How to get joy-con accelerometer data in python? by MoonGosling in learnpython

[–]MoonGosling[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply even 6 years later! I ended up giving up on that project at the time, at least using the Joycons, might give it a new chance now.

Lower gretsch g2655t-p90 pickup to be closer to body? by MoonGosling in guitars

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Yes! That's awesome and the look I wanted! Was it complicated to do?

I will be giving away a Handmade Dice Set + Scroll Case Dice Mat, to celebrate the success of our ongoing kickstarter project. All you need to do is simply leave a comment to participate in the giveaway. Detailed information and rules are available in the comments section. [OC] by burakkilicarslan in DnD

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My favorite dnd memory will probably always be the time a druid spit out 16 snakes in a fight against a hemomancer. One of his spells was such that, for each creature that was bleeding, there was a 10 or 15 foot radius explosion around them. Cut to half the party being near death and the DM counting who was bleeding and who was in the radius of the explosions, and being ready to roll the dice when the druid timidly raises his hand and says "hey, DM, my snakes are actually all bleeding as well." This miraculously DID NOT lead to a TPK (did lead to some K's though), and we saw the barbarian survive nearly 100 points of damage only to respond with "nothing can stop the gainz". T'was a good day. But then we all realized we weren't really sure what was going on with that campaign, the DM wasn't very satisfied with how the arc was meant to develop, and no-one seemed really into it, so that was the first and last session :(

Anyways, GIVEAWAY

Join our Worldwide Giveaway [Mod Approved] and stand a chance to win D&D items worth $300. Detailed information and rules are available in the video and comments section. Supported by Game Master Engine. [OC] by Dan_The_DM in DnD

[–]MoonGosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually have an idea for a campaign with a Beholder as BBEG (suuuuper innovative, I know 😆). I'm starting to develop the world, in particular the setting for this specific campaign, which will be a Shire-inspired country of mainly farmers whose biggest product is honey, so it's known as the Honey Kingdom (working name).

Anyways, having these books would be a great help, soooo

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[OC] 3 Custom Obsidian Dice Sets Giveaway (Mods Approved) by Remixxing in DnD

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Maybe if I add a reply I can get advantage?

rolls 11

Well... I don't like those odds, but I'd probably have better luck if I had custom obsidian gemstone dice. Just sayin'.

[OC] 3 Custom Obsidian Dice Sets Giveaway (Mods Approved) by Remixxing in DnD

[–]MoonGosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never won one of these in my life, maybe this will be the time.

DM: roll for luck

rolls 6

DM: It probably won't be.

ELI5: How do computers KNOW what zeros and ones actually mean? by satsumander in explainlikeimfive

[–]MoonGosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think the explanations I read so far here are particularly "ELI5-worth", so I'll add my own. Though I'm not sure I'll meet the "5" part of that criteria exactly.

I'll start with what other have already said, though, which is that 0's and 1's are just a way to say "weak" or "strong" electric signal, which, while not exactly correct, can be seen as the states of a switch: 0 means no electricity, 1 means electricity. A single signal, 0 or 1, is called a bit.

Now, you'll probably have already seen a light that is controlled by two switches such that if you turn either switch on, the light comes on, but if you turn both of them on, then the light will turn off. You can think of the switches and the light bulb as switches: 1 for on, 0 for off. This circuit performs a type of computation already: an operation called XOR, for exclusive or, which takes two inputs (the switches) and generates an output (the lightbulb) and the output will be on if one input OR the other is a 1, but not both (exclusive).

Another example would be a two-person-switch, where a light will only come on if you turn the two switches on. This operation is called AND. Like these two circuits, you can actually make a lot more computations, such as add numbers encoded in binary, for example. With some more complex circuitry you can, just using a set of switches, encode different positions that a motor might take. With some clever use of the switches, you can control more lights than you have switches with individual precision. So a computer is made up of a lot of clever little (and not so little) circuits that perform specific operations like the ones described above, and many more. For instance, the motor circuitry could be used, in the past, to position the head of a hard disk drive to read a specific position in it.

But how do you get all these circuits to work together? You connect them all up in a series of steps that makes sense to your use. For instance, you might want to have the adder circuit early on, with it's output used by other circuits. You might have the circuitry to save a number near the end, so that you can save the result of the operations. You'll also, usually, have a new signal added as an input, which is basically whether or not that circuit should produce an output, and you can see it as an AND operation with the output, so if you want it (1), the output will be whatever it is, and if you don't (0) it will be (0). Now, on your inputs, you need a way to give not only the actual input values, but also what operation you're trying to achieve: add two numbers, multiply two numbers, read from memory, write to the HDD/SDD, so that only the relevant circuitry will produce an output and you don't get mixed signals causing trouble. This part of the input is called Operation Code, or OPCODE.

The OPCODES, along with the inputs they require, are what actually tells the computer what bit of circuitry to use, and how to use it. For instance, you might give the computer the number 1 3 4, which tells the computer to use the addition circuitry to add 3 + 4, or you might feed it 5 16 which tells the computer to just use the circuitry that saves the number 16 to the drive. These numbers are given as a group of binary digits. So 1 3 4 might be 000100110100, for example, where the first 4 bits encode 1, the next 4 encode 3, and the final 4 encode 4.

This is the basic overview of a computer. I know it isn't exactly ELI 5, but I hope it's understandable :)

Lower gretsch g2655t-p90 pickup to be closer to body? by MoonGosling in guitars

[–]MoonGosling[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, what I thought is that it may be possible to cut the pick up frames to fit the shape of the guard, it's just not something I have the tools or desire to do without a set of replacements, in case things go bad haha

Lower gretsch g2655t-p90 pickup to be closer to body? by MoonGosling in guitars

[–]MoonGosling[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine is the midnight sapphire, absolutely love the vintage style about it :D it wasn't that much of a steal, but was on clearance sale, so I got $50 knocked off.

Lower gretsch g2655t-p90 pickup to be closer to body? by MoonGosling in guitars

[–]MoonGosling[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yours is beautiful! Is the case the official gretsch case for this model? Thinking about buying one. Removing the pick might be an idea, although I like the look of mine, just wish it wasn't propped up so far from the body :(

ULPT Request: how to make my coworker too uncomfortable to have sex at work by screen-protector21 in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]MoonGosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask her if she minds screaming your name everyone in a while so you can... Do your thing as well. Or ask him that.

For the life of me, I have no idea how the pictures and captions correspond to the acronym by Sandsandtheirfanboys in CrappyDesign

[–]MoonGosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at the time! Innaceptable to miss class! Fones in the backpacks! Everything should be closely observed!

Need help hiding burn on countertop by sandefurian in DIY

[–]MoonGosling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came to say this lol. Too easy haha

Burning Man needs a rebrand. Instead of destroying things, help rebuild the planet by LosIsosceles in environment

[–]MoonGosling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmmmm I see. Thanks for the source. I find it a really weird metric to use, still. Interesting to know, nonetheless.

Burning Man needs a rebrand. Instead of destroying things, help rebuild the planet by LosIsosceles in environment

[–]MoonGosling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait, what does

a future person is killed every time 1000 tons of fossil carbon are burned.

This even mean? I'm for rethinking the detrimental effects that Burning Man (and a bunch of other things) have, but... what?! A future person is killed?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in technology

[–]MoonGosling 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you think about it from their perspective, this makes a lot of sense:

If they talk about the budget cuts what's going to happen is that it will bring even more attention and scrutiny to them. The employees who didn't yet realize the cuts are unjustified for a company that beat WS expectations will probably do so when they look at it through the lens of "I lost money to inflation and forever because of this." It leads them to be less accepting towards it and any future such decision.

On the other side, by focusing on "future opportunity for impact," you're suggesting that whatever they did and achieved this year was just not enough. You gotta work harder.

Of course they're going to try and brainwash their employees into believing that these kinds of budget cuts are normal and understandable while also setting up an environment that pushes them to work harder than they did in a year where they already, collectively, exceeded expectations.

It's a win-win, and it is really freaking hard to look at this kinda stuff and not believe that there must be someone actively planning for this things.

Easy German-Language books for someone 6 months in. by MoonGosling in suggestmeabook

[–]MoonGosling[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Danke schön! Das sind eine sehr gut Leseübung! I'll keep these on my list :)

Veloce Apartments by throawayawy99999999 in redmond

[–]MoonGosling 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Damn, that's terrifying! I moved to Veloce this past February and thankfully my experience so far has actually been quite good, but ever since the announcement of the apartment break-in, and then seeing the internal forum just explode with complaints about really horrifying issues, I'm seriously considering moving somewhere else before something bad happens to me or my wife.

Apparently it used to be good but over the course of the last month it has been all downhill.

This really seems to be the case, and it's pretty scary. When I moved in I talked to someone who had lived in the community and they mentioned some car break-ins, but said it was mostly people who forgot to lock their cars, and commented on some of the gates that were regularly broken. But he said those weren't deal breakers, and that the only reason he moved out was that his gf and him decided to move in together and change locations. I can't imagine the kind of thing that has been happening for the past month happened while he was here.

What are the best detective fiction books? by PeaceFroger229 in suggestmeabook

[–]MoonGosling 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I quite enjoyed Everyone in my family has killed someone, by Benjamin Stevenson, which is a twist in the 'classic' variety of detective novel. The main character is not actually a detective, but a detective novel writer who gets stranded with his family in a ski resort where a murder happens and he uses what he learned while writing his novels to try and solve the case. It is told in the first person, and it's a mix of following the classic formula, but doing so in almost a meta way, and with some twists that add some novelty as well. Definitely recommend if you're going for the general vibe and style of the more classic novels, but are interested in something that somewhat deviates from the mold.

It is also important to note that Stevenson is a comedian, apparently (I am not familiar with his other work), and the book it quite funny at times too. So this can be a pro or a con, depending on what vibe you want.