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  1. Comment on Generals.io: a simple yet very cool online real time strategy game in ~games

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    Oh shit, it's an EmpireAttack clone. My friends and I used to do all nighters on the multiday teamed games about 15 years ago 😄

    Oh shit, it's an EmpireAttack clone.

    My friends and I used to do all nighters on the multiday teamed games about 15 years ago 😄

    1 vote
  2. Comment on US releases powerful Anthropic model Mythos to some US companies in ~tech

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    Marketing and grift.

    Marketing and grift.

    6 votes
  3. Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages

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    The collective noun for a multiple of Timothée Chalamet is a contest.

    The collective noun for a multiple of Timothée Chalamet is a contest.

    4 votes
  4. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    I am probably guilty of this sometimes. Where there's a focus on the technical points and not the story in the text. The beats moving from one point to the next, disjointed and without good flow...

    I am probably guilty of this sometimes.

    Where there's a focus on the technical points and not the story in the text. The beats moving from one point to the next, disjointed and without good flow and structure.

  5. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    Side effect of growth. The style of writing becomes more casual and simpler as the user base grows.

    Side effect of growth. The style of writing becomes more casual and simpler as the user base grows.

    9 votes
  6. Comment on Epic Games announces Lore open-source version control system in ~tech

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    The only thing bad about git is that people centralised in using GitHub as a common source repository hosting platform, antithetical to the idea of a decentralised VCS. But that's just what people...

    The only thing bad about git is that people centralised in using GitHub as a common source repository hosting platform, antithetical to the idea of a decentralised VCS.

    But that's just what people do: we trade some functionality for convenience.

    (there's probably more bad things about git, but...)

    13 votes
  7. Comment on ‘Backrooms’ sends Hollywood running to Reddit for new ideas in ~movies

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    American Pie reboot involving a coconut?

    American Pie reboot involving a coconut?

    1 vote
  8. Comment on We're so back in ~tildes

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    The hosting plan ran out of comment click credits, an obscure balance that no one knew existed and took a while to figure out how to replenish the quota.

    The hosting plan ran out of comment click credits, an obscure balance that no one knew existed and took a while to figure out how to replenish the quota.

    6 votes
  9. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Last week I mentioned that I forked a c++ firmware project for the tdeck. I reached out to the person who started the project and have started submitting PRs....

    Last week I mentioned that I forked a c++ firmware project for the tdeck.

    I reached out to the person who started the project and have started submitting PRs.

    https://github.com/laserir/MCLite/pulls?q=is%3Apr

  10. Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games

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    Same kinda. Some combined game of Civ + simcity + aoe depending on the view level. zoomed in to control the individual units like it's an rts like AOE. zoomed out a bit and its city builder level...

    Same kinda. Some combined game of Civ + simcity + aoe depending on the view level.

    • zoomed in to control the individual units like it's an rts like AOE.
    • zoomed out a bit and its city builder level of control.
    • zoomed out further it's civilisation level.
    • zoom out more and it's an implied observational simulation of a planet, perhaps with some control over LEO/space activities.
    2 votes
  11. Comment on Our workplace LLM mass delusion in ~tech

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    Nonsensical Duolingo sentences is just good engagement bait marketing.

    Nonsensical Duolingo sentences is just good engagement bait marketing.

    11 votes
  12. Comment on Google Chrome to fully remove legacy support for manifest v2 in ~tech

  13. Comment on Has anyone else seen a LOT of dead birds on the side of the road this year? in ~enviro

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    Hatchlings or fledglings? Usually have more birds as Spring transitions into Summer. And Baader-Meinhof phenomenon could be at play.

    Hatchlings or fledglings? Usually have more birds as Spring transitions into Summer.

    And Baader-Meinhof phenomenon could be at play.

    2 votes
  14. Comment on What internet discussion sites remain? in ~tech

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    Your example is anchored by a larger platform with their YouTube audience.

    forums (e.g. level1techs)

    Your example is anchored by a larger platform with their YouTube audience.

    1 vote
  15. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I vibed some edits to a c++ codebase for some t-deck MeshCore firmware. mute/unmute of convos. tap sender name to fill a reply prefix in the text input field ("@[name]") render emoji in messages...

    I vibed some edits to a c++ codebase for some t-deck MeshCore firmware.

    • mute/unmute of convos.
    • tap sender name to fill a reply prefix in the text input field ("@[name]")
    • render emoji in messages and names
    • dialog to select a few emoji to send in a message.

    I don't know enough about c++ or esp development to really challenge the llm on the code it outputs. But it compiles, builds a firmware file that can be flashed, and these changes appear to work.
    Compared to a Typescritpt/Python/webapp project, I'm blissfully ignorant of the trash it might be making.

    My fork: https://github.com/jason-s13r/MCLite/commits/main/

    2 votes
  16. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Yeah, wanted more control. I have never got my head around the syntax used in the layout files for Hugo themes. I could probably write a parcel resolver to replace the gist.py script I use for...

    Yeah, wanted more control. I have never got my head around the syntax used in the layout files for Hugo themes.

    I could probably write a parcel resolver to replace the gist.py script I use for collecting the gists. But meh.

    Another thing I've done with Parcel is making a guestbook that uses a GitHub repo as the store of guestbook entries. Actions to redeploy the website, and a telegram bot as moderation & committing to the submissions repo.

    There's a cloudflare thing in there as a gateway between the Python api running the bot.

    1 vote
  17. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Wrote the minimum parts for a static blog site so I can replace Hugo for my personal website. This is done by using the ParcelJS bundler. By minimum parts I mean: a paging resolver for paged route...

    Wrote the minimum parts for a static blog site so I can replace Hugo for my personal website. This is done by using the ParcelJS bundler.

    By minimum parts I mean:

    • a paging resolver for paged route urls, to turn */page/2/index.html into a slice of the list of posts.
    • a posts resolver for wrapping the markdown file of the post with the pug template of the site.
    • a tags resolver for generating
      • the */tags/index.html list of tags,
      • the list of posts belonging to a specific tag route, */tags/javascript/index.html,
      • and handling the paged tag urls, */tags/javascript/page/2/index.html
    • a pretty-urls optimizer that does two things:
      • remove /index.html from the end of anchor href so it's /tags/javascript/page/2/
      • remove the superfluous "/page/1/index.html".

    Site maps and whatever else Hugo generates idc about rn.

    One of my goals was to make it easy for me to add arbitrary front end interactivity specific to a post/page, and not have the site entirely be driven as some heavy FE framework.
    A place to show things like a couple of React components I made as a learning exercise.
    eg https://jason.schwarzenberger.co.nz/lab/tools/lolcryption/.

    I have long used GitHub's gists as a way to "write" entries on my site. With this I have made it possible for the gists containing an html file to be rendered within their post page.
    Eg:
    https://jason.schwarzenberger.co.nz/gists/7e4f4a-tetris.golf.html/

    I've been unemployed since March. 😄

    2 votes
  18. Comment on Why airlines are always going bankrupt in ~transport

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    Sounds a bit like Air New Zealand. It's our primary regional transport provider since we don't have passenger trains. Jetstar competes on some of the main domestic routes as a more budget option.

    Sounds a bit like Air New Zealand.

    It's our primary regional transport provider since we don't have passenger trains.
    Jetstar competes on some of the main domestic routes as a more budget option.

    3 votes
  19. Comment on Is there a "Razor" for the idea that "If a Billionaire is against it, I'm for it?" in ~finance

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    Maxim vs razor? and (Both copied from whatever Google presented to me.) The sentiment of if a billionaire is for something then I am against it (and vice versa) is in my mind analogous to the...

    Maxim vs razor?

    A maxim is a short, memorable statement that expresses a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct.

    and

    Figurative & Scientific Meanings
    Philosophical Razors: In science and philosophy, a "razor" is a principle that allows you to shave away unlikely or unnecessary explanations. The most famous is Occam’s razor, which states that the simplest explanation for an event is usually the best.

    (Both copied from whatever Google presented to me.)

    The sentiment of if a billionaire is for something then I am against it (and vice versa) is in my mind analogous to the enemy of
    my enemy is my friend
    .

    4 votes
  20. Comment on What was the best job you ever had? in ~life

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    How long did you have that job and how did it end?

    How long did you have that job and how did it end?

    4 votes