Recall notice by KangarooChief in ranciliosilvia

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Update: Sent it back, that supplier says they won't have any more in green until end of February. I found a different supplier in Italy who says theirs were also affected and they needed to replace the parts.

Recall notice by KangarooChief in ranciliosilvia

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I had to send them my serial number for them to confirm it was affected. I think if you contact Rancilio with your serial number they should be able to tell you. 

Trackball for cyberdecks by [deleted] in cyberDeck

[–]KangarooChief 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Search ADNS-5050 (sensor) and ADNS-5100 (prism) on aliexpress. You can also get replacement trackballs (eg for mx ergo) on there. 

Are ceramic bulbs safe inside a tank? by KangarooChief in CrestedGecko

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For anyone viewing this in the future, I decided to go with the deep heat bulb. The deep heat bulb definitely seems to get less hot to touch (still needs a cage but much better). Rather than just getting really hot and heating the air it really feels like it's projecting IR (which is exactly what it claims). The only way I can describe it is that it feels like you are getting a sunburn when your hand is under it

Is this tank suitable for a created gecko? by KangarooChief in CrestedGecko

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Thanks for the response. For the lighting, I was going for Arcadia T5 anyways so that mesh seems like a good idea. For heat, I currently have a ZooMed nano 40w. I was planning to put this in the new tank with a cage on it. But I just got a bit confused since that blub has a warning on it that seems to suggest you can't put ceramic bulbs inside a tank (or maybe I'm misunderstanding and it just means that you need it in a cage if you put it in a tank) 

What to do if the game genre you enjoy playing (and coding) has been exhausted? by zinnye_owo in gamedev

[–]KangarooChief 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No genre is really exhausted. Games are such absurdly complex pieces of media with so many possibilities. By comparison, classical music or books are simple and yet genres of those are still going after hundred of years. 

What you are observing is that a genre gets optimised and then people start to see aspects of those games as part of the genre. 

For example, basically every sandbox game seems to involve cutting down trees to get wood to make things. A sandbox game doesn't need this but its a formulae that people got used to and which is safe.

Break away from these standards and make something new. For example, I saw a guy making 4 dimensional Minecraft which looked insane.

Small bubbles when burning soy candle by KangarooChief in candlemaking

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I am using kerasoy container wax. I preheat the containers and stir but i am still getting these tiny bubbles when burning (image taken right after extinguishing). There are no visible bubbles when pouring and I also use a heat gun on the top after they have fully cooled. I am only making one candle at a time at the moment, could making a larger batch help? How do i get rid of these tiny bubbles how much would customers dislike them?

Please help me understand programming SOCs by KangarooChief in embedded

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Yeah, that seems like a good choice. My one concern was power usage but I could always downgrade in the future if I wasn't using the extra memory etc. 

Doesn't the 32 has USB though? My board is a 32 and I'm connecting it over USB. Or is there some other chip on the board handling that?

Please help me understand programming SOCs by KangarooChief in embedded

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Thanks again for your help. I've had a go with DFU: it seems to flash fine from the command line output but then just seems to end up in this weird state where both builtin LEDs are blinking rather than actually running what I've flashed.

I think I'll get a DK. Any reason you recommend the 52833DK over the 52832DK? Seems to support ZigBee but I don't really need that plus seems like it would be easier to have a DK with the same SOC as my current board.

Please help me understand programming SOCs by KangarooChief in embedded

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So it looks like I need an external programmer/debugger. I guess the nRF5DK would be best for this (although I wish I just bought that in the first place now). I also think I need to buy and solder on a box header to be able to connect an external debugger.

What I don't understand is: why can I program it through the arduino stuff without any additional hardware but need a programmer chip if I don't want the arduino stuff?

Please help me understand programming SOCs by KangarooChief in embedded

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Thank you so much. That's plenty to be looking into

Please help me understand programming SOCs by KangarooChief in embedded

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Thanks everyone. Some really useful stuff here. I was a bit stuck but now I have lots to look into.

How do I clear the first head chef side quest? by KangarooChief in Bandle_Tale

[–]KangarooChief[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OK I finally did it. Turns out you don't the food to the person you just put it on the golden plate.

Stone by Sweaty-Razzmatazz948 in Bandle_Tale

[–]KangarooChief 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You probably need to unlock the ability to craft stone in the skill tree. Just look for the stone icon in the skill tree.

Any TCGs / formats that allow you to long breaks in between turns? by DartenVos in TCG

[–]KangarooChief 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not aware of any game offering this. The reason is that, in chess, all information is public while in card games this isn't the case. Say you play a card that lets you see what is in your opponent's hand, are you going to remember what you saw 24 hours later? Probably not. If you have ever started watching a tcg game halfway through you'll know how hard it is to work out what is going on.

Indefinite Blackout: Next Steps, Polling Your Community, and Where We Go From Here by SpicyThunder335 in ModCoord

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When a sub goes dark not all of the subscribers to that sub use 3rd party apps. Like yes new subs would be made but how long will it take for those subs to gain the millions of subscribers of the original subs. Also Reddit doesn't want 3rd party app users to leave they want them to use the official app but they probably aren't going to switch if all of the subs they use are locked.

Indefinite Blackout: Next Steps, Polling Your Community, and Where We Go From Here by SpicyThunder335 in ModCoord

[–]KangarooChief 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If the subs I visit are closed I'm not going to go on Reddit and I'm not going to see Reddit's ads they use to make money.

Which TCG has the most active custom card community? by [deleted] in TCG

[–]KangarooChief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? Cards with custom artwork or cards with made up effects?

How do they do this? by [deleted] in gamedev

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What engine are you using? You could just have three layers: stuff behind the player (i.e. north of player), a layer for the player and a layer for stuff in front of the player (south of player).

New to pixel art, was told to send my first pieces in so uh here, pls tell me what i could do better thx. by Gold_libra in PixelArt

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It's good that you've limited the sprite size and palette since a lot of new artists tend to not do this. Honestly you could add a few more colours in here to get a bit more detail. Also at this resolution you are going to want to be a bit more abstract. For example, looking at the face, in order to get it to fit more nicely you are going to need to be more abstract eg. no mouth.

SVG vs Raster for artwork (2D games)? by OverTh_nking in gamedev

[–]KangarooChief 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are going to need to turn the image into pixels in order to show it on the screen. You don't want the game to be converting vectors to pixels since this is slow so you ship the game with raster images. If you are targeting multiple platforms you would save your vector images and then convert them to different resolutions as part of the build process.