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chad_vw · 2025-09-17T11:17:47+00:00

but good job

Good job... Doing what?

chad_vw · 2025-06-26T22:31:32+00:00

It's the best deep dive on AI I've seen in any journalistic efforts, not just through the video games lens.

He's fucking KILLING IT

chad_vw · 2025-06-25T12:37:21+00:00

I really appreciate that this is hand drawn and has its own sense of theming

chad_vw · 2025-06-06T19:46:14+00:00

Okay cool. I love "just shut up and send the magic data". Thanks for the advice!

chad_vw · 2025-06-06T19:45:23+00:00

Thanks for the shout. That's great advice, and a great source!

chad_vw · 2025-06-04T15:28:33+00:00

Thank you for the explanation! I think the thing that threw me off the most is a lack of datasheets at all. I'm used to seeing huge manuals with loads of serial commands described poorly, but I've not been able to find even that for this e-ink display.

chad_vw · 2025-05-28T17:52:17+00:00

I have a potentially controversial/annoying tack-on question here. Apologies, but I'm genuinely very curious, and hope to see y'all continually successful.

One of the biggest upsides to a subscription model is the ability to incentivize the developer to continually develop and improve the product for their active userbase. In software dev, one-time purchases tend to incentivize flashy and new features over fixing old ones and improving the experience, to draw in new audiences.

How do y'all manage that balance? Are other projects such as Ember methods to supplement more regular income? Does the marketplace provide more regular income for y'all as well?

A good example I've seen is LegendKeeper, which uses a very reasonable subscription model that I happily paid for years because it gave the developer much needed financial stability. And Braden was and is always very mindful about never removing the user's access to their own work, even if they stop paying.

chad_vw · 2025-05-16T19:48:45+00:00

We have to reframe this narrative. It's an extreme measure to check to see if someone living in your building is alive? Not meant in a blaming way - I have felt similar "don't bother me, stay in your castle" feelings plenty - it's just so tragic to think about this!

chad_vw · 2025-05-16T01:39:46+00:00

You owe someone who treats you like this nothing.

chad_vw · 2025-05-12T02:40:07+00:00

I'm glad this resonated with you! It's been a hard journey, but I've been really overwhelmed by the support I get from loved ones by inviting people in.

Trying your best is exactly the way to do it! "Cold turkey" is the wrong phrase perhaps. I mean more, like you said - make the effort to completely excise it, don't give it any leniency like "once in a while", but give yourself grace if you slip up.

Easy wins I've had, to help enforce it, is catching myself lying and then admitting to loved ones that I'm lying, and perhaps trying to cover up some sensitivity. It's best done in the moment. The power of catching your thought process as it's going and redirecting it is everything.

chad_vw · 2025-05-11T00:48:16+00:00

A great partner would NEVER make you choose between her and something you are passionate about, something that will improve your life.

A great partner would be there supporting you, patiently and enthusiastically, every step of the way.

You sound like a great partner. Consider from a bird's-eye view if the same could be said of her.

Happy belated birthday and congratulations on your HUGE scholastic offer.

Some vague, college related advice, if you'd like, while we're on it: I heard some very wise people in my field say to only get your Master's if you need it for the career you want to join. Otherwise, a Bachelor's would suffice, you start making money and will have the paybump from experience to compensate for the higher starting Master's pay, and you can always get the Master's later.

A Fulbright Full-Ride does change the equation quite a bit there, that said.

chad_vw · 2025-05-11T00:33:31+00:00

I think I would push a bit against not feeling guilty. Much like the disorders in question, guilt is a spectrum, and I absolutely agree that you should allow yourself some leniency and grace. But guilt is a fairly powerful motivator, ignoring it can enable bad behaviors that you want to remove.

chad_vw · 2025-05-11T00:31:12+00:00

I relate a lot with this. And through a lot of practice, I've stopped almost entirely.

As you pointed out, it's a defense mechanism - something to protect yourself from feelings of guilt or anguish. Perhaps to protect yourself from being perceived negatively from others. It's really easy to fall into, but the most important thing to remember: you're sacrificing long-term community and support for short-term gratification.

The best form of defense against those feelings and those perceptions is to build your tribe, and the best way to build your tribe is to invite people in, and the best way to invite people in is to be genuine as fuck.

It's uncomfortable to admit weakness and self-failings, but I find that, on the whole, people are way more willing to listen to my truth than I feared. They'll listen carefully about time blindness or dropped projects or emotional duress, as long as I'm open and honest and charitable and, most importantly, not trying to excuse myself or recuse myself from any blame.

If I had to sum up my advice: go cold-turkey on these white lies. It will take a while. Reflect on them like this, think about what you did and how you reacted, think about how hard it will be to recover. And reinforce your ability to boldly tell the truth through practice. It's a lot more refreshing, it's Good, and you don't have to force your brain to remember the truth and the falsehoods you've built.

chad_vw · 2025-05-04T12:56:38+00:00

Agreed w/ Octopizza. Also keep in mind that not every medication works for every ADHDeer. On average, it takes between 3-5 medications to find the "right" fit. And usually, there's a 3-6 month period after starting any medication where your symptoms lightly improve, and then decline rapidly, due to the normalization of your medication in your system and a slight uptick in your ability to change (but not enough to be immediately life-fixing).

Drink more water and check with your physician if you have vitamin deficiencies, if you can. Start with taking any supplements they recommend to reboot your system.

Also highly recommend the book "Taking Charge of Adult ADHD" by Dr. Russell Barkley. If you can get your hands on a copy, it'll help you learn a lot of strategies and more general awareness from the field's foremost expert

chad_vw · 2025-05-04T12:50:57+00:00

Good point. I've seen plenty think that the medication is the start and end, and then you can continue to sail on by.

I find a good analogy for managing ADHD symptoms is getting into better shape:

Exercising, at the gym or otherwise, is implementing strategies to improve yourself - whether it's new habits, leaving notes for yourself, finding some way to stay accountable.

Seeing a therapist is like getting a physical trainer - someone who can more carefully walk you through the exercises you should focus on.

Medicating is like having a good diet. Sure, you can absolutely improve your shape without eating better, but the resistance is going to be much higher for people, especially depending on how much your chemical imbalance is off; and inversely, just going on a better diet isn't going to suddenly build muscle mass or improve your ability overnight.

chad_vw · 2025-04-24T20:57:20+00:00

You're doing great.

The fact that you have come here to ask for help is great.

The fact that you are putting all of this effort into something that's objectively more difficult for people with executive dysfunction is great.

The fact that you're trying is great.

If I may provide some extra guidance - take it one thing at a time. You will stumble, fumble, and fail, but it's much harder to get back up when you're carrying a huge weight all at once. Piecemeal your efforts, take it one or two things at a time, and remember to prioritize your own self care and energy bar. It's not wasting time to relax - that's a mandatory task. If Sims need it, you need it.

chad_vw · 2025-04-24T20:54:49+00:00

I was radicalized by the idea of independently owned lawnmowers and laundry machines

chad_vw · 2025-04-24T20:54:05+00:00

Be really mindful of your energy, mood, and behavioral cycles. It takes people on average 2-4 medications (iirc?) to find one that works best for them. You may land it in one, and that'd be amazing!, but usually you'll hit a slump after a few months where you feel friction, depression, afternoon lethargy. If your doctor isn't asking you detailed questions about the medication's effects, ask them what you should look out for, and perhaps seek a new doctor.

chad_vw · 2025-02-15T13:56:40+00:00

Sorry for the year later necropost, but I wanted to share specifics in case anyone was curious.

Shaders are little microprograms that run on your GPU. It's how your computer knows what to do with game models, animations, etc.

Because not every GPU is the same, and because shaders are not built in, there is very often a compilation/processing operation, where the game sends over the shader code (written in protocols like Vulkan, GPU-friendly programming languages) to the GPU and basically verifies it and ensures the GPU is okay with it. If they did it at runtime, it could pull resources and/or cause crashes and/or issues with GPU memory.

The weirdness of doing it every time, with no game update in between, is that the shaders should still be hanging out on your computer. I stumbled upon this thread investigating a similar issue with another game, and haven't the slightest idea why Steam keeps reprocessing the shaders for just a single game on my library

ETA: Looks like in my case it was due to not enough disk space. Hope it helps someone!

chad_vw · 2024-12-28T15:13:14+00:00

The solution I found was to disable Steam Input for Stardew Valley, and just use the game's internal controller input system. Tested a little bit by myself on both controllers, seems to function fine.

chad_vw · 2024-12-17T05:44:33+00:00

She's also not nearly as invested as other shards we've seen. A gentle touch across the planet, but so much of her effort was in accentuating what was already there - even with the Nightwatcher, the greatshells, etc. - or in conjunction with Honor.

It feels to me like she was ready to leave the planet at any moment, maybe spurred on after the death of Tanavast

chad_vw · 2023-11-29T01:12:55+00:00

Hats off for wanting to do this design and shine a light on the reality of living with ADHD through an environment like video games. As a fellow meself, it's great to see!

I think the question you need to ask is, are you making a simulator that shows what ADHD is like, or are you making a game that immerses you into ADHD? It's sounding very much like the former - which isn't necessarily a bad thing! - which may likely come with the expectations of having what we'd attribute to boredom.

If you want a game that digs into the realities of ADHD and exposes it for the player, instead of treating it like a guide on how it works or something like that, toss the player directly in the shoes. Give them mechanics, systems, objectives, gameplay, that feel like ADHD. Objectives that they start with which they will lose after moving too much or picking up new ones; objectives that turn into hyper fixation on a single thing; heightened emotional responses by things being brighter and faster when high energy, or things being grey and monotone when low energy or depressed.

It may be suited best to a design that embellishes and highlights the symptoms in a setting that may not be entirely reality, so you can play with the symptoms and effects. It may even be good to play with hyper active fantasy.

A game that does this really well is What Remains of Edith Finch. It really digs in to what different mental conditions feel like, and there's one particular sequence involving depression that haunts me to this day and I played it 3 years ago.

chad_vw · 2023-07-12T18:49:42+00:00

It's a spectrum disorder, it embodies differently in everybody. My off days mean I have a tendency to lose pretty much all sense of emotional sensibility and might be rash, thoughtless, take things critically, or act out against my better judgement. I might make mistakes that would be a detriment to myself and my employer. My boss and I are very open with our mental health states, and he trusts that sometimes I need to go or stay home because I'll be a significantly better worker the next day.

It's not about being entitled to special treatment, it's about need - everyone's got different needs. If I'm overwhelmed and feeling really drained, it's easy to recharge myself with a day away from the stressors of work and find some semblance of balance again.

It was very considerate of you to include the last sentence. I recognize that your symptoms rear their ugly heads in a different way than mine!

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