𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
Somewhere between Linux woes, gaming, open source, 3D printing, recreational coding, and occasional ranting.
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I wonder how many of those prompts are just “hi, how are you?” and “thank you”.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Programming@programming.dev•I want to make games someday but where do i start and what should i learn?15·7 days ago“Making a game” involves many different subjects. Since were in a programming community I guess things like storytelling, worldbuilding, writing lore, writing characters or missions/quests, designing ingame or promotional art, etc. is ruled out.
Depending on the game you want to work on, you should learn how to use the game’s engine. It’s always good to know C/C++ well, Lua is also pretty common for scripting. Game engines sometimes also come with their own scripting languages.
You should also learn 3D modelling, 3D design, GLSL for shaders, etc. Even if modern engines cover a lot of this for you, it’s always good to know what’s actually happen, so you can properly track down errors.
i cant really make out a different between the definitions of coding and programming, what is the difference if any?
How I see it: All programming is coding, but not all coding is programming. Writing markup (like HTML) or style definitions (CSS) in my world count as coding, too, but not as programming. I’d also say that writing code in any scripting language is not programming but coding. Whenever the code is meant to be compiled into a standalone binary – a program – it’s programming.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.world•Restaurant Uses AI for Menu, Accidentally Describes Appetizer in Way So Disgusting That We May Never RecoverEnglish87·13 days agotldr:
“Small, itchy, blister-like bumps caused by the varicella-zoster virus,” the dish description from Sikar’s Royal Roll Express restaurant reads. “Common in childhood.”
A misreading of the dish name in question — “Chicken Pops” — could well explain why an AI may have spat out a description for what sounds an awful lot like chicken pox, a common childhood virus that causes the exact kind of nasty “blister-like bumps” detailed on the menu.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Linux@lemmy.world•Linux suffers from a lot of unaddressed security problems.English262·28 days agoNew users are expected to keep copying and pasting commands from their browsers to their terminal which compromises some Linux security defenses.
To me, this is the worst issue here.
Even large Projects suggest things that are basically
curl | sh
– without even mentioning anything about how this could be problematic.New user are “trained” doing this.
Every project suggesting it should be not only opposed but actively fought against until they change this bullshit.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Privacy@lemmy.ml•How do you deal with renewing ID/official documentation?1·1 month agoWhy would people in the right mind bind the right to vote to a document that allows you to operate a vehicle on public roads anyways?
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Privacy@lemmy.ml•How do you deal with renewing ID/official documentation?82·1 month agodepending on how you look
… and even more where you cross the border. If I want to go (like in “just walk there”) from Poland to Germany, I could use this bridge for example:
It’s really just an ordinary bridge across a river, no border patrol, no ID check, nothing. Just walk from one country into another.
Or if I want to cross the border from Germany to France, I could just use that publicly accessible hiking path:
(Seen from French side, the barrier where the people sit is the whole border crossing point.) And this bridge with a view brings you from France to Spain.
Except border check points you’ll find luxury housing on French side and commercial buildings (stores and some warehouses) on Spain side.
At no point in that imaginary journey (now that I think about it, this would make a great road trip with hiking parts) you need your ID card when you travel to another country.
Long story short: It’s really easy to cross borders in the EU.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Privacy@lemmy.ml•How do you deal with renewing ID/official documentation?31·1 month agoI live in the EU and thus I can travel pretty far away without having to ever show my ID card. Maybe it’s just personal experience but whenever I had to show it, no-one cared about it wasn’t valid anymore.
Another trick is acting stupid: “Oh, thank you! I didn’t notice! When would a normal person check that, eh? 🙂 … Right on next Monday I’ll going to renew it!” and then hasta la vista, we won’t meet ever again anyways.
The next time I have to renew it, is in 2031. I guess I won’t renew it till 2040.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Privacy@lemmy.ml•How do you deal with renewing ID/official documentation?32·1 month agoI usually ignore renewals as much as I can. My last ID card was 8 years overdue.
The IPv6 range is barely even used.
Yet.
Also I imagine that there will be a secondary market for IPv6 at some point.
Like there already is one for IPv4 addresses?
I stand by my point:
No-one will ever need a /48 range.
The ranges will become larger over time because “we have it”, and companies will get thousands of sections with figuratively unlimited IP addresses in them each.
With this huge ranges we’ll have the same problem with IPv6 in a few years that we already have with IPv4.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.zip•Microsoft wants to apply Windows Update to all PC softwareEnglish141·2 months agoMicrosoft discovers package managers 20 years after they’re already common in modern operating systems.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Framework Laptop Community@lemmy.ml•Why is the Framework 16 getting left behind?1·2 months agoEdge cases are not the norm.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Minio strips away almost all features from AGPL interface and suggests people use their licensed "AIStor" service insteadEnglish8·2 months agoThey not only force their user to buy their crap, they also intentionally and maliciously frame the AGPL in a certain way.
I am pretty sure @Eheran is. I just paraphrased the linked Wikipedia article section for convenience. The video on how to print in magnets still worth watching, though.
Lesson learned, I guess 🙂 here’s some more:
At what temperature a material loses its permanent magnetic properties is called the Curie temperature. For Neodymium magnets this temperature is around 310–400°C (ca. 590–752°F). So if the heat is below that, you’re mostly safe.
Maybe look into how to design/modify a part and how you can pause your print a at a specific layer height so you can just drop in the magnets (use a drop of super glue to they won’t attach to the hot-end or make a test print with various diameters to find out the perfect width for press-fitting the magnets in) and then continue the print.
This also results in nicer looking prints because the magnets are invisible. Depending on thickness above the magnets and strength of the magnets the result might be less strong, so ideally there are only very few layers of material covering the magnets.
This is a very straightforward and in-depth video on how to do this in a good way:
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Framework Laptop Community@lemmy.ml•Ifixit comments on lack of upgradable RAM in framework desktop2·2 months agoThe desktop is just a branded AMD product to promote AI bullshit, released by Framework. No surprise it does not follow the Framework philosophy. I wonder when the same form factor and specs pop up from other brands.
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlto Framework Laptop Community@lemmy.ml•Why is the Framework 16 getting left behind?1·2 months agoThe power is too low for a stationary workstation, the device is too large for a mobile workstation.
It’s Markdown syntax. Single newlines are ignored so the text can be styled to be 80 characters wide for example but still have it rendered with another line length while two newlines result in a new paragraph. It’s not about “space efficiency”.
To get a visible linebreak without creating a paragraph, add two spaces at the end of the line you want to break.
… results in this:
hello
this is the first line
this is the second line
more text here
(Actual rendering depends on your renderer.)