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Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon

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Computer programmer older than I look but not too old to waste time talking about random #sci-fi and/or #boardgame topics.

I blog at https://sheep.horse because horse domains are too stupid not to use.

Do you like #startrek? You should play my game: https://sheep.horse/voyage_of_the_marigold/

I sometimes hang around on #metafilter.

Physically located somewhere near #Boston, MA

I will Favorite, Boost, Follow and Unfollow based on nothing but a whim, don't read too much into it.

Website/Blog	https://sheep.horse
Metafilter	https://www.metafilter.com/user/30980

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Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon 1d ago

@yora As a fellow blender novice I feel your pain. Now I instinctively Apply All Transforms after nearly every operation, which is probably the wrong thing to do but prevents all sorts of little annoyances.

Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon 1d ago

This is weeks old news for everyone else, but I just found out that the c++ source code to the console version of #Minecraft got leaked a few weeks ago.

This blog has some interesting commentary.

#cpp

https://www.karanjanthe.me/posts/minecraft-source/

Minecraft Source Code is Interesting! · KJ

A corner of the internet where I think in public.

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Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon 3d ago

@hotsauce @sheephorse one thing I did like about the series that I didn’t mention was the progression across books as the background plot of the game show unfolds. You can really tell it is going somewhere (albeit very slowly), which is more than I can say for some long running series of books.

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Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon 3d ago

@miramarmike I watched this about 10 years ago and it really grabbed me, although it is hard to articulate why. A strange and wondrous experience.

https://sheep.horse/2017/7/film-_stalker_%28сталкер%29.html

Film: Stalker (Сталкер)

Three men go on an odyssey into the Zone, a quarantined region of hidden dangers and strange physical effects. Deep within the Zone is a room that is said to...

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Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon 4d ago

@victorgijsbers Dungeon Crawler Carl is a series of sci-fi novels in the litRPG genre (which as apparently a thing).

It is linear fiction but the characters know they are in a game and have access to their character sheets and in-game menus. Things like health and mana points are explicitly commented on. It is quite a trip.

Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon 4d ago

I have thoughts on the Dungeon Crawler Carl series and they are only somewhat positive.

#scifi #books

https://sheep.horse/2026/3/i_have_thoughts_on_the_dungeon_crawler_carl_series.html

I have Thoughts on the Dungeon Crawler Carl Series

Recently I finished The Gate of the Feral Gods, Book 4 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. DCC is real success story, starting out self-published by author Matt Dinniman before...

Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon 6d ago

Implemented a slightly hacky dark-mode style for my static site generator software. Now you can read my site in bed without blinding yourself.

Slight hacky because for some elements (syntax hi-lighted code blocks, etc) I just add a filter: invert(); instead of defining nice dark colors. Looks good enough.

https://sheep.horse/

Sheep.Horse - The Blog of Andrew Stephens

I am Andrew Stephens, a New Zealand programmer living in Boston, USA. I write and occasionally do little projects to amuse myself. Contact me: Email, Mastodon, LinkedIn.Subscribe via RSSMy BlogThe...

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Andrew BoostsWithWildAbandon Mar 13

And to prove I am hardcore, a picture of the completion screen (at least I think this is the final screen).