insomniac_lemon

“completely turned around” could be charitably interpreted as “swiftly and accurately corrected course”. 360, not so much.

Yeah, the only language I’ve seen/tried that actually feels right*.

But for me it falls down when it comes to needing other people and/or the specific engine-level stuff that I want to get started. I was hoping to start out simple with Raylib bindings, but even that I can’t get vertex colors on imported models to work and I tinkered w/my own 2D polygon format but it was too much work for me to finalize.

My part of the fediverse doesn’t seem to work well for asking niche questions at least, I don’t see much talk on Nim and it doesn’t help that it’s hard to find when people don’t say nim-lang. Also there are 2 replies to you that aren’t federated to where I can see them (and my art threads–lowpoly+vertex colors, for instance plant–aren’t federated to your instance).

*= That also may be a mix of my issues plus how some people style their code, though.

ME: “Wow I can’t exist with how hot and sunny it is today. A-” <disappears>

The man cycle.

To quote the decimal system:

I expect nothing, and I’m still let down.

A barrel large ceramic jar?

In this economy, in this part of the city, where continuously existing outside is illegal?

Sometimes you’ll see a landscape video letterboxed into a portrait video, just to make sure it’s terrible no matter which way you view it (but extra bad watching on a landscape monitor). So I don’t see this as a badge of anything.

On a sidenote, I’ve noticed video cropping is pretty nice on a phone (widescreen+landscape) depending on the content (I got an OLED phone free because the screen is cracked). Like Wall-e is pretty good like that. Also the music video for Long-Legged Larry (some things are cut off but not enough that it detracts from understanding)

I would say the point is not wanting to buy from a company that’s clearly anti-consumer… particularly with CUDA not being new and then comparing it to something open and hardware-agnostic like FSR this headline also looks petty.

I am not a programmer, but on 2 occasions I was able to improperly fix (1 argument in 1 line stuff) very small bugs without really understanding how. I’ve also made a number converter (dec-bin-hex) at least twice. I know those aren’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice twice.

I’d say there’s an issue here with language design having major tradeoffs, but maybe it’s just a paradox*? Though I have found a language I like (even though I’m not learning it because other issues), so I know it’s not impossible at least.

*= Like the people who could make something with less tradeoffs don’t have the need/desire to do that, they just use the existing stuff. Though that is much more fitting for visual programming.

Now playing: Them Bones by Alice In Chains. (not linking it because of the iconic AAH! intro, adjust your speakers and if you can hear the flies clearly it’s probably too loud)

Feels relevant to me being from that time, too. Probably also because of despair.

Nah that’d scare all the locals away and then some teenagers and their dog would come and get you arrested, possibly harming you (with a makeshift device and/or accidental high-speed tackle*) in the process.

*=Most likely involving multiple people trapped inside a giant water jug and being propelled by a minecart, so you’ll probably break a rib or two when they smash you into a wall and then get a concussion when a shelf breaks over your head, leaving you with amnesia but still responsible for the fines (+medical bills) and prison sentence because of a silly scheme and mild fraud/insider-trading that you obviously have no recollection of.

I was speaking for my personal situation (I have not left the house since then), the important bit about the trail is about having a destination and not needing to ride a bike on roads (particularly in a rural area w/larger distance).

NYC is a completely different scenario, and being able to walk (w/public transport too) fills that same niche. Also bike lanes and parks.

I also like riding a bike because of health issues, it’s lower impact and faster (more airflow plus the trail is mostly shaded). That and I don’t want to jog near the road or in a ditch. Also I don’t think I could walk as far as I’ve biked before (11 miles and then back again), even just for the fact there’s just something so boring and uncomfortable about walking even a block (at least around here, I don’t remember walking in the city being like that, maybe scenery or smooth/level footing helps).

people need to exercise in order to be healthy, but they generally don’t

Some of the reasons for that are relatively modern. Sedentary jobs and also sedentary commuting (car-centric travel), lack of robust+accessible infrastructure (for instance the trail local to me is still closed from ~6months ago, uncertain end). That and most food that isn’t made-from-scratch having a ton of added sugar, even things like bread and ketchup that people consider staple foods.

A lot of that goes away when you can just throw money at it (or said benefits are thrown at you). Time and space end up being a result of money too, particularly when money is a limit which is true for most people.

As someone who wanted to use an engine, I tinkered with a framework for a bit and immediately found myself in the beginnings of creating a framework for said framework.

And they almost got away with this obvious scam, but unluckily for them I didn’t want to do stuff like that. They might’ve pulled it off if the particular thing I wanted was more straightforward.

I am not participating for very bad(/sad) reasons. Here’s to another lousy millennium.

Somewhat personal (including language preference/difficulty), but ultimately I just kinda lost hope/motivation for doing further learning/projects. The last code I did, load format example

Well that and AoC never really excited me, was for something more open like L1T’s Devember but I didn’t even pretend to myself that I’d try this year.

I’m more of a lurker than a programmer but it’s what I use (want something lightweight yet GUI but haven’t tried much), I like it but annoyingly the build plugin seems to forget its data randomly, has happened twice to me so far.

@drew_belloc

I’m tinkering with a whitespace language and prefer using 1-space rather than 2. I don’t really like the double character for 1 level. Is that weird?

Tabs are forbidden though I could use tabs with a (1-line) per-file code filter for the compiler to turn 1 tab into 2 spaces, and that might be easier when working with others (though I don’t know how it would be seen, especially needing to change editor tab behavior).

I could see it being a real thing. When you’re making a game it gives you visualization for animations (both physics and visual-only) and shaders (maybe even a simplified stylized version). Random benchmark results/debug info. Drawing attention to syntax mistakes. An important email or video call pops up.

It would be cool and potentially useful, but completely un-asked for and likely distracting and a waste of space. Basically what if your computer was a non-cartoon clippy.

Dry vaporizers (with temperature below 200C, convection-based) don’t have smoke so are a lot less offensive with smell, if not odorless particularly with access to fresh air.

Also people smelling of alcohol, particularly if they are drunk or drinking liquor, is definitely a thing. Also barfing. I wouldn’t doubt bars having bad smells sometimes.