Troy Dowling

I prefer my accolades in the form of bonus cheques. I’ve got a git history for anyone else that matters

Very cool. Time to smassh my old gtypist high scores.

Give the article a read. Your answer is right at the top.

Strangely topical for me. I wasted yesterday telling myself I was smart enough to make SwayWM on Wayland work well with my 1070. Should have trusted the warnings in the documentation; hubris cost me a weekend day!

I noticed I was blocked today when connecting via the same VPN I’ve used for years, including back when I was a user. That’s fuck up enough for me.

I picked it up on the Steam winter sale. Been waiting to play this one for so long and can’t wait!

I was with you up until the climate controls.

Any control you can find in a 1997 Hyundai Accent should be physical.

Anything else can be hidden behind a touchscreen because I’m not going to use it while driving anyway.

My big request would be to drop the USB cable. I don’t know why I need to connect both USB and Bluetooth. I’d love to just leave my cell in my bag where it belongs instead of advertising yet another reason why someone should smash my windows in!

Just cross your fingers we don’t wind up with that ridiculous chimp we saw in one of their previews.

I bought a popcorn bowl that turned out to be terrible. It came with a leaflet coupon saying if I left a 5-star review, they would send me another bowl for free.

The comment I tried to leave was a short, fair, polite statement along the lines of 'this bowl doesn’t meet the claims X and Y on the description, and came with an offer to trade a good review for another bowl for free." That review got flagged by the automod and was ultimately rejected. If I recall, the rejection message wasn’t even specific on what rule my review broke.

I have heard it front to back, back to front, up or down, but never have I heard of a left-right wiper.

Root access should be available from the moment my purchase payment clears. I paid, it’s my device.

The dietary illuminati hid their food pyramid atop the unfinished pyramid of the one dollar bill! It’s pyramids all the way down!

The perpetual year of the Linux desktop.

The very last thing the Internet needs is more ads.

You need a touchscreen to open the glovebox?

Wow, this game was incredible! Apogee did a tonne of great work, but this may have been my favourite. The music and intro cutscene especially stand out in my mind.

The only reason I know what webp is, is because its “that dumb format” that doesn’t play like a GIF in Signal.

Oh, of course. That explains the coefficient output in the terminal. Thanks.

That’s cool, an expansion pack eh? Guess I’m out of touch. I didn’t pick up the game at release due to it’s condition at launch; is it debugged and production ready these days? Been on the hunt for a new game world to explore since finishing New Vegas recently.

Is that about 20 degrees of swing on the hotend? Might need to recalibrate that loop!