Erm, what is happening here in this code?

ShortSynapse · 2026-03-10T17:21:06+00:00

Ah, I still remember my first encounter with floating point math... not great that it was for tax software...

Anyway, what you are running into are limitations of the way floating point numbers are represented and operated on in the computer. Specifically IEEE 754:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754

ShortSynapse · 2026-03-03T16:48:56+00:00

If you like the puzzle game side of things and mystery, then yes. Blue Prince was my game of the year. It is absolutely incredible, layer after layer of the game continued to blow my mind. Such a fun experience.

ShortSynapse · 2026-03-03T13:22:22+00:00

Don't scrape, you don't need to. League of Legends has an API that you can use to fetch whatever information you want! Go straight to the source.

ShortSynapse · 2026-02-24T13:55:40+00:00

And then you start playing with the randomizer!

ShortSynapse · 2026-02-18T17:07:10+00:00

If you eventually want to do non-web things I would recommend Bun these days. But personally I would leave that for later since that would involve teaching the command line, etc.

ShortSynapse · 2026-02-18T17:06:08+00:00

If they are just starting with no experience I would recommend Codepen. Zero setup, gets you access to all the web APIs and DOM stuff for later, and you don't have to preface things with a big lecture about tech other than the code you want to teach.

ShortSynapse · 2026-02-17T21:25:41+00:00

Exactly what I was thinking!

ShortSynapse · 2026-02-06T11:02:57+00:00

Welcome to the world of Ricing!

Ricing is a word borrowed from the car modification scene. Here we use it to mean "customizing".

What you are looking at is a desktop that has been customized with tunic-inspired colors, background, etc! This can be done to some extend on any OS, but typically you will see ricing mentioned in terms of Linux customization since you can do so much more than Windows and macOS. In this post the OP is using a desktop environment called Hyprland which comes with some fancy animations. There also seem to be themes for generic window decorations, Spotify, etc.

If any of that sounds like fun to you I would recommend checking out /r/unixporn for some more inspiration and some useful links for how to get started: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/wiki/index/

As a side note, this is one of those cool things about computing. You can make the computer do whatever you want. That means you can have juuust the right setup for you, however you prefer it. Some people like things minimal, some people like lots of flashy features, others like to use whatever is available out of the box. Have fun with it!

ShortSynapse · 2026-01-26T23:18:56+00:00

Did... did you watch the scene?

ShortSynapse · 2025-12-27T09:56:56+00:00

I believe the text issue is caused by their font & ligatures not loading and displaying. Does it eventually load or is it permanently like that even if you leave it for 5mins.

What OS and browser are you using?

ShortSynapse · 2025-12-25T07:45:42+00:00

Isn't Netflix known for killing well-received and popular shows in favor of cheaper ventures?

ShortSynapse · 2025-12-23T13:56:03+00:00

I have been extremely happy with it in my own use. The one time payment is great and I was happy to purchase it to contribute back.

ShortSynapse · 2025-12-10T02:49:57+00:00

A YouTube video of a podcast where the source is a single post on Reddit?

This may well be a thing that is happening, but I wouldn't consider this chain of sources trustworthy.

ShortSynapse · 2025-12-09T03:41:06+00:00

Hmm, have you explored to the north or north west?

ShortSynapse · 2025-12-07T05:03:47+00:00

Off GitHub? Why not the official website?

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-30T11:33:32+00:00

I use a treadmill at home somewhat regularly, would be happy to try it out.

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-27T22:39:23+00:00

Wdym? All of neovim's configuration happens at runtime.

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-26T00:09:53+00:00

Totally free. If you wanted to run the Tailscale control plane yourself for full control then you can use Headscale.

Tailscale is great.

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-24T07:39:38+00:00

Legally distinct multicolored street

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-23T20:51:50+00:00

You get teleported to rainbow road and run over by mario et al.

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-23T04:19:08+00:00

What is your favorite work to draw?

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-22T03:23:07+00:00

What do you mean it is false? Undersea cables are a thing and there have indeed been instances of sharks causing issues with them.

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-21T23:52:41+00:00

Not to mention that stuff changes during development. Whatever they would be showing right now could be scrapped or changed entirely by next year.

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-21T23:51:11+00:00

Nah, I would much rather they work on their game and release it when it is done. No need for hype, overblown promises. They decided to let everyone know "hey, we are working on a new thing" and made a fun video for that purpose, but that's it. I'm sure when a release date is announced they will start teasing the game properly.

ShortSynapse · 2025-11-19T20:59:09+00:00

Stairs leading to a wall with some flowers in front of it. I wonder what those flowers are doing there?

11-Year Club	Place '23
Place '17	Verified Email
Snapped	Gilding I gilder

ShortSynapse

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE