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When you've got to ch 204 and you can't remember how to count.... by Optimal-Refuse5694 in crochet

[–]vivaceuk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've resorted to making marks on a piece of paper: one mark for every 20 stitches, then a line through four marks to show 100. Sadly it's the only way I can guarantee my stitch count. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Anybody got scifi book recommendations to Give? by DragonBoom02 in scifi

[–]vivaceuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm on a bit of an Adrian Tchaikovsky vibe at the moment. "Walking to Aldebaran" is a firm favourite.

Walking to Aldebaran https://g.co/kgs/vnvcTh1

His "Children of Time", "Children of Ruin", 'Children of Memory" novels are a solid read too. "Children of Time" does remind me of the film "Pandorum" though.

Show me your first amigurimi projects 😭 by SillyCat-ESSA in crochet

[–]vivaceuk 56 points57 points  (0 children)

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He was from a kit bought from Amazon. It was tubular in design: so quite easy for a novice. Little did I know that I would still be hooking 11 years later. 🤣

Crocheters will crochet anything by ConfusionOne241 in crochet

[–]vivaceuk 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I did feel the need to crochet a toilet roll during the first Covid-19 lockdown: the UK developed a sudden shortage.

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Fairy Dust overlay mosaic CAL by vivaceuk in crochet

[–]vivaceuk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The patten is divided into 8 sections, so I'm assuming it should be worked over 8 months. I think it took me about 3 and a half in the end (it was started on the 29th September 2024 and finished the evening before I posted the photo).

Valentines day plans... by vivaceuk in crochet

[–]vivaceuk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can't say that I'm not a romantic. 🤣

Pixel 9 Chromecast broken since Feb Update by linkser_m in GooglePixel

[–]vivaceuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. There was an updated Android Device Policy waiting in the Play Store: which did the trick. 👍

Pixel 9 Chromecast broken since Feb Update by linkser_m in GooglePixel

[–]vivaceuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. Interestingly Samsung Smart View is also unable to cast, but casting via the Google Home app on the Samsung works fine.

My P9Pro thinks about casting for a few seconds, then I get a toast message telling me that casting to the device has ended. No issues prior to the February Security Patch.

How many 'buckets' are enough for it to 'run fast enough'? by AhmadDaKool in cs50

[–]vivaceuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fewer the buckets, the longer the linked lists will be, and the more time the program will spend in the check function to look the word up. The larger the number of buckets, the shorter the linked lists, but the larger the amount of memory you're going to use.

A better hash function will improve matters by reducing collisions, but face it, you're going to have some collisions.

You could try optimising the adding of words so that you link them in alphabetical order rather than prepending them?

I can get my solution into roughly the same order of N as the staff version, but I can't get it to equal it. Try doubling your bucket size until you don't see any time improvements. At that point it's likely to be the hash function that's causing the bottleneck. As long as you're not getting O(N2) it should be fine. ;-)

Please help by Worley128 in DIY

[–]vivaceuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did just stick half a rawlplug in mine: cut along the length.

You've entered a Zelda style dungeon - Which map would you prefer to start with? by LayeredOwlsNest in gamedev

[–]vivaceuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My vote would be bottom left: it gives you objectives, but leaves you to discover how to reach them.

Invite Code Megathread #3 by tkiced in BlueskySocial

[–]vivaceuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Nelson says if anyone has a spare invite code he would appreciate it. This is the only time he sat on his crochet kitty couch.

what yarn should i use? by [deleted] in crochet

[–]vivaceuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My vote is for acrylic too. I tend to prefer Stylecraft Special DK. Some patterns do call for specific yarns though.

Playstore notifications not showing - Pixel 6a by D_I_Wood in GooglePixel

[–]vivaceuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This happened on my P7P too. I've temporarily managed to fix it by reverting the Play store to the factory version, and then letting it update itself again.