I agree with all the points in the post. It's really not that bad. If I had more time to devote to it, I think I could have reasonably completed more.

Here's my writeup, contains a link to the repo if you want to see some of the soutions.

https://github.com/ty-porter/advent-of-code/tree/master/2024...

I doubt this is related to the current domain, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfire#Video_game_and_pop_cultu...

https://blog.ty-porter.dev/3d%20printing/mechanical%20engine...

Full disclosure,I don't know what the right answer is here but it certainly isn't as black-and-white as this.

Random stuff, mostly software with a little bit of 3D printing. My latest physical project (an ABENICS clone -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHUv9Zda_48) has been getting a bit of traffic from the 3D printing community.

I agree. These protests have missed the point. There is a (very) loud minority raising hell right now, but spez is right, it's just noise. The silent majority is still hanging around.

The Reddit that the loud minority wants is never, ever coming back. These protests are just a blip -- if you don't like what Reddit has become, your only recourse is to leave.

One of the side projects I work on is a scoreboard that displays MLB scores. It's highly configurable -- you buy the size panel you want and a Raspberry Pi, install the software, and you can configure it to display games, standings, and news headlines for your favorite team or division.

The problem is that the hardware is purchased by the end user, so it can come in many different sizes. I think we officially support 6 or 7 sizes right now, and each panel can be a chunk of change if you get a nice one. If we wanted to test on every device that means I need to shell out 50 bucks x 7 sizes, plus Raspberry Pi and wiring adapter, so not insignificant for a hobby project. Instead, I wrote a drop-in replacement emulator that makes it super simple to emulate any size panel across a variety of display types.

The most advanced display adapter spins up a minimal webserver and serves emulated images over a websocket, meaning you can display your panel over the network on pretty much any device with a web browser.

I write about it quite a bit, if further interested: https://blog.ty-porter.dev/categories.html#emulation-ref

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Blog is built with Jekyll. Treating GH as a CMS means I have a diff built-in to my platform. I also have a GH action that can schedule merges for post PRs. No one really cares to look through the blog source code but I have GH premium so that the pages repo can be private -- coupled with the merge scheduler this means no one can see the post before it goes live on my blog.

Other than that I have a static site landing page hosted on Netlify, also a private repo. Both sites are under the same domain:

https://ty-porter.dev/ https://blog.ty-porter.dev/

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I wish this myth would stop being perpetuated. Yes, aluminum frames typically crack or dent rather than splinter and become immediately hazardous, but if you hit something hard enough to break a carbon frame, you'll have done even more damage to an aluminum one. If you hit the deck that hard, you're best off getting the frame professionally inspected and replaced if necessary.

I think this fear stems from a gut feeling that metal is more ductile and durable than "plastic", but what you're dealing with is far, far stronger than plastic.

I always like to show these videos to illustrate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5eMMf11uhM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfjjiHGuHoc

E-bikes are still road bikes, and the last thing you would want is the fundamental behavior of an e-bike to be drastically different from a normal road bike. Unexpected braking is just as dangerous as going fast.

Honestly, from this point alone it makes me think the author isn't very experienced with the mechanics of higher end road bicycles. This behavior is normal and expected for kids and big box store bikes, but on a road bike at speed, this would not be considered normal operation.

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Only thing I can add is that due to the difficulty hiring, you can attract mid-level talent with more money (they're more likely to be underpaid). I'm sure the efficacy of that approach is diminishing as steady-state is reached by people in that experience level.