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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
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Comment on Starfield - what are your thoughts? in ~games
stalkedbypuppies Link ParentPrice. GPU prices are ridiculous. My old card was a RX480 and was showing its age. I wanted something to get me by a little longer until I was ready to get a high end card. The a750 was on sale...Price. GPU prices are ridiculous. My old card was a RX480 and was showing its age. I wanted something to get me by a little longer until I was ready to get a high end card. The a750 was on sale for sub $400 AUD which made it significantly cheaper than the 3060 at the time.
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Comment on Starfield - what are your thoughts? in ~games
stalkedbypuppies LinkI haven't been able to play it in account that it was broken on arc gpus. This has now been fixed so I'm looking forward to giving it a shot after work today. I have watched a number of videos on...I haven't been able to play it in account that it was broken on arc gpus. This has now been fixed so I'm looking forward to giving it a shot after work today.
I have watched a number of videos on it, and I think the thing that will probably annoy me the most would be the number of loading screen, specifically between buildings and your ship. I'm not sure what to expect for the procedurally generated areas for places you have already visited (do these get regenerate?).
From what I have seen it seems like Bethesda have nailed the atmosphere and sound design of the game.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
stalkedbypuppies Link ParentThis is exactly how I feel. Not having that singular place for news and updates makes me feel a bit disconnected (for better or worse). Alternatives are not quite the same but I am very interested...This is exactly how I feel. Not having that singular place for news and updates makes me feel a bit disconnected (for better or worse). Alternatives are not quite the same but I am very interested to see how all of this plays out.
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Comment on The Apollo app for Reddit closes this evening. End of an era. in ~tech
stalkedbypuppies LinkNot just Apollo but many others as well! I almost quit cold turkey since the Reddit protests started. Yesterday not only did I delete Sync for Reddit, I also deleted my Reddit account and all my...Not just Apollo but many others as well! I almost quit cold turkey since the Reddit protests started. Yesterday not only did I delete Sync for Reddit, I also deleted my Reddit account and all my comments, posts, and votes (where possible).
It's been a strange couple of weeks of not having that daily scroll. I have noticed my phone usage being significantly less though I have discovered and spent some time here (lurking) and on kbin/Lemmy. I will miss some of the gaming specific subs and have some fond memories of some specific events. r/DestinyTheGame having a meltdown and showing up on r/all or when a post on r/android was replied by OP and all subsequent replies where by OP as well.
It was a good source of news for me, local and otherwise. I wonder how the next few days will go. I don't think Reddit will ever be the same.
I've been building a gym app. I hated Hevy and I refuse to pay a subscription just to record my workout sessions. I had been using notes/google sheets to record my workouts and while functional, is a bit of a pain. I discovered my brother had been doing the same thing for similar reasons. In his case, he had a good iOS app that then introduced monthly fees.
I started the app last year last year but dropped off after I had set up the plumbing and placeholders. I only just picked it up again recently and it's in a pretty stable state. I've been using Claude for the planning and development pairing with Gemini for plan and code reviews. That said, if I want to publish it to the app store I'll need to go through closed testing with a dozen or so users for Google to approve it. If I do get to that stage, I'll need to look at a way to monetise it as backend hosting isn't exactly free. I won't do subscriptions and I won't block features behind a pay well. I find that pretty scummy.
I initially started the project in angular as a way to upskill myself for work as we were shifting technologies but I don't really want to code at home in my free time. It's still an angular app but with a capacitor wrapper for a native Android build. Backend hosting is Firebase and I'm using CloudFlare for my DNS. Code is privately hosted on GitHub and I have automated pushes for the web version and manually build and release for the android app (I deployed this to play console for internal testing).
I do plan to attempt an iOS conversion but I will need to pick up a MacBook for that. I just integrated google health connect and plan on doing a wear os app soon.
My goal here is to build an app that suits my needs, is easy and convenient to use. When I used Hevy, I felt like I was fighting the UI as it did not seem simple to do the things I wanted, plus the wear os app sucked and at the time, there was no google health/fit connection. I also wanted to track workouts against my brother so I included a friend system where you can track against different exercises and view how you are progressing vs your mate.
The theme I pick for the app is Sisyphus/Greek, though I haven't settled on a name yet.