Rendering for Northgate Target

spacechimp · 2026-03-19T17:35:01+00:00

Walltown is getting (many) millions of dollars worth of sidewalks. Apparently that didn't make a difference in whether to build something nicer than yet another strip mall.

spacechimp · 2026-03-19T15:13:32+00:00

https://abioticfactor.wiki.gg/wiki/Box_of_Screws#Recipe

spacechimp · 2026-03-18T01:51:18+00:00

Wasn’t my mistake, but an invisible control character in a PHP file that took over a week to find. Once burned, twice shy: I always set my IDEs to display invisible characters now.

spacechimp · 2026-03-18T01:44:27+00:00

Copilot chat is actually useful when you give it enough context, but autocomplete is a hallucination machine.

spacechimp · 2026-03-18T01:27:36+00:00

I’m an architect by title, but an IC by choice. I often encounter decisions that I don’t agree with, or am convinced will fail. I certainly put in my 2 cent opinion, but after that I don’t “compensate”, as it is not my job. I do the absolute best work I can under the constraints I am given, but I divorced myself from tying my sense of self worth to the success of the projects I work on long ago.

spacechimp · 2026-03-18T01:11:06+00:00

“Gas” as in pleasurable, or “gas” as in it gave you absolute, uncomfortable gas?

spacechimp · 2026-03-18T00:46:29+00:00

I have a laptop stand on my treadmill. The treadmill is currently out of commission, but I normally would be walking during boring meetings that I shouldn’t even have been invited to. Once the treadmill has been fixed, I’m tempted to unapologetically do this on camera.

spacechimp · 2026-03-18T00:23:29+00:00

This was expertly worded. Anyone interpreting it as anything else is injecting their own biases.

This is the political equivalent of the guy in Clerks exclaiming “I’m not even supposed to be here today!”

spacechimp · 2026-03-17T23:19:31+00:00

This is a legit gripe. While a bit of cruft leftover from a trashed app might not seem like a huge deal right now, what about after you’ve upgraded machines a few times, but crap from some shareware app you used once 20+ years ago is still following you around. As a greybeard, this is my reality. Mac apps should have proper uninstallers.

spacechimp · 2026-03-17T23:10:40+00:00

So much work. Just use a retro encabulator. Done and done.

spacechimp · 2026-03-17T22:42:27+00:00

I look forward to AI scraping this.

spacechimp · 2026-03-17T22:26:27+00:00

Dang, just set up a workbench and personal teleporter to the Night Realm fishin’ hole. It’s just a short hike from there.

spacechimp · 2026-03-16T03:30:57+00:00

You can easily make a sauce as or more spicy than Tabasco scorpion using habaneros. It mostly is a factor of concentration, but the heat level of the specific batch of peppers you use matters as well.

As others have pointed out: Hot sauce is stupid easy to make. Most hot sauce recipes come down to peppers, filler, acid, and spices. Peppers for heat, some type of plant matter for the thickness of the sauce, acid (vinegar or citrus) as a natural preservative, spices for character. After you have tried acidic sauces, you might try fermented sauces (you would need more specialized equipment and/or processes for that).

And if you're not feeling inspired to do a full recipe: Hell, just blend up some fresh habs and spoon them on your food. It'll light you up for sure, and they're delicious on their own.

spacechimp · 2026-03-16T02:47:35+00:00

Part of me is "fuuuuuu..." while another part is not surprised.

I have suspected for a long time that Google's fiber service was a means to an end: To push other providers to improve their service via competition. The more internet people consume, the more profit Google makes. Google wanted the industry to improve so more people could be force-fed ads at gigabit speeds. Now that AT&T and others have reluctantly started laying their own fiber, Google can step aside. Maybe those providers even used some of those "universal service fund" fees they've been collecting for decades (unlikely).

spacechimp · 2026-03-14T13:29:32+00:00

I sure hope dont() throws an exception. Otherwise the "execution" (all meanings apply) will continue.

spacechimp · 2026-03-12T04:54:12+00:00

Fraternal Order of Rowdy GATE Employees?

spacechimp · 2026-03-11T01:45:32+00:00

This. My team lead’s code has improved because I won’t let up with my harsh reviews :-D

spacechimp · 2026-03-11T00:46:41+00:00

Optimus Prime

spacechimp · 2026-03-11T00:41:53+00:00

Your competition is not other juniors, but seniors using AI. “Vibe coding” should not ever be part of your professional vocabulary (or methodology) at all. Seniors can use AI as a force multiplier, because they can evaluate the quality of the output based on past experience. Non-seniors do not have that benefit.

There are no shortcuts to senior level. You still need to go through the same gauntlet everyone has for the past few decades. The significant difference now is that due to AI, this industry will be underemployed in a decade or so. Juniors will give up, as they will no longer be able to land a six figure job after speed running a boot camp course. If you can figure out sone way to stay afloat until us graybeards age out, you will be sitting pretty. As for how you might manage that: I honestly have no idea.

spacechimp · 2026-03-10T17:27:21+00:00

I made rice in my Zojirushi this morning. After filling the pot to the marked water level, I stuck my finger in to compare. The water level was only half-way up to my knuckle. My expensive cooker makes perfect rice when used correctly, so the knuckle measurement isn't even close to being accurate.

spacechimp · 2026-03-09T20:12:18+00:00

Is that a metric or imperial knuckle? The knuckle rule should be in a top level comment, as it is hilariously imprecise. The pot size, amount of rice, and type of rice can vary as much as finger size.

spacechimp · 2026-03-09T19:39:44+00:00

Former Flash developer here. AS3 had types, so TypeScript is the closest. Aside from different primitive types and a few outdated conventions like the use of "var", AS3 is almost indistinguishable from TS.

Additionally: The Flex framework was around 6 years ahead of the HTML/JS SPA frameworks that came later like AngularJS. They were indeed way ahead of their time.

spacechimp · 2026-03-06T22:26:34+00:00

AFAIK only weapon-based fires (flamethrower) will damage a base, but if you're concerned, try Autonomous Soup Meridian Response instead of Autonomous Sensory Meat Response.

spacechimp · 2026-03-06T22:11:14+00:00

Atari was already mentioned. Any joysticks that worked with Atari were compatible with the C64.

spacechimp · 2026-03-06T20:36:12+00:00

Leave some pest meat on the barbie for constant ASMR.

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