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  1. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I have been starting to design and build out some smart home devices using esp32’s to integrate into Homeassistant via MQTT. So far have a temperature/humity sensor so I can eventually have data...

    I have been starting to design and build out some smart home devices using esp32’s to integrate into Homeassistant via MQTT. So far have a temperature/humity sensor so I can eventually have data for every room in the house. Also gonna connect that to AWS so I can store the data and eventually graph it.

    Also building a motion sensor to add light automation.

    Also need to finish tweaking a custom smart lamp.
    Lots of silly things to keep total control over my home automation

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Rate my homepage! in ~creative

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    hmm, I feel like if I add a few more blog post type posts similar to the QML Testing posts it may make sense to have a blog and a projects link in the header. I guess I just need to create some...

    hmm, I feel like if I add a few more blog post type posts similar to the QML Testing posts it may make sense to have a blog and a projects link in the header. I guess I just need to create some more content.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Rate my homepage! in ~creative

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    I have had a long internal debate about what other navigation would make sense in the header bar, any suggestions on what you would find useful?

    I have had a long internal debate about what other navigation would make sense in the header bar, any suggestions on what you would find useful?

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Rate my homepage! in ~creative

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    Oh good catch on the max-width, It looks like I closed a div incorrectly, and will push a fix. The museum work is very interesting, if you have specific questions let me know, I enjoy sharing when...

    Oh good catch on the max-width, It looks like I closed a div incorrectly, and will push a fix.

    The museum work is very interesting, if you have specific questions let me know, I enjoy sharing when I can.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Rate my homepage! in ~creative

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    Very clean and simple, I like it. It may be nice to consider having the github links open in new tabs rather then navigate away from your homepage. Also for your blog posts it would be nice to...

    Very clean and simple, I like it.
    It may be nice to consider having the github links open in new tabs rather then navigate away from your homepage.

    Also for your blog posts it would be nice to have a link back up to your homepage, and have the page width match the homepage to make it a bit easier to read.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Rate my homepage! in ~creative

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    Thanks for the feedback! Adding a filter or page for exhibits is a good idea. Good catch on that typo, I will get that fixed. I would love to have a bit more media showing the exhibits in use, but...

    Thanks for the feedback!

    Adding a filter or page for exhibits is a good idea.

    Good catch on that typo, I will get that fixed.

    I would love to have a bit more media showing the exhibits in use, but in general the only stuff I have recordings of is occasionally co-workers testing, and some user tests that I can't share. I do usually try to link to any company videos of them where I can. Hopefully once Covid is over I can travel and get some media if I am nearby.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Rate my homepage! in ~creative

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    I would say it looks pretty good at a first glance. Couple minor things: First for the "(higher on list == faster response and more preferable):" text I would change it to match the font of the...

    I would say it looks pretty good at a first glance. Couple minor things:
    First for the "(higher on list == faster response and more preferable):" text I would change it to match the font of the rest of the sentence.

    Second minor thing would be to completely remove the email entry on the contact list until it is usable.

    3 votes

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  9. Comment on What are some good informative or educational shows? in ~tv

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    Recently I have gone down a long rabbit hole of a series of BBC shows that catalogue a group of historians/archaeologists spending a year working on farms set during different time periods. There...

    Recently I have gone down a long rabbit hole of a series of BBC shows that catalogue a group of historians/archaeologists spending a year working on farms set during different time periods. There tend to be 12 episodes for each series and they are very relaxing and interesting. They are all available on youtube:

    1. Secrets of the Castle

    2. Tutor Farm

    3. Victorian Farm

    4. Edwardian Farm

    5. Wartime Farm

    I decided to link to the search page on youtube since there are a few different channels that offer playlists, the Absolute History channel seems to generally have the best quality, but there are some audio issues in a few of their series. From what I can tell the BBC has sold the licensing rights to a few different places that have put them up on youtube.

    10 votes

  10. Comment on Designer to Developer Handoff Process in ~comp

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    Figma definitely looks nice, I may need to give it a go on a personal project. I do think I would have a lot of trouble convincing them that we should switch systems though...

    Figma definitely looks nice, I may need to give it a go on a personal project.

    I do think I would have a lot of trouble convincing them that we should switch systems though...

  11. Designer to Developer Handoff Process

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    I am a fullstack developer that spends a good portion of my time building out complex User Interfaces, and the rest building out back-ends for that software. In my opinion the current method that...

    I am a fullstack developer that spends a good portion of my time building out complex User Interfaces, and the rest building out back-ends for that software. In my opinion the current method that my company uses for a designer to developer hand off is a bit lacking in efficiency.

    The current method is usually a designer will provide a developer with a Photoshop (or very occasionally an Illustrator) file containing the entire applications design. It is then up to the developer to export assets (both quick exporting things as pngs, going through and separating shadows from assets, or creating assets from the layers provided) and dig through the file to determine fonts and placement of items.

    Is it a common expectation that a developer should be spending a good chunk of time in Adobe on asset manipulation?

    Additionally does anyone have any process or program suggestions that may make life easier?

    3 votes

  12. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I don't disagree with the lack of a good view. There are times were having a better view and being able to build from a tower would drastically improve layout. I think it makes up for it by the...

    I don't disagree with the lack of a good view. There are times were having a better view and being able to build from a tower would drastically improve layout. I think it makes up for it by the amount of exploration and world variety, then again I tend towards exploration over optimization in Factorio as well.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I started playing Satisfactory this weekend, it is incredibly addictive. Essentially it is a 3D version of Factorio with a slightly different tech tree, a much more engaging world with tons of...

    I started playing Satisfactory this weekend, it is incredibly addictive. Essentially it is a 3D version of Factorio with a slightly different tech tree, a much more engaging world with tons of variety, and a lot of flexibility, I think I played over 20 hours in the last two days. Definitely worth every penny.

    9 votes

  14. Comment on Let's do a deep dive into the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality together! in ~games

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    I have spent my evening playing Heavy Bullets and have to give it a huge thumbs up. Its incredibly challenging (I still haven't cleared level 2), and has little instruction on any strategy. So far...

    Heavy Bullets:

    I have spent my evening playing Heavy Bullets and have to give it a huge thumbs up. Its incredibly challenging (I still haven't cleared level 2), and has little instruction on any strategy. So far I have found the Backpack and Last Will to be incredibly useful at increasing your characters power.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I just finished The Draco Tavern by Larry Niven, it was a nice collection of short stories about the future of Earth after first contact with all of the stories focused on the proprietor of a...

    I just finished The Draco Tavern by Larry Niven, it was a nice collection of short stories about the future of Earth after first contact with all of the stories focused on the proprietor of a Interstellar traveller tavern at Earths only space port. It has some interested looks at human and alien interactions.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I read it around Christmas and have to agree its very good

    I read it around Christmas and have to agree its very good

    2 votes

  17. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I gotta say the zipperlink is great.

    I gotta say the zipperlink is great.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I recently reworked some of the CSS for my personal website, (still have a few media query issues to clean up) and started working on some QML Testing documentation/Tutorials. I still have a few...

    I recently reworked some of the CSS for my personal website, (still have a few media query issues to clean up) and started working on some QML Testing documentation/Tutorials. I still have a few more examples I need to finish up sometime in the next week or so.

    4 votes