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arran-nz

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About arran-nz

Software and Game Developer

- https://arran.nz

Recent public activity

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    Comment #43265938

    To add, there's now a weekly extraction of ground water to maintain the pressure.

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    In the age of Apple Silicon, what's options are there for native Linux?

    Hey everyone, I'm looking for a new laptop for programming work. I would prefer to use native Linux, but it seems like nothing comes close to Apple Silicon for battery life, portab…

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    Comment #41648771

    I use this to create gifs and mp4 for game development - Absolutely killer feature set and decent encoding options.

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    Comment #41398418

    Hey cool, I'm building a game inspired by Sokoban where you're tasked with destroying evidence and cleaning up any trace of crime - It's called Hazard Pay. It started as a game jam…

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    Comment #39899982

    I'm working on a puzzle game that started as a Ludum Dare (gamejam) submission - A demo will be out in the coming weeks. Hazard Pay is a dark puzzler about destroying evidence and …

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    Comment #39800764

    A few years ago I made QCard to solve the problem of quickly sharing info at meetups and conferences - It's nothing but a convenience wrapper around VCard - Everything runs in the …

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    Comment #39535252

    Building your own Boids simulation wonderful and I can highly recommend it - It's incredible how simple it emulates life so convincingly.

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    Comment #38761886

    "In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present,—I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for w…

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    Comment #38391684

    I've been using Tutanota for years, but now I'm looking to migrate due to the missing IMAP/POP3 Bridge, inability to easily export all emails and slow search performance - Old emai…

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    Comment #38238812

    Relevant Art House movie about this particular name: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7477310/

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    Comment #37897312

    They recently joined, here's their verified account: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation

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    Comment #37590252

    Imagine a device that could do contactless "tap and pay" transactions, be weather resistant, virtually indestructible, fit inside a small pocket and not require a battery.. In all …

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    Comment #37583312

    Exactly, I hacked this together to produce GeoJSON from the Garmin Instinct. https://github.com/arran-nz/fit-geojson

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    Comment #37542565

    Garmin Instinct. Optional Bluetooth, stores data locally and is accessible via USB.

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    Comment #37477835

    I use andOTP[0] which auto-exports an encrypted backup to a local folder, which is then synced with Syncthing[1] to my NAS. It's seamless and doesn't need an internet connection. -…

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    Comment #37416416

    I find this perspective quite fitting and interesting, especially as a newcomer to wood working - Thank you for sharing

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    Comment #37280656

    - Forge A tiling window manager, It makes working with an ultrawide more practical

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    Comment #35974594

    I made Qcard which makes solves a similar problem using client-side JS to decode the standard VCard format - It's free and open source. - https://qcard.link

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    Comment #35096637

    No, it's not completely ignored. > What can you do? Register your own domain and run your own SMTP server? Better make sure you renew your domain each year, else... --- You are no …

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    Comment #34944461

    Yeah, for people living a de-googled life - For example, people running LineageOS or GrapheneOS.

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    Comment #34944092

    I had the same concern, this article perfectly captures the problem and gives perspective to the solution Tailwind provides - Thanks for sharing!

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    Comment #34943822

    Checkout the Asus Zenfone 8, it's smaller, has 3mm jack, and supports LineageOS.