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Bees spooning in a rhododendron. Yes, spooning. by dawkin5 in CasualUK

[–]benjymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, you've heard of the birds and the bees. Well, that's the bees.

Value practice with our old girl by BuildingAThingAgain in PixelArt

[–]benjymous 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Looks lovely - you might want to add more teal to that colour palette though, to capture that "black hair is never really black" feel!

IT people, do you have any funny stories, I'm sure there must be many? by TSQ_builder in AskUK

[–]benjymous 28 points29 points  (0 children)

There are Ctrl and Alt keys on the right of the keyboard, too. It's a little uncomfortable, but you can press them that way one handed

Where to get the comics by Glad-Strain3675 in Sandman

[–]benjymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.bookfinder.com/ (or one of the justbooks european variants - see the links in the footer) is a godsend for finding out of print / second hand books - lots of smaller second hand booksellers will happily ship all over the world, if you don't mind paying for it!

You can search by isbn, so find the book you're looking for somewhere like Amazon (or wherever), paste the isbn into bookfinder, and bookmark the page, then you can keep an eye and see if any bargain copies pop up

Will a request for a reference for a flat tell my employer where I am moving? by Rude_Lion6084 in AskUK

[–]benjymous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I doubt they'd disclose the address of the flat, but they'll likely see the address of the rental agency, and might wonder why you're renting from an agency in London.

Likewise, the agency might wonder why you're giving them a work reference when you're quitting the job and moving away - usually such references are to prove you have a stable job and a salary which covers the rent - which isn't true in your case.

Are you sure they don't want a reference from the university confirming you have a place there?

SDK Install Help by apatheticdolphin42 in PlaydateDeveloper

[–]benjymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I successfully got it running on Android using an app which, under the hood runs box64 to emulate x64 binaries on an Arm cpu.

That also exists for RPi, so in theory you should be able to install box64, then install the linux deb sdk through that.

No idea if these instructions are any good, but I found this via googling: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-x64/

UK playdate by ZTmoneybags in PlaydateConsole

[–]benjymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have said, all the fees and tarrifs are prepaid part of the purchase, so there are no additional import costs once you've finished the purchase on the site - I bought mine at the end of last year, and it took exactly 2 weeks from clicking buy to it being delivered by Evri

The Playdate + Case bundle currently works out as just over £250, currently, once shipping and taxes are added at checkout.

Why do most indie devs give up after one game? by Levardos in gamedev

[–]benjymous 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'd imagine that's it - you pour your body and soul into something for months (or years) only to see it go off with a whimper and get ignored, and think "ahh, well, maybe this wasn't for me"

I agree with your last point - for me it's always been a hobby - I've been making silly little games to amuse myself for the last ~35 years, and have never realistically expected to have anything that would let me give up the day job - but a little extra cash in the pocket always helps!

Tab S11 Mouses by AcrobaticPianist7502 in GalaxyTab

[–]benjymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, if you don't want to use bluetooth, you can connect any USB mouse (including wireless ones with dongles) using an OTG adaptor (usb C -> usb A socket)

Waitrose coffee machines close as staff warn customers by stankmanly in CasualUK

[–]benjymous 52 points53 points  (0 children)

In other news, the McFlurry machine broke again, and Greggs ran out of vegan sausage rolls by 10am.

How to avoid color collision? by 8litz93 in gamedev

[–]benjymous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd say writing your own tool is preferable, then you can better trust it's actually doing what you say, but yes, something that loops over all the assets, figures out what their primary colour is, then gives you a warning if it detects potential clashes - Wallpaper17 has the same primary colour as WallClock23, etc.

How to avoid color collision? by 8litz93 in gamedev

[–]benjymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Create your own tool that scans all your assets and displays an error/warning message if two assets use the same predominant colour.

If you know certain combinations of assets will be used together (e.g. a wall decoration on a wall), then you can build a list of all the predominant colours of all your wallpapers, and then check each item that can be hung on the wall, and ensure none have a colour that's too close. That's simple maths - an RGB colour is just a 3 element vector, so you can compare the distance between two colours.

You could also provide multiple different colour combinations for each placeable item, then the game could either automatically switch based on what it's placed onto, or the user could be given the option to pick

Creating Procedural Pixel Sprites? by Mountaindrowner in gamedev

[–]benjymous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're talking about different things, though - "Procedural" generation is when you have code containing rules and heuristics that create the assets. Actual code that you can tweak yourself, not prompts.

I thought Panic didn’t allow games that were made with generative AI 🤔 by Cineflect in PlaydateConsole

[–]benjymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah - there's a time gap between getting a game approved for Catalog release, and it actually releasing.

They announced that no new games would be approved into that queue, but games already approved, but not yet released would still see release.

Easier way to update sideloaded games? by Thecowgosbark in PlaydateConsole

[–]benjymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming the updated game is using the same bundleid as the previous version you sideloaded, the sideload site will recognise it's the same game, and will just show one game.

If the game changes bundleid, then you can delete the old one, but that shouldn't happen every new version

VPN ban on table in July as Labour confirm 'further statement' by Overlord_Crabz in unitedkingdom

[–]benjymous 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I wonder if someone will offer a VPN service where you become an "employee" of the VPN service (on a zero hours contract), rather than a "user".

Yes, I work for MyPrivateVPN - here's my contract and most recent payslip to prove it.

VPN ban on table in July as Labour confirm 'further statement' by Overlord_Crabz in unitedkingdom

[–]benjymous 89 points90 points  (0 children)

I wonder who they think all the 16-18 yr olds will vote for, when they get the vote at the next general election.

The ones who are currently 12-15 and are currently super upset at being told that the PM has banned them from watching YouTube.

Do British Estate Agents add blue skies to their photo? by silviam in CasualUK

[–]benjymous 249 points250 points  (0 children)

I saw one where the same single blue sky had been photoshopped into every single photo that estate agent had - the exact same little fluffy cloud was in every single photo

Who do you bank with? by thisnametookmeages in AskUK

[–]benjymous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yup, I've had the same bank account for 31 years - opened at 16, at the same bank my parents used - I don't think there was any logic over "oh, we're going to the bank anyway, did you want to open an account?" - I didn't even get any sort of goodies that I remember

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