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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games
Jambo Link ParentI think it turned out ok, though it was heavily (heavily) inspired by a youtube builder :) I am still planning on decorating my tower floor and building a little something in town but work took...I think it turned out ok, though it was heavily (heavily) inspired by a youtube builder :) I am still planning on decorating my tower floor and building a little something in town but work took over my whole weekend so maybe I'll have a little time this week sometime.
Edit: here's a neat pic I got of it a while back
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games
Jambo Link ParentI like the idea of putting a little house inside of town somewhere, I'll take a stroll around tonight to see if I can find a good place to be :)I like the idea of putting a little house inside of town somewhere, I'll take a stroll around tonight to see if I can find a good place to be :)
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games
Jambo LinkI've been having a lot of fun, I joined late so practically everything existed prior to my arrival but is there anything the town needs or would find useful? I still have plenty of things I want...I've been having a lot of fun, I joined late so practically everything existed prior to my arrival but is there anything the town needs or would find useful? I still have plenty of things I want to do to my new abode but I feel like I should be contributing in some way to the town.
I'm not great at coming up with a task but if someone has things that need done, could you list them here maybe? The only thing I've noticed so far is the leather/beef farm is not super fast but I think you can just buy leather from traders so it is probably irrelevant (the reason this came up was because I wanted to make bookcases but realized I could just buy those too so...yeah).
Also I prefer not to set up a patreon (just personal preference) but is there a PayPal or venmo etc for a 1-at-a-time contribution?
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Comment on Club Penguin: gone but not forgotten in ~games
Jambo LinkI was just a little too old to ever have found interest in club penguin, but watching this video does still bring me nostalgia for the pre-social-media era of the internet. Those were simpler...I was just a little too old to ever have found interest in club penguin, but watching this video does still bring me nostalgia for the pre-social-media era of the internet. Those were simpler times..
Those images of "the family computer" especially hit home, and reminds me of all the time I'd spend playing Diablo 2 in the middle of the night while everyone was asleep (and getting caught a fair few times by my mom) because the computer was in the middle of the house and also required dialup, so it was the perfect time to play while no one was around to kick me off to make a phone call or tell me to "get off those damn video games" :)
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Comment on The Technical Difficulties are back! — Reverse Trivia 1x01 in ~misc
Jambo Link ParentConsidering I haven't seen and am not aware of any early live content, I'd say it's perfectly in-line 😁 As far as I know they started as a podcast, but I'm unfamiliar with that. I started watching...Considering I haven't seen and am not aware of any early live content, I'd say it's perfectly in-line 😁
As far as I know they started as a podcast, but I'm unfamiliar with that. I started watching during the early days of citation needed.
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Comment on The Technical Difficulties are back! — Reverse Trivia 1x01 in ~misc
Jambo LinkI've been a fan of tech diff for a long time but I fell off when they started doing live shows... For me it ruined the intimacy and it just didn't work for me personally so I stopped watching. I...I've been a fan of tech diff for a long time but I fell off when they started doing live shows... For me it ruined the intimacy and it just didn't work for me personally so I stopped watching. I was ok with the somewhat recent "I did a thing" series (don't remember what they called it, sorry) but I'm glad they went back to their roots with this most recent episode.
I was really hoping we'd get more of these since Tom "retired" from his main channel content, so it was great to see them randomly pop up in my feed the other day!
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Comment on Poppy - they're all around us (2024) in ~music
Jambo LinkI'm really enjoying her recent stuff, especially her collabs with bad omens and knocked loose.I'm really enjoying her recent stuff, especially her collabs with bad omens and knocked loose.
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Comment on Magnus Carlsen beats Hans Niemann, in first match since infamous cheating scandal, at the 2024 Speed Chess Championship in Paris in ~games.tabletop
Jambo Link ParentYou've affirmed we are arguing two separate points. I do not care of the politics of the situation. I was speaking literally only in terms of the integrity of the data. If you go to the original...You've affirmed we are arguing two separate points. I do not care of the politics of the situation. I was speaking literally only in terms of the integrity of the data.
If you go to the original few posts of this thread, it was brought up that Neiman said he cheated only when he was a kid but then chess.com released evidence otherwise. You said you thought it was relevant to mention Magnus' involvement with chess.com.
My question wasn't about the timing of the publication or any motives or politics otherwise, as there was no mention of any of that prior.
Here is where my question came from, in essence:
- Neiman said he cheated as a kid
- Chess.com shows he's cheated since then
- You said Magnus' involvement was being ignored and shouldn't be
In that arc, it sounded to me like you were saying the data is compromised or less valuable due to who published it. So, I asked why, because the data is just games, it's unaltered so it shouldn't matter.
Clearly, you were speaking on another point.
So again, it seems to me we are not speaking on the same plane, making this entire thread chain fairly irrelevant.
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Comment on Magnus Carlsen beats Hans Niemann, in first match since infamous cheating scandal, at the 2024 Speed Chess Championship in Paris in ~games.tabletop
Jambo Link ParentWe are arguing two separate points. You're coming at it from the angle that any of the claims herein affect the accusations of "the" game with Magnus. I'm not arguing that, I am speaking about the...We are arguing two separate points. You're coming at it from the angle that any of the claims herein affect the accusations of "the" game with Magnus. I'm not arguing that, I am speaking about the source and result of the data for the purposes of setting a stage where this guy lied in the past. It doesn't directly indicate guilt in cheating in "the" match, just proving that he has in other matches.
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Comment on Magnus Carlsen beats Hans Niemann, in first match since infamous cheating scandal, at the 2024 Speed Chess Championship in Paris in ~games.tabletop
Jambo Link ParentWell call me a stooge for asking a self-evident question. I'll ask it again because it isn't to me. Well, let's suppose Magnus is playing puppeteer and was the sole reason that information got...Well call me a stooge for asking a self-evident question. I'll ask it again because it isn't to me.
Well, let's suppose Magnus is playing puppeteer and was the sole reason that information got published. The data can be analyzed by anyone (and has been ad nauseum). It's clear he has cheated where he said he hasn't.
Why is this less valuable coming from Magnus himself or his supposed puppets at chess.com versus anyone else?
I guess I'm just not seeing how it's relevant at all. Again, it would be if the data were ambiguous or prefabricated but these games are all public for anyone to see, it's just raw data, there's no influence from those who presented it.
Edit: your post changed fairly significantly while I was responding. I'll leave it but I'll bow out now as it's gotten confusing as to what I'm answering
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Comment on Magnus Carlsen beats Hans Niemann, in first match since infamous cheating scandal, at the 2024 Speed Chess Championship in Paris in ~games.tabletop
Jambo Link ParentCan you expand on how that context matters in this specific case? I don't ask in malice, it's just that isn't that fairly normal to be presented with data from the people who are trying to prove...Can you expand on how that context matters in this specific case?
I don't ask in malice, it's just that isn't that fairly normal to be presented with data from the people who are trying to prove an accusation? That is aside the fact that I can't find how much of chess.com he owns (if any) but it's fairly obvious that the uppers at chess.com would be willing to offer aide to such a big name in the space regardless of relationship.
Regardless of who presented the raw data, if the data itself is reputable and damning, I don't understand why it would matter who brought it to the table. I would be more understanding if the data were preformatted and not in a raw form, in which case you could argue twisting reality to fit a narrative.
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Comment on Linkin Park - The Emptiness Machine (2024) in ~music
Jambo Link ParentFrom what Mike has said in this interview, it was much more organic than "let's find a lead singer" - they wrote the song with her as a creative exercise before there was any plan on getting back...From what Mike has said in this interview, it was much more organic than "let's find a lead singer" - they wrote the song with her as a creative exercise before there was any plan on getting back together.
The moment Linkin Park was back
Shinoda notes how recording "The Emptiness Machine", which also ended up as the lead single for the album and which was released yesterday, turned out to be one of the significant turning points when he and his bandmates gave reuniting Linkin Park more serious thought:"We were, like, 'That's a Linkin Park song.' You can't listen to that song and say it's anything else. At that point, too, we were considering, 'Should we call this a different band name? Do we need one singer? Maybe we've got multiple people playing different roles and stuff.' And when she was singing on certain things, it sounded so much like the band, for me, I was just, like, 'That feels good.' I don't know. I can't be logical about it. It's an illogical thing. It just feels good."
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Comment on Linkin Park - The Emptiness Machine (2024) in ~music
Jambo Link ParentShe responded to this criticism, whether you believe her or not is up to you. https://variety.com/2024/music/news/linkin-emily-armstrong-criticism-danny-masterson-1236135990/She responded to this criticism, whether you believe her or not is up to you.
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/linkin-emily-armstrong-criticism-danny-masterson-1236135990/
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games
Jambo LinkI wanna play so bad but I have had no time, I appreciate the updates and screenshots, looks fun!I wanna play so bad but I have had no time, I appreciate the updates and screenshots, looks fun!
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Comment on Software development is nonlinear system in ~comp
Jambo LinkPreamble: I'm tired and crabby so this may come off as scathing. It's not, I've been programming some 8 or so years now and can agree on the concepts the author is speaking about. In practice,...Preamble: I'm tired and crabby so this may come off as scathing. It's not, I've been programming some 8 or so years now and can agree on the concepts the author is speaking about. In practice, it's not so easy but in an ideal world, they're not far off.
I think a lot of dev success comes from a strong project manager or just manager in general. When it all falls on the dev, things get really hard, really fast. I would kill to have a guy go out and get requirements, have meetings for me, understand the problems that the client faces and get back to me with the bare necessities so I can focus on what I do best, which is writing good and efficient code. It's much, much harder to be good at MY things if I end up wearing everyone else's hats... now I'm not super good at any one thing, I'm just kind of good at tons of things and really shitty about getting everything done in a work day.
I'm coming up on the end of a project currently that has taken us (me and my 1 coworker) roughly a year to complete. About 4 or so of those 12 months have been mostly coding, while maybe 2-3 were spent on interruptions and day-to-day minutiae. I spent a LOT of time gathering information, building a scope of work, building documentation on how the existing system works, the problems, the requests, requirements etc. I mean a LOT of time.
Being here now, within 3 or so weeks of shipping, I feel my efforts spent preparing amounted to a failure. I didn't have enough detail, I missed topics that should have been discussed a long time ago so that by now I wasn't running around trying to get a plan together. I thought I was being overly thorough and I missed things that have really slowed me down, causing tons and tons of overtime, stress, depression, burnout and honestly I thought about quitting my job over this multiple times. I love my job, I've been here going on 10 years now. This is the first project that has ever kicked my ass like this. I feel defeated because when I was building out those docs, I felt like I was making everything easier. In practice, they weren't used at all, it was a total failure. Now I'm overworked, tired, stressed, and I can't think of anything other than this project. I have dreams about it. I'm not joking, I eat sleep and breathe this project right now.
Thinking is a skill. It's easy to think too much about the wrong thing, and miss a big problem all together. It's especially hard to do well when you're part of a small team (think "Jack of all trades"). I'm not saying I don't think about problems, I spend ~50% of my day thinking. Some days I don't produce a single line of code. Some days I'm just putting together a plan. But it is very hard to get into 'the flow' when there are interruptions, fix-it tickets, special reports, outages (thanks crowdstrike...), etc. Hell, with such a small team (my 2 man team), if one of us gets sick we're basically both not getting anything done for the day because there's too much overhead and the person who is here can't concentrate at all on any meaningful amount of progress.
Yeah, this is indicative of a poorly managed department. I'm part of the problem, my IT director is a part of the problem, and the company culture is a part of the problem. People have no problem pinging me in our chat app instead of going through the ticketing system. Things get lost, balls get dropped. All that to say, it's not always rainbow and sunshine. I would love to get out of bed at 6am, stretch, go for a morning jog, get to work, peacefully contemplate and gingerly type my problem away, but reality is a bitch and that basically never happens. In reality, I'm getting dragged into meetings all day, getting nothing done so I ended up sending a report to the CEO at 1am last night, I finally get to bed and my kid wakes me up cause she peed the bed at 3am, dog is barking at the rain at 5 and I drag my sorry ass out of bed at 8:25 to be at work at 8 (ofc I work from home).
The part I think that mostly rubbed me the wrong way was the section on taking care of myself. Sure, all that sounds wonderful, but how? When do I have time to go out with friends? What friends? I haven't had a friend since high school. Of course that's sad, and of course I should fix that and work on myself and be better to myself. My diet sucks, my mood sucks, I'm depressed, tired, in a rut and it takes such a monumental effort just to take a shower some days.... how will I ever live up to how I should be doing things?
There's a lot we SHOULD do, and it's easy to point out the best path to the best version of yourself, the problem is taking the step is so incredibly difficult sometimes.
Sorry, this mostly turned into a therapy session. I probably shouldn't have posted it, but I do think reality vs "how you should be doing it" can be extremely difficult to sync so I hope I at least made that point, even if poorly.
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Comment on CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world in ~tech
Jambo Link ParentApparently so... I'm not happy - I'm going to try to get around it with the link from Lapbunny but I think I'm screwedApparently so... I'm not happy - I'm going to try to get around it with the link from Lapbunny but I think I'm screwed
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Comment on CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world in ~tech
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Comment on CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world in ~tech
Jambo Link ParentOur entire company has crowdstrike (falcon sensor) on our workstationsOur entire company has crowdstrike (falcon sensor) on our workstations
I couldn't figure out what I wanted to put there and found that little island and it felt more in my "style" so I tore the old spot down for the most part.