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Re:Thoughts on Slowing the Fuck Down on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:52PM (#47535561)
Just curious, what have you seen before that was like AI?
Re:Thoughts on Slowing the Fuck Down on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @09:53PM (#47525810)
I was reading the article, but I don't think it's possible to slow the fuck down, honestly. There are too many people who need to discover for themselves what the limits of these AI models are when they push them far.

Maybe some people have already reached that point after so much AI coding and are now warning us; they pushed so hard that they understand the limits. But this is the kind of thing you need to experience on your own.

You need to experiment, learn, test the limits, think for yourself, take as many steps back as you need.

Re:Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine) on Monday March 02, 2026 @01:24PM (#47221915)
Inspired by this blog post by Noel Berry, I started playing with SDL3 and C# yesterday, experimenting with falling sand algorithms (implemented sand, stone, and water) https://github.com/alvivar/falling-sand
Re:Pi – a minimal terminal coding harness on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @06:27PM (#47144996)
I plan all the time. I just tell Pi to create a Plan.md file, and we iterate on it until we are ready to implement.
Re:Why Is Python Growing So Quickly? on Thursday September 14, 2017 @03:57PM (#15251946)
Maybe you should try F#, to me both are kind of fun compatible (plus the functional focus that is kind of fun by itself).
Re:TensorFlow 1.0 Released on Saturday February 18, 2017 @03:31PM (#13676528)
I wish so much for experimental APIs compatible with .Net stuff. Mostly because I want to use it with F#.

I really like Python, but F# <3

Re:Poll: Where are you currently living? on Friday October 25, 2013 @04:01PM (#6614153)
There is something that needs to be changed in this kind of pool. Every time the same misconception.

- North America

- Central America (Northern part of South America?)

- South America

This needs to be common knowledge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America

Re:Here comes the game controller from Apple on Friday July 27, 2012 @04:14PM (#4303375)
I like it as a product, I hate that everything nowadays is patented.

This control will allow some serious gaming on iOS and this is really cool for game developers.

Re:Unity 3D is free on Android and iOS until April 8th on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @04:11PM (#3677260)
There a lot of plugins to handle 2D (2.5D) games on Unity, I am currently using 2D Toolkit ($50) for sprites and it's awesome. I also recommend to check RageSpline and RagePixel, this tools provide features totally integrated with the IDE and really easy to use.

I haven't try CoronaSDK but I can see a lot a potential in 2D games with Unity, not just 3D. I fact, you can see a lot of nice 2D games in his showcase, for example Zombieville USA and Max & The Magic Marker.

- http://unikronsoftware.com/2dtoolkit/

- http://ragepixel.com/

- http://ragespline.com/

- Max & The Magic Marker http://goo.gl/H9Hl0

- Zombieville http://goo.gl/fzZP0

- Showcase http://goo.gl/g4uux

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