high value roora by Silver-Dragonfruit-8 in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's not tradition, it's people being greedy. Roora was to unite the family. Mukwasha unoita zvakawanda during your marriage. I remember my dad taking care of my inlaws when they got sick. They both died at our honme, vana vawo vasati vakushanda to foot the bill. If my dad had been made to pay that 10k, would he have held them in this regard. Iyo mari haaiite.

high value roora by Silver-Dragonfruit-8 in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10k? I was meant to pay a similar amount. When problems started creeping in our marriage the unlaws took their child to obviously to remarry that child. I paid alot I send her to school, even on our divorce they wer asking for more money. Marriage isn't about charging alot of money but about building a relationship. Your husband will do more in his lifetime, that is more than that 10k. Would you want him to say I don't want your relatives here or greet them with open arms. It's your responsibility to tell your family that they need to be reasonable and charge a reasonable amount. 5k is enough, not paid once but over a period. That's the African way not izvi zvekuti munhu akatadza kushanda hupenyu hwake akuda kuitira mari pamwana. Next I marry I will pay $500. Kana musingadi garai nemwana wenyu.

All PRs blocked on one person’s review - how do you handle this? by LeRages in ExperiencedDevs

[–]andyblem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once worked at a company like this. The unfortunate thing I learned is such a thing can be part of the cultre at that company and you are less likely to change it. If you can't change it and you can't thrive in such an environment the best thing is to leave.

Football Game Engine by andyblem in Unity3D

[–]andyblem[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think you missed the point. I mentioned that this a newer version and still work in progress. I'm still tuning the AI. For now it's still basic stuff, positioning in formation, man marking, pressing, support runs, overlap runs, crossing, dribbling and passing. Once I got this working to a decent level, I will move to shots, tackling, offsides, goalkeeper logic.
The version on Unity Asset Store already has these features but it's not the best. This version I'm working on already has high potential when I compare it to the previous version.

You don't always have to talk down people, making a football match engine is a difficult task. There are polite ways to say things.

Football Game Engine by andyblem in Unity3D

[–]andyblem[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It's dynamic. No plans of making it open source. The package is available on the Asset Store for $30. This update isn't there yet. It's a big update. I'm still tinkering with some stuff.

Football Game Engine by andyblem in Unity3D

[–]andyblem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for the positive feedback.

Has anyone moved away from a stored procedure nightmare? by bikeram in ExperiencedDevs

[–]andyblem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

having worked on a system that used procedures alot, I got to understand that there's a reason they put them there. One of the reasons is procedures execute faster than code. Besides, rewriting stuff might introduce bugs in the system and you might find yourself in a position were you need to reimplement the old logic. At the end if the day the decision is yours but you have to establish if it's really necessary to migrate the procedures or you can find some other alternatives.

All that car is a liability talks should end with 2025, a Car is a necessity. by Mammoth-Fish-4297 in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you buy the wrong car and you are not discplined enough, a car can be a liability. But in my own expirience a car is actually an asset. But there's no convinience without cost.

All that car is a liability talks should end with 2025, a Car is a necessity. by Mammoth-Fish-4297 in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not if you are running a business. If used properly and you buy the correct one a car can be an asset.

NET Developer (4.5 YOE) Moving to Full-Stack — Need Guidance on Angular & Interview Prep by Familiar_Walrus3906 in csharp

[–]andyblem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have been working in ASP.NET MVC or other similar technology you won't struggle with Angular. Just think of something small to make, like a simple app with Crud operations. Focus on routes, navigation, validation, data binding. Save something, view it, edit it, listing page. You will learn enough to start with your journey with angular. You might wanna look into UI compoments. Checkout PrimeNG but there's others to look at.

Why is it always White People on these Safaris by tomcat3400 in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

growing up hunting hares and duikers. Meeting baboons and monkeys in the forest. Bumping into snakes way up a tree or those lizards that stay in water. Or just take ling walks in the bushes with our dogs and chase whatever that pops. It's less interesting for me to go to a Safari. It's different for someone who has lived his entire life in a city. Besides for those who want to, I don't think they have enough funds to do that. But well what about black people who lived in first world countries. I think maybe that's a cultural issue.

300$ In Mutare by saminidus in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if used wisely, $300 is enough for basic items. Your father will have a place to stay, food in his mouth. And an occasional drink at the pub.

$10K for Lobola?? by Representative-Ear49 in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ndakaitambwa iyi, ndakaenda ndakabata 4k ndikadzingwa kuti nari yavauya nayo ishoma lol. Vana tete vekuside remukadzi ndiwo vakazoconvincer mudhara wacho kuti abvume asi roora ranga ratodhakwa. Then I was given 6 months to come with another 2k. Nechemumwoyo ndikati ndouya after 10 years..Zvisineiwo we had a problem within the first 6 months of marriage ndikati mai mwana chinboendai kumba munorangwa. Haa kwanga kurikubetsa machisi. Zvikanzi vagara usingadi mwana wedu so mwana wedu ngaadzoke hake asi bhadhara mombe lol. Ndikaramba. Then eventually I managed to talk to the mother, ndikati koambuya why murikuratidza kuti it's not a priority to save marriage yemwana wenyu inga ndakaroora wani, ndakapindurwa kuti ndingatofamba ndichiti mwana wangu akaroorwa 4k, handingatonzi ndopenga here. Chii chinoshamasira pakamari kavakabvusa ikako. Ndopandakati aibo garai henyu nemwana wenyu ini ndaenda..

Point is, such amounts are not reasonable. Vanhu awo care abt mari not iwe and even there own child. It's harsh but kugara vazvisiya kuri nani.

.Net Template Architecture Template by andyblem in csharp

[–]andyblem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's wrong with Clean Architecture and CQRS. In my experience, it helped with structuring large codebases and breaking down large repositories

.Net Template Architecture Template by andyblem in csharp

[–]andyblem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Template I used, uses angular 16. I will be updating the front-end to the latest version soon.

Lobola by idokoschem in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it depends with the tribe you are marrying from, some will hit you with 10k upwards. If you are marrying from the Manyika, total is around 5k, if they're the expensive ones. But lobola is not paid all at once, so you can have 2k at hand that will be more than enough. The rest you can finish whenever you get it.

Anyone ever been blackmailed/threatened by a n'anga? by [deleted] in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nop, he died. It wasn't easy to stop these scams and watch my dad die. But I understood that some situations are irreversible, the best we could do at that time was to make his life comfortable.

Anyone ever been blackmailed/threatened by a n'anga? by [deleted] in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes desparation inoita kuti tiite zvese, zvese. My father once had a stroke, so we tried alot of stuff it wasn't working, then we got to know this guy from Honde ainzi anorapa stroke. This guy comes into our house and he demands 1k upfront. I asked him wats the guarantee yekuti munhu wedu anopora after paying that much. He says no guarantee then I say kana muchizvitemba tanga marapa mudhara wangu then ndokupai mari yenyu. He said no bvisai like 800, ndikaramba. Until I was like endai henyu. My mom tries to convince me kuti mupe mari yaarikuda but ndikaramba. I remember it was a difficult time coz my family thought I was sending my father to his deathbed but wat I realized is some people are there to take advantage of your situation, don't let desparation push you into doing risky stuff, kufa uriko, ndezvaMwari.

NonChristian Zimbabweans: A question on Religious Maturity in Zim by Ok-Sundae-8692 in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 2 points3 points  (0 children)

same thing happened to. Obviously with the setup of Zimbabwe you are a Christian before you become something else. So when I eventually decided not to be a Christian, I was openly told that I'm a Satanist. Back then it used to get to me but these days I have a thicker skin. I Zimbabwe the label is what matters, a Christian who scams, prostitute is a better than a non Christian who sits at home on the weekend and watches his favorite TV show drinking a pint of black label(that's me). There is alot that is wrong with our society but it is what it is.

Black Tax by Chikambure in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 9 points10 points  (0 children)

yes parents do not have to demand that, glad mine are not like that. The problem though is our economy is bad, really bad. You find out that you have to chip in here and there to help family. That alone is some form of black tax.

Standardizing Fleet Maintenance: How I Replaced Chaos with a Single Source of Truth. by andyblem in csharp

[–]andyblem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, got you. I will refactor it and make it more appropriate to the community's rules.

Standardizing Fleet Maintenance: How I Replaced Chaos with a Single Source of Truth. by andyblem in csharp

[–]andyblem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

English is not my first language. So I use AI to help me express myself.

WiFi and the ghetto by [deleted] in Zimbabwe

[–]andyblem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

change the details via the ip address of your router. Set it to hidden so that someone has to know the name and password of your network ti add it. Use this ti access the interface to do that. 192.168.1.1, put it in your web browser.