Linux in my pocket I have a Windows 10 laptop that I can’t install Linux on. It’s a decent laptop with a nice form factor. It weighs half what my workhorse laptop does, and I want to take it on a trip where I’ll need to do many Linuxy things. (WSL has too many unknowns and potential blockers for me to be OK relying on). Short version: install the installer to a small flash drive, then boot into that and select the other flash drive as ext4 to install to.

Weird Stretchy Problem on Instantiate > SetParent with Prefabs https://answers.unity.com/questions/868484/why-is-instantiated-objects-scale-changing.html Super weird stretchy problem when objects were made using Instantiate/SetParent. It turns out this is a change in unity 5.5 where a bool is needed with SetParent. problem instance.transform.SetParent(transform); no problem instance.transform.SetParent(transform, false); Moving things to the player once they’ve stuck Random.onUnitSphere doesn’t do what I want This makes things crazy. Physics.ClosestPoint seems to do what I want.

Corpse feng shui This is the first time in my life where corpse quality is my #1 priority. Graveyard Keeper was a good experience overall. It hooked me in all of the right ways and the trickles of progress were enough of a dopamine hit to make me lose sleep and cause my family undue stress with my general unavailability. SPOILERS AHEAD Real moral ambiguity without any real consequence Harvest corpse meat.