socialist_coder

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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Agreed about packages - you can no longer make custom updates to them to them either if they are installed via the package manager. They didn't think through their package manager before rolling it out. And now that it's out, it&#
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
That looks amazing! Well done.
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
I would also try to completely redesign how mobile builds work in Unity. Instead of Unity creating a brand new xcode / android studio project every build - it should be able to take an existing xcode / android studio project and j
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
This is the least of Unity's problems. Unity doesn't dogfood their own engine. Unity does not develop any games themselves. This is completely unlike Unreal, who has always released games using their own engine. Unity doesn't
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Yeah... in any conversation about how to preserve and protect our water, lawns will be the 1st thing to go. And good riddance too! They are utterly useless.
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Ruby... thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try next time!
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
That's one of my complaints too. But, you can use this kind of trick to get around it and make your code more readable: sub pretty_print { my ($filename, $text, $text_width) = @_; Not as good as if it was just built into th
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
I like the author's list. Very solid and some of the same arguments I try to use when people tell me they don't want to ever mess with Perl because it's unreadable. I still haven't found another language as easy and fast
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Ashes To Ashes podcast just had a great episode about facial recognition, the faults in the system, why we should care about it, and what you can do to fight it. It's pretty good if you're interested in this topic: https:/&#
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
They don't develop it in house. Lots of companies are selling this kind of software.
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Totally agree. I didn't realize how much my parents loved me until I had kids of my own. Now I get it.
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
edit: misunderstanding
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Totally. As a devout Anti-theist I really wish I could join some kind of secular group that was identical to a church but without the religion. Go every Sunday with my family, socialize with the folks, have potlucks and events, help people
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
You're spot on. Anything that increases your exposure to strangers and builds trust will be a boon to society. This is also the case with social clubs and sports leagues. Membership of these things has been in decline for decades and i
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
What I'm saying is that A list people will use these same techniques to make QUALITY movies at a budget that makes it economically viable to release to a smaller streaming audience.
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
I think "Movies", as we remember them from the decades of yore, will have a resurgence in the near future due to 2 things: 1) The demand for movies outside of what the streaming services are making. 2) Most aspects of movie produc
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
> school comes with bullying, peer pressure and a lot of other negatives in socialization that only the "normal" kids will get through relatively unscathed. So does real life. People need experience dealing with these situation
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
In principle, yes, but in reality, you can't use a different app store or payment provider. If you buy a Google Android phone, you have the Google Play Store. That's it. Maybe you can install some other store but 99% of consumers
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Yeah, good point. I don't disagree with that. On the flipside, bad acting will ruin any movie too, no matter how good everything else is.
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
If you have a bad writer, no amount of good other stuff can salvage your movie. Not true for the other roles.
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Facebook Instant is actually a pretty incredible platform, IMO. Tons of games on there, available to play with 1 click and no install. They all load pretty fast and the performance is great. Almost none are built with Unity. It's very
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
> Your best bet is a general-purpose game engine like Unity or Godot which can export to web Totally disagree about Unity. Unity's web export is awful. If you want a good web game you need to use a web-native engine like Pixi, PlayC
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Unless the hackers control 50%+ of the mining?
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Why?
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
> It's not like a broken up Google or Facebook would cease showing ads or show fewer ads. If there was a real competitor to Google, I would imagine they would try showing less ads. If there was a real competitor to Facebook, who kno
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Ahh, makes sense. So they are never paying back the loan with earned income. Thank you!
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
What about the point about taking out loans to avoid paying income tax, since money from a loan isn't income. Isn't that one of the major points? I don't get how do they pay the loan off though, without paying taxes on the mo
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
I don't get the stuff about borrowing. I think I'm missing something. It seems too easy: you borrow money against your assets and then use the borrowed money to finance your life, and then pay down the loan with pre-tax money? Is
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
Ahh, thank you for the correction.
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by socialist_coder 5y ago
The apple airtag devices do the same thing. They can get online via any apple device. Not sure if that applies to other FindMy devices though. I hope it does =)

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