andioop

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[–] andioop@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have a Windows for gaming, going to switch to Linux once I can get a good deal on an external hard drive to back it up. Can confirm I'm making the switch because of the enshittification.

[–] andioop@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Me, pretty sure game dev is going to just be a hobby for me and that I will never try to sell a game, still enthusiastically reading the game marketing articles because they are interesting and it's cool to know the strategies being used to market to me so I can be better prepared…

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by andioop@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev
 

Local dummy here (slightly more technical than the average user, likely far less than most people in this community) considering switching over. Checked the sidebar for any beginner's resources and looked at a few of the top posts and saw mostly Linux news and stuff meant for people already using the OS.

For my specific case, I use a Mac as my daily driver and (heresy) I am happy, but I also have a Windows computer that I am thinking of switching over to Linux. I use it to play games my Mac can't, and to run !BOINC@sopuli.xyz (I do not run the community but the thing the community is about) and/or Folding at Home whenever I'm not using it to game. Some of them are Steam games, some indies not on Steam, some emulated. Little to no multiplayer games, and absolutely no multiplayer that has anticheat. I have tried running some of the Windows-exclusive games with WINE and they worked but ran extremely slowly, however that was done on my Mac so it may not represent the results of running WINE on Linux.

[–] andioop@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What show is this?

[–] andioop@programming.dev 17 points 2 months ago

I enjoyed this animation of the meme in the OP.

[–] andioop@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

I find it very appropriate this post came out of lemmy.zip

[–] andioop@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

If you're like me and wondered what a dead key is…

A dead key is a special kind of modifier key on a mechanical typewriter, or computer keyboard, that is typically used to attach a specific diacritic to a base letter.[1] The dead key does not generate a (complete) character by itself, but modifies the character generated by the key struck immediately after.

Wikipedia

[–] andioop@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Just curious: was this based off an existing song and if so, what is it?

[–] andioop@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have not heard "snapping their fingers menacingly" since I heard a description of West Side Story. Pleased to come across it again, this is going to make me actually check out the trailer now

[–] andioop@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When I was in middle school, social media might have been omnipresent but even the really popular kids never exceeded 1,000 followers. In high school you could increase the upper limit on followers, but most people hovered around 250 to low 1,000s depending on their popularity. And I never heard anyone talk about their follower quantity, let alone insult people over it. I suppose this is my "kids these days" moment.

Then again, we all just had personal accounts for our friends to follow and weren't trying to be some big influencer or social media star—maybe that's what these kids are trying to do? Either way, I am really hoping what you overheard was just banter or an ironic joke between the two, and not legit bullying.

[–] andioop@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey now, I found Wheatley charming. AI in real life, not so much.

[–] andioop@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

I cannot help but see this as a diaper pattern…

 
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