sjmulder

I have the Mega Drive gamepad variation pictured in this article, where the d-pad is connected to a plastic circular piece on the back of the PCB where it triggers 4 rubber buttons.

But the down direction is very unresponsive. I've cleaned it well in the hopes that sticky plastic was the cause, but it wasn't.

Any tips? Replacement rubbers, a piece of padding maybe?

Here's a writeup of my experience this year! It's been a lot of fun, especially hanging out with people here and on Mastodon. Thanks everyone, and Eric in particular!

Selaco is a first person shooter on the GZDoom engine. It's currently for sale on Steam and in early access.

The GPL source code is included with the game. I'm not interested in playing the game but I am curious about the source. Can someone upload/mirror it for me somewhere? It doesn't seem to be on GitHub yet.

(Obviously this is legal, it's the very point of the GPL - GZDoom is free to build upon but under the condition that those freedoms are retained)

Props to everyone getting in their daily miles or more for another year!

For me it’s year 4! 🎉 Wasn’t a great running year though, didn’t hit 1000 miles. But there were a few fun runs including the Dam tot Damloop, a Mud Masters event and a local event in the middle of a heat wave.

For the curious, see e.g. https://www.runeveryday.com/

Oat milk and other non-dairy alternatives are currently taxed as soft drinks in the Netherlands and will go up in price when the tax on what the Dutch call ‘limonade’ is increased [2024]

the government takes the official healthy eating guidelines, known as the schijf van vijf or ‘wheel of five’ at its reference point, which recommends people eat several portions of dairy products a day, including milk or yoghurt.

Plant based milks have ‘other ingredients’ and ‘the impact of plant-based dairy alternatives have not been sufficiently researched to comment on,’ the minister said

Thought I'd share mine because most of the visualisations out there show the rocks sliding one cell at a time, all together. That looks nice but for my solution that's not how it works - I walk every row/col with two cursors.

Code here: https://github.com/sjmulder/aoc/blob/master/2023/c/day14.c

The visualisation is emitted right from the solution using a small library which dumps frames to ffmpeg.

I have the original Gran Turismo and Colin McRae Rally 2.0 for PS1 on disc, playing on a PS2 slim and PS3. On both, I can steer with the D-pad but not with the analog stick, even though both games advertise analog controls on the box.

The PS3 controller doesn't have an analog toggle button but the PS2 controller does. Pressing it enables the analog stick but it feels like it's still digital.

How is this supposed to work?

Last Saturday, ten thousand people converged on the Utrechtsebaan in The Hague right between Parliament and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate to demand an end to € 37.5 billion worth of fossil subsidies.

Once established, the blockade was solemnly opened by XR musicians performing Mozart’s Requiem.