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Rachel Bryk, an active developer for the Dolphin Emulator[*] project, passed away on the 23rd of April at the age of 23.
While this is hardly the kind of news that would shake the tech world and be featured on major news site, I think the SoylentNews community can fully appreciate her work and commemorate that tragic loss with the team and the retro gaming and TAS community at large.
Most of her work was focused on making the Dolphin more suited to make tool assisted speedruns.
A full announcement and commemorative post can be found on the official Dolphin project blog.
Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more!
(Score: 3, Informative) by Magic Oddball on Monday April 27 2015, @09:40AM
A tip for anyone that is at the edge, now or in the future:
If you don't think you can sit on your hands long enough to get help, take oldschool Benadryl. It will knock you into a dreamless sleep at a dose far below toxic levels (try taking the recommended dose plus one, then a second if needed), and when you wake up you'll also be numb for anywhere from an hour to the rest of the day. If needed, you can take another in a certain number of hours (I think it's 6) and keep doing that day after day while needed.
That 'trick' can also be used pre-emptively right after something traumatic happens if you start ASAP, preferably before the shock has finished wearing off. You won't need it remotely as long, and from my one experience using it this way, it somehow makes you more able to veer away from thinking about the incident if something leads you in that direction.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Monday April 27 2015, @10:24AM
Clearly you are trying to help, and I'm not a pharmacist so I'm in no position to comment on the safety or otherwise of your advice. Maybe your post will save lives. I'd like to think so.
However I can't help but think that suggesting vulnerable people who are likely to be on all kinds of other meds exceed the recommended dose of a pharmaceutical product is potentially... shall we say... contraversial. To be doing so under a pseudanonymous login on the interwebs, where any blame-seeking asspillar with a web connection and a no-win-no-fee lawyer could probably identify you, is either very brave or very stupid.
I'm going to go with "brave" and say "well done sir." Nevertheless, perhaps some kind of disclaimer at the bottom of your post would have been in order..?
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday April 27 2015, @05:30PM
You just about described my entire College experience as I had to take allergy medicine most of the time. ;-)
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"