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scottehon Fluid Simulation Pendant

I believe they were £500 when I first checked (approximately an hour after the video was uploaded).

scottehon Internet Archive responds to recording industry lawsuit targeting obsolete media

This appears to be a hoax.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/metallica/

scottehon Show HN: Weekle – a web app to learn how to calculate the day of the week

This looks easier to memorise than another method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_rule

Nice work on the site!

scottehon Turing Complete is a game about computer science

Just in case it interests anyone, it sounds similar to NandGame (http://nandgame.com/), which is an online game where the challenge is to progressively build a microprocessor, starting from simple logic gates.

Show HN thread from a few years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17508151

scottehon Logic.ly – Digital logic simulator for teaching logic gates and digital circuits

In a similar vein, NandGame (http://nandgame.com/) is an online game where the challenge is to progressively build a microprocessor, starting from simple logic gates.

Show HN thread from a couple of years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17508151

scottehon Convert Curl Syntax to Python Requests

The "uncurl" library[1] does something similar and can be used in the terminal. I've found it extremely useful.

[1]: https://github.com/spulec/uncurl

scottehon Crypto CTF

The CryptoCTF FAQ page has a link to this site[0], which helps explain what a CTF is.

[0]: https://ctftime.org/ctf-wtf/

scottehon Middle-aged vlogger who used filter to look young caught in live-stream glitch

Published in 1996, but it appears he began writing it in the late '80s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest

scottehon DeBroglie – Generate tile-based maps using wave function collapse

Not sure about the inspiration, but I believe it's these:

https://opengameart.org/content/pixel-hex-tilesets-enhanced

scottehon Inside Nintendo’s “perfect” method for detecting online Switch piracy

The devices aren't being disabled, they're just having their access to Nintendo's online services restricted. This practice isn't anything new, and has been around as long as internet-enabled consoles have.

scottehon Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

Strange. Did you have the account back when it was still possible? They may have grandfathered the older accounts in.

scottehon Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

It's absolutely possible. Admittedly I'm still running 2.1.18, but I just tested it there and it still works.

https://ngrok.com/docs#subdomain

edit: Just in case, I updated to 2.2.4 (newest) and it's still possible to use custom subdomains.