smeg

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

So you'd rather it all be on one line? I'd only do that if it's a very simple command, otherwise you're just making the code harder to read.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

Simplest solution might just be to dual-boot Windows if you can't get a VM working

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, so the American equivalent of a kebab shop then?

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I'd write

while true; do
    X
done

for the same reason I'd write

if [ something ]; then
    X
fi

or in another language

if (something) {
    X
}

Because it's all part of the same statement and having a single line with just do or { seems silly and implies (to me) that the lines aren't related.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

The best time to buy a console is just after its sequel is released, lots of people upgrading and selling their old one with all the games and controllers

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 11 points 1 month ago

That's a sensible way to buy all video games

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Not to blow my own trumpet, but I was able to memorise basic type relationships as a small child!

That is a summing-up of the criticism that I've seen a few times though: they refuse to accept that their players grow up and only ever aim the games at youngsters, difficulty-wise.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

They gave the Heroic Launcher devs an affiliate link, so while they don't really support Linux they at least approve of it

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I remember that being the "feature" which really highlighted the dumbing-down of the game. Work things out for yourself? Look them up? Remember what you've learned? No, we've solved the puzzle for you, don't worry.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My bet is that "Linux" covers such a wide range of distros that they don't want to unintentionally imply that they support every weird and wonderful setup

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

The prototype scans open tabs locally, suggests topical names, and auto-bundles related pages. Because all processing happens on the user’s computer, the company says, neither raw content nor behavioral signals are uploaded to the cloud.

"AI" is just a buzzword, this isn't chatbot nonsense as far as I can tell.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

As with all offers like this Amazon are hoping that it causes people who weren't subscribed before to stat paying them regularly, and posts like this are kind of giving them free advertising.

It's similar to recommending something like reward credit cards (where you can make money off them as long as you pay them off in full and never pay any interest), if you're sensible enough with your money then you can get a freebie but the provider is looking to profit off you messing up or forgetting.

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