beardedmoose

I know right, flooding in Texas and we are still talking about this creep?

Im all for this. I miss the tactile feedback of older hard drives, you knew the computer was actually doing something. New computers are too quiet, like electric cars.

If you’d have read the articles you’d know that Mel is not writing or directing. This is the same director that did Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar.

As a fellow zachtronics fan I will check this out when I get off work.

What language and or engine did you end up using for this?

Thank you for this! Too bad there isn't an already prepared virtual project where you can view this in 3D. Might be a fun coding project to load the slices into a UI for easier viewing.

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.

In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.

The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

From what I have seen they are just not creating any new policies really for group policy and they are mostly developing intune.

On the admin side it's gotten worse. Working in IT and having to support Windows 11 through Active Directory is a nightmare now. MS has removed almost all admin control in favor of user choice forcing us into workarounds and hacks to get most things working. It also seems evident they would like Active Directory to go away in favor of their cloud options which are horrible slow and clunky.

Mr. Robot had one of the craziest endings I have ever seen in a show. I'll admit I had a tough time watching it around S2 because so much was unexplained, and I felt like I was going insane.

So glad I stuck it out though, I still think about it.

It worked okay at first but seemed to start just giving me answers again after a few questions. This was ChatGPT for reference. I might try something again now that they have "Projects" where you can define a prompt which sticks to the entire project.

The idea was to use ChatGPT as debugging ducky 2.0

Hell, I’d argue a similar prompt could be useful for a lot of people. I use something similar for coding and ask it not to provide direct code and more a guide on coding principals with source links if possible.

Well if more than 3 shakes is a wank then the 4th threesome is a poly relationship.

Sadly no, I am still designing and testing the units in the field to make sure they can withstand the elements. I probably should though as I imagine quite a few people would be interested.

I play airsoft in the middle of nowhere, when 300 people show up the cell towers can’t hold up and my phone signal is useless. Using LoRa radios we can still communicate long distances in the forest without using our voices.

My second use case is I build airsoft and paintball digital flags and scoring boxes using LED strips and microcontrollers. I plan to test and use LoRa radios for them to communicate through the forest and relay game status or even allow refs to control things for dynamic gameplay.

Until they just decide to stop supporting it one day until you buy a new $4k bed.

I'd argue that's how all modern "cloud" services are, some cool tech that Microsoft purchased and then integrated with duct tape and chewing gum.

SharePoint, Exchange Online, Azure, it's all bound together by a string with APIs that can barely speak the same language.

Sure thing! I often use it to add code comments to my powershell scripts after I've written them, sprinkling in quotes from some of my favorite movies from the 80s like Spaceballs, Princess Bride, Airplane, etc...

"User '$username' found. Preparing to eject them from the AD universe." "Failed to import Active Directory module. Inconceivable!" "Failed to delete user '$username'. I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."

Other times I will ask it questions related to scripting commandlets and it often responds in a tone that is more fun to read at least.

"Firstly, ensure you're connected to the mystical realm of Exchange Online. If you're scratching your head wondering how, refer back to the ancient scrolls on how to establish a connection. It involves Get-Credential, New-PSSession, and a bit of patience."

I made a custom GPT that was explicitly told to include snark, sarcasm, and dark humor in all of my IT related responses or code comments, it makes my day every time.

Not either of them but I use Power-hell in my daily job to automate a lot of active directory related things, I can also confirm it can piss you off and has quite a few 'isms or gotchas. The way some things handle single and double quotes can drive you literally insane.

I also see the value of the humor added to a game played with a group of friends and don't see it as a negative towards someone with a comparable or even exact condition. I believe that a person can play a game which exaggerates some aspects for gameplay/comedic value and still empathize with serious mental health issues.

As someone that is always curious and worried about mental health would you mind explaining what a typical days experience is like for yourself?

That has not been my experience with switch games on the Steam Deck. Anytime shaders are loaded the FPS seems to stutter which in the newer Mario game is like every few seconds at first and it gets better the longer you play.

I still prefer the switch for switch games myself.

I don't know 100%, From looking at the documentation you need to prove you are a licensed developer for Nintendo and then you can get access to export to the Switch inside unity.

A few years ago I started messing with Unity and for the most part it was a decent engine with many platforms you can target which is a huge plus. Their whole licensing issue of late made me think though, do I really want to put years of my life into building a game when the owner of the engine can make changes which negatively impact my project?

Now, this could happen with any engine that you don't own but Epic uses their engine to create games themselves so they have an interest in further development which also benefits the users of the engine.

Godot is a newer kid on the block but has gained a lot of interest, especially after the Unity stunt. Now that it can target a Nintendo Switch there is even more reason to choose this engine as coding for game consoles can be pretty tricky as they usually have a lot of restrictions and tests they have to pass before you can launch on the platform.

Unreal and Unity offer maturity and vast knowledge available on the web for both if you want to learn the engine. Unreal has a visual scripting language which some love, both engines have storefronts where you can buy plugins, code, objects, all sorts of things to help make your game.

I've forked it and made changes as well as submitted a pull request to Sontek.

https://github.com/batfasturd/snowmachine

No they aren't always aimed at Windows based systems but it is the most widely used operating system so of course it is targeted and exploited. Every system is vulnerable. The secret is that coders are normal people just like everyone else, they make mistakes. The real problem is that our economy is driven by money so these things don't get fixed because there's no profit in it, only features that make money get added or fixed.

Okay, I have a working prototype of a snowplow idea, it took me a long time to wrap my head around how things were rendered to the screen and how it kept track of snow particles.

Now I am going to work on a few bugs and clean up the code so I can either fork it or submit a pull request.

I feel inspired to take it on. I have questions on how they pictured it because it could be implemented in quite a few ways.

Oh they don't care because people keep paying or they make money from the customer data they sell to others. At my employer we just switched away from google because they decided to double our monthly bill because we didn't want to enter into a contract. We could never reach our account manager or anyone at support that was helpful, they are just too big to care now.

We are still dealing with stupid Google issues like any time our mail relay sends mail to Gmail servers it's 50/50 whether they decide to block it saying we aren't authenticated properly even though our SPF record is indeed valid.

I have 2 custom GPTs, 1 of which I use every day called Snarky IT Wizard. I uploaded the PDFs for my particular router firmware version so I can ask questions, I've specifically configured it to be sarcastic and insert humor into both responses and the code it generates. Honestly, using it makes my day every time.

The other I was tailoring as a dungeon master for 5th edition, I've uploaded PDFs of all the source materials I can purchase.

My only gripe with the system is that as of late the whole openai platform has been experienced issues constantly and I get errors when trying to customize or even ask it questions from time to time.

Airsoft and needle felting. Not at the same time of course.

Airsoft is great because it is equal parts kick-ass and camping, it's also exercise disguised as fun.

Needle felting is a more creative outlet that can also be done while watching TV or listening to music. More relaxing for sure.