deaddodo

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by deaddodo 8d ago
"gloop" is a neutral/funny word. The adjective "weird" is what makes it somewhat negative.
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by deaddodo 18d ago
They include the majority of OSI licenses, including BSD. So the majority of BSD variants are included.
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by deaddodo 1mo ago
I think we’re agreeing. I think they’re mixing up the 3DNow introduction with the SSE one and conflating them into one. SSE never had aliasing, so OP’s comment is strictly incorrect either way.
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by deaddodo 1mo ago
It’s more likely they’re confusing it with 3DNow! (AMD’s own media extension focused on floating point math). That was strictly aliased and therefore an either/or situation on chips that had both.
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by deaddodo 3mo ago
I think AI is fine, the problem is what you mentioned: vibe coding. Have AI do work for you, it’s certainly faster in most cases. But just know exactly what it’s generating and building before putting it into production. That’s not some mas
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by deaddodo 3mo ago
I was going to say, smooth scrolling is one place where VGA was fairly simple to work with, since it didn’t have to deal with chunky graphics/bitplanes or specific timing tricks. In fact, Carmack specifically states that packed pixels
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by deaddodo 3mo ago
Yeah, OPs claim feels disconnected from C’s identity. C stayed conservative because the areas where it excels (to this day) benefit from its “portable assembler” design history. A history with no C++ wouldn’t have changed that, instead an
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by deaddodo 4mo ago
Just read everything that came before that line.
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by deaddodo 4mo ago
I mean, when you're getting paid 40-60% for doing more complex work than app/web development...yeah, the drop-off is almost inevitable. Eventually people (unless they just really love making games) just go "f this, my caree
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by deaddodo 4mo ago
The difference, and the reason these comparisons are always disingenuous, is that Rockstar didn’t have the consumers fund its development and miss its promises repeatedly. The studio is funding it and has been clear they’ll release it when
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by deaddodo 4mo ago
So a game that’s at what? 40% of its projected goals/completion is now 33% more expensive than the most expensive game ever? Quite an achievement…
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by deaddodo 4mo ago
That was the argument back in the day too. For people/devices not looking to run Windows XP/Vista. I don't think the metric has ever changed. What has is the scope as Microsoft continues to chug along. But, I believe, their
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by deaddodo 4mo ago
Do they finally have a WDM compatible driver stack? For a long time, that was their biggest hamper to being anything useful as a real desktop. If they can pass that hurdle + add WDDM, I'd be willing to take another look at them even if
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by deaddodo 4mo ago
Keeping in mind that this gives quite a bit of access to your data, depending on how someone wants to structure their query
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by deaddodo 4mo ago
The biggest limit with these older consoles is the VDP/PPU. You can't just render directly to the screen because a framebuffer doesn't exist, instead you have to render to tile and then have the pixel pipeline render those se
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
"Structured" in this case refers to being able to be directly mapped to a data structure. Think protobuf and other similar transport mechanisms. The recipient knows what structure to expect because it's not a valid XML docume
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
JSON Schema is largely an answer to people seeking that type of built-in validation. As I'm not a huge proponent for either (a tool is a tool and you work with it in its ecosystem), I don't have personal feelings on it's adeq
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
The main benefit of XML over JSON is that it is structured, and can be associated with Schema's for built in validation. Obviously, that's only a benefit if you care about and utilize those features; most teams doing JSON integrat
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
People also have have the choice to ignore their racist grandparents spouting right-wing ideology or try educating them out of hope they'll shift their viewpoints. Unfortunately, like many in that group, it seems you'd rather doub
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
They pay for the hardware that they run Linux on. Apple's hardware division is very profitable without the "value" adds they run through their ecosystem, and those people never would have bought into the ecosystem whether the
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
And yet, your little slice of the world doesn't represent the world at whole. If you're ignorant of the situation, maybe don't come out with such a self-centered (and arguably, arrogant) statement; and especially don't d
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
The vast majority of people that buy Macs for the ecosystem aren't going to switch to Linux. That market will remain untouched. Outside of a few gamers who might want to put up with the x86-to-ARM translation layer and (for most A to A
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
Whether I saw your other response or not is moot. Your comment said "welcome to Amiga games", as if it were unique to Amiga. The context of the thread is PC, where they had their own booter/bare-metal games. So you don't
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
PC had bare metal games too. They were called “booters” and you can find an entire category of them on mobygames: https://www.mobygames.com/platform/pc-booter/
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
Crime in Mexico is down, and continues to trend that way. The homicide rate, for instance, is 22% down from 2024 to 2025. Mexico is very much in it's New York mafioso days of the 80s. Still endemic, entrenched, and powerful, but losing
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
The debtor can't "vanish", they are either an individual or an entity with registered individuals attached to it. Obviously, their structure matters a little bit along with where they are incorporated. But if they are incorpo
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
The better option would be to just increase the flat odds. DQM: The Dark Prince is brutal with it's odds, but fair. A 45% chance is 45%. In games like Civ/EU/Stellaris/Sins/etc It makes sense that a 3:1 battle would
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
Modern house cats are semi-mostly domesticated. They are accustomed to house life and communal company as much as humans are. Same goes for domesticated canines. Your entire comment screams of a PETA ad warning about cruelty to ferrets with
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by deaddodo 5mo ago
The company was California-based, they were offering services in China. At least, that was my read. The contractor was also in California. Honestly, this seems to be bad advice from their recovery services. Suing is 100% recommended here. T
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by deaddodo 6mo ago
A decently sized apartment is fine for most cats, psychologically. I don't know where you get "torture" from. What's most important is stimuli such as scratching posts, toys, etc. Otherwise, they're insanely copacet

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