Stuff that I have found interesting over a few weeks of avoiding work.
Dev
C# Terminal interface
Terminal GUIs in C#
https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.Gui
C Header Only Tiny Physics Engine
Lovely work.
https://codeberg.org/drummyfish/tinyphysicsengine/src/branch/master
Stop using utcnow
I’ve didn’t know this. I’ve been told it a few times but I just forget every time.
https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2019/11/utcnow.html
Sol2 lua <-> C++
Always good to see Lua and C++ working together
https://github.com/ThePhD/sol2
Simulating a CRT Tv with C++/OpenGL
Really enjoy people digging in to this stuff
http://nicktasios.nl/posts/simulating-a-crt-tv-with-c++-and-opengl.html
Reducing the risk of size_t in C++
It’s crazy that such an aged, well used, well understood language can be tripped up by such a simple mistake.
https://www.cppstories.com/2022/ssize-cpp20/
Another small blog on Wave Function Collapse
They all seem to use the same images.
https://robertheaton.com/2018/12/17/wavefunction-collapse-algorithm/
AI Generated Textures in Blender
Here we go.
https://github.com/carson-katri/dream-textures
Tech
Shutting Down Stadia
Google never really had their corporate heart in this. They had some cool tech but what they really needed was many many more billions of dollars. Another nail in the coffin for Google. I have no idea how developers or consumers can trust them.
https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/
Egg Laptop
Really fun 3D printed laptop based around the Rasperry Pi.
https://www.ikejima.org/projects/2022091-egg-laptop.html
Olive.c software renderer
Looks cool and pretty useful.
which leads to PortableGL here https://github.com/rswinkle/PortableGL
Built in KV Store in Python
I have stumbled upon this but never used it for some reason.
https://remusao.github.io/posts/python-dbm-module.html
Fraudulent Parts in the US Air Force
Sad to think that even the most expensive contracts are still going to the lowest bidder (but highest profit extractor?).
VMWare guilty of Fraud!
Say it ain’t so!
Last Man Standing in the Floppy Disk Business.
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/we-spoke-with-the-last-person-standing-in-the-floppy-disk-business/
Nintendo’s UForce
Yeah, I’d never heard of it either. Cool tech.
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/05/why-youve-never-heard-about-nintendos-u-force/
Eink Dashboard
These e-Ink displays are getting quite handy and cheap.
https://lengrand.fr/complete-setup-epaper/
Human
RGBeed
Enjoyed this trip in to excessive commitment. Great.
https://github.com/dekuNukem/RGBeeb/blob/master/README.md
Link Between Personality and Success
We live in a world dictated by extroverts and it sucks. They are asshats.
https://www.economist.com/business/2021/03/18/the-link-between-personality-and-success
We secretly love meetings
Yes, if ‘we’ os managers, then yes, this is true. Oh and people who are just talkers and no doers.
https://hbr.org/2010/10/why-we-secretly-love-meetings
EOL