You fork a repository on somewhere like GitHub or GitLab and you make some changes. Maybe you want to contribute to an open-source repository. You work on your fork, but in the interim, the repository you forked has had a new release and quite a few new commits. How do you get those commits from the repository you forked and merge them into your fork? This is where setting an upstream from the forked repository comes in handy.
If you’re a developer, chances are you have a penchant for dark mode. Staring at a screen all day and possibly part of the night, dark mode is easier on the eyes and it just looks awesome. It might surprise some of you to know that CSS has native support for dark mode and styling specifics using a property called prefers-color-scheme. @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { /\* paint it black \*/ } The best thing about prefers-color-scheme is that it is well-supported. If you do not have to support Internet Explorer, then you can use it and not have to worry about any polyfills or Javascript fallbacks.
I have had my current Core i5 6600k PC for a few years now and it has served me well and if I wasn’t upgrading, would continue for years to come. However, now I am working from home more and find myself branching out into streaming, video editing and trying to play Microsoft Flight Simulator, I needed something stronger and more future proof. Five years for a PC is an incredible run. I never turn my PC off, not to mention, I overclocked it and it never skipped a beat or reduced its lifespan. I have always been Team Blue (Intel), but the price and compelling benchmarks of the Amd Ryzen chips had me intrigued.
I’ve had this thought one and off over the last few years since I started using TypeScript back in 2015 actually. What if Web browsers natively supported TypeScript? If Web browsers could natively support TypeScript without needing a build step first, would it be possible and secondly, would it be performant? As in, you just build your site and instead of .js files you reference .ts files. It turns out, someone else had the same idea back in 2016 when they created an issue on the Chakra GitHub repository requesting native TypeScript support. The team had discussed the possibility but they were against it because TypeScript isn’t a web standard and they believe WebAssembly is a better option.
When I last tried Yarn v2, it was a nightmare. Besides the fact it was a completely new major version that fundamentally changed how Yarn worked (from its architecture to how dependencies were handled). After seeing news about the latest release for Yarn v2, I got to thinking and the idea I would migrate one of my Aurelia 2 Projects from Yarn v1 go Yarn v2 was born. This isn’t going to be a tutorial or how-to for upgrading. I didn’t actually encounter any issues upgrading to v2. In fact, this is quite a non-eventful post.
Nvidia unexpectedly dropped three new graphics cards in its recent announcement. The 3070, 3080 and 3090 at price points which are just as impressive as the cards themselves. The 30 series Ampere cards are a new generational leap for graphics cards which have a lot of people excited. Noticeably quiet, but imminently expected to launch its Big Navi architecture cards is AMD. And it seems AMD is getting ready, given they’re doing publicity stunts in Fortnite and seemingly, staging them as well.
When it comes to working from home, the same benefits are often touted like saved money, reduced commute times, lack of in-office distractions. But, there are benefits which don’t often get mentioned as much as they should. Only one car needed Prior to the pandemic like many working families, we had two cars. When the pandemic set in and I went from 3 days remote to 5 days remote, our second car sat unused collecting dust (and bird droppings). Going forward I knew going into the office would be a rare thing, so we sold our second car and put it towards our renovations.
I recently just built a new AMD Ryzen 3900x gaming PC and I moved my tower to a new location. Everything had been working for days and after moving, I reconnected everything and turned it on. The computer made a “beep” noise, but wouldn’t go into the post screen. Naturally, my first instinct was to freak out. Had the motherboard, CPU or power supply died? Maybe I got a dud board?
While Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has been about barely a couple of weeks now, the community are already fast at work on making MSFS 2020 so much better. One area where the community and modders have really stepped up is fixing scenery and landmarks in the game. It turns out that Bing Maps is not as comprehensive or as detailed as Google Maps, so some landmarks are missing and existing buildings improperly converted into 3D models using Blackshark.ai’s 2D to 3D generation artificial intelligence algorithm.
When it comes to remastered games, they can be hit and miss cash grabs designed to get gamers to part with their hard-earned cash from their wallets by tapping into the part of your brain that longs for nostalgia. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater is one of those iconic game series that thirty-somethings like myself played as kids. My friends and I used to stay up all night playing this on the Playstation. When I heard they were remastering this game for its 20th anniversary (jeez, when did I get so old) I knew it was an instant purchase.