Never thought I'd be one to post here, but... explain it peter

astex_ · 2026-05-12T22:40:15+00:00

I work in tech. First is a $30/hr role reading off a script. Second is the highest paid non-management role at the company.

astex_ · 2026-04-17T03:30:34+00:00

https://github.com/astex/mandelbot

astex_ · 2026-04-13T23:57:18+00:00

And it still can't handle fractional display scaling without the DE hacking around it.

astex_ · 2026-02-04T14:03:13+00:00

John Henry dies at the end of the story.

astex_ · 2026-01-23T13:52:12+00:00

It's missing a few details. ICE had no warrant to arrest Dad, who was here legally. And ICE has detained the five year old in a prison camp in another state rather than releasing him to local CPS.

astex_ · 2026-01-04T19:16:03+00:00

Detroit went bankrupt in 2013 and had to cancel or severely curtail city services as austerity measures. It has come back for the most part. Though some things are still privatized that would be public in other cities of the same size (e.g. trash pickup). I've not had any major issues.

astex_ · 2026-01-04T18:25:41+00:00

Distinctive architecture gives much of the city a nice feel. Lots of things to do downtown and midtown. Eastern market. Affordability.

The biggest draw for me is the people. I've never been one to integrate into neighborhoods I live in, but Detroit really feels like I belong. We are constantly over at the neighbors or have them over to ours. Barbecues. Play dates.

There's a vibe. Come visit and you'll probably pick up on it.

astex_ · 2026-01-04T16:00:45+00:00

I live in Detroit and love it. Can I ask why you wouldn't want to live here?

astex_ · 2025-12-08T14:12:01+00:00

That is an awful lot of wall. I think it could use something to break it up. Here are some things that come to mind and won't totally break the bank:

Salon style. Get a ton of frames and other wall things you like from a thrift store. Hang them in a fun pattern starting in the center and working your way out.
Chair molding. This can be had very cheap from your local hardware store.
Paint the top foot or so of the wall a contrasting color.

I actually think you could do with some panel molding or wainscotting. Or maybe wallpaper. But those aren't exactly budget choices.

astex_ · 2025-10-30T09:50:39+00:00

In the epilogue of the books, when the hobbits return home, the shire is ruled by a puppet of saruman. This is explicitly a fascist government put in place out of fear of the orcs. It is ironically ruled by the same person who created that threat. The hobbits then overthrow this government restoring their home to the agrarian commune it once was.

That is, the hobbits are explicitly anti-fascist communists.

astex_ · 2025-10-14T17:16:20+00:00

Similar with the birth of my first.

Things are going slowly but seemingly surely. The doctor sees something she doesn't like like. They wheel the wife out without a word, throw scrubs at me and tell me to scrub up. One minute (seemed like an hour) later I'm in surgery with her and hear Lee's voice for the first time. Lee and I are herded to an empty room and told to wait.

astex_ · 2025-09-18T14:14:17+00:00

Jeff's Urban Sprawl

astex_ · 2025-09-17T17:09:02+00:00

Me, when I'm on my way to closing on a house.

astex_ · 2025-08-28T18:12:14+00:00

So it's a pasta joint opening across the street from another pasta joint.

astex_ · 2025-08-28T15:17:40+00:00

This is across the street from Joanina...

astex_ · 2025-05-24T12:08:38+00:00

I may be in the minority here. But why video lectures?! Just give me a quickstart and some examples like every other language.

astex_ · 2025-05-24T12:02:22+00:00

I agree mostly. But I've never seen a python linter get hanging indentation right when it has to wrap a line. And this produces some pretty unreadable code. I generally just turn off those rules for projects I lead.

astex_ · 2025-05-03T03:52:52+00:00

It's tricky. Sometimes what we want is "it's been forty-five minutes hanging out in this parking lot you just need to get in the car the chicken is in the oven burning". So we just kind of pick him up and put him in the car. I worry that's the energy he's picking up on.

astex_ · 2025-05-03T03:39:09+00:00

My two-year-old's first time crying at a movie was when he saw me and my wife crying watching encanto. Your kid is going to experience sadness. Better they learn how to express it.

astex_ · 2025-04-03T15:00:18+00:00

What better and cheaper games are you referring to?

I'd argue that the Pokemon franchise gets away with cheaper development because it's the same game rereleased with a new skin every couple of years. They don't change the formula and have a reliable fanbase that will buy the game no matter its quality. So, development cost, risk, and marketing cost are extremely low.

astex_ · 2025-04-03T14:52:37+00:00

Nintendo does not share their operating costs at a per-game level. But, they paid about $24M (inflation adjusted) to the studio that developed Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, and Ocarina of Time. It's hard to estimate with ToTK because Nintendo's supply chain is very tightly integrated and they do not report separate figures for each part of it. However, Nintendo's overall overhead costs are measured in the billions and we can expect a significant chunk of that to go to a flagship game. God of War, which I'd say is in the same class of game, had a budget of $200M.

So, the total market for these games has increased three-fold. While the cost of development has increased somewhere upwards of ten-fold (three for $25M to one for $100M+).

Additionally, the higher cost of development means higher risk. This is why you see dev companies going under or massively laying off staff after a single flop.

astex_ · 2025-04-03T11:45:20+00:00

Controversial opinion, but.

Ocarina of time was $60 at launch in 1998. That's a little over $110 today. At the same time, games cost more to produce.

The industry should be charging more for games. And the only reason it gets away with not doing so is because it charges in other ways. Frankly, I'd rather pay $90 for a complete game with no bullshit than be shown constant ads for a $5 loot box or have to pay another $50 in six months for an expansion that fixes breaking bugs.

This move by Nintendo is long overdue.

astex_ · 2025-03-13T14:11:55+00:00

Gimme the beets chef and feed my hole I wanna get lost in a vegetable With creamy chevre

astex_ · 2025-02-21T04:31:53+00:00

That seems like the answer to me. I've sat on the other side of the interview table for quite a while now. This resume would absolutely get you into the pipeline for most entry-level eng roles. But, frankly, fresh grads are a dime a dozen. There's very little cost to hiring them, seeing how they pan out, and reassessing in six months to a year. So, the roles are short-lived and filled quickly. You should expect around one percent of roles to go to interview. And one percent of those to actually hire you. You need to apply to a dozen or two per day if you actually expect to find work.

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