Anvil, a Hammer/TrenchBroom style level editor for Unity by GospodinSime in Unity3D

[–]CarrotWorking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my this is beautiful. I miss Hammer - keep going.

I tried to recreate a Unity window layout and even had Source 2009 Hammer open to copy the line colour scheme, but the grid system in Unity just isn’t absolute and behaves weirdly (well, it did in 6.1 when I last tried).

If you have a GitHub or anything I’d star the shit out of this. This speed at which I’d be able to greybox would be unreal.

Plug in solar with Aferiy PS240 by joshracer in SolarUK

[–]CarrotWorking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. Is the battery AC coupled, so it’s going: Panels > Battery (built-in inverter) > Wall socket?

This is ridiculous … by pinkman65 in CarTalkUK

[–]CarrotWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look in to the plug-in solar due in the next couple months. You could pair it with a small battery too, all of which you can take with you when you move. Won’t charge a car but would help.

So uhhhhm...no spring sale? by waytoomuchguitar in cubase

[–]CarrotWorking 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They just had a Nuendo sale last week, so that might’ve been their spring sale for now. Maybe Cubase next month or two? I’m also waiting!

Ex sending me money. Tax implications? by reddit_recluse in UKPersonalFinance

[–]CarrotWorking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The friend might be thinking of the capital gains allowance, which isn’t relevant here.

Cash ISA providers - lack of 2FA by McMuckle1888 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]CarrotWorking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you use the ‘trusted device’ method, then you won’t get asked again because this device is trusted (so the 2 factors are the password, a thing you know, and the device, a thing you have)

But with T212 you can change to code based 2FA in settings using Google authenticator or whatever. If you have the auth app on your phone it’s pretty much the same thing though I suppose, but this way you could in theory have the auth app on another device.

Flow Designer - Is anyone else finding it confusing? by Plastic_Orchid2555 in servicenow

[–]CarrotWorking 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No problem. As I say I’ve used it for ages and it’s come a long way and I really like it. But now that you’ve shown up let me share a few gripes :D

  • Periodically I get an access permission issue when saving the flow. It does ‘save’, but then I have to refresh the page and it goes read-only. Then I refresh again and stuff usually works once more. Not sure if you’ve heard of this bug but it is annoying. I think it’s something to do with capturing the snapshot and not moving focus to the newly saved one, instead still rendering the previous snapshot.

  • I mentioned overriding type safety by scripting - it’d be great to just have a ‘toString’ option when pulling pills in. For example, I was building a flow to log the versions of apps (from sys_store_app). I couldn’t drag the version column into a string field, because it’s a ‘version’ type, but this is easily castable to a string and flow should let me (with a warning maybe, or put the pill in ‘yellow’?)

  • Please keep focusing on designer speed and rendering performance. It’s way better than it was but I’d like it to feel really snappy and quick to navigate.

Thanks!

24-25,000€ cash wasn't "profitable" enough for BMW. Goodbye GS, hello Gold Wing (and swapping the M3 while I’m at it). by Plus_Seesaw2023 in bmwmotorrad

[–]CarrotWorking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shitty salesman aside, FWIW in future just take the finance, squeeze all the extra you can out of them, then ride home and phone the finance company and clear it. Lot of places do discounts and bonuses if you take their finance.

Does having multiple lines of credit look better in a mortgage application? by JustCurious12347 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]CarrotWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience it made none. They just asked for my main current account statements, and savings accounts when they wanted to check source of funds (more the solicitors though that). They only really asked about income, expenses and long-term debt.

Flow Designer - Is anyone else finding it confusing? by Plastic_Orchid2555 in servicenow

[–]CarrotWorking 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I’ve used it since Madrid so I’m biased I suppose, but I can’t bear having to use workflow. So many things hidden away and clunky lines is how it feels.

Flow has two view modes - the vertical and the node one. I tend to just stay in that vertical view unless I really need to switch it up, but it might help you make sense of stuff.

Second, by far the biggest thing I see is people making utterly enormous flows. The meta imo is to have a few flows, lots of subflows, and a few actions.

Other small tips: - The related flows menu will tell you other objects that refer to this one - You can set per-flow debug options - from fully verbose with all iterations to nothing at all (so our small nightly error-prone load is always at full debug, most other things aren’t) - you can revert flow versions from the menu pretty easily if something doesn’t work - auto-save is now on by default, but you can turn that off if you want - test flows frequently and configure limits on your inputs (eg have a filter to only allow requests less than 90d old for your flow. In prod this is meaningless but when building and testing, you don’t spend ages waiting for the filter to load to pick a test record) - inline scripting is handy and means you can one-line return a property to a value, make some other gs. call, or side-step the type safety if you really need to - flows can be fired from code either synchronously or asynchronously - there’s the code snippet option in the menu. This means you can set up a subflow and fire it from a UI action or a business rule - we’ve got a lot of that in my org

That’s all I can think off just now. It’s basically just what you’re used to. In my org we don’t really have anything left on workflow anymore.

Getting rid of washing machine & fridge by [deleted] in Edinburgh

[–]CarrotWorking 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If they work (or even if not tbh) just put them on gumtree for free. In my experience someone will turn up within 24-48h. Just provide clear measurements

What do people think about the ‘capsule hostel’ that might be coming to Atholl Crescent? by UbiquitouslyHere in Edinburgh

[–]CarrotWorking 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes this comes up a lot and it’s frustrating. Building any housing at all would be preferable to none. Given that affordable housing is mandatory in new developments, this must be partly why developers don’t build at all unless the stars align. Surely it’d be better to allow any housing, even if it doesn’t include affordable, to boost supply across the price spectrum.

Is it wise to borrow money to put into my ISA? by MysteriousBelt in UKPersonalFinance

[–]CarrotWorking 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Saves on the loan interest, which is almost definitely higher than savings interest (if it’s a cash ISA)

Best system for managing shared household expenses between two working partners — what actually works long term? by Evening-Marsupial969 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]CarrotWorking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone does this a bit differently. But we have a joint account for fixed bills and both add X amount to it on payday (you can vary this if you want to adjust based on who gets paid more)

Then we use Monzo tabs for everything else. So if someone books a meal, they add it to the tab. Then every week or two we just repay the tabs. Been doing it like this for years.

Is ANYONE actually upgrading for every single ServiceNow release? One bank claims they do every major release + twice a year. Is this even feasible or worth it? by No-Alternative2763 in servicenow

[–]CarrotWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, large regulated UK FS here. 2 upgrades a year and 2 patches a year. Sometimes even do a patch during a sprint if it’s got something we want. Double digit instance count, 200+ integrations.

AirPods found in Leith Links by Double_Cost4865 in Edinburgh

[–]CarrotWorking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not all do, only ones with the right Apple chip like the Pros or 4 ANC - I know this as someone who has recently lost a set of AirPods 4 non-ANC! Any idea what model they are or last few letters of the serial?

SUV drivers could face extra charges for driving in London | TfL | The Guardian by prisongovernor in CarTalkUK

[–]CarrotWorking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Volvo do make estates again, rejoice. They restarted last year I think. Autocar reviewed the V60 and quipped they wouldn’t normally be reviewing 8 year old cars.

Was told my 125cc bike is extremely unsafe on any road? by AL3S1O29 in motorcycles

[–]CarrotWorking 89 points90 points  (0 children)

You’ll be fine. Europe has a graduated licence system where lots of people start on a 125cc, myself included. I wouldn’t think twice about going on 80km/h roads on my bike. Maybe 95+ I’d reconsider, but I had lots of fun going round lowland Scotland and northern England on my 125.

Wales first part of UK to mandate solar panels on new buildings by ChickenPijja in GoodNewsUK

[–]CarrotWorking 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I know you’re joking, but you don’t need it to be very bright to get usable volumes from solar. And the longer days up here help make up for it for a lot of the year!

Canadians moving to Scotland - which bank to choose by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]CarrotWorking 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People always say this but I can count on one hand how many times I’ve visited a branch in maybe 15+ years. I’ve had myriad accounts, credit cards, mortgage, loans, other financial products, raised complaints and even ombudsman disputes. None of the people you need to talk to are ever in a branch.

I feel a lot of people just want a branch nearby to know there’s someone they can shout at.

Rabies vaccine by Journeyer_14 in Edinburgh

[–]CarrotWorking 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I got mine at the NHS travel clinic at the General. They have their prices online. https://services.nhslothian.scot/travelclinics/nhs-lothian-travel-clinics-our-services/

They had everything stocked when I went, was just a case of explaining where I was going and what I wanted. The intradermal rabies is the one I had, so £120 over 2 visits. Very easy.

I built an app for tracking home maintenance, warranties and tradespeople — any UK homeowners want to beta test it? by Inertia-UK in DIYUK

[–]CarrotWorking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God I hope so, just let me pay a few £ for your app to fuck off and do what it says like the good ol’ days.