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Comment on A friend showed me another "learned a new language" site in ~comp
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Comment on A friend showed me another "learned a new language" site in ~comp
Prodiggles (edited )Link ParentHadn't tried labels other than to do exemplary, but feel free to label as noise or off-topic. Mostly votes or threads will bubble to the top, I believe labeling is the way it is by design.Hadn't tried labels other than to do exemplary, but feel free to label as noise or off-topic.
Mostly votes or threads will bubble to the top, I believe labeling is the way it is by design.
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Comment on A friend showed me another "learned a new language" site in ~comp
Prodiggles LinkPerfect timing! I was starting to take on exploring some more systems-level programming languages. Hadn't done C/C++ since college, but with Rust being more popular and Odin looking interesting as...Perfect timing! I was starting to take on exploring some more systems-level programming languages. Hadn't done C/C++ since college, but with Rust being more popular and Odin looking interesting as an alternative to both I've been leaning on Claude to help create exercises I'd do to compare programming languages with a shared test harness to validate my implementations.
Never hurts to learn classically with online courses as well though, but LLMs able to give "hints" when I get stuck helps me from spinning too long. Pretty cool to see all these other languages though I haven't touched since college/early career!
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Comment on The machines are fine. I'm worried about us. in ~science
Prodiggles Link ParentTotally valid, I've spent a lot of time looking at how to increase "value per token" ratio. While it's a way to approach it, most the effort seems to be on "accuracy per request" because accuracy...Totally valid, I've spent a lot of time looking at how to increase "value per token" ratio. While it's a way to approach it, most the effort seems to be on "accuracy per request" because accuracy needs to be higher most the time to have actual vs perceived value since hallucination rates are still high and can be deceptive.
Trying Deepseek v4 Pro with a token-efficient harness called Reasonix (built by the same company) is great because you can go really, really far on no money, but it creeps up often enough that it might be cutting corners and not giving accurate information and that requires MORE tokens to verify claims (go slow: measure twice, cut once) and so you lose token efficiency for confidence in accuracy. It cost me time and pre-paid usage, so there's a higher cost at the end of the day.
Between this and smaller local models, I can only hope more accessibility finds its way into non-frontier labs as a focus so edge devices (phones, personal machines) can achieve value that matters to those individuals.
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Comment on Allbirds announces pivot from running shoes to AI compute; stock surged over 700% in ~tech
Prodiggles Link ParentAll the data centers popping up in drought zones actually does make it super annoying. Phoenix area having multiple built up, likely because of cheaper land and resources. The fact it also is dry...All the data centers popping up in drought zones actually does make it super annoying. Phoenix area having multiple built up, likely because of cheaper land and resources.
The fact it also is dry likely plays into location being chosen, but of course this will continue taxing locals even worse with multiple price increases on a limited resource.
Fact is they're not able to even be compliant with the state constitution that requires the government to have 100 years of water available because of climate change and these combining into an unachievable situation.
Edit: There's also the issue of overbuilding housing due to the government over-zoning when not having secured water yet, so there's multiple compounding issues at play.
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
Prodiggles LinkPop_OS! 24.04 with KDE. I had worked with COSMIC for a bit, but found some features still missing from the configuration that was causing scaling issues with my monitor setup (2K and 4K). Mainly...Pop_OS! 24.04 with KDE. I had worked with COSMIC for a bit, but found some features still missing from the configuration that was causing scaling issues with my monitor setup (2K and 4K). Mainly around optimizing for gaming seemed to favor KDE or GNOME, so I tried KDE first and was happy with it.
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Comment on How I stopped cooking breakfast every day - baked oats in ~food
Prodiggles Link ParentI also felt the same way, but for Xmas asked for a really nice rice cooker that has a dedicated steel cut oats setting. Been doing that for the last few weeks and it's awesome just having them...I also felt the same way, but for Xmas asked for a really nice rice cooker that has a dedicated steel cut oats setting. Been doing that for the last few weeks and it's awesome just having them ready for when you wake up.
Interested in looking more into the baked oats, but until then I don't have to put as much effort into my breakfast when I'm struggling to get my pour over coffee brewed first
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Comment on Dissecting bad internet bills with a digital rights advocate: KOSA, SCREEN Act, Section 230 repeal in ~tech
Prodiggles LinkThe bills in question that are being discussed from this site. Again, all this global coordinated attack on free speech and privacy leaking into every facet and government it seems.The bills in question that are being discussed from this site.
Again, all this global coordinated attack on free speech and privacy leaking into every facet and government it seems.
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Comment on OpenAI’s H1 2025: $4.3b in income, $13.5b in loss in ~tech
Prodiggles Link ParentIt's interesting because depending on the context of the question it's make or break. In the realm of computing, it's actually really good at getting me answers based on what is and what could be....It's interesting because depending on the context of the question it's make or break. In the realm of computing, it's actually really good at getting me answers based on what is and what could be.
I have a new project I'm doing in the realm of developing that I wasn't sure was a novel type of scripting or not. I spent some time on an early build and had it analyze and look into similar or overlapping features. Discovered after doing other research it actually was novel and just needs to bake in some expected features. Getting a pros/cons and quick compare/contrast to see what things I should prioritize for adoption.
This is likely for the fact computing and programming that documentation is king, so it makes it a lot easier finding what is real (API documentation) vs some random news cycle event and its effects (hardly documented, lots of opinions, not yet researched or baked in yet)
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
Prodiggles Link ParentThat's pretty cool and can see the appeal. Not sure if it's just the state of things moving towards owning anything not being the standard, but I've been finding myself recently invigorated by my...That's pretty cool and can see the appeal. Not sure if it's just the state of things moving towards owning anything not being the standard, but I've been finding myself recently invigorated by my purchase of my Switch 2.
However, I'm actually playing it more by hunting down obscure or even common physical versions of Nintendo Switch 1 games. Via offerup, FB marketplace, or mainly EBay I've gotten about 20 games normally under $20 each. Lots of games still hold value (pokemon, Mario, Zelda), but been pretty patient and found other games like Rune Factory which I had never played.
All this to say, I feel it's been good for my wallet and mental health (looking at you Steam sales, Humble Bundle, etc.) to have physical media to see the reflective state of my backlog. When I want to play a game, it's a conscious decision that has the physical act of putting in the cartridge that helps when I have free time for games. If I'm not even willing to pick and put in a game, I get an opportunity to ask if I should do something else with my free time. This has helped give more chances to spend a bit of time cleaning, going and touching some grass, or just some time to exercise/stretch.
Sorry to hijack your comment, just really like your take on physical media and how I've been enjoying it too on my own way. I should start burning CDs again or something 😂
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Prodiggles (edited )Link ParentI found the bit of down-resolution cutscenes also annoying. I started playing the Kingdom hearts 1.5 game and had the same issue where they are 30 fps which I thankfully was able to smooth out by...I found the bit of down-resolution cutscenes also annoying. I started playing the Kingdom hearts 1.5 game and had the same issue where they are 30 fps which I thankfully was able to smooth out by using lossless scaling. Basically just always have it multiply frames by 2x (or whatever you prefer without artifacting) and this does the job.
It also makes emulated games not need to be heavily modified internally to get better game feel. For example, games like Bloodborne are locked at 30 fps, but you can multiply the frames to any number to get it feeling less like it's chugging. They have a variable frames toggle you can use if you just want more than 30, but not a fixed multiplier.
I'd say it was one of my favorite purchases I also use with NIGHTREIGN or Elden Ring to get 120+ fps without getting anticheat banned. Can also be used with VLC to upscale older or newer anime to have more than 24 fps and even 4K upscaling.
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Comment on Question about breathing while exercising in ~health
Prodiggles LinkThis may or may not help, but learning to breathe through both your nose and mouth (slightly closed) in measured timing can help with this somewhat. It's something especially during my early...This may or may not help, but learning to breathe through both your nose and mouth (slightly closed) in measured timing can help with this somewhat.
It's something especially during my early karate days we'd spend time doing in order to get better control of our lungs. This helped with giving control to the sharpness at which you could pull in and expel your breaths.
Basically anytime you'd have either a quick movement (punch, kick) or long endurance holding a stance up to hour at a time you'd focus on your breath over what you were doing and eventually it'd become more natural.
While it's been a while since I did karate, I still use this technique for anything I'm doing whether agility or endurance running to help keep from getting out of breath. Hope it helps!
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Comment on Musings on "Developer Mode" in ~comp
Prodiggles LinkSounds a lot cooler than "safe mode" when trying to diagnose a Windows problem, although use cases are different, for these hidden super secret modes. I feel it conveys everything I need to know...Sounds a lot cooler than "safe mode" when trying to diagnose a Windows problem, although use cases are different, for these hidden super secret modes.
I feel it conveys everything I need to know when I need to figure out where the advanced features are, I think maybe "power user mode" could have been an alternate name. It sounds as cool, but may not turn on all of the features you'd expect in other OSs.
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Comment on Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 getting rerelease on Nintendo Switch, bundle for $70 or standalone for $40 each in ~games
Prodiggles Link ParentI mean, reading this you've got me a bit hyped to try and mod my Wii U now to accomplish this. Although, I've already got a modded switch and should try to get this running there, the more I read...I mean, reading this you've got me a bit hyped to try and mod my Wii U now to accomplish this.
Although, I've already got a modded switch and should try to get this running there, the more I read your post the more I felt like this is exactly the route to play Galaxy 2... although it's probably more my obsession with trying to get things running than actually playing the game, oof
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Comment on GPT 5 released in ~comp
Prodiggles Link ParentBasically this, but one step further you can use the Godot MCP server that basically gives hooks into different operations that are slightly more native for VS Code Copilot, Cursor, or Rider to...Basically this, but one step further you can use the Godot MCP server that basically gives hooks into different operations that are slightly more native for VS Code Copilot, Cursor, or Rider to call into. This can give information such as runtime errors or node properties and hierarchy a bit more reliably than trying to export them via a .gd script.
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Comment on GPT 5 released in ~comp
Prodiggles (edited )Link ParentThe biggest tip I can give is to spend time with VS Code Copilot and figure out how to use the MCP servers. There is a Godot one, Context7 is great for standards, Github MCP for finding similar...The biggest tip I can give is to spend time with VS Code Copilot and figure out how to use the MCP servers. There is a Godot one, Context7 is great for standards, Github MCP for finding similar projects, etc.
What's MCP? Basically magic, but sorta. Most of the productive session I've had were to fill it up with as much knowledge as possible, have it break down into smaller steps (or patterns), then build on top of it. I wouldn't spend a ton of time figuring out the node structure, ask copilot what tools it would find valuable, search online for MCP servers, and generally give it as much structure as possible (in markdown documents) and it comes super duper close most of the time.
Also Claude is generally better at figuring out meaning a lot of the time while GPT is more explicit in what it does, so try and play with different tools on the same problem. There's a copilot free trial, use that and I think you get 300 premium requests or something to that effect. At this point, I can give it a problem statement and execution steps, have it break it down into smaller segments, then tell it to run with the plan and can step away for 15min and be back with some output.
Having it write tests for expected behavior is another way to have it enrich its own context, so that serves as documentation as well.
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Comment on GPT 5 released in ~comp
Prodiggles Link ParentI think at this point I'm not fully invested in a single tool yet that can cater to my dev needs and I'm not focused on completing a project but learning how I can build an effective workflow...I think at this point I'm not fully invested in a single tool yet that can cater to my dev needs and I'm not focused on completing a project but learning how I can build an effective workflow system. I'm really interested in how different editors or IDEs work with their AI agents on the same problem.
My goal eventually is to find suitable environments and configurations to catalog best candidates for an AI agent orchestration project. I've been continually improving my prompts, types of documentation to regularly have it generate, distill things down, then find out and rank how each does on the same problem.
While the cost seems high now, I'm learning a ton and really there's a time factor here because even with my gaming rig, running ollama even on just a 4B or 8B parameters model takes 3-4x longer with a lower quality result. I'd have to get 3 more GPUs and it would still be worse off than using a free or $10 subscription. The economics play too well for the big players and they're all competing for our attention and dollars.
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Comment on GPT 5 released in ~comp
Prodiggles LinkSo, I was for longest time in the camp of staying just on the edge of AI code agent tools. Honestly, would have been better off because I started to discover a ton of value on the learning side of...So, I was for longest time in the camp of staying just on the edge of AI code agent tools. Honestly, would have been better off because I started to discover a ton of value on the learning side of things.
Generally, I don't enjoy learning outside my knowledge areas unless they feel applicable. Example: Trivia feels so useless to me, Jeopardy is fun for some not for me.
However, one thing I tried and just couldn't get into was learning about game development. There's just a ton of reading and trying to figure out specific interfaces, patterns, and quirks of engines and their languages.
In less than a couple days, I put together a fairly decent proof of concept incorporating a mix of run & gun as well as Roguelike levels. I'd say at first I was making progress, but would hit a wall and just kinda start over. I went through almost all of the coding agents and learned a ton as I remade it from start, let the agent take the wheel and improved my prompts each try.
At one point, I kinda stopped over-babying and let it take the wheel, checking in and validating it's work. While an agent was working, I was building out a spec for the next feature or task to send its way. While it worked on boilerplate patterns with some ambiguous designs, I worked on improving it's context opportunities (MCP, integrations with other tools, etc.) so every query would be better and produce better results that I'd have it write tests for.
A lot of really cool ideas I wouldn't have come up with, but it gave me headspace to work on the harder problems while it toiled away.
I've switched from unity to godot now and on my 5th go at the project, I don't need to spend time learning the API. Instead, I can focus on the concepts and study what it puts together and applying patterns I would have been bored to look through a complete project.
Just my journey, this far, but GPT-5 already impressed me in the first couple queries and a lot of providers are giving unlimited tokens for an adoption period, but the cool feature of it determining the appropriate model for parts of my query will definitely save on cost over time.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Prodiggles (edited )LinkI was able to pick up a copy of Bravely Default for my 3DS on eBay recently and have been enjoying a classic JRPG on a device I really haven't used in a while. I really enjoy all of the jobs you...I was able to pick up a copy of Bravely Default for my 3DS on eBay recently and have been enjoying a classic JRPG on a device I really haven't used in a while. I really enjoy all of the jobs you can play and the store-up-and-unload style of banking turns. Great starter RPG overall for those that can get a copy it or of wait for the Switch remaster later this year.
Also in my arsenal is the original Fire Emblem for Nintendo DS (via Switch online). I never got into the series and saw this one as a basic intro to tactics-like games and Fire Emblem generally that has several sequels. Enjoying it kinda like the original Advanced Wars I remember playing back in the day. Overall, simple intro to this style of game if you hadn't tried it before and I like the consequences of losing units vs just restoring after a battle essentially tying into the story a bit.
In between work on breaks, I went through my yearly playthrough of Super Mario World and noticed I never played through Super Mario World 2 which features Yoshi as the main character ferrying a baby Mario on his journey. While I didn't really like the focus shift away from Mario when I rented it back in the 90s (or Yoshi Story for N64), I have a new opinion of the charm and design choices that came out of this game. It really makes a lot of sense now with each Nintendo mascot was trying to have their own style going forward with Yoshi getting this cute and stylized crayon version for games going forward.
Recently finished Yakuza 0 as my first mainline game with Kiryu as the MC (played Like a Dragon first recently). What a great game, I really got into things as the story unfolded and got comfortable with the more brawler style instead of turn-based that Like a Dragon sported. I'll likely work on Infinite Wealth next and rotate back again later for the other mainlines!
Harvestella is sort of my in-between game right now if I'm limited on playtime. I could never get that deep into farming sims like Stardew Valley, really not preferring the pixel version games lately as charming as they are. It's much more of a brain-turn-off game and has a mix focus of farming, combat, and story on the earlier side while being a 3D game. It's simple though for now, but having the ability to switch jobs mid-combat in order to save time before the end of day timer is deep enough to have me playing it a little bit every day
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Prodiggles Link ParentYou do gain back a heart when you get near the campfire. So it's meant to help you out if you've lost hearts earlier in a run. The dialogue is just a bonus if you want to advance the story.You do gain back a heart when you get near the campfire. So it's meant to help you out if you've lost hearts earlier in a run. The dialogue is just a bonus if you want to advance the story.
Historically I'd agree, the earliest models had no way to get a good handle on anything outside its trained knowledge. However, with the advent of Context7 MCP or even better pull down the docs and wrap it in a MCP for querying you can have it pull from source and have it build and test its exercise or best direct comparison using an adversarial isolated agent to keep it honest.
Of course, this is one way to get started and to find analogs with patterns you understand and mapping to a new context (language). For those that want to handle specific problems, I'd imagine trying to tackle a project would be even better but for those getting started I think OPs site is a great starter and having quick comparisons of the same problem (Hello world) in each language's flavor