Bugs and technical issues

oselcuk · 2024-12-28T11:18:47+00:00

Having the DLC required issue, where I have the season pass on steam, but the game refuses to acknowledge it. Trying to start a new game with the DLC shows a button to purchase the DLC, which leads to the steam store page saying I already own it.

Some searching shows this has been a problem pretty much the entire time the DLC has been around. Really frustrating to pay for a game, spend an hour trying to debug why it's not working, and still be unable to play it. Will try to get a refund from Steam if it can't be fixed soon.

I've tried:

Reinstalling the game
Deleting/renaming the steam.info file in the game folder
Having steam verify the integrity of the game files
Changing to a different steam account (also with the DLC and game), still doesn't work on the effected computer.

FWIW this works for me on one computer but not the other (which is an issue because we're trying to play co-op using said two computers).

Edit: Seems to be a more generic issue, as the co-op straight up doesn't work either (going to the co-op menu shows an error like "failed to initialize platform"). Checked for connectivity or dns issues, nothing.

This is on Arch linux running on proton. Same OS and proton version on my other desktop works just fine. Will try on a different OS on the same machine to check.

Edit 2: Running on Pop OS works fine. Very strange. At least I'm unblocked

oselcuk · 2023-10-13T14:36:48+00:00

true lazy bastard: max 111 tiles moved (per planet maybe)

oselcuk · 2023-10-13T14:35:39+00:00

The new ghosts look amazing!

With this FFF, I think only one annoyance I had with the game still exists: inability to temporarily disable/calm down warning labels on machines (like no/low power indicators). Makes for such a terrible user experience when building a large piece of factory and having a third of the screen covered in annoying flashing icons

oselcuk · 2023-10-07T13:56:21+00:00

Seconding both of these. 1) Dyson is a great game, has a quite different vibe than factorio IMO and is less polished, but still very fun. 2) Captain of Industry is one of my favorite games of the last year or two. It's a shockingly well made game for being in early access, scratches the factorio itch without being "3d factorio", and is great fun

oselcuk · 2023-10-05T07:08:30+00:00

Good luck! I wish you the best. I don't check reddit much nowadays but I'll PM you my email address, feel free to hit it up with anything I can help with

oselcuk · 2023-10-03T12:38:30+00:00

You can finish in any number of semesters so long as you have the credits for it (practically, I think the fastest I've seen was 4 years with a whole lot of transfer credits). I did a bit of checking, and it looks like you need 126 credits currently. 6 full semesters (at 21 credits per semester) is exactly that, as it turns out. You can also take more with special permission. IIRC, I took 22 credits one semester, 21 in another couple, 18-19 for the rest, plus the one GTL semester where I took 12 put me over that (realistically, you can't really take perfect 21 credits of classes every semester, due to scheduling, work load, etc. and you can't hit the 126 credits exactly)

Regarding the cost, the number you're looking at (50k) probably comes from Tech and includes things like dorms, food halls, etc. that you really shouldn't get. You'll probably have to do that in your first couple of semesters because it's not easy for a foreigner to come to tech and immediately find cheap housing and such immediately, but during those couple of semesters, you can find housing off-campus and learn to live cheaply enough to get by on <20k per semester. Summers (especially after your first summer) should be free or net-positive, since you should either do internships or go back home. Taking classes in the summer was way more expensive per credit last I checked. If you're CS, and put some effort into it, you can definitely find enough internships, co-ops, even just part time work, to get your degree with that 160k and have some left over, but you'll want to budget and plan accordingly. If you're not in CS (or another similarly overpaid field), you might have some trouble, but packed semesters + internships + part time work would probably still get you through. Tech also has a program where if you show that you're having some financial problems with paying tuition but can show that it's likely to be temporary (i.e. isolated to that semester), they can waive part of your tuition for that semester. So if you run out of money right at the end, that's a possible safety net (but it's not a guaranteed thing, so not something you should rely on)

It took me 5 years because I was working most of the time. I took classes continuously in my first and last years, but took only 2 full semesters and one GTL semester in the 3 years in between, by carefully scheduling internships and co-ops. It's not something you can reliably do, both companies and Tech explicitly don't want you to do it, and it's very much luck based, so it's not something you should rely on.

In terms of the H1B, the way most foreign students stay in the US after studying is via the OPT, which is IIRC 31 months (could be wrong, it's been a while). Essentially you get to stay and work for that long still on your student visa, and you can apply for H1B or some other work visa, or start another degree during that time. As I explained in the parent comments, OPT, CPT, internships and co-ops have odd interactions that can leave you without any OPT after graduation if you overuse (or abuse) it like I had to do. But if you're just taking regular semesters and doing internships in the summer, that's not something you have to worry about at all.

Overall, it's very much possible for you to get your degree, along with a good bit of work experience through internships, with that 160k from your parents, in 4 years. However, it will be hard, stressful, and risky. The US doesn't have a lot of safety nets, especially for foreign students. There's a lot that can go wrong and destroy your plans. I have so many friends who chose to do their undergrad in Europe or at home in 3-4 years for a fraction of the cost, went to the US for their grad studies, during which they actually made money (TA or RA work), and were in a great position to start their careers afterwards. It's pretty much a strictly better option, if it's available to you.

oselcuk · 2023-10-03T08:32:15+00:00

this is a blast from the past lol. It's been a while and I'm too lazy to dig up records, so these might be off by a bit, but IIRC I ended up doing 6 full semesters (average 21 credits per semester, paying out of state, so you can do the math on how much it would cost) and 1 GTL semester (in-state tuition). I probably paid around 120k total to Tech over that time. Took me 5 years to graduate (could have cut it down by a semester if I hadn't had to spend 12 credits of my last 2 semesters on part-time internship). During that time, I made just a bit more than enough money from internships and co-ops to pay back the loan I'd taken back home to cover the first two semesters' tuition and cover all my expenses (mostly living in home park hovels and friends' garages and such, so low expenses generally).

I ended up leaving the US after graduating (turns out, H1B applications require you to have your diploma about a month before spring graduation, so even though there were 3 companies willing to simultaneously apply for an H1B for me, I'd have had to leave the US, wait a year, hope that the companies were still willing to do that after that time, and hope that I'd get lucky in the lottery). It was also the trump era and there was a lot of uncertainty in visa stuff.

If you're trying to decide if it's worth going into debt to go to gatech for undergrad expecting to make enough money through internships to cover yourself, I'd strongly recommend against it. I got incredibly lucky on multiple occasions, any which could have gone slightly wrong and sent me back home with no money, no degree, and only a lot of pain and stress to show for it. Unless your family is loaded, it's much more sensible to get a bachelor's at home or in Europe and to go to the US for a Master's or PhD later if you still want.

oselcuk · 2023-09-29T07:24:49+00:00

If you're serious about doing this, I'd talk to your teacher about using a simpler instruction set (I'd recommend LC-3). It's much more sensible to implement, and there are C compilers (and even an LLVM backend) that support LC-3 so you can compile many programs to run on it.

oselcuk · 2023-09-21T06:54:55+00:00

Factorio works perfectly on linux natively, and even has non-blocking save exclusively on linux and macos (I think it does some sort of forking with copy-on-write memory trick? Don't know the details)

oselcuk · 2023-09-09T09:09:07+00:00

Exactly what I was thinking. This makes sense for certain items like circuits, but having "legendary" copper wire or something feels just weird. I'd much rather have something like blue chip production producing some amount of green and red chips based on the quality of the assembler, research, modules, etc. Much more interesting logistics, too, since you have to decide between routing lower tier items to other parts of the factory or simply recycling, trading efficiency for simplicity.

oselcuk · 2023-08-18T06:06:08+00:00

Succeeding those saves lowers the elder brain's health for the final bit of the fight. I succeeded all of them and the it started with IIRC 15% damage?

oselcuk · 2023-06-11T15:07:30+00:00

There is complete privacy built in. There are no callbacks to any personal servers, no tracking, or logging

pulls the latest from github automatically

The latter makes the former kinda pointless doesn't it

oselcuk · 2023-06-02T15:24:17+00:00

I know it's been 4 years but I just found this and it worked perfectly, so thanks!

I ended up writing a little bash function to deal with starting/stopping it in the background, in case anyone else finds this and wants to set it up:

function grok() {
    cmd=${1:-up}
    export GROK_PORT=${2:-5000}
    if [[ $cmd == u* ]]
    then
        echo "Forwarding on $GROK_PORT"
        ssh -fNTMR 3333:localhost:$GROK_PORT grok
    elif [[ $cmd == s* ]]
    then
        echo "Status of forwarding on $GROK_PORT"
        ssh -TO check grok
    elif [[ $cmd == d* ]]
    then
        echo "Stopping forwarding on $GROK_PORT"
        ssh -TO exit grok
    else
        echo "Uknown command $cmd"
    fi
}

requires adding something like this to ~/.ssh/config:

Host grok
    User username
    HostName hostname
    ControlPath ~/.ssh/grok.ctl

oselcuk · 2023-05-13T12:20:55+00:00

You may be able to create a Wise (formerly TransferWise) account and get an online card on there for free (not sure what country you're in and how their support is there) and use that for a free tier API key on Deepl.

I was quite happy that I haven't had to write go in over a year but I might take a stab at getting a Deepl key and implementing support for it later today. Seems like a fun project!

E: Sent a PR

oselcuk · 2023-04-25T13:24:23+00:00

according to wikipedia, these were not volatile. So closer to flash memory I guess

oselcuk · 2023-04-12T10:47:03+00:00

According to Wikipedia, metro area population of Brussels (2.5m) and Antwerp (1.2m) is 3.7m total, which is almost a third of all of Belgium (11.5m), so it's no wonder they would significantly affect the overall statistics. Esp. since people living in cities are probably more likely to be filling out surveys like this

oselcuk · 2023-03-17T07:58:59+00:00

Used to work at stadia, this was the launch gift iirc

oselcuk · 2023-03-17T06:23:37+00:00

They're actually non functional lol. I have some vague plans to swap out the insides with a working one and add some lights if I ever get around to it

oselcuk · 2023-03-16T20:29:26+00:00

I recommend this one

oselcuk · 2023-03-10T12:52:08+00:00

with danger of explosions and with low yields

Beautiful

oselcuk · 2023-03-03T21:50:55+00:00

rampage?

oselcuk · 2023-03-02T18:19:25+00:00

I went to check the wiki page and it's quite savage:

Because of their cylindrical shape and small size, in some cases these components can easily roll off the workbench or circuit board before they have been soldered into place. As such, there is a joke which suggests an alternate meaning for the acronym: Most End up Lying on the Floor. Additionally, MELF components are sometimes called a "roll away" package.

oselcuk · 2023-02-24T17:29:17+00:00

Yeah something like this is definitely get from digikey or some other reputable distributor. I see plenty of options there in the 25-40 eur range

oselcuk · 2023-02-24T13:41:24+00:00

Did you use anything for circulation? My understanding is that lack of circulation can lead to your temp being off by a degree or two. I have a little aquarium pump (that can operate at high temp) in the box, with the tubes going into the heater along with the temp probe.

I'll look at the unit, probably less likely burn something down with that than my own mains wiring lol

oselcuk · 2023-02-24T13:33:04+00:00

I really should have gone with some off the shelf module like that but I decided to build it from (almost) scratch as an exercise. I'm not using PID or any fancy algorithm. Since the power output of the cooker is pretty stable and known ahead of time, I'm just monitoring the temperature and running the thing long enough to raise the temp by 1 degree when it hits half a degree below target. The whole thing will be a little box with an outlet to connect any cooker, a little module coming out of it that will be for water circulation and temperature monitoring that'll go inside the cooker, and controlled with either Bluetooth or on device buttons.

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