rikschennink

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Comment · 1 month ago
I think the moon gravity is a bit much. It would be cool to use the gravity of the moon in your attack, but I think that would require it moving slower and perhaps some prediction logic where you can see where the moon will be if you fire now?

I've built an iOS game (https://eveofimpact.com) years ago (an earth vs asteroids kind of thing) and I ran into similar problems where gravity was too strong, and trying to use gravity to your advantage was very tricky and unpredictable making it less fun. I eventually decided to just make it play a more "decorative" role.

edit: Forgot to say awesome job :)

Comment · 2 months ago
Got it as well a couple years ago, it was no joke. :/

Luckily we could get vaccinated a year later. If you’ve had it and catch another variant mortality rate jumps to 10%. But usually those variants don’t overlap, it’s region based.

Comment · 4 months ago
“That number matters more than it looks.”, then the next paragraph starts with “Here is the uncomfortable part”, and then I closed the tab.
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Imagine if all that money was donated to open source instead.
Comment · 4 months ago
It probably has to do with other styles assigned to the textarea, maybe the ::placeholder as it hides when typing (I assume on focus)

In any case. In the screenshot the scrollbar is inside the textarea as it aligns with the resize control on its right. This is basically all the info needed to deduce the textarea overflow is the culprit.

But could be that the overflow-x is just a bandaid hiding the issue causing the overflow in the first place, like crazy styles on the placeholder.

Comment · 4 months ago
I looked at the screenshot and for the rest of the article wondered if it would be as simple as `overflow-x: hidden`.

And to my surprise it was.

This would’ve take a frontend dev 10 seconds to deduce and another 10 seconds to confirm.

Comment · 5 months ago
A similar dilemma presents itself when blocking AI spiders.

You’re free to block them, but the websites cloning your content won’t. So either way they’ll get the content they’re after.

Worse, when/if the time comes that LLMs source their claims they’ll refer you to the websites that cloned your content.

Comment · 6 months ago
+1 from me. I always find it very challenging to speak to strangers, but not at the Boulder gym. There's just so many opportunities to start a natural conversation:

- new climbers asks you for advise

- you can ask a new climber if they'd like some technique tips

- you finally top your project and someone commends you for it

- someone tops your project and you ask them for advise

- you're trying to top a boulder on a new set and are solving it with others

- you're _constantly_ in the gym so staff starts talking to you

Comment · 6 months ago
Nice, enjoyable.

I did however expect the stars to attract my ship, that combined with the top down gravity vector made it less intuitive.

It also makes it feel like a game happening in earths atmosphere instead of space, it impacts the possible sense of scale.

Still fun :)

Comment · 6 months ago
I asked the Gumroad support AI for a human.

It forwarded my request which was then answered by an open claw agent :/

Still waiting for a response two weeks later.

Comment · 7 months ago
It seemed to be a common AI style, so I was suspicious. Zoomed in on the laundromat window sign and it says “vioice”, so yea.

Looking at it again now, things like the electrical wires not being aligned, or going nowhere are always obvious tells. The outlines on the A in “laundromat” are okay but for some reason the vertical line on the R isn’t open.

It’s impressive that this can be generated with AI. I just wish it would come with a “generated with llm-name” label.

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