makr_alland

joined 1 year ago
[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Spacewar! was a F2P PvP game with no microtransactions and no battle pass. Although it's hard to quantify exact player numbers (it precedes Steam charts), for a while it was the most played videogame in the world.

Its real-time graphics and multiplayer combat were very influential, and widely copied by many other games.

[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

That sounds very interesting, do you remember the name or the author?

[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

If you're referring to the US' Video Privacy Protection Act, it was passed only because it slightly embarrassed a Supreme Court nominee.

So for there to be half-decent online privacy laws in the US, first someone will have to leak Clarence Thomas' Pornhub search history or something like that.

[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The TV UI is horrible and has negative development: Less features and more bugs every release.

Do you want to go to a video's channel? Well, that depends on where you are:

  • Go to Home.

  • Long-press on a video.

  • Press "Go to channel".

  • Go to Subscriptions.

  • Long-press on a video.

  • Fewer options because fuck you.

  • Start the video, press down, up, right, select.

  • Oh, it was a short video? You fell into the trap! Down goes to another video. Go back, select the video again, press right, right, select.

And that's just one example.

[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I like the ideas behind PRQL, although I've never used it in an actual project. It compiles down to SQL but has a clearer model based on pipeline and a much better suntax.

Malloy is a similar project but I haven't look into it yet.

[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

REMEMBER US! REMEMBER THAT WE ONCE LIVED!

[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 61 points 1 year ago

It's the same, but in the US you have to add the sales tax ($2) and then tip at least 110%. That brings the total to $21.

[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I run my own Synapse server with bridges to WhatsApp and Telegram, along with a few other services, using Yunohost. I haven't observed any huge resource usage, and I like the centralized management/update. One possible downside is that you won't get the latest versions immediately, the Yunohost maintainers take time to test those. I prefer the stability that gives me but if you want to be on the edge a docker setup will be better.

[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you all seriously edit text files directly

I use hexedit for all my programming, that way I can see my text's source code. It allows things that are impossible with lesser editors, like differentiate l and 1. Newer versions even provide a "live view" that shows your text's output right beside its source, updated almost instantly. I don't personally use it as it consumes a lot of resources but it's a great help if you're just starting out.

[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's the plan. The update from 9 to 10 was really easy, the only problem I got was some Python apps which needed a manual pip refresh, but the instructions were all there.

AFAIK, Yunohost on bookworm is already in testing but it'll be released when the devs feel the update is working correctly.