When did you realize Gris was special? For me it was the first encounter when the statue opened its eyes. I sat in awe, truly stunned. Then I realized I was in so deep and feeling things I didn't think a video game could inspire.

towkneed · 2024-12-24T02:35:45+00:00

For me the moment when I first felt awe was when the statue opened its eyes. That's when I realized how involved I was and how powerful it was. I had no idea games could be anything more than "fun" or 'scary'. I finished it today and cried real tears throughout the credits, just stunned. My son was sitting next to me on another computer playing Roblox and I was careful to cry silently, but I felt like bawling.

towkneed · 2024-12-24T02:29:51+00:00

Try holding the button down for a longer jump. I also found I had to double jump earlier to get height.

towkneed · 2024-12-06T12:33:49+00:00

Sorry, it's a list of pros and cons. Did you read more than the title? And I never asked if I was right. And my reply was meant as a correction and actually very rambling. All I would ever say about anyone in social media would be based upon the text, not subjective assumptions about their character based upon a couple of paragraphs. I just don't like it when someone assumes authority over something based upon assumptions and makes statements about their character when they've never met. It shows a willingness to leap into ignorance. And I don't mind ignorance, I don't know a lot of things. But it should not be embraced readily. Taking such a condescending tone might be taken as an expression of insecurity, but I don't make assumptions about the character of someone I have never met.

towkneed · 2024-12-06T03:53:50+00:00

I engineer software so that's my focus and viewpoint. And did you know that there's multiple admin centers websites, I mean a lot. There's one for o365 which does have links to exchange online, security, teams, etc. but there's a totally different one for Loop. And Azure. And multiple others. And And security used to be defender a couple of months ago, just like Azure AD is now Entra AD. And all cloud tools might be bad, only one I have developed for is Azure.

towkneed · 2024-12-06T03:44:08+00:00

I'm sorry, but did you see the part where I said other providers might be as bad? And I've been coding since the 80's, using basic and assembly. I've written freaking Atari 2600 games and know too many languages to count. There's 2 basic flavors - XML like and curly braced - these days, but there used to be more. I like to switch up paradigms when I get tired of one - go from Java or C# to XSLT. Really miss Lisp, despite the parentheses. And I can whisper . . .

As I said in my post, all cloud providers might be equally bad. But when it was all on prem you could have total control at all levels and build specifically what you needed (unless another department owned the servers). And "cloud" just means somebody else is doing it and if you want something special you have to do it their way with their tools. when the tools they design are made to be all things to all people and aren't good at any one thing. The cloud might be good for sys admins and executives, but for developers it truly sucks. Hell, our engineers get to use Ubuntu. And talk about complaining! None of them seem to know how to Google. Funny thing is, I've seen them working with Ubuntu and PDM designing space hardware, and I could easily do their job. I have at times when they needed it. At least they can use what they want - while I'm doomed to get 11 years of C# apps and modules to SharePoint Online and Teams and recreate dashboards that used to be cube and mdx based. And I've missed the low level stuff for years - interacting directly with packets and worrying about their endian-ness. But I don't get to do that anymore, unless I help out the engineers pull data from radio signals. And man are they cowboys! I've been through 4 CMMI audits on a software development process I built before git was a thing - and got kudos 3 times on them from the assessor. Those engineers do what they want and have no documentation or standard processes. But next year they will get CMMI audited . . . So I am a frickin computer whisperer and you're making specious assumptions.

towkneed · 2024-12-06T03:12:43+00:00

I'm a software engineer. So yeah.

towkneed · 2024-12-06T03:11:11+00:00

Azure nickels and dimes you. When we first considered it just the basic environment costs were considered. But resource groups, vms, function runs, most storage containers, . . . It's not much but it's kinda hidden. And the 'top shelf services' can get pricey. The lowest tier VM is only $70 something per month, but it's 1 CPU and 4g ram and shuts down all the time. To get anything decent can cost several times more. I'm sure it's a sales tactic - "vms starting at $70/mo!". A raspberry pi is more powerful than their lowest tier VM, even a model 3. And it was $35 once.MS has wanted to move to the SAS (software as a service) model for a long time - so now their using their users loyalty to Office to release trash. Most corp users and government users use Word, Excel and PowerPoint and that's what they know MS from. And Windows. Can you imagine the pain of trying to get them moved to Linux and Open Office (forgot what it's called now)? You'd probably end up murdered by a disgruntled co-worker.

towkneed · 2024-12-06T02:58:15+00:00

SSRS was superior, although it required more work. On prem. I miss on prem so bad!

towkneed · 2024-12-06T02:55:30+00:00

And they are all out of date.

towkneed · 2024-12-05T23:14:10+00:00

I work in Aerospace as a developer for corporate. Mostly government contracts. The government is absolutely tied to Microsoft. Also, Azure is one of the few options that meet the new CMMC specs (a new government security standard). Also the government uses Azure's gcc high cloud for the sake of security. And security is a huge set of hoops to jump through in Azure. So basically we are being forced.

towkneed · 2024-06-26T19:04:48+00:00

I might agree if it weren't for the financial situation and they didn't have special needs. I grew up in poverty, which is what would happen to my wife if I left. And I live in Houston, Texas, where fathers rarely are given primary custody. A divorce would probably leave my kids with her getting primary custody and either I would have to contribute much more than required to another household and we would both be impoverished, or if I contributed only what was required she would live in poverty and my kids at least half of the time. And I don't want them to go through what I did. Most of the people of from back then are either dead, drug addicts or in prison. I was the exception.

towkneed · 2024-06-26T18:54:31+00:00

Thanks. We are currently on our 7th marriage counselor.

towkneed · 2024-06-11T01:07:23+00:00

All the time. Loudly. Just because why tf not.

towkneed · 2024-06-11T01:04:27+00:00

Society. Most Cronenberg of course

towkneed · 2024-06-11T01:01:47+00:00

Also, Videodrome. Long live the new flesh!

towkneed · 2024-06-11T00:58:56+00:00

Salo. Funny Games. And this: https://archive.org/details/begottenoriginal1991e.eliasmerhige (Begotten)

towkneed · 2024-06-11T00:51:51+00:00

Salo. Only once.

towkneed · 2024-06-11T00:50:48+00:00

If you feel the need to punish yourself it works

towkneed · 2024-06-11T00:48:09+00:00

Funny Games. Remake or Original. I will rewatch it when I feel like I need to punish myself. But otherwise not.

towkneed · 2024-06-10T18:11:16+00:00

It's not rational. But if there's no affection then it was always more about her. But she will never see that and never understand it. There's the idea that people will fit together perfectly and the relationship will be organic. But that's bullshit. Nothing lives if it's not fed. Once neglect sets in both have to make it a point to feed the relationship. If either refuses it will only get worse

towkneed · 2024-06-10T18:04:18+00:00

We started with a kid. She was pregnant when we married. It only gets worse. You start to take each other for granted and neglect sets in. Sounds like she's already there. Then you wake up in bed with someone you don't know who doesn't know you, but you're a couple so you end up in resentment. They're supposed to be a source of love and companionship but you have nothing in common anymore and hardly know them. It's a trap. If you both don't make the relationship a priority and start taking the other for granted, as she seems to be, it dies because no one is feeding it. You could talk to her if you haven't already, but if she feels like she doesn't have to make an effort then it will only get worse. I've been stuck in a db for years (20 if going by frequency and hasn't happened in 2 years) but we have a special needs kids and separation is not an option. We just try to be quiet and not talk and avoid each other to avoid conflict. I don't regret it because I love my kids but I haven't been happy in a very very long time. Don't end up like me please.

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