Shanmugha

@Shanmugha@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  6+ years dev cycles is something I am comfortable with, because I want something done well, and if it’s something big enough (like Cyberpunk 2077 or Baldur’s Gate), then of course it will take a long time, even with big command

  But I still haven’t figured out another end of such a deal: how to keep all the command members alive, fed and comfortable for this long time? Buying a game once, even multiplied by whatever-count-of-copies-they-have-sold-for-now, doesn’t give a guarantee that all those people have enough money to just keep creating something exciting for as long as it takes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Killing ownership is the method, killing the secondary market is the objective.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for the insight. I had no clue about the news on my own

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally an explanation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, and?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally an explanation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You did not get what I said, but I am willing to help you this time:

  know of people who happen to be raised outside of society, e.g. in jungles? Can’t talk to them about rights and stuff, but human they are. Also, you and me on our day 1 on this planet: did any of us open our eyes and think “hey, I have rights” ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally an explanation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, and unless I am inhumane myself that will go on to hunt me long after the fact. This knife cuts both ways

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally an explanation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Granting someone human rights IS NOT tolerance

  It IS bullshit. No one ever is born with the notion of human rights and all the crap, but some creatures are born human nonetheless. Which is why

  And it’s not high road shit

  It actually is. I can agree not to kill someone unless they have killed or caused comparable harm, but not after. Once someone has breached social contract of decent treatment of others - they are not protected by it in my eyes anymore. Yes, it makes me capable of terrible things. No, I am not giving up that capability just for an idea that “I am good and civilized, unlike others”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally an explanation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Only thing is… how does anyone survive without seeing there are no absu-fucking-lutely-good or absu-fucking-lutely-bad people who never ever did anything bad/good respectively?

  Doesn’t mean I would let just anyone live, but does mean that none of this good/bad nonsense is actually real. Guess not enough people have been kicked by a swing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Real Purpose of Wealth 💸⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. The further it goes, the more catastrophic “boom” will follow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Real Purpose of Wealth 💸⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t be surprised at all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Real Purpose of Wealth 💸⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  May be we do. One thing that has been stuck in my head for a long while: I have something to lose, and I have people to care about, same as many others. So I am not running around killing every bastard. But - there are people who have nothing to lose, no family etc. - what about them?

  The answer may be quite simple: even when they do punish some bastards, I do not get to hear about this, because guess who controls the media. Yes, it doesn’t cover “haven’t heard anything like it at all” - but making it “almost didn’t hear about it” for me is definitely possible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LA is proposing a subway system for Dodger Stadium. This will allow people to commute from the stadium parking area to the stadium⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh-oh. Now I am starting to understand just how massively things are fucked there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say hi to Flocky!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not the Floki I remember :) Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Damn straight!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly my feelings. Software dev, get paid more than many people who actually keep others alive, healthy, educated and comfortable. This is not how things should be

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just an idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn good. Now I know how to name a language if I ever try to make one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just an idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Gave me an idea. I will now be waiting for Rust++

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maturing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why did you have to hurt me like this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having to work during the apocalypse sucks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wholeheartedly agree. We may not get to sit in the shadow of trees we plant, but it won’t stop us from planting them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having to work during the apocalypse sucks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My bad, I have misread you. Feels good to see I am not alone in this, let the time be kind to you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having to work during the apocalypse sucks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Then I’ve misread you, as “you have a decent shot to do it if you try hard enough”. World won’t change much because of me, but I will make sure to be a drop of change for the better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having to work during the apocalypse sucks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have enough unreliable cogs in the machine and it won’t do what you want. Yes, this is again a plan for long after we die, but doing something good is still worth it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having to work during the apocalypse sucks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We can also somewhat break the undesired behaviour of the machine (be unreliable cogs). So yeah, a little freedom we have still

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having to work during the apocalypse sucks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shure, changing the world will be hard as fuck and it could be years until you see any positive change

  No. For people without needed capability (read: 99.(9) of all people on the planet) changing the world means “you will most likely die trying, and might amount to something, but may as well not”. And building said capability is again close to a full lifetime of work, if not more

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨women⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, I implied rape. Men usually do not worry about getting raped while going home late

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨women⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, so women do not get raped?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨women⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But we can trust something else: it is more scary for a woman to walk some poorly illuminated city street late at night than it is for a man. So nah, “these figures may not be true” does not negate “this trend does exist”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games you fell out of love with.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Overwatch. Got into it several years back, before it became Overwatch 2. Nice gameplay, balanced and diverse characters, I loved it

  Then comes realization thar matchmaking is fucked. Throwing someone who just installed the game into match between teams of players who have hundreds, if not thousands, hours in - that level of fucked

  Then comes realization Blizzard doesn’t give a fuck about lore they themselves built. WTF is these skins for Mercy that look like anime teenage girl? She is over forty, if I am not mistaken, and has seen tons of shit as battle medic - that level of not giving a fuck

  So… guess I am done with the game. I gave them years to come to their senses, but no more

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn that hurts. I hate how right you are, take my upvote

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Years for me. I spent years before realizing that I’m never getting a good matchmaker

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are people still fooled by this dumb quiz's?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  IQ test measures how good you are at passing IQ test :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can pets tell who's petting them without looking?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cats and dogs - absolutely. Humans are smelly:)