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Peter Bhat Harkins
2017 Media Reviews
Life: books, comics, media review, tabletop games, video games
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I’ve appreciated when people take the time to write reviews and highlight connections to other good works. This post was written in one go at the end of 2017. I didn’t keep good track of the games, so that’s spotty and may be updated in 2018 as I’m reminded of them, but is otherwise complete. Previously: 2014 2015 2016
Return Statement
Life: New York City, Recurce Center
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I’ve finished my time at Recurse Center, and a small tradition is to write a “return statement” about what you did in your time there.
Voicemail
Life: phones, voicemail
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Robots and elderly relatives have finally driven me to extreme measures.
My voicemail greeting is now this “you have reached a number that has been disconnected” recording repeated for sixty seconds as a multi-pronged attack on voicemail:
Lobsters
Life: community, lobsters, moderation
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I’m now the sysop of Lobsters, a social news site focused on technology.
Attending Recurse Center
Life: New York City, Recurse Cener
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I have been accepted to the Recurse Center to spend three months on collaborative, self-directed study of programming. I’m planning to continue studying Haskell and dependent types, proof assistants, and category theory. Maybe Coq, Idris, or TLA+ if I can find someone else interested.
MiscPodcast
Code: PHP, podcast, project
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I have some random episodes of podcasts laying around waiting to get listened to from podcasts I don’t (yet) care to subscribe to. Maybe they had an interesting guest or topic, or came recommended. These downloads will lay around on my computer for months because they’re not in my podcasting app, so they’re not really in my listening queue.
Arithmetic Wrap in GMS2
Code: gamedev, gms2
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I’m learning GameMaker Studio 2 because my 10-year old nephew wants to make video games (and the 10 year old inside of me wants to make video games, too). It’s a nice toolkit and IDE for games, very beginner-friendly, with a friendly community. It’s even been used in some highly polished and popular games. If you’re curious, there’s a ~90 minute tutorial playlist that’s easy to skim as a demo.
Redshift With Cloudiness Adjustment
Code: bash, redshift
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A Lobsters story on the bright blue light of displays reminded me I should post this. I use redshift to adjust the color temperature of my monitor at night so I sleep better, and I wrote a custom wrapper script to include an adjustment for how overcast it is.