Jeffool

joined 1 year ago
[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Even if they do repeat 3 (and I kinda feel they will,) it'll have a cliffhanger too. And I'm okay with that.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I will give respect where due: I like the sweep button. It's handy for me personally, as someone who is on several email lists that are public-facing. That's about it.

Every attempt to help me automatically is a pain. Like most things in this vein it never learns what you're trying to do, only what they would do in a given scenario that's vaguely like ours.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Every little bit counts. And finding ten people (especially out of ten) who agree on anything is pretty impressive. Congratulations. I hope this does well for you.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember reading columns saying soon, when multiple cores become common, compilers will thread your program for you...

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nah you're good. I'm absolutely going to suggest we give Warframe a try. And if we get off of Warzone, maybe I'll end up moving sooner rather than later.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

hah, respect, but I play Warzone with some cousins who are on console. (Actually I just searched, and I didn't realize Warframe had crossplay now! I might have to at least get them to give it a shot, thanks for the mention!)

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That WOULD be a fraction of the cost of a new PC. But given my current one is a 2017 build with a 1080 in it, I'm really hoping to make next year the time to free up some money for it regardless. But I do appreciate the thought!

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I actually used Mint for about a year a decade ago, and really liked it then. What made me switch back was the gaming. That said, I hear gaming on Linux has just gotten better and better; just like people in this thread are saying. Whenever I get around to putting together a new PC I'll probably either dump something Linux on this one or dual boot myself. Sadly I don't expect Activision to really support it. But hey, Lord knows I've been wrong before. (And yeah, printers are often kinda universally assholes though; that we all know.)

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Y'know GPS didn't even enter my mind. Hell, depending on GPS 3 accuracy (isn't it supposed to be in the centimeters?) my talk of signals is completely moot. That measured against a map of roads on a server somewhere would probably let you download an entire map of nodes toward your destination. Along the way the car just measures against its current location and does the math for obstacles. Great point. This is why I ponder shit out loud. Thanks.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

I'd love to make the move, but there's a one-two punch of: I play Warzone with family. I think anti-cheat there is only going to get worse. Second? I already get caught with the fiddly bits of errors on Windows sometimes and spend too long searching for answers. Any time I see that on Linux it looks like I'd need years more of active learning new problem solving to reach my current level of comfort.

I'm at that "is it worth planting the apple tree now that I didn't plant 20 years ago?" thinking.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Anyone knowledgeable about city planning? Why did we never put some type of signal in our roads? (I don't know. Passive RFID every few feet?) It would only cost what, ten, twenty thousand on top of each million spent paving every mile?

Seems it would be better baseline navigation than self driving cars and occasionally map apps. The cars would still have to do obstacle avoidance, of course.

I'm not particularly knowledgeable about self driving tech or city planning. But if interstates are replaced every 10 years, and highways every 20, and Musk first made these claims in 2013? Then we'd have the base tech for every auto manufacturer to do moderately reliable self driving on interstates and a lot of our highways already.

Or maybe that large view pathfinding is the relatively easy part? That's why I'm asking. I'm sure there's something more obvious from an informed viewpoint that I don't know.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I haven't seen any toxicity on the server I'm on (https://mastodon.gamedev.place ) either. But I've seen people I follow complain about it in the past, and I trust them. Especially considering they left for Bluesky.

I think Mastodon users are more technical and blunt, drawing from the same stereotypes that people have (often fairly) thrown at nerdier people. We just need to keep that in mind. And maybe a good ad/explainer, given how many people bounce off the concept of federation and different servers.

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