[-] jeff@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago

What are you going to do with the other 900mb?

[-] jeff@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago

Never say never, but I don't think it's going to happen while Gabe is in charge

[-] jeff@programming.dev 23 points 2 months ago

It's a patent case. It has nothing to do with the creative design of the games.

But yes. Every pokemon is copyrighted. Every pal is copyrighted. (In the US) All creative work is automatically copyrighted to the creator.

You can't copyright "a standing lizard with a small flame on its tail" but you can copyright Charmander. If you copy enough elements that a lay person can't distinguish the original and the copy then it opens it up for a copyright claim.

None of that is relevant in this case.

A patent is to protect a specific invention from being copied. In this case, there is an innovative game mechanic that Nintendo patented has that Palworld copied. The speculation is with throwing an item that captures a character that fights other characters in a 3d space.

The patent is dumb. Personally I don't think it is innovative or special enough to be patented. Patenting software or game mechanic are dumb anyway.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 33 points 2 months ago

Now I finally understand the "both sides are the same" folks

[-] jeff@programming.dev 17 points 3 months ago

My favorite project was C++; it was big, it was complicated, there was a massive team working on it, I got to work with high level abstractions while occasionally dealing with really low level concerns.

It was really hard, but now writing code in every other language I've worked in has been really easy.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 27 points 3 months ago

When does something become mainstream? The Steam Deck has sold millions of units.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 30 points 4 months ago

I'm way overthinking this, but I'm going with finite. It could be an unfathomably large number, but gender is a human construct and there are a finite number of humans. Let's say each human that ever lives has a unique gender identity - there could be billions or trillions, but it would still be finite.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

I'm unsure. A lot of people are saying yes, but they are also implying to do so preemptively which I don't agree with. I would rather wait a few weeks and see what effect it has on this instance before making a decision.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago
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*or other media; video, article, etc.

The Phoenix Project (and The Unicorn Project) by Gene Kim really opened my eyes up as an engineer and made me feel like I could start fixing the problems I was seeing on my team, on my project, and in my organization.

I started reading The Manager's Path by Camille Fournier and have really appreciated how straightforward and relevant it is.

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IMHO, it's a horrible hack that is just broken. It's obscure and we need to rewrite it because it has a bad structure. ^X^Cquit^[ESC][ESC]^C

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Help help! He's measuring my velocity!

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Rock Star Developer (programming.dev)

Is that term even used anymore? Feels like it was everywhere a couple years ago.

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[-] jeff@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago

We have 1 TB microSDs. A pigeon could probably carry at least 100. If I did my math right(which i probably didn't), if it takes 24 hours of travel that's still a 8Gb/s connection.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago

Looks like there has at least been a small team working on ffmpeg for some time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg#History

[-] jeff@programming.dev 54 points 1 year ago
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