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  1. Comment on Guess I'm still young enough to be angsty over a stupid game jam in ~games

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    Maintaining motivation and focus is far and away the hardest part of a long term solo project. I wish there were a silver bullet. One thing to remind yourself is that even though others will...

    Maintaining motivation and focus is far and away the hardest part of a long term solo project. I wish there were a silver bullet.

    One thing to remind yourself is that even though others will likely forget about your project after release, you will have gained a lot personally by completing it. You'll have something for your portfolio. Whenever you have future moments of self doubt, you'll be able to look back and say, "But hey, I did that!" You'll have a repository of assets and code and learnings you can look back on if you attempt a similar project in the future.

    It's not the worst thing in the world to drop a project that you don't have time for, but if you're like me then you end up with a pile of unfinished things that you feel regret and annoyance that they would have been so cool if only you'd put in a bit more effort.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Do signed or annotated git tags have any special advantage over lightweight tags? in ~comp

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    As mentioned already, the 2 benefits I'm aware of are adding a message, and being able to push the tags to a remote repo. I regularly use: $ git tag -a -m'Added user profiles feature' v0.9.0 And...

    As mentioned already, the 2 benefits I'm aware of are adding a message, and being able to push the tags to a remote repo. I regularly use:

    $ git tag -a -m'Added user profiles feature' v0.9.0

    And to list them back:

    $ git tag -ln | sort -V

    The sort -V is so that v0.10 comes after v0.9.

    On GitHub specifically tags don't seem to matter much, since they have this GitHub-specific feature called Releases which kind of supersedes Git tags. Still IMO feels cleaner to keep using Git tags appropriately, even if also using GitHub Releases.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Like a Dragon: Yakuza live-action series announced for Amazon Prime Video this October in ~tv

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    Based on the first Yakuza game, starring Ryoma Takeuchi playing Kazuma Kiryu. Even though the Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi quit Sega a few years ago, Sega still recognizes the popularity of...

    Based on the first Yakuza game, starring Ryoma Takeuchi playing Kazuma Kiryu.

    Even though the Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi quit Sega a few years ago, Sega still recognizes the popularity of the franchise and apparently keeping it alive.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on Retailers hate that you buy big things on your laptop in ~finance

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    How do they write papers? Computer lab? Voice dictate on their phones and then format on a shared computer? Or like the other commenter suggested, tablets with addon keyboards?

    How do they write papers? Computer lab? Voice dictate on their phones and then format on a shared computer? Or like the other commenter suggested, tablets with addon keyboards?

    6 votes

  7. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (April 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for Android! in ~tildes

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    If relying on browser extensions, the best way is to use your default browser instead of the in-app browser. Android: Settings -> Browser type -> External browser iOS: Settings -> Prefer external...

    If relying on browser extensions, the best way is to use your default browser instead of the in-app browser.

    Android: Settings -> Browser type -> External browser

    iOS: Settings -> Prefer external browser

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of May 26 in ~games

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    Tell Me Why is free to keep on Steam for the month of June, presumably for Pride Month. From DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio that made Life Is Strange. Steam reviews contain spoilers; beware.

    Tell Me Why is free to keep on Steam for the month of June, presumably for Pride Month. From DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio that made Life Is Strange.

    Steam reviews contain spoilers; beware.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (April 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for Android! in ~tildes

  10. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for iOS! in ~tildes

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    Thanks for the bug report. Three Cheers v1.0.4 for Android will go out soon and fixes the unwanted spaces when editing submission tags.

    Thanks for the bug report. Three Cheers v1.0.4 for Android will go out soon and fixes the unwanted spaces when editing submission tags.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for iOS! in ~tildes

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    Thanks for the bug report. I've added a fix for <small> HTML in comments. Three Cheers v1.0.2 is going into TestFlight shortly, and will get onto the App Store at a later date.

    Thanks for the bug report. I've added a fix for <small> HTML in comments. Three Cheers v1.0.2 is going into TestFlight shortly, and will get onto the App Store at a later date.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for iOS! in ~tildes

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    I added a possible fix for the URL going into the wrong submission field, when sharing a link to Three Cheers. I wasn't actually able to reproduce the bug on Chrome, but based on your description...

    I added a possible fix for the URL going into the wrong submission field, when sharing a link to Three Cheers. I wasn't actually able to reproduce the bug on Chrome, but based on your description I tried to write a suitable fix. Three Cheers v1.0.2 is going into TestFlight shortly, and will get onto the App Store at a later date.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for iOS! in ~tildes

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    Is this Android? Maybe Dual pane setting was turned on by accident in the app? Or on iPad, there is currently no way to collapse the left pane. It has been requested and I will look into adding a...

    Is this Android? Maybe Dual pane setting was turned on by accident in the app?

    Or on iPad, there is currently no way to collapse the left pane. It has been requested and I will look into adding a button for that.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for iOS! in ~tildes

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    Thanks for taking the time making the video and reporting the bug. Unfortunately I can't reproduce the bug on iOS 17.5. I'm hoping it is fixed by Apple in 17.5.

    Thanks for taking the time making the video and reporting the bug. Unfortunately I can't reproduce the bug on iOS 17.5. I'm hoping it is fixed by Apple in 17.5.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Building cross-platform offline-first apps with Bluetooth Low Energy in ~tech

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    In the early '10s there was a framework called AllJoyn made by Qualcomm, meant to bridge the competing protocols, Bluetooth among them. I played around with it and wanted to try some...

    In the early '10s there was a framework called AllJoyn made by Qualcomm, meant to bridge the competing protocols, Bluetooth among them. I played around with it and wanted to try some device-to-device app ideas.

    Unfortunately the AllJoyn project hit a major wall, IIRC in large part due to Android's gutting of their Bluetooth stack and replacing with a completely different one. I found a mention of that on the Bluetooth stack Wikipedia article:

    Android switched from BlueZ to its own BlueDroid stack, created by Broadcom, in late 2012. BlueDroid has been since been renamed Fluoride. Marcel Holtmann from the Intel Open Source Technology Center, claimed that Google made a poor choice in switching to BlueDroid, during a presentation for BlueZ for Android at the Android Builders Summit in 2014.

    This presentation posted by OP about modern Bluetooth is welcome info. For one, sounds like no more competing protocols worth considering; just use Bluetooth. Another, iOS 11 and Android 10 finally expose the APIs needed (L2CAP) to build apps with less friction. Even though the Internet of Things fad is over, I hope we'll see developers experiment more with local device-to-device apps.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for iOS! in ~tildes

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    Thanks for pointing that out. I'm aware of the discrepancy, but it's a low priority issue for me. Not sure if I'll change it. Related, one thing the app does better here is that it hides spoiler...

    Thanks for pointing that out. I'm aware of the discrepancy, but it's a low priority issue for me. Not sure if I'll change it. Related, one thing the app does better here is that it hides spoiler text in the collapsed comments—the website shows the spoiler text.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for iOS! in ~tildes

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    Thanks! Regarding account deletion, not really. Apple had some questions about accounts, but seemed satisfied when I emphasized it's a third-party site that handles account creation. Also not sure...

    Thanks!

    Regarding account deletion, not really. Apple had some questions about accounts, but seemed satisfied when I emphasized it's a third-party site that handles account creation.

    Also not sure if this is what you're asking, but you can delete an account by messaging the admin, Deimos.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for iOS! in ~tildes

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    Do your notifications still show up on the website? Do you still have the "Show notifications badge" setting enabled in the app? When you go into the envelope in the app, does it show past...

    Do your notifications still show up on the website?

    Do you still have the "Show notifications badge" setting enabled in the app?

    When you go into the envelope in the app, does it show past notifications correctly?

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Please recommend me an anime to watch? in ~anime

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    @foryth There's also an older Romance of the Three Kingdoms anime made in 1991 that can be found fansubbed on YouTube. 47 episodes. It focuses on Liu Bei and goes until the Battle of Red Cliffs....

    @foryth There's also an older Romance of the Three Kingdoms anime made in 1991 that can be found fansubbed on YouTube. 47 episodes. It focuses on Liu Bei and goes until the Battle of Red Cliffs. It adapts the first half of a manga—the manga is among the top 30 or so best-selling manga series historically. The animation style is a product of its time, however.

    The 2009 adaptation has Mandarin voiceovers and better art, but is difficult to find online in English. Apparently the studio that produced it shut down a year later.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Please recommend me an anime to watch? in ~anime

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    There's a long list of Romance of the Three Kingdoms adaptations on Wikipedia. Apparently there's a 52-episode anime series from 2009, co-produced by Chinese and Japanese studios. Never seen it. I...

    There's a long list of Romance of the Three Kingdoms adaptations on Wikipedia.

    Apparently there's a 52-episode anime series from 2009, co-produced by Chinese and Japanese studios. Never seen it.

    I feel the long-running video game adaptations are going to be the most well known.

    2 votes