Thanks for making me feel old!
One of my first real jobs involved MIDP/J2ME development. I cannot say I loved the platform, but it somehow felt more magical back then to develop something and run it on a Nokia brick than (mobile) development of today.
Readit NewsCan I change the pixel emulator to something else?
And also, I read it talks to #device capture input (webcam/capture card)#
Can't cheater providers use this to inject colors?
The way I understand it, the shader overlay can only modify what is already being rendered below. It does not have access to the underlying application logic, 3D geometry or other internals of a game that you would need for this. You can increase the contrast etc of a game but you cannot see through walls or anything, so it probably won’t help you cheat.
That's so clever! Plenty of emulators and games don't have native support for these kinds of shaders so just put a filter over it.
micheljansen commented on Bending Spoons acquires Vimeo for $1.38B investors.vimeo.com/news-... · Posted by u/nixy
Ah yes, Bending Spoons. The company known for:
* Acquiring Evernote, laying off most of its staff and raising prices.
* Acquiring WeTransfer, announcing 75% layoffs and pissing off their most loyal users by changing their T&Cs to grant themselves license to use their content for AI training purposes.
* Acquiring Filmic and laying off all their staff.
* Acquiring Komoot and laying off most of its staff.
Now would be a good time to poach some Vimeo engineers.
micheljansen commented on E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screens spectrum.ieee.org/e-paper... · Posted by u/rbanffy
Eink always could be driven quickly. The issue is that LCDs are more powerful efficient at high refresh rates
EInk needs a lot of power to move the heavier ink particles around. If you are doing that more and more rapidly, then even more power is drawn.
By 75Hz, I'm almost certain that LCD is far more power efficient. The LCD pixel (aka the liquid crystal) is a glorified capacitor, it takes some power to charge but it's exceptionally 'light' compared to eink.
That's why LCDs can go faster and faster. It's just physics. A capacitor / twisted crystal uses less power to turn on or off than EInk.
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EInks advantage is that if you turn off power, the ink stays put. So you spend a ton of power moving the ink around and then save lots and lots of power over the next seconds, minutes or more.
That's why EInk is ideal for once-a-day updates of prices (or other retailer tasks). The less you update, the less power used.
For mobile devices that matters, but plenty of use cases for stationary displays, including desktops.
micheljansen commented on OpenMower – An open source lawn mower github.com/ClemensElflein... · Posted by u/rickcarlino
"Let's be honest: The current generation of robotic lawn mowers sucks. Basically all of these bots drive in a random direction until they hit the border of the lawn, rotate for a randomized duration and repeat. I think we can do better!"
The funny thing is: this actually works incredibly well. Perimeter wires are a PITA to install, but once that's done, they are a very practical and flawless method for making sure the robot does not escape into the neighbour's yard or worse. The random movement is really effective too. What exactly can a smart robot do better?
Removing the need for perimeter wires would be great, as long as it works 100% flawlessly. Obstacle detection would also be nice, so I can avoid my mower chewing up the toys my kid sometimes leaves lying around (though it is a great motivation to clean up!)
micheljansen commented on Show HN: Reviving a 20 year old OS X App andrewshaw.nl/blog/revivi... · Posted by u/shawa_a_a
There's actually an excellent Dutch piece of software for this (Windows only though, but works fine in Wine on other platforms): Overhoor [1].
I used it under Windows 3.11 as a child, and kept using it for French and German into my late teens and Windows ME. It is simple, just as this tool. To this day, it's a piece of freeware that gives me good memories of a forgotten era.
Since the author describes learning Dutch, I though I might mention its existence.
I came here to say the same thing! I used an ancient (DOS) version of it to get me through high school French, German, Latin and so on. Fond memories.
micheljansen commented on Gurus of 90s Web Design: Zeldman, Siegel, Nielsen cybercultural.com/p/web-d... · Posted by u/panic
I'm surprised https://alistapart.com wasn't mentioned.
That’s by Jeffrey Zeldman
If you want to go that route, you may find it easier to check your logic analyzer dump side-by-side with the debugger in an emulator (e.g. VICE). Break on the first instruction and then go step-by-step. (Just need to make sure you have the same ROM version, but that shouldn't be too hard.)
However, your problem kind of sounds like a power supply problem. So using a logic analyzer will maybe just produce a different result every time. So maybe check the 12V and 5V rails on an oscilloscope while turning on the computer. (Or maybe it's a problem with the reset circuit, etc.)
Thanks I will see if I can get my hands on an oscilloscope and look at the 12v and 5v rails.
WARNING: nerd snipe material.