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I've added a 360° node viewer to my Myst IV Asset Explorer (https://github.com/jnm2/MystIVAssetExplorer)!
Rendering a skybox with SkiaSharp in Avalonia, from 3D projection first principles, was satisfying. Looking around at the final result with its layer transparency is surreal.
When their children ask, “Are we rich?” Betsy responds, “Well, we have everything we need!” That phrase has become their north star: “We have everything we need; how do we make sure everybody has what they need?”
That's the job. That is our responsibility as wealthy people. To make sure as many of our fellow Americans have what they need to get a fair shot in the land of opportunity. And I take that responsibility very, very seriously.
Jeff Atwood and Betsy Burton are leading a $50 million guaranteed minimum income initiative in rural America, partnering with GiveDirectly to provide direct cash transfers to families in counties tied to Jeff’s West Virginia and North Carolina roots. Their approach combines rigorous data analysis with deep community engagement through veterans, churches, and local businesses. Motivated by their family principle—“We have everything we need; how do we make sure everybody has what they need?”—they’re building a replicable model for all 50 states while shattering stereotypes about cash assistance through compelling storytelling and open research.
I made a high-performance app to browse and extract #Myst IV game assets, and play audio assets with gapless looping using #dotnet and #AvaloniaUI: https://github.com/jnm2/MystIVAssetExplorer
It hits a nostalgic spot to have original game music instead of the official soundtrack's remix; I grew up playing the Myst games.
Have you ever run 'dotnet nuget why' and gotten a ridiculous or impossible amount of output to wade through? Would you be interested in a --depth parameter, or something similar?
The problem happens when you reference a large set of deeply nested third-party packages that all have common dependencies. When you run dotnet nuget why Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers, and ge...
This past year has been so different for me from all other years. I'm going to summarize the theme with a single quote:
"There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy." (Albert Ellis)
Nothing is holding me back.
Jeff Atwood