[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

It’s more of a personal one.

I made my first touch game in Unity. I tested all the system and everything worked after weeks of testing and I wasn’t able to find more bugs.

I gave my phone to my wife and asked her to try it. Immediately she was able to get the character to warp across the screen. I didn’t code this and based on my code this was impossible to happen.

After more testing I discovered that it wasn’t my code which was bugged but Unity’s. Since she was touching the screen in a way that it didn’t register that her finger was removed from the screen.

Ever since all my games touch inputs have manual timers to ensure that a touch is actually registered. And I give her my games to test since she usually breaks it in weird and wonderful ways.

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My Mini lives again! (programming.dev)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by the16bitgamer@programming.dev to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

So I did many things since I last complained that my display assembly was broken.

  1. I tried ABS, didn't fix it.

  2. I contacted Prusa Support and did get a print friendly copy of the Mini Y Front Plate. Which was nice.

  3. However I fell in love with this design. It snaps in place, covers the back (one of my biggest gripes about it) and the angle is fixed. The adjustable display was nice, but I always felt it was fragile. This if fixed and it works.

You can download the print files here: https://www.printables.com/model/67519-prusa-mini-new-box-display-and-support

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Well this stinks (programming.dev)

Worst part, this is the one component Prusa injection molded with no parts 3D Printable. I'll probably figure something out.

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The Clip if you've never seen it before.

Recently I've been archive my PS3 library of games, and I just finished backing up MGS4. Normally a third party PS3 game is between 7-12GB, however MGS4 is 33GB. To play MGS4 on a 360 you'd need like 4-5 DVD's depending on how they compressed it.

Didn't realize how large games were back even a decade ago.

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Steam replay is live and I thought this stat is funny

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TL:DW It's a 54:20 video of Fake Linus interviewing with Linus Torvalds. It goes over Linus's views on hardware choice, questions about Linux and several community questions.

The video is long, but it's a good listen.

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So I got a Flippy Drive a while ago, and grew tired of how the MicroSD Card is internal not external. I designed and made this Backplate so I can access to it.

It took way to much work but hey it looks pretty and it works.

You can download it from Thingiverse and Printables

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Love finding building videos on YouTube. And I was shocked with how much of this video was 3D Printable.

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Saw the news today about Canada Post changes. Though the union wouldn't like it. See that they went on strike. Then I get these emails back to back.

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Minimum Vibable Product.... I'll see myself out now

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When I originally designed my Virtual Boy Tripod Kit, it was the most complicated design I had done up to that point. However to make everything work I needed metal nuts and screw, plus an elastic band to hold everything together.

Since I started modeling my own screws, I wanted to go back to this kit and re-design it to be properly 100% 3D printed without loosing the functionality.

And this was my result. The body's shape is pretty much the same. However I am so please with how the mechanism works for the lock nut and thumb screw.

The screws are a bit tricky to print. But man this is so cool to slim this down.

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This is PETG, one was left out in about 40% humidity the other was dried to about 20%

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by the16bitgamer@programming.dev to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

Ran across this in a discussion about Nintendo's Virtual Game Cards and Key Cards.

For myself it's

Physical > Perpetual Digital (GOG) > Key Cards (Switch 2) > DRM Digital (Steam/PS3/Xbox 360) > Account DRM Digital (PS4/Switch/Xbox One) > System Locked Digital (3DS/Wii U) > GamePass > Streaming Games (Amazon Luna/Stadia)

For some context.

While Key Cards are digital they are not tied to hardware which means so long as the servers are still running the game can be downloaded and played... presuming no additional authentication is required.

DRM Digital is bellow that since services like Epic Games, and Steam still require re-authentication from time to time. Though Steam is getting better thanks to the Steam Deck.

GamePass is low because it is the same as Game Rental. You don't own the game. Good to try never to own.

On that note, physical games with download codes inside don't even get a place on my list. Got tricked into buying Patapon 2 this way and I always read the games fine print ever since.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 39 points 6 months ago

While it's easy to be pessimistic about this. This is one of the few options to make actual change. Leaving thing as they are is a worse situation since it means that companies like Ubisoft can and will destroy the games which we own.

Will there be resistance? Yes Ubisoft is already stated their opposition to it.)

But it's not up to companies like Ubisoft for how the EU makes it's laws, it's up to the EU itself. When there is potentially 1.4 million people in Europe telling you to "stop killing games" it's going to be hard to tell them no.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 41 points 8 months ago

You are not wrong, but I don’t want to admit that you are right since it’s so depressing

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 25 points 9 months ago

LibreOffice

Free Office Suite which is excellent for personal use. If you are on mobile Collabora Office if you want an Android/iOS version

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 22 points 11 months ago

My fav is giving one of theses

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and if they don't get the message

-___________-

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 31 points 1 year ago

Is it decent ? Yes

Should I look elsewhere? Also yes.

CAD is difficult to understand on a good day, and FreeCAD is a beginner unfriendly implementation of it.

I personally love it and it’s an excellent tool if you already know what you are doing. If you don’t, it’s a mess of screens and spaces with no rhyme or reason.

My two cents. Learn CAD first, Google Sketchup or Fusion 360 are good and beginner friendly with lots of tutorials. Then move to FreeCAD to learn the differences.

That said if you want to just try FreeCAD, this release is the best I’ve used from them.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 24 points 1 year ago

This is a game from 2007, I doubt there are new/replacement discs. That said it appears to be functional so we'll see.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago

From my personal experience Arch is several months ahead of other distros and depending on the package and sometimes has everything you need already included for gaming.

I believe this is due to the Steam Deck.

However for ease of use, I agree there are other better distros. Fedora is only 2ish months behind arch in terms of graphics drivers and Ubuntu… has the latest proton from steam and lutris since proton isn’t installed from the local app stores.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 24 points 2 years ago

This has been going on forever in the GT series. Like the limited time cars in GT5.

That said a lot of these mechanics were designed for a time when other game modes existed that could compensate for them. Like in GT5 where you can “train” an AI to race as their race chief.

I named mine The Stig. And just let him race until it was so good that I could leave it alone at a 12 hour race event and went to sleep. When I woke up I had enough cash and bought a Lamborghini and a Ferrari.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 36 points 2 years ago

I miss Pebble. ePaper Display, week long battery life, and I can see all my phones notifications and reply to texts on the watch itself.

Made my old phone with bad battery life usable.

Garmin is the only "smart watch"/fitness tracker that does this and does it well. Wish it wasn't as pricy for the week long battery devices.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 41 points 2 years ago

30 minutes in the test, I saw a cat.

[-] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 28 points 2 years ago

So long as you are using a cable to send images and video to a TV, someone will find a way to intercept and record it.

The bigger issue is that Blurays are the highest quality video there is, especially when it comes to audio. For those who do care this is deviating.

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