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delinom commented on I'm daily driving Jujutsu, and maybe you should too drewdevault.com/2024/12/1... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

not_your_vase · a year ago

Almost... but not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for something without actual git. I can also just ignore most of the ugly commands of git, but I'm thinking of something that doesn't make me think of what commands are worth remembering. I'm looking for "simple code versioning for dummies, that you can't break even if you tried hard"

delinom · a year ago

Simplicity is in the eye of the beholder but Pijul claims to be "easy to learn and use".

https://pijul.org/

delinom commented on Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial independent.co.uk/news/he... · Posted by u/belter

thehappypm · 2 years ago

I have, yes. I can describe it sort of like this:

Imagine you're watching a black-and-white movie on an old TV, and it looks kind of washed out. You fiddle with the contrast, and suddenly the movie looks much crisper and with better contrast. You're not actually seeing more colors -- its just grayscale -- but you can optimize it to give you more depth of perception.

That's what EnChroma does. It doesn't actually make you see red, but it heightens the contrast to make it stand out more.

delinom · 2 years ago

That's what I imagined it to be, a slight improvement but obviously no miracle.

delinom commented on Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial independent.co.uk/news/he... · Posted by u/belter

thehappypm · 2 years ago

I’m optimistic that at some point, I’ll be able to get a treatment to take care of my red green color blindness.

I’m well aware that it’s very much a first world problem, and rightfully should be very low on the totem pole of medical issues to cure.

But goddamnit, I want to see red.

delinom · 2 years ago

Have you tried color blindness glasses (e.g. EnChroma)? I am not familiar with them but some reaction videos were pretty heartwarming.

delinom commented on Sleep habits may have long-term benefits acc.org/About-ACC/Press-R... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

Enginerrrd · 3 years ago

Do you care to elaborate?

I've been thinking about this a LOT over the years. I feel like children were meant to be able to roam around and find different adults to glom onto until they're too annoyed and then move on to the next, all the while learning different specialized skills and niches to find one they fit in with.

I can't help but feel that more-than-2-adult households would have a huge advantage in this era.

delinom · 3 years ago

"It takes a village to raise a child" [0] sums it up nicely.

Teenagers and adults also need a "third place" [1].

It's all about community. Current individualistic trends and cost of living undermine this.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_takes_a_village

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place

delinom commented on Using a "proper" camera as a webcam tratt.net/laurie/blog/202... · Posted by u/ltratt

moduspol · 4 years ago

I just failed at this recently. Apparently the camera needs to support "clean HDMI out," which many don't. Mine (for example) has HDMI out, but it's for like a "preview" screen for a photographer--it doesn't just output a clean, high-res HDMI stream.

There's a web page on Canon's site here:

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/se...

You'll see one list of cameras on there, but at the bottom, you can expand "Clean HDMI", and then you'll see a different list of cameras.

Now I'm debating whether or not I want to spend hundreds of dollars for a DIFFERENT photography camera that support clean HDMI.

delinom · 4 years ago

Custom software, such as Magic Lantern[1] for Canon cameras, can offer clean HDMI out for certain models, among other features.

[1] https://magiclantern.fm/

delinom commented on How plastic can rust, sort of dfarq.homeip.net/how-plas... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

hok · 4 years ago

I wonder how hydrogen peroxide (a strong oxidant) can reverse the yellowing of plastics, if the yellowing is the result of oxidation. I'm not a chemist, but this doesn't seem to make sense.

delinom · 4 years ago

I am not a chemist, but the following comment from a retr0bright video[1] claims that retr0bright works not by reversing the process, but by speeding it up.

Interestingly, The idea that the yellowing is from the Brominated Flame Retardants in the plastic is actually itself a myth. It's a sort of believable just-so story because people look up bromine, see it is brown, and go "ah, makes sense". The interaction doesn't actually involve the brominated Fame Retardants, and is a breakdown of the butadiene chain of the plastic polymer which is effectively an oxidization which is catalyzed by energy (whether light (UV being the most energetic), or Heat). This happens with All ABS plastics, including those that don't have any Tetrobromobisphenol-A. This is why UV Stabilisers and absorbers tend to be a common inclusion in the formula of ABS plastic. (And why when they are forgotten/omitted you see things like car recalls due to seatbelt fasteners degrading). The yellowing is effectively the molecular debris from that breakdown, which gives a colour to the plastic. Hydrogen Peroxide is a strong oxidizer- it works in retrobrite not by reversing the process, but actually speeding it up. It reverses the colour change because while it significantly speeds up the butadiene being broken down, it also breaks down the molecular debris that results from it, to smaller, colorless compounds. It will also interact with other compounds in the plastic- for example, those that might have been added for the factory colouring.The result is that the colour of the original plastic returns- possibly without any factory set colouring compounds as well. Another downside is that because the butadiene chain is still compromised, retrobrite can never restore the structure of the plastic, so it will remain brittle. I've seen suggestions that an acid might be able to chemically recompose the butadiene polymer. I was able to successfully test a paste of Oxalic Acid, without any sunlight exposure for example- though it took a week and the colour change was very small.

This might explain why direct sunlight can brighten plastic instead of yellowing it even more.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBS_UEV35W4

delinom commented on Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-... · Posted by u/tosh

Tepix · 6 years ago

I'm surprised that Nintendo has not yet re-released The Legend of Zelda (Zelda 1 from 1986) with updated graphics. It seems as if all the re-releases for the various platforms including Nintendo Switch are just emulators for the NES version.

delinom · 6 years ago

Technically, BS Zelda no Densetsu [1] is a re-release with updated graphics, but I see your point. I believe Zelda 1 & 2 gameplay do not translate well to modern audiences, so it's easier to just re-release them in their original form instead of merely updating textures or going for an all-new remake. Link's Awakening was a much fitter candidate for the latter.

By the way, the Oracle games were originally intended to be a remake of Zelda 1 [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview_games_from_The_Leg... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Oracle_of...

delinom commented on Show HN: Solve and generate mazes with JavaScript on HTML Canvas github.com/dmaydan/Maze_S... · Posted by u/davidim

forrestthewoods · 7 years ago

Great link. Here's another good one.

https://www.jamisbuck.org/mazes/

delinom · 7 years ago

And here's another one. It introduces maze building ideas in a simple way.

http://www.jamisbuck.org/presentations/rubyconf2011/index.ht...

delinom commented on Dolphin – The Rise of HLE Audio dolphin-emu.org/blog/2014... · Posted by u/vrmachado

archildress · 11 years ago

I'm a longtime emulator fanatic, but have seriously never considered this idea that emulation ensures future generations can experience a part of culture.

So insightful. Thanks for sharing.

delinom · 11 years ago

I recommend you to read up on byuu's work. He's the author of bSNES, an accuracy-oriented emulator for the SNES.

This article is a bit old, but it's a good start: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/08/accuracy-takes-power-o...