On one hand some posters don’t give a shit. On the other hand, proofreading your own text is systematically harder than one that you didn’t write. I’m sure there’s some scientific explanation; it’s some kind of fact of life. It’s way easier to spot mistakes in other people’s texts. So don’t be too harsh on other posters; they didn’t hire a proofreader and that’s alright.

Why are big journals defending the american health industry? I don’t buy the idea that they are disconnected. They cannot be blind to the violence of insurances denying health to citizens. I thought they made money with reactions. They are trying to control the reaction, to downplay, to appease.

No matter how violent or illegal Mangione’s alleged action was, it feels justified. It sure is an interesting move to tell a deprived population they should just shut up and eat cake. Let’s see how that plays out.

Been playing mostly Our Adventurer Guild. Super fun indie strategy RPG. Pretty close to the ending I think. If you’ve got a Final Fantasy Tactics itch I recommend you check it out! The art and the dialog is kind of goofy, but don’t be fooled this is a solid game.

I was about to post this as a rant under this article, which was shared here some time ago and which doesn’t sound conservative at all. The passage that was the drop for me was:

We humans are all subject to a cognitive dynamic known as belief polarization. This is the tendency for individuals to adopt more extreme perspectives as a result of their interactions with like-minded peers.

But this had been a pet peeve of mine for a while so it was a drop that spilled the glass moment and I felt like addressing this in particular. So yes you’re right that this is an anti critique. I think what revolts me is that this sounds like a direct rebuttal against solidarity and yet another thing pushing for even more individualism and ultimately loneliness.

The root issue is the belief that your constructed space of similiar world views is representative of truth, rather than bias.

I’m not much of a relativist to be honest. In fact I feel your statement about the root cause of echo chambers is broad to the point of swallowing itself. It’s important to differentiate opinion from fact (I’m not expecting everyone to agree with me about black licorice being delicious, or about every public policy) but I disagree that all worldviews are mostly bias. If you really think it’s all bias, how can you even state that as fact? Do you really have that much distance with your own worldview?

See I think you’re onto something. Playing music you consider abhorrent during a visit may actually increase the likelihood of ending up with a neighbor that enjoys said music. You either need to discover something universally repugnent or spy on the visitors and make a quick judgment call based on their appearance on what would repulse them better. Anyways fast tempo baby shark.

It’ll trickle down any day now.

I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.

Frida Kahlo

cybertuck

Thanks for the alt text. I don’t need it or anything but I’m glad it exists and it was a great read.

😅 I went a bit fast lol. It’s been a while so I’m sure new stuff will come up (like Balatro was mentioned)

Just to start off, there was a thread about this some time ago.

I mean what did y’all expect, the man’s been working for Coca-Cola Co. for the longest time.

Nah I feel you. Grew up with the NES as well. I played for a few hours and then I bounced off it. I think I’ll play it some more at one point. I love that it exists, I love the idea of it, but playing it leaves me pretty neutral.

There’s a lot to unpack here. By the time I feel like saying something about it, well it would be necroposting for sure. It touches on the fact that open source alternatives to exploitative social media mimic their counterpart rather than offer a genuinely different experience which is definitely something bothering me.

Would you like a fairtrade latte with those organic soylent green?

If you actually want to finish a game on your own, writing it in C or C++ is terrible advice imho. Just pick a friendly game engine and stand on their shoulders. Oh and for the love of God don’t write your own physics engine. Also why are you even mentioning machine learning?

Anyways for a healthy dose of gamedev wisdom from a grey beard at the trenches, Jeff Vogel’s blog is nice.

First rule for any kind of technologist is to ignore the gurus. Critical judgment is, well, critical. All the programming languages are fine, old and new. You’re not supposed to marry one.

It’s not the size that matters, it’s your cooking.

I fully expect this to be yet another chromium reskin.