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Probably a good idea to change the name now... However, I'm always surprised people don't search for the name of their project before using it. Also, if common TLDs are already registered, I'd usually avoid using the name as well in case of future success and spoofing the domains.

spepson Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports

Except this work can be done once, stored somewhere and shared. Take a ROM (it means read-only after all) and get native port out...

spepson An infinite canvas for code exploration

Support Unreal Engine and you'd get a lot of interest from game devs!

spepson The File Filesystem (2021)

Closest I found: https://github.com/guardianproject/libsqlfs

> The libsqlfs library implements a POSIX style file system on top of an SQLite database. It allows applications to have access to a full read/write file system in a single file, complete with its own file hierarchy and name space. This is useful for applications which needs structured storage, such as embedding documents within documents, or management of configuration data or preferences. Libsqlfs can be used as an shared library, or it can be built as a FUSE (Linux File System in User Space) module to allow a libsqlfs database to be accessed via OS level file system interfaces by normal applications.

spepson Level of Gaussians: Real-Time View Synthesis for Millions of Square Meters

Actual title is: Real-Time View Synthesis for Large Scenes with Millions of Square Meters

Which makes more sense than: Real-Time View Synthesis for Square Meters

spepson My mouse climbed a wall and now it doesn't work right

Solitaire was allegedly used to teach people about drag-and-drop with the mouse:

> Microsoft intended Solitaire "to soothe people intimidated by the operating system," and at a time where many users were still unfamiliar with graphical user interfaces, it proved useful in familiarizing them with the use of a mouse, such as the drag-and-drop technique required for moving cards.

From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Solitaire

spepson Reverse engineering a software crack

Raymond Chen has a ton of "being on the other side of the airtight hatchway" articles.

Most relevant I found: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20200420-00/?p=10...

Probably in this case the installation of the crack requires admin privileges to modify files in "Program Files" folder. Boom, you've broken the rules ;)

spepson Web Game Engines and Libraries

You probably found it already but performance wise you should look into WebAssembly: https://maxbittker.com/making-sandspiel

spepson Ask HN: Is iCloud a viable alternative to Dropbox? Any other alternatives?

I was using OVHcloud before that but they "upgraded" their platform and it was awful.

Instead, I've been using MEGA for about 4 years now. Overall very stable, secure, solid apps (didn't try the iOS one yet though), and even switched to pay (~£5pm for 200GB).

https://mega.io/storage

spepson Binary Greedy Voxel Meshing Algorithm

It's to mesh the voxels themselves, like in Minecraft.

spepson Unreal Engine 5 gains WebGPU support

2 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39385739

spepson Overcoming GitHub's 100MB Video Limit: Introducing GithubVideoCompressor

First, should've been "Show HN" thread.

Second, could you explain some use case? GitHub has these limits for a reason, and there's probably better ways to host a 350MB video if you need it to be played on GitHub.

Third, if I understand right the whole thing looks quite complex when you could just give someone a simple guide on what ffmpeg invocation needs to be done.

spepson Tell HN: Ever think of applying to YC? Do it this weekend for S24

Seems like it was a needed option for you at the time. Are you still enjoying it? Waiting for someone to take the baton?

spepson C-Macs – a pure C macOS application

The linked project doesn't use any ObjC files at all. SDL2 has a bunch of Cocoa files[1] so you did use Cocoa even if unknowingly.

[1] https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/tree/main/src/video/cocoa

spepson VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

It mentions WebRTC but this project wouldn't work in browsers as it's a Go CLI tool. Is there any alternative to WebRTC nowadays? How far along is WebTransport? Anything else that could rely on older web tech?

spepson El Prado Museum – Virtual Tour

If you look at the floor it says "Second Canvas™" which is the company behind it it seems: https://www.secondcanvas.net/

spepson El Prado Museum – Virtual Tour

I really wish these projects, usually financed partially by European grants and other such schemes (aka tax payers), would release the raw data and let people develop their own experience with it.

Open data from museums are the only way I can see it being archived for the long term benefit of society.

PS: why the downvotes? It's literally written at the end but there's no download link anywhere...

> Funded with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRPP), Spain’s Next Generation EU financing and according to the initiatives within the component C.24.I3 Digitization and valorization of major cultural services, included in Prado Training as an Inclusive experience of visit.

spepson The One Billion Row Challenge in CUDA

Looks like TFA already uses partitioning per thread.

spepson Show HN: ClassroomIO – an in-browser programming environment for education

You need to sort the domain/TLD confusion. Your brand name ends with "io" (.io being popular in programming websites) and highlighted in yellow in your logo. Your website is .site and your email is .app. I also think just reading the name that it's a classroom CMS, and not programming related.

PS: it's a shame because the idea is excellent and the presentation looks good but yeah naming is hard...

spepson Show HN: Mazelit - My wife and I released our first game

Congratulations, it must have been a difficult decision! Shipping a game is an amazing achievement and I like the creative way of releasing the source code!

Make sure you've properly licensed the code, people have no conscience sometimes and will release your game again without crediting you...

spepson VNC Resolver

Took only a few minutes of going through the few McMansions of the area... 27.2742469, -82.3742776

spepson VNC Resolver

https://computernewb.com/vncresolver/browse/#id/48195007

Alarm system? Irrigation? Whatever it is, might be easy to find on a map...