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Re:Who invented file extensions in file names? on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:40PM (#38118903)
Most programs I used had import and export options for these situations
Re:Life Lessons from the Death Bed on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @12:29PM (#38100687)
Semi ironic username :) But I agree with you. Advice from people who is facing death can be overly dramatic and cause serious harm for people and environment. It's not sustainable to live like today is your last for 70+ years. It's not sustainable for all the interpersonal drama you will cause. And burning through resources to gain max experience will also tax the environment greatly.
Re:Game Development Post-Unity on Thursday September 14, 2023 @12:42AM (#37505062)
"But every indie developer I've talked to about game engine development acts like it's a dark art. That it's just impossible for mere mortals to do such a thing, and if you do, then you'll never ever release a game, or you'll spend literal years on the engine. Again, I predict a couple weeks."

It's a can of worms to make a game engine for multiple platforms.

When I see Ig it reminds me of grade we had in school LG, "lite godt" (that would translate to a grade D I think). Ig looks like LG written in small caps.
Is reanimating these bodies even viable? What kind of energy waste are we talking about for this fools errand?
We are heading into feudalism. A few people hoard all the properties, companies and services. Antitrust laws are ignored, corruption is the norm. Student loans, medical bills and mortgage cripple common people without possibility to pay them off. People become economic vassals
Re:Smalltalk Type on Monday March 27, 2023 @03:37PM (#35331279)
The ASCII character set standardization and subsequent keyboards has had a huge impact on programming languages. Characters not found on a standard keyboard are hardly ever used. And if thy are, it cause lots of issues, because they are so hard to type. I hope we get cheap reconfigurable keyboards with oled key caps in the near future. It could revitalize programming language design using a more powerful syntax with symbols etc.
Re:You can't tell people anything on Friday March 24, 2023 @02:44AM (#35285790)
>I often struggle with large classroom learning: the pace is either too slow and I get distracted or too fast and I can't keep up.

Yes, this is my biggest gripe with learning as well. It's so individual that you almost need one teacher per student.

Re:The Coffeeshop Fallacy on Saturday March 11, 2023 @10:20AM (#35108949)
2 dollar coffee is quite cheap :-)
Re:Cities: Skylines II on Monday March 06, 2023 @05:07PM (#35048403)
Xerox wanted to capitalize, but their business model, target customer and price point was not as innovative as the technology they had to offer.
Re:Zarf Updates: A treasury of Zork maps on Saturday February 11, 2023 @10:32AM (#34753218)
The Kingdom of Loathing [1] is fun. It's not a pure text adventure, it has a GUI and there is hand drawn art.

[1] https://www.kingdomofloathing.com/

Re:Zarf Updates: A treasury of Zork maps on Saturday February 11, 2023 @10:24AM (#34753124)
I had several games back then that where "copies" from other people. But many of these games where unplayable because without the manual you had a really hard time to figure out what to do. It was common for complex games to have thick manuals and virtually no in game help or tutorials. And there where no internet to search for answers.
Re:An Update on January 2023 Organizational Changes on Monday January 23, 2023 @10:43AM (#34490119)
I hope we can keep companies like original Spotify around, where I can find almost all the music I want to listen to. I wish companies could keep a limited scope for their offerings and just be really good at just that.

Spotify's focus on pod cast is kind of crap. It's like TV eras cheap production value reality shows from late 1990ths all over.

I guess the capitalist mantra of perpetual growth is leading them down another path.

Netflix used to be my go to site for film, now there are so many to streaming services choose from I don't know where to start. And they mainly focus on making series, which I'm not a big fan of.

Looks like Spotify will follow the money and hollow out their original service to be another junk site for vapid entertainment and easy money.

"I suppose this works when it works, and then fails completely when it doesn’t."

"60% of the time, it works every time"

Re:Mathematicians Roll Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors on Saturday January 21, 2023 @06:49AM (#34465780)
I get constant best result for C: (3084146 3336541 3579313)
Re:How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in Windows 11? on Monday January 02, 2023 @06:55AM (#34216973)
I miss the vertical task bar option. Vertical space is more valuable than horizontal with 16x9 higher aspect ratio.
There must be a balance point between greed and control vs letting people enjoy your work. I understand the need for artists to earn a living, but being to restrictive will paint you in to a corner.

In a way she is doing the same to her music as she did to her self; hiding it away from public view

Re:On Twitch, you can never log off on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:21AM (#33965142)
Small streams are great when you want to interact with chat and the streamer. Once a stream grows bigger than a couple hundred viewers, interaction suffers and the stream becomes something else.

Bigger streamers are more like watching regular TV where you just passively watch.

Re:Medieval ship found in Norway's biggest lake on Monday December 12, 2022 @04:55PM (#33960987)
Thanks, I guess. What a bewildering site that was. Its certainly a very obtuse and hard to use query tool
I guess someone will refrain using Verse
Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @10:11AM (#33895193)
Modernism started and co-evolved with the industrial revolution, long, long before World War 1.

Esthetics is a favorite topic for far right thinkers where the demise of civilization is caused by some art that confuse them.

Re:Why do we hack? on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @09:05AM (#33894444)
I mostly do hobby projects like procedural generation, and I explore stuff I don't understand. As I gain knowledge I refactor and change the code to reflect the new understanding. This new understanding of the problem domain will most often result in performance gain, because the code is much more focused.