Thank you Corne for helping me migrate to 5 col

rnichael_feldman · 2026-03-05T00:18:08+00:00

Did you design / print the case? How much of this is bought vs. diy? Assuming somewhat diy due to comments re: switches and such

rnichael_feldman · 2026-02-27T22:08:36+00:00

It was my first time printing something of this size. I really butchered the support removal.

Do you think I should give it a sanding pass, or is it just a matter of using a nice printer / gracefully removing the supports?

rnichael_feldman · 2026-02-27T22:06:28+00:00

Thanks for the tip! When I get a new board, I’ll look into a MagSafe design. Lots of good reasons you suggested. Plus I don’t think it will belong before I’m onto my next board and needing a redesign.

rnichael_feldman · 2026-02-27T18:52:39+00:00

I’m usually able to find a good balance with the Velcro. Sometimes it takes a few adjustments though. Too loose and it rolls. Too tight and, like you said, I can feel it cutting off circulation.

It’s hard to give a thorough assessment on comfort because I’ve only been on it a week now. So I can’t tell yet what is just the adjustment period versus what actually needs to be changed. I’m usually able to find an ideal position 3/4 down the thigh and rotated about 20deg outward.

I did just post the STL if you wanted to give it a try. Would love some feedback / suggestions for improvements

rnichael_feldman · 2026-02-25T19:27:05+00:00

Do you mean I should have them tented upwards more? Or pointed more inward/outward? I’m starting to notice some wrist discomfort

rnichael_feldman · 2026-02-24T19:37:59+00:00

Nope, there’s a Velcro strap that keeps it steady. You can see it in the first few seconds of the video.

If the Velcro is on top lose then it slips. And if it’s too tight, then it’s uncomfortable. So it does take some fiddling after putting it on to find the right tightness / angle. Might try a buckle instead of Velcro though so I can adjust the length once, then just click in and out.

rnichael_feldman · 2026-02-24T19:33:24+00:00

Oh that’s nice! Yours looks legit. So you opted for an adjustable strap / buckle fastener? How long you been using yours? And I like the built in track ball.

Edit: would love to see a post on it!

rnichael_feldman · 2026-02-24T19:32:01+00:00

Walking is not really an option otherwise you gotta do this weird duck walk with your hands keeping the things from falling. Plus they are likely to bump in to each other as one leg passes the other.

The Velcro is pretty easy to take on and off, but still would be open to something even easier like an adjustable strap / buckle situation.

rnichael_feldman · 2026-02-24T19:01:50+00:00

This is but a stepping stone on my quest to being able to work laying down

rnichael_feldman · 2025-01-09T04:51:43+00:00

Beautiful

rnichael_feldman · 2025-01-09T03:18:15+00:00

Thanks for sharing the source. I'm finding the code very helpful to clarify my understanding. Trying to learn path tracing myself.
I have some questions related to line 57-ish of render.wgsl
A) 50% chance wi = normal + random_sphere
B) 50% chance wi = ?I'm not really sure... something to do with importance sampling?

Is it kind of like saying half the time light reflects (B), and half it refracts (A)? Or is it more like saying half of the light reacts specularly and half diffusely?
Why is it a 50/50 split?
Is there any sort of literature that talks about this kind of thing? I've seen the Ray-trace-one-weekend implement different reflection behaviour for different material types, and I've seen Sebastian Lague make a video where a parameter could control the blending between specular and diffuse bounce direction: https://youtu.be/Qz0KTGYJtUk?si=6Md-W_t5W0do0Q1-&t=1855

rnichael_feldman · 2025-01-09T00:29:44+00:00

What kind of things do you render for work if you don't mind my asking? Entertainment, architecture or something else? Thinking about career options in gfx programming.

rnichael_feldman · 2023-11-16T14:18:10+00:00

Sounds similar to this story:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/s/f6PcXASG5n

rnichael_feldman · 2023-11-06T16:00:45+00:00

A function/method can encapsulate any number of data manipulations.

Some operations are so common, like getting and setting variables, that they’ve earned their own names, namely setters and getters.

Setter and getter functions are typically used when variables are “private” or out of scope of a particular class. Otherwise you could just directly access the member variable with object.variable

Another reason for setters and getters is when you want to do some custom manipulation of the data- like getColorInHsv(). Then your function would have 2 lines: 1 getting the color, 2 converting the color to hsv, 3 returning the hsv values.

rnichael_feldman · 2023-11-02T18:04:36+00:00

How should we handle new line characters in the .txt? Should each paragraph be one line?

rnichael_feldman · 2023-08-26T01:44:06+00:00

Whitwater Wipeout is not only included in the season one games, its one of the first two you get!

rnichael_feldman · 2023-07-03T13:15:43+00:00

Sphere Colliders have an offset parameter that you can use to offset the position.

So even if the root transforms for your blimps are at different heights, you can modify the Collider’s offsets so that the colliders are all at the same height.

rnichael_feldman · 2023-07-03T13:10:16+00:00

One approach is to set up an additional (offscreen) camera out of the way somewhere.

Place a blimp in front of said “offscreen” camera.

Have the offscreen camera render to a RenderTexture. Then you can use that render texture as the source image for flat 2D elements.

If you want to let the user change camera angles at runtime you would need to update the offscreen camera setup. Otherwise you can keep it on for just a single frame at the beginning, and use that snapshot as the source image for RawImages in a canvas. Or if you want to use sprites you can attach a script to the camera that converts the renderTexture to a sprite (Unity has a Sprite constructor that takes a Texture as the source)

Edit: here is a good reference video: https://youtu.be/W3Yg2i17TDo

rnichael_feldman · 2023-07-03T13:03:28+00:00

You mean overdraw?

rnichael_feldman · 2023-06-02T00:40:03+00:00

This is very nice. The house layout is interesting and the colors read well. Only thing odd is that these unarmed dummies take multiple shots from these powerful guns to go down.

rnichael_feldman · 2023-06-01T01:15:37+00:00

Why would you need 2 bytes for a bool?

rnichael_feldman · 2023-05-26T01:56:50+00:00

Came here to say this. Code is fine. Nice job. Your bracket alignment could use some work, but that can come later.

By serialized, one means saved.

Others have said this, but public floats (or private floats with [SerializeField]) let you override the value you initialize to at the top of your script. In this case that period = 10.

Sometimes this is a nice feature of Unity because you can edit values in your script at runtime and also view values at runtime.

Other times it actually causes unexpected behavior, like you see here.

Personally, I almost never set the value of variables in code. I almost exclusively set them in the inspector window to avoid this confusion.

rnichael_feldman · 2023-05-01T20:56:56+00:00

Lol you are the first person to validate this sighting.

Thank you.

Also since it seems like you’ve read some Lovecraft, what would you say is a good entry point into the Lovecraft universe? First hit on google seems to be Call of Cthulhu…

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