simon574

joined 2 years ago
[–] simon574@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been a game programmer for >10 years and I would be fucking miserable if I spent most of my free time with video games as well. Isn't that what we call work/life balance? And from my experience, most game devs either stop being "gamers" at a certain point, or they burn out and quit the video game industry.

That being said, almost everyone I know from gamedev is really excited about video games, and they have a ton of experience, even if they are not playing games in their free time anymore. It could be because I've only worked for indie projects and small publishers.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago

I concur. I've been in restaurant kitchens and most of them were more sanitary than the average home kitchen. They almost always have better ventilation, and they are cleaned regularly.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

"Wenn ich in der Eisdiele Schlagsahne oder eine Schokoladensauce möchte, wird mir das in der Regel auch extra berechnet." Bei Eisdielen liegen oft Waffeln am Tisch, die dann extrem teuer abgerechnet werden. Finde ich auch nicht so toll.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use a folder structure in Nextcloud where each "album" folder starts with YYYY-MM-DD so I can sort them alphabetically. I delete the photos from my phone when I copy them to the Nextcloud folder. I can always look them up using the app. This is some manual work, but it has worked very well for long-term archival and it will still be organized and searchable on other platforms as long as they support files and folders.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

IMO the age gap doesn't matter as long as both parties get what they want out of the relationship. I would give it a chance, but try to find out if your relationship goals match up. I'm currently in a relationship with a bigger age difference than that and so far we are doing pretty good.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I played around with Perl when I was still in school, almost 20 years ago. Even then it was pretty legacy. I remember fixing a bug in a Perl script during an internship, because I was literally the only person in the whole department who could understand Perl code. I suppose it was used for sysadmin and web scripting but has since been replaced by PHP, Javascript and Python. I wouldn't bet any money on Perl being relevant in the future.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

For Kanban I use wekan, because it has more features. Nextcloud I host using snap, which I cannot 100% recommend because it sometimes has troubles upgrading to the latest version. Still, for me it causes less trouble than a manual install.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

I don't see how the gameplay helps with the programming tasks, and I don't see how the programming tasks enhance the gameplay. Let's assume the game is already finished, I think the game part would be improved by replacing the programming part with a simpler, more rewarding mechanic. And the programming part could be improved by getting rid of the gameplay, as it would remove distractions. Pulling off educational games that people actually want to play is notoriously hard because of conflicting goals. IMO you should aim for a more integrated experience with in-game "coding" and direct feedback.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry I can't help you, I don't have any experience with Samsung phones. It could be that unlock codes don't even work with this type of phone and you would have to connect it to a PC with a cable. But I don't know. About your first question, the lock is usually put in place by the carrier, e.g. you get a "free" phone with a 2-year contract and they want to make sure you can't use it with a different SIM. When the contract expires they want you to trade in your phone for a newer model, and renew your contract. It's usually possible to have them unlock your phone at the end of the contract, sometimes for an additional fee. So it looks like you ended up with a phone that is still locked to a certain carrier and you can only use SIM cards of that carrier.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah, back in the day I managed to unlock my phone using a tutorial with unlock codes I found online. But that was before smartphones existed.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Super Mario Land on the Nintendo Gameboy, and Lemmings on PC/DOS.

[–] simon574@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Witness

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