John Kaniarz

@jkaniarz@mastodon.gamedev.place
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Autonomous vehicle simulation development with a side of sensor modeling. UE, Raytracing, LiDAR, and PRNG experience. Has beat Battletoads.
John KaniarzJun 28

Anyone else enjoy Video Cola?

#blippoplus

John KaniarzJun 28
Show threadJordanJun 27

@randahl @skinnylatte With only a little tweaking…

No, I don’t want your offers
No, I don’t want to be notified
No, I don’t want to take your cookies
No, I don’t want to subscribe

No, I don’t want no scrub
A scrub is a site that won’t get no love from me
Spitting up alerts and trackers and data hijackers
Tryin to holla at me ♫

John KaniarzJun 21
Arseny KapoulkineJun 21
just one more abstraction bro
just one more language bro I promise this one will solve all our problems
bro trust me Rust is memory safe but what if we made a language that’s MORE memory safe, like what if memory didn’t exist at all
just one more metaprogramming feature bro, what if macros could write macros that generate code that writes other macros?
what do you mean “just use Python”? bro this language has ZERO-COST ABSTRACTIONS and also zero documentation but that’s fine we’ll figure it out
John KaniarzJun 16
Searching for help with Unreal’s FApp object. First result: Urban Dictionary… Thanks for that Google!
John KaniarzMay 23
Jason LefkowitzMay 23

What being a Windows user is like in 2025

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/in-3-5-years-notepad-exe-has-gone-from-barely-maintained-to-it-writes-for-you/?comments=1&post=43746095

In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”

AI features in Windows are gradually becoming more widespread and inescapable.

Ars Technica
John KaniarzMay 23
Babechamel May 23
"this does not spark joy" and is therefore safe to use in environments where joy may become aerosolised.
John KaniarzMay 20
superfuncMay 19

Great post by @noelfb
which echoes a sentiment I and many friends in the space share. Hopefully people take note of how good the platform-layer/building blocks like Dear ImGui, Love2D, SDL3 are, and how reasonable it is to build a tool set suited to your tastes and workflow on top of them.

https://noelberry.ca/posts/making_games_in_2025/

A while back my friend Cass had a post in a similar vein, which is also worth reading.

https://blood.church/posts/2023-09-14-whatistobedone/

Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)

Thoughts, tools, and libraries I use to make games

John KaniarzMay 11

The Algorithm suggested this stop motion music video made from frames found in newspapers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56EG957YinM

It predates Weval's Someday by nearly 30 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-wEvzqdDZg

PAPERS

YouTube
John KaniarzMay 9
JohnMay 9

✋ Keeping good backups

👉 The Buddhist notion of Impermanence

John KaniarzMay 9
Harold AptrootMay 9
Since "(x & (x - 1)) == 0 && x != 0" came up again, I give you: "(x ^ -x) < -x" (with an unsigned comparison)
×
Jason LefkowitzMay 23

What being a Windows user is like in 2025

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/in-3-5-years-notepad-exe-has-gone-from-barely-maintained-to-it-writes-for-you/?comments=1&post=43746095

Show threadScissors Cut Paper...May 23

@jalefkowit @paninid

Notepad++

I was closing inactive tabs in VIvaldi and rediscovered this: https://www.xda-developers.com/story-notepad-plus-plus/

Notepad++ and Don Ho: A story of software, activism, and defiance

Notepad++ started as a simple code editor but evolved into a platform for political messaging and free speech

XDA
Show threadNibor4000 🇬🇧 ⓋMay 23
@vor @jalefkowit @paninid
Me too 😃
Show threadtux0r  May 23
@vor @jalefkowit @paninid Emacs
Show thread1 tripod in 3 trenchcoatsMay 23
@tux0r @vor @jalefkowit @paninid if I want an alternative operating system I install Linux
Show threadtux0r  May 23
@kyonshi @vor @jalefkowit @paninid Ew. Why?
Show thread1 tripod in 3 trenchcoatsMay 23
@tux0r @vor @jalefkowit @paninid Emacs is too complicated :P
Show threadtux0r  May 23

@kyonshi @vor @jalefkowit @paninid At least Emacs doesn’t have systemd!

It has systeme.

https://github.com/a-schaefers/systemE

GitHub - a-schaefers/systemE: 🤣 A lightweight systemd replacement written in Emacs lisp 🤣

🤣 A lightweight systemd replacement written in Emacs lisp 🤣 - a-schaefers/systemE

GitHub
Show threadScissors Cut Paper...May 23

@kyonshi @tux0r @jalefkowit @paninid

But that doesn't solve how to #edit #text in #Windows without being force fed #AI.

It's cute of you to insert your evangelism where it's not wanted, but it answers the wrong question.

Show thread1 tripod in 3 trenchcoatsMay 23
@vor @tux0r @jalefkowit @paninid whooosh
Show threadScissors Cut Paper...May 23

@tux0r @jalefkowit @paninid

Not teaching students emacs.

Or vim.

Or Gvim.

Notepad++ just works. Even for #ScreenReader users. And it works off a thumb drive.

Show threadtux0r  May 23
@vor @jalefkowit @paninid Last time I tried Notepad++, its plugins crashed a lot.
Show threadScissors Cut Paper...May 23

@tux0r @jalefkowit @paninid

Why do you need plugins to edit text files?

This is serious question. If you have a different use case, then it makes sense for you to use a different tool.

Show threadtux0r  May 23
@vor @jalefkowit @paninid Ignoring the fact that I already have one favourite text editor and one favourite IDE, I’d like to have one tool that is flexible enough. I want to take notes. I want to edit cron jobs. I want to develop my software. With as few different tools as possible.
Show threadNormanDunbarMay 23

@vor
I haven't used Windows since version 7, probably the best ever version, but definitely can recommend Notepad++ for all text handling needs.👍

@jalefkowit @paninid

Show threadScissors Cut Paper...May 23

@NormanDunbar @jalefkowit @paninid

Yeah, someone wrote recently about the current inaccessibility of #FOSS options.

Show threadzbrandoMay 23
@vor @jalefkowit @paninid Exactly
Show threadAnalyst Hyacinth, in the mossMay 23

@jalefkowit When my MS365 renewal came up last month, I didn’t renew. I downloaded/deleted everything from the cloud and switched, for now, to Apple, simply bc I have a Mac, and uploaded some things to Proton cloud. My next step is to switch to Linux for my desktop.

CoPilot being added to Office really rubbed me the wrong way - esp. when I realized that I would always be seeing the icon following me around even though I didn’t want to use it.

Show threadZeStig     May 23
@themossygreen @jalefkowit from one evil to another.
Show threadAnalyst Hyacinth, in the mossMay 23
@zstg baby steps. It was a big deal and took quite a bit of time for me to do what I did, and since I’m in school, it does make things more inconvenient for me. Over the next month or so I’ll figure the rest out.
Show threadZeStig     May 24
@themossygreen alright; give #Linux a try in a VM. You won't regret it.
Show threadAnalyst Hyacinth, in the mossMay 24
@zstg thank you - I’ll try it on my desktop
Show threadxinit ☕May 23
@jalefkowit I just assumed everyone installed Notepad++ and moved past notepad.exe.
Show threadxinit ☕May 23
@jalefkowit Using notepad.exe on Windows feels like those times when you go to edit something on a *nix system and you're dumped into nano instead of vi.
Show threadarclightMay 23
@xinit @jalefkowit Yes, this.
Show threadxinit ☕May 23

@arclight This is how I end up with ":q!" in my crontab

@jalefkowit

Show thread1000millimeterMay 23
@xinit @arclight @jalefkowit Long ago, I tried to send an email with :wq
Show threadbytebroMay 23

@1000millimeter

Thank the deities for vim!

'vi' was such a bastard to learn in the 90s, that I could never be arsed to go through such pain again, so now I use gvim on my Linux machine at home, and my Windows laptop at work, and have evolved a moderately busy .vimrc config file that works for both. That, plus 14yrs of coding in Perl, mean that I am now the in-house regex guru 😂

@xinit @arclight @jalefkowit

Show threadxinit ☕May 23

@bytebro I have never really liked using gvim because I normally work in the terminal on remote systems (without X forwarding) and I never really liked how it looked. I try again every couple years, though. Maybe some day.

@1000millimeter @arclight @jalefkowit

Show threadbytebroMay 23

@xinit

Everyone's mileage will vary of course, but it's very configurable, to be fair, and I get a perfectly usable interface (I rarely use menus and such in vim) on both platforms. And basic habits I inherited from Win, like Ctrl-C for 'cut', Ctrl-V for 'paste', etc all work as expected on both.

@1000millimeter @arclight @jalefkowit

Show threadMichael JackMay 23

@xinit @bytebro @1000millimeter @arclight @jalefkowit

At work, I use Windows Terminal with Powershell 7 as default terminal application.

Run "winget install vim.vim" to install vim and gVim, and add "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim91" to your Path environment variable.

I feel naked without a sane editor when working in a terminal.

Show threadbytebroMay 23

@mjack

Same!

@xinit @1000millimeter @arclight @jalefkowit

Show threadJon GerdesMay 24

@mjack @xinit @bytebro @1000millimeter @arclight @jalefkowit

I was six years old when vi was invented. Still can't be arsed with it except as a last resort.

Windows is GUI first so why not use that? Win Terminal is pretty decent but why is it restricted to desktop only and not servers?

Notepad++ is hands down the Windows editor for me. It has a follow mode for logs, which is a killer feature for me.

Ideally I avoid Windows but when needs must ...

If you do Windows then embrace it as such. vi is from another world and does not really fit. You might look at micro and tilde instead.

Perhaps your editor choice implies that your OS choice is ill-advised 8)

Show threadFish Id WardrobeMay 23
@bytebro @1000millimeter @xinit @arclight @jalefkowit this
Show threaddraeathMay 24
@xinit @jalefkowit EDITOR="NotFuckingNano"
Show threadmatt wilkieMay 23
@xinit immediately followed by Notepad Replacer from Binary Fortress so that all calls to notepad.exe are directed to Notepad++. No faffing about with extension default apps needed.
https://www.binaryfortress.com/NotepadReplacer/
Notepad Replacer: Replace Notepad the Easy Way by Binary Fortress Software

Do you use a Notepad alternative, like Notepad++ or Notepad2? Notepad Replacer will allow you to replace the default Windows version of Notepad with whatever alternative you would like to use.

Show threadChris Hessert 🐧 🇺🇦May 23

@jalefkowit

Boosted for those who may need it (I haven’t been a Windows user in years).

Show threadSepia FanMay 23

@jalefkowit

Notepad.exe & Windows 11 are already bad enough.

I just checked this again to write no nonsense:

When you open a text file from an USB stick with notepad.exe you can nonetheless "disconnect" the stick. Win 11 (not 10!) ignores that you are editing a file from it - on one hand.

But on the other hand, when you return to the file still open in notepad.exe it tells you it can't find the path and presents you with an *empty* editor.

Except you changed the text before, then it's kept.

Show threadJay 🇺🇦May 23
@jalefkowit "You will eat the slop until you learn to love the slop."
Show threadJulien Avérous – 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦May 23
@jalefkowit @jpmens If the enshitification also touch simple softwares like notepad… 🤦‍♂️
Show threadSharp LeavesMay 23

@jalefkowit I love this era. I'm completely tech illiterate, but because I hated Micro$haft enough to install Mint, I now get to smugly mock every Windows user ever like I actually know what I'm talking about. It feels so good being right, and rubbing it in like I accomplished something is the best bit.

When I get home I'm going to hug my laptop, open text editor and write 'fuck AI' 500 times, I love Linux so much!

Show threadAlexander Goeres 𒀯May 23
@Jason Lefkowitz a severe oversight from microsoft that they permit the deinstallation of this notepad app ... :-)
Show threadmmphosisMay 23
@jalefkowit good luck with that https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/extended-eol-in-notepad/
Introducing extended line endings support in Notepad

For many years, Windows Notepad only supported text documents containing Windows End of Line (EOL) characters – Carriage Return (CR) & Line Feed (LF). This means that Notepad was unable to correctly display the contents of text files created in Unix, Linux and macOS. For example, here’s a screenshot of Notepad trying to display the […]

Windows Command Line
Show threadJ.P. WingMay 23
@jalefkowit This is why one of the first things I do on any work laptop running Windows is install gVim.
Show threadtux0r  May 23
@jp @jalefkowit * Emacs
Show threadNormanDunbarMay 23

@tux0r
Vi.

(Ducks and runs! 😁)

@jp @jalefkowit

Show threadtux0r  May 23
@NormanDunbar @jp @jalefkowit sam is the standard V10 UNIX text editor
Show threadNormanDunbarMay 23
@tux0r
My last actual Unix, was V5 on HP servers. Years ago.
@jp @jalefkowit
Show threadtux0r  May 23
@NormanDunbar @jp @jalefkowit Mine is an illumos server, 2025.
Show threadR.L. Dane   🍵 May 23

@jalefkowit

And yet people persist in their bonkers Stockholm Syndrome relationship with microsnot. :'(

Show threadCameron BoschMay 24
@rl_dane @jalefkowit Microshaft.
Show threadR.L. Dane   🍵 May 24

@cameron_bosch

That implies virility. Snot is just snot. ;)

Show threadSable Shade🇦🇺 ☮️4️⃣🇺🇦🇵🇸May 24
@rl_dane @cameron_bosch
While snot is a useful feature of the nose to rid itself of unwanted nasties
I prefer microslops much fitting in so many ways
Show threadAlison WilderMay 23
@jalefkowit jesus christ, I got out just in time
Show threadJestbillMay 23
@jalefkowit Switched to Textpad long ago.
I'm still mad about their changes to EDLIN!
Show threadprivacy_guruMay 23
@jalefkowit I am so glad I ditched Windows after Windows 7. Before even allowing Windows 10 on my hard drive I installed Linux and I'm so glad I did, considering the dumpster fire Windows has become. I remember helping my father out with common Windows 10 issues. Eventually he got so fed up I moved him over to Linux too. I installed Linux Mint for him and he loved it.
Show threadhyperreal 🅅May 23
@jalefkowit Hopefully Gedit doesn't suffer this same fate.
Show threadCameron BoschMay 24
@hyperreal @jalefkowit Gedit unfortunately isn't really part of GNOME anymore. The default text editor was changed from Gedit to GNOME Text Editor in GNOME 42.
Show threadhyperreal 🅅May 24
@cameron_bosch @jalefkowit Oh yeah, that's right.
Show threadAinsley LowbeerMay 23
@jalefkowit Secret History Revealed: There was great internal revolt when idiot program managers wanted to remove Notepad.exe entirely. If it were to be removed, a lot of tools would just break. The program managers were overruled. The devs have ultimate veto power.