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Raphael

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About Raphael

Web developer in Seattle.

http://hackdash.com/

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/raphaelb; my proof: https://keybase.io/raphaelb/sigs/HfTpUbt_i9aQUzm8_mjaAR1sRY18CfNPD9nMSaaGCvk ]

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    Comment #40102787

    Hard to waste any time reading about AI because it's likely written by AI. But then I probably shouldn't read anything written past 2022.

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    Comment #39269720

    Subscribe to a service for one month when you're ready to start watching a season of a show. Cancel that service when you finish watching the season.

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    Comment #39140270

    Good whittling project then.

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    Comment #39140261

    If each movement is broken into a piecemeal function, then a non-standard piece could be assembled, such as a piece that moves like a knight in 3 directions and a bishop northwest …

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    Comment #39140218

    8 squares or 8 Ls to show all liberties. One L symbolically.

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    Comment #39140181

    I have an overgrown dice pip renderer, so I made the rook "+", knight "L", bishop 4-gram, queen 8-gram, king octagon, and pawn a trapezoid (just to suggest movement direction). htt…

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    Comment #39140082

    I've gotten so used to 2D knights that it annoys me when people face them forward on a 3D board.

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    Comment #39140073

    You could put each piece on a square base that must remain aligned with the board.

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    Comment #39140059

    Yes, the knight is up to 8 squares in a 5x5 grid. https://github.com/vezquex/chess/blob/master/src/game/piece/...

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    Comment #36080952

    After dying 20 times, I finally picked up the sword with C. But my hand cannot reliably press WASDC+Space. I know that we think of Shift as a modifier key, but for games it's actua…

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    Comment #35695353

    7-segment is a popular display format on Earth, but for an alien spaceship, consider 5x5 pixel fonts.

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    Comment #34437097

    It appears you're all caught up and can look forward to "The Garbage Patch" in Ecotone this year. https://kimsamek.com/

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    Comment #34361020

    16:9 demands true full-screen for viewing 16:9 content. 16:10 leaves a little room for toolbars if you just want to maximize a window and look at something.

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    Comment #31730540

    Sparkling water on its own is fine.

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    Comment #31351500

    BubbleUPnP for DLNA/Chromecast

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    Comment #30081281

    It can import a folder as a giant playlist, which effectively serves as the libary.

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    Comment #30054157

    Yes, I distinctly remember a single click followed by scrollwheel. Now the wheel does nothing.

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    Comment #29274606

    Would a Ruby IDE be able to figure it out?

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    Comment #29081630

    It's especially strange to be constantly avoiding auto-updates when I'm trying to update everything with winget.

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    Comment #27648563

    Nova Launcher has always been good. However, that still leaves Android Settings.

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    Comment #26256205

    The cursor is blinking.

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    Comment #24759564

    4240 - 4103 = 137 days between versions.

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    Comment #22985611

    Yeah, I had to reinstall one from source. https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel

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    Comment #22966821

    This is surprising to learn, since I am using nvidia-driver-435 and fractional scaling (150%) on one monitor.