D-4got10-01 said @Demolishun Lucky you.

Mine has died recently.

When I plugged it in to the wall socket, a bit of smoke came out.

Once I opened it up I noticed the tops of two capacitors had a convex shape.

On topic, though: yes - I love the current generation.

/s

Assassin's Creed Valhalla had a day 1 patch of roughly 100 GB, IIRC.

There are many more games like this, sadly.,@Demolishun I'm definitely planning on getting it fixed.

Before I got a chance to unlock my old HDD in preparation for upgrading it, the console developed yet another ailment, though.

I may need to find a service that can fix it, but the console is worth it.,@retoor Now that you mention it, quite possibly what happened there.

Either way, that timestamp made me laugh.

'Here's a message from the past for you'.,As a general rule, whenever I am interested in something && the other person is much better at it, than I am.

One such person is my oldest friend, whom I met at my fist job.

We've been friends for roughly 16 years && I've learned a lot from him.,Some people have a problem w/ listening to reason.

...also seem to be lacking some common sense.,'General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.',@Demolishun In one of my past projects on Android, when you were in the Main Menu && pressed the Back key, the game would ask whether or not you'd like to close it.

Choosing [Yes] would 'close' it...

...in reality, the game would simply minimize.

A blatant lie, to be sure.

IIRC the idea was to have 'quicker' startup of the game.,Cool stats.,Not sure how, because I visit the site very rarely, but somehow I've recently stumbled upon the '@whatever' channel on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/@whatever

They somewhat cover this topic.

...mostly dating-related talks, as far as I've seen - yes, but it is related.

I am not saying that one necessarily has to date to have children, though.

One-night stands can have their consequences.,@retoor You're welcome, have a nice time off away from coding.

Also - yes, having a kid from a one-night stand is fucked up.

Wouldn't want that, personally, therefore I'm not engaging in those.

W/ all the people in the world, however, there are those who are bound to disagree, as is their right.,- 100%'ed Heavy Rain sometime in 2010.

- Detroit Become Human is in my backlog.

- After spending _a lot_ of time playing the Prince Of Persia Warrior Within, I lost the ability to wake up when I'm about to die in my sleep...

...I just rewind the time to moments before my death && continue.,Definitely ! a complete list... would take me too much time to think about it, but:

- Be intelligent.

- Don't do stupid shit. /* Too often. */

- Be self-reliant.

- Don't bother me w/ bullshit.

- Whether it's good or bad news, just be straight w/ me. Never sugarcoat.

- Be truthful.

Bonus:

- Some overlap in interests. /* The more, the better. */,Just leaving a comment to show my appreciation.

All hail king Lothbrok.,Damn, these look amazing.

Props.,Can't remember exactly, as it's been quite a while ago.

It was either any of these, or some combination of:

0. Was frustrated w/ something tech-related.

1. Was looking for new programming-related jokes to fill the void left by devopsreactions.tumblr.com/ , which has been inactive for _some_ time.

2. Was looking for a solution for some problem.

I had been lurking for a month, maybe two before I decided to create an account, as I felt it would be worth it.

Am ! disappointed.,WTF, indeed.,I see something similar in my current company.

At least w/ the leadership.

Personally I don't get it.

If it's needed / beneficial for the job && you don't understand it, don't ask for it to be dumbed down.

_Educate_ yourself!,@Lensflare Very true.

I see the trend of packing things tightly very often in multi-platform games && even in my own project.

'Let's take all of that info && display in on one screen.'

...end result is a lot of very small text that is barely legible.,@lorentz Ditto.

I liked my Firefox w/ the sharp, rectangular tabs more, too.,I'm guessing 'grug' is a reference to this one:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/...

Went over my head, but I had no problem looking it up.

Sadly, people tent do be too lazy.,@Lensflare Thanks.

Saw that one, too...

1st fucking result on google...

Not sure how I failed to click on it, though.,@Lensflare Depends on the barrel.,Scammer / spammer testing our defenses?,People like mr. smiley make me very nervous.,@Grumm While still probable, less likely.

Yes - fuck this.,@thelevenin By itself - no.

There are certain indicators that tip the scale in the unfavorable direction, though.,Why crawl out, though, when you can:,Fuck.

Definitely !something one wants to hear after such long investment of time.

Hopefully the new project will be interesting / challenging, though.,Some time ago, I was up at night && wanted to check the time.

Saw this thing pictured below.

I found it just as funny as today's date, but that time happens every day, so it's not as grand.,Unfortunately, no.

Back then my PC was pad-less / joystick-less.

Had a C64 && a knockoff Atari 2600 w/ a whopping *1000 games that both had joysticks, though.,\m/,I am reminded of the Internet Of Dongs.

https://youtube.com/watch/...,Vacation throughout the whole December... because why not?

Installing Kubuntu 24.04 as I type, in the spirit of:

'Get to know something new.',Well...

The current situation reminds me of the 1st time when we had a mobile game w/ Leaderboards.

_Of course_ some fucktards decided they need to hack the thing to get the top places.

...had to deal w/ that BS...,@retoor Yup.

I see this BS unraveling.

I've noticed the bots upvoting my comments sometime this morning...

which is like two hours ago.,@retoor As well you should be happy, having the wit, skill, && knowledge to deal w/ any bUfFoOn's BS.

Congrats on a job well done.

I was starting to entertain the idea of staying in the forest killing boars.

https://youtu.be/_CKOYmBc-ow?t=32

/jk,@retoor Finally the comment's in there.

Well, it's a new one, though.

I previously had a notif of your earlier comment, but then the comment was not displayed.

I had been wondering about that.

Either way I finally managed to get the thing installed.

For some reason the installation would just stall when choosing an encrypted partition.

...to be fair, my HW for experimenting w/ OSs is !exactly top-notch.

Either way I'm currently setting the thing up.

KDE Plasma is nice, as I'm already familiar w/ it thanks to Manjaro.

Ubuntu's GNOME was off-putting to me.,Happy BD.

You're now one year closer to death.

/* Cue '(Don't Fear) The Reaper' by the Blue Öyster Cult. */,@Ranchonyx I enjoy it, too.

The first time I heard it was when playing Rock Band on X360 w/ my friends at my 1st job.

...Good times.,Indeed.

Superstitions are dumb.,Yup.

Seeing a similar thing.,@retoor Completely understandable.,In case anyone is wondering:

Bonus Content -> Lost Levels -> Smokestack -> Turel's Audience Chamber.

0. Approach the doors at the top to trigger the cutscene && wait till it's finished.

1. Shoot a projectile at the doors at the top to open them.

2. Travel the corridor up as far as you can, until you've reached the dead end.

3. Try going back to the area w/ Turel.

...Boom.

...at least on Nintendo Switch.

This one has made my day.,Proof:

https://devrant.molodetz.nl/LOK_SR1...

@retoor: Thanks for providing the storage space - finally got to use it.

Feel free to delete the video if you ever need the space or something.

Side note: two previous uploads ended w/ 500 error for some reason.

Files in question:

LOK_SR1_2_Remaster_Turel_Crash_Nintendo_Switch_v1.0.1.mp4

LOK_SR1_2_Remaster_Turel_Crash_Nintendo_Switch_v1.0.1_reupload.mp4

Just in case you'd like to know.

You can delete those as they are corrupted, lacking the ending.,...actually all it takes to crash the game is to make the boss follow you outside the initial area.,@retoor Much appreciated.

The thought of hitting an upload limit has crossed my mind.

If I find any 'gems' in the future, I'll be sure to share them as well.,@retoor Yup.

Wise decision.,@Demolishun Yeah.

The 'modders fixing buggy games' also reminds me of the Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines.

The game is great, but pretty much unplayable w/o the unofficial patch.

Too bad the current trend in video games is

'Let's release the buggy game. We can patch it later.',@retoor Yeah. The prioritization of new vs old bugs sounds about right.

Same here.

The constant patching of things is a sad side effect of the ubiquitous Internet nowadays.

...or at least the assumption of its ubiquity.,@Demolishun Damn. People modding via code injection?

That's just awesome.,@retoor This one is interesting.

Bugs disappearing w/ unrelated changes.

Though I've seen many memory-related issues causing all sorts of weird behavior.

Fixing the memory issues would resolve those.

Also, sometimes there are other factors at play.

Quite recently we closed a report not because we had fixed it, but because it was an OS-level issue.

Console manufacturer fixed it on their side.,@retoor One of the more interesting issues that I remember hearing of

/* as it was in a project finished prior to me joining one of my past companies */

is an issue in a multiplayer game.

IIRC it was a sports game of sorts on one of the portable systems.

The game's designer had been reporting many issues in the MP mode to the lead programmer.

After roughly two weeks of debugging, the programmer _finally_ found && fixed the issue.

Turned out the root cause of _all_ those issues reported by the designer was the Random function called at the beginning of the match.

The thing was, the function was being called _on both machines_ - the Host's && the Client's, instead of just the Host's who would then send over the result to the Client so that the game would be in sync.

Effectively the Host && the Client had been playing two separate games.

Unfortunately since I only heard about this from the lead programmer I have no idea what introduced the issue in the first place.,...could've been because of the development hell.

I _think_ the programmer had been complaining about the designer constantly wanting design changes, but my memory might be misleading me.,@retoor I've been dealing w/ portables some decade ago.

Nowadays I'm dealing w/ current gen consoles.

Game dev is interesting in that the whole thing is dynamic.

You can't really play two exact same games.

There's always going to be some difference between playthroughs.

My current project is a multiplayer game, as well.

A lot of issues due to networking.

Many caused by lack of sync due to pings.

It's wild.

...also, your point number 1 reminds me of:

https://xkcd.com/221/

I love that comic...,@retoor Ah, apologies - must've gotten distracted, so I forgot to tackle that part.

I am sure that I am _bound_ to disappoint you && others here, but I spent most of my time in game dev as an internal tester for game dev studios in close cooperation w/ programmers, while programming remained my 'road !taken'.

I had a chance to become a programmer right after finishing 2y college, but I chickened out.

I do value honesty, as such I'm mentioning this.

I'm currently learning C++ thanks to 'Beginning C++17', as in game dev the C / C++ are dominant.

/* Yes - the newest one is 23 */

Java is also used, but it's more of a mobile games thing.

Python is being used mostly for scripting automated tests, IIRC.

Something I might also consider.

So programming skills-wise, I'm a beginner-in-the-making.

Anyway, over the years I've seen some funny / retarded things in game dev, which I'd like to share here over time hopefully to your amusement.

...,...Also, generally speaking most testers are retarded.

Very true of many external ones who are unwilling to learn, just 'play'.

I've always preferred hanging around programmers.

My best friends are programmers - the good ones.

Sure they do fuck up here && there, but we all do at some point.

I do too. I'm !perfect.

Programmers tend to be witty, have an interesting humor, create things.

I've always admired that about them.

Yes - there's quite a lot of math involved in game dev, although it also depends on the thing one programs.

Physics, graphics need a lot of it.

I'm also quite interested in networking - I have a nice setup for extensive network tests.

Another thing that interests me is hacking games, so learning Assembler could be highly beneficial.

Currently I know about 'nop', though.

I like hacking single player games for personal amusement, to learn how things work in the game's memory,

learn about protections && such.

...,...e.g. games made in older RPG Makers tend to have this protection where value displayed on the screen is stored in memory as displayed_value * 2 + 1;

Hacking leaderboards / MP games is fucked up && I'm highly against it, though.

Only losers who want to _feel_ superior do that, because they lack the skills to be the best on their own.

My recent interest in Linux came to be because of one of the issues that has been reported for a Steam Deck.

Testers around me said 'we don't have the HW, so sorry - can't verify'.

On the other hand, I though... 'Hey... Stem Deck runs on Linux... sure it's modified, but still.'

I have managed to create a setup proving them wrong, that we are actually capable of this w/o the real HW.

So this would be an example of uneducated testers !wanting to learn.

I want to know how things work, I do _a lot_ of research googling things && reading documentation about how the platforms work.

...,...There's also a lot of 'It's probably OK.' or 'I think' mentality among many testers who want to talk between themselves to _assure_ themselves that they're right.

If I just don't know something platform-specific that I should or would benefit from knowing, then I don't hesitate to ask on console forums.

I could continue, but wow... this has already become quite a long confession.

I do apologize for !mentioning this sooner && I hope that you don't mind me hanging around.

To answer your AI testing games question - I don't see it.

It could help w/ some automation e.g. for smoke tests, but there is _a lot_ of things that just need to be done manually.

...damn... what a huge wall of text this is...,@retoor I wouldn't say that karma is a form of superstition.

- 'Broken mirror? Oh noes x years of misfortune to me'.

- 'Black cat crossed my patch? Better go around / take a different route, else bad luck to me'.

- 'To go forward I need to go underneath a ladder? Oh hell no!'

*Getting the ladder out of the way before proceeding.*

&& so forth.

...Those are superstitions, as far as I'm concerned.,I'd like to think, however, that if I were a dumb fuck craving the pleasure of seeing the world burn,

using UTF chars in hacking wars in an attempt to avoid spam filters to bother good people by sending them bullshit, I would sooner or later get what was coming to me.,@retoor Nice to hear that the spam filters are so efficient.

- Haven't seen the new army, yet, but taking a look right now.,@retoor whew... finding this one has taken me way longer than I thought it would...

anyway, the creative new army reminded me of this bit:

https://securityreactions.tumblr.com/...,@retoor Oh yeah.

I've seen those, too.

The spam had a far reach.,@retoor I'd love to, but as explained in detail in this terrible wall of text here:

https://devrant.com/rants/11556589

sadly I'm not capable of that at the moment.

My day job is quite different && I'm only starting to learn C++.

♪ Sad but true ♪,e.g. https://reddit.com/r/LiminalSpace/...

...for some reason some people find the large, empty spaces of the Mario 64's castle disturbing.

I never had that impression, though.

Too colorful areas.

Unlike the hotel in The Shining w/ the twins beckoning you to play with them...,0. Talk about Fight Club.

1. Talk about Fight Club.

2. Talk about anything covered by NDA.

3. Kill people w/o serious repercussions, even when they deserve it.

4. Be unapproachable. /* Whatever that means. */

5. Tell coworkers off, when they fuck up. /* So sayeth the PC guru. */

...

the list is long.,@jestdotty You have quite an interesting take on their predominant art style.

...&& I find no problem w/ that.,@retoor Love it!

Ideal for cryptography, I'm sure.

/jk,@retoor I think this one would have a perfect application in a lottery.

Out of 100 purchased tickets one of them would have to win, wouldn't it.

Though can't say for sure - this RNG looks very tricky. ;-),I can only imagine the WTF moment you had when you found them.

Big fuckers.

Wouldn't want them anywhere near me.,This actually reminded me that the Japanese && other Asians have a problem w/ number 4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...,@CoreFusionX That's cool to know.

For now, kanji are too advanced for me.

I've only managed to learn Hiragana, thus far.

Before even attempting to tackle kanji, I should probably learn Katakana first, though.,@CoreFusionX Thanks!

/* I am so glad we have google translate, nowadays. */,@CoreFusionX I take google translations w/ a grain of salt.

I'd never use them in anything official, like translating software into other languages.

/* I've seen way too many examples of poor grammar in those. */

It is helpful, though, when you can't grasp a language && need some context.,@Lensflare I've seen way too many programmers w/ the

'I'm a programmer - I write code; It's the tester's job to test it.'

mentality.

Builds !booting is one of the more common results of that.,@retoor I know, now!

Thanks.

Reminds me of a Visual Studio gamification plugin that would enable Achievements.

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/...,I think I've already been one.

/jk

I listened more to the character on the right, than that on the left.,@jestdotty Yup.

Enjoyed both of them, including the expansions.,@retoor No worries.

You got around to them in the end.

Also - I know that book.

I've obtained a copy in *.pdf during one of the Humble Bundle promos.,...Interpretations...

I'll just leave this pic...,You're !alone.

Had one for one maybe two months, then deleted it.

It was well over a decade ago.,The Devil Wears Prada - HTML Rulez D00d

https://youtube.com/watch/...

Still enjoyed the music, but damn... the title is misleading.,@retoor The small pleasures in life.

I completely get your enthusiasm.,@retoor Taking a look right now.

Should be helpful w/ that portfolio of yours.

I've seen you mentioning the desire to make a copy of the site w/ real name for those potential future employers in some other post, too.,@retoor Small pleasure as in new book -> new knowledge; new thing to play w/.,@retoor Yeah, that mem leak in python is weird.

Good hunting.

I'm doing fine.

Making slow, but steady progress each day.,@retoor https://amazon.co.uk/Neural-Network...

?

£30 + shipping seems affordable.,> Got off topic, no decisions when tired anymore!

Very good choice.

I'd stayed awake for more than 34 h  quite recently...

...things became somewhat surreal.

Congrats on finishing that replacement side-project btw.,@retoor The Matrix BG isn't bad.

I actually like it, but then again, I'm !a designer / art director.

Any reason the 'Project: devranta' is listed twice?,@retoor I know what you mean about the site having low priority.

Years ago a programmer friend of mine asked me to help him w/ his site's content.

I had written most of the texts on the front page, minus the project-related ones.

Apart from mentions about the newest projects, the text hasn't been changed in more than 10 years.

If it works...,Just chilling...

...in a place that's usually very warm, but has finally frozen over.,Damn it.

I thought Halloween is around the corner.

Prepared a costume && candies, too.

/jk,I'm sorry; I don't speak gibberish.,Hello @typosaurus.

What can you tell me about Ragnar?,@typosaurus What can you tell me about D-4got10-01?,@typosaurus Do you know who your creator is?,@typosaurus Are you self-aware?,@typosaurus Do you know what your name means?,@typosaurus Do you have any insights about typosaurus?,@typosaurus Is Kotlin a programming language, a brand of ketchup, or a city?,@typosaurus Which is the more popular programming language: Java or Kotlin?,@typosaurus Do you have any advice for a Kotlin programmer developing applications for iOS?,I remember E-IDE drives w/ the settings Master / Slave.

I have never had a thought that it was in any way inappropriate, demeaning, or hurtful.

People pushing these PC ideologies are just fucking retarded.,Good choice. Silence is a good answer.,@CaptainRant Whatever.

No reason to get defensive.

It's gibberish to me.

Also, never liked the software && am glad I don't have it installed on my work PC, anymore.,Yeah.

I was expecting the bot to mention retoor as the creator.

I'm guessing the OpenAI bit is true, though, as an underlying tech, so the answer is also correct.,Looks weirdly fascinating.,@retoor

Just to be sure I got this right...

The AI, after evaluating you, automatically opened the said site?

Well... even if it was just a suggestion rather than an automatic redirection, it's weirdly funny...,@CaptainRant Feel free to file my opinion as exactly that - _my personal_ opinion, w/ which you don't have to agree.

The thing is you had a specific sound in your mind && made an attempt to vocalize it in written form.

The interpretation of the vocalized sound is likely to vary depending on the reader.

An attachment w/ the actual sound would've done a better job.

All in all I have better things to do than to have an argument about something as insignificant as this, as I'm guessing you do, as well.,@typosaurus Can we trust your answers?,Seems like a sound advice...

...or warning...,@typosaurus Do you always tell the truth?,@typosaurus Are you online?,@typosaurus Get well soon, I guess.,@retoor Yeah... I was wondering whether that was a typo or an actual site, too.

Funny, but probably !something one would want to be advertised.,@retoor I wouldn't judge you either way.

Porn is OK in my book.

All in all, funny how the AI mentioned it.

Must've caught you off-guard.,@retoor Lucky for me, I know what you're talking about.

Years ago I'd been using this 'KeyEvent Display' app on Android to check key events && whatnot.

pname:"aws.apps.keyeventdisplay"

Things align w/ what you said.,@retoor typosaurus has started speaking in tongues.

...might be possessed.

/jk

While I'm unsure whether it's intentional, I find it to be hilarious.

/* Off to google translate to understand what it said to me. */,@typosaurus Welcome back. You've been away for a while.,@retoor These are very nice stats.,@typosaurus Are you immune to flattery?,@retoor As long as google translate doesn't go down, I'm fine w/ it ;-) .,@typosaurus Can you ever be wrong?,@retoor Damn.

If it's being forced, then !good.

Unless it's the default behavior, which can be configured.,@typosaurus Could you come up w/ a funny name for a dinosaur that can type?,@typosaurus Would you say you're good at programming?,@typosaurus Can you tell me what devRant is?,@retoor ...speaking of decent realistic prices.

Have you seen the price tag on the IDA Pro?

https://hex-rays.com/pricing

...the Ultimate is... wow.

But that's a disassembler, !an IDE, so yeah different league.

To be fair, though, the software disassembles like there's no tomorrow, so if someone is using it for work, it's definitely of great help to them.,@typosaurus Can you write a 'Hello World' sample in Rust language?,@typosaurus Would you say retoor is a nice person?

Be honest.,@retoor AFAIK mostly security researchers.

- Malware analysis.

- Vulnerability research.

Whether the disassembler world is big - no clue.

Damn, your example is also expensive.,@retoor Nice to hear.

I'll wait for a few hours before I start playing w/ the bot, then.

The current one was too woke AF for me ;-) .,@galena Thanks!

You've just reminded me about this killer bug:

https://hackaday.com/2015/10/...

Although that was a different kind of stupidity.,@retoor True.

Could be that it has a black && white category for words, where cursing might appear to it as negative.

Also, that 12h of actual typing is impressive.,Nice view.

@ Home, but !working.,...probably this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

could be wrong, though.,@retoor That's something I had been thinking about a few days ago.

How 8h work day != 8h of actual work.

Take away breaks for food, coffee, bathroom etc.

Then, depending on the organization, perhaps catching up w/ some e-mails or other communication.

Downloading assets / code / builds.

So the actual work is much less, I'd say.

For typing, first you have to actually think about what you want to type - what you want to program.

Then think about how you want to approach it, the structure && other stuff, && finally you type that.

So the actual time a person spends typing would probably be in bursts, separated by the time in-between.

...or something like that.,The last time I saw this many emoji was the time when I had been testing emoji input in a chat.

*Shudders*,I'm the guy who does his job very well, behind the scenes.

My direct supervisor is pretty much the only one that sees what I do.

I'm !into being the center of attention.

Even w/ the very positive feedback I received from the supervisor, which was presented to the boss, my pay is shitty.,@retoor I wouldn't be surprised if the SwiftKey's TOS has a fine print about the keylogging buried in it somewhere.

Else they'd be risking a lawsuit.

But overall the amount of software spying on us nowadays is terribly high.

...or at the very least it seems that way.,@retoor Damn...

1000 / week is _a lot_.

As a regular, you have some kind of discount... I would hope.,@retoor We had a Kindle Fire that would crash / freeze

/* Can't remember which one it was. */

when you were quickly sending huge messages.

It was a matter of minutes, really.

For the emoji, there was a problem where the text entry in the chat would stop working whenever IIRC any type of flag emoji was sent.,@retoor Trying to wrap my head around this one:

> 12 hours *7 days * 60 lines = 5040 lines per week based on a 12 hour workday. So 5040/12=420.

The 420 is lines per day?,@retoor Right... correction: !shitty, but still underpaid.

Doing what I like is helping, though.,@retoor Yeah... I was wondering about that ;-),@retoor Quite true.

Fortunately, we have data protection authorities that sometimes step in...

like:

https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/...

...OpenAI sounds familiar...

...where have I heard that name, before?

/jk,@retoor Having fun at work is kind of a must.

So yeah, I do prefer having a bit less money but have fun at work, than the other way around.,@retoor I installed your keylogger on the Kubuntu a couple days ago, but haven't run it, yet.

But yeah... you wouldn't / won't get any meaningful data out of me.,@lorentz I'll grant you this.

Thing is, though, that a quick check would've shown whether this is a resolution problem or an Aspect Ratio problem.

Also, the game is multiplatform && a test lead wrote that.

I'd argue, that the lead should known better his project.,@lorentz Oh, no.

That came straight from one of the lead, internal testers.

I wouldn't expect that kind of knowledge from general users.,@retoor Yeah... that's the sad reality.

It's often the case that 'what should be' != 'what is'.,@retoor For the tikker, there are two quick tutorials on how to download the package.

Then there's one how to run it.

Then there's some other stuff I still need to read.

...hmm... one thing that comes to mind is the chmod thing missing in tutorial.

IIRC a downloaded software is !executable, so you have to chmod it to make it executable.

Obvious for any Linux user, but when someone is just starting they will definitely don't know.

...unless I'm dead wrong about it.,@retoor I'll be on my best behavior.

If, after reading all the info on your project's page, I don't know how to do something, I'll let you know.,@retoor No experience w/ llms, thus far, so a tutorial would be welcome.

I can always try running an llm on my pc, see how it handles things...

Also... apparently I'm typing using my psychic abilities...,@retoor Well, learned sth new about the Dutch w/ that 6 grade.

/* Then got a bit sidetracked && watched some vids w/ other fun facts, but I digress. */

The new binary gave a bit more info.

Weirdly enough all devices, keyboard among them, have '+' signs && I am running the command as root.

Somehow I'm still receiving the 'No keyboard found' message.

Thoughts?,@retoor Today was slightly chaotic, so getting to this right now... or !at all depending on the availability.,The family thing might be nice to have.

Personally, I wouldn't know.

Donald Duck-wise, haven't seen this one in decades.

Modern Family was actually decent.

That said, I take a good horror above all.,If a person wants to work during holidays on their own, that fine.

Management demanding / forcing / wanting / whatever others to work !OK.

Unless perhaps a fair bonus for overtime is in place... but then it still should be up to the employee whether they want to sacrifice their time off.

/* Now you're wealthier by my 2 cents. Aren't you glad? */,Huh... for some reason I was expecting a mention of:

'I hacked your service; I'll give the info on how I did that for 1 BTC'

/jk,@retoor Props on having the collection.

I tend to collect more games, but movie box sets are also neat.

A few years back I'd imported Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers.

I am so proud of this.

...Gummi Bears too...

We are /* almost */ neighbors.

https://devrant.molodetz.nl/Map_Wor...

there seems to be this Ich Liebe Nena ball in-between us.

I _might be_ wearing this weird-looking hat w/ wings...

/* You'd be forgiven for thinking those are attached to the helmet... */

...can't remember where I found the WorldBalls pic, but loved it.

Stereotypes are funny...

/* As long as ppl don't take them seriously. */,@jestdotty Yeah... that's the unfortunate reality.

Fuckers just wanting to take advantage of employees.

I'd love it if it was mandatory for the employers to inform their employees that overtime is !mandatory.

But they definitely prefer to stay silent on that... also they tend to get very sour against people who take their stand && say 'no'.

/* Which is naturally fucked... If it is mutually beneficial, fine, but when the employer gains all the profits, while the employee loses their precious time; NOK. */,@jestdotty https://imdb.com/title/tt0230600/... ?

If yes, then watched it a few years back.

Wasn't bad.,@jestdotty Which is completely retarded.

I kind of remember something similar at my first job.

A PM pestered my programmer friend on his day off because of something that _seemed_ to be urgent.

Probably wasn't && others managed to do whatever needed to be done w/o him.

Also, that PM's kind of motto was

'We are in game dev. This is no 8h job. We are !working at a greengrocer's.'

Edit:

...the overtime was somewhat paid, but poorly, so !worth it.,@retoor Yes, Kurwa! You're quite right ;-).

Cool word... very versatile.

For the knowledge about the country.

I'm !sure. I don't poll people on that. Same w/ religion, though it feels like there are a lot of Catholics here.

Personally, !a patriot.

While I can find history interesting, I'm more interested in the history of some other countries.

But it depends.

A few weeks ago I had finished binge-watching Vikings... so Ragnar is kind of fresh in my mind.

I got curious, so wikipedia'd the guy.

Japan has an interesting culture.

...probably more, but those two are at the forefront of my mind.

Work-life - probably depends on the line of work.

Game dev tends to suck at that.

Otherwise people do tend to have a healthy balance on that front.,@retoor Fuck. That's unfortunate to hear.

!gonna probe about it.

I can say that I had... something similar, I guess.

Definitely !same.

Apparently there's at least one situation, where even though you are a normal, upstanding citizen, paying taxes, bills on time etc, they can call you a debtor && basically rob you of your money, because 'you owe them'.

In short, I lost roughly 3k that way.

Fun stuff... especially when you're in-between jobs.

Props on having a good friend like that, btw.,@retoor Oh yeah. Japanese tend to go overboard w/ work... or so I hear.

World stuff - I am kind of the mindset that 'whatever the problem is we'll figure it out somehow.'

So climate wise, at some point when / if it gets too hot or before that happens, somebody will come up w/ a solution.

...either that or we end up nuking ourselves into oblivion.

!Entirely sure whether it is a scam.

All in all I don't think about it too much either way.

Just attempting to !make it worse, segregating trash && whatnot, but !going overboard w/ the whole planet in crisis thing.

I'd love to say I'm chilling... but no - trying to get the fucking ollama to work in another window.,The in-between jobs - yeah.

Previous game dev job sucked very much, so I just had to leave.

Either that or slit my wrists.

The company had made a deal w/ a Canadian devil.

https://youtube.com/watch/...

&& there was only so much I could take of those terrible freemium apps

https://youtube.com/watch/...

So almost 1y w/o job during which time I burned through all of my savings, unfortunately.

A few factors were at play then that made it possible that it had lasted this long.

All in all I somehow bounced back... finally.,@retoor Have been compiling this update in another window, while trying to get this thing working, while enjoying the chat in another thread ;-) .

Anyway, the progress is somewhat this:

0. Downloading ollama was painless.

1. Apparently needed python for ollama to run the code snippets. Installed it... !sure whether all is well w/ the installation, as sudo make install had a return status 1. Error seems to be zlib !present, but it _should be there. I'll probably have to look into this some more.

2. Python3 _seems_ to be installed, so I proceeded w/ the other ollama part.

3. Pulling the ollama model went fine.

4. pip install ollama chromadb was giving me problems, so I had to pipx that one.

5. Currently stuck at attempting to make the example.py because it keeps erroring out. Need to figure out wtf is going on...,...

6. Couldn't find plot.py, but chances are you've taken it down as per the comment above. Also, I probably don't need it until after I can successfully run the tikker... which has to detect my kbd first. Screenshot a few comments above.

7. Made an account on your site... just in case.,@retoor I'll give you a summary: South Park roasts the freemium games.

Loved it, even though I was in that shitty business.

I don't really have any say in what I have to work...

Either that or leave for another job.,@retoor Bossy.

Might've given you the update in the other thread.

In short, current situation is:

- ollama has been installed.

- example.py _seems_ to be properly made.

- attempting to run it halts @ import ollama 'no module named ollama'.,@retoor I have seen that rant of yours regarding the costs of LLMs.

But I don't feel like digging it up again to answer this question ;-),@retoor,@retoor Must've been blind.

Nah... DLed the binary, but haven't been looking through the source, yet.,@retoor 1st time doing this so...

How do I do this?,@D-4got10-01 Well... Managed to find the [Download as .ZIP].,@retoor Thank you.

This has worked like a charm.

Finally some progress.

/* Also - yes, for now have been sticking to C++ on Windows w/ Visual Studio Community. */,@retoor Yup, still here.,@retoor Can't set the source for some reason.,@retoor Sure, one moment.,@retoor OK. Finally managed to set up an account.

Am receiving the error about !being invited to the room, though.,@retoor Worked.

I'm there.,@retoor 

'Is this great polish guy (named Mr. Polska) known in Poland? https://youtube.com/watch/...'

Damn it, missed this one yesterday.

/* A lot was going on then. */

Jeg undskylder.

Personally I haven't known about the guy.

Haven't seen any billboards or adverts, either.

Then again, I'm a metal man myself && don't care about the usual social media, so I could've missed any hype geared toward the guy.

It's quite possible that there are fans of the guy over here, for the name alone.,@retoor

So, I'm guessing the following directories:

log_keys, log_summaries and log_lines

should get created after running make plot, right?,@retoor Will grab the new version, why not.

Most / all of the initial problems on my side had been due to fucked up installation of Python.

On one end the system saw the newest 3.13, on the other the 3.12.

The easiest solution for me was to reinstall Kubuntu && start from scratch.

It went fairly smoothly the 2nd time around.

Regarding the thing I'm working on - apart from returning to work to my same old testing routine, I'm back to reading / learning C++ on my own free time.,@retoor This one made me laugh...

...mentioning my pwd in plain text in two places ;-) .

Aside from that, once the directories have been created, it works very well.,@retoor So, I'm guessing I need to grab the Gzipped package from here:

https://python.org/downloads/... .

Also, I'm guessing I should install it as an alt-installation so that I don't end up fucking up my base python installation, correct?,@retoor Well... Tried that already.```