Tekhne

@ savedbythezsh @sh.itjust.works

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DnD Memes sh.itjust.works

If you're asking why there isn't one shipped with JS, the answer is because JS is built for the web, and the "don't break the web" rule makes changing things in JS hard, as well as browser devs pushing back hard on anything that increases install size.

If you're asking why as a community, we haven't agreed on a single package to be a stdlib - lodash.

3mo ago

o(1) statistical prime approximation

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 3mo ago

More like: https://xkcd.com/2236/

6mo ago

functions

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 6mo ago

What, are we code golfing?

7mo ago

You can choose 1 superpower, but the first reply is the side effect. What superpower would you choose?

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 7mo ago

Kinda like a luck-based Freaky Friday... Starring Lindsay Lohan 🤔

7mo ago

How did the authors write Asterix Puns?

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 7mo ago

I love that his name is O.G. San (Ojiisan, Grandpa in Japanese)

7mo ago

It is now 89 seconds to midnight. Closest it's ever been. How concerned are you about global war?

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 7mo ago

I don't understand what you mean. Can you suggest what to research to learn more?

7mo ago

MoviePass emerges from bankruptcy to run a fantasy filmmaking [crypto] game called Mogul

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 7mo ago

Yep, Stacy Spikes. The weird part is he actually did reincarnate moviepass in the original concept (https://www.moviepass.com/ is live) but also attached this weird crypto shit to it

7mo ago

MoviePass emerges from bankruptcy to run a fantasy filmmaking [crypto] game called Mogul

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 7mo ago

Pretty sure it's a different company with the same people, so no. The original founder bought the assets back at bankruptcy sale, including the name.

9mo ago

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 9mo ago

Another one: steam has some sort of multiplayer integration for devs, so they don't need to host their own servers and you don't need to expose ports; instead you can add people using your steam friends. Found this out to my sadness when I bought risk of rain 1 on Gog and the multiplayer was completely gutted compared to my friend who bought on steam.

10mo ago

Okay boys, rate my setup

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 10mo ago

Microsoft

10mo ago

Hollow Knight: Silksong - Special Announcement Stream (starts in 48 hours)

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 10mo ago

Ooh can I suggest games? There are definitely a bunch that are great to play sitting down, or standing up but in place. I haven't bought new VR games since alyx came out, but I def have plenty

10mo ago

Netflix and Apple are backing away from great games

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 10mo ago

From the Wikipedia article:

Doctorow argues that new platforms offer useful products and services at a loss, as a way to gain new users. Once users are locked in, the platform then offers access to the userbase to suppliers at a loss; once suppliers are locked in, the platform shifts surpluses to shareholders.[11] Once the platform is fundamentally focused on the shareholders, and the users and vendors are locked in, the platform no longer has any incentive to maintain quality.

And when discussing the solution:

The second is the right of exit, which holds that users of a platform can easily go elsewhere if they are dissatisfied with it. For social media, this requires interoperability, countering the network effects that "lock in" users and prevent market competition between platforms.

It's a made up word that was defined by a specific article by the person who made it up. So yeah, it is.

11mo ago

Netflix and Apple are backing away from great games

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 11mo ago

No, we don't: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification.

Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of the ease of changing how a platform allocates value, combined with the nature of a "two-sided market", where a platform sits between buyers and sellers, hold each hostage to the other, raking off an ever-larger share of the value that passes between them.

A key component to this is being locked in, which didn't happen here as most of these games are still available elsewhere. No one is stuck with a games subscription where the quality of games is dropping. This is just a business realizing it's not viable and paring back their offerings.

People on Lemmy seem to have a tendency to overuse enshittification, which sucks because it refers to something real and also actionable. If you dilute the meaning, you make the solution less likely. Lemmings should be among the forefront of people familiar with the real meaning, since Doctorow's suggested solution is open standards for interoperability, like ActivityPub/Lemmy.

11mo ago

We all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 11mo ago

Not an expert by any means, but I'd guess that has to do with the distinction between being on top of something, and having boarded something. You are on top of a (small) boat or motorcycle, but within a car. These examples refer to position. You can be both in or on a bus, plane, or yacht, because you have boarded the bus, plane, or yacht, and thus are "on" it, but are located physically within the vehicle and so are also "in" it (in the case of a yacht, that may depend on whether you're inside it or on top of it). These examples refer to both position and state of existence.

This is totally conjecture so I'd be very curious to hear from an actual expert.

11mo ago

We all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?

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Tekhne @sh.itjust.works 11mo ago

I'm shocked no one else pointed this out. This isn't a rule of grammar — this is a style rule, which isn't actually part of the English language. Different style guides recommend different things. This happens to be specifically delineated by American/Canadian style guides vs British/Australian style guides; however anyone could publish a style guide. If USA Today decided to make and publish a style guide that they used in their articles that said there should be periods both within and after a quote, that would be valid by that styleguide.