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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Exactly the same. I've been a "developer" for decades, often using a new language for a single project, then never touching it again for years, until I've forgotten the basic syntax. I'm an expert in nothing.

Stack Overflow, random Indian YouTubers, Google and now AI have been essential throughout my career.

You only need to know enough. Know what you want to achieve and the rough steps for how to get there, and somebody or something can fill in the blanks.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

What I wouldn't give for a new Deus Ex game. The only news I ever read about one is another cancellation.

Robocop has a similar vibe, albeit a Fisher Price version. And weirdly the new Indiana Jones game kind of scratches that itch, where you're wandering around an open environment, with multiple access points and secrets hidden away that'll reward those paying attention. Neither come close to just how detailed and cool the Deus Ex games were though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

Nice one, thanks for that

[–] [email protected] 19 points 17 hours ago

Clearly I need to signpost my jokes better.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that's the badger. Absolute classic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Cheers, I never know with all the similarly-named communities on the various instances. Downside of the fediverse is often not knowing where the best place to post something is.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

This is still my favourite:

Welsh out of office

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Robocop: Rouge City (media.piefed.social)
 

Literally unplayable

 

Just noticed this, but not sure if it's a Piefed or Voyager issue?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Which is essentially where we are now. Multiple services providing age verification on a per-site basis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tbh I swear by it. It's so much better than the shitty interface of my "smart" TV.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

AppleTV usually, but if you're just screen mirroring it shouldn't matter.

I suspect using the YouTube app and Chromecast might do some weird double-streaming thing at the Chromecast end if you're still getting ads.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (5 children)

The closest I've come to this is using Safari for YouTube rather than an app. There are ad blockers that can block the ads in YouTube (I use Vinegar) then you can cast as normal.

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BIG AL (media.piefed.social)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Tina (the fat lard) was a llama, but this alpaca I saw today really reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite.

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Rematch (piefed.social)
 

I’m enjoying this a lot, despite being absolutely horrendous at it. I think once Sloclap push out a few fixes to what is still currently a glorified beta it’s got the potential to be the new Rocket League, which has been my go-to game for the last decade.

That said, I’m having an absolute mare with the controls. Not so much how to control my player, but in terms of the sheer panic when I’ve got the ball and other players are bearing down on me. My fingers go to shit and I rarely pull off what I was attempting.

Anyone else having fun with the game, while also being terrible at it?

 

The teat-owl.

 

When I was about 12 I had a maths lesson on Friday afternoons at school. Towards the end of term, I remember my teacher dumping a pile of holiday brochures on his desk and setting the class the task of planning and costing up a holiday. This was pre-Internet, so brochures and travel agents were how you did it back then.

Location, flights, hotel, meals, activities, excursions, hire cars, spending money etc all had to be considered for a family of three on a fixed budget. I remember that the submitted work was never actually marked since there was no "correct" answer, and the reasoning behind it was essentially to get experience of planning and budgeting. A great application of numeracy skills for a real-world task.

These days simplified versions of that exercise are relatively common for teachers to give to pupils but as we discovered the following term, what we were actually doing was literally planning his summer holiday with his family because he couldn't be arsed. He'd crowd-sourced his research.

Absolute genius of the man.

 

The app’s looking great, but I’ve got a couple of questions:

  1. What is the difference between the three options within Settings > Feed Defaults > View. There’s Threads, Microblog and Timeline options, but I can’t see what effect they have on the feed.

  2. When viewing comments, some replies are shown and nested, but others require tapping Open x replies. What determines whether a reply is shown automatically or needs a tap to open?

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