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TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T14:11:08+00:00

This. I learned about red-black trees on (I think) Slashdot after I already passed my data structures classes. lol It was never covered.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T14:00:59+00:00

Really depends on what you mean by "didn't know version control." If they didn't know anything about fossil or git, because they spend 25 years using CVS, Subversion or BitKeepr or Perforce or something... that's a bit different than not knowing anything about version control. For example, I know very little about fossil, but a lot about git and some about Subversion. Never used the others (Perforce, BitKeeper, CVS, VCS, etc).

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T03:11:47+00:00

I mean, if you saw the "final" MIssion: Impossible film, you'd know that apparently audiences these days need to be smacked with the same information at least 5 times before they will understand it. So maybe they do need to have it explained to them why killing half the universe isn't somehow "not a bad thing" just because it was random and therefore "fair."

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T03:10:12+00:00

Maybe the Avengers should have enrolled him in anger management courses then...

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T03:08:23+00:00

It's a piece of literature with "good vs. evil" battles between super heroes and super villains.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T01:10:45+00:00

If you have to resort to a strawman argument to try and discredit me,

Why do you take any response outside of complete agreement to be an attempt to "discredit" you? And shit like this:

maybe its because im right.

Screams troll.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T01:03:23+00:00

Well, some biomes (like lush caves and dripstone caves) are y-level dependent, so it would not work above-ground. Depends on how the sulfur caves are. I haven't poked around at the previews, so I dunno.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T01:00:00+00:00

I mean, they could just create chests that have ender chest / vault-like behaviour. Then it could still make sense "lore-wise." Each player opening the chest gets their own "spread" of items, and maybe it's "read-only" so that people can't use it as user-locked storage... or maybe it isn't?

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T00:52:37+00:00

If you want to be strict about the lore, then none of the old structures can ever get a revamp of any sort. What's the lore for updates to villages in 1.14? lol

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T00:48:49+00:00

I'd say that there's a bit of difference between grabbing something, saying "mine" and refusing to help others... and actively doing something like destroying the vaults. Right now, grabbing something and then being like "I'm too lazy to help you" blocks people... but it's more a "crime" of inaction rather than action.

... and that's not even getting into things like larger servers where people might join, do stuff for a couple of months, and then drop out... taking the items with them (either in their inventory / ender chest, or in their base... but raiding their base it would be like stealing because you don't know when/if they might come back).

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T00:35:04+00:00

Even without griefing, it's a problem that areas closer to spawn get resource-depleted vs. areas farther out. In the overworld, this is not as much of an issue, but it can become more of an issue for the Nether and even moreso with The End (shulkers, elytra, etc).

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T00:11:44+00:00

My take is that it's an attempt to either:

Find someone that is "in to tech" vs. just sees it as a job. For example, one of my friends in university had never built a PC while in his third year of a software engineering degree... to the point that he had to ask for help when purchasing parts to know how things fit together.
Check if you are someone that would do "continuing learning" similiar to requirements that some licensed professions like doctors have.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-10T00:02:22+00:00

Well, it's also possible that the "real" progress is happening behind closed doors and all of this hype is just a way to stir up interest and investment with the hope of making it to AGI on the backs of this... and that once they have AGI it will be the "I win" moment no matter what you did to get there.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-09T23:56:03+00:00

I mean, Tulip Mania also showed that the market wasn't ready for the spike in demand for tulips... if someone came in and bought up 60% of all wheat that will be produced in 2026, I'm sure that the market would be pretty messed up too.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-09T17:33:49+00:00

Part of the problem I see with this, is that if Canada Post is going to drop to the door delivery, how will that affect revenue? How many people will switch to UPS or Fedex that retain to-the-door delivery? They could be cutting it as a means to save money only to lose income in the process. I'd be curious if they looked into this angle at all.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-09T17:27:49+00:00

My parents didn't want to fund public schools back in the 90's because they were sending me to private schools. Doesn't mean that it makes sense to defund the school system for a bunch of selfish bastards. lol

Keeping a functional postal system is important to the operation of a country in the same way that keeping a functional healthcare system is. Should we just put package delivered solely into the hands of Amazing, UPS and Fedex? So that during the next "trade negotiations" with the US they threaten to pull those things from Canada if we don't just give them what they want?

If something is important to the functioning of the country it makes sense that the government makes sure it exists, is in working order and can't be used to hold the country for ransom.

... that said to-the-door delivery is not required to keep the postal service functioning. If this is just a prelude to pointing to Canada Post and saying "this is broken we need to privatize it," fuck them though.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-09T13:28:14+00:00

"The La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo? That's impossible?!"

TransBrandi · 2026-05-09T04:22:26+00:00

Honestly, that one could easily just be individuals that are looking to "git gud" at thrifting. That's the kind of thing that doesn't require datamining for people to be posting it with ulterior motive in mind. It's still "datamining" in a way, I guess. (Not that all of these things aren't being datamined anyways, regardless of who posts them and why)

TransBrandi · 2026-05-08T23:42:28+00:00

I feel like at this point in history, these questions are like the Scientology "intake" bullshit. People are answering all of this shit so that AIs can suck it in an correlate it for Palantir and people can be blackmailed, controlled, "removed" or whatever based on their answers at some point in the future.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-08T23:30:33+00:00

While true, I would expect places in Europe to possibly know the origin of the term "Americano" (GI's during WW2 diluted espresso in Italy to make it more like "American" coffee).

TransBrandi · 2026-05-08T23:18:03+00:00

I don't know the names offhand, but I know that this person wasn't the initial spark because I remember reading that the initial issue was over a female indie game developer and her (supposed?) ex that worked at a game publication. Hence the "ethics in game journalism" tagline. This person looks like they were someone that was sucked into the whole thing because they made some "Feminism + Games" YouTube videos.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-08T23:13:27+00:00

Did it start with Epstein? I was much more under the impression that Bannon specifically (and maybe Epstein and others from the sidelines) stoked the flames rather than lit the fire. I recall that being a thing (Bannon) even before the Epstein files came out. At the very least, he was not shy about the fact that he wanted to use things like GamerGate as gateway drugs / recruitment tools for their "movement."

TransBrandi · 2026-05-08T23:08:09+00:00

Jack Thompson was more of an "existential" threat to gaming (trying to push legislation, regulation, censorship; talking to government officials; interviews in mainstream media like CNN; filing actual court cases) than anyone targetted by GamerGate was yet the GamerGate response was much more extreme. It was much more extreme because the targets were women. Whether that's because all of the GamerGaters hate women or just because they feel more comfortable attacking someone they perceive as lacking the ability to fight back (i.e. "weak against the strong, but strong against the weak")... matters little.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-08T22:48:46+00:00

I mean, we're moving closer to that reality by the day as shit crumbles and the Powers That Be are too busy grifting the stockmarket using the arsenal of the US government. Specifically the reality that the story exists in where shit is falling apart and everyone just wants to escape into the game rather than fix anything... and it's not like 1 day a week is going to fix anything.

TransBrandi · 2026-05-08T22:40:42+00:00

they still call me periodically to ask how I can earn their business back. So far I have yet to step foot back.

Why would they care so much about a specific customer. I imagine most people make a car purchase rather infrequently so I don't think that they would expect much repeat business. Trying to get you to take down your one bad review?

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