darkmarx

I played a ton of 3d movie maker back in the day. I'm with you; I wish there were games like that today. It might be a niche, but you can't tell me there isn't a market for it.

AC as refrigerant, not coolant. Although that might be semantics.

AC is a type of heat pump. You are moving heat from inside to outside. The physics behind a heat pump, is fairly simple. There are three principles to work with.

1. Take a gas, compress it, and it gets super hot.
2. Take a compressed gas, let it rapidly expand, and it gets super cold
3. Different temperature gases move from hot to cold

Let's focus on AC since most folks are used to that concept. In an AC, you have a closed loop of refrigerant. Outside, there is a compressor that compresses the gas, which makes it very hot. The gas is pushed through a radiator with a fan pulling air through it. Since hot moves to cold, the heat trapped in the gas moves to the outside air, and the gas is slightly cooled. (As long as the gas is hotter than outside).

Inside, there is an expansion valve that lets the gas rapdly expand, making it super cold. It is pumped through a radiator that has inside air blowing over it with a fan. Since hot moves to cold, the heat in the inside air moves to the cold gas, cooling the inside air. (As long as the gas is cooler than the inside temperature). It is then pumped outside to start the loop again.

So, inside gets cooler while the heat is moved outside. The physics also establishes the limits of the heat exchange. You will only grab heat from inside if the expansion makes the gas colder than the air inside. Typically it expands to around 0 degrees. Likewise, it will dump the heat outside if the gas is hotter than outside air. The compressor typically makes it 130 to 140 degrees (temps vary depending on many factors).

To use a heat pump for heating rather than cooling, reverse the process. Pick up the heat from outside and dump it inside. This will work as long as outside is warmer than the expanded gas (0 degrees or so). Although you can get some that go to around -20.

I just started a new playthrough two days ago. My typical character is noble human, but I wanted something different this time. I'm Dalish this round. I can't remember doing this opening before. Starting out as an elf who thinks humans are below them, gives some fun interactions. Like insulting the king and him laughing it off. It was a short opening compared to the dwarves.

My least favorite is a mage. In the tower, everything around you feels powerful. You hear about all the magic available. Then you cast a basic spell and it is like 9 damage. It feels misbalanced. Almost like the devs made them strong and someone thought they were op, so they neutered it. Granted, you can have a strong playthrough as a mage. It's just the first third of the game feels off.

I'll echo what others said about the aluminum tape. Make sure it is a good one, not a cheap one. You might want to take a damp rag to the area first. Any dust will stop it from sticking. Make sure to let it dry too.

Mastic could work as well. Get a tub of it and a chip brush or two... and don't forget gloves. It sticks to everything and is rubberized, so it holds up very well. The only downside is that it makes a mess very easily.

With a glass of scotch, in the hottub, on a cold winter night. I picked up the Kindle Oasis specifically for this purpose, since it is water resistant.

Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

-Samuel Beckett

I had this poster on my wall in my dorm in the early 2000s. I think I still have it rolled up in a cardboard tube somewhere. I had a bunch of his stuff as posters.

Over time, the weaken your muscles and make it even more difficult to have good posture. You end up relying on the straps rather than your own body.

Then why would the company be against paying minimum wage?

I will admit that I have done that. I have created tasks, typically bugs, that have a title, maybe a screenshot, and a note that says contact me. It's typically when I notice something wrong and can't figure out an easy way to word it. Part of the problem is that I'm a visual person, so I like to show what I'm seeing. I don't like doing it becuase I know people like to have details up front. It is something I'm working on. However, I would not hold my lack of communication against one of my devs.

I like some of the concepts of agile and scrum. Two week sprints rather than multi-year projects. Faster turn around on bugs. Having a prioritized backlog so we know what we are doing next. Small standups to get ahead of blockers. Spending less time documenting everything and more time developing. You don't need a PM or scrum master in those things. A good team lead can do it. If the PM needs an update, they can look at the board.

A lot of the crap that gets add in to it is so freaking useless. There is an AVP at my company that keeps pushing everyone to sign and share team agreements so "there can accountability." It's so cringy. If someone is getting stuff done, do you really think having them sign something saying they will do it is going to help? If someone is getting stuff done, then it isn't going to change anything. It's infantalizing. So much of it is micromanagement and lack of team trust.

As manager, I have to say that is uncalled for. As a developer, I will say you are 100% accurate.