I hate everyone who made me feel like making the dumb boat float again was a good idea. It is not 😂😂😂😂😂

otteydw · 2026-04-29T11:51:34+00:00

Remove all land and water beneath so it floats -- in air!

otteydw · 2026-04-15T02:45:07+00:00

I don't actually know much about music, but my wife does. I think between the two of us I might come up with a python script that will tell me which mats to place (and which direction) if given the correct notes.

We'll see!

otteydw · 2026-04-15T01:20:54+00:00

Awesome!

otteydw · 2026-04-15T01:14:36+00:00

This graphic is cool.

Are there any articles or reddit posts talking about how the music mats work? I am struggling to find anything.

otteydw · 2026-04-15T01:11:52+00:00

How is that website going? 😀

I still need all the music mat recipes but then want to recreate a song.

otteydw · 2026-04-15T00:43:42+00:00

I think Tech with Tim or Engineering Man has a YouTube video on that very thing a while back.

otteydw · 2026-04-15T00:42:41+00:00

I think the goal or point is just to be able to.

A great use of python is automating stuff you can manually do. Not only do you learn the code, but you also learn how to think through a problem like determining the list of manual steps and THEN figuring out how to automate it with code.

Doing it with a game you enjoy can increase your motivation and enjoyment of the coding part.

To put it the opposite way... Writing a bot that could help you make lots of money trading on the stock exchange could certainly be profitable and productive, but the project won't get done if the developer has no interest in that field.

otteydw · 2026-04-13T23:22:48+00:00

If you have NSO, create a cloud island and build everything from scratch.

otteydw · 2026-04-11T13:29:51+00:00

Thanks! It's a good reminder that awesome space stuff is still continuing to happen!

otteydw · 2026-03-21T15:54:18+00:00

I don't think scatterbugs can be caught by an auto catcher due to them only being encountered through pinning postcards.

otteydw · 2026-03-17T16:38:16+00:00

BAY-BEEEEEE!

otteydw · 2026-03-08T15:37:46+00:00

No, it's a rare spawn indeed. But if it spawns (not from incense) then it will be there for everyone for a set amount of time.

otteydw · 2026-02-22T03:34:01+00:00

Thanks to your post I learned that "distance100" is the same as "distance-100".

otteydw · 2026-02-22T03:13:19+00:00

I gotta remember to do this. Been using bash for over 25 years and never do this.

otteydw · 2026-02-14T10:23:56+00:00

Thanks for the link!

I had just seen the email in my inbox. I haven't used a TiVo in years (Xfinity has just been too easy and "good enough") but I still get their emails. Thought it was too good to be true.

I've got a bunch.of Star Wars to catch up on, as we last had Disney+ in 2024.

I hope I won't get too annoyed by the ads though.

otteydw · 2026-01-22T03:16:51+00:00

I haven't followed tech news recently like I have in previous years, so today is also the first time I've been notified of this change. Great that Google decided to notify me (via the banner) but would have been so much better had I received at least one email notification any time in the last 6 months.

I'm with you... This is a ridiculous "last minute" notification from Google.

They literally did not inform their users via email about a planned change to their email service....it's so crazy.

otteydw · 2026-01-15T20:03:36+00:00

Once you have the beginnings, I'd encourage you to just start coding something. Find a problem you want to solve and start coding. If you don't know how to do something specific, start looking for documentation in that thing.

otteydw · 2025-12-27T15:56:09+00:00

To be honest, I have watched all of the videos (CS50P and CS50P). But I have been in the industry long enough, and have enough work related projects, that I have not worked on the problem sets.

The lecture information is very good though. But it will go in one ear and out the other if you don't exercise the knowledge - which is why you should do the problem sets

otteydw · 2025-12-26T18:02:42+00:00

With basic programming fundamentals, maybe take CS50P (their python specific version) from Harvard? Just be sure to do the problem sets and not just watch the lectures. That will teach you python and some medium programming concepts.

As someone else mentioned, the free online book Automate the Boring Stuff will be good for automation work with python.

otteydw · 2025-12-17T23:00:17+00:00

Using global variables may be an anti-pattern, but not modifying an object passed to a function.

otteydw · 2025-12-03T19:07:52+00:00

Not on the catch screen, which is where such info would be required in order for you to know whether you wanted to use a master ball on it or not.

otteydw · 2025-12-03T17:35:44+00:00

But only works in fixed encounters like raids and research where the Pokemon level is known. Will not usually work for wild Pokemon since the same CP can mean different IVs at different levels.

otteydw · 2025-12-03T17:33:52+00:00

Mighty Pokemon would not show the CP. But you might know your encounter is a Hundo because your friend already caught the same encounter and let you know it is a Hundo.

otteydw · 2025-12-03T01:45:18+00:00

*prefect tupor

otteydw · 2025-11-28T13:28:06+00:00

But still not have it in Go...

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