adorton | 4 months ago | on: Steam Machine
It's a computer that runs Linux.
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adorton | 1 year ago | on: Planet eBook: free literature for your device
The big one I noticed is 1984, which won't be out of copyright in the US for 20ish years.
adorton | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Gitlab Meeting Simulator 2024
We need to hook this up to a boss key stat
adorton | 2 years ago | on: Ray and Tom Magliozzi, MIT 1999 Commencement Address [video]
Took me an embarrassingly long time to understand what they meant by "Erasmus B Dragon".
adorton | 2 years ago | on: ChatGPT web and mobile UIs unavailable
Yeah but if I'm doing research online I'm going to stick with sources I consider reliable, written by real people and not a text generator. So I'm not sure I understand the comparison you're trying to make.
adorton | 2 years ago | on: ChatGPT web and mobile UIs unavailable
How do you know the information you're getting is factual?
adorton | 3 years ago | on: Starbucks illegally fired US workers over union, judge rules
The company is supposed to negotiate with the union. That's the whole idea behind unions.
adorton | 3 years ago | on: A guide for playing The Sims 1 on Intel and ARM Macs
This is great. I very recently looked into getting the Sims 2 and found this:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UT0HX3cO4xLft2KozGypU_N7...
Still working on getting it (or a similar release) working in a Wineskin for macOS. But it works great on Windows 10.
adorton | 3 years ago | on: The dangerous playgrounds of 1900s through vintage photographs
My elementary school playground had several giant tires. Not sure what that was all about but we found ways to make them fun.
adorton | 4 years ago | on: The Hipster PDA (2004)
Reminds me of the Pocketmod, which to my surprise is still around:
adorton | 4 years ago | on: Over-reliance on CGI in movies
Fury Road makes pretty extensive use of CGI and digital compositing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3tdMDRQBc
But it looks great so you don't really notice it.
adorton | 4 years ago | on: Yet Another Roguelike Tutorial
Here's a great one for Rust: https://bfnightly.bracketproductions.com/rustbook/chapter_0....
adorton | 4 years ago | on: YAML: It's Time to Move On
YAML stands for "YAML Ain't Markup Language"
adorton | 4 years ago | on: “This project will only take 2 hours”
Scope creep happens when you discover new requirements after defining a project scope and delivering an estimate. The type of analysis outlined in the article is helpful to define a sane and reasonable scope upfront, to hopefully avoid creep down the line.
adorton | 5 years ago | on: Cashew of Pirangi
They boil them
adorton | 7 years ago | on: New Dell XPS 13 developer edition now available
Yeah, mine drops after suspending. Sometimes it shows the device is disconnected and I need to re-pair it. Not sure if that is a problem with the system or my MX Ergo, but it never has problems on my Windows machine. Occasionally the whole bluetooth system dies and I need to reset.
adorton | 7 years ago | on: New Dell XPS 13 developer edition now available
I have a pretty new one (9370 I think) and I love it. No coil whine, the build feels great, and I have no complaints about that keyboard or trackpad. My only real complaint so far is the bluetooth is flaky.
adorton | 7 years ago | on: My PHP Development Setup
Installing Make on Windows is easy. Works like a charm.
choco install makeadorton | 8 years ago | on: YouTube Kids Is Going to Release a Whitelisted, Non-Algorithmic Version of App
A few months ago, my Chromebook was updated to support Android apps. YouTube Kids should be available on the Play store assuming your Chromebook is updated to support it.
adorton | 10 years ago | on: I taught myself Python on the Internet and so can you
Is Dive into Python still maintained by anyone? That's what I used when I learned Python about 10 years ago.
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