radfordhound

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Programmer in many languages, YouTuber, modder, reverse-engineer, and Sonic fan.
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Heads-up, I've decided I'm gonna transfer my account to wetdry.world once the mstdn.party servers are stable enough to let me do that.

mstdn.party is cool, but it's been pretty much down all of today with seemingly no status updates given anywhere, and it's always been kinda slow for me even when it was working. Plus, wetdry.world just seems to fit my niches a little better.

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The Integrity Verification feature ensures attackers are unable to alter the protected game code before startup or during gameplay, fortifying gaming studios against potential tampering threats. Its seamless integration capabilities and flexibility make it an invaluable asset for gaming studios, catering to various use cases where customers seek to protect their proprietary code.
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This SUCKS! #Denuvo #DRM

https://irdeto.com/news/denuvo-by-irdeto-unveils-new-features-for-enhanced-gaming-security-at-gamescom

Denuvo by Irdeto Unveils New Features for Enhanced Gaming Security at Gamescom

Denuvo Unreal Engine Protection and Integrity Verification features deliver the next level of game security.

Irdeto

@LittlePlanetCD Looking at Cloudflare statistics, it also seems like Twitter usage actually hit a new low on July 3rd (the day Threads launched).

https://radar.cloudflare.com/as13414?dateRange=52w

@LittlePlanetCD I'm speaking mostly anecdotally - just been noticing a lot less traffic on posts of mine and my friends.

But, I did look it up and found some data that lines up with what I've been noticing: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/10/twitter-traffic-sinks-in-wake-of-changes-and-launch-of-rival-platform-threads-elon-musk

Twitter traffic sinks in wake of changes and launch of rival platform Threads

Data shows the micro-blogging website has been shedding users since early 2023, not long after Elon Musk’s takeover

The Guardian
@LittlePlanetCD It seems like its usage rates have been actually dropping recently (about time lol)
@wamwoowam But yes, ofc, I agree. It's a bad idea to discreetly download and run arbitrary binaries as part of a compiler macro.

@wamwoowam Yeah same here. I heard Serde was downloading/running precompiled binaries to avoid long compilation times? But, also that it only saves like 2 seconds?

It sounds like there's a deeper problem here. The compiler shouldn't be so slow that you feel the need to do that lol. And, it doesn't sound like it even is *that* slow? (Well, at least relative to C++ which has long compile times)

@wamwoowam This about Serde?
@foone This was me with the poorly-documented Adobe After Effects SDK when trying to make a plugin 🙃

@mtjcreative Pretty much lol. Bloat, or risk break.

The real solution would be for library devs to just make sure they don't break compatibility between revisions. Glibc and gtk devs have made progress with this. Iirc both actually committed to not breaking compatibility ever again a few years ago.

But, I recall hearing that gtk broke it again at least once since making that commitment. So... yeah... bloat, or risk break.