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Comment on Understanding the leftist that didn't vote: "Everybody else gets one, but not me" in ~society
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Comment on Understanding the leftist that didn't vote: "Everybody else gets one, but not me" in ~society
shu LinkDaywalker, We in 'the west' live in neoliberal capitalist societies in which the wealth gap is getting larger every year and people die because of poverty while billionaires try to control the...Daywalker,
We in 'the west' live in neoliberal capitalist societies in which the wealth gap is getting larger every year and people die because of poverty while billionaires try to control the public opinion.
We live on a burning planet, just starting to get an idea of how devastating climate change is going to be in the next decades.
We see a rise of fascist ideas in politics. Violence as a political tool is already being normalized again.
I strongly believe: it is not the time to cling to our own ideas and feelings anymore.
Unless the left stops fighting over all the hyperspecific issues that maybe one percent of the public actually cares about, unless we stop calling each other bigots because we disagree over single issues, unless the left unites behind the simple ideas of human rights and economic equality for everybody, we are doomed in a very real sense.
Millions of women in the US will have a very hard time getting proper medical care in the coming years, because people didn't vote for it. This is a fucking reality. People die over this. And it will only get worse in the coming decades.
It is not the time to think "Everybody else gets one, but not me". We need to see the bigger picture or very bad things happen.
We need to unite, worldwide, or we get what we didn't vote for.
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Comment on Games with complex-required-supporting-real-e2e logistics? in ~games
shu LinkI think Workers & Resources: SR does fit the description. It has production chains similar to pure Logistic games, but the resources and products are needed to build the city state and feed the...I think Workers & Resources: SR does fit the description. It has production chains similar to pure Logistic games, but the resources and products are needed to build the city state and feed the people. And it's pretty complex.
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Comment on Z Berg - Better the Devil (From "Strange Darling") (2024) in ~music
shu LinkI recently saw the movie 'Strange Darling', liked it a lot, and had to look for the soundtrack directly after. It's by Elizabeth Anne "Z" Berg, and I replayed it quite a few times now (although I...I recently saw the movie 'Strange Darling', liked it a lot, and had to look for the soundtrack directly after.
It's by Elizabeth Anne "Z" Berg, and I replayed it quite a few times now (although I personally skip the first song, a cover of 'Love Hurts'). It's full of warmth, sadness and melancholia.
Two other songs from the album: Back Into the Blue which reminds me a lot of 'Crosby, Stills and Nash' vocals, and Day In, Day Out with a bit of a folksy James-Bond-song vibe.
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Z Berg - Better the Devil (From "Strange Darling") (2024)
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Comment on Apex Legends dev team update: Linux and anti-cheat in ~games
shu Link Parent*Multiplayer gaming coffin Singleplayer games keep working great, and in that sense Linux gaming is very much alive (which perfectly fits my interests since I only play singleplayer games anyway)....*Multiplayer gaming coffin
Singleplayer games keep working great, and in that sense Linux gaming is very much alive (which perfectly fits my interests since I only play singleplayer games anyway).
I'm really glad how gaming on Linux developed in the past nine years.
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Comment on Paper: Feminism in Programming Language Design in ~comp
shu Link ParentI think any paper that features a basic factual error about the topic it discusses would be met with similar scepticism, no? If I was to write a paper on English and mentioned that its direct...Why is it so important to get this right, when it's not even the point of the article?
I think any paper that features a basic factual error about the topic it discusses would be met with similar scepticism, no?
If I was to write a paper on English and mentioned that its direct roots are believed to be in Vedic Sanscrit, linguists and many other people would point this out to be not correct.
Similarly many programmers care about the distinction between markup languages and programming languages. For me it's basically a reflex to correct the idea that HTML is executable. It is a very basic thing to get wrong, and understanding the difference can help to gain insight into the basics of programming.
Ultimately I think it connects us when we can agree on a shared factual truth. That is why it's important.
And secondly, when I encounter a basic error in a paper like this, it will lower my motivation to engage with it at all. If it's that badly researched, I don't expect to gain anything of value from it. That holds true for any media, but especially for programming related articles.
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Comment on Paper: Feminism in Programming Language Design in ~comp
shu (edited )Link ParentBut do you have an example for how feminism (or the lack of it) does influence language design? I have absolutely no idea what this even means. In the past years I followed the design of the Zig...But do you have an example for how feminism (or the lack of it) does influence language design? I have absolutely no idea what this even means.
In the past years I followed the design of the Zig language, and it all revolves around logic, readability, language concepts, etc., but never around men/women/non-binary people/gender, patriarchy and feminism, or other societal topics. And why should it? It's a programming language. Everybody can use it to express ideas in code.
I'm probably super ignorant, but usually I have a vague idea what I don't understand.
For me it would be much easier to reason about this with concrete examples of what this is actually about.
e: english hard
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Comment on Star Trek: Section 31 | Teaser trailer in ~movies
shu Link ParentYeah, I agree in principle, I haven't watched the Picard video in full neither. But what I've seen from it was definitely more entertaining and interesting than Picard S01 and S02. So I'd rather...Yeah, I agree in principle, I haven't watched the Picard video in full neither.
But what I've seen from it was definitely more entertaining and interesting than Picard S01 and S02. So I'd rather watch that than a bad Star Trek movie. 🙂
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Comment on Star Trek: Section 31 | Teaser trailer in ~movies
shu Link ParentMaybe Angela Collier makes a video about this, I'll watch that instead. 🙂Maybe Angela Collier makes a video about this, I'll watch that instead. 🙂
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Comment on Hania Rani - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (2022) in ~music
shu Link ParentYeah, I agree. I just recently heard this performance for the first time, and I love the warmth of her piano mixed with the clarity of the synth and her voice. It's also just great how she builds...Yeah, I agree. I just recently heard this performance for the first time, and I love the warmth of her piano mixed with the clarity of the synth and her voice. It's also just great how she builds the songs up, layering the sounds, close to losing structure, but not quite, very moving.
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Hania Rani - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (2022)
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Comment on Twelve years and $700 million later, what's going on with Star Citizen's development? in ~games
shu LinkIn 2012 I was initially interested in the project (a space sim by Chris Roberts, to be released in 2014, hell yeah!), but I quickly lost all hope for it when they made "First Person Combat" a...In 2012 I was initially interested in the project (a space sim by Chris Roberts, to be released in 2014, hell yeah!), but I quickly lost all hope for it when they made "First Person Combat" a stretchgoal, IIRC at 20 million dollars.
Because that's just not how games are designed. Developers don't have a concept for a space sim and then just add a major completely unrelated genre to it. That's just not how game development - or any large project - works, and it made clear to me that they had no serious concept or plan for Star Citizen at all. 12 years later I'd say that proved to be true.
Do you remember when Chris Roberts gathered all these actors in a studio to feel like a real hollywood director for a day? That was nine years ago, in 2015. I think Witcher 3 was released that year.
And that's my biggest problem with Star Citizen: I don't think it's a scam per se, but it is a project full of mismanagement and incompetence. They burned through hundreds of millions of dollars, promising the moon, selling jpegs of ships for thousands of dollars, changing course all the time, while having basically no plan how to build what they promised. That's just fundamentally not ok to me.
For the sake of their community I hope they release something somewhat finished someday, but I expect it to be a billion dollar game with fundamental design flaws and a horrible story, 6/10.
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Comment on Factorio: Space Age | Trailer in ~games
shu Link ParentThis site in the wiki maybe, but I'm not sure how accurate/complete it is. I only followed the FFF blog posts so far.This site in the wiki maybe, but I'm not sure how accurate/complete it is.
I only followed the FFF blog posts so far.
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Comment on Endweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
shu Link ParentAre these predictions for oscar nominations? (I guess so, but I'm not quite sure.)Are these predictions for oscar nominations? (I guess so, but I'm not quite sure.)
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Comment on Factorio: Space Age | Trailer in ~games
shu Link ParentYeah, they really added a lot. Several new enemies, each planet modifies the gameplay in some way, a lot of quality of life changes are added, the train scheduling was completely overhauled, the...Yeah, they really added a lot. Several new enemies, each planet modifies the gameplay in some way, a lot of quality of life changes are added, the train scheduling was completely overhauled, the procedural generation of terrain is different now which will also change the topology of maps for vanilla, etc. etc.
I read a comment that Factorio 1.0 now looks like a tutorial. 🙂
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Comment on Factorio: Space Age | Trailer in ~games
shu Link ParentThe QOL features are really great, but I'm mostly looking forward to the new biomes, interplanetary logistics and the new gameplay concepts which will really change the experience. Minor spoiler...The QOL features are really great, but I'm mostly looking forward to the new biomes, interplanetary logistics and the new gameplay concepts which will really change the experience.
Minor spoiler for two new game mechanics (already revealed in the trailer)
E.g. heating the factory so it doesn't freeze over, or spoilage of items, which makes it necessary to relatively quickly consume items. And there are a few more, like item quality.All this will require new builds for new puzzles to solve.
And in the coming months it's also going to be interesting to see what the modding scene will do with these. There are excellent overhaul mods for vanilla, and now modders can design and add completely new planets, like this new water planet.
Just great times for Factorio nerds. 🤓
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Comment on Factorio: Space Age | Trailer in ~games
shu (edited )LinkFactorios first (and probably last) expansion/DLC releases on 2024.10.21 (in three days from now), and I'm sooo looking forward to this! \o/ Additionally the Factorio base game will receive a free...Factorios first (and probably last) expansion/DLC releases on 2024.10.21 (in three days from now), and I'm sooo looking forward to this! \o/
Additionally the Factorio base game will receive a free update to version 2.0 with many optimizations and QOL features.
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Factorio: Space Age | Trailer
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Comment on Timasomo 2024: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo
shu LinkFor people (like me) wondering: TiMaSoMo = Tildes' Make Something MonthFor people (like me) wondering: TiMaSoMo = Tildes' Make Something Month
No, not discarding. When I mention the left should unite behind human rights, that includes all '1% issues' we currently have.
I believe that the left needs to start to address all human beings. Not specifically trans, not lgbt, not minorities, but everybody including trans, lgbt, minorities. The focus has to change.
When young white men are running to the fascists, the left has fucked up. When poor workers unite behind the billionaires the left has fucked up. That can't go on in the future.
The most important issues are climate change and (financial) inequality. If those issues aren't adressed, we all will suffer and die by them. We literally have no future if we keep talking about things that are less important than that.
And the left needs to address everybody to get there, otherwise the fascists will win.