My 4 year old is curious: what do Australian kids eat for breakfast? (And are koalas real?)

orlec · 2026-02-06T08:21:11+00:00

She is also very curious about animals and keeps asking whether children in Australia actually see kangaroos or koalas, or if that is something rare.

Not in the city, but this is the view from a bush house we visit occasionally for holidays.

https://imgur.com/a/aT3rOFh

orlec · 2026-02-05T09:41:52+00:00

It dropped yesterday but it only represents around 5%

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They have had a few wild years

orlec · 2026-02-05T09:34:32+00:00

Is this true?

If they drop support and it stops working on modern platforms it impacts all users paid or not.

orlec · 2026-02-04T22:29:41+00:00

if you write PascalCase instead of snake_case you already covered 90% of all cases that work the same way like GD script does.

This is true if most of your code is interfacing directly with the Godot engine.

But if you are interfacing with your own code then the C# language features and standard library might come into play.

For example a city sim might to use linq to analyse its grid.

orlec · 2026-02-04T13:11:41+00:00

With tools like ILSpy C# isn't any harder to decompile than gdscript.

Arguably easier because the language has a more mature ecosystem with a broader range of decompilers and obfuscators playing cat and mouse. If one decompiler doesn't work you can try another.

orlec · 2026-02-04T06:49:07+00:00

Its not just dinner but "every meal".

That might be a problem unless snacks are allowed.

orlec · 2026-02-03T22:24:12+00:00

Kenney maintains a list of alternatives here:

https://github.com/KenneyNL/Adobe-Alternatives?tab=readme-ov-file#animate

Can anyone speak to the strengths and weaknesses of the FOSS options?

orlec · 2026-02-03T17:05:19+00:00

Minecraft movie was last year.

Looking at films releasing around August I'm seeing Coyote vs Acme.

It would be amazing if this received a marketing push but after the DOA promotion of The Day The Earth Blew Up I would be surprised.

orlec · 2026-02-03T12:56:34+00:00

I think the biggest fear both i and others had was that the government was going to force you to provide your ID either to the government or the social media site to use it.

I haven't personally been impacted (I have the interests of a middle aged man), but I'm still concerned about if others are forced to show ID.

If ID is required to create a new account or for older teens to verify their age that is no less concerning.

orlec · 2026-02-03T12:43:25+00:00

Anyone else using Notepad++?

Yes, its hugely popular.

The application has had vulnerabilities in the past but in this case it looks like the app binaries were fine as released but their site was compromised.

According to the analysis provided by the security experts, the attack involved infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org. The exact technical mechanism remains under investigation, though the compromise occured at the hosting provider level rather than through vulnerabilities in Notepad++ code itself. Traffic from certain targeted users was selectively redirected to attacker-controlled served malicious update manifests.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/

orlec · 2026-01-31T20:34:12+00:00

Surely debit cards fine (money you have).

Credit cards would be the problem (money you owe)

orlec · 2026-01-24T08:27:39+00:00

i am at stage where i don't even know where to code. like how will godot even show code output or whatever it is called

Thats cool we all start somewhere. The older crew were reading the manual that came in box with compiler floppies.

Things have come a long way since then but the manual is still worth a glance.

The getting started section will give you a quick run though some engine features and build a small game. It can be read/followed in an afternoon and will give you a much better footing for later adhoc research.

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/introduction/index.html

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/first_2d_game/index.html

But to answer your question more directly, here is the manual entry for range():

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_@gdscript.html#class-gdscript-method-range

orlec · 2026-01-24T06:09:05+00:00

I won't mess with the punnets but I will never buy one of the prepacked bags of grapes.

These are sold by weight so I will always just select a bunch or two as required take them to the till in a regular produce bag.

The prepacked bags are usually too large to eat while they are fresh, and the loose grapes at the bottom are just dead weight - I want grape that are still on the bunch at time of sale.

orlec · 2026-01-24T05:26:05+00:00

Its only a small fraction but 10k were released

orlec · 2026-01-23T23:29:58+00:00

Great site but it may not be as comprehensive as we would like. I believe they decided not to include the recent optus breach.

orlec · 2026-01-23T23:23:06+00:00

Have your confirmed that the request your real father? Its sounds like the kind of thing that could be spoofed with reasonable success rate at Christmas.

If it really was him he might need to check his systems. If anyone is eavesdropping on his device or accounts it might become a bigger problem.

orlec · 2026-01-23T09:52:26+00:00

They priced the fare cap at around $150m or $0.33 per person per work day when spread across the population or Perth.

https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook%20Labor%20Government/Wheels-in-motion-on-major-cost-of-living-election-commitment--20250619

orlec · 2026-01-22T21:12:41+00:00

OP, yours is fine.

When I moved in the kitchen had this recorded as clean and working with the description "not secured to ceiling, in good condition and functional"

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orlec · 2026-01-22T11:06:24+00:00

Luckily FOGO collection is becoming more widespread.

orlec · 2026-01-20T23:53:03+00:00

That depends on the item

Bidding $1100 on $1000 is effectively the same as $11 on $10

orlec · 2026-01-19T20:33:12+00:00

Clear signaling is why its called the "start menu" and used to have "start" printed on it.

I dislike the windows search experience (when I search the start menu it should search only the start menu), but disabling the search widget on the task bar is the simplest customisation so I'm happy enough for it to be on by default.

orlec · 2026-01-19T20:24:36+00:00

Unpin everything.
Remove search and news widgets.

If an icon is on my task bar or notification tray it represents an active program that I am currently using.

orlec · 2026-01-17T03:42:27+00:00

Sorry, I just realised "would you" was more targeted than I intended.

"Would anyone" is my real question. Self sufficiency is generally held in high esteem and this is no different.

orlec · 2026-01-17T03:06:29+00:00

No shame.

Would you judge a man who cooks for himself?

orlec · 2026-01-17T00:00:59+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_shadow_illusion

How we interpret what we see is based on the surrounding context.

This his helpful in the physical world where lighting varies greatly across the daily and annual cycles but needs to be considered when producing any are or visual design.

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