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dpezet

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dpezet··on Vice website is shutting down
> "I did a giant curl job, recursively regex'd out the login/comment submission fields and dumped them on s3"

That is not zero effort. That is at least 1.2 efforts.

dpezet··on Best D&D map makers for dungeons, cities and worlds
I blame ProFantasy for that. Their software has an insanely steep learning curve and the UI is extremely unintuitive. I have been using their software for 15 years and only have a basic proficiency with it. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone when tools like Dungeondraft and Inkarnate can have new users creating beautiful maps on day 1.
dpezet··on USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
> he just replaces all electrolytes without even looking at them.

He must burn himself a lot. It's hard enough to solder components when you are looking at them.

dpezet··on Open-source automated insulin delivery system given approval by team of experts
The headline is a little misleading. “Approval” is not really possible as these are unregulated devices. This is just a group of experts providing guidance on their use.
dpezet··on What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?
“Over the long run, in our complex, dynamic, power law world, the reference assets will be those companies winners willing to challenge the dogma of modern finance.”

This might be the worst sentence I have ever read.

dpezet··on macOS Catalina, 64-bit, 32-bit, and related Questions
Apple flagged OpenGL as deprecated in 10.14 so they have plans to drop it altogether.
dpezet··on Source code for Zork, Hitchhiker’s Guide, and other Infocom games
It looks like they might have added some things since you made your archive. The zip you posted is missing the following repos:

stationfall suspect suspended trinity wishbringer witness zork-german zork zork1 zork2 zork3