Same here. Everyone complaining about AI in game development have no idea how hard indie devs have it. We desperately want to make a quality product and work our asses off doing so. We’re working full time jobs for ‘The Man’ to fund it out of pocket, so every cent saved by using AI Gen is value being added elsewhere. Building games is really freakin’ hard folks. The dream is to have a studio of artist making content, but that’s literally impossible given my pay grade. It’s truly a shame to see the gaming community rally against tooling that helps us indie devs make our dream a reality.

You pass butter…

This is…perfect.

I went to Google IO the year they announced Google Music (2013?) and they offered a special discount for those in attendance. I gotta hand it to them, even through all those transitions (Red, YouTube Premium) they have grandfathered me into the new services with the similar discounted price. If they ever took the discount away, I still kinda feel like the family plan is a bit justified given how much my wife and I consume YouTube content.

Bravo. I need to watch this show again…

Looks like https://youtu.be/9TjUWnAK0cg?si=A3_SR6Ih7JfB4yM- and I’m all about it.

Yup, same. I’m 6 years into Do Not Disturb and I gotta say, I’m never going back. I use my phone on MY terms, not what the advertisers or all the app notifications want of my attention. I feel like I’ve been able to be much more focused and productive in life without the interruptions.

And yes, Android supports exceptions for DND, so my wife or family members can call without issues, or specific app notifications I allow like some Discord DMs or specific server notifications.

Thanks for sharing! Cute video that articulated the training process surprisingly well.

Does Escape from Tarkov make the list?

No doubt he’s a egotistical dick, but to say the world would be a better place without him is categorically false on many grounds.

• The man popularized electric vehicles like no car manufacturers have ever been able to do.
• SpaceX’s achievement in reducing the cost per pound and reusable rocket tech will have profound implications on our species survival over the long run.
• Starlink coverage now provides relatively affordable internet to far more remote areas of the world.

So while I think recent years of criticism is fair based on his behavior (why the hell is he wasting precious time on Twitter again?) to say the world would be better off without him is to overlook the substantial contributions he has made towards technological advancement and global connectivity. It’s important to separate the individual’s personal flaws from the broader value of their work. Just my 2 cents.

You can tell I’m more of a front-end guy 😄

A huge yet underappreciated impact on the modern world. People don’t realize how much work goes on behind the scenes to bring those apps/websites to life.

Thank you for all your contributions Simon. Rest in peace sir.

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LOL @ the word play on ‘Quiet Quitting’. Y’all are cute.

You plant shit seeds, you get shit weeds.

If it’s one thing I learned from the last BS they pulled during the protests last year, it’s that their actions will have little impact on reddit user behavior. People will complain and express outrage, but the vast majority of users will just sit back and take it like good little AI trainers.

I for one will not be one of them. When they removed mods from communities that were in protest, that’s enough for me to stay clear going forward. As much as I miss the content, it warms my soul every time I think about the ad revenue they’re missing out on by my own personal decisions to not consume it.

Over SFTP like a pro 🤙

Aye, most of my 10 year career in web dev is pretty much those commands. However, some advanced git concepts are worth diving into. Stuff like git bisect that can narrow down the exact commit that broke your app is an absolute life saver. Knowing how to git cherry-pick is also a git skill professionals should be comfortable doing. Migrating work from one branch to another without merging the entire branch is pretty common.

Yup, same. RIF app was how I loved browsing reddit, and it shutting down over the API cost was devastating. Add in the forced removal of mods who didn’t re-open their communities that were protesting was the final nail in the coffin for me. Fuck their IPO.

Thank you! You too homie. One script at a time, one asset at a time… Keep that flame burning until the job is done ✊

Same. We’re almost 5 years into an indie project and while the dream is to release as 1.0, the reality is, building games is really fucking hard and going early access brings about a more forgiving mindset from the consumer and enables our team to further invest in the polishing needed to feel good about calling it 1.0. If only we had the bank roll these AAA studios have, but we’re working with pennies and loads of passion to see our dream to fruition.

There is a lot of Carl Weathers content floating around as tribute, but this clip is hands down my favorite.

Rest in peace sir, you absolutely rocked at life 💪