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lewsid

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    Comment #48206218

    Love this! Making things in PICO-8 is my go-to when I'm burnt out on client work. A couple years ago I was hit with a similar inspiration and made my own spiritual successor of Sim…

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    Comment #42092315

    See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnage_Heart

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    Comment #39605684

    I'm typing this from Immersed in the Quest 3, no issues.

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    Comment #37486977

    And doesn't look a day over 6!

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    Comment #33744600

    Once upon a time, it was like a breath of fresh air. Originally pitched as a dev-first payment API, it was vastly easier to get up and running than other options at the time. In re…

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    Comment #30030598

    I live in the US and have an electric kettle. I was made aware of their existence in my travels abroad. It was a game-changer. Even with our electrical standards my kettle can get …

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    Comment #28718273

    Slack is continuing to have issues this morning. You know it's bad when even the status page is down.

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    Comment #27466197

    My friend's roommate dated him and I used to hang out at their place a lot in Brooklyn. Super nice guy! It was in the years after this happened, and he was still typing stories for…

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    Comment #25269359

    You're not the only one to notice. They had some manufacturing delays due to covid: https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-out-of-stock/5864

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    Comment #25269356

    They had some manufacturing delays due to covid: https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-out-of-stock/5864

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    Comment #25269310

    It's really easy to connect to the device over SSH. Just open the tiny cloud app and read the directions on the screen. On my macbook I just open terminal, type 'ssh cpi@ ' and the…

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    Comment #25268953

    I bought a red Gameshell to playtest my Pico8 games on. I love it. High quality kit with solid directions and an active community. At some point I discovered that I could reskin th…

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    Comment #25041170

    I had the exact same experience (even down to releasing my first game during lockdown)! The whole process of developing in Pico 8 is like digital therapy for me. It reminds me what…

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    Comment #22049276

    I just feel compelled to share that this was a delight to read. This Abe dude can write. Especially enjoyed the bit about Chase gaslighting him.

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    Comment #13328731

    I run https://geopeeker.com It's a free/subscription-based tool that views sites from a number of locations from around the world, sending back a screenshot and DNS information. Or…

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    Comment #7211208

    Dammit, I was really excited about this too. Here's to hoping somebody reposts about it when the ST3 version is official...

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    Comment #7117066

    This thread has now become the most reliable way to send a message to my coworkers. Andrew, please push those changes to production, kthx.

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    Comment #7116926

    Down in VT.

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    Comment #7051546

    I was in an Uber this morning headed to Charles de Gaulle airport and got to see this all first hand. Hundreds of taxi drivers stopping traffic and flipping off the police while st…

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    Comment #6621520

    Many thanks!

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    Comment #6614694

    Premium features are being worked on as I type this. The one I'm most excited about will be the ability to schedule 'peeks' at a site. Load times, pings, email notifications and br…

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    Comment #6613284

    Thanks for the feedback Soneca. I'm currently working on a feature that will let you change your user agent and language to address this issue. This, and other new features will be…

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    Comment #6613125

    Thanks! You've no idea how much I appreciate the kind words. I've put a good deal of work into it, and have a number of new features currently under development.

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    Comment #6613018

    I've built a tool that does more or less exactly this - give it a try, maybe even send some feedback - http://www.geopeeker.com Updates are in progress that will let you do all sor…

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    Comment #6612975

    I built a similar tool called GeoPeeker ( http://www.geopeeker.com ) that does this as well, but does so from a number of different geographic locations. Handy for trouble-shooting…