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heeton commented on Show HN: Game demo made with my homemade game engine reprobate.site/... · Posted by u/delduca

heeton · 4 days ago

Is this actually a game?

It loads with one item in an inventory I can’t seem to use past the first room, and there seems to be nothing in the second room that is interactive except (spoilers) a cupboard door.

Is this just a tech demo of some features? Or something bigger that everyone in the comments is missing?

(That aside, the art is vibe is very cool. I love old-school point and clicks ever since Zak McKraken, and a horror themed one would be an instant buy from me)

heeton commented on Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel? lock.cmpxchg8b.com/anubis... · Posted by u/taviso

serf · 7 days ago

I don't care that they use anime catgirls.

What I do care about is being met with something cutesy in the face of a technical failure anywhere on the net.

I hate Amazon's failure pets, I hate google's failure mini-games -- it strikes me as an organizational effort to get really good at failing rather than spending that same effort to avoid failures all together.

It's like everyone collectively thought the standard old Apache 404 not found page was too feature-rich and that customers couldn't handle a 3 digit error, so instead we now get a "Whoops! There appears to be an error! :) :eggplant: :heart: :heart: <pet image.png>" and no one knows what the hell is going on even though the user just misplaced a number in the URL.

heeton · 7 days ago

> What I do care about is being met with something cutesy in the face of a technical failure anywhere on the net

This is probably intentional. They offer an paid unbranded version. If they had a corporate friendly brand on the free offering, then there would be fewer people paying for the unbranded one.

heeton commented on Lazy-brush – smooth drawing with mouse or finger lazybrush.dulnan.net... · Posted by u/tvdvd

zastai0day · 9 days ago

Wow, this is amazing! I see you've been building this on GitHub for 7 years - that's truly impressive dedication. What keeps you motivated to stick with this product for so long?

heeton · 9 days ago

Not to speak for OP, and this library is very cool, but:

It’s ~20 commits done in two batches. 2018 for the initial release then some more work on it in 2023.

Zastai: you could have that kind of progress on any lib you wish to release, and it’s a nice feeling to have something out in the wild.

heeton commented on Lazy-brush – smooth drawing with mouse or finger lazybrush.dulnan.net... · Posted by u/tvdvd

justlikereddit · 9 days ago

Try drawing your signature with it and see how intuitive it feels.

heeton · 9 days ago

It’s not a tool for signatures. It’s also hard to sign documents with a paint roller.

But this UI is much better at, e.g. drawing a smooth, symmetrical heart symbol, with a crisp turn.

Different UI for different tasks, and it’s very cool to see something that intuitively lets you control something that is normally hidden under your finger.

heeton commented on Lazy-brush – smooth drawing with mouse or finger lazybrush.dulnan.net... · Posted by u/tvdvd

lionkor · 9 days ago

Is it allowed to modify the signature someone puts digitally on a document? Because that's what this does. Is that not an issue?

heeton · 9 days ago

What makes you say the library is modifying the signature? (It’s not)

heeton commented on Dexter Cows and Kefir Cheese (2008) smallfarmersjournal.com/d... · Posted by u/warrenm

blacksmith_tb · 13 days ago

Just getting 500s, archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240204105429/https://smallfarm...

But other than a funny "A.I." reference I am not sure I know why it was shared...

heeton · 12 days ago

For others reading this, “AI” in this context means Artificial Insemination.

heeton commented on Kodak says it might have to cease operations [updated] cnn.com/2025/08/12/busine... · Posted by u/mastry

seanhunter · 16 days ago

Kodak give the world the first digital camera[1]. It took mismanagement on a gargantuan scale for them to fail in this manner.

[1] https://www.kodak.com/en/company/page/photography-history/

heeton · 16 days ago

We all know that being first does not mean success, and it’s not “gargantuan” mismanagement.

It’s rare to be first AND the leader 20 years later.

heeton commented on Claude is the drug, Cursor is the dealer middlelayer.substack.com/... · Posted by u/logan1085

andrewmcwatters · 17 days ago

Zed Agentic mode, Cursor, and Visual Studio Code with GitHub Copilot all have the same developer experience. That's what I'm confused about.

Cursor seems like the weakest player of the three, because it's just a Visual Studio Code fork.

heeton · 17 days ago

Annoyingly I'm finding cursor's autocomplete to be better than others, even though it's agent editing is not as good as claude code.

So I'm using CC in cursor (the little integration is nice) to get the best of both. None of cursors other AI features are helping though.

heeton commented on Objects should shut up dustri.org/b/objects-shou... · Posted by u/gm678

mort96 · 24 days ago

There is truly a scourge in the EU of increasingly intrusive "safety features" which I truly believe are making cars less safe.

I've been driving a family member's new Nissan. Nice car for the most part, but it has this "safety" feature (that's on by default and cannot be permanently switched off, thanks to the EU) which watches out for the white stripe on the right-hand side of the road and JERKS THE STEERING WHEEL when it thinks you're "too close".

Where I often drive, there are many narrow roads. No yellow line in the middle of the road. The only way to avoid hitting oncoming traffic is to drive with your wheels on the white stripe when you meet another vehicle. This can be stressful enough in itself, especially when the other vehicle is some huge bus or semi truck. Not exactly the time you want alarms going off AND YOUR STEERING WHEEL TURNING BY ITSELF. I've taken to calling it the car's auto-crash feature. Always gotta remember to disable the auto-crash. Every time I start the car.

I got so annoyed I looked up the relevant directive. Turns out new cars are required to have a lane assist feature. It is required to turn itself on automatically, and it is required to warn the driver using at least 2 out of the 3 methods: sound, visuals, haptic. So the steering wheel jerking isn't even just a bad implementation, it's the law.

Sigh.

heeton · 23 days ago

I've test-driven 2 cars in the last 2 years (because I'm environmentally interested in swapping my diesel for an EV), but each time has put me off that entire brand. First was Tesla, I can't stand the full iPad console with no physical controls. (And Elon... but that's a side thread).

Then, Volvo, with blue lights filling the cabin and these types of safety features.

Each time I've come away thinking what a shit-show the car was, and how that seems to be the opinion of the entire company line.

I'm still driving my 15 year old diesel with manual controls and dim orange status lights at night. I just want a simple EV with aircon and speakers with media controls by the steering wheel. Minimal extra bullshit.