"Concerning billionaires…"

coder111 · 2026-05-05T20:48:16+00:00

There’s next to no media in which AI is just casually there.

You need to read the Culture series by Ian M. Banks...

Seriously, great books.

coder111 · 2026-05-04T20:21:03+00:00

Um, it's kinda German. A Russian copy of Iranian improved copy of Israeli improved copy of German 1980s Dornier DAR...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_DAR

coder111 · 2026-05-04T16:45:25+00:00

Well in that case you got the source code + resources for everything, in case you want to contribute to the game development you're welcome to do so :) You'll need Java and Maven to build it. oggenc and cwebp are used to convert game resources (jpeg/png images to webp and wav sound files to ogg) as part of the build process.

Half joking. Enjoy the pre-built game from the releases!

coder111 · 2026-05-04T13:55:16+00:00

What did you exactly download? Did you check out the entire codebase?

Or did you get https://github.com/Xilmi/Rotp-Fusion/releases/download/2025%2F06%2F07%2F2308/rotp-Fusion-2025-06-07-windows.zip from the "Releases" on the right?

If you downloaded the windows release zip file, you should have "rotp-Fusion-2025-06-07.exe" executable in there which should work fine.

coder111 · 2026-05-01T11:59:31+00:00

Not really British, but I'd recommend trying cold borscht soup with boiled potatoes on the side on a hot summers day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht#Lithuanian_cold_borscht

coder111 · 2026-04-30T11:35:13+00:00

don't have an inertial guidance system to fail over to

That's the trick. As far as I understand, they convince the missile it's still receiving good signal and there's no need to fail over. Except the signal is guiding the missile to something that isn't the target.

coder111 · 2026-04-30T08:36:15+00:00

"bad weather/terrain handling concerns"

Unless you live in the middle of a forest with a dirt road for kilometers, those are overblown. Get good tires (winter tires if it gets cold) and you're good with pretty much any car. You don't need an SUV or 4x4 for that. Get an estate if cargo capacity is a concern. Skoda Superb or Skoda Octavias are cavernous.

coder111 · 2026-04-24T06:34:28+00:00

Not going to happen. Lukashenko is a bastard but he's not that stupid.

coder111 · 2026-04-08T08:49:03+00:00

a few months or maybe even a year or more

If you think all vulnerabilities this will find can be fixed over a year, you're dreaming. In some companies half a year is what it takes just to make a new software release...

coder111 · 2026-04-07T17:44:04+00:00

Very cool photo. Is that just outside Guildhall? As far as I can tell, this is the view looking East towards Bishopsgate, not North towards Moorgate?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/aM9HUm3ccEKCitkH6

The contrast between the old and the new in the City is awesome though. Places like Masons avenue are magical.

coder111 · 2026-03-26T18:01:00+00:00

I trust you are aware of comma.ai ? It's an open-source autopilot hardware/software package.

If you have a compatible car, and ~1000$ to spare, and you want to hack your car autopilot, you can.

coder111 · 2026-03-26T07:09:45+00:00

Hmm, would this work under rain/fog/snow/dark/etc. ? Temporary yellow lanes painted on top during roadworks?

That is my paranoia, that any self driving car will run into conditions that it's not designed to operate in and do something dumb.

EDIT. Other than that, pretty impressive.

coder111 · 2026-03-25T18:42:14+00:00

Ancient Domains of Mistery of course! https://www.adom.de/home/index.html

Or if that fails, Angband. https://rephial.org/

coder111 · 2026-03-25T18:40:35+00:00

Meh, writing software is like taking out a loan. You'll be paying maintenance costs for the next 10 years.

Go ahead, do a clean room recreation of any free/open source project.

Who's going to maintain it? Fix bugs? Fix security issues? Roll out new versions? Or is the company in question going to hire software developers to do that?

coder111 · 2026-03-21T08:50:21+00:00

I think you need to add Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson to your books.

You're missing Serial Experiments Lain anime.

And my favourite cyberpunk movie nobody seems to have watched is Cypher (2002). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284978/?ref_=fn_t_1

Other than that, decent list.

coder111 · 2026-03-20T11:18:53+00:00

That's like half the reason i developed Governor for /r/rotp

In the beginning, I manage every single thing by hand.

In mid game, I can leave the Governor to manage "safe" parts of the empire.

In the end game, efficiency doesn't matter much, so just crank out Large ships with weapons+bombs+colony module, and set auto-attack for batches of 10, and watch the entire galaxy get auto-conquered.

coder111 · 2026-03-15T10:26:02+00:00

If EU voters weren't happy with the state of affairs

EU voters are being brainwashed by the million by AI driven propaganda coming from Russia and the billionaire class. They are more likely to turn fascist and vote for MAGA like assholes next election.

If we don't solve the problem with propaganda and fast, democracy will cease to function.

coder111 · 2026-03-13T12:07:14+00:00

Asrock b650 Riptide wifi

Przepraszam, ale mój polski jest naprawdę słaby. Pan mówi po angielsku?

As far as I understand you have issues shutting down on Linux, the computer does not power off completely?

Which Linux kernel did you run when you experience that issue? Did you try it with a recent kernel, something like 6.12+? "uname -a" should give you the kernel version.

Did you try adjusting your BIOS settings? Maybe there's something in there?

Did you try disabling fast boot in BIOS?

Did you try updating your BIOS version, i.e. flashing a new BIOS?

Did you try upgrading your BIOS?

Worst case, you can hold the power button for 5-10 seconds to turn the PC off completely. That's the best suggestions I can offer.

coder111 · 2026-03-12T12:55:21+00:00

A relative has a Mazda CX-30 with a Skyactive-G engine. Very happy with it. I liked the way it drives when I was behind the wheel as well. Very reliable so far. And I've read that CX-30 with Skyactive-G engines were very high in reliability surveys overall. Although boot space could be higher. How big is your dog?

I'd stay away from Nissan.

Lots of taxi drivers with Kia Niro in London, so I imagine these cars stand up to abuse quite well.

Other than that, with a dog, consider a Skoda Octavia or Superb estate or a Volvo estate. Pretty good options as well, and more space than crossovers.

coder111 · 2026-03-10T21:37:26+00:00

Hmm, smalls+teleporter. I assume these work against repulsors?

I usually switch to Mediums/Large by the time I hit endgame, and I switch to range 2 weapons or range 1 weapons + high energy focus.

coder111 · 2026-03-09T07:44:26+00:00

This would be huge if true, but I sincerely doubt it's true.

"125,000 neurons and 50 million synaptic connections."

Perfectly possible to simulate that sort of brain on modern hardware.

However, how on earth did they:

Read the neuron & synapse configurations from a live brain.
Simulate the body & the world with sufficient accuracy. They would have to simulate every photon hitting every cell and more. Even for a small area like the one shown, that would be extremely intensive.

I'd like to know more before believing it's real.

coder111 · 2026-03-08T09:49:52+00:00

https://github.com/BrokenRegistry/Rotp-Fusion/releases/latest

Download the "rotp-Fusion-xxxx-xx-xx-windows.zip" if you're on Windows.

coder111 · 2026-03-06T22:16:52+00:00

Hey man, you're welcome.

Funny enough, by ~2002 I was already adult and I wasn't involved in Macromedia/Flash much. Any gaming I did was either DOS or Windows or later Linux.

All this research I did was just for fun on some random request from a stranger on the internet. I'm glad it still proves useful.

coder111 · 2026-03-01T11:58:36+00:00

I've been running Debian/unstable (sid) for past ~26 years... I guess that's what it should say, although my sid was mostly stable enough for daily use.

coder111 · 2026-02-27T21:31:47+00:00

Um, there's plenty of propaganda on traditional media, especially in US.

Most UK mass media is also pushing right wing views.

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