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Comment on UFO50AndroidUnofficial: A tool to build your own Android version of UFO 50 in ~games
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Comment on US President Donald Trump to make historic move towards revoking birthright citizenship in ~society
Rudism Link ParentI think the current supreme court has proven beyond any doubt that jurisprudence has no meaning anymore, and pretty much any previous rulings are fair game for "reinterpretation" to fall in line...I think the current supreme court has proven beyond any doubt that jurisprudence has no meaning anymore, and pretty much any previous rulings are fair game for "reinterpretation" to fall in line with Republican party goals.
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Comment on US President Donald Trump to issue executive orders to end birthright citizenship, limit gender identity — incoming official in ~lgbt
Rudism LinkI don't follow the news much, and definitely don't consume any of the batshit right-winger sources... so I'm genuinely a bit confused around the politicization of transgenderism. Is part of what...I don't follow the news much, and definitely don't consume any of the batshit right-winger sources... so I'm genuinely a bit confused around the politicization of transgenderism. Is part of what they're advocating for that trans men should use the same bathrooms as cis women? And that trans men should be competing in sports alongside cis women?
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Comment on TCL's bet on screens that look like paper in ~tech
Rudism Link ParentI'm not the commenter you're replying to, and I don't think my reaction was quite as extreme, but I found the citation format here (a slash followed by links at the end of each paragraph) to be a...I'm not the commenter you're replying to, and I don't think my reaction was quite as extreme, but I found the citation format here (a slash followed by links at the end of each paragraph) to be a little distracting too. I'm much more used to standard numerical or parenthetical citations, so it's a bit easier to read past those. With the slashes my brain did a little "is this the end of the article? oh wait, there's more" dance after each paragraph.
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Comment on Lynchian recommendation request in ~arts
Rudism LinkThere's a 2018 Korean film named Burning that gives me Lynchian vibes. It's also just a brilliant and haunting film that I think more people should see.There's a 2018 Korean film named Burning that gives me Lynchian vibes. It's also just a brilliant and haunting film that I think more people should see.
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Comment on Five Disney animated canon films will be destroyed and you can choose, which five do you pick? in ~movies
Rudism Link ParentThe Brother Bear home video release has a commentary track by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as their McKenzie-brothers-inspired characters from the movie. I don't remember anything else about...The Brother Bear home video release has a commentary track by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as their McKenzie-brothers-inspired characters from the movie. I don't remember anything else about Brother Bear but that special feature alone makes it worth preserving IMO.
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Comment on David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' dies at 78 in ~movies
Rudism (edited )LinkAs a little gesture of tribute, I trawled through some old backups and dug up some assets from a Lynch-inspired project I toyed with a few years ago. It was called The Angriest Outer God in the...As a little gesture of tribute, I trawled through some old backups and dug up some assets from a Lynch-inspired project I toyed with a few years ago. It was called The Angriest Outer God in the Cosmos.
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Comment on David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' dies at 78 in ~movies
Rudism LinkThis one stings. David Lynch is such a huge influence on me and the kinds of film and other forms of fiction that I enjoy and seek out. All you gotta do to get my attention is refer to something...This one stings. David Lynch is such a huge influence on me and the kinds of film and other forms of fiction that I enjoy and seek out. All you gotta do to get my attention is refer to something as "Lynchian" and that pretty much guarantees I'm going to check it out.
While the original series was hit or miss, Twin Peaks: The Return was probably the single most enjoyable TV watching experience I have ever had in my life (and Fire Walk With Me is basically my Roman Empire--I think about it way more often than seems healthy or normal).
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Comment on Proton CEO tweets support for Donald Trump's Department of Justice pick and the US Republican Party in ~society
Rudism Link ParentI also use Fastmail and am pretty happy with them (webmail and Android app both suit all my needs fine). From a privacy standpoint, they may not be perfect (they are subject to Australian law and...I also use Fastmail and am pretty happy with them (webmail and Android app both suit all my needs fine).
From a privacy standpoint, they may not be perfect (they are subject to Australian law and comply with valid requests from authorities there), but at least they are fairly transparent about it.
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Comment on Horror in impossible places: liminal spaces and the backrooms in ~games
Rudism Link ParentMaybe it's related to how people are becoming more socially isolated in general just as a matter of course--we just went through a huge pandemic, remote work is in higher demand, kids don't play...Maybe it's related to how people are becoming more socially isolated in general just as a matter of course--we just went through a huge pandemic, remote work is in higher demand, kids don't play together around their neghborhoods anymore, third places are in decline, people are forming relationships with large language models... The backrooms is like all of that taken to its ultimate extreme, so it's like peering into our own possible future. Kind of like how space and alien themed science fiction saw a boom during the space race in the 50s and 60s, maybe empty liminal themed science fiction is seeing a similar boom in this modern age of increasing social isolation.
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Comment on Horror in impossible places: liminal spaces and the backrooms in ~games
Rudism Link ParentI'm probably about 60% of the way through House of Leaves, and have been for several months. It's a tough read--there are like three or four simultaneously running narratives (at least one of...I'm probably about 60% of the way through House of Leaves, and have been for several months. It's a tough read--there are like three or four simultaneously running narratives (at least one of which hasn't grabbed me at all, so whenever that one comes up it feels like a bit of a slog), and there are passages with so many footnotes that the footnotes themselves are multiple pages longer than the actual passages they're footnoting (and those footnotes may also have their own footnotes). A lot of those footnotes also cite other books, talks, and papers, at least some of which are fictional in-world ones that don't actually exist (I suspect some of them are real citations to real works but even if that's true there are so many citations it'd be a full time job just figuring out which are which). The edition I have has passages in different colors and different fonts which all indicate different things, some passages are completely crossed out which indicates something else, and the whole thing is written in a way where the words and letters themselves are occasionally laid out in ways that mimic what's going on in the story (sometimes upside down, sometimes snaking their way around an otherwise mostly empty page, stuff like that) so can also prove physically difficult to read.
I absolutely love the idea of House of Leaves, which is why I picked it up and started reading it, but I'm not enjoying it as much as I hoped and not even sure I'll ever finish it.
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Comment on Best way to set up NAS? in ~tech
Rudism LinkDoes your NAS support using SMB/CIFS instead of NFS? I don't have a NAS but instead a Raspberry Pi with some hard drives plugged in that I share to both windows and linux clients (including...Does your NAS support using SMB/CIFS instead of NFS? I don't have a NAS but instead a Raspberry Pi with some hard drives plugged in that I share to both windows and linux clients (including mounting shared directories into some docker containers on the linux clients) and it seems to survive router resets and other network hiccups just fine.
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Comment on It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor in ~science
Rudism Link ParentI guess I just have a hard time believing that members of a modern-day Melanesian religion would even consider themselves to be a cargo cult, so why would they care if we mischaracterize cargo...I guess I just have a hard time believing that members of a modern-day Melanesian religion would even consider themselves to be a cargo cult, so why would they care if we mischaracterize cargo cults by using it as an insult?
Like we use the term "cult" in general in a similar way ("they exhibited a cult-like mentality," "that guy sounds like some kind of cult leader," and so on), but should we stop doing that because maligning the term "cult" could offend Scientologists? I don't think so, because actively practicing Scientologists (I'm assuming) don't consider themselves to be in a cult. In fact they would probably be offended by that very concession itself, because just by making it you're implying that their religion is a cult.
That being said, if this author was a member of a self-proclaimed cargo cult, or was speaking for members of an actual cargo cult who were insulted by the common usage of that term, then I'd approach it the same way I approached the switch from master to main as the primary branch name in git repos--I don't care enough to argue semantics and I don't want people to be offended so I'd just accept it and move on.
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Comment on It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor in ~science
Rudism (edited )LinkI love this article for the deep dive into "true" cargo cults. I learned a lot. I kinda disagree with its conclusion though. In my opinion the pop-culture interpretation of the term "cargo cult"...I love this article for the deep dive into "true" cargo cults. I learned a lot.
I kinda disagree with its conclusion though. In my opinion the pop-culture interpretation of the term "cargo cult" has basically become ubiquitous. Language and metaphors like this evolve over time and take on their own meaning and I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with that.
That being said, I do understand the redaction of certain charged terms (master branches in git, master and slave terminology in software or hardware configurations, stuff like that), so maybe it's warranted here for the same reason... but my gut says that referring to those still-existing modern day religions as "cargo cults" is the insulting thing we should stop doing, given that the term has taken on its own divergent meaning. (edit: And the term "cult" on its own is a charged term, quite often used as a pejorative when referring to someone's religious beliefs.)
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Rudism LinkI picked up the DLC for Talos Principle 2 on sale over the holidays so I started getting into that. Very happy with it so far--feels kind of like an extended epilogue to the main game (although I...I picked up the DLC for Talos Principle 2 on sale over the holidays so I started getting into that. Very happy with it so far--feels kind of like an extended epilogue to the main game (although I don't think it necessarily picks up exactly where you left of since there are so many different ways the main game could end). The gameplay is the same, you get to learn more about the characters you already know as well as meet some new ones, the puzzles are great, and it seems like there's a ton of content. So if you liked Talos Principle 2 and haven't played the DLC I absolutely highly recommend it.
I think I also read that they're doing a remaster of the original Talos Principle, which I'm pretty sure I'll pick up and play again once it's out (even though I already purchased and played through the game twice for various consoles). These games are just so great and totally up my alley.
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Comment on What goals or ambitions do you have for 2025? in ~talk
Rudism Link ParentThe idea of still working as a software engineer into my mid 60s just seems so unappealing to me. What this whole thread has helped me realize is that my goal is maybe less related to retirement...The idea of still working as a software engineer into my mid 60s just seems so unappealing to me. What this whole thread has helped me realize is that my goal is maybe less related to retirement as it is to a desire to find a way to break out of this thing I've been grinding away at for the last 25 years and find a way to do something more creatively/artistically fulfilling without winding up on the streets in the process. Like I've already reached the level cap on my career and have gone through all the end game content and want to try out a whole new game.
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Comment on Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the thousands of apps hijacked to spy on your location in ~tech
Rudism Link ParentIn my mind, my intent when turning off location services would be to block all of the non-uninstallable Google system apps and manufacturer bloatware installed on the phone (which I assume doesn't...In my mind, my intent when turning off location services would be to block all of the non-uninstallable Google system apps and manufacturer bloatware installed on the phone (which I assume doesn't ask for or need special permission) from reading the phone's location. That's the thing I want to be confident about, while still allowing a few select apps that I've installed and explicitly permitted to know what wifi network I'm connected to. But what you say makes some sense--I could be wrong in my assumptions about the scope of location services.
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Comment on What goals or ambitions do you have for 2025? in ~talk
Rudism Link ParentI have a 401k that I contribute to and some other savings, but nowhere near retirement levels. I think I've read that by the time you hit 45 you should have saved around 3x your annual salary, but...I have a 401k that I contribute to and some other savings, but nowhere near retirement levels. I think I've read that by the time you hit 45 you should have saved around 3x your annual salary, but I'm probably clocking in at well under half my salary (and I've optimized my career for quality of life over maximizing salary, so it really doesn't feel like that much at all). I have no idea how a family with kids to raise, a house to maintain, and (especially!!) medical expenses can do it. Both of my kids are about to hit college age too, so I expect the savings to take a significant hit from that soon.
This is sounding more whiny than I intended. I understand that I am to blame for my situation and I definitely could have made different choices in life to improve the situation. I'm already in it though, so need to figure out how I'm going to survive once I inevitably age out of being a hire-able software engineer.
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Comment on Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the thousands of apps hijacked to spy on your location in ~tech
Rudism Link ParentThat makes sense from the permissions angle--I would have no problem granting an app explicit permission to know what wifi network I am actively connected to, understanding that it also possibly...That makes sense from the permissions angle--I would have no problem granting an app explicit permission to know what wifi network I am actively connected to, understanding that it also possibly gives some location information. What baffles me is if an app only cares about which wifi network I'm actively connected to, why must I enable location services/GPS on my phone in order to give it that ability? I can scan and connect to wifi networks without location/GPS turned on, so why does a 3rd party app needing access to that information suddenly require location/GPS features on all the time?
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Comment on What goals or ambitions do you have for 2025? in ~talk
Rudism LinkI turn 45 this year, and I feel like the idea of ever being able to retire is basically a pipe dream at this point. I don't want to be a programmer forever, so my longer-term goal is to start...I turn 45 this year, and I feel like the idea of ever being able to retire is basically a pipe dream at this point. I don't want to be a programmer forever, so my longer-term goal is to start working towards making some kind of sustainable income as an author, ideally to a point where I could think about quitting my day job some time after my kids are done college (i.e., within the next 10 years) and eke out some kind of post-software-engineer living. My short term goal for 2025 is to get at least a couple short stories written and submitted to publications, if not actually published somewhere. I feel like that's a reasonable goal even while working full time, and should give me a better idea of how realistic the longer term idea might be.
I was holding out for a Switch port, but I might pick it up on Steam now and give this a try on my Logitech G-Cloud. Does anyone know how this actually works? Is it because UFO50 was built using some platform-agnostic engine that already has an Android runtime, or is it using some kind of emulation?