JackbyDev

@JackbyDev@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember seeing a joke once about what if Reddit added left votes and right votes with no explanation in addition to up votes and down votes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dunno⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a really odd way to parse it.

  a +   b
      -----
      c + b
  

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dunno⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that’s a good troll math thing because it gets really deep into the weeds of mathematical notation. There isn’t one true order of operations that is objectively correct, and in top of that, that’s hardly the way most people would write that. As in, if you wrote that by hand, you wouldn’t use the / symbol. You’d either use ÷ or a proper fraction.

  It’s a good candidate for nerd sniping.

  Personally, I’d call that 36 as written given the context you’re saying it in, instead of calling it 1. But I’d say it’s ambiguous and you should notate in a way to avoid ambiguities. Especially if you’re in the camp of multiplication like a(b) being different from ab and/or a × b.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dunno⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They did the joke wrong. To do it right you need to use the ÷ symbol. Because people never use that after they learn fraction, people treat things like a + b ÷ c + d as

  a + b
  -----
  c + d
  

  Or (a + b) ÷ (c + d) when they should be treating it as a + (b ÷ c) + d.

  That’s the most common one of these “troll.math” tricks. Because notating as

  a + b + d
      -
      c
  

  Is much more common and useful. Do people get used to grouping everything around the division operator as if they’re in parentheses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating profile⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s looking for a dominant mommy so maybe he used to be a dominant father. (?)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe god is omnipotent and omniscient so I just prayed once for a good and healthy life. To pray often is to doubt god’s power. I don’t wanna out god in a box like that. Plus god has a divine plan that is obviously unable to be altered so why should we interject our own opinions into it? Seems like hubris to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So the satanic government must be hiding the prayers to satan that all pilots are required to do by the satanic FAA!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Debatable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oechslegrad⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  45° in Kelvin: ☝️🤓 Actually it’s not degrees Kelvin, just Kelvin

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Games that refuse to let you change the difficulty once you begin a game. More broadly, single player games that worry too much about preserving some sort of honor associated with doing well and make it annoying to play. Like rougue likes that have no save and quit for fear of people save scumming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gaming Pet Peeves⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing I hate about parrying games is that there’s rarely ever any consistency about what you can and cannot parry and also never any way for you to learn if you’re parrying too early or too soon or what.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And then goes into a weeks-long suicidal despair if you try to leave the conversation? Any way to deal with that?

  It’s always easier said than done, but I don’t engage with people who use suicide as a threat or bring it up as a regular thing. It’s too exhausting. Life is just too short to deal with that. Not everybody deserves your nuance. Not everybody deserves your time. Especially if they just want to belittle you by saying they’re suicidal as a defense mechanism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pot crashing out the kettle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How can you even make that comparison? Skibidi toilet has a story. Badger badger had… A soccer version sequel. Bad comparison.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pot crashing out the kettle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 33 and watched a good bit of Skibiditoilet. It’s the same style as those videos, but I wouldn’t say it’s the same genre. There is actually a coherent story being told. It’s very “show don’t tell” but you see the escalation and arms race between the toilets and camera heads increasing through the series. One side attacks during a memorial service sticks out as such an example.

  I’m not trying to say it’s cinematic genius or anything, but it’s a cut above brain rot.

  Tung tung tung tung sahur is brainrot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would you want to see this site do differently from Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Public modlogs go a long way and I don’t want to see them go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love the internet sometimes.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Who are you who is so wise in the ways of science?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a "last used combination" faucet handle for sinks so you don't have to balance hot and cold everytime during winter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen some videos about those, my understanding is that they’re used in warmer climates where the cold water line is already relatively warm year round.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is they refunded everyone who bought it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw what I imagine is a tourist attraction demonstrating that it’s “true” but you can definitely see them rotate their arm in opposite directions. They unplug a sink that that carry across the equator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the same about the sandwich company that asked people to share how they “top their subs”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When we eat the billionaires, we should spare Gabe Newell? No?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Billionaires aren’t your friends. Corporations aren’t your friends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The most generous thing I can think is that facial structure is not a protected class in the US so it’s technically okay to descriminate against.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything is a rectangle now 😭

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It exists but you need to have an amateur radio license to do it legally. www.hamtv.com Long story short, some of the frequencies from analog television are now allocated for amateur radio use, so you can use that with little extra equipment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “I want what steam is making but I’m not willing to improve service OR charge less!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s fucking wild. Like, I love Steam, don’t get me wrong, but holy shit just suck less and charge less and you could gobble up a lot of that market share. But none of them do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what to tell you. Multiple sites and services asked if I wanted to set up a passkey, every time I got prompted to plug my phone in via USB, and nothing happened when I did. At no point in the process did it give me a QR code or ask me if I wanted to set one up through a password manager instead of a phone. I didn’t do anything special or incorrect. I followed the normal prompts they gave me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As owned with a “puh” on the front, but not as an extra syllable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean when I was trying to set one up. I wasn’t ever prompted to use a password manager. It just said to plug my phone into my computer. I did. And it didn’t detect anything. With user experience in setup that poor I don’t trust them yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was never prompted to do such a thing. It always just told me to plug in my phone (and even that didn’t work).