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Game! Dev!

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SwiftOnSecurity , an Random Englisch
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Dawg I think West Wing lied to us

Farbs ,
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@SwiftOnSecurity
West Wing was a comedy
Veep was a drama

arstechnica , an Random Englisch
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From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction

MUDs, Usenet, and open source all play a part in 50 years of IF history.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/06/from-infocom-to-80-days-an-oral-history-of-text-games-and-interactive-fiction/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Farbs ,
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@arstechnica Okay what monster did that to an Amiga 500.

foone , an Random Englisch
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I love mid-80s Sony consumer AV tech design language.

A grey metallic Sony remote. Close up in on the buttons, which to 2-13, muting, sleep, power, picture +/-, volume +/-, channel +/-
A grey metallic Sony remote. It's flipped facing the camera at an angle, so you can see the two tone metallic grey/dark grey plastic case, and the dark red (almost black) IR window

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@foone What happens when you command it to increase picture?

foone , an Random Englisch
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I just was thinking that my mouse wasn't tracking very well and automatically flipped it over so I could try cleaning the ball.

it's 2024, of course it doesn't have a ball, this is an optical mouse!

but apparently my computer reflexes are stuck in 1996

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@foone I refuse to believe that Foone Turing doesn't regularly use a ball mouse.

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@foone phew

foone , an Random Englisch
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we need metacomputers.

one of the big features of computers and how they improved productivity was how they let us automate a lot of things that we had to do by hand before.

well, most of the things I have to do by hand these days involve badly designed software.

Farbs ,
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@foone I'm pretty sure metacomputers are just programmers.

They used to be very expensive, but a lot of big businesses have started throwing them out so you can probably get a second hand one pretty cheap.

18+ foone , an Random Englisch
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I finally figured out what's wrong with my dryer!
There's no drum to put the clothes in. This is a rookie mistake, Samsung.

Farbs ,
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@ifixcoinops @foone How to make a washing machine last: Call this guy.

His name is Warren, and he's a dead set legend.

(Every little box is a whitegoods appliance, and last time I checked they were stacked two high)

arstechnica , an Random Englisch
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Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers

From glue-on-pizza recipes to recommending "blinker fluid," Google's AI sourcing needs work.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/googles-ai-overview-can-give-false-misleading-and-dangerous-answers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Farbs ,
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@arstechnica @KyleOrl I think what's most interesting about the weird results is how succinctly they demonstrate that google is sometimes just straight up republishing unique, original content without consent.

arstechnica , an Random Englisch
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Dave & Buster’s is adding real money betting options to arcade staples

"Gamification layer" platform promises to streamline your friendly Skee-Ball wagers.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/dave-busters-is-adding-real-money-betting-options-to-arcade-staples/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Farbs ,
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@arstechnica I was gonna argue that that's not what Gamification means, but then I realised rebranding unpleasant things in the language of games is always what it meant.

foone , an Random Englisch
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the world needs more recreational programming.
like, was this the most optimal or elegant way to code this?

no, but it was the most fun to write.

Farbs ,
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@foone Did you follow the Bob Ross Game Dev Twitter account? It was fantastic, and ended too soon.

foone , an Random Englisch
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There's an alternate universe where Netscape Navigator embedded Lua instead of inventing js, and I'm not sure if that's a better world or not.

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@foone I'm probably wrong, but I like to think that if they started by embedding Lua they would have just stopped there, instead of doing whatever JS is now.

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