I wish games would host their own downloads like Factorio. Managing keys and such is probably not worth it since they can use Steam, GOG, or even Itch, buts it’s just so nice to be able to download stuff without a middle man.

I’m just glad I only play 2 games instead of the hundreds I’m reading about in these comments. I didn’t even know that was a thing people did!

QT 🙂

Look into “recreational programming.” Make shit for the joy of making shit. Creation in it of itself is something to be sought after imho. Did’t finish that website? Who cares?! Don’t have any useful ideas? Make something useless!! Don’t worry about “users” or making the next big thing in tech. If you’re having fun click-clacking on your keyboard and solving problems, that’s all that matters

So to answer your question, I’ve dabbled in a little bit of everything: web, db, graphics, interpreters, osdev, the works. The very few projects I’ve ever “finished,” however, are my lower-level ones; I just love getting right up close to the metal. Find a niche that interests you, start a million projects in it, and be proud of the one you finish years after you probably should’ve

Right now, I’m working on a custom programming language/game engine built with Vulkan and LLVM. It’s got first-class support for a bunch of cool game and graphics stuff, and I’m super passionate about it right now. I’ll probably lose steam and only come back to it months after, but I don’t mind

Edit: Also, don’t be afraid to use libraries to focus on what you want to focus on. I used to have an obsession with writing absolutely everything myself from the ground up, but I’ve since come to the realization that other people are MUCH smarter and more talented than I am, and I should trust them to write software for me. A great example of this is LLVM and my graphics language — depending on someone else to do the super complex compiler design lets me focus on what I wanna make: a language front-end and graphics library. It’s important to limit your scope to only what you care about

Bagel with cream cheese is my goto

Edit: 11 hours later, I can confirm: it was my goto

Motor vehicles are one of the very few things in this world that are simultaneously beautiful, useful, and fascinating

Still funny

I think these people publicly celebrating are being incredibly inconsiderate. I hate the guy just as much them, but the man has a wife, kids, and friends who are mourning. Have some empathy, respect them, and if you’re going to celebrate a man dying, do so in private.

Block

Yup! Exactly 75 of each every minute, but that’s only because I have an excess of crafting materials (those ratios are close, but not exact so that each belt fills up completely)

Keep in mind that I’m using level 3 assemblers to hit that 75 number. This is just off the top of my head, but I think it’s 45 with level 1, and it’s 60 with level two

Thanks for the opportunity to vent my love for gravel bikes.

Thank you for the opportunity to read it!

My father is also a road cyclist, so I didn’t grow up on mountain/hybrid bikes like most other children do; road bikes are pretty much all I know. I’d love to dip into other disciplines, but I don’t want to spend a bunch of money on a bike and then find out I don’t like it. However, I do fully agree with your point about road bikes being restrictive; I often have to take longer, much busier routes around my town when I could just take one of the many trails that go all throughout it. I don’t plan on doing any sort of technical trails, but I’d still like to have the ability to do the most basic of off-roading.

The thing is, I don’t really care about the number on my bike computer/watch’s speedometer. I just want to feel fast; I want to feel the wind, the rattle of the bike against the road, the momentum shift as I lean into a corner. That’s what I enjoy. From what I’m reading, you seem to get that very same thing! Perhaps gravel bikes aren’t too bad after all ;)

Things have to get real bad before people realize they need to get better. I’m hoping that happens here

Agreed, but the legal process will allow us to close the distance while I serve in the military instead of having to wait 4 years.

Ah, I should’ve clarified:

We’re both aware of the issues we’ve been having and both agree that closing the distance could very well fix them. So, we said we could marry only legally (as in go to a courthouse and do it that way) purely as a measure to do so while I serve. If we find out everything’s fine in that time, we can have an actual ceremony with family and vows and all that good stuff. If not, we get it annulled like it never happened

(Great writing for a rant that you didn’t proof-read. I especially like the LaTeX-like emdashes.)

Thanks, lol. I use them a lot

But if you decide she’s The One for you and she feels the same about you, then stay the course and maybe attempt to make your relationship more permanent (marriage) which might solve some of the problems (or make them worse if you’re not both committed to it)

I was thinking I would tough it out until we see one another in July — that’s just two and a half months away from now. If we still hit it off together in person after so long apart, I might stay, but if it’s awkward and/or we’re still having problems, I might leave. I just need to remain disciplined and moral with my friends — especially the one I know is interested in me — until then.

Edit: We’ve talked about getting married for the sole purpose of being able to live together while I serve. In my mind, if that doesn’t work out, a divorce isn’t the worst thing in the world, especially since we obviously won’t have kids or joint ownership of any assets.

Trust me, I’ve tried the whole “fucking around and having fun” thing. It’s definitely not for me; I much prefer a long-term partner over a situationship that lasts for a week or two.

Doesn’t matter. Sacrilege…

Bishop F1 takes on H3. Zombies are sacrilege

LibreOffice for the win

Not once have I encountered one. I don’t mind them, though

During Helene, I had a tree fall through my house while I was in bed, and it stopped about 6 inches from my face