. The name is Boktar. Boktar is Boktar. Boktar does only define as Boktar and doesn't approve any gender put on Boktar. Boktar is also not good in conversations as Boktar has Yoda-speak despite average 10 intelligence. It doesn't discourage Boktar as Boktar solves most problems in woke rage with Boktar's trusty greataxe.
Tuesday, 15-Sep-20 17:34:47 UTC from web-
@adiwan AC was always rough for Barbarians. Not the worst, but definitely what I'd call substandard for a melee class. Damn good thing there's HP!
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I'm super depressed by yesterday's D&D session. My Owl Monk had only 4 rounds until she was killed.
Saturday, 12-Sep-20 11:27:19 UTC from web-
@scribus The most depressing fact is that I rolled TWO times a natural 20 on a Death Save but was whacked immediately afterwards.
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I'm looking forward to tomorrow's D&D session where I play my Owl Monk for the first time.
Thursday, 10-Sep-20 18:00:43 UTC from web-
@scribus Yeah. Except for the backstory they know what I'm going to play. I already planned and told the others that this character will be my backup. I didn't expect to play it that soon 'though.
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So, in a state that doesn't allow fireworks due to wildfire risk, and during a time that doesn't allow gatherings due to pandemic risk, how dumb has one's ass gotta be to host a pyrotechnic gender reveal party that lights 7,000+ acres ablaze? Pretty stupid ass, right?
Monday, 07-Sep-20 15:22:12 UTC from web -
The coming week I'm going to present my collected data to my landlord in order to get rid of the awful neighbour. I let it sign by other neighbours for credibility. The last few days (including this one) were especially awful. I format the data in my favor (although the raw data is already damning). For example yesterday there were about 7 hours of almost constant noise and banging.
Saturday, 05-Sep-20 18:21:33 UTC from web-
@adiwan Good luck. I was never both angry enough and organized enough at the same time to accomplish anything about my bad neighbors.
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@scribus No work (short time work paid by the state), a lot of time, and being extremely annoyed by loud low-frequency noise over a very long time (it is more than a year with varying degrees of disturbing noise) makes it possible.
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A 5 1/3 kilo (11.8 lb) pumpkin, baby~
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEslUcqDTof/?igshid=1547qdwbm9brjFriday, 04-Sep-20 02:28:58 UTC from web -
Oh boy dumping retro carts is just so much fun /s
Monday, 31-Aug-20 05:15:34 UTC from web-
@adiwan Also, AFAIK, this one doesn't read save files, so I can't copy over my SimCity cities or Final Fantasy saves!
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@scribus I think this should be solved in software. Mine is https://www.tindie.com/products/jrodrigo/cart-flasher-for-gameboy/
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D&D character dead
Friday, 28-Aug-20 21:38:10 UTC from web-
@scribus I was ganged up by 2 fish monsters after teleporting out of a poison cloud that made me blind and losing 1/3 of hitpoints before. Because the fight was split up due to the poison cloud and the building itself I failed all my death saving throws in a row. There was no chance.
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@scribus I'm creating a new character. An owl lady monk that will kick so much ass that no one will get unscathed. Unarmored combat and only "fists". I chose the DND 5e monk monastic tradition of the Way of The Open Hand that gives me the option to knock enemies prone, push them 15ft, deny reactions, stun, run with 50ft speed, deflect missiles, and do 4 attacks in a round, reduce fall damage, run on water and walls, regain HP 3x the monk level (level 13), and is immune to disease and poison, and can dismiss a charm or frightened effect with an action. Pretty badass. Also she can talk and understand every language at level 13. http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/875612
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Well, crap. All this time, I've been breaking the TOS.
Wednesday, 26-Aug-20 16:47:00 UTC from web -
Cooking rice while it's hot outside and opening the windows is out of the question is a bad idea. My apartment smelled like old socks the whole day from the rice.
Friday, 21-Aug-20 20:55:18 UTC from web-
@vcgriffin Just normal odors from the basmati rice. Its nutty and musk-like odor is fine on the plate but the concentrated smell in the air from cooking is not that pleasant. Usually I open my window while cooking, however when there is a 5°C difference I rather keep my apartment cool and endure the smell for a while.
