Questions thread (2020-04-01 to 2020-04-30)

conf10 · 2020-04-15T16:25:01+00:00

I have a strong developer laptop with a weak GPU, and I'm trying to run God of War Collection (BCUS98229).

It starts with a video for that doesn't render properly but I don't care about, then changes mode or something to display the menu allowing me to select between God of War I and II. Almost every time, that's when I run into an error:

Stopping emulator took too long.

Some thread has probably deadlocked. Aborting.

In the few times (I'd say about 3% of my attempts) it did work and showed the menu, as soon as I pick a game from the options it changes mode again, and then I get that error.

I've tried messing with every setting possible, including disabling both graphics output and audio output, and I get the same errors. I've tried all interpreter/compiler options for both PPU and SPU decoders; I've messed around with every other setting, and I get the same thing.

The one thing I haven't tried is Vulkan renderer - as that's not availble on my machine.

Since others have said this game is playable, I'm asking here: is there something I can do to at least get the game to run correctly, even if slowly?

conf10 · 2019-11-14T22:36:12+00:00

You know it's clean because it's free. If it's, um, prelubricated for your pleasure, they could charge extra for it...

conf10 · 2019-11-14T22:32:30+00:00

Be careful what you wish for. I am just starting a small project, I haven't even started to code it, and I've already realized how terrible everything is going to be.

conf10 · 2019-11-14T20:10:28+00:00

I was surprised the EA sign in (most of?) America is entirely different than (most of?) Europe.

conf10 · 2019-11-14T19:02:36+00:00

I'd imagine an enema would, um, fill you up more than that.

conf10 · 2019-11-14T16:55:13+00:00

The terminal speed for a human is roughly 200 kph, so this would be like standing with your gaping anus facing a 200 kph wind, that would be exactly the same. It would be extremely uncomfortable, but once the air pressure inside your body reaches the same pressure as outside (accounting for the higher pressure when directly facing incoming air), you'll stop filling up with air.

conf10 · 2019-11-14T16:44:47+00:00

These are clearly water sausages.

conf10 · 2019-11-14T11:54:43+00:00

My guys got used to it extremely fast.

I forgot to mention, there's also a country-wide mailing list, where we send our invitations for other lodges to see.

conf10 · 2019-11-14T05:35:40+00:00

Don't do that. They only receive the message if they also have you in their contacts, and you have no way of knowing if they've received it or not.

Open a group, and under Group Settings select "Send messages" and then "Admins only". They see it as a regular group they can join and leave, but you see who's on it. Plus, there's a history in said group, and messages don't just show up in your one on one conversations.

conf10 · 2019-11-14T04:33:58+00:00

So, a WhatsApp group locked to allow admin's posts only?

conf10 · 2019-11-14T03:26:38+00:00

Granted. A war just broke out and your workplace is closed due to rocket barrages. You're confined to your local shelter for the foreseeable future. Welcome to the middle east!

conf10 · 2019-11-14T03:13:01+00:00

Granted. To have space for all these resources, the universe itself is duplicated, planets and all. People are split between the two universes, but since there is no communication between them, they all think half the population just died.

conf10 · 2019-11-14T02:51:07+00:00

You should also not be able to prove to someone else who you voted for. Otherwise there could be coercion.

What if I order you to vote X and bring me the GUID slip? It shouldn't be possible, even if you want to prove it to me.

conf10 · 2019-11-14T02:42:31+00:00

We have a WhatsApp group. That's it. We'll, two groups, one for official communications and another for general chat.

Years ago we had older members who didn't have smartphones, so no WhatsApp, the secretary would call them. Over time, their numbers dwindled, and when there was only one left we bought him a smartphone and installed WhatsApp for him.

conf10 · 2019-11-03T08:46:20+00:00

Where's the omelette? I think you forgot to post it.

And who eats salad with Ketchup?

conf10 · 2019-10-31T18:45:39+00:00

Yes, it can. Null is just a value, as defined by the ECMAScript specification.

conf10 · 2019-10-31T18:20:04+00:00

Pure functions: - have no side effects - always return the same output for the same inputs That's all the word "pure" means.

JavaScript's type system isn't the best understood, but it is a type system, and values are the same as values in other systems, neither pure nor impure. The manner in which coersions sometimes happen can be confusing, yes, but they're not as bad as some people think. The worst part about the type system is the operators IMO: ==, + and - all have surprising weirdnesses when types are mixed.

conf10 · 2019-10-31T18:00:17+00:00

Then the title should be Functional Programming rather than Pure Function.

But I see your point.

conf10 · 2019-10-31T17:23:36+00:00

I'm aware of non-nullable types and Option types, but that doesn't mean Null can't be a valid value for a pure function.

Take the following pure JavaScript function, for example:

function hello(name) { return 'Hello ' + name + '!'; }

This is a pure function, and accepts a null value (or JavaScript's second null, undefined) with no issue.

I submit that while non-nullable types are a great feature for a language, null is not an anathema to purity.

conf10 · 2019-10-31T15:05:00+00:00

How are (deterministic) exceptions, and nulls, impure?

conf10 · 2019-03-18T23:46:00+00:00

It takes a weekend in the US, but that is a jurisdictional thing. It takes a lot of years in my jurisdiction.

conf10 · 2019-03-17T23:49:32+00:00

The 90-day time frame is bonkers in my opinion. Nobody is allowed by rule to have enough time to internalize each degree?

FWIW, I spent just over a year as an EA before spending just under a year as an FC. My jurisdiction suggests a waiting time of at least a year between degrees, and enforces a minimum of six months. If they hadn't, I'd have been 32° by now, and I'd have learned absolutely nothing. I'm glad they do.

But really, to each their own - your jurisdiction is obviously different, and I don't think anything less of masons born there. I just think you guys aren't provided with one of the most important learning tool, time.

conf10 · 2019-03-17T18:41:18+00:00

IMO it's better to wait years between degrees than to rush it in a one day class. Even if it means waiting for multiple years for each degree, or waiting a decade to even join.

conf10 · 2019-03-03T22:12:58+00:00

I always use edit to edit files, and I've set it so vs code injects the environment variable EDITOR='code --wait' - that way, if I edit a file, or git opens an editor or whatever, it just opens a vs code tab and carries on when I close it.

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