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micheljansen
·3 months ago·discuss
Impressive, but oh man, the transition from the original ZSNES User Interface from my childhood to the UI of Super ZSNES was jarring to say the least. Nostalgia is powerful:

https://imgur.com/a/R63BKTe
micheljansen
·3 months ago·discuss
This would be a clever time to introduce a "Mac Neo Mini" (e.g. a cheaper mac mini alternative with a mobile CPU like the A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo). Probably won't happen due to shortages of A18 CPUs but they would sell like hotcakes.
micheljansen
·6 months ago·discuss
If you don't know Ben Eater, check out his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/beneater

WARNING: nerd snipe material.
micheljansen
·8 months ago·discuss
Thanks for making me feel old! One of my first real jobs involved MIDP/J2ME development. I cannot say I loved the platform, but it somehow felt more magical back then to develop something and run it on a Nokia brick than (mobile) development of today.
micheljansen
·8 months ago·discuss
The way I understand it, the shader overlay can only modify what is already being rendered below. It does not have access to the underlying application logic, 3D geometry or other internals of a game that you would need for this. You can increase the contrast etc of a game but you cannot see through walls or anything, so it probably won’t help you cheat.
micheljansen
·8 months ago·discuss
That's so clever! Plenty of emulators and games don't have native support for these kinds of shaders so just put a filter over it.
micheljansen
·10 months ago·discuss
Ah yes, Bending Spoons. The company known for:

* Acquiring Evernote, laying off most of its staff and raising prices.

* Acquiring WeTransfer, announcing 75% layoffs and pissing off their most loyal users by changing their T&Cs to grant themselves license to use their content for AI training purposes.

* Acquiring Filmic and laying off all their staff.

* Acquiring Komoot and laying off most of its staff.

Now would be a good time to poach some Vimeo engineers.
micheljansen
·10 months ago·discuss
For mobile devices that matters, but plenty of use cases for stationary displays, including desktops.
micheljansen
·11 months ago·discuss
"Let's be honest: The current generation of robotic lawn mowers sucks. Basically all of these bots drive in a random direction until they hit the border of the lawn, rotate for a randomized duration and repeat. I think we can do better!"

The funny thing is: this actually works incredibly well. Perimeter wires are a PITA to install, but once that's done, they are a very practical and flawless method for making sure the robot does not escape into the neighbour's yard or worse. The random movement is really effective too. What exactly can a smart robot do better?

Removing the need for perimeter wires would be great, as long as it works 100% flawlessly. Obstacle detection would also be nice, so I can avoid my mower chewing up the toys my kid sometimes leaves lying around (though it is a great motivation to clean up!)
micheljansen
·12 months ago·discuss
I came here to say the same thing! I used an ancient (DOS) version of it to get me through high school French, German, Latin and so on. Fond memories.
micheljansen
·last year·discuss
That’s by Jeffrey Zeldman
micheljansen
·6 years ago·discuss
My first thought was "ouch, what a badly chosen project name" but then I saw what it was for and it's actually perfect.