umbraroze

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It used double- and even triple-pointers to data structures

(old song, to the tune of My Favourite Things)

🎶 "Pointers to pointers to pointers to strings,
this code does some rather unusual things...!"
🎶

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I can see them.

Or at least I could. When LGR recently made a video about them, I was having a very bad time viewing them. I was either too drunk or not used to seeing them with this TV setup or I just need new glasses. Probably the last one.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

People can survive a Snailpocalypse.

The Turtlegeddon, not so much, because turtles are actually surprisingly fast.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 38 points 3 weeks ago

Legends say that if you put your source code file in Grok, it'll print out the code and it'll land on Elon's desk.

Elon will browse through it and pretend to understand it, then tweet out insults and emojis and says you're fired. Even though you were never employed by him anyway.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

Wide Ape, the long awaited sequel to House of Leaves

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

Reminds me how several years back, the Calibre ebook reader software added a feature called "Polish ebooks".

I thought it'd automatically add some random Andrzej Sapkowski and Stanisław Lem titles to my library. Nope, it was just a feature to clean up messy document conversions, apparently.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 22 points 4 weeks ago

You know, I was mildly ambivalent about Ubisoft recently (just burned out by their games and not wanting to buy them until I've slept for ages) but... Really? This is the hill they want to die on? Well that does say a lot about them, now doesn't it?

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 17 points 4 weeks ago

I didn't like talking to other people in 1995, and I sure as hell aren't going to start enjoying it now.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I keep Character Map™ at hand in Windows® just for random punctuation and stuff ©. gucharmap or something similar in Linux.

In word processors I've set up automatic formatting so that double minus (--) turns to en dash (–) and triple minus (---) turns to em dash (—).

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 69 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (5 children)

This initiative sure would make things more complicated for the game publishers, yes.

Because they're currently not doing the bare minimum.

If they weren't so accustomed to not doing the bare minimum, maybe they would have different opinions! Just saying.

Edit: Just signed the petition. Didn't think this was necessary before because, as soon as I heard of it, Finland was already top of the list percentage wise. But I did sign it, just for the hell yeah of it.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oooooh, I'll annihilate the bible-thumpers. Then I'll annihilate the capitalists, because they already knew what's coming for them.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Sorry, cap'n, that ain't the way to do it. You shall be marooned with one Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water, one small Arm, and Shot.

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