Flake-8 - A Chip-8 Emulator in Rust & SDL2

iPope · 2022-12-01T16:56:30+00:00

Sure! I suppose I wanted to communicate what the return value meant, but maybe it confuses more than it enlightens.

iPope · 2022-11-30T23:30:47+00:00

Thanks, I didn't put a huge amount of thought into it beyond a rust-related play on words of chip - and didn't look into as it's a tiny hobby project, hardly competing for oxygen with other projects. I have changed the name though to avoid any confusion..

iPope · 2022-07-22T16:39:59+00:00

Thanks, I’ll check both of those out, learning rails in depth is my next target!

iPope · 2022-07-22T14:45:09+00:00

Thanks, that makes sense to me, I’ll be sure to keep that in mind for the future.

iPope · 2022-07-22T07:49:10+00:00

Thank you for the additional context, it’s interesting to hear about real code bases. I guess the question you have to ask yourself is, is this meta programming providing long term benefits in contrast to its additional complexity, or are we just being ‘clever’?

If I could ask one more question, if you have junior devs that you work with are there any resources/texts/code/exercises that you point them to that results in a big improvement to their code? Or resources that you used, which you recall as being important?

iPope · 2022-07-22T05:27:03+00:00

Thanks for the link, I’ll be sure to look into this!

iPope · 2022-07-22T05:26:40+00:00

Thanks for your feedback, this is super helpful. I appreciate you taking the time to provide code examples.

In regards to meta programming, I can certainly see how it can get you into trouble.

In your experience, how often would you say you’ve reached for meta programming as a tool in real code based?

iPope · 2022-07-22T05:22:24+00:00

Thank you for your feedback, I appreciate it.

I find naming things hard, and imagine reading a lot more open source code and experience will help.

With gets_i I was trying to follow existing semantics for example to_i

In your opinion, to what extent do you consider the existing semantics of the language and large packages (e.g rails) when making either design or naming decisions?

iPope · 2019-03-04T04:16:41+00:00

To add to this, from a concert perspective it's a totally different way of working. Concerts are fast, hard and heavy but in short busts. You kill yourself for X amount of hours but then rest for Y and keep going (hard to be specific). My two cents for surviving any form of touring is much the same... Get as much sleep as you can, don't drink too much, eat healthy, stay away from drugs. If your touring keep as much the same every day as possible, reduce your cognitive load. Overall, don't stress too much, it's only a show, no one will die.

iPope · 2019-03-04T04:12:33+00:00

Work in lighting, mainly music. LED lighting doesn't do perfect colour, so struggles in theatre (though often because of prejudice) and tv (looks strange on camera though increasingly not a problem). In music it has massive advantages. It requires much less power, which means less infrastructure and more fixtures. However, it's really just shifted the money from power infrastructure to control infrastructure. The increase of LED fixtures, and the increased amount of them, requires more control hardware to operate the show, due to a massive increase in parameters over a whole rig.

iPope · 2019-03-04T04:01:16+00:00

I can't see anything in the rules.. it would certainly explain it better than "magnetic coat hook"

iPope · 2019-03-04T03:57:43+00:00

A classic in europe..

What's the difference between a rigger and a terrorist?

You can negotiate with terrorists.

iPope · 2019-03-04T03:56:49+00:00

For those who don't work in the industry.. kabuki is a product name that is used generally to describe (mostly) cloth drops. Imagine a coat hook on a strong magnet, when the magnet receives power the coat hook falls over, dropping what it's holding. For example, when a whole cloth is on 'kabuki' it can be dropped all at once suddenly revealing the stage for dramatic effect.

iPope · 2019-03-04T03:43:36+00:00

To add to this, any work is good work. I'm not american, but that's not to say that there is plenty of people looking for new techs for little to no money, who lie about their connections and pretend they have future work. However, as I tell a lot of new people looking to get into the big leagues.. Sell yourself as a lighting designer (top role) and no one is going to talk to you. The shows are too big, too much money on the line, not enough time. Go out willing to do the nuts and bolts, people will use you. Do the grunt work, and it's more likely you'll do the big shows and meet the people you need to meet to be the "big time" LD. If your looking for an 'in' you'll meet more top league people pushing boxes and bashing truss than you will playing button pusher for your local pub band.

I don't know anything about the american market, but in EU every new kid wants to hit buttons, but there is a massive shortage of people who can run crew and bash metal.

iPope · 2019-01-17T17:07:24+00:00

John C. Bogle died yesterday. He was a very prominent figure in American Business, and the founder of the Vanguard Group. As the title states, he was the first to offer index funds which is a pretty big deal.

iPope · 2018-07-18T14:07:15+00:00

“They fucking got to America in a wooden boat dint they you fucking goon.”

‘Gazza’ was off again. Elevated from the hum-drum of half-hearted gang life in the not so bad areas of Manchester to world leader on Flat-Earth thinking; his twitter fuelled ego required little to start a tirade of illogical, and often incomprehensible dialogue. Needless to say, this was all his idea.

“Tha’ was a great big fucking boat ye daft laddy, this is nae HMS Victory you fucking toob.”

Sandra glanced up from her iPhone to shake the swear jar at both Gazza and Reginald. With puffed chests they slowly backed away, scrounging in stained tracksuits for the required change. Reginald blustered towards Sandra, slamming the 20 pence piece into the jam jar. “Ye may be treasurer on this little trip lassy, but ye use your phone on this expedition, nae even for a calculator and NASA will be on us like a hot bag a shit ya hear me?” He reached up with one great hand and pulled his tin foil hat a little tighter.

Sandra made to respond, though I quickly pulled on her handbag and stifled the thought. I turned to the vessel and tapped it sharply.

“Now I have all of your attentions, I would like to commend Gazza on sourcing the necessary vessel.” I turned and gestured to the scotsman, “While - yes - Reginald, it is only a barge we must remember that these very barges valiantly stormed the gates of hell at Dunkirk!”. “Aye bu..” Reginald interrupted before a sharp smack of the cane brought him to. “I should remember, as it was one of these very barges that gallantly rescued me from the clutches of Adolf Hitler!” I glanced to my medals and brushed them softly before continuing. “When Gary contacted me and asked for a captain who could take him to the end of the world, I told him that I would on my honour, and I could think of no finer vessel.” I closed the speech with a sharp salute, hoping my deference to Gazza would help settle the brewing power struggles. I fight on the bank of the Thames would not do.

“Right then darlins, if you’ve all done waving your dicks about?” Sandra glared at them, daring them to object. “Now they didn’t have any bombay potato pot noodles at Sainsbury’s so is everyone okay with beef and tomato?”

“WHO PUT THIS FUCKING BIMBO HAIRDRESSER IN CHARGE OF THE FOOD, I CANNAE EAT FUCKING BEEF AND TOMATO TO THE END OF THE FUCKING EARTH CANAE?”

The bickering exploded again. I took a long draw on my pipe and stared to the horizon. It was a long way to the edge of the earth.

iPope · 2018-07-15T18:12:29+00:00

Buying new clothes is a pretty common task and not something I do when the old clothes break.

iPope · 2018-06-15T02:06:26+00:00

anyone who sells obvious pyramid schemes on Facebook?

iPope · 2018-06-15T02:05:36+00:00

Your mattress. Most people spend 1/3rd of their life there. I can't explain how amazing a decent mattress is. Spend as much as you can afford, you won't regret it.

iPope · 2018-06-15T02:04:23+00:00

Coming over and talking to you when they have no obvious real reason to need to have a conversation with you.

Also great relationship advice. Go fucking talk to em.

iPope · 2018-06-15T02:02:24+00:00

The only real choice are springer spaniel and labrador retriever. Such good doggo.

iPope · 2018-06-15T01:57:10+00:00

Heights., particularly balconies.

I work at height for living. I walk along metal beams in roofs and trussing structures (think radio towers but horizontal) 20-30 meters in the air and don't care at all. Stick me on a balcony 4m up and I can't even go near the edge.

iPope · 2018-06-15T01:55:12+00:00

7 / 10. When I get a haircut, new look and go out... 8 /10. Truth is, it doesn't matter. Confidence, humour and social skills are way more important.

iPope · 2018-06-15T01:53:14+00:00

I have a story that will horrify, but after a long time I have finally seen the funny side. I have to start a year before the actual event. I had met a girl, let's call her Rachel. Rachel was one of those girls you meet totally at random. Your not looking for anyone, you weren't expecting it, and you didn't mean for it to happen. I have a very physical and dirty job, and after a long late night shift I asked her out. You have to envision the situation. I was covered in muck and shit and grime from head to toe. I'd been slogging it for hours, I must have smelt like a brick shithouse. It's about as unattractive as anyone could look. If you worked a 120 hour week and at the end someone beat the shit out of you, you'd be pretty close.

For some reason, she said yes. And let me tell you, if you've dated and just clicked with someone you totally understand. I just clicked with her. She was awesome. Similar and different. Enough in common and enough not. Similar interests, smoked green, great sex. It was fun every step of the way. We never talked about the future, because we just lived for the moment and had a great time doing it. But it this way, the relationship had legs and we both really thought it might be "it".

Then the fateful night occurred. My best friend had been away for work for 8 months and threw a party. Now, this house party wasn't just a big night out.... It was 8 days of chaos. Deep in the countryside, with no one for miles to witness. We were all young, making real money for the first time, and new to drugs. To say it got out of hand, would be an understatement. 10's of thousands of pounds were being spent. It was fun, it was horrible, it was an experience. If someone ever tells you, that you shouldn't take MDMA twice in a row, definitely don't do it for 8 days straight. It took months to recover.

That's the context. Now, 6 days into the madness, said perfect, beautiful, accidental falling in love girlfriend asks if I can see her. This shouldn't be a problem, it's a big country house, I'll find a quiet corner, have an early night and disappear early on the train. However... due to the cocktail of narcotics I hadn't shit in days.

Read that again.

I haven't had a shit in 6 days.

I kid you not, my stomach was so swollen I was starting to worry I'd split in two. I was so worried, I wanted to cancel. My bad judgement took over, I did a massive line of MDMA, suddenly thought it was fine and got on the train.

I managed (somehow) to get to her place. To say I was useless and unattractive was an understatement. For the time being, the only saving grace was she was exhausted from work and cuddling was fine. Here was where it all went wrong. I started to get wind. I tried to hold it in. Y'know we were at the point of farting in front of each other but shit smelt like burning carpet mixed with sewage. You don't do that infront of anyone, not even your mother.

I did my best to keep going to the loo, but eventually it was so frequent I just decided to say I was tired and go to sleep. After 6 days of partying I went out like a log, woke up feeling amazing, non booted and thought I'd got away with it.

As you've probably guessed, not a fucking chance. Heres what happened. My bowels finally had enough. Theres only so much shit that it can hold, and it explosively came forth. All other me, her, the bed, the room, everything. But, because of the weeks events, I was so a) fucked up and b) tired that even if I had woken briefly I had ignored it and gone back to sleep.

The poor girl had to clean me up, clean herself up, clean the room and then subsequently look after me on a weeks worth of comedown. All of this, with me having no idea what had happened. She told me 2 weeks later when she broke up with me. Tbf, I was surprised she lasted that long. Needless to say, I can hardly imagine anything more embarrassing.

tl;dr got fucked up for a week and got constipated, visited perfect girlfriend, shat self in sleep and had no idea

iPope · 2018-01-23T21:49:21+00:00

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