Started a play-through of Final Fantasy 6 with the kids today. They've been looking forward to it since we finished Final Fantasy 4. Their first question: "Is there an underground?"

Last time I played #FF6, I remember being frustrated at how hard it was to min-max the game. This time, I'm hoping to focus more on enjoying the characters and the story.

I was asked today to define what I meant by "general purpose operating system." That was a trickier question than I expected. I said it's an operating system that is designed to run a diverse set of software on a diverse set of hardware, including software and hardware that was not known when the operating system was built.

I'm curious how you would define the term.

In which we write a hash table in Java and remind the world about the easy bake ovens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k54CeHPAPA

What gets left out of most descriptions of the GestureArena in #flutter is that there are actually separate instances of the arena for each touch. In a multi-touch scenario, that's what lets you tap two buttons at the same time, even with overlapping touch events.

Some recognizers (e.g., pinch) participate in multiple arenas simultaneously. Events in one area can affect another if a recognizer uses info from one area to declare victory or defeat across all the arenas it's participating in.