Happy things thread!

[Travis B.]

I was bored, so I created a single Asteroids (tm)-style game for zeptoforth on the PicoCalc, which I have thus dubbed 'Rocks' (since Asteroids (tm) is trademarked by Atari Interactive, Inc.). It does not have flying saucers or points, and the user gains an extra life after every five waves that they beat.

The source code is at https://github.com/tabemann/zeptoforth/ ... c_rocks.fs.

Here is a screenshot of the start of the first wave:

[lëtzeshark]

Got to see Guns N' Roses in concert yesterday: 10/10, would go again. They played for three hours (lots of classics and more than a few newer things), and this was on top of the Sex Pistols (minus Johnny Rotten) as the opener (also very good).

[Raphael]

Got to see Guns N' Roses in concert yesterday: 10/10, would go again. They played for three hours (lots of classics and more than a few newer things), and this was on top of the Sex Pistols (minus Johnny Rotten) as the opener (also very good).

1) I'm glad you had fun!

2) What's left of the Sex Pistols now plays as openers for other bands? How the mighty have fallen...

[lëtzeshark]

What's left of the Sex Pistols now plays as openers for other bands? How the mighty have fallen...

Hey, them being an opener is no indication of stature! Some other examples of semi-prominent bands I've seen as openers:

• The National for Arcade Fire (in 2007)
• Alice Cooper for Iron Maiden (in 2012)
• Delain and Sabaton for Nightwish (March 2015)
• Amorphis and Arch Enemy for Nightwish (December 2015)
• Shinedown for Volbeat (June 2018)

My brother's also seen Megadeth as an opener for Iron Maiden, so being an opener isn't just relegated to bands that've fallen by the wayside.

[Travis B.]

The A4 stepping of the RP2350 has come out! I have been long awaiting a new stepping of this microcontroller. In particular, I'm very happy that it fixes the E9 erratum where the high impedance state of the Bank 0 GPIO pads was broken in the A2 stepping of the RP2350. Also, with some caveats it is rated to be 5V-tolerant, which definitely is nice. (Note that there is also an A3 stepping of the RP2350, which is identical to the A4 stepping aside from some limited mask ROM differences; the limited number of A3 chips manufactured will go into Pico 2 and Pico 2 W boards, whereas silicon customers of Raspberry Pi Ltd. will receive only the A4 stepping. Also, production of the A2 stepping has been definitively stopped, and Raspberry Pi Ltd. is buying back stock from existing customers.)

[Travis B.]

I made a "Snakes" game for zeptoforth on the PicoCalc! Its source code is at https://github.com/tabemann/zeptoforth/ ... c_snake.fs.

Below are some screenshots:

[Raphael]

Yesterday and today, I got a fair amount of backup-related stuff done. Not exactly important in the larger scheme of things, but for some reason it still cheered me up.

[WeepingElf]

Yesterday was a really wonderful day! The highlight was my first swim in my new lab coat, which turned out to be just as fun as I had expected it to be.

[bradrn]

Yesterday was a really wonderful day! The highlight was my first swim in my new lab coat, which turned out to be just as fun as I had expected it to be.

…you swim in a lab coat?

[WeepingElf]

Yesterday was a really wonderful day! The highlight was my first swim in my new lab coat, which turned out to be just as fun as I had expected it to be.

…you swim in a lab coat?

Yep. I even sometimes swim in a trench coat, which is a good deal heavier. The weight of clothes in water is often overrated - while water-logged clothes are heavy, in water, clothes are almost weightless - they float around the body. You may look at this video to see how clothes float in water.

[bradrn]

Yesterday was a really wonderful day! The highlight was my first swim in my new lab coat, which turned out to be just as fun as I had expected it to be.

…you swim in a lab coat?

Yep. I even sometimes swim in a trench coat, which is a good deal heavier. The weight of clothes in water is often overrated - while water-logged clothes are heavy, in water, clothes are almost weightless - they float around the body. You may look at this video to see how clothes float in water.

I know all that, I just don’t see the point…

[WeepingElf]

…you swim in a lab coat?

Yep. I even sometimes swim in a trench coat, which is a good deal heavier. The weight of clothes in water is often overrated - while water-logged clothes are heavy, in water, clothes are almost weightless - they float around the body. You may look at this video to see how clothes float in water.

I know all that, I just don’t see the point…

Well, it is just fun with the clothes flapping around the body. I also enjoy walking in the wind with my trench coat on for the same reason. (And BTW, the lady in the video I linked is not me (I am male, though asexual). I cited the video just as a demonstration how clothes behave in water.)

[Emily]

finally started hormones! held a small ceremony with friends to commemorate the occasion, we lit candles, i denied christ, i stabbed a bible and made it bleed. good times

[Lērisama]

i stabbed a bible and made it bleed. good times

I am overcome with logistical questions here

[Emily]

i stabbed a bible and made it bleed. good times

I am overcome with logistical questions here

shouldn't be too hard to figure it out, how would you go about doing it?

[Travis B.]

i stabbed a bible and made it bleed. good times

I am overcome with logistical questions here

shouldn't be too hard to figure it out, how would you go about doing it?

Use a stage knife that squirts out stage blood when 'stabbed'?

[Emily]

I am overcome with logistical questions here

shouldn't be too hard to figure it out, how would you go about doing it?

Use a stage knife that squirts out stage blood when 'stabbed'?

hmm, good guess! but those sound a little pricy, and having the knife bleed isn't quite the same as having the book bleed

More: show

what we did was cut holes in the pages (like you would if you were making it into a safe), leaving just the first couple pages, the last couple pages, the middle couple pages, and the cover intact. this left two large cavities in the pages, invisible from the outside, where we put snack bags filled with stage blood. my friend sewed the pages together (set back from the edge), an old magician's trick to let you flip through the edges and make it look like it's not a trick book and to make sure it doesn't flip open to the blood pack. then when it came time, i just took the dagger and plunged it down through the book, wiggling it around a little bit once it was in to make sure the blood spilled out good. having a light-colored tablecloth (in this case, yellowish with a somewhat sparkly gold pattern) helped make the blood stand out, especially in the candlelit dark. it ended up being really effective, people were really surprised

[zompist]

hmm, good guess! but those sound a little pricy, and having the knife bleed isn't quite the same as having the book bleed

I thought you were speaking metaphorically... neat that you had some actual practical effects!

[Man in Space]

We figured out why the DAW and the interface weren’t working! Turns out the cable was old.

[lëtzeshark]

I just submitted the option declaration to become a Luxembourger; if there are no issues, it will take effect in exactly four months' time!