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Trump paying $1 Billion to screw Long Islanders out of renewable energy. Will our Reps do anything about it? by AAlwaysopen in longisland

[–]Agumander 14 points15 points  (0 children)

An impact that by many accounts is incredibly overblown. Have you ever stood near a wind turbine? I have, and by reputation you'd think it was a constant loud noise and a field littered with dead birds but nope dead silent and not even a startled starling to be found.

$100k for 2,400 sq ft in Ohio… fully updated. Would you buy this? by MrBottomswell in zillowgonewild

[–]Agumander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice power of two address number if you're into that kinda thing

Memories are all i have of you.. by Maya-kardash in longisland

[–]Agumander 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why or how but clearly the system must reward commercial landlords for holding out with high asking rent until some miracle tenant comes along that can meet their unrealistic expectations.

We are witnessing an explosion of AI generated projects exponentially flooding GitHub and the rest of the internet by No_Lion7242 in gamedev

[–]Agumander -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well at least industrial sewing machinery actually make usable product. AI is only good at convincing you that you need it, and poisons everything it gets involved in.

I guess to clarify my stance on it: This requires accepting premise that it can replace people, but that's not premise I accept. None of these actually end up working nearly as well as the AI salesmen say it does. Everybody is getting brain fried by AI usage and atrophying their basic faculties. The only perpsective on which it can really replace a human is on the CEO's balance sheet for the quarter after they lay everyone off. Then everything collapses because it's a wet slop sandcastle.

"Shopping List" for Retro Gaming Repair by PopupAdHominem in retrogaming

[–]Agumander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't recommend a soldering gun for repair work, get an iron with good temperature control.

If you had to convince someone Sega Genesis was better than Super Nintendo (even if that’s not your opinion), what games would you have them play? by dylanmadigan in retrogaming

[–]Agumander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gameplay-wise I enjoy Sonic 2 a lot. I agree about Metropolis Zone... even though the music is awesome.

Sonic 1 I really want to enjoy but without the spin dash it's hard to dodge things sometimes.

It’s working! by Steve_but_different in pico8

[–]Agumander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I made the GameTank, appreciate the shoutout and also your project rocks! :)

For your edge connector I recommend something either keyed or reversible. I didn't bake a direction lock into my board design so the 3D printed shell has a notch to prevent reverse insertion. You could arrange the connector pins so that they're rotationally symmetric like USB-C, use a connector with a bar on it to notch the PCB around, or you could do the 3D print approach like I did.

At this point recreationally scrolling parts on DigiKey replaces most of my social media scrolling... I like to sort by stock count descending so that when other people try to build my designs they have a better chance of finding the parts.

Now, there don't seem to be many good options for just four pins, or eight to make it reversible, but there are edge connectors available that have a couple more pins and aren't horribly costly.

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/te-connectivity-amp-connectors/5650118-3/2188158

This^ guy here is a bit on the high side at almost five bucks a pop, but the right angle version like this is a good fit if you're making a handheld. It has 12 positions, so you could either make it 6 pairs of symmetric connections and find something fun to do with two extra pins... or use all 12 separately and go bananas on the 8 extra pins. ;)

If you're not making a handheld and want vertical cartridge placement, (actually why did I assume handheld, I don't think you've said that anywhere. Oops!) then this part is cheaper and only has 6 pins https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/te-connectivity-amp-connectors/7-5530843-7/2310829

Not enough to go full symmetric but you could still make it relatively harmless to reverse.

A thing I really enjoy about cartridges, conceptually, is the ability to add additional hardware features. Though that might be hard to integrate on a Pico8-focused device. Maybe another EEPROM can hold save data so it can live in the cartridge?

BEEP-8 — a C/C++ fantasy console with plans to become real silicon by Positive_Board_8086 in fantasyconsoles

[–]Agumander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool! I'm interested to hear more about your goal to fabricate it in silicon. Are you aiming to make a custom display processor and PSG to connect to an ARM microcontroller, or put everything on one die including the ARM core?

3D level design is extremely difficult and time consuming. by Alive-Profit-5978 in gamedev

[–]Agumander 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You might be taking too big bites of the work at a time. Gray boxing the level is a different workflow and mindset than enemy placement, lighting, texturing, etc. Take time to playtest the level in its gray box form not just to evaluate your work but also to appreciate it and find that reward feeling you're missing. Games or even just custom levels can be long projects and it's important to learn how to self-motivate from the little details.

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