smitelli

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Comment · 9 months ago

CyberS3XY was what I always figured he was going for.

Comment · 9 months ago

Never played Thief, but I logged a lot of hours in Unreal, 1998. I was (and still am) amazed at how full-featured the software renderer was. I always wished I could peek at the code behind it.

If memory serves, the only thing my 3dfx Voodoo3 could do that software-only mode could not was surface reflections. Maybe something with colored lighting too, it's been a long time. Point is, it was a decent enough substitute for dedicated graphics hardware.

Comment · 10 months ago

There are definitely outside organizations whose sole responsibility is to monitor TV/radio broadcasts and nowadays even podcast sponsor breaks to ensure that ad copy is inserted as agreed. (Source: I was contracted to do some of that work for a time.)

Comment · 10 months ago

You mean something other than ⌘+` ?

Comment · 1 year ago

I'm the person who reimplemented Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure (DOS, 1992) and my original reasoning was a desire to know how it was able to do some of the graphical tricks it did on such underpowered hardware (it could run on an IBM AT). The game wasn't anything special by any metric, but it was an important piece of my childhood and I felt an attachment to it. I also learned a hell of a lot about the PC platform, the C ecosystem from the 80s, and my own tastes as an engineer.

https://github.com/smitelli/cosmore

https://cosmodoc.org/

Comment · 1 year ago

https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/em-dash-tool/

Comment · 1 year ago

I'd be interested in seeing an example of a well-composed 9:16 portrait photo. All the ones I have found look awkward.

Comment · 1 year ago

https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/em-dash-tool/

Comment · 1 year ago

I gotta say, I don't have the right personality traits to enjoy this kind of personal attention a lot of the time.

I've had experiences where the counter staff at my daily breakfast place started to recognize me and know what "usual" my order was going to be without my having to say it... and it really weirded me out more than anything else.

Sometimes I just want to be a faceless nobody, forgotten day after day by the businesses I visit and the public spaces I navigate.