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Comment on Bun has been rewritten in Rust in ~comp
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Comment on Bun has been rewritten in Rust in ~comp
shu LinkEffectively Bun is now 'open source' in name only since no sane human being will review or work on a million lines of AI generated code. The whole project can now only be worked on with LLMs. In...Effectively Bun is now 'open source' in name only since no sane human being will review or work on a million lines of AI generated code. The whole project can now only be worked on with LLMs.
In some sense it's the open source version of "Flood the zone with shit".
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Comment on I think that we won’t see any new and radical new gaming input devices or form factors anymore in ~games
shu (edited )Link ParentRegarding AR: I have no idea when, but at some point we'll have very lightweight glasses or contact lenses that will be able to project stable high definition images (say 4K or higher) on any...Regarding AR: I have no idea when, but at some point we'll have very lightweight glasses or contact lenses that will be able to project stable high definition images (say 4K or higher) on any surface in our rooms or the environment, while simultaneously allowing us to control e.g. embedded UIs with our eyes and hands.
Should that ever become affordable I'd guess that conventional screens will be dead, because we'll be able to have as many screens as we want in whatever sizes we want everywhere around us.
When all this works without friction it should have a huge impact on games. We could just use huge virtual screens with conventional controllers or keyboard/mouse and it would be like gaming on a cinema screen. Or we go outside, lie down and play on the clouds in the sky. We'll also be able to add virtual control elements to control games with our hands, or project a game world all around us.
I think when that arrives it will change completely how we work and play with computers because it enables a transition from conventional screens on the wall to simulated 3D environments all around us (without isolating us like VR does).
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Comment on Lost/losing the drive for friendship in ~health.mental
shu Link ParentMaybe I misunderstood. To me it felt as if this quote basically expressed "better to drink alcohol and socialize than being sober and being alone.", and I saw this as very misguided justification...Maybe I misunderstood. To me it felt as if this quote basically expressed "better to drink alcohol and socialize than being sober and being alone.", and I saw this as very misguided justification or advice to drink, in case someone has problems with making friends. And that immediately made me quite upset.
Sorry again for my reaction, if this was meant differently.
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Comment on Lost/losing the drive for friendship in ~health.mental
shu Link ParentYeah, only problem is that chronically lonely people who try to use alcohol as a crutch are primed to end up as alcoholics. In my view it's not an "uncharitable interpretation", it's just the...Yeah, only problem is that chronically lonely people who try to use alcohol as a crutch are primed to end up as alcoholics.
In my view it's not an "uncharitable interpretation", it's just the reality. I've seen too many people suffer endlessly due to alcohol. If you never had a problem with addiction, you have no clue what it does to families and individuals.
Suggesting to a lonely person to drink more alcohol to socialize is just fucking bonkers to me, especially in a place like Tildes.
But yeah, I'm too uncharitable right now, so I just close the tab.
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Comment on Lost/losing the drive for friendship in ~health.mental
shu (edited )Link Parentedit, a few hours later: I obviously am very emotional about this. Both alcohol and socialising are topics that I had/have huge problems with in my life. So, reading this line kinda triggered me....edit, a few hours later: I obviously am very emotional about this. Both alcohol and socialising are topics that I had/have huge problems with in my life. So, reading this line kinda triggered me.
This obviously was not meant as a personal attack - I'm sorry if I sound too 'angry'.
Nevertheless: please don't drink to solve your loneliness. It only makes everything worse.
It's to the point where in having friends + drinking > not having friends and not drinking, despite how bad drinking is.
I'll be frank: this is complete bullshit. I've seen the devastating effects of alcoholism plenty of times. I also have direct experience with alcoholism and loneliness. It sucks and sometimes it hurts. But I'm 16 years sober and I'd be dead if I had kept drinking.
Sure, alcohol can be a 'medication' that helps to be socially more open, and it helps to make connections. But it's also a poison that will fuck up your health, nurture depression and make you feel lonely and hopeless despite having friends. And that's still just the early days of alcoholism, before you completely loose your dignity.
For anybody struggling with alcohol reading stuff like "having friends + drinking > not having friends and not drinking" is dangerous and toxic.
Please don't trivialize alcohol like this, especially not to people that already struggle with life.
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Comment on Brave Origin (Nightly), a paid, bloat-free version of Brave in ~tech
shu Link ParentAlso they run just another ad network on top of their browser. Brave basically represents everything that's a negative influence for the internet.Also they run just another ad network on top of their browser.
Brave basically represents everything that's a negative influence for the internet.
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Comment on Clayface | Official teaser in ~movies
shu LinkA DC comic horror project with Mike Flanagan as writer - I'm definitely interested how it turns out.A DC comic horror project with Mike Flanagan as writer - I'm definitely interested how it turns out.
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
shu LinkOpensuse Tumbleweed here. My reasons to use it: european distro rolling release, frequent updates safety built-in since it allows rollbacks via snapper/BTRFS helpful forums, wiki and documentation...Opensuse Tumbleweed here. My reasons to use it:
- european distro
- rolling release, frequent updates
- safety built-in since it allows rollbacks via snapper/BTRFS
- helpful forums, wiki and documentation
- works great for me, basically zero problems
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Comment on Is new music dying? Everyone’s flopping. in ~music
shu Link ParentByte.fm is a german ad-free music radio financed by listeners. Their program consists of many shows covering different genres|themes or 'music documentary'-like features. Pretty great.Where’s everyone going for new music ?
Byte.fm is a german ad-free music radio financed by listeners.
Their program consists of many shows covering different genres|themes or 'music documentary'-like features. Pretty great.
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Comment on The cognitive dark forest in ~tech
shu (edited )LinkIsn't this whole metaphor somewhat illogical? Firstly I think his point makes only sense when you watch it strictly with the lens of making profit. If you don't want to make money with your ideas,...Isn't this whole metaphor somewhat illogical?
Firstly I think his point makes only sense when you watch it strictly with the lens of making profit. If you don't want to make money with your ideas, it's not necessary to keep them secret and hide them from the corpos, right?
But if you want to make a business out of your ideas, you can't hide forever anyway. So this whole metaphor of 'civilizations hiding to avoid annihilation' isn't transferable at all, because it's not exactly a winning strategy to hide your company from the open market.
And the moment you found a company with your idea and try to grow a business with it, the corporations can still copy your special thing in a heartbeat (at least if you believe in the idea that LLMs make that possible like the author does).
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Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes
shu (edited )Link ParentI agree with you regarding 99.9% of other topics that people should just ignore it and move on. I try to do exactly that with most parts of US politics. But Rowling is actively threatening the...I agree with you regarding 99.9% of other topics that people should just ignore it and move on. I try to do exactly that with most parts of US politics.
But Rowling is actively threatening the existence of trans people. That's just pretty fucking hard to ignore.
And the sacrifice of all other Tildes members in this discussion would be to simply not discuss a media franchise on this site.
I feel that these two things are so uneven in their importance and meaning that this could be a moment where a community like this could try to do a decent thing. Without the need to discuss pages of art vs. artist and all the other facets of this topic.
Just take a step back for once to make it a bit easier for many people here to be on this site without having to feel a metaphoric gun to their head. Just out of kindness.
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Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes
shu LinkI think it would be very cool if Potter fans could just discuss the series and franchise in a different part of the internet, simply because - whatever we think about that whole debate - we all...- Exemplary
I think it would be very cool if Potter fans could just discuss the series and franchise in a different part of the internet, simply because - whatever we think about that whole debate - we all know that this topic is distressing for many people here (and I think it's not hard to understand why people are upset).
So I feel it would just be the right thing to do to discuss it elsewhere.
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Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp
shu LinkI'm mostly (hobby) programming in Zig, and also recently decided to move away from VsCode. I'm still checking stuff out, but currently I'm using Kitty as terminal with Flow Control as editor, nnd...I'm mostly (hobby) programming in Zig, and also recently decided to move away from VsCode. I'm still checking stuff out, but currently I'm using Kitty as terminal with Flow Control as editor, nnd as debugger, and I just started to checkout lazygit, which looks good, but I'm not sure I'll need it for my very simple git use.
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Comment on Proton Mail helped US FBI unmask anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ protester in ~tech
shu Link ParentPosteo created a very privacy-preserving system for this: https://posteo.de/en/site/payment (<- see "The Posteo Code System")Posteo created a very privacy-preserving system for this: https://posteo.de/en/site/payment (<- see "The Posteo Code System")
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Comment on Megan Ellison is hiring: Annapurna mogul revs up movie ambitions again in ~movies
shu Link ParentI don't have the full context, but two years ago the whole staff (25 people) of Annapurna Interactive resigned due to a dispute with the leadership (meaning Ellison and her protégés). I'm not sure...and therefore the only one who isn't awful? Lol.
I don't have the full context, but two years ago the whole staff (25 people) of Annapurna Interactive resigned due to a dispute with the leadership (meaning Ellison and her protégés). I'm not sure whether she was awful in that context, but it's not exactly a sign of great people skills when stuff like that happens.
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Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games
shu Link ParentYeah, I totally agree about Valves hardware, the Steamdeck is just a PC with Linux installed and the Gabecube is apparently also going to be completely open. Valve also makes it very easy to...Yeah, I totally agree about Valves hardware, the Steamdeck is just a PC with Linux installed and the Gabecube is apparently also going to be completely open. Valve also makes it very easy to install other applications and launchers on the devices (well, even Windows), they don't lock their users in. They're basically selling preconfigured PCs.
But I feel for the Playstation and Switch the chasm is still pretty wide. You're right that it's become much easier for developers to port games, but the users are still completely dependent on what Sony/Nintendo allow on their platforms. Not long ago you couldn't even buy games from Sony when you lived in the 'wrong' country due to region-locking. There's no real ownership of the devices for users, you can't just install applications and mods, there's no way to make PC games work without dedicated ports, and the developers who port to the PS5 have to focus on controllers as input devices since the userbase isn't used to keyboard and mouse.
That's still very different from what you can do with a PC.
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Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games
shu Link ParentI think the comparison between PC and console gaming is very limiting in itself, because they are really very different experiences. When one compares them they automatically limit their view to a...I think the comparison between PC and console gaming is very limiting in itself, because they are really very different experiences. When one compares them they automatically limit their view to a small subset of (mostly AAA) games that work on both.
But PC gaming comes with much more freedom to experience all kinds of games, e.g. PCs enable whole genres that you can't really find or play on consoles (most indie games, basebuilders, tycoon games, traditional roguelikes, etc.). Also modding, emulators, ports of games, fan games, etc. And keyboard and mouse controls are obviously very different from a controller, and feel much more convenient/natural for certain UI-heavy games or FPSs.
PC gaming also has a much more diverse ecosystem, just look at Steam, GOG, itch.io, etc.
It's not really comparable to consoles in that sense.
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Comment on Wonder Man S01E01 - "Matinee" in ~tv
shu LinkI liked the series, but what really baffled me was reading that Ben Kingsley is 82 in this, born in 1943. He somehow acts and looks a lot younger.I liked the series, but what really baffled me was reading that Ben Kingsley is 82 in this, born in 1943. He somehow acts and looks a lot younger.
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Comment on Color game — how well can you remember colors? | Dialed in ~games
shu Link ParentThanks for replying! Yeah, works for me now, too. Turns out, it helps to disable my Darkreader add-on 😅...Thanks for replying!
Yeah, works for me now, too. Turns out, it helps to disable my Darkreader add-on 😅🫠...
Thanks for the info!
I just think if I had worked diligently on efficient Zig code for this project as a contributor before, I'd feel completely deflated after this move. Jarred Sumner allegedly llm'd all this in a few days, and if I had been a (non-AI) contributor to this project, I'd be absolutely demotivated to work on this now.
Also this can't be good Rust code, right? A 1:1 port from Zig has to have thousands of unsafe sections, circumventing the borrow checker and Rusts philosophy. I can't imagine that Rust devs would want to work on a project like this.
But yeah, it's going to be interesting to see how it pans out.