a1studmuffin 3d ago • 100%
This reminds me of the time the Zoom CEO announced he wanted employees back in the office because remote work wasn't as effective. It's easy to assume the people running these companies are competent...
a1studmuffin 3d ago • 100%
I remember installing a keylogger on the school library computers, then "accidentally" disconnecting the dialup internet and asking the teacher to type the login credentials again. I bet the ISP was confused when they saw so many concurrent logins after hours, all playing Quake and downloading huge files.
a1studmuffin 5d ago • 100%
C/C++ still has a huge place in firmware, microcontrollers, operating systems, drivers, application development, video games, real-time systems and so on. It's a totally different space of programming to webdev, which might explain the surprise.
a1studmuffin 5d ago • 100%
It's one of the worst feelings when you realise that social progress isn't guaranteed, and regressions happen frequently throughout history.
a1studmuffin 5d ago • 100%
Sometimes the real value of a project isn't its proposed worth, but the schadenfreude it offers instead. I've backed a few failed Kickstarters that I absolutely got my money's worth on.
a1studmuffin 7d ago • 100%
It sounds like you're in the right area by focusing on C. Have you got a GitHub profile? I'd start looking for open source projects in that space and get involved. Many of them have beginner bugs and tasks. Some projects are better than others at welcoming juniors, so check their readme to see if they have any advice.
a1studmuffin 1w ago • 100%
If you're interested in low-level languages like C and C++, I would take a look at Rust. It's another performance-focused language that complies to assembler like C, but includes some clever design principles to prevent a lot of common C/C++ bugs from being possible at all. Even if you don't end up using it much, it's quite interesting to see a different way of thinking about things to achieve a similar output.
Beyond that, I'd say you need to think about the job opportunities you're interested in and learn what tech they use.
a1studmuffin 1w ago • 100%
It's just such an odd thing to remake. The old version still held up fine and can be played on PS4 or PS5, plus plenty of people would have gotten it for free with PS Plus. They must have really been banking on the PC platform selling well for all that effort.
a1studmuffin 1w ago • 100%
If you're concerned about privacy I don't know why you'd use Tailscale over Wireguard directly. The latter is slightly more fiddly to configure, but you only do it once and there's no cloud middleman involved, just your devices talking directly to each other.
a1studmuffin 1w ago • 100%
Clearly we're going to need regulations around personal vehicle size limits on the road. If you legitimately need a big truck for your business, get a licence for it.
a1studmuffin 1w ago • 100%
The one thing that could cause serious porting pain would be the need to support high/variable frame rates. That could require a whole bunch of code to be refactored.
a1studmuffin 1w ago • 100%
WhatsApp has been exploited before with a zero-day, check the Complaints section in this link:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)
The reality is WhatsApp and Signal will continue to be high-value targets for exploits given the number of users, cloud infrastructure reliance and promise of secure communications, so it's a wise idea to avoid them for defence matters.
a1studmuffin 1w ago • 84%
If they only released RDR on PS3, this explanation might make sense as the engine would be heavily optimised for PS3. But they also released on Xbox 360, which is the closest console platform to Windows in terms of architecture. It wouldn't have been that expensive to port.
a1studmuffin 2w ago • 100%
I'd recommend setting up a GitHub profile and developing some personal projects on there, and try to get some experience contributing to other projects (even if they're just simple first PRs). Make sure you include this on your resume, it's a great talking point for juniors to show you're passionate and have concrete examples of your code in the wild.
Also set up a LinkedIn profile (fleshed out as best you can) and start adding people at companies you're interested in. DM them asking for advice, most people are lovely and want to help. While LinkedIn is horrible and needs to die, it's still used heavily by the tech industry and you'll find every tech company and recruiters on there.
a1studmuffin 2w ago • 100%
You know it's bad when we're having to invent new words like 'polycrisis' to succinctly describe what's happening.
a1studmuffin 2w ago • 100%
Thanks for the words of encouragement! That's exactly what I've done and recently just hit my first half century ride, but oh boy did I feel it! What a great feeling to be getting fitter though, I'm just sorry I didn't do it sooner. Bikes are awesome.
a1studmuffin 2w ago • 75%
Nice, I hope YouTube is next.
a1studmuffin 2w ago • 100%
Good god, averaging over 450km/day for 30 days straight! I'd be chuffed if I averaged a tenth of that per day for a month straight.
a1studmuffin 2w ago • 100%
It's just so insane to me that the community is having to make singleplayer Fallout games now because Bethesda aren't interested.
a1studmuffin 3w ago • 100%
... or worked in a large team with juniors and members coming and going over a long period of time.
Ouch, 20% unemployment in China is rough. How tied to China's economic outlook do you think we're going to be in Oz?
PWC: Government business division for sale - $2 Allegro Funds: Tell 'em they're dreaming
Sorry for the Murdoch rag, but I thought we could do with a trashy article to lighten things up a bit. Anyone else claimed depreciation on a boob job or the family pet?
Would be nice if there was legislation that prevented companies from doing this, so price increases couldn't be concealed so easily.
This might be a Lemmy question more than a Jerboa question, but no matter what I try I can't seem to mention myself in a comment and have it show up in my inbox. Is there a trick to mentioning someone? Or is this part of the app not working? Or do I need to wait for the federation to do some funky syncing between instances?
Not my video, but saw this on YouTube and somehow ended up watching it from start to end.
Curious to hear how the current situation in Australia has impacted your daily habits, if at all. I'm definitely ordering takeout and dining out less - not because I can't afford it, but because it just doesn't feel like good value any more.
I have another account on lemmy.ml and can't see any of the aussie.zone communities when I search for them, even if I provide a proper URL as outlined [here](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/federation_getting_started.html). Maybe this is a problem on their side or just a bug, but I thought I'd mention it here in case there's an instance config issue here that can be fixed. IMHO it would be nice if the communities here showed up on the biggest Lemmy instance to help aussies find their way here. Edit: Looks like this took care of itself, likely just server congestion on the lemmy.ml side as others suggested. Thanks all!