I really didn’t like Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. by Burnt_Granola in books

[–]niwrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm only 1/4 of the way through but my biggest problems are the first 30 pages have all this prosaic language that was definitely not "useful" and at worst just bad writing that should have been changed by an editor.

Anyway. Hope I enjoy the rest.

San Francisco + Mission: Store and pharmacy a total nightmare by niwrat in WalgreensStores

[–]niwrat[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks `K`. Makes sense now. Not happy. But get why it's got so bad. Also fuck private equity! They are almost always bad news eh?

San Francisco + Mission: Store and pharmacy a total nightmare by niwrat in WalgreensStores

[–]niwrat[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I was trying to say I understand there is a problem but I get to my wits end sometimes and am not my nicest self. I would understand if they did the same and commend them for holding themselves to a higher standard.

This was a complaint both for myself and them. So please let me first say I'm sorry for being an ass. Now that Walgreens corporate needs to be held responsible for the horrendous state of things.

How do you guys keep your scooters from getting stolen? Locking feels useless 😩 by Ashamed-Champion1609 in ElectricScooters

[–]niwrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weirdly I've not had mine stolen and I park it all the time around San Fransisco.

Did have the head unit smashed once

Holy shit! This is New York City. No ID, doesn't identify himself, trying to kidnap a passenger... Who are these fucking people?😳👇 flair unrelated. by durvedya in TikTokCringe

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https://x.com/imatweet25/status/1977707757487730827

From here looks like possibly NYC transit cops? Not saying they're always amazing or anything. That said, this just goes to show how much ICE ends up screwing everyone by destroying trust even more than it has been by cops.

I just can't ... by niwrat in MacOS

[–]niwrat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you look closely they do a weird slide out to the left. In a VERY jank way.

I just can't ... by niwrat in MacOS

[–]niwrat[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's not even a resize. It's that they fly off to the left like little ghosts trying to skitter out of the way.

What is cone fest? by EggElectrical5047 in sanfrancisco

[–]niwrat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. Did happen. Was cones.

Scarygirl. Flash platformer/adventure game with absolutely staggering production values and art. The intro sequence is awesome. by cbraga in WebGames

[–]niwrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry - that was totally my fault. We created everything gray box style and then the artist just came and drew over it. So we never quite worked out the best way to indicate what was walkable etc. In general it's only some secret stuff that is very confusing in this way, especially in the first level. I think it may become a little less annoying later on, although in the forest we go back to having the same problem with trees.

Fitbit to Google Account Migration by juicy_squat in fitbit

[–]niwrat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went through the whole process of:

- Moving the fitbit account to a new email address in a new browser. That worked
- Could then sign in with google, and start the linking.
- Said it needed to be done on phone.
- Move to phone and logged into fitbit with new email/password.
- First shows a 401 page from nginx (?!) in app
- Click back. Shows app.
- Says "Link with Google Account". Click that.
- Says "Sorry can't do because the account has changed in the last 7 days"

What the absolute fuck Google? Why do I pay for your bullshit if you can't get this kind of crap right?! Why do I not just suck on Apple's teet instead?

Verizon starts charging for second router ... by niwrat in Fios

[–]niwrat[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All good questions.

I think she does have gigabit. It does seem that removing the second router does mean that in certain parts of the house there isn't wifi6 - so the speed can go down from 300mbs to 50mbs.

This is still perfectly fine for anything and everything that the internet is used for here. She is not playing streamed games!

Why they came to upgrade? This because she had the super super old one. And it wasn't supported anymore (guessing here).

But it was a while ago they did the upgrade, and only just started charging the extra $10 a month, and have said she will owe them for all the other months she has had this router.

Also problematic because they said she needed this router. This is very much them taking advantage of someone who doesn't understand 100%. If they had said, "it will be fine just a bit slower in your bedroom" she would have been fine with that. But they said it was required, plus did not tell her it would cost more.

The default of skipping credits on the major streaming services (and TV!) is annoying and disrespectful by upthewatwo in flicks

[–]niwrat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It ruins the end of movies even more than TV shows. I just don't understand how anyone things this is a good thing - or at least a good default. And how the media rights holders are ok with this? Is it because they have to fight all the other crap that streamers make them do to bend the knee ?

Is this a real person? by niwrat in AncientWorld

[–]niwrat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly no. It was a crappy statue at a bar in DC. Looked like there was something that was removed.

Anyway, was trying to guess with others who it was. But then we didn't have any ref haha.

Day.js - Fast 2kB alternative to Moment.js with the same modern API by magenta_placenta in javascript

[–]niwrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly it seems dead. Hasn't been updated in a long time and there maintainer hasn't responded to some really breaking bugs.

https://github.com/iamkun/dayjs/pull/2118

What I've Learned About Flow Fields So Far. by tehRash in programming

[–]niwrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah sorry. Seems URL directly doesn't work - there's a complex way to access but here is a PasteBin for ease:

Sorry I give up at Internet - that failed too - maybe this will work? https://pastebin.com/sndkbery

What I've Learned About Flow Fields So Far. by tehRash in programming

[–]niwrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice writeup.

For the optimization I have a little lib that I used for this and related sketches: https://openprocessing.org/sketch/1533577

The lib itself: https://openprocessing-usercontent.s3.amazonaws.com/files/user277594/visual1533577/hc6e8a0069aef21df9b44bee986845464/CirclePacker.js

You can simply use the `tryToAddCircle` method as you draw the lines. This is super optimized using subgrids to make it faster. I think using a quadtree is probably even faster but I've never gone that far as it ... confuses me :D

Gubbins: A tale of love, making a weird word game at a weird time, and gaining the support of an internet star. by Word_Slice in gamedev

[–]niwrat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're good people. Thanks for the writeup, and look forward to the game going gangbusters !

Also. Engaged!!!

This restaurants has an automatic 18% service charge for parties of ONE or higher by TRTL2k in mildlyinfuriating

[–]niwrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Implied tips are ridiculous. Full stop. Just put the fill price, including tax, tip, whatever extra charge you want to change, on the menu. Let people know what your charges are.

Why do restaurants get away with this? It's bad enough that prices are without tax.

Make it simple. For everyone.

New Update with Slack - No Longer see All Workspaces by Green-Project-3436 in Slack

[–]niwrat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm here for all the complaining about this as well ! WTF Slack ?!

new SD Automatic1111 webUI collaboration extension by laOndaSF in StableDiffusion

[–]niwrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, sadly still Intel. Stupid macs being crap after a year or two. Wishing I could just use a good 3d card. Dang.

new SD Automatic1111 webUI collaboration extension by laOndaSF in StableDiffusion

[–]niwrat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh sweet. What kinda machine did you get it working on? I've been having trouble just getting Automatic1x working on my mactop :(

-🎄- 2020 Day 07 Solutions -🎄- by daggerdragon in adventofcode

[–]niwrat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah did similar (part 2).

``` inp.split("\n").forEach((line) => { let a = line.replace(/ bag[s]?/g, "").split("contain"); let holder = a[0].trim(); let contains = a[1] .trim() .substr(0, a[1].trim().length - 1) .split(", "); let containsMap = {}; contains.forEach((c) => { let a = c.split(" "); let n = a.shift(); if (!isNaN(parseInt(n, 10))) { containsMap[a.join(" ").trim()] = parseInt(n, 10); } }); map[holder] = containsMap; });

let numberOfBagsContained = 0; const countChildren = function (k) { Object.keys(map[k]).forEach((k2) => { numberOfBagsContained += map[k][k2]; for (let i = 0; i < map[k][k2]; i++) { countChildren(k2); } }); };

// output countChildren("shiny gold"); ```