Use the modulo operator? Nah. Need to import the isEven library and a ton of other unnecessary sub-50 LOC libraries “maintained” by a single dev to make their CV look more impressive. /s

I lost a coworker to brain cancer this year that was caused by his exposure to PFAs when he was a firefighter. This shit is fucked.

That said, America didn’t seem to always been fucked - surely there was a post war period up until the late 70s were for most things were pretty good (certainly as a kid I used to look up to that America), though with the caveat that it was only true if one wasn’t an Afro-American.

About that…after WWII, the US fought two major proxy wars with the USSR, including the Vietnam War, which had the “bonus” of being partly motivated by France being unable to secure colonial rule, as well as other “bonuses” like heavily documented crimes against humanity and, domestically, events like the May 4th, 1970 Kent State Massacre, where national guardsmen were dispatched to disperse a 2000 student peaceful protest, leading to the murder of 4 unarmed students and injury of 9 more, when they began firing indiscriminately into the crowd. Extra “double-bonus” of charges against the 8 indicted being dismissed by a judge and none of the victims or their families receiving anything in the way of meaningful compensation (civil damages were ultimately reduced to legal costs, despite the finding that the killings were unjustified and illegal).

And that’s just the tinniest slice of this shithole’s history that has been largely papered over with propaganda boosting the myth of the US being the “shining city on a hill” and champion of democracy. Don’t even get me started on the US treatment of South and Central America throughout its history.

Was just a strangled joke based on the game engine name :P

Guess DayZ should have waited a bit longer before settling on Unity.

Absolutely. I’m happy that people have options.

Related to the image, not the article: I find the asymmetrical thumbstick layout to be terrible, ergonomically - the layout on the Switch sometimes causes me physical pain. I’m very glad that Valve didn’t go that way.

Unfortunately, that may be the only option. If a printer isn’t running a FOSS firmware, you’ve no guarantee that you will be able to keep using it into the future.

You have been found guilty of jaywalking. I hearby sentence you to 90 days of community service as unicorn titty sprinkles from Valhalla. May Chester have mercy on your handkerchief.

• JudgeGPT, probably

Nah. Accelerationism is pure bunk with exactly zero evidence supporting it. Things getting worse just makes it harder to make them better.

It’s not a theory. It’s a religion; sociopolitical homeopathy. Theories require supporting data and accelerationism has none. It just has people willing to sacrifice the vulnerable on the altar of fascism in the belief that magic will happen causing class consciousness, resulting in utopia, despite all evidence showing that it’s more likely to result in dark ages.

https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/06/child-marriage-california/

Just gotta say, fuck the ACLU for both getting hate speech declared free speech and opposing a man on child marriage.

The fact that formula is now pretty universally behind the counter or behind a locked cabinet door says a lot about the current situation in America.

These cables are indeed basically just that. They’re a good solution for reducing wall warts when powering older projects that use barrel jacks or don’t have room for a trigger board.

Eh. On Reddit, karma was intended as an indicator of quality and authenticity. It was heavily flawed and abused by bots and propagandists.

I basically just use USB-C trigger boards for my projects these days. Super convenient.

The motivation to do so confuses me. There’s no karma to farm here.

In the end, I see that punk is probably dead, but the “true punk spirit” is alive and well, having moved into spaces that were less visible to the mainstream.

Punk in the form that existed in the early 80s hardcore scene died around 84 (before I was even born). It came back in other, different forms, in different places over the decades. I’d argue that punk really isn’t the first incarnation of the “true punk spirit”, just the one that we associate with the anarchic and rebellious, possibly in part due to the concerted effort to demonize it in mainstream media in the 80s and 90s (couldn’t have any of that peace and love shit being seen positively, especially with greater acceptance of direct action).

I’m at best a poser punk but the diy ethos always rung true. That said one of my favourite places online is a local old school punk forum. It’s niche enough that with its own problems there’s still a community.

Eh. I don’t think it’s actually as easy to be a “poser” as old purity obsession tropes (I admittedly was a bit skewed that way when younger). What is it isn’t “punk” is purely subjective. Basically, requiring willful appropriation of subcultural signs and aesthetics for profit without any desire to engage or contemplate the community or philosophies (Good Charlotte, looking at you). To me, it’s about love and anarchism (the no gods, no kings, no masters mindset of equality) not having a mohawk, a pair of Docs, and chucking molotovs at riot cops (to be fair, it takes all kinds).

That’s fair.