j_4's comments

On: picoCAD – a tiny modeler for tiny models

[j_4]

I love Crocotile. It's got very opinionated, kind of weird UX, but it gets me in the zone so so well. I haven't used it in ages, I should give it another spin.

On: Piracy

[j_4]

Are you able to name 3 examples of this happening?

On: Galaxy Buds reportedly exploded in a user's ear ca...

[j_4]

Lack of microphonics is the killer feature of wireless for me, I avoided earbuds for my entire life because of how grating I find them.

On: Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyb...

[j_4]

Not likely. It's just a technical limitation of thermal paper. That's the trade-off for cheap, tiny form factor, fast, and low maintenance printing.

On: Google Console closed testing requirements are awf...

[j_4]

I'm not sure about a lot. There are tools available that let you just extract some files from Xcode and build on Windows. These work a treat and are maintained by a single guy.

On: "3 Body Problem" Is a Rare Species of Sci-Fi Epic

[j_4]

Greg Egan anything. Can't recommend him enough. BIG ideas.

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I already have two of his books. Will definitely read them.

Anything else?

On: Apple has not fixed the macOS audio left/right bal...

[j_4]

Hey, Windows has had a related-ish bug forever too!

Go to device properties and change L/R balance to be unequal.

Turn sound down to 0.

Turn it back up and balance is equal again.

On: Ask HN: How do you find high quality mobile games?

[j_4]

MiniReview is a game curation app/platform that does a very good job of surfacing interesting and non-predatory stuff.

Not directly affiliated but my own game has been featured on there.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=minireview.bes...

On: More than 600k students and teachers use Z-Library

[j_4]

Piracy is very different from theft and far more morally defensible.

FWIW my work, which puts food on my table, is pirated every day.

On: Godot 4.0 Stable

[j_4]

Godot 4.0 doesn't support C# on the web and mobile, one of those fabled "Godot $nextver fixes this" things that somehow immediately come up whenever I get hyped up for giving Godot another try.