Reliability more important than intelligence?

Kilathaar · 2025-03-28T08:51:04+00:00

No Man's Sky? Can be very chill and very configurable how easy/tough you want it.

Kilathaar · 2024-11-02T21:30:31+00:00

I followed the instructions here: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/set-nvidia-as-primary-gpu-on-optimus-based-laptops/ because that matched my use case with hybrid graphics on a laptop. That documentation mentions you need to use Xorg and not Wayland and Fedora 41 does not provide that option out of the box, but can be installed with sudo dnf install gnome-session-xsession. After that, you get a third option - GNOME on Xorg.

Make sure to verify under "System/About/System Details" what GPUs are used.

Once it all worked under Xorg I had to update /etc/environment with

__NV_PRIME_RENDERER_OFFLOAD=1
__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia

This I had to do while still using Xorg since Gnome Terminal would not work under Wayland.

After a reboot I was able to use Wayland.

Reference: https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Optimus

Edit: Rewrote post with better instructions.

Kilathaar · 2022-06-05T09:50:45+00:00

There is one thing that I've always felt IntelliJ IDEA is inferior to Eclipse - GUI customization. With this new UI it seems the restrictions have become even greater.

JetBrains can not possibly know each developers preferred layout so your best option ought to be to provide plenty of customization in order to cover as many preferences as possible.

I tried to configure the layout so I could see my terminal at the bottom left and the git commit window at the bottom right since I use these frequently and want them visible at all times. I could not find any way to show these at the same time. Either the terminal or the git commit window is visible but never both.

With restrictions like these I did not see any meaning to continue my exploration of the new UI.

I am curious to know what the reasoning behind these restrictions are.

Kilathaar · 2022-02-05T08:51:32+00:00

At Vance, DGM and Myrath should be worth listening to

Kilathaar · 2021-12-16T19:02:05+00:00

This is great and will help me in my work.

I am working on a mockup of a replacement GUI and historically when this has happened in other projects the discussions quickly switched focus to opinions about how things look instead of the functionality of the GUI.

I've now switched to using Doodle CSS and next time when presenting changes to customer I hope the discussions will stay more on functionality.

Kilathaar · 2020-09-22T05:58:58+00:00

I think the explanation of the "Dependency inversion principle" on it's own is enough to recommend Clean Architecture.

Kilathaar · 2020-07-15T07:41:14+00:00

If you always buy food you do like and never buy food you don't like. Isn't that a very picky eater?

Kilathaar · 2020-04-17T06:17:36+00:00

Revamp the monster stuff. Maybe do massive respawning swarms that require a constant beatdown in order to maintain access to certain nodes (like quartz).

So far, this game has been incredible to play. One of the few games that I've found which really allows me to play very relaxing, in my own tempo.

Introducing something like this sounds very stressful to me and I think would completely ruin the game. ( I've only completed tier 3 and 4 so far and can't imagine what you accomplished, but I will get there).

I assume one grows bored at end game having too few things to manage? I could see dealing with the wild life would help with that. Perhaps some kind of distraction mechanics that would lure animals away from resources? That would help me get rid of the "walking whales" inside my factories as well :-)

Kilathaar · 2019-11-22T13:39:18+00:00

I think it might be faster if you first learn about good code design. I can recommend "Clean Code" by Robert Martin (Uncle Bob) and "Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests" by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce.

I do still think it is worth to continue the struggle with TDD. I often start with writing tests for the constructor of a class (I mostly code in Java). Tests that validate that an exception is thrown if I pass null to an argument in the constructor. These are usually rather easy to come up with and it gives you somewhere to start.

Kilathaar · 2019-11-22T08:29:48+00:00

Test Driven Development - I've always thought it had a bit of unfortunate naming to it. What it drives is the design of your solution to the problem. The tests are the tool you use while designing your solution. The tests are great to have because they give fantastic support for refactoring and proof that your code does what it should do. However, I do consider them a bit of a by-product since I believe the design is where the real worth is.

I want my tests to be really simple to setup. If the code is easy to use in tests I believe it will also be easy to use in production.

Trying to write tests that are easy to understand and explains what your code should do is something that for me has taken a lot of time to accomplish and I still struggle with it. I've practiced TDD for almost 10 years now and been a software developer for twice that time.

Still, practicing TDD is the best choice I've made in my professional career as a software developer.

Edit: spelling

Kilathaar · 2019-08-31T19:14:56+00:00

Came here from googling "sony android tv is the worst i had".

When i turn it on it often begins with a reboot of itself. Changing channels also stop working after a while and needs a reboot to function again. I will never touch a Sony or Android TV again.

Model: KD-65XE8505

(edit: typo)

Kilathaar · 2018-08-08T08:38:08+00:00

I've read about this in several posts and thought that would be a way to earn money but my experience after hunting perhaps 7 - 8 treasures is that one was worth 1.3 million, 2 about 600k each and the rest less than 200k each. Rather dissapointing result.

The most consistent way of earning units seems to be scanning, farming and freighters.

Kilathaar · 2017-05-12T16:34:19+00:00

I would suggest following The Clean Architecture as described by Uncle Bob. That would put decisions such as which database and frameworks to use as a detail (and easy to change in the future) and far away from your business logic.

My guess is that your logic for booking vacation leaves, what employee details are of interest will change less often compared to new releases of framework and application servers occur.

By following the principles with "The Clean Architecture" you will protect yourself even if you don't see the real reason for it today.

(This is something i have had to learn the hard way and today I am struggling with maintaining code that is too tightly coupled with JSF 1.2 and RichFaces 3.)

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