Chris
@steadfastwhim.bsky.social
Elderly videogame developer, artist, programmer, etc.
Hopefully companies that make this mistake will fail in the long run. If we’re lucky they’ll start to die out like the dinosaurs they are. All we need is enough investment in companies with saner policies.
February 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hopefully companies that make this mistake will fail in the long run. If we’re lucky they’ll start to die out like the dinosaurs they are. All we need is enough investment in companies with saner policies.
It is kinda crazy that no one is offering bulk frozen burrito delivery though. Someone could triple your costs and make bank just doing all the labor and skill for folks at industrial kitchen scale.
I suppose it's just another feature of capitalism: why do that when burrito taxi go brrr.
I suppose it's just another feature of capitalism: why do that when burrito taxi go brrr.
January 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It is kinda crazy that no one is offering bulk frozen burrito delivery though. Someone could triple your costs and make bank just doing all the labor and skill for folks at industrial kitchen scale.
I suppose it's just another feature of capitalism: why do that when burrito taxi go brrr.
I suppose it's just another feature of capitalism: why do that when burrito taxi go brrr.
You're missing... death. At some point people start dying, and suddenly you can't go a month without hearing about someone's operation :(
January 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You're missing... death. At some point people start dying, and suddenly you can't go a month without hearing about someone's operation :(
It IS still possible, clearly, to activate an infinite number of pieces to foil that scheme, but that would take infinite amount of time to do, and with an efficient representation, weeks or months of effort to even overwhelm a standard phone. Standard level of acceptable compromise in games :)
December 5, 2024 at 2:04 PM
It IS still possible, clearly, to activate an infinite number of pieces to foil that scheme, but that would take infinite amount of time to do, and with an efficient representation, weeks or months of effort to even overwhelm a standard phone. Standard level of acceptable compromise in games :)
To wit: videogames *usually* have far more units over time than can be simulated or even fit on screen at any moment, so conceptually armada chess isn’t much different. We can also easily set up an infinite scroll to let players “see” infinity if they feel like it.
December 5, 2024 at 2:01 PM
To wit: videogames *usually* have far more units over time than can be simulated or even fit on screen at any moment, so conceptually armada chess isn’t much different. We can also easily set up an infinite scroll to let players “see” infinity if they feel like it.
Well… there’s no reason to store anything that can’t move, and during the first few turns, it’s pretty obvious the back rows are static. If you made the assumption that you only actually have to allocate a piece when it comes into play, this game can probably be written and played just fine.
December 5, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Well… there’s no reason to store anything that can’t move, and during the first few turns, it’s pretty obvious the back rows are static. If you made the assumption that you only actually have to allocate a piece when it comes into play, this game can probably be written and played just fine.
I could have warp piped to the endgame and be retired in Aruba already 😭
December 4, 2024 at 11:49 PM
I could have warp piped to the endgame and be retired in Aruba already 😭
I’ve spent my life successfully avoiding fall damage just fine, but there are all kinds of places I haven’t been able to go that a double jump would unlock!
Think of all the rocket upgrades I’ve missed!
Think of all the rocket upgrades I’ve missed!
December 4, 2024 at 11:33 PM
I’ve spent my life successfully avoiding fall damage just fine, but there are all kinds of places I haven’t been able to go that a double jump would unlock!
Think of all the rocket upgrades I’ve missed!
Think of all the rocket upgrades I’ve missed!
Huh, I didn’t have the end of for profit healthcare in America on my 2020s bingo card, but happy to see the day rapidly approaching!
December 4, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Huh, I didn’t have the end of for profit healthcare in America on my 2020s bingo card, but happy to see the day rapidly approaching!
You know there’s a parallel universe out there where it was the next big thing, and we’re all driving flying cars too. Not saying those are related, but also not not saying that.
I don’t know what I did to deserve being stuck in this one.
I don’t know what I did to deserve being stuck in this one.
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 PM
You know there’s a parallel universe out there where it was the next big thing, and we’re all driving flying cars too. Not saying those are related, but also not not saying that.
I don’t know what I did to deserve being stuck in this one.
I don’t know what I did to deserve being stuck in this one.
I can, on the right device. But output resolution is just a proxy for throughput. I’ve been an AAA graphics engineer, and I can tell you I haven’t been able to ship everything we already can do now, because it won’t fit in 60fps.
There’s still plenty to do with more power, for decades.
There’s still plenty to do with more power, for decades.
December 4, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I can, on the right device. But output resolution is just a proxy for throughput. I’ve been an AAA graphics engineer, and I can tell you I haven’t been able to ship everything we already can do now, because it won’t fit in 60fps.
There’s still plenty to do with more power, for decades.
There’s still plenty to do with more power, for decades.
Ya know… sure, but I think you’re conflating two different things here.
Good stories hit hard, and however they’re told, if they’re told effectively, they’re great. They’re not held back by their presentation.
Good stories hit hard, and however they’re told, if they’re told effectively, they’re great. They’re not held back by their presentation.
December 4, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Ya know… sure, but I think you’re conflating two different things here.
Good stories hit hard, and however they’re told, if they’re told effectively, they’re great. They’re not held back by their presentation.
Good stories hit hard, and however they’re told, if they’re told effectively, they’re great. They’re not held back by their presentation.
We say this every generation, and it’s never been true.
There’s nothing wrong with enjoying visual spectacle and lush audio/graphics, entirely separately from the joy of great gameplay and or stories. I don’t know why we have to keep up the pretension around that.
There’s nothing wrong with enjoying visual spectacle and lush audio/graphics, entirely separately from the joy of great gameplay and or stories. I don’t know why we have to keep up the pretension around that.
December 4, 2024 at 8:44 PM
We say this every generation, and it’s never been true.
There’s nothing wrong with enjoying visual spectacle and lush audio/graphics, entirely separately from the joy of great gameplay and or stories. I don’t know why we have to keep up the pretension around that.
There’s nothing wrong with enjoying visual spectacle and lush audio/graphics, entirely separately from the joy of great gameplay and or stories. I don’t know why we have to keep up the pretension around that.
Yeah… hate to be the one who has to say this, but all of the “realism” complaints are just thinly veiled excuses to surface bigotry.
As a gamedev, I learned to compartmentalize that feedback into a “do not engage” bin a decade ago.
As a gamedev, I learned to compartmentalize that feedback into a “do not engage” bin a decade ago.
December 4, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Yeah… hate to be the one who has to say this, but all of the “realism” complaints are just thinly veiled excuses to surface bigotry.
As a gamedev, I learned to compartmentalize that feedback into a “do not engage” bin a decade ago.
As a gamedev, I learned to compartmentalize that feedback into a “do not engage” bin a decade ago.
To be clear, single payer universal healthcare is actually insurance too. The concept of insurance isn’t crazy: we all pay into a pool so that the folks who need it can use it now, without the full brunt of the cost.
It’s profit that ruins the scheme.
It’s profit that ruins the scheme.
December 4, 2024 at 5:37 PM
To be clear, single payer universal healthcare is actually insurance too. The concept of insurance isn’t crazy: we all pay into a pool so that the folks who need it can use it now, without the full brunt of the cost.
It’s profit that ruins the scheme.
It’s profit that ruins the scheme.
Printers are fun though!
Just don’t get suckered into the nightmare that is cheap HP printers. They’re bags of unmitigated shite designed as flimsy shells to push their ink subscriptions.
Ugghhhh I hate them so much.
Just don’t get suckered into the nightmare that is cheap HP printers. They’re bags of unmitigated shite designed as flimsy shells to push their ink subscriptions.
Ugghhhh I hate them so much.
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December 4, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Printers are fun though!
Just don’t get suckered into the nightmare that is cheap HP printers. They’re bags of unmitigated shite designed as flimsy shells to push their ink subscriptions.
Ugghhhh I hate them so much.
Just don’t get suckered into the nightmare that is cheap HP printers. They’re bags of unmitigated shite designed as flimsy shells to push their ink subscriptions.
Ugghhhh I hate them so much.
It’s weird, but despite the unbridled joy of gaming whenever wherever today, with mind boggling graphics and all the bells and whistles we ever dreamed of, I’m low key sorry for all the kids today who won’t know the joy of living in the era where we LAN partied so hard we got bored of it.
December 4, 2024 at 5:31 PM
It’s weird, but despite the unbridled joy of gaming whenever wherever today, with mind boggling graphics and all the bells and whistles we ever dreamed of, I’m low key sorry for all the kids today who won’t know the joy of living in the era where we LAN partied so hard we got bored of it.
There will always be thousands of times more participants than “winners,” in any endeavor, art or otherwise.
Living just to win is basically giving up at life, you’re statistically doomed to disappointment. Living just to play the game instead, enjoying the ride? Means you win everyday.
Living just to win is basically giving up at life, you’re statistically doomed to disappointment. Living just to play the game instead, enjoying the ride? Means you win everyday.
December 4, 2024 at 5:27 PM
There will always be thousands of times more participants than “winners,” in any endeavor, art or otherwise.
Living just to win is basically giving up at life, you’re statistically doomed to disappointment. Living just to play the game instead, enjoying the ride? Means you win everyday.
Living just to win is basically giving up at life, you’re statistically doomed to disappointment. Living just to play the game instead, enjoying the ride? Means you win everyday.
We’re not blinded at all, I refuse that framing in 2024. America does things with open eyes, there’s no shortage of information, people are rejecting it.
America has for profit healthcare because it values profit over health. That’s it. That’s the whole reason.
America has for profit healthcare because it values profit over health. That’s it. That’s the whole reason.
December 4, 2024 at 5:22 PM
We’re not blinded at all, I refuse that framing in 2024. America does things with open eyes, there’s no shortage of information, people are rejecting it.
America has for profit healthcare because it values profit over health. That’s it. That’s the whole reason.
America has for profit healthcare because it values profit over health. That’s it. That’s the whole reason.
Oh, there’s all kinds of shenanigans going on there as well, agreed, but car insurance doesn’t seem to be nearly as bad a markup as health insurance is.
Plus, I blame bad public transport policy for their windfall. Medical insurance though, is its own fuel.
Plus, I blame bad public transport policy for their windfall. Medical insurance though, is its own fuel.
December 4, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Oh, there’s all kinds of shenanigans going on there as well, agreed, but car insurance doesn’t seem to be nearly as bad a markup as health insurance is.
Plus, I blame bad public transport policy for their windfall. Medical insurance though, is its own fuel.
Plus, I blame bad public transport policy for their windfall. Medical insurance though, is its own fuel.
I don’t know. Some other things are just gambles people can choose to participate in, but medical needs aren’t negotiable. You don’t have to buy a fancy car that’s expensive to insure, but we all will need medical attention at some point.
December 4, 2024 at 4:13 PM
I don’t know. Some other things are just gambles people can choose to participate in, but medical needs aren’t negotiable. You don’t have to buy a fancy car that’s expensive to insure, but we all will need medical attention at some point.
And that is bad how?
Harry Potter for goths should have been their marketing line :)
Harry Potter for goths should have been their marketing line :)
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December 4, 2024 at 4:10 PM
And that is bad how?
Harry Potter for goths should have been their marketing line :)
Harry Potter for goths should have been their marketing line :)
Agreed. For profit medical insurance is a plague on America, and we are not going to make any progress before the we decide we’re done with that farce and all the barnacles that live off of it.
December 4, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Agreed. For profit medical insurance is a plague on America, and we are not going to make any progress before the we decide we’re done with that farce and all the barnacles that live off of it.
In programming, the web has been littered for years already with sites that just scrape stackoverflow, inject the answers into templates dripping with SEO hacks, and sit back to wait for the advertising money to roll in.
December 4, 2024 at 3:51 PM
In programming, the web has been littered for years already with sites that just scrape stackoverflow, inject the answers into templates dripping with SEO hacks, and sit back to wait for the advertising money to roll in.