lewsid
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Comment · 2 years ago
I'm typing this from Immersed in the Quest 3, no issues.
Comment · 3 years ago
And doesn't look a day over 6!
Comment · 3 years ago
Once upon a time, it was like a breath of fresh air. Originally pitched as a dev-first payment API, it was vastly easier to get up and running than other options at the time. In recent years it has suffered under the weight of its own success. The simplicity and ease of use it once promised has been buried beneath a now-bloated and obtuse API. The user interface has struggled to keep up with the feature creep and it too has become a challenge to navigate and interact with. The documentation, once considered an industry-leading example of how to write and present such things, has mutated into a frustrating byzantine mess that's riddled with contradictions and obvious omissions.
As an early adopter and someone that was once very fond of this company and its approach to things, I'm disappointed to see the direction it has gone.
Comment · 4 years ago
I live in the US and have an electric kettle. I was made aware of their existence in my travels abroad. It was a game-changer. Even with our electrical standards my kettle can get to boiling in a mere minute or two.
Comment · 5 years ago
Slack is continuing to have issues this morning. You know it's bad when even the status page is down.
Comment · 5 years ago
My friend's roommate dated him and I used to hang out at their place a lot in Brooklyn. Super nice guy! It was in the years after this happened, and he was still typing stories for strangers. I respected that then, and I continue to now.
Comment · 6 years ago
You're not the only one to notice. They had some manufacturing delays due to covid: https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-out-of-stock/5864
Comment · 6 years ago
They had some manufacturing delays due to covid: https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-out-of-stock/5864
Comment · 6 years ago
It's really easy to connect to the device over SSH. Just open the tiny cloud app and read the directions on the screen. On my macbook I just open terminal, type 'ssh cpi@<ip address>' and the password is also just 'cpi'. There's loads of information on the forums for this as well, but you can start here: https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-transfer-files-with-t...
As for creating native games, that's not really the intention with this thing. It's more for running fantasy consoles on or running any of the many included emulators. I use mine to playtest my Pico8 games and play new releases.
Comment · 6 years ago
I bought a red Gameshell to playtest my Pico8 games on. I love it. High quality kit with solid directions and an active community. At some point I discovered that I could reskin the UI to look like a Teenage Engineering OP-1 and also play Sega Genesis games and now it lives permanently on my coffee table (proof: https://lewsid.com/gameshell.jpg). My only complaint would be the limited battery life.
Comment · 6 years ago
I had the exact same experience (even down to releasing my first game during lockdown)! The whole process of developing in Pico 8 is like digital therapy for me. It reminds me what excited me about coding all those years ago before it became a career.
Comment · 6 years ago
I just feel compelled to share that this was a delight to read. This Abe dude can write. Especially enjoyed the bit about Chase gaslighting him.
Comment · 9 years ago
I run https://geopeeker.com
It's a free/subscription-based tool that views sites from a number of locations from around the world, sending back a screenshot and DNS information. Originally launched in 2013, it's been profitable since 2014 and requires very little care-and-feeding while it serves up around 225,000 queries a month.
I'm currently working on an overhaul which will dramatically improve its feature set and will, with any luck, engender even more interest among enterprise-level users.
A couple years ago I was hit with a similar inspiration and made my own spiritual successor of Simulated Evolution for the PICO-8, called Petri: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=141479