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So it turns out that MSVC doesn’t like it when I try to use bool instead of BOOL for MFC stuff, which is annoying. Looks like they never updated the type to C99 or modern C++. Blech:
D:aMWEditMWEdituiload_dlg.h(69,15): error C2555: 'CEsmLoadDlg::OnInitDialog': overriding virtual function return type differs and is not covariant from…[Read more]

Turns out it’s an issue with how COSMIC does compositing: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wayland#Input_grabbing_in_games,_remote_desktop_and_virtual_machine_windows

So basically, I can either drop PopOS, drop COSMIC, or wait for them to fix things.

Workers and Resources is great! Highly recommend it if you like realistic city builders…[Read more]

The Witcher launches in fullscreen and I can choose the resolution from the in-game menu. It’s currently set to 4k, which is the monitor’s native resolution.

Haven’t used either one myself but I do see them recommended in the OSS circles. 🙂

Yeah, I see E-61 machines mentioned a lot but the decent ones seem to start at around 2,000 USD with new La Marzocco units going for around 6,000 USD. That’s a lot just to get a cup of coffee! 😛

Yep, will make a note of it for if I get over there! 🙂

Hard to treat them here due to how wet things usually are. They just come right back a few…[Read more]

So the flickering hasn’t come back so I’ll open a bug report when I get the chance. 60 Hz is fine, would just be nice to have 144 Hz as an option is all since my monitor supports it 🙂

The Witcher now works again, still trying to figure out what’s wrong with Workers and Resources. It seems stuck in windowed mode, which could be the issue, with…[Read more]

We’ll want to update the build files to tell MSVC not to enable warnings for system header files. See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/external-external-headers-diagnostics?view=msvc-170

GCC and CLang handle this better and don’t issue them for system headers by default.

I also need to update the build files to mark some…[Read more]

Working on the clean up. Several things are being caught so I’m fixing the stuff I missed. Some of the newer 64-bit functions are different so I’ve updated the variables for those as well. I’ve temporarily used unsigned long long but we’ll want to switch to std::uint64_t once we update the formatting strings, which will need to be done all at once…[Read more]

Looks like I may have figured out my screen flickering bug that activates on session lock: only happens when the monitor is set to 144 Hz so it looks like a bug in the compositor. Will open a ticket when I get the opportunity now that I know what’s causing it. I set the refresh rate to 60 Hz yesterday and, today, the flickering never materialized.…[Read more]

Okay, finished up reviewing the files for circular dependencies. I’ll get it committed and uploaded in a day or so, resolve anything I missed, and hopefully things will start building again. We’ll find out

Got a ceramic teapot I picked up but I mostly make single cup tea. And usually without milk and sugar. Looks like the standard includes some mentions of others according to Wiki but not sure about how extensive it is. The standard costs roughly 85 USD, which seems expensive just to get instructions on how to properly make tea 😛

In a similar…[Read more]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103

Ah, tea.

Got to love nature. 🙂

And, over in Romania, there’s a park built in a grotto.

Cool! No price listed at all so likely expensive 😛

Yanko posts some cool stuff. Their articles come up every now and then over here 🙂

Adorable, aren’t they? Haven’t seen too many slugs around here in recent years. I suspect our increase use of pesticides are partly to blame. Used to be a lot more common before we upped the spraying around five years ago.

These days, more and more media is simply parroted and there’s much less original reporting than there used to be. Reporters…[Read more]

Will need to check the shop for some compilations! We’re also getting alternate art cards for Magic based on FiM, too!

I realize Jodie Whittaker’s stent on Who was polarizing but I quite liked her version of the Doctor. Found it rather refreshing.

Decided to continue watching cartoons! Currently watching Courage the Cowardly Dog. Got plenty of…[Read more]

All sub-records have their data blocks as global scope with the classes having to go back and forth. We may want to change that at some point to having class-based scope. Will need evaluation.

I don’t see a reason for them to be globals as the values will change for each sub-record in play but we’ll get there.

Playing around with the cppcheck configuration some and this is what I’ve currently got for the settings:
cppcheck --enable=all -I . --inconclusive --language=c++ --library=mfc --library=microsoft_atl --output-file=cppcheck.log --platform=win64 --quiet .
I’m currently unsure about --cppcheck-build-dir but it may be useful as well with --cppcheck-bu…[Read more]

I’ve add a note about examining the icons as there seems to be several duplicates.

Still fixing up the circular dependencies and boolean types.

Just about finished with the main MLP series. May watch the spin-offs next or I may explore what else is available, will decide soon! The spin-offs, Equestria Girls, were based on fan art of the ponies as humans. The art was so popular that they decided to integrate the concept into a series of specials.

Been in the mood for old, old films…[Read more]

I just re-sleeved some old cards the other day. The 30 year old sleeves were pretty rough. 😛

May be a good idea to run Memtestbefore sunsetting it. HDDs are harder to test but the SMART information may help some

For the CPU, you’ll want Prime95

Granted, Prime95 is mostly for stress testing but could let you know if something is going belly up.

Don’t use hibernation over here and I’ve never been able to get sleep mode working on Pop. After more experimenting, I’ve found that it’s the act of fully logging out and back in that fixes the flickering that is triggered by the screen locker as opposed to a reboot.

I’m definitely going to need to sit down at some point and do some…[Read more]