Mastodawn

this contest culture thread from yesterday really reminds me of how much I loved the Recurse Center social rules https://www.recurse.com/social-rules, it feels a lot of them are tricks for combatting contest culture and making a space that's good for learning

https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/115974397642744776

Social rules - Recurse Center

The RC social rules help create a friendly, intellectual environment where you can spend your energy on programming.

Recurse Center

whimsicalities Nov 30

tomate 🍅Nov 29

We just celebrated Black Friday in memory of Rebecca Black who invented Friday back in 2011.

whimsicalities Oct 29

Minecraft Wiki Oct 29

Mojang takes a step forward to make Minecraft Java Edition even easier to mod by committing to release the game with no obfuscation of its code. There will be a transition period for modding toolsets to prepare for the upcoming change.

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/removing-obfuscation-in-java-edition

#Minecraft #Modding #MinecraftMods

whimsicalities Aug 11, 2025

Idrees

Aug 11, 2025

Ever wanted to create letters just like in Animal Crossing New Horizons? Now you can with my new open-source letter editor, featuring pixel perfect designs and easy sharing options! Check it out here: https://acmail.idreesinc.com
#animalcrossing #opensource

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whimsicalities Jun 8, 2025

Found this solution on Reddit, it's so simple that I can't believe it didn't occur to me, and thus genius in its simplicity: https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/tdwheh/repeating_music_every_16_seconds/
I had been experimenting with using AudioStreamSynchronized with some success, but this is definitely the way to go for this problem!

whimsicalities May 26, 2025

James Brown May 25, 2025

I wrote a program to lipsync the shipping forecast in a terminal window, and I have no regrets.

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whimsicalities May 3, 2025

This is part of my first project using #godotengine / #godot4 (and the first substantial one in an engine at all - I'm a server engineer normally) so any advice appreciated! I surely cannot be the first person to have this issue.

whimsicalities May 3, 2025

Facing a bit of a conundrum in my #godot project. I have some music that loops, but it has lots of echoey synths that need to fade out gradually. So, I want to loop it so that the next loop overlaps with the previous loop, keeping the overhanging echo. I tried creating a timer with the exact time for starting the next loop, hoping that any delay would be imperceptible. But alas, about 50% of the time it is very noticeable. :(

whimsicalities Apr 13, 2025