My Bruce's dragon is starting to pup
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    mhredox
    4mo ago 100%

    Haha yeah that's one of the main communities that I miss the most. That and r/magicplantsexchange. I also haven't been on in over a year.

    My collection is also getting unruly haha. I have probably 150 or so at this point, but BD is the one I could definitely make some space for. That and maybe CSD. Let me know if anything changes!!

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  • What's your biggest gamer achievement?
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    mhredox
    4mo ago 100%

    I was ranked #1 in the world for a good while in Pistol Whip. On both PC and PS4, before they separated out all the leaderboards based on modifiers.

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  • Self hosting kids-friendly multiplayer games on Raspberry Pi 4
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    mhredox
    4mo ago 100%

    Definitely possible -- check out emulatorjs. There are a few premade docker containers for it, but they were a bit finicky when I tried them. I eventually just ended up writing a react wrapper for it and have it hosted in a docker container. It works great, and will even play psx games without issue.

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    Jump
    Okay, but Mötley is a pretty awesome name.
    What were the consequences of you going to college? Do you think it helped you in life or did it only hold you back?
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    mhredox
    8mo ago 100%

    I managed to get into web-dev without a CS degree, but I definitely consider myself one of the lucky ones.

    I got a bachelor's in Chemistry, but realized very quickly after graduating that there are precisely zero decent paying jobs for a bachelor's in general chemistry. Literally the only place that even called me back was offering $14/hr to do urinalysis... working the graveyard shift.

    I ended up getting a job doing content review as a contractor for the largest video sharing platform (you know the one). A lot of the work was really monotonous, mostly just copying and pasting stuff. We had a quota that once we hit, we could stop working (and still be paid a full day). I could already hit the quota in around 3-4 hours, but I realized if I didn't have to copy/paste, I could cut that down to only 1-2 hours.

    So, in my spare time at work I ended up learning JavaScript and making a chrome extension to do just that. I showed my bosses and they ended up putting me in a full time programming position.

    I don't use my chemistry degree at all, but my math minor definitely comes in handy.

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  • Decided I'd give a sneak peek at something I'm working on: Since building my home server I've constantly been on the lookout for a decent frontend to manage my files, etc. I initially tried file browser, but it was always really buggy for me, and honestly I hated it. Since my server is headless, a PiKVM and the like wouldn't really work for me the way I wanted, so I decided to just build what I was looking for on my own. And with that, I'd like to introduce: ~~redox_os~~ TBD It's an emulated OS built in react with a node+express backend. It's made to be as fully customizable as you want. You can create new "apps" for it very easily. Anything you can make in react/JavaScript can be loaded as an "app" with just a simple config file. It's still very much a work in progress, but I figured it was complete enough for a little show and tell. Current features: - a desktop with icons/etc - a file browser - text editor (complete with syntax highlighting) - a full featured terminal - a picture viewer - a music player - a video player (capable of live-transcoding to an html5 compatible format) - a file downloader (for downloading files to the server from the web) - full drag and drop capabilities (even drop files from outside your browser to upload) - downloading files from the server to local - full mobile/touch support I'm also still very much deciding how to handle the release. It's mostly functional already, but I'd really want it to be polished before a proper release. Since I also have a full time job, that may take a while. Contributors would definitely help, but I'm also a little split on whether I should make if FOSS. I'm definitely leaning so, but idk. Definitely open to any feedback, suggestions, criticism, etc. Edit: Thanks to everyone for the feedback! Looks like I'll definitely be going FOSS. Also I'll be changing the name 😄 Not sure what to call it now though. Maybe reDOS? Lol I still wanna tidy everything up a bit before making the code public. Maybe go back and start adding some comments/documentation as currently there is none. I'm really terrible about that. Also definitely a bit shy to open up my code to public scrutiny haha. I'm sure there are plenty of mistakes and bad practices.

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