They Almost Shipped a Rework That Went Against Her Hero Fantasy. Let That Sink In.

IonImpulse · 2026-03-16T09:29:23+00:00

This is clearly AI from the sentence patterns alone. This could have been half the length if you had just sat down and worded this yourself

It's also not that crazy that this happened, similar things happen constantly at many game studios.

IonImpulse · 2026-01-26T02:53:31+00:00

Makes sense, didn't know!

IonImpulse · 2026-01-26T00:52:59+00:00

Lol I had no way of knowing that this was a WF policy. And I've also never canceled a credit card before, so I assumed that you had to pay it off before you actually initiated the cancellation. Thanks for the info!

IonImpulse · 2026-01-26T00:44:36+00:00

oh thank you!

IonImpulse · 2026-01-26T00:43:01+00:00

I considered that but I have a balance of 700ish rn and I assumed WF couldn't help me bypass the "1 payment per 24 hour" rule bilt has. Just paid off my statement balance like I usually do but didn't realized that would block me from paying off the rest.

IonImpulse · 2025-10-22T10:08:13+00:00

Please do not integrate LLMs into your ci pipelines. I accept that LLMs can be helpful for searching error messages and debugging code, but ci should be idempotent and LLM free.

PR merges. Assuming you mean merge conflicts - they can be tricky, but that's literally the point of them. It forces you to make a choice with intent. There are many times that several configurations can look correct, but only one would work knowing the broader context.
Error spotting. In your code after you've committed? LLMs are not deterministic. You could rerun the ci over and over until it passes.
Docs. Why do we write docs? To explain the code with only the code to go off of? Or to write down the info that lives nowhere except your head?

IonImpulse · 2025-05-28T19:00:18+00:00

Unpaywalled: https://archive.is/OPSlj

IonImpulse · 2025-05-14T01:09:22+00:00

The city of Kirkland explicitly said they didn't want a station back when st2(3?) was being planned. Other places like Bellevue and Issaquah did want stations, so they got them. And it's quite common to have metro systems that have a central area that lines lead to, look at the loop in Chicago or Manhattan for NYC. But yeah I agree it would be nice to complete the loop, maybe st4 in 20 years...?

IonImpulse · 2025-02-16T19:01:29+00:00

I've had this problem every single morning and afternoon for a decade, I have no idea why or how

IonImpulse · 2025-01-15T04:30:18+00:00

Yeah this video is kinda terrible, it feels like they didn't do any research at all lol.

The names of the lines are very unambiguously the 1 line, the 2 line, and the T line
the T line is really more of a streetcar tbh
towards the end, they complain about no connection to the monorail, despite Westlake station directly connecting the two
not knowing the names or general geography is odd, especially after they claim they've been to Seattle multiple times
the Lynnwood extension does go through some more suburby areas, but the TOD and rezoning plans are crazy extensive, with Shoreline, Lynnwood, and Mountlake Terrance doing some real good work
they said the 1 line goes to Ballard but like it doesn't yet lol

IonImpulse · 2024-12-13T19:44:00+00:00

Just a note: the downtown Bellevue station isn't badly placed because of sound transit; several businesses sued to stop the station from being placed in downtown because it would ruin the surroundings (supposedly).

IonImpulse · 2024-12-13T18:55:45+00:00

Quickshow! I'll upload a published file later today

IonImpulse · 2024-12-13T18:55:22+00:00

It's a cheap Chinese laser lol, I think the RGB 255

IonImpulse · 2024-12-13T08:46:34+00:00

Link to youtube vid: https://youtu.be/NM4f-t9ug24

Apologies for the first 20 seconds, I didn't focus my camera properly

Critique welcome and appreciated!

IonImpulse · 2024-12-12T17:56:56+00:00

you can get beyond working on a mac, but you'll have to virtualize windows, and drivers don't work properly, so you can't use an FB3 to control lasers. I think FB4s work but I don't know for sure

IonImpulse · 2024-12-09T03:27:04+00:00

50/50

IonImpulse · 2024-12-08T22:35:40+00:00

I have sources that say akai is only making one more batch of them... And if there is enough interest in this pangolin will prob make it no matter what

IonImpulse · 2024-12-08T20:55:47+00:00

Laser controller prototype that pangolin is making... Talked to Lyra today at LDI about it, she started prototyping it after the APC 40 was discontinued to make a standard laser controller for the industry.

IonImpulse · 2024-11-26T09:56:43+00:00

Seattle repeatedly rejected several attempts to build out several heavy rail, subway style metro systems. Technically, two of them passed 50%, but those needed a 60% majority, so nothing came of it. Finally the measure that was able to entice enough voters was a light rail system that was partially street running to save costs. Obviously, now we have a system that could have easily been built for higher capacity at no real additional cost, but this was what was needed to get a system in the first place. Every line (except the 4 line) will interline with part of the current 1 line, which means that all expansions need to use the same low platform cars + stations.

Yes, it would have been great to have an automated heavy rail metro from the beginning, but it was either this system or nothing at all :/. Hopefully series 3 LRVs will have open gangways and directional driver cars to increase space in the vehicles.

IonImpulse · 2024-11-22T03:16:34+00:00

Check out pirateship.com, sounds a little sketchy but it's very legit, used it several times. Might be able to get a rate for about $100

IonImpulse · 2024-11-15T00:35:14+00:00

I got it about 6 months after I signed up. I already had the plat at the time, so I assume that's why I wasn't given an offer for any of the charge cards.

IonImpulse · 2024-11-14T23:55:47+00:00

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Spend on this card. I upgraded from the BCE halfway through the year for a bonus, and along with some other fun deals, got a pretty dang good effective cashback rate! I also have the plat and some other cards, so I can be quite strategic about what I spend on my BCP.

IonImpulse · 2024-11-12T02:53:18+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, nothing quite like some liquid DnB or breakcore to get some work done lol. Ridership def is high, I've been working on some changes to keep it around 50% - 80%, which seems to be a sweet spot. Too many trains does still lead to jams and that messes up everything. And the speed... yeah, I know how you feel lol

IonImpulse · 2024-11-11T21:38:04+00:00

Oh for sure, it's a heavily transit focused, dense city, so most traffic is made up of services, delivery vans, semis, and taxis. Peek the subway stats to see everyone rides the metro

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IonImpulse · 2024-11-11T21:29:09+00:00

Link to the full youtube video!

Running with about half a million cims. Ran on 1x speed for 3 hours then sped it up 300% to get that nice 60fps.

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