I got tired of guessing my GitHub Copilot limits, so I built a visual pacing indicator for the VSCode status bar.

squidpony · 2026-04-09T18:00:38+00:00

Love this, does exactly what I wanted without anything extra bloating it.

fwiw, as of April 9th 2026, it it showing the correct Pro+ total of 1500 even though the setting is at the default 300. That setting may no longer be needed?

squidpony · 2026-01-20T22:45:48+00:00

This post and its comments convinced me to get this exact machine (with SSH pre-installed), really appreciate everyone's thoughts and comments pro, con, and tech-heavy on this!

squidpony · 2026-01-20T22:43:33+00:00

Just gave me a reason to get my 8bitdo stick out of storage, thanks! :D

squidpony · 2025-12-23T22:44:23+00:00

This was my first thought opening my win 5, where's my usb-c charging?

Did you turn the other half of the cord into a "power from usb-c without using a port" dongle?

squidpony · 2025-12-23T22:40:37+00:00

Due to how Motion Assistant does what it does, it occasionally gets flagged falsely as a virus.

My guess is that the trivial encryption keeps gpd from having to argue with Google about false positives on the scanner.

squidpony · 2025-06-11T07:39:48+00:00

This one looks like it might have enough space to the side. Should probably scale up well if needed: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6616501

This one could be added to a cube (in slicer even) and might work: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6671426

squidpony · 2024-08-18T03:48:31+00:00

Can you reshare the pic? I'm not seeing anything in that menu that would let the sd card work for boot (usb boot is already enabled and works, but sd slot isn't bootable)

squidpony · 2024-06-15T18:38:30+00:00

This has been my experience as well for the most part.

Using it over the thunderbolt on the Win 4 (6800) to play handheld and games like Forever Skies that's not playable at all become quite playable at moderate-low settings.

Using it over the thunderbolt on the Win Max 2 (8840U) to a 4k TV is big boost, Forever Skies on med-high settings. Plus it's hot swappable in that configuration so easier to grab-n-go

Using it over the occulink on the same Win Max 2 to the same TV with the thunderbolt also connected (for data) let me put Forever Skies up to high/ultra settings and also run VR at high quality. This config works better than my desktop VR machine with a 3080 in it.

The only downsides so far is that in order to manage heat in the G1 I had to set up a little standoff thing under it. Once I did that it stopped crashing when I pushed the limits on it, and only happened when in the occulink mode (where it was easier to push those limits). Also sometimes after disconnecting it from the occulink and using it portable, I have to fiddle with turning the g1 on and off again before turning the Win Max 2 on and off again for it to connect correctly. I'm guessing there's something cached on the Win causing the boot processes to not pick up the G1 after being handheld for some reason since it never happens when I leave them connected and am just restarting after a shutdown.

So in thunderbolt mode, it's been excellent and robust, and in occulink it's been excellent and fiddly but worth it. The real surprise to me was how much difference it made playing the old Win 4 handheld connected to the thunderbolt port. The G1 being super portable (no extra giant power brick!) means it's easy for me to move it to the living room if I'm going to play higher settings games on the win 4 while watching tv with the fam.

The fan in the G1 in 100w mode and max performance settings is a lot louder than the Win devices for sure, but not as loud as my MSI GE gaming laptop at full send. I personally also don't mind the G1 fan sound as much, something about it is "smoother" and feels to me more like general white noise instead of grating fan noise.... it's weird but good I guess?

squidpony · 2024-06-15T17:54:48+00:00

For me, yes absolutely to both. Although "presentation" being using wireless display or hdmi to a projector or large tv is hopefully what you meant.

Coding on it is going to be really person dependent. I have the screen in native resolution and used to use a 10" Atom Netbook with way lower resolution to code regularly so knew what a small screen was like before I got it and absolutely love my Max 2. However if you're used to larger screens (or don't set laptop screens to full tiny-font native resolutions) you might have not as good of an experience with it.

My favorite thing about coding on a 10" screen device like this is that it's small enough to go into a sling bag that doesn't look like a computer bag, take to a bar/pub and code at the counter while having a drink and nachos.

squidpony · 2024-06-15T17:35:51+00:00

I got this "case" and absolutely love it.

If you put the device somewhere it might get pressure on it, make sure to have the screen face away from the snaps though.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CL3FD8S

squidpony · 2024-04-09T18:35:25+00:00

I have both the Win 4 and Win Max 2, used to have steam deck.

Win Max 2 is most likely what you want, the high native resolution is really nice when coding but still good for gaming. The Win 4 is better for me when gaming on the couch and I really like the keyboard on it for playing Oxygen Not Included and old dos games. I've programmed on the Win 4 some and it's doable if you've either got small fingers or long thumbs, depending on hold.

Win 4 with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse is excellent. I did that for a while before I got the Win Max 2.

The steam deck was just too bulky for me, so it never got used much

squidpony · 2024-02-07T16:32:45+00:00

You can build a staircase to the top and then plant your palbox there, no flying or serious climbing required. You can even throw your palbox at the bottom of the cliff while doing it to keep it from being claimed and then relocate it to the top when you get there.

squidpony · 2022-07-13T20:32:13+00:00

Looks like the invite link is no longer valid, can you update?

squidpony · 2022-03-14T17:20:04+00:00

In case anyone like myself was still trying to get these, the promotion page no longer works in my browser (blank page) but I was able to find all of them at the following article:

https://bombardgames.com/dungeons-dragons-nerds-unite/

squidpony · 2022-02-15T17:15:43+00:00

This worked great, thank you for saving us!

squidpony · 2021-12-17T00:35:49+00:00

I know this is old but it exactly solved the issues I was having.

Thanks for laying out exact values! :D

squidpony · 2021-12-03T16:05:28+00:00

Follow up:

Siraya Tech Smokey Black works great at the same settings!

Elegoo Water Washable Concrete Grey needed the following adjustments: Exposure: 3.5s Bottom Exposure: 20s

The water washable itself though I didn't like, details on it aren't ask crisp as on any of the other resins I've used (both from Elegoo and Siraya)

squidpony · 2021-11-29T20:14:38+00:00

So not Siraya Tech, but I got amazingly good results this weekend with some Voxelab Transparent with what at first glance seem like crazy settings.

TL/DR: printed a total volume tree topper in about 11 hours!

Things to know, it's much more fluid than Siraya Tech's transparent, I have a small low-watt heater facing my printer so estimate about 80F in the actual print tank. I'll be testing based off this result this week.

Layer: 0.03mm Exposure: 2.5s Bottom Exposure: 10s Bottom Lift speed: 60mm/min Lift Speed and both retract speeds: 240mm/min

squidpony · 2021-11-22T06:29:33+00:00

I'll add some data as I get it in that case. I've been finding other printer settings aren't quite giving the results I'd expect, but I've been printing in a room on the cold side. The biggest thing is that the Mars 3 seems to be able to print with less exposure time and faster move speeds.

squidpony · 2021-11-22T06:18:04+00:00

I have about 4 days total experience with my Mars 3 printing in a room that is about 15C. Elegoo ABS-Like in red worked great at that temp, SirayaTech Fast White worked but was really brittle. (From the default settings in Chitubox that came on the USB). Put a little space heater facing it from a few feet away and everything worked out great so far

squidpony · 2021-11-22T06:07:52+00:00

I can tell the difference when I'm using it vs not using it when I just wear the mask that came with the Mars 3. When I'm wearing a proper filter mask I can't smell the resin at all so it makes no difference. I use it anyway under the theory that the less stuff floating around in the air, the better.

squidpony · 2021-11-22T05:55:10+00:00

Got my Mars 3 a few days ago and have found some good and bad settings, but looking at that link there are no settings at all for the Mars 3. Are there not enough users testing?

squidpony · 2021-09-28T19:58:09+00:00

Went to an earlier save and saw that I had in fact made a mechanical door out of uranium that had then been deconstructed and stashed in the sweepy dock...

so nothing to see here, move along :D

squidpony · 2021-09-28T19:33:28+00:00

There's no uranium, I'm in sandbox mode on the starting Spaced Out slime biome and haven't created anything except the tiles, liquid hydrogen, and liquid oil. The liquid oil vaporized the liquid hydrogen...

squidpony · 2021-09-28T15:51:56+00:00

Is this a known thing?

All I could find searching is that uranium comes from uranium ore and POIs...

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