Dirk de la Hunt

Generalist at EmbarkStudios (ex-DICE/SEED/Paradox/Eutopia Studios), opinions definitely dumb and my own.

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I thought I'd give Unreal C++ another go, maybe learn how to make a plugin or something...

... it uh, it derailed REAL HARD.

So I present: "Unreal running in #UnrealEngine5"

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'member when internet browsers had status bars? And really cool sites would display constantly scrolling ASCII art like waves and progress bars? And you couldn't turn it off no matter how hard you tried? <blink> twice if you remember.

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Whenever I get stressed I do dumb things for relief, this week's comes in the form of the Godot GDExtension interface ported to Pascal.

It's rather delightful being able to compile the whole shebang instantly with just `fpc extension.pas`

https://t.co/ZGYnzVIRr1

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@GloriousEggroll Just so many good lines from him... "OI! Pennywise!"

And when Quan Chi says he has other priorities than replacing Kano's eye: "If it's putting on more eyeliner, trust me, you're good."

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So, around the same time, I ordered some Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut CPU paste -and- separately some silver glue.

Both come in a little syringe tube.

I can't find my silver glue tube.

Well, my CPU temps -look- okay, I guess...

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* the embedded player, that is!

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Okay, the "new" YouTube UI has been around long enough now, someone PLEASE fix the fact that keyboard shortcuts for e.g., changing the playback speed don't work on it.

And if the volume magically remembered what level it was set to, that'd be amazing.

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I don't think many things in life bring me more joy than watching an animal dream running and partying.

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@KenneyNL kenney-assets-complete-pdf-piratez.7z - 0 bytes

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ᵏᵍ⋅ᵐ²⋅ˢ⁻³⋅ᴬ⁻² is futile

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@pikuma I remember getting really good at controlling it with the numpad alone for movement. I thank Descent for making me cope with VR so well.

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Thank god for the yellow paint, otherwise I'd have been stuck on the road!

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Terminator 2D is so good in every way.

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The new YouTube player, sigh. The old playback speed key shortcuts don't work, so you click the settings icon, and it opens the menu on the other side of the world.

If you click "more options", selecting any of them closes the menu. And there's no way to go "back"

c'mon

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Someone please send me a fiber laser so I don't have to etch my aluminium pieces with a battery and salt water anymore. kthxbai

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The hardest part of building a new PC is trying to convince yourself that the thermal paste applied fine.
It's fiiiine.
If the temperatures are fine then it's FIIIIINE GOD DAMMIT

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Ah Microsoft Access, a product that so many small businesses ran off for decades, despite it having a dedicated "Compact and Repair Database" menu option.

Ever tried just not borking it up in the first place, bud?

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It's always fun in movies when people are having an intense game of poker and someone slowly reveals their hand, and -not knowing poker- I have _zero_ idea if it's a good one or not.

I love those "big reveal" moments in different areas that mean absolutely nothing sometimes.

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When you're flipping between Unity and Blender all day and extrude on the _other_ Z axis

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I keep getting A/B tested the new YouTube UI, and every time it flips between new awful and old, the volume goes to 100%.

It's amazing how long it takes to find the new volume slider location when under duress.

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@redblobgames I know it's already a labored point, but I also miss being able to quickly differentiate the icons, without having to read the text instead because it's quicker than figuring out what icon in the sea of similarity is the one I want.