ddg

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The difference between fascists and center-right parties these days is not one of direction, but speed. Fuck the "let's meet them halfway" attitude that threw the Overton window down a fucking fascist cliff.
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@peter One specific case I remember being mentioned is that Tailwind saw a massive decrease (80%?) in the number of people accessing their docs, which in turn lead to a huge decline in revenue – because reading the docs is how most people would find out about their premium stuff.

A huge number of people will give up developing OSS, and we'll be paying the price for years. I think AI has its uses, but as for its overall impact, I think things are going to get pretty grim.

Show threadddgMar 15

@lina This is a good addendum to yesterday's purity testing discussion: ethical AI (both in terms of datasets and environmental impact) is possible, which makes the black and white thinking of some extremist, if not irrational.

Besides, the more we support people working on ethical AI, the sooner the commercial AI circle jerk will collapse. Or am I being too optimistic?

Show threadddgMar 14
@m @lina As long as you can handle the 90% you disagree with, absolutely! Echo chambers don't do us much good, indeed. But there are some disagreements that just aren't compatible with being friends with someone.
Show threadddgMar 14

@lina Absolutely. It's not a new problem, either, but those people fail to learn from the left's past messaging / gatekeeping mistakes.

It's ridiculous how most of the things we defend are popular with the general population, yet that infighting prevents us from becoming strong enough to promote actual change.

Show threadddgMar 14
@lina It feels like some people take their purity tests way too seriously, IMO. I understand that the way things are headed strong pushback is needed, but attacking / cutting off people who you're >75% in agreement with is not it.
ddgMar 14
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The Onion is one of the things keeping me alive.
ddgMar 7
@peter I don't know what would make you believe they will. Unless the feckless Schumer-like dems are thrown out as the trash they are in the primaries, especially the AIPAC-backed ones, no one's going to persecute what was done in support of Israel.
Show threadddgFeb 17

@alesroubicek @jlunman @jensimmons @mia I had completely forgotten how frames were different pages. Makes sense! And I guess the input field would be on a separate frame, so that the refresh wouldn't reset the user's typing.

Not as smooth, but more than good enough, for sure. Thank you!

Show threadddgFeb 17
@jlunman @jensimmons @mia How did live chat work without Javascript? I'm genuinely curious about what technologies could have enabled that before the 00s – I only began playing with web development when JS was a de facto requirement.
Show threadddgFeb 5

@knapjack The usual usage is that runs are procedurally generated, and once you die you start over from zero (*). This is where the Rogue comparison comes from, not the gameplay / genre itself.

* There's "roguelike" and "roguelite" (even though many people only use the former). Roguelites differ in that there is some progress between runs (unlocking new skill / items, making your character stronger, etc).

So, judging from the screenshots, I'd say this game may earn the qualifier from having procedurally generated stages (not sure) and the unlocking of new abilities from run to run (hence "lite").

I know the terms well but not this game in particular, so I'm feeling like I'm not being of much help… Sorry about that!

EDIT: from the article, at least this part would make it a roguelite, if these persist between runs:

"As you progress you get to unlock upgrades and abilities for your ship like extra health or a more powerful bump, along with unlocking more types of ships to play […]."