bendoidic (u/bendoidic)

bendoidic commented on How Lego builds a new Lego set theverge.com/c/23991049/l... · Posted by u/sohkamyung

_giorgio_ · 2 years ago

I've purchased a lot of Lego Duplo for my nephew, really fun sets.

Duplo come from the latin word "duplus", which means double.

Duplo bricks are double the size of lego bricks. This make the sets compatible.

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fg...

https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/6m4wsm/mind_blown_30_...

bendoidic · 2 years ago

And the short-lived LEGO Quatro brick was...you guessed it...four times larger than a regular LEGO brick. Still compatible with both other sets.

https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/QUATRO

bendoidic commented on Blender 16yo winner of UK young animator of the year younganimator.uk/winner/1... · Posted by u/countrymile

Blaiz0r · 2 years ago

This is a love letter to Ian Hubert for sure, but well done.

bendoidic · 2 years ago

New title: 16yo watched ALL the Ian Hubert tutorials

But who can blame them? Ian's tutorials are some of the most entertaining videos out there, especially his lazy tutorial series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjnyapZ_P-g

bendoidic commented on Mint is shutting down, and it's pushing users toward Credit Karma theverge.com/2023/11/2/23... · Posted by u/pseudolus

whitepoplar · 2 years ago

What's the best free alternative these days?

bendoidic · 2 years ago

Assuming you mean "free" as in "I don't need to provide a credit card to sign up", then https://ghostfol.io/ If on the off chance you mean "free" as in "freedom from having my data sold", then You Need a Budget (YNAB) is a popular option. But be warned, YNAB is more than software...it's a new way of thinking about budgeting. It takes some getting used to. https://www.ynab.com/

bendoidic commented on OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era openra.net/... · Posted by u/xbmcuser

Havoc · 2 years ago

How do they get away with this legally?

I'm glad they do, just a bit confused

bendoidic · 2 years ago

All the art and sound assets are loaded from a local copy of C&C that the user must purchase on their own before running OpenRA (specifically the "C&C Remastered Collection" on Steam or Origin). OpenRA uses the assets from that local install, so it's all legal! Stratagus does the same thing with Warcraft assets.

https://github.com/OpenRA/TiberianDawnHD#asset-installation

bendoidic commented on Memories from old LAN parties thomask.sdf.org/blog/2023... · Posted by u/ecliptik

bendoidic · 3 years ago

I remember my earliest LAN game was the first Warcraft RTS, mainly because slower school computers could still run it and it allowed for "spawn installs". I got to experience real LAN gaming later in the 90s because I traveled to Europe. Sure, my friends in the US would play Tribes, Descent, and Quake, but we never had a room full of powerful enough computers to play it on a LAN.

When I got back to the states, I was hooked. I built my first PC (a Pentium III with an ATI RAGE 128, I believe). I must have been 14. A few years later, I made a video* about the LAN parties. It's a good time capsule of the experience.

* (Two parts because back then YT limited uploads to 10 mins) Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZVrZRgVGrs, Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3-_N3kwMqQ

bendoidic commented on A group of Motherboard folks just spun up their own new independent outlet 404media.co/welcome-to-40... · Posted by u/ohjeez

bendoidic · 3 years ago

Check out their 404 page...(Doom music kicks in)

bendoidic commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2019) · Posted by u/whoishiring

bendoidic · 7 years ago

Orange Logic | Irvine, CA, USA | Backend Software Engineer | ONSITE | FULL-TIME

Orange Logic is the developer of Cortex DAM, which enables organizations of all size to secure, manage, sort, and share their digital collections.

Orange Logic is looking for a developer to help setup and maintain the security, reliability, and usability of Cortex DAM installations for our clients. Cortex is a SaaS digital asset management (DAM), running either on-prem or AWS. You would be working with a devops team of 4 in Irvine, CA, backed by a larger team of engineers in Europe.

Our tech is built on .NET, SQL, and Java, running on IIS + AWS.

Learn more: www.orangelogic.com or email omed.baher@orangelogic.com to apply.

bendoidic commented on Whole Foods workers seek to unionize techcrunch.com/2018/09/06... · Posted by u/deegles

srtjstjsj · 8 years ago

That's the new trend in many grocery stores.

Someone on HN or Reddit mentioned that grocery charities are actually a tactic to estimate the sign of the derivative of e the customer base's grocery-discretionary income, as a hint of when to raise prices.

bendoidic · 8 years ago

Interesting angle. Any resources to back up that claim?

Feels so dirty, like free health screenings for employees, when the real purpose is to built an insurance risk profile for a geographic area.

bendoidic commented on Whole Foods workers seek to unionize techcrunch.com/2018/09/06... · Posted by u/deegles

imagiko · 8 years ago

I have noticed that the cashier's have gotten pushy about asking about a Prime account, and very recently about a charity donation. It's a good way to 'make' people donate when asked upfront. I'm sure the probability of people donating increases. When I denied, I was asked if I'd like to round off my payment and have the balance donated. Honestly, it's very annoying. Whole foods is unfortunately becoming an REI store.

bendoidic · 8 years ago

Ralphs and Vons in California have been doing the charity ask for years. I always assumed it was their way of bragging later "how much they gave back to the community" while conveniently forgetting to mention those funds came from customer donations. I hate it, too.

bendoidic commented on Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade Indian Food in 5 Minutes · Posted by u/mitraraman

bendoidic · 8 years ago

Ordered, and excited to try! That free shipping offer got me to go back and add an item, so kudos. Once I taste the product, I might just submit a pav bhaji recipe.

Can't comment on pricing until I taste and get a sense of quantity. Certainly reasonable enough to let me try.

Some feedback on the site: - Love the pastel colors and packaging design. Very clean, with excellent photos. Any concern about appearing too feminine for your target customer? - I feel like the "Details" should already be open when I go to a product page. I ended up having to twirl it open each time I visited a page. Also annoying that the Drift pop-up covered up those details every time! - I got confused about bundles, quantities, and meal counts, and just ended up ordering enough to get free shipping. Maybe that's the intent? - Loved the "How to Eat" section. Helped me decide what to buy, but once again, it was hidden. - I would suggest left aligning your text on product descriptions. Centered text is harder to read, especially with the bulleted lists. - I want more imagery of the food! Photos of the ingredients! Videos of the cooking process! "How to Eat" as a video or photo series, instead of text!