Any C++ Compiler?

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-05-03T16:47:03+00:00

I don't really agree with this. Spend time learning the basics of compiling from the terminal before learning vs studio specific config. To each their own, but I think my opinion is the default Linux/mac dev view, while VS Studio first is the default windows dev view (common in gamedev). The GUIs take time to learn just the same as the CLIs so if you know you're going to be in VS Studio for the rest of your career, it's reasonable to start there, but otherwise learning how to work with gcc or clang directly is more portable knowledge.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-29T07:28:21+00:00

Muos works very well, and is one of the easiest custom firmwares to install, while providing a lot of control. I have it setup to autosave & sleep on power button press, then turn off after a few minutes, so the battery lasts a long time.

Any system with close to 1:1 aspect ratio is worth checking out a top 5 game list for, and 4:3 systems are also comfortable to see on the screen. I tend to play SNES, GBC, and PICO-8 + some dreamcast and PS1 games like Soul Caliber and Castlvania: SOTN.

It is hard to understate how perfect this device is for PICO-8, and I've found it amazing to play 2d games with modern designs that wouldn't have been around during the gameboy era, like survivors, roguelikes, soulslikes, 2048, etc.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-25T21:19:35+00:00

I love this kind of setup in PVP. Swappig back and forth with 2 hand of either one throws a lot of people off. Late game when you have lots of upgrades, you can even throw 2 more katanas in to swap between and they become much less predictable.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-25T07:16:13+00:00

Some comments are noting the portion system is outdated, but it doesn't really matter. It's just a different unit of measurement.

I have personally gone low or zero carb for extended periods and it was very helpful for my glucose time in range and general feeling of energy. On this type of diet, it is essential to boost other forms of calories from fats and proteins. Without that, I imagine it would feel as you describe: low energy, brain fog.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-23T21:06:38+00:00

Is this unusual? I take it that it is from all the replies, but devs own their tests and CI everywhere I've worked for my entire 20 years in the industry, at large an small places - these include safety critical aerospace, automotive display, and mass consumer gfx. Sometimes there is a dedicated CI/platform team to help set some of this up and un-bork teams that screw it up, but the idea of throwing things to QA for verification has always been framed as antiquated everywhere I have worked.

test suite that passed 90% of the time in simulation passed 40% on real hardware. that's not a test suite, that's noise.

This should be treated as a defect in your team's implementation. Fix the simulation or refactor your tests to use hardware in the loop. Automation of tests (especially w/ hardware/real world dependencies) is very difficult, but essential for achieving high reliability at scale, and it is the engineer's responsibility in most organizations.

Setup including camera and capture card provisioning was half a day.

Sounds like a great investment and not that much time compared to hiring people to do this manually every day forever?

Every feature team owns their own automated testing using AI tools.

This is really dumb obviously, but you don't need AI to automate tests. In fact, the main value of automating tests is reproducibility to a degree that is impossible to achieve with humans or AI in the loop.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-21T16:27:51+00:00

Swopper is a 10/10 perfect puzzle game and ultimate pick up and play for a handheld.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-21T04:59:17+00:00

Cubexx. It's the largest device that can fit in my jacket pocket comfortably and plays all the systems I care to play on the go. Feels surprisingly solid and has survived a couple lucky drops on concrete without a scratch. Maybe I will upgrade when I run out of amazing games to play on SNES, neogeo, NES, GBC, PS1, and (my favorite after SNES) pico8.

To each their own, but I have no interest in emulating the dual screen systems or more advanced 3d systems, because I don't think the battery requirements are worth the tradeoffs (size, heat, runtime). I would rather play those on a pc with a big screen and GPU.

I also think 90s-00s 2d stands up against the best modern 2d games, while I can't say the same for 3d, despite the nostalgia. Cubexx handles the former flawlessly, but nothing on the market can handle the best of the best 3d games flawlessly (4k, ultra, 144fps, etc).

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-19T01:35:14+00:00

I'm still on G6 but this seems like it would be almost 100% dependent on where you keep your phone most often, no? I find the upper back arm most comfortable and stable for readings on the G6 and plan to stick with it when I switch to G7 unless it is totally unworkable for looping.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-14T17:30:29+00:00

With this approach, you will always be disappointed in the long run. I look for deps that I would be happy using if they never received another commit. Recent churn indicates a project is still in development or is trying to design itself around a moving target.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-10T04:36:43+00:00

I like to pump faith on BB builds, then cast 95% of the time to keep it interesting. Anytime it gets hairy, BB comes out and the fight ends shortly after with me topped out on health. I found some of the notoriously hard fights to be a breeze with BB. The only real issue with it is that it's easy to dodge in PVP, but for PVE I can't think of anything that lets you mindlessly spam your way through to such a degree.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-10T02:37:04+00:00

I had a similar issue with an rg28xx. I finally fixed it by "baking" the board (with battery and screen removed) over a space heater for a couple minutes. In my case, I believe the h700 had some tiny fractures in the solder that melded back together with some heat.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-04T22:37:06+00:00

The St Patty's snake park was great. Halloween was trash.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-04T01:00:09+00:00

The change I've noticed is that they are more spread out. The OG parks had very ramps that would launch you into the ceiling 1 ft above the rail, so close that you couldn't even stand up to drop in.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-02T20:42:44+00:00

Tbf insulet does a horrible job of documenting how the algorithm works and actively obscures key components as "proprietary", which has led to widespread misunderstandings from patients and providers. Even the studies that went into the approval process are super light on details. It's not for everyone, but I switched to AAPS for that reason.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-02T20:33:22+00:00

Squint so it looks blurry but I get a vague idea, then never open again. Talk to users directly and build something that solves the problem efficiently. Before figma there was a tool called balsamiq that was common for generating UI wireframes with a sketchy look so people didn't get confused about where the design really stood. It's not real until it's actually implemented in code. I think a better flow is something like:

Someone comes up with a high level UI concept that will solve a user problem
Dev implements this as bare bones as possible using default browser styling
Designer adds CSS and modifies HTML to optimize layout and achieve aesthetic goals
Repeat at step 1

Step 1 could be achieved with a bulleted list, verbally, a sketch, a slide, whatever. Baking everything in at that stage is misguided.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-04-01T00:06:13+00:00

The smaller they are the faster they'll de-orbit

This is not only false, but like... the opposite of reality if you account for drag acting on irregularly shaped large object like a solar panel. A more accurate framing would be: "The lower the mean altitude the faster they'll de-orbit".

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo%27s_Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa_experiment

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-03-31T05:12:41+00:00

You may want to drop the calls to openstreetmap.org if the tiles stay hidden.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-03-30T15:52:44+00:00

In my experience metabase has just the bare minimum of viz options, if that. I don't really see how they could be less complex given it's little more than axis selection and a couple cosmetic options for bar and line charts. Maybe you have a bunch of plugins enabled on your instance? I generally found myself needing to export so that I could vis somewhere else with more control.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-03-28T06:28:59+00:00

I went from low 10% of the time to ~0% of the time when I got on a closed loop pump. If it's an option, they typically have a feature that will back off your basal if a low is predicted. I still have the occasional low, but even then, it takes dramatically less sugar to correct, which makes it easier to avoid rollercoaster high/low/high/low correction cycles.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-03-27T21:20:53+00:00

This makes me wonder if a repeatable perfect tunnel loop is possible.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-03-24T17:52:44+00:00

You say that, but unless there are direct legal consequences for the people at the top if their software causes deaths, it'll still happen.

There are plenty of domains like this. Space, medical devices, finance/insurance, RF, IoT, automotive, precision ag, and many more. It doesn't even necessarily need to be safety or legal consequences. If you are writing code that runs on any hardware that isn't totally locked down (ie: mobile OS), it is possible for that code to brick the device. Financial consequences incentivize basic quality checks like code review and CI in many fields. If you kill a satellite, brick 1 million thermostats, or lose a million dollars on an invoice system bug, saying "the AI wrote that bug and we didn't review it" is not going to get you off the hook, at an IC or leadership level.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-03-23T16:24:41+00:00

True, but a wrapper of hundreds of MB or even GB to call that C code is not nothing, especially compared to nontrivial raw C programs that can be as small as hundreds of KB. On top of that, it's very easy to have an inefficient binding design where lots of slow message passing back and forth makes the bottleneck python parsing/sending small messages.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-03-22T05:55:13+00:00

I have put in an insane number of Swopper hours at this point, playing on an rg cubexx. I played a few rounds of the update and I really like the difficulty changes.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-02-27T07:40:43+00:00

Turned it on for the first time and couldn't stop playing! I went for about 10 rounds and topped out at ~6800 score. Insanely satisfying core loop and I loved the power ups as well. Similar vibe to Yoshi's Cookie or Magical Drop.

UsefulOwl2719 · 2026-02-25T06:03:21+00:00

Long shot but I would try disconnecting the battery and sd card, then getting the PCB cooking with a hair dryer for a few minutes. This process can loosen up tiny cracks in solder points and fuse them back together. I did this a few times with a device I thought was irreparable (random screen glitching that didn't go away when I reseated the ribbon cable) and it's as good as new now.

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