degen

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[–] degen@midwest.social 5 points 10 months ago

Oh man, I remember a friend having a heavy duty OtterBox. We were hanging out in the campus stadium and lobbing it as far as we could... That same night someone did a trustfall from the goal post. We had fun.

[–] degen@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago

I don't know how I went so long without breaking a screen. Galaxy S3 to iPhone 5s across 4 or 5 years, scuffed edges but never the screen.

It was the galaxy S7 that finally went. I swear I dropped it a foot or less while sitting down in my car. From coat pocket into the console gap. Not out even out the door, and that had happened before without breaking. I was so mad that that was what did it.

I didn't even use a case religiously until the S7! I blame the obsession with all glass phones.

[–] degen@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

4?? Also, the screenshot reminds me of hedgehog launch. Pulled it right out of the recesses of my memory.

[–] degen@midwest.social 7 points 10 months ago

I was like "but the other three are real words..."

Apparently diminutive is the only one that doesn't trace its origin to the book. TIL! Funny how language works.

[–] degen@midwest.social 19 points 10 months ago

You nearly killed me with a damn meme. I can't breathe lmao, jesits take the wheel

[–] degen@midwest.social 7 points 10 months ago

I wouldn't say "the cloud" is exactly in the same realm. It's broad and definitely had its heyday being thrown around in marketing, but it's a very real facet in modern software. More specialized and actually useful AI will probably end up in a similar place eventually.

I think I'm talking myself out of my original point though lol. Kind of conflated LLMs and AI at first. I just wish LLMs weren't the only things with money behind them.

[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

True. I've worked in pretty small teams with usually 2-4 devs paired, so it kind of worked out as both what we got through, what's next priority, and how we plan to split out that day. Especially if we were light on stories.

[–] degen@midwest.social 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's quite a thing, that could only be a product of the 70s. Might make you go "huh?", and is almost certainly the only context I feel comfortable with the word transvestite today.

[–] degen@midwest.social 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Yeah but then I'm up and sitting there like "oh shit, what the hell did I do yesterday?"

[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

Just have to give it more time. Probably more than usual. 🥁

[–] degen@midwest.social 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, it's software specifically designed to run digital backups of what's supposed to be personally owned media. It just so happens that it's very easy to obtain a copy otherwise, but there's nothing inherently illegal about it or the games.

Strong arming independent projects, and individual developers especially, that are very careful to not endorse that, effectively holding them accountable for others, is morally questionable at best.

[–] degen@midwest.social 25 points 10 months ago

Inhaling this so fast I end up with a Venn Diaphragm

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