fidwell's recent activity
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Comment on CGA-2025-09 🕹️🚂 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 The Last Express in ~games
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Comment on The Common Pile v0.1: An 8TB dataset of public domain and openly licensed text in ~tech
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Comment on Reducing the digital clutter of chats in ~tech
fidwell Link ParentAnd neither of these services should be setting a timer for you in the first place. Your phone has a clock app, and that clock app has a timer. No internet, bots, or "AI" required.Gemini doesn’t do any better a job of setting a timer than Google assistant does.
And neither of these services should be setting a timer for you in the first place. Your phone has a clock app, and that clock app has a timer. No internet, bots, or "AI" required.
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Comment on Dogma 25: Group of Scandi filmmakers launching refreshed manifesto in ~movies
fidwell Link ParentFrom what I remember reading, most of the "official" Dogme 95 films broke or bent at least one of the rules anyway. I'm sure some didn't, but I bet they were in the minority.From what I remember reading, most of the "official" Dogme 95 films broke or bent at least one of the rules anyway. I'm sure some didn't, but I bet they were in the minority.
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Comment on If you enjoy very difficult puzzle games, try Epigraph in ~games
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Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages
fidwell (edited )Link ParentWhoever told you it was called it that was wrong. It's normally called a "pumpkin spice latte" because it's made with the spices you'd put in pumpkin pie.pumpkin latte has nothing to do with pumpkins
Whoever told you it was called it that was wrong. It's normally called a "pumpkin spice latte" because it's made with the spices you'd put in pumpkin pie.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food
fidwell Link ParentInstall yourself some SponsorBlock. I didn't even notice the ad read.Install yourself some SponsorBlock. I didn't even notice the ad read.
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Comment on Wu-Tang Clan x Mathematics - Mandingo (2025) in ~music
fidwell LinkNice song, and very good for modern Wu. Shame about the video though. I guess it looks okay for AI, but it would have looked better with, you know, real people. They have the resources.Nice song, and very good for modern Wu. Shame about the video though. I guess it looks okay for AI, but it would have looked better with, you know, real people. They have the resources.
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Comment on Donation drive: Lambda Legal in ~lgbt
fidwell LinkI'm in for $500. Thanks for sharing this fund. I'm sure it won't be the last one I donate to this year.- Exemplary
I'm in for $500. Thanks for sharing this fund. I'm sure it won't be the last one I donate to this year.
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Comment on There is no safe word: How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades in ~books
fidwell Link ParentIt finished filming last summer; I doubt it'll get canned this late in production.It finished filming last summer; I doubt it'll get canned this late in production.
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Comment on Day 10: Hoof It in ~comp.advent_of_code
fidwell (edited )Link ParentFrom what I've read on Reddit and the other AoC community I talk to, it sounds like everyone did that. A pretty simple puzzle, especially if you did the one from last year that this one...From what I've read on Reddit and the other AoC community I talk to, it sounds like everyone did that. A pretty simple puzzle, especially if you did the one from last year that this one references. If I hadn't run the example input first, I probably would have accidentally gotten the Part 2 answer before I got Part 1.
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Comment on Day 5: Print Queue in ~comp.advent_of_code
fidwell (edited )Link ParentI've been doing 2015 problems here and there lately in my spare time, and one thing I've noticed is that a lot of the input data just uses \n instead of \r\n, which screwed up my input parsers...I've been doing 2015 problems here and there lately in my spare time, and one thing I've noticed is that a lot of the input data just uses
\ninstead of\r\n, which screwed up my input parsers (I'm using C# on Windows). Last year I didn't have that problem for some reason. After tweaking my tools to just always remove\rfrom any and all input files, I haven't had an issue since. (Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite me later...) -
Comment on Day 2: Red-Nosed Reports in ~comp.advent_of_code
fidwell (edited )LinkWell I was already up until almost midnight so I decided to rush solving day 2. And we all know rushing leads to lots of silly mistakes and terrible code. Somehow it was enough to get me on top of...Well I was already up until almost midnight so I decided to rush solving day 2. And we all know rushing leads to lots of silly mistakes and terrible code. Somehow it was enough to get me on top of the Tildes leaderboard, although I'm sure I won't stay there.
Today's was almost as straightforward as yesterday's; just a lot of array iteration and manipulation which isn't terribly interesting to go through algorithmically. I wrote a naĂŻve solution that "brute-forced" it, though at this stage that's more than sufficient for single-digit-millisecond runtimes (I think 4ms for part 2). My biggest hangup was making copies of arrays in C#; it's not as straightforward as it is in other languages (or maybe that was due to rushing).
Code — refactored. added some utility functions that made it (hopefully) very readable.
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Comment on Day 1: Historian Hysteria in ~comp.advent_of_code
fidwell (edited )LinkI knew today's puzzle would be easy so I stayed up til midnight to get it done quick. I thought 6 minutes for part 1 was blazing fast, but apparently there are just so many people doing it now...I knew today's puzzle would be easy so I stayed up til midnight to get it done quick. I thought 6 minutes for part 1 was blazing fast, but apparently there are just so many people doing it now that it was still only good enough for rank 2,737. Oh well! I'm not in it for the points, so I probably won't be trying to rush again.
Good luck with the rest of the month!
(edit: by the way here's my repo; I'm doing 2024 in C# again just because I'm too lazy to try something new. I have done a few old problems in Python, just to learn it; but I'm thinking of saving some other old ones to try in Rust. we'll see.)
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Comment on Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer | Announcement trailer in ~games
fidwell LinkI remember playing the first one and thinking that it was just okay. I don't remember why; I'm a bit picky when it comes to point-and-clicks. It should have really appealed to me—I'm a big fan of...I remember playing the first one and thinking that it was just okay. I don't remember why; I'm a bit picky when it comes to point-and-clicks. It should have really appealed to me—I'm a big fan of every genre represented—so I'm glad to see they are making a sequel and I'll happily give it a shot. The aesthetics look great.
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Comment on James Webb Space Telescope finds stunning evidence for alternate theory of gravity in ~space
fidwell Link ParentI don't know if that helps. What does "MOND" mean? If you know, then adding it to the title might add a little clarification, but you probably already guessed. If (like me) you don't know, you're...I don't know if that helps. What does "MOND" mean? If you know, then adding it to the title might add a little clarification, but you probably already guessed. If (like me) you don't know, you're just as in the dark as you were before.
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Comment on Summer Games Done Quick 2024, a week-long charity fundraiser featuring speedruns, is live (runs June 30 - July 6) in ~games
fidwell Link ParentIt's just the base game, no DLC or even spoilers for it. I haven't played the DLC at all, so I was very happy about that.It's just the base game, no DLC or even spoilers for it. I haven't played the DLC at all, so I was very happy about that.
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Comment on Summer Games Done Quick 2024, a week-long charity fundraiser featuring speedruns, is live (runs June 30 - July 6) in ~games
fidwell Link ParentI highly recommend that 100% shipless run. Very impressive movement and routing.I highly recommend that 100% shipless run. Very impressive movement and routing.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~science
fidwell Link ParentI'd been waffling on unsubscribing for Kurzgesagt for a while, and this video pushed me to finally do it. Lately it feels like they're doing more of these abstract theoretical concepts that don't...I'd been waffling on unsubscribing for Kurzgesagt for a while, and this video pushed me to finally do it. Lately it feels like they're doing more of these abstract theoretical concepts that don't make any sense when you try to actually follow what they're talking about.
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Comment on 12 Word Searches: a printable puzzle book in ~games.tabletop
I've never heard of this game 'til now, but I do love me a point-and-click and for only a couple bucks that's an easy buy.
After I got it, I read that the gold edition is a little hand-holdy? Are there settings for that? I don't mind hints, but I also like at least some challenge.