The Rise of Pyra - A story about the past 6 months

[netcat]

My idea was to publish a list of outstanding order ids hashed and chronological so people could determine where they were in the queue. This idea was shot down because it was prone to rainbow attacks (although it's unclear what someone could do with an order number without owning the email address & dragonbox login). So I now I propose hashing <order-id>:<email> and publishing those. Not susceptible to rainbow attacks, email is a sort of salt. It's a kind gesture to all the patient pyra fanatics... @ClockworkCoder - can you do it?

 

[tnpir4002]

Can I ask what a "rainbow attack" is? I feel like I should know that term...

 

[Null]

https://archive.ph/2024.12.22-221054/https://www.baeldung.com/cs/rainbow-table-attacks

 

[GNF]

Still no sign of EvilDragon. Is ED okay?

 

[ClockworkCoder]

Still no sign of EvilDragon. Is ED okay?

He's on Discort a lot (and atm, as I'm typing), but I haven't seen him talk much about Pyra recently..

 

[GNF]

Still no sign of EvilDragon. No updates. No news. No transparent queue. No way to detect progress without devine intervention from ED or Askrus.
Latest activity thread on ED is empty. He's not been present at the forums for some time now.
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/members/evildragon.1/#latest-activity

Would be nice to hear from ED.
What I would like to know: Is there still some progress? Or has the project undergone a slow death? Is the time for pulling the plug coming near? Or are we waiting for something (e.g. another batch of nubs or ribbon cables)?
How may people still need to receive their Pyra? Can we help ED in some way? Do we need to raise funds? Do we need to hunt down expertise? Or do we need to track down people that have not replied to their e-mails?
What happened to the employee that ripped of ED? How was GamesCon? Will there be a Pyra successor? Will there be a CPU-upgrade? What happened to the plans for a console-like version of the Pyra? What is the ETA on the last pre-orderer receiving a Pyra? Have all plans for a kickstarter been tossed? Did the investors receive a return on their investment yet? Is the mold for the casing nearing perfection? Are the stock PCB's starting to oxidize yet? Will the assembly process be simplified by ED as suggested by Askrus?
Does ED still enjoy playing video games? When is hockey season over? Is ED going to WHY2025?

So many questions...

 

[undexsym]

Just be patient and have faith. I'm certain if you just wait another 5 to 10 years ED will post an update.

 

[Bosbeetle]

Still no sign of EvilDragon. No updates. No news. No transparent queue. No way to detect progress without devine intervention from ED or Askrus.
Latest activity thread on ED is empty. He's not been present at the forums for some time now.
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/members/evildragon.1/#latest-activity

Would be nice to hear from ED.
What I would like to know: Is there still some progress? Or has the project undergone a slow death? Is the time for pulling the plug coming near? Or are we waiting for something (e.g. another batch of nubs or ribbon cables)?
How may people still need to receive their Pyra? Can we help ED in some way? Do we need to raise funds? Do we need to hunt down expertise? Or do we need to track down people that have not replied to their e-mails?
What happened to the employee that ripped of ED? How was GamesCon? Will there be a Pyra successor? Will there be a CPU-upgrade? What happened to the plans for a console-like version of the Pyra? What is the ETA on the last pre-orderer receiving a Pyra? Have all plans for a kickstarter been tossed? Did the investors receive a return on their investment yet? Is the mold for the casing nearing perfection? Are the stock PCB's starting to oxidize yet? Will the assembly process be simplified by ED as suggested by Askrus?
Does ED still enjoy playing video games? When is hockey season over? Is ED going to WHY2025?

So many questions...

In interested in his views on the Palestina conflict

 

[PowerGod]

Still no sign of EvilDragon. No updates. No news. No transparent queue. No way to detect progress without devine intervention from ED or Askrus.
Latest activity thread on ED is empty. He's not been present at the forums for some time now.
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/members/evildragon.1/#latest-activity

Would be nice to hear from ED.
What I would like to know: Is there still some progress? Or has the project undergone a slow death? Is the time for pulling the plug coming near? Or are we waiting for something (e.g. another batch of nubs or ribbon cables)?
How may people still need to receive their Pyra? Can we help ED in some way? Do we need to raise funds? Do we need to hunt down expertise? Or do we need to track down people that have not replied to their e-mails?
What happened to the employee that ripped of ED? How was GamesCon? Will there be a Pyra successor? Will there be a CPU-upgrade? What happened to the plans for a console-like version of the Pyra? What is the ETA on the last pre-orderer receiving a Pyra? Have all plans for a kickstarter been tossed? Did the investors receive a return on their investment yet? Is the mold for the casing nearing perfection? Are the stock PCB's starting to oxidize yet? Will the assembly process be simplified by ED as suggested by Askrus?
Does ED still enjoy playing video games? When is hockey season over? Is ED going to WHY2025?

So many questions...

On a serious note, I miss too the updates on the forum, but just go on Discord and you will see ED doing stuff and interacting with other developers ... it's somehow like when everyone describe to you an Elephant, and you have never seen one, then one day you go to the Zoo and the magic happens !!