kleiba2
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You never know, OP's son might one day work as a valet.
> It’s a fantastic hobby thoughFor sure, but to make anything bigger than a toy game, you'd need a set of skills that is not easy to come by in a single person. Say, coding, graphics, and sound are completely different area, and within each, you typically have sub-specializations...
That said, if anyone's up for founding a purely virtual game dev studio, hit me up!
Thanks, I believe you're asking in good faith. But note that I wasn't necessarily asking for support, I'm often times just openly interested in any kind of feedback.
Like I said, there is no industry near I live, but I'm committed to my area because of the family.
Also, without having tried at all, I'm doubtful whether I could land a gig. Even though I've worked in and around IT most of my professional live, I don't have any relevant experience. And I doubt that I could work in an entry-level position: I'm old on the one hand (not attractive for employers) and have more bills to pay now than I did in my 20s (not attractive for me).
I would really like to get into the gaming industry, despite the horror stories you regularly hear about working conditions. The main problem for me is that I'm really old (>50), and there's no industry near where I live.
Especially given the recent precedence of hacked freezers.
What? I hadn't heard... :( What a sad week.
This must have gone largely unnoticed... all but 35 comments here on HN spread out of 11 articles reporting on his passing. Sad.
It amazes me how this hack is praised by some commentators just because it serves their purposes. Since when are crimes laudable?
> Develop hacker's mindset. Don't anyone tell you how to use your computer. Especially don't let your computer to dictate you the rules. Always remain in charge.That would be nice in theory. I've worked in many different places throughout my career and in almost all of them, the sysadmins had the final say in what software was okay to install on your machine and which one wasn't.... because "security".
Lucky you!
But I've also worked at a different place in the past where - when I asked if I could have Emacs installed on my machine - the sysadmin asked me "What's Emacs?"
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You should have seen the expression on the faces when I mentioned "Emacs" during my job interview...
The main argument is that having the same setup on all work stations makes maintenance easier for the sysadmins and you don't run into inconsistencies between developers that only come about as a result of different setups.
> I have never seen a person impressed with the contents of an AI video other than the fact that AI can make the said video.That's only because you cannot see me.
I'm excited that I might actually be able to realize the animated movie I've had in my head for a long time.
True. I'm not saying that corporate decisions always make sense.
Don't get me wrong, I totally agree with you re: text manipulation. That's exactly why I find it so frustrating that it's basically frowned upon in my current job. I do use it still, but must do so pretty much secretly at work.
At home, it's a different story.
I believe, Emacs is considered unprofessional in a lot of places?!
Don't worry, the name was chosen as a reminder to everyone of the environmental impact.
I lived in Emacs for most of my professional live, but IDEs and now Claude have taken over. Sad, but perhaps justified? Back in my academia days, there was much less pressure to use a uniform tech setup across staff, so people were happily using Emacs, or vim, or whatever -- and frankly, there was never any issue because of that.
But I can see there is a value (mostly for the admins, but also for debugging if you work collaboratively in a team) in enforcing the same setup for everyone. Sigh. Strangely, I could never convince my coworkers to ditch their IDEs for Emacs.
I agree. This is nothing short of magic -- or perhaps 95% of magic. Imagine yourself 5 years ago, and someone from today going back in time and telling you "hey, check this out, in just 5 years you'll be able to write this short text and a computer will generate this movie from it"...
Meanwhile, my 9-year old ipad cannot display half the web anymore.
Sounds awesome! How much was your upfront investment if you don't mind me asking?
Haha, no, my +1 was not because I agree with the statement, I just appreciated the wording.
> Vegemite is typically considered an acquired taste at best by those who weren’t raised on it.+1
The cheapest configuration of the original model was $329 in 2012 [0]. Even when corrected for inflation, that would still be less than $500 in today's money -- so quite a bit less than $700!
Is the comparison unfair because today's model is much more powerful than the one from 14 years ago? Perhaps. But perhaps it shouldn't be compared to the past, but to its relative competitors?
[0] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2012/10/23Apple-Introduces-iP...
Wow, that landing page was instant nostalgia for me. Well done!
It's kind of strange that our existence has come down to working in an often unfulfilling job almost all of our waking time, and only finding fulfillment when you're out of a job.