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Python Overtakes JavaScript as Most Popular Language on GitHub
  • Language sanity. They’re pretty on par here I think

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    A sane language, you say.

    const foo = 'hello' 
    const bar = { foo: 'world'}
    console.log(bar)
    // { "foo": "world" }
    

    the absolute dog shit pile of vomit that is Pip & venv

    I've worked professionally in python for several years and I don't think it's ever caused a serious problem. Everything's in docker so you don't even use venv.

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    Drag didn't do that...
  • Right, my mistake. Regardless, my point remains that I initially parsed the sentence as being about drag (performance) and not drag (person).

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    Horizon Zero Dawn's questionable remaster launches to Mixed reviews as players lament a new mandatory PSN sign-in that wasn't in the original, visual glitches, and audio bugs
  • They could make the psn account optional, and most people wouldn't care. Make it easy to click "No thanks" once and be done. Some people would voluntarily do it because they like seeing their own stats in one place.

    They could generate a unique ID for a given install and send metrics home when there's a connection but no psn account, and most people wouldn't even notice.

    I think most of the consumer anger is coming from getting a worse experience for no gains. It makes the corporation seem unreasonable.

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    How do adults find happiness in life?
  • Time spent with friends and partners.

    Wrapped under a blanket with someone I was really into, playing a game together, watching a show, or just talking, was really nice.

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    Drag didn't do that...
  • My main source of confusion was thinking something drag wrote referred to drag as in drag queens. Once I realized it was a name, it's uncommon usage but not harming anyone.

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    Are you a patient gamer?
  • I don't buy a game solely because it's the zeitgeist or whatever. A friend of mine routinely buys games that are "the new shiny" and then doesn't finish them, or loses interest quickly. I usually wait for a sale, some patches, and/or the dlc to be bundled into a goty edition.

    Some exceptions:

    I bought elden ring near launch because I'm a big enjoyer of the genre, and my friend confirmed it was good. No regrets.

    I bought bg3 shortly before it's full access. I'd liked the other games larian did, and a friend told me it was good. No regrets.

    Both of those were pretty light on DLC. No season pass or "goty" editions were likely.

    I'm going to wait for the dragon age game to go on sale. I don't really trust Bioware, and I don't know if they plan to do a bunch of dlc that will get bundled up later.

    I've been waiting for Lies of P to get cheap. The demo was just ok when I played it, but a friend tells me it's phenomenal.

    Right now I'm playing a MUD (aardwolf). It really distills some online RPG into the essence of "go kill some stuff to level up, get new skills, and kill bigger stuff". It's strangely satisfying.

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    Tell me about a plot twist in your game (player or GM) that you didn't see coming.
  • A fantasy game years ago. The players learned there was a famine in the country, and the king was taxing almost all the food from everyone. Every month more food was taken, and the people were starving. There were rumors of people turning to dark arts, and demonic incursions, as well

    So the players knocked some heads and eventually forced their way into the castle. They were ready to throw down with the evil king that was starving everyone to feed himself lavish feasts.

    They discovered that the kingdom had drawn the attention of a large gluttony demon, and the king was feeding it all the food in order to keep it sated enough it wouldn't eat the people. No one among his people were powerful enough to banish the thing, and the demon told them if they told anyone the truth the deal was off.

    Luckily, one of the player characters was pretty good at dealing with demons. After some tense "wait is he lying? This GM loves having NPCs just lie to us" they decided to trust the king, and had a big ass "everything is on fire and the wall are melting" fight with the demon.

    Good times.

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    Nobody came trick-or-treating :(
  • There's always swarms of kids trick or treating a couple blocks from here (NYC). The houses usually have decorations up, and one of them usually goes really hard with music and stuff.

    It probably helps that it's a very walkable neighborhood.

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    How is your week going ?
  • An unfortunate situation where I've had 8 dates with a woman that I'm really into, but she barely texts between dates and I don't know how to interpret that. Like, when we're together it's all very affectionate and fun, but between dates it'll be like 2 days before I get a response to "are you coming to my party on Saturday?". She also sort of flaked on soft plans without a word once.

    We talked about it back around date 4. She mentioned a guy she'd been seeing had gotten very integrated and then abruptly bailed on her recently, and she thinks a lot of texting can create a false sense of intimacy. And she doesn't want to formalize into partners, but keep it at "we're dating".

    But I'm like not texting certainly creates a sense of distance and disinterest, but I don't know if it's false.

    So my plan is to look for someone else. If she comes around and wants to be responsive, I'd be happy. But this is stressing me out. It's a bummer because she's a lot of things I want and haven't had in previous partners.

    Edit: she texted me that I've been lovely and patient and kind, and it's not fair to me that she's been so checked out. She said she's going to step back from dating and focus on her job, but hopes I find what I'm looking for.

    On the one hand this is devastating because I could have loved her. On the other... well, there's not really another hand. It sucks.

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    How Trump or Harris tax plans might change your income
  • This is what I'm always saying. The more dollars you have, the less each one matters. Going from 40k to 50k is a big jump. Going from 400k to 500k is a bigger jump in absolute numbers, but will make far less of an difference.

    I knew a guy who told me that "his family struggled, too" when both parents were bringing home mid six figures. I'm sorry but like what. Learn to budget.

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    Apple put the Magic Mouse’s charging port on the bottom again
  • I'm told they did this to force people to use it wirelessly so they'd be impressed by it. Like for brand protection. No proof so could be made up

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    What was something you learned too late in life?
  • Right, and you shouldn't ask a married monogamous person out on a date, either. Never came up for me but is worth keeping in mind! A lot of guys seem to struggle with "she likes me bro she smiled at me" -> "my guy she's the cashier at work she has to smile at customers."

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  • I tried it a bit with my reaper in pve and it seemed okay, but I wasn't doing anything challenging that really put it to the test. I haven't tried the others classes yet.

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    [Online][Fate][UTC-5] Looking for a Thursday Evening Game

    I'm looking for players for a weekly game of Fate. I'm thinking something like a mix of Shadowrun and World of Darkness, where the players are vigilantes looking to make the world better. It would start (and maybe stay) at the street level, rather than global or cosmic.

    I've been playing and running games for 20+ years.

    LGBT friendly. New players okay. Unreliable players less so.

    Message me if you're interested. Include a blurb about yourself, your experience with games, with fate specifically, and a joke of your choosing.

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    Like I saw one that was titled "I wonder why rule" and had a picture about overpaid CEOs or something.

    Why "rule"? What's the origin of this format?

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