dandi8

That’s not creepy or weird, that’s horrifying.

Are you complaining that older versions of Java don’t have the features of newer versions of Java…?

For me, as primarily a backend dev, the argument was that it’s a framework, unlike React, so you get an everything-in-one solution which is quite easy to setup and use.

Given that Google still hasn’t killed this one yet, it’s also a mature platform with plenty of articles online on how to use it.

IIRC the license was also better than React’s, at least last time I checked.

Not sure on what the landscape looks like today, but when I was making the choice, the internet didn’t seem to consider other solutions to be competitive with either React or Angular.

Over my dead body.

I feel like I’d believe it if the headline was about John McAfee.

I’m fairly sure the crouch jump is part of the Half-Life 1 tutorial level.

I just beat this level yesterday!

It becomes easy… Once you know what the tricks are supposed to be, which the game doesn’t tell you at all.

For me, these were the tips I needed:

1. There’s a dedicated button for burnout, which makes it super easy to do the 360
2. the slalom only counts if you do the pillars on one side of the garage BOTH WAYS
3. To do a backwards 180, drive backwards, then push one direction, then halfway through push the other direction.

Supposedly the PSX version also has a video in the options menu which shows you a dev completing the course, with button prompts on screen.

Oh, and there’s a cheat code in-game to skip this level entirely.

First part of the article sounds like what I’d expect.

The second part makes me wonder if this research was sponsored by some company which provides “Prompt Engineering” training.

Joplin itself is AGPL. Unfortunately, Joplin Server is under “JOPLIN SERVER PERSONAL USE LICENSE”.

While I really like Joplin, I’m thinking of making the switch to something fully open source.

While that sucks, it’s only some games, and AFAIK they only rely on Gog Galaxy for the multiplayer features sometimes, and maybe achievements.

I’m also still holding out hope they’ll come out with a Linux version of GOG Galaxy. For now, for my single player gaming purposes, running the games using Lutris (or Heroic, which I’ve heard is even better for this) is good enough for my Linux gaming needs.

I think GOG gets better and better as a place to buy games.

I’m a die-hard fan just for the DRM-free offline installers they provide, but the game selection has been consistently getting wider, to the point where many AAA games release on GOG on day one.

The deals are also generally nice.

Can’t easily download offline installers, though.

They refused to pull out of Russia when it invaded Ukraine, though, so they’re shitty in other ways.

As a dev, I think agile works best when there’s an ongoing conversation with the users, and I usually have to fight with management to get to speak to those actual users.

It’s no less possible than for the tooth fairy, or Santa Claus to exist.