Bust down a door and say, “Heeeere’s Tronnie!”

Yeah, I don’t agree with this blog post at all.

Color highlighting in code is fundamentally different than in standard text. In text, it means, “I’m important!” But in code, the purpose is to categorize. When I read code, this is important because everything is in a category and in a hierarchy. So I’ll skim through all the things of one category until I find the block I’m looking for, then skim that block to find the next category of code.

And the they have other points like, “if you can’t recite all the colors and what they mean, then I’m right.” No you aren’t? Within ten seconds of looking at some code in some editor, my brain creates the color/category mapping, and then I’m good for the whole time I’m working. Why would I memorize it?

The whole thing just reads like someone had an epiphany and is trying really hard to justify it.

Thanks for allowing me, too, to experience a patronizing grandad’s voice so that I can empathize with OP

Toosy

Yeah, this actually sounds fine to me. Since they’re entirely self-made men who acquired their wealth through their own hard work and gumption, it’s only a minor setback.

Since you mention the d-pad. It was patented, so all the big companies had their own legally distinct spins on it. Nintendo has their cross; sega had a circle thing; Sony had discrete buttons, Microsoft had a different circle thing.

The Nintendo patent actually expired a number of years ago now, so nowadays the cross is showing up more places.

Wood stoves have something called a baffle plate that redirects hot air so that it flows along the interior top of the unit before leaving through the chimney. The purpose is to heat the metal enough for radiation tranferrance. I often put a ceramic-coated cast iron kettle on top, and it will boil if left for a while. Anyone who sits on the stove would have a very bad time.

Built in fireplaces work differently but aren’t typically sit-onable.

Some distros require secure boot to be disabled. And things like Windows fast boot. Try rebooting into bios and ensuring the various boot “features” are disabled.

I injured my hand last week, so my normal escapes (woodworking and video games) are not available right now, and holy shit has it been a hard week. I didn’t realize how much I relied on these breaks from the otherwise constant stream of bullshit.

Some things I wasn’t told ahead of time but wish I had been:

1. Your particular gfx card might have issues with your Linux distro. Save yourself a lot of troubleshooting and research ahead of time which distros are more likely to work out of the box with your card. After I started over and switched to PopOS for Nvidia, my life has been a lot easier.

2. There is a fork of Proton called Proton-GE made by some dude with the moniker GloriousEggroll. It includes more features than base Proton like the ability to play more cutscenes and various graphical updates. For my build, it was essentially required.

3. Just another note. Steam is great; for everything else there’s Heroic launcher. It’ll launch Gog, Epic… The non-steam launchers. And you can choose your compatibility layer, so if you install Steam first, it’ll default to Proton.

I have an iron woodstove. It gets very hot, but that’s the point.

Oh, I’ve also played the System Shock remake. It’s pretty good in both story and game elements, but it is missing some modern refinements that make games more accessible. So just expect that if you play it, you might have to take some notes about objectives and codes that a modern game would just remember for you. I don’t think it’s a detriment, and you may end up enjoying the more obtuse nature.

And then maybe you too can take a long break from the game and come back to think, “What the hell was I doing?”

I wanted to like Atomic Heart because it’s my favorite genre/style (cyberpunk/immersive sim). But ironically, it felt like it has no heart. I was so bored by the gameplay, the writing, and the characters. Actually, the MC and his assistant are actively annoying. It looks really good, but it’s just not compelling.

Amanda Hugandkiss?

I think he had two (cowboy and bawitdaba), so I’m sure he’d be offended at being called a one hit wonder.

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

I mean, I hope so, just like I hoped so for Twitter.

Evidently a lot of people can’t give up whatever is the biggest social platform of its type

Wait, what’s the other hand doing?

To be fair the 2000 video did not look like a 2000 video game. As much as I loved it, it was ugly.

Huh, I didn’t know about this. Thanks for mentioning it!