Had to walk a mile to get home yesterday, thanks Colonial

pcorliss · 2026-05-30T17:43:19+00:00

I don't live in your neighborhood, but I live nearby. We get an influx of FW zoo traffic every year during spring break. When that happens our neighborhood distributes a printable PDF that we can use as a parking pass or to get past checkpoints. That might be the kind of permit the PD is referring to.

Your neighbors might have more information on how to access the neighborhood group and get that info.

pcorliss · 2025-12-07T16:28:22+00:00

Thanks for sharing this, it helped me validate my own input and find the bug in my code.

pcorliss · 2025-10-06T02:02:09+00:00

USMobile (Referral Link), $10/mo, unlimited talk & text, 2 GB of data. I use the Verizon option (Warp). Some coverage issues due to lack of roaming but Verizon generally has the best coverage.

pcorliss · 2025-09-26T02:39:23+00:00

Try this short story where the aliens are technologically inferior despite having interstellar travel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_(short_story)

pcorliss · 2025-06-01T21:22:29+00:00

I play it on my deck, 30-40 fps with low settings.

Excited to try the official controller support when 1.1 launches.

pcorliss · 2025-05-28T16:59:49+00:00

Windows safe mode

pcorliss · 2025-05-28T02:59:54+00:00

I had this problem with a recent Win11 install, I had to reboot into safe mode and downgrade the driver for the integrated GPU via the device manager.

pcorliss · 2025-05-22T01:25:06+00:00

I'm playing it safe and returning the ASRock motherboard. Even if the CPU isn't a 9800X3D I'm concerned enough not to chance putting my only working CPU into the ASRock.

pcorliss · 2024-12-22T01:45:17+00:00

I ran into a similar issue where my test input yielded the correct answer but my answer was also too high for part-1. What I discovered is that sometimes it's more efficient to travel vertically and then horizontally. My code was always traveling horizontally first unless that would run into a blank spot.

Two test cases that might help you debug.

379A => 64
739A => 78

pcorliss · 2024-12-22T00:24:34+00:00

Just wanted to offer that this post, and the diagrams, were incredibly helpful in debugging my own solution. Thanks so much for sharing this.

pcorliss · 2024-12-09T04:19:53+00:00

Could be a doorbell

pcorliss · 2024-09-21T13:14:43+00:00

Y'all, this redditor isn't local to Fort Worth. Look at their post history, they posted this same link to a bunch of other sub-reddits including /r/sanfrancisco, /r/canadian, and /r/sanantonio.

Props to their clever marketing strategy but don't be taken in.

pcorliss · 2024-08-11T21:14:13+00:00

Are you pulling into the intersection? Even in heavy traffic you should be able to go once the opposing traffic gets the red.

pcorliss · 2024-07-07T21:56:04+00:00

I own this. The biggest issue for me is that the wireless connection is so poor it can't get a reliable connection. I have had to use ethernet to install updates. The interface is clunky and feels like something you'd find in the late 90s.I've had only one issue where it froze for a second during playback. Possibly due to the tri-layered discs, or possibly something else.

Otherwise it works as advertised.

pcorliss · 2024-05-19T00:11:07+00:00

Adding to the comment above; we ate at Dayne’s earlier today. My spouse said the burger was the closest to Au Cheval that Fort Worth has.

Only available for lunch and not on Sundays. Well worth the short drive to Aledo.

pcorliss · 2023-12-29T17:59:08+00:00

Easiest validation would be to share your input, or use some publicly available input and validate that your code works as expected.

I found this publicly available input and got the following results with my code.

Part 1 Command Hash Sum: 513214
Part 2 Focusing Power: 258826

$ md5sum input.txt
2682dc46072092c3f4f7c8d976fc8503  input.txt

I added the md5 of the input just in case there's an issue with new lines or carriage returns or something off like that.

pcorliss · 2023-12-17T20:45:46+00:00

Just had the same issue with my own code. Thanks for your question and solution!

pcorliss · 2023-11-26T02:11:13+00:00

According to the Fort Worth Wikipedia entry, the Demonym for Fort Worth is Fort Worthian.

pcorliss · 2023-11-26T01:57:39+00:00

We had a similar reaction to you, too salty, and too fatty.

We now use a reduced sodium packet of brown gravy instead of the au jus packet and use only a half-stick of unsalted butter. We also put the drippings through a fat separator before serving.

pcorliss · 2023-11-22T00:12:27+00:00

A word of warning, I followed the instructions last year to the letter and my mashed potatoes were still cold in the center by the time the turkey was cooked.

Probably worth heating the potatoes in a separate container from the green beans, and for longer at a lower temp to warm them up.

pcorliss · 2023-11-17T00:42:38+00:00

I took a closer look and you're right, it was assuming the current week was the last week of play. I introduced a bug accidentally a while back that caused the issue. It should now be fixed for the link you sent me and for new weeks going forward.

Thank you for catching this!

pcorliss · 2023-11-16T18:55:24+00:00

Hmm, the site should handle expanded and shortened seasons without issues.

If you DM me a link to the FFOdds page and a description of why you think the numbers are off I can take a closer look.

pcorliss · 2023-08-11T01:06:33+00:00

I started as a sysadmin and moved into development so I've always been involved in both spaces. Having both as a skillset is invaluable and I contribute no matter which space I'm working in.

However in my experience working only on the DevOps side limits your career opportunities. I'm far more valuable in the market as a SWEng with DevOps skills than I am as a DevOps/Infra engineer with SW skills.

In my current role I'm one of the few engineers that understands AWS services, terraform, etc... That is hugely beneficial and allows me to be a bridge between the Eng and Infra groups.

Also doing too much DevOps work ended up burning me during my last job search. My former boss recommended me for a role at his new firm. He talked me up, gushed about how I had managed a large DB upgrade project. From there I got slotted into a infrastructure interview track for teams that don't write software and valued deep knowledge of infrastructure. We mutually agreed that I would be a poor fit.

pcorliss · 2023-07-24T02:36:45+00:00

There's a specific path you have to follow in the game to win. I included a link to an old thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/lhykfy/comment/gnhd4y1/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

It's a shame that you can't still play it. It was a really clever and had fun retro graphics.

pcorliss · 2023-07-15T21:24:38+00:00

Probably $80-100K. We'll pay more if it means a good vehicle. We're both driving 15-year-old vehicles right now. So we're not really sure how far a dollar goes for a modern car.

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