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a different type of yap today: i like to jot and sketch random stuff down while doing things. i use to do it with paper, but it gets so messy and is kinda a waste... i got one of those cheap plastic/cardboard whiteboards from the dollar store, but those came pre scratched :melting_face: and just would not erase cleanly. the glass whiteboards at unis are sooo nice, but a smaller one is like 30 bucks on amazon :rac_pf: figured this was a good and short weekend project! a glass whiteboard really just is glass + white paint i wanted a glass whiteboard at least larger than letter paper. glass panels were shockingly expensive and difficult to buy, and I'm not paying $10+ for just one piece of ultra-thin glass. picture frames were the next thing i tried to look for, but all the modern ones use that cheap, thin plastic film instead of glass. at a second-hand store, i found a picture frame with not one, but two 14"x11", 1/8" thick (which is pretty good) sheets for under $3 total. i figured i'd mess up the first one accidently. also bought some sand paper and white spray paint (less than $12 total) i cleaned the glass with soap + water and then alcohol. taped up the edges and went ham with the sandpaper on the glass for better paint adhesion later. i have zero clue how to spray paint, so I applied wayy too much paint on the first try. it got sticky and i had to sand it off to be more even and fixed it with a couple more light coats and a lot of waiting in between. i did a light sanding after it dried and i had a glass whiteboard :yay: dry erase markers erase so nicely on glass it was so worth it. costed in total less than $15, and i can make a second one, with spare paint and sand paper for other things
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Gridfinity!
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I learned OpenSCAD today. I love parametric stuff and the magic that changing one variable does. (blot art is so cool in the same way) I'm starting to use gridfinity but I wanted to cut down on the number of magnets I used cus $$, so I modified Gridfinity Extended OpenSCAD to add a center hole. I now can use 2 magnets instead of 8, and it's more than strong enough :yay:
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a lot of stuff broke last week and turned blue, which is really horrible and unfortunate but I really don't mind those big ad displays going down... and since I can't hack into those (yet), digital ads would be a fun target so I spent a night hacking away at an extension, and it's finally approved and published it'll turn any Google Ad* into a BSOD, because why not? It's literally hacked together, but why don't you give it a try :p chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bsod-ads/opinilejfaejfdbgfnffdljndfdadjdf github.com/samdev-7/bsod-ads
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#blot ship? kinda... I loved github.com/tmb/club-fair-attention-monopoly and wanted something similar, but showing off hardware. Here's what I came up with: Folks submit their name, which the program automatically generates realistic fake handwriting for, and writes their name in an available space with Blot! It works by using the pretrained handwriting-synthesis model, alongside matter.js for a quick and dirty way to position the names, and of course blot, which had some handy functions for machine control! Check out the code! github.com/samdev-7/blot-shenanigans
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Major Arcade VSC feature ship! 🚢 A side panel has been added to the arcade :vsc: extension! You can now start, control, and end sessions straight from vs code! You can give it a try right now by switching to the pre-release. Do keep in mind that my code isn't perfect 😁 Note: there latency, and a limit of 16 interactions per hours due to API limitations to prevent abuse.
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Arcade vs code extension update :yay: if you don't know what this it, it's a simple extension that adds the arcade timer to the bottom right of your editor to help you keep track of the time left. the extension now notifies you when your session starts/ends/pauses you'll also get a handy reminder if you're coding but haven't started a session yet these are now configurable via vs code's configuration menus and lastly, it no longer forces you to reload vs code when an error occurs with the api, it now tries to fix itself in most cases! if you haven't yet, you should give it a try! it's been helping me a lot :arcade: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=samdev.arcade-vsc github.com/samdev-7/arcade-vsc
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:arcade:#arcade is awesome, but amidst the focus of :cat_typing: typing, I lose track of time. I can't be the only one who forgets to start a new session after an hour, losing those precious 🎟️ As someone who spend 80% of their time coding on vs code (the other 19% are on stackoverflow), something right in the editor would be awesome :thinkies: So, I spent the past 3 hours and made ✨ Arcade VSC :partyparrot: It's a vs code extension that brings the arcade timer right to your editor! Setup is sooo simple, you only need your slack id. Being my first vs code extension, I was impressed with how easy the editor's api was to use! I'll be using my extension over the summer. You should give it a try too! :D 👇 marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=samdev.arcade-vsc github.com/samdev-7/arcade-vsc
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I updated my website today :D
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Cleared up 134GBs of storage!
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Personal website ship! 🚢 My old website was messy, overcomplicated, and although it looked somewhat cool, it was hard for someone to actually read. I've been wanting to refresh my website for a while now. I was working on v2, which is very similar in design to v1, with some tweaks. However, due to the complexity of the site, I got burnt out and put it aside. The past week, with the motivation from #hack-hour, I decided to pick up and finish something. I started over from scratch, this time focusing on content, simplicity, and accessibility with the new skills I've learned since. I've only worked on v3 for 5 hours. ... and it's shipped! :partyparrot: :partyparrot: :partyparrot: Check it out: samliu.dev It's nowhere complete, but there's a good start. The simplicity allows me to start building content. I want to start a blog. P.S. I've attached screenshots of previous versions in the thread if you're curious!
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#hack-hour time! I worked on a group generator project today! The idea is to have a simplified flow for teachers to store their class lists, and generate random groups in a few clicks. Everything is store on-device, so data security is there. I added some cool features today. Exporting & importing, pinning & ordering, and some QOL stuff here and there. There's no repository yet as my group just worked on it in replit.
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I haven't been this productive in so long, but the past 3 hours have been amazing thanks to #hack-hour! I've been wanting to improve my personal site. It's finally time! My site's still in WIP but there's really good progress, check it out! new.samliu.dev P.S. The info on there is hardcoded, I'll eventually be automated! Also, it's unusable on mobile, I'll fix in a future focus session!
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I made a bookmark that shows the amount of tasks left in my todo list! Idea copied off of #samuel-land It's a janky combination of google apps script to fetch from Tasks with my self hosted n8n instance to connect it to slack.
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I've been pretty quiet on scrapbook the past bit. A lot of exciting things happened! My attempt to balance Apocalypse, FRC, AP, the rush of English assignments, and other misc commitments seem to have worked out, to an extent. :orphmoji-peefest: Time to start scrapbooking again! Here's what I'll be personally working on in the next bit before my exam period arrives. I'll be scrapbooking any updates. • Some #apocalypse site stuff & cleaning up my docs/spreadsheets • Revamping my personal website and add a blog :D • Design and manufacture my own swerve drive similar to those in #frc or FTC (OnBoard time 👀) • Clean up my workspace and create a organization system, it's currently a rat's nest • Google Drive/Photos & Laptop spring cleaning, too many files all over the place • Web stuff for my local iGEM team perchance
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How to never miss another slack notification…
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I love Blot, here's QR Blot running! The result is fantastic!
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I love DIY upgrades!! Just improved my 3018 CNC engraver. • Cut, glued, and faced a spoil board (but the bed is not square, oops). • Made an enclosure using a cardboard box to help keep the dust down • Modified and printed this drag chain design, no more worrying about wires getting caught!
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My endmills arrived! Messed around with my 3018 cnc for a bit and got the chance to use Fusion 360 cam. It came out better than expected!
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Did some of the things I've procrastinating on for a long time! I cleaned up my workspace and installed some fume ventilation!! :partyparrot: Bought some of the small storage drawer things, they are so good for small components and can be fully pulled out for use. Also got some small bins as catch-all storage when I'm building stuff, those fit in really nicely in the drawer I already had. Also sorted some stuff into my SKADIS pegboard, it's amazing and I'm going to 3D print more stuff to go on there! CAD-ed and 3D printed some parts using Fusion 360 to connect up some flexible plastic ducting from home depot. Also made a mount for my air purifier (it only filters PM2.5 so not too useful on its own) to connect it all together! Originally, I had another duct for my Resin 3D printer's fumes, but a ribbon cable broke in there so I'm coping right now. It works! No more solder fumes in my face!
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Speech to text finally working on Discord with my bot built using Pycord, Vosk, and a lot of keyboard bashing :cat_typing:
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When it takes you two hours to implement a mailing list form :sadcatok: :sendy: Sendy :thisisfine: (I still love Sendy, though)
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Did 3 days of Advent of Code today! I'm hoping to catch up soon. It was a lot of fun!
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I love using excel to generate code!
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It’s here!!
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Physics project with :minecraft: Minecraft. I combined command blocks logging data to chat. a quick and rough JS script, and the data can be visualized in Excel!
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Today, I fixed my doorbell with the power of SLA printing! #100-days
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Personal website update! Made a carousel, first time doing it. Ran into way too many weird css issues. #100-days!
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Resin SLA printing time! The Cones of Calibration shown here is a great way to tune exposure settings. #100-days!
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#100-days! Doing some web dev for a school related thing. Flask + GitHub Pages is something different. As much as I love using them both, I never want to see this monkey patching mess again.
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I’m back to work on my WHW project for #100-days! The procrastination to write the software has led me to almost forget about it. The hardware portion is mostly done and been collecting dust. I’ve tightened some screws and cleaned up edges. I’m hoping to get it operational soon!
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SLA (LD-002H) vs FDM (Ender 3 Pro) Benchy!!
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After some keyboard smashing :cat_typing:, the #trillium-hacks website (1st iteration) had departed from the port 🚢! Check it out over at trilliumhacks.com!
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Introducing… the Sprig-ception that you never thought you’d see! :sprig-dino:
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Sprig!!
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After dealing with websockets, they are great but such a pain, my tablet home control dashboard thingy can control smart home devices!
It’s getting somewhere
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Used CAD to make a wall mounted tablet holder! Gonna 3d print it!
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Going to try something completely new... A lot lies ahead!
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Transferred my domain to Porkbun as it's cheaper!
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Oh wow SLA 3D printing is really cool. Still getting hang of the process. A ton of post processing compared to FDM. This Eiffel Tower didn’t come out perfectly, I still need to dial in the settings.
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Oh wow SLA 3D printing is really cool. Still getting hang of the process. A ton of post processing compared to FDM. This Eiffel Tower didn’t come out perfectly, I still need to dial in the settings.
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DIY UV curing box for my resin printer :D
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I’m back! Home sweet home.
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More progress on my link shortener! 🔗 Made the inputs for the UI, still have a lot of backend work to do. Constructive criticism is wanted!
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Gonna make a link shortener :o
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Guys… I found the Chinese BLAHAJ! :blahaj1:
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Not much lately. This is the typical Chinese park. Holy light pollution…
I’m visiting relatives and family this month. Honestly, not too interesting. I'll be continuing the update for my website as well as some other projects I'd like to finish or start!
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It has already been 2 days since the end of Shad :shad: 2023. The entire month of July flew by incredibly quickly. The first day of Shad felt like yesterday and it's still hard to believe it's over. Spending a month 24/7 with others really beings us all together. Reading the notes we've left for each other and thinking about the memories brings nostalgia and a positive yet sad rush of emotions. I'll probably do a full writeup about my experience at Shad Calgary 2023 soon. To the Shad peeps who are reading this, thanks for the amazing month! "There is only one July 2023." It will be remembered! Not forgetting the past but moving on with my journeys, I'm packing again and flying ✈️ to visit friends and family in China. I'm unsure how often I'll post in August but I'll try my best.
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It has already been 2 days since the end of Shad :shad: 2023. The entire month of July flew by incredibly quickly. The first day of Shad felt like yesterday and it's still hard to believe it's over. Spending a month 24/7 with others really beings us all together. Reading the notes we've left for each other and thinking about the memories brings nostalgia and a positive yet sad rush of emotions. I'll probably do a full writeup about my experience at Shad Calgary 2023 soon. To the Shad peeps who are reading this, thanks for the amazing month! "There is only one July 2023." It will be remembered! Not forgetting the past but moving on with my journeys, I'm packing again and flying ✈️ to visit friends and family in China. I'm unsure how often I'll post in August but I'll try my best.
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I've been forgetting to write the past few days so here it comes! The past 4 days @ Shad :shad: and we're nearing the end of the program, here's some highlights! The final presentation went well as expected! We also went to 🇨🇦 Banff! It was my second time being there. The view in general, especially 🏞️ Lake Louise, was gorgeous as usual and I had some amazing 🤌 ramen at the Town of Banff! The same day, we got to ride the Banff 🚡 Gondola. The view during the ride and the views on top of Sulfur Mountain ⛰️ were amazing. I had a great time with my fellow Shad members. We also went to downtown 🏙️ Calgary! Took the C-Train 🚊 again; I love Calgary Public Transit. Visited the top of Calgary Tower, the view was breathtaking. That's all! With only a day left in the program, and all the memories and connections I've formed, it feels bittersweet that I'll probably never see the majority of them after a day.
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Past 3 days @ Shad :shad: were again super busy and stressful. Making a prototype in a day combined with a presentation and video in 2 days, a lot of stuff to fit into the already busy schedule. I also forgot to mention in my last post but we did soap 🧼 carving! Some highlights! I made a whale 🐳 (hopefully it somewhat resembles one). There was a workshop about bio-inspired 🌻 design. We folded some paper into a cool pattern! Also had another workshop on 🪡 suturing. I learned some basic suture patterns and throws. Finally, we visited Fort Calgary, a Canadian 🇨🇦 National Historic Site. I also had some fun building pillow forts. :p That's all folks. With only 5 of 26 days remaining in the Shad :shad: program and a presentation to judges tomorrow, time flies when you're having fun!
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Been super busy the past 3 days @ Shad :shad: so I haven't been able to write about it. Here comes a large wall 🧱 of text! Work continues on the final project (I both love and hate Figma :figma:). So little time for us to do stuff so it's basically crunch time. My group spent some time in the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning on University of Calgary campus. Super chill and cool building for studying. We worked on the floating balconies! I also got myself a University of Calgary sticker :stickers:, golden and shiny! Had a lecture on paleontology ⛏️. We got to see some rocks and fossils. Here's a lizard 🦎 teeth! We visited Drumheller, Alberta ⛰️ today, the badlands. Climbed the hoodoos which was super fun yet challenging and visited the Royal Tyrrell Museum :dinosaur:, very cool fossils and exhibitions.
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Not much new stuff today at :shad: Shad. Worked more on the final project and had some fun competing in teams.
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Another interesting Shad :shad: day! Had a workshop on indigenous Inuit art and 🪡 sewing. Also visited the University of Calgary’s solar car ☀️ team. Super cool how it can keep driving with just the sun.
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Another daily Shad :shad: log! Had an awesome Texas Instruments workshop. Used the handheld calculator to code lights :party-dinosaur:, music 🎵, and a rover robot to draw 🎨. Programmed it to play :rickroll: and drew a Sine wave! Also discovered this smart garbage can in University of Calgary campus. It uses CV to tell you where trash should go as well as an interactive trivia game, supa cool!
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:shad: Another tiring day but not a ton of new stuff. So for Shad there is this final project that groups have to be working on; plus, there are also student run committees to facilitate certain small parts of the program. We did do a electricity ⚡ workshop with magnets and coils. Our instructor also held a live wire (he was insulated from ground ofc). It was interesting but I knew most of it already.
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:shad: Not a ton happened today. Did a PCB soldering :pcb: workshop (the end result didn’t work due to a faulty chip). I don’t have a great photo but here’s one of my group members soldering a part!
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Another tiring and full Shad :shad: day! More 🏛️ U of Calgary and the famous 🐴 Calgary Stampede!! Visited the UofC School of Architecture, Planning + Landscape. Saw some very cool student-made projects as well as their workshop! Also took the C-Train there and back. It was really crowded. Stampede wise, the food 🍟 there was surprisingly good (which is why I forgot to take pictures oops). Had some wacky stuff like ketchup and mustard 🍦 ice cream.
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Another day of :shad: Shad! Spent most of today at 🇨🇦 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology aka SAIT! Took the Calgary C-Train 🚊 there and back. Really nice campus and learned tons with pipe soldering and hydraulics! 🛠️
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Also, UCalgary ✨
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Some Calgary scenery
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My room for the next month!
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Went hiking this weekend! Barrier lake 🏕️
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Here’s my #haxidraw-development wannabe. I have to create some art for something upcoming and though this’d be a creative way it fabricating it instead of a boring regular printer.
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Was messing around on Figma :figma: This is a cool sticker design ;p
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Sprig-in' tonight :sprig-dino:
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After messing with the GitHub API even more, my stats page is now so much more accurate!
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Haxidraw (#haxidraw-development) is so cool! Made a polygon drawer which centres the polygon with constant diameter. Seeing math work in real time art is awesome ✨
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Z-axis installed on my robot arm and workspace organized!
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GitHub Copilot Chat is quite cool and seems useful!
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Finally got some time to work on my personal website rewrite! partially inspired by HC's site!
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AngelHacks Toronto just finished, success! More info in #ship soon!!
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Blahaj Spotted :blahaj: Blahaj Abducted :blahaj-2: P. S. Come to AngelHacks Toronto (#angelhacks-toronto) for the chance to win your very own Blahaj! (or other prizes)
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After two days of hard work, the first version of the #angelhacks-toronto site is working and complete! We’re still hoping to add more info to it which will come soon!
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Idk why I made this a while back and added it to my Home Screen but it’s currently at a cool number which I just ruined with this message.
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Took a break from the screen, started and finished a puzzle today!!
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Some some live stats working :D
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Just got the plaque and stickers in my mail! :yay: (My sticker collection continues to grow) It looks (and smells) AMAZING! It's customized as well :O P.S. I think the short and lang bars next to the "Winter Hardware Wonderland" text is binary. It seems to be the first letter of my name :tw_thinking_face:
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Back from First :first: DCMP! Did a bit of my work in progress stats section for my website. Here's how it looks so far:
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Mornin’ walk :tw_sunrise: Still cold today but the sun’s out!
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Still working on the revision of my site! Good progress today. (Not much visually but plenty to do with scrolling and automatic anchors)
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An updated version of my personal website is in the making! Nothing complex yet, but (hopefully) cool things are to come! 👀 v2.samliu.dev
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Was too busy the past weekend to post. I went to another :first: FIRST Robotics Competition in North Bay, Ontario. Super fun, super tiring. It was exciting, despite the challenges we faced I think we did great! Now 🤞 fingers crossed we'll make it into District Championships. The shirts were quite cool!
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Explored capabilities of OpenAI models today!
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Another Dino Is You :sprig-dino: update! This time I present something playable! Do bear in mind that I am still making some of the features from the original game, Baba Is You. The lack of levels is because many features aren't implemented yet. I'll be submitting this to the gallery once a longer version is made. Here's the link! sprig.hackclub.com/share/yqDPXiYUTh3SQ5MBdlHB
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Another Dino Is You :sprig-dino: update! A ton more code and a ton more lag! The preliminary camera system works! Really laggy on the actual sprig. I'm loading maps many times per move as it's the only way this can work without modifying previous code. Next step, modify the previous code to not rely on a full map being loaded to work. Additionally, not force the camera to center the player, but to follow it (the player can move small amounts without the camera moving), this makes it easier on the player to understand where they are location wise. Here's a preview of what I have so far on my testing map.
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Good progress on Dino Is You :sprig-dino: today! 1K lines of code and going! Here's a video of the pushing mechanism working. I had to write a custom pushing code as the one built in to the Sprig engine cannot push two blocks in a row. It was a bit of a headache for edge cases but it works! Next step, write a custom camera and map system, this will allow me to create bigger "virtual" maps that the player can pan around in. The current map size is the largest I can go without ruining the text, this change will allow me to create more complex puzzles. Additionally, I'm also going to rewrite my undo system. The current one saves the whole game's state every move, very memory intensive. Troublesome on the Sprig console.
Worked on Dino Is You :sprig-dino: (Sprig Game) today! Here's a video of my work in progress! Nothing is hard coded and rules are generated on the fly as intended by the original game! Next step, write custom pushing code as the one built in to the sprig engine can't push two blocks in a row.
A new Sprig :sprig-dino: game is in the making!
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Contributed to Sprig :sprig-dino: The past few days! Made a pull request that makes the editor highlights the erroring line. Hopefully it'll get merged soon!
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Got a new SD card for my Raspberry Pi
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Day 2 (third and final day) of #frc! Super exciting matches in Newmarket Ontario today.
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Day 1 (the second day) of #frc at Newmarket, Ontario! :first: Was super fun seeing all the other teams' robot designs.
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#frc at Newmarket!! (ONNEW)
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#hardware-party day 13/… My syncing math works! They now end at the same time!
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#hardware-party Day 10/... Wow time flies, the 10 days are already up. AliExpress shipping :tw_face_palm:, one final thing still hasn't arrived (eta was the 17th). I've been too busy with #frc as well as preparing for a music competition recently so I couldn't work on it as much as I'd liked. Still got a ton done though. Today I worked on some software stuff, soldered some wires and getting electronics ready. I'm racing to get it complete before the 🚢 Ship Showcase!
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#hardware-party day 9/10. Final stretch!! Assembled lots of parts today, still need to do software. The arm looks amazing! I’ll probably go over the 10 days as I have a music competition tomorrow, meaning I can’t do much.
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#hardware-party day 8/10 Couldn’t get much down today due to homework and #frc. I’m really sleep deprived. Did get a few more pieces printed tho, always nice.
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#hardware-party day 7/10 already!! Today I printed the second segment of the arm! Got plenty to do. I also wired up and tested the first segment, the homing sequence works! The code is harder than I thought though. Everything with steppers feels very messy.
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#hardware-party day 6/10 My brain: Oh yeah this might actually work. The main structure is mostly done!!! Gonna start wiring stuff up to get ahead on the code. Bought two boards to try as the baseplate, IKEA as-is is awesome. Also upgraded my light above my workbench! It’s now brighter than my future.
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#hardware-party day 5/10 The base of the arm is basically done. It’s looking great! I gotta speed up a bit as we’re already halfway through!
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#hardware-party 4/10 Fixed my printer, the spool was tangled. More 3D prints, this one is a 14 hour print. (If it fails I will cry) Also soldered some wires for easy connection to the arduino shield. Starting to run low on those connector wires, I think I have enough tho!
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#hardware-party 3/10 3D Printer issues D: Filament snapping, the filament feels quite dry while printing.
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#hardware-party 2/10 The grabber mechanism works! Since I bought the wrong type of servo, I had to resort to using a limit switch to figure out distances.
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WHW Day 1! :winter-hardware-wonderland: Pog! Started on my grabber mechanism for the arm.
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Starting to print stuff for my winter hardware wonderland project! This will take a while…
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Added A* path finding to my Java snake game! P1 is me and P2 is the computer. I hope to add some random weight noise to make it move in more random directions and be a bit worse. It does error when there is no valid path but that can be easily fixed!
Learning morse code while procrastinating! morse.withgoogle.com/learn is so amazing. In under an hour, I know how to read and type morse code! Punctuations still need practice and I'm far from being able to listen to morse code. Never expected myself to ever learn it, -... ..- - / .. - / .. ... / .-. . .- .-.. .-.. -.-- / -.-. --- --- .-.. -.-.--
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Windows PowerToys are really awesome! I love the run feature!
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Testing out parts to make sure they work for the 10 days of making! First time working with steppers. Hopefully I did nothing wrong!
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Optimized my ✨ Java Snake Game 🐍 for a summative project! Originally, it was flickering and lagging really badly on the slow school computers. I rewrote the method used to paint the components, that removed the flickering. Correctly implemented Timers, which got rid of most of the lag. It should be able to run faster without problems now! It feels so much more smoother. I'm excited to #ship this when I'm done!
More improvements on my ✨ Snake Game 🐍 Almost done wahoo, just some polishing and maybe small features.
Made my Java Snake Game 🐍 two player! It's really hard to demo with just me alone. 😅
Some ✨ updates ✨ to my snake game! 🐍 Made on Java with Swing, all assets are original!
:blahaj: BLAHAJ :D
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First Robotics Kickoff! :first: I had a great time at my local kickoff event, excited for the season! Also, more stuff for the winter hardware project arrived!
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Making snake in Java for my CS class final project!
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15 minute calibration cube! (That’s quite fast) Calibrating my 3D printer with larger nozzles for use in large prints for #hardware-party!
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Did some more Blender-ing! :blender: Hopefully the GIF hasn't destroyed the quality.
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So many things I want to work on and learn but so little time…
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More stuff arrived 👀
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My Sprig arrived!!! :yay:
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School's out for now! :yay: Winter Hardware Wonderland proposal submitted! ❄️ My Sprig is almost here :D :sprig-dino: A new workshop is in the making 👀 Hacky Holidays everyone! :christmasparrot:
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Tysm to everyone at HQ! Hacky Holidays!! :christmasparrot: Did u accidentally send me two of the photos lol
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:yay: The Sprig is on its way!
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Ran two Hour of Code sessions to the grade 7s and 8s students at my school with my school's CS department students! Super awesome, but unfortunately I don't have any pictures of it. Here's a generic screenshot. Thanks to the teachers that organized it! :)
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Masterpiece
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Another envelope appeared in my mailbox!! Thanks Ella!! My sticker collection is growing strong 🙌
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Designed and Printed a pen/pencil mount for my older, kinda broken 3D printer. The gantry still works so I’m hoping to put it to use somehow.
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First time CAD-ing something “useful,” Fusion 360 is confusing to use haha. Made a slot/holder for my HC token, 3D printed it and stuck it on my panel used for stickers. :D
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:ultrafastparrot: Hack Club Token!!! :ultrafastparrot: Tysm @caleb :D
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I turned my wall mounted RPI into a light switch. Not super practical as of now but I did it! …after a week of head scratching and keyboard bashing. :raspberry-pi-logo:
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3D printers are truly awesome.
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Workshop Ship! :sprig-dino:I present my very first workshop. It's now live on workshops.hackclub.com/sprig_dodge! You should try it out and let me know how it goes. 👀 Sprig is so awesome, and I'm so happy that I can contribute. It refreshed so many JS concepts that I have forgotten. The games on the gallery are so much fun! :D Happy hacking!
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3D printed LEGO!! It actually works!
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Doing my history homework while listening to Minecraft music. Ah the nostalgia. :minecraft:
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Currently only put a clock on there for testing. But it works!! Local sveltekit server running in the background with chromium in kiosk mode. The best part is everything auto starts. :raspberry-pi-logo:
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:raspberry-pi-logo: Pi on the wall. I’ll be doing something with it soon ig 👀
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Making a Sprig Workshop :D
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Got some Rock PLA to 3D print, it looks awesome but is terrible to print with and breaks between layers easily. Also just learned that it can erode the brass nozzle. Returning the spool.
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Vase mode is so cool! :3d-printer:
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3DBenchy! There are some little layer shift and salmon skin issues. Hopefully I’ll be able to fix some of those soon!
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An Ender-3 Pro just appeared on my front porch today!!! Excited. 👀
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My assembly stickers just arrived. They look awesome! One of the first stickers I've received. Thanks @hugo.y.hu935 for the mail!
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Today I experimented with using my broken 3D printer (one of the cheap, poor quality ones) as a plotter to draw stuff. The results are so much better than what I expected.
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Starting out with the simple stuff! Buttons! They look decent, I'm not too happy with the disabled ones but i have no idea how to make them better.
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Nothing interesting happened today... I did make a Pig Latin translator in my Java computer science class. I thought it was interesting.
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Attended my schools' first :first: First Robotics meeting (for this year) today, epic! Don't have photos... So here's my history homework that I have to do... :nooo:
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Some progress!! Put in some placeholder images + text for now. :D
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I just got my own domain. Awesome! :ultrafastparrot: :ultrafastparrot:
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I spent way too long on this, but I love how it tuned out!
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Gonna start experimenting with building ui components in Svelte with tailwindcss! Hopefully I can do something before the busyness catches up again.
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Tried running Stable Diffusion locally as I still don't have access to Dall-e :( This is insane... very powerful. Prompt: a rabbit reading a book.
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Practising my Blender skills! Replicated an IKEA BERGENES. It looks quite nice except for the grain directions which are messed up as I can't find proper textures.
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Today in Sprig jam, I created flappy_bird_but_no_gravity_and_worse!
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Improved my website speed by over 50%! The Scrapbook section loads so much faster now
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I just uninstalled McAfee antivirus... I should have done it earlier... It eats up so much CPU and lags everything during development. The fans don't kick on instantly when I open IDEs anymore! :poggers: 3% compared to the previous 40%.
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:sprig-dino: The excitement! :DDDDDDD
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3rd attempt at photogrammetry! 88 Photos of a "stone bench??" processed using Meshroom. The result was fantastic!
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Made a quick and dirty userscript that opens Bing Video Search results directly in YouTube instead of the embedded viewer thing.
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Finished my personal Website!! Just in time before summer break ends.
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I'm having too much fun with Sprig.
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I created Connect Four with Sprig. Awesome!
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Made this today, and it's not actually terrible.
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Figured out how you can build and deploy a SvelteKit static site to Github Pages!
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Responsive design :nooo: Best I could do without a hamburger menu. (I'm too lazy)
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Trying out and learning Svelte! A few friends recommended it to me a while ago.
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Today I also fooled around with scriptable and created a widget which shows the live download count for my Minecraft mod. :D Programming on mobile is quite the pain.
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First time using the scrapbook, trying to finish my website! Trying new techniques and learning web design in the process. Looking good so far...
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