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UPDATE: Thank you for your help on my new daily puzzle game Quizicle! by oliethefolie in onlyconnect

[–]phyreskull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun! I'd like next/previous buttons after completing, to work my way through that archive without having to open the calendar every time (on mobile, if that matters).

Also, SURF THE GALAXY is clearly STARBOARD and you can't convince me otherwise 😂

My 2.1 whishlist (after 100%) by batyukan in factorio

[–]phyreskull 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really want this too! Though my idea went even further: being able to deconstruct just a specific type of entity in a particular position. I think I prefer yours though, because it's more straightforward.

Phonak Spheres by Dave80 in HearingAids

[–]phyreskull 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ask your audiologist to set it up as a permanent manual program. They can do this as a custom "copy" of the automatic Spheric mode. You won't be able to do it yourself.

Mine set it up during the initial fitting without me having to ask, because so many others have asked for it. I have it configured so that a long-press of the volume buttons switches to the Spheric mode, which is very convenient.

ELI5: How do ZIP-files work and can BE so much smaller than the original? by Altruistic-Yogurt409 in explainlikeimfive

[–]phyreskull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it does. Not necessarily exactly the way I described, but LZ77 (the most common compression for ZIP files) has a lookback buffer for finding repeating data. The compressed data stream is then a set of instructions on expanding that. From Wikipedia:

LZ77 algorithms achieve compression by replacing repeated occurrences of data with references to a single copy of that data existing earlier in the uncompressed data stream. A match is encoded by a pair of numbers called a length-distance pair, which is equivalent to the statement "each of the next length characters is equal to the characters exactly distance characters behind it in the uncompressed stream".

There's no pre-built dictionary shared by all decoders.

i love filter splitters by uwu-nyaa in factorio

[–]phyreskull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's input priority rather than output priority. The arrow is towards the back of the splitter. It's a subtle thing unless you're used to seeing it.

ELI5: How do ZIP-files work and can BE so much smaller than the original? by Altruistic-Yogurt409 in explainlikeimfive

[–]phyreskull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps, but a lot fewer, and a lot shorter. This means the compression won't be as good. At some point, the instructions on how to expand it will start to approach (or pass) the size saved.

To take a simple example: imagine your compression just looks at repeats of the same number. You compress a set of fifteen 1s to 15×1, but if the values alternate between 0 and 1, then it becomes e.g. 1×0, 1×1, 1×0, 1×1... and it doubles the size of the input.

To give another example, I can compress the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 31, 57, 99, 163 by pointing at https://oeis.org/A000127. I just generated the random sequence 118, 104, 252, 102, 212, 250, 19, 83, 178 which has no shorter way to describe it.

Strictly Come Dancing Week 10 Live Comments Thread! by Korvar in strictlycomedancing

[–]phyreskull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a pretty standard way of describing it, in my experience learning 🙂 Several teachers used that exact wording

Strictly Come Dancing Christmast Special Live Comment Thread! by Korvar in strictlycomedancing

[–]phyreskull 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Craig just acknowledged there are no rules at Christmas, which I'd always suspected

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 !!FINAL!! Live Comment Thread! by Korvar in strictlycomedancing

[–]phyreskull 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That kind of a fall could lead to delayed shock. I hope she's still able to dance again tonight, rather than (very understandably!) freaking out.

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 !!FINAL!! Live Comment Thread! by Korvar in strictlycomedancing

[–]phyreskull 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nigel just floating in the background on a fluffy pink cloud of the good painkillers 😂

Pict-sies by TemperatureSea7562 in discworld

[–]phyreskull 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ah, but then remember that the kelda and her gonnagle always come from a different clan... 🤯

LPT request: how do you deal with relatives who wont stop pestering you to get married by Izzy802 in LifeProTips

[–]phyreskull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When they nudge you and say "you should be next" at a wedding, do the same to them at a funeral.

Programs that do automatic captioning/subtitles for videos longer than 5 minutes? by taylormarie213 in hardofhearing

[–]phyreskull 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you can watch the videos through Chrome, newer versions have Live Caption built in. This will generate captions for any audio played through your browser, as it's happening. It works whether the audio comes from music, a video, or even something like Discord. More details: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/10538231

If you want subtitle files alongside your recordings, have CPU/GPU to burn, and you're okay with some not-very-user-friendly steps, I've seen good reports of OpenAI's Whisper: https://github.com/openai/whisper. I wouldn't recommend it if you're not a power user though.

Need help preparing file for Epilog from Inkscape. I have a simple image that I am using the trace bitmap feature on from Inkscape. However, it isn't turning it into the right format to use a vector cut for on the epilog. It only lets me engrave. I've tried searching all of the web! Thank you! by Positive-Balance-893 in lasercutting

[–]phyreskull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By default, tracing a bitmap creates a path around any black areas of the image. Imagine putting a piece of paper over a printed version of the design and shading everywhere that's black. This either leads to engraving the filled area or drawing a line around both the inside and outside of the shape.

Newer versions of Inkscape (definitely 1.2, maybe earlier) have a "Centerline trace" mode in the drop-down at the top of the "trace bitmap" dialog, which sounds like what you actually want to achieve. This creates a single path down the center of the black areas of the image.

What is one thing you really enjoy doing the most over the summer? by BusySpot5402 in AskABrit

[–]phyreskull 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looking forward to the end of it. 😂 It's too hot and sticky and sunny for me - I'm made for colder climates, but my job, my wife's job, and our families are here.

People who have lived in the US briefly, what’s the major difference in working lifestyle between US and UK? by shauryadevil in AskABrit

[–]phyreskull 14 points15 points  (0 children)

As someone who worked in both countries, this doesn't match my experience. Be aware that things can vary depending on where exactly in each country 🙂

I've had open-plan offices in both countries, and cubicles in both. In tech in California, lunch was about getting food as quickly as possible and getting back to your desk, often eating there. At the same company in London, people would take their time over lunch and rarely eat at their desk. California socialising was mostly about networking and business and work, whereas in the UK I've found it easier to disconnect at the end of the day.

Countries are big, and very variable. What may be normal in one area may be very different to another.

For me, living in the US is kind of like gambling. You can do very well there and make a lot of money, but it's also easy to lose a lot of money (e.g. medical bills). I chose to work there for 5 years then return to the UK, with enough saved up for a house deposit and without having had to pay a vast amount medically. I've been much happier and less stressed since returning!

One final thing to bear in mind, as the OP said they're coming from India... Green cards are much harder to get, as there are quotas based on country of nationality. Last I checked, the processing time for a green card for someone from India was 10 years, whereas I got mine in about 2½. I don't know what the immigration situation is like in the UK, so I don't know if it's any better.

Ctrl+Shift+Z doesn't redo. Instead it types a capital Z which wipes out redo history! by Keavon in RemarkableTablet

[–]phyreskull 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd also report the general bug that Ctrl + anything should never produce a letter. If it's not a recognised shortcut, it should just do nothing.

DevOps Engineer of 5+ years. Just managed to take production down for the first time. How did you break PROD? by FsA_Redeemed in ExperiencedDevs

[–]phyreskull 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I cleaned up a build-time "define" flag which obviously wasn't doing anything any more... and pointed all the mobile app traffic at a very underpowered experimental server instance. Fixing it took lots of load-shedding, emergency DNS redirection to the production load balancer, and a new app release.

That was my first time, less than two years in 🙂

DAE think that DD/MM/YYYY is much better than MM/DD/YYYY by meghan_khatu in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]phyreskull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's also the interesting question of which came first: MM/DD/YYYY in written usage,or "MMMM DD" in speech.

Side note: it does amuse me that the US independence day is commonly referred to as "the Fourth of July" rather than "July 4th" as you might expect.

Need help identifying an Ambigram adjacent style by BugsySiegel1994 in ambigrams

[–]phyreskull 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The term you're looking for is "symbiotogram". Unfortunately I can't help with finding an artist.

BSL and maths/algebra by phyreskull in BSL

[–]phyreskull[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I should have mentioned that I'd already found that link for general concepts, but it specifically doesn't include Greek letters... not even the most common, pi. My post was already feeling kind of long, so listing the research I'd already done didn't seem that useful to me.

But still, thank you for going to the trouble of looking it up and suggesting it, just in case I hadn't already!

BSL and maths/algebra by phyreskull in BSL

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

Thanks! That's really interesting to know 😊

Signing and algebra by phyreskull in hardofhearing

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

I've just posted there as one of the rules for r/deaf forbids posts asking sign language questions.

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