DSPStanky

Obviously Im 1 QA in 1 small slice of Tech, but the devs I talk to shrug off issues due to other companies/3rd party as "not our problem, hope they fix it soon". And to be fair, theyre right

But how many other devs say the same thing? Are we all just waiting for everyone else to fix their shit lmao

So my work product is propped up by integrations with other companies, and some of those are hacky workarounds/3rd party APIs. But, the actual companies also have hacky/unstable features, most likely because they too are using open source/3rd party libraries

It's unstable all the way down lmao

On a hunch, swap my phone out for the og phone that was used to set up App account for the Lock.

WiFi setup fails once, but succeeds on second try with nothing changed.

Lock App likely not handling multiple device tokens for one account well, and at the very least does not inform user of this.

Before I can test Smart Locks integration with our system, need them connected to WiFi to send commands via cloud. Took some locks home to test, need to change lock WiFi.

WiFi change fails, no error given.

Research, API calls failing for Locks native app due to "super user" perms missing (1/2)

Working in QA for "Smart" devices and home automation reinforces my belief that the entire Tech industry is a house of cards, but that's too generous a metaphor. Real cards are individually stable.

The tech industry is barely working bullshit built upon more barely working bullshit.

Monster Hunter Wilds character customization screenshot. The screenshot is showing a graphical error in which the character models are reduced to their lowest level of detail, resulting in models made up of as few polygons as possible.

MHWilds still peak

It is wildly stupid that utility accounts set up for you by a landlord are not automatically cancelled/closed the day you move out.

Fuck you mean I owe $50 for an empty room I didn't live in for the past month? And I had to find out about all this via a bill, and not from my apartment manager?

Do not fucking do this, do not open your phone for the police, you will be giving them the right to look at everything on your phone.

Just feeling nostalgic today now that the move has calmed down. Oh how different life was even a few years ago.

Also upon reflection, there wasn't ALWAYS joy, in fact it was rare a day went by that I felt like it all "went well" and was happy, but sometimes it all clicked. But even so, I miss those days. Yeah I can stream part time still, but it feels different in a way that's hard to explain.

Man I miss streaming full time. I don't miss being in poverty, or the insane workload, the occasional trolls or negative comments, or hyper-awareness of The Numbers, but I do miss every part of my day mattering and giving me satisfaction and joy.

Everything just feels so shallow these days.

It's still got it's problems (it's ceo for starters, but what social media ceo ISN'T a huge bag of rotten dicks), but it's still, so far, a fun thing to check up on.

Or maybe I just haven't screwed up my feed yet, who knows.

Everywhere I go on the internet - Doom, DOOM there is nothing but doomscrolling.

Except, surprisingly, on tumblr. Thank you for being such an un-profitable and borderline impossible to monetize mess even after all these years

Finally got the last part for new PC!

Can't wait to build it this weekend and get back to streaming occasionally (probably a LOT once Mon Hun Wilds is out tbh).

I say this fully expecting to be sporadic as hell again, but in theory my life should stabilize a bit more after this week

Getting steam gift cards for Christmas combined with the Steam Winter sale has resulted in me swimming through rogue-like deckbuilders like I'm scrooge McDuck

Top it off with a great month from humble bundle choice? Bless past me for taking so much time off from work, this backlog is CHUNKY

Does kinda sound like a hilariously fun ability for say a deckbuilder rouge-like. "If you're affected by at least 1 Buff AND 1 Debuff that are both random chance, all probabilities are quintupled."

For example, rolling a stealth check to sneak out the back of an auditorium. Lottery drawing results rolls multiple times because it succeeding gives the entire audience advantage on perception check, since they're all scanning the crowd for the winner. Sounds like a nightmare to program.

Honestly maybe those are the same perk. "Inconvenient Blessings". No idea how you translate that to a game mechanic, because it's not just a flat increase to all probabilities. It's like "if the success of a different event results in the failure of your check, that event is rolled three times"

I have 2 IRL perks. 1. I'm very lucky, but only when it is inconvenient. (I.e. winning a lottery drawing when I'm trying to sneakily leave an event)

2. I am very good at finding critical, massive bugs, but I only find them on the days my company is trying to do an environment push.

But seriously, extremely surprised by Arianne, I hope she gets more opportunities to show off her acting and comedy chops.

Highlight of the night was when the "TO BE CONTINUED" screen pops up at the end, and a single person in the back of the theater loudly exclaimed "WHAT?"

Assuming they missed the very large PART 1 plastered over the title card.

Best way to describe the general art direction is that it has the same tacky, uncanny feeling that most YA novel adaptations suffer from. Think the inner district's in later Hunger Games, but Everything is Like That.

The CG was decent quality though I felt!

Job got free tickets for Wicked, saw it with my sis since she never got a chance to see it on stage. Few points:

- Arianne Grande needs to be let out of the pop music mines, she's genuinely funny, great physical actor
- Cynthia crushes every Elphie song
- Costume and Sets felt uncanny in a slop way

Hmm this feels a little soon, surely this is due to cybermonday/black friday right. Not pre-emptive price gouging?

There's something I need people to understand.

The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad.

The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.

"woe is me, I only follow a handful of people that regularly recommend games I'd never even hear about were it not for them, I can't claim to have taste unless I bolt awake at night everytime a masterpiece is uploaded to itch.io"

How do I have imposter syndrome for my interests?? Job i understand, but "oough alas I don't play enough hidden indie gems and transformative experiences with less than 100 reviews, how can I possibly consider myself interested in video games??"

Like?? I do this for me why am I judging myself

So when Elon inevitably annoys Trump to the point that they have a messy breakup, what kind of Ex will he be? Will he be vindictive and pivot hard back to the Left, trying to sabotage Trump? Or will he mope, whine, and triple-down on the dick-riding?

Ideally he'll finally shut up and disappear.