MajorHavoc @ MajorHavoc @programming.dev

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I find Makefile isn't too bad, as long as I can stay away from automake and autoreconf.

Yeah. The best way to write any bash script is:

apt/yum install PowerShell; pwsh script.ps1

Maybe doesn't count for this thread, but I love donating supplies to local school rooms, because I sometimes get hand-drawn thank-you cards.

I've put those hand-drawn thank-yous in a drawer to be specially part of my kid's inheritance - as a reminder for them of what really matters in life.

Epic! That's so cool

I have mapped over 400 benches that I won't sit on.

Thank you for your service!

I took an early job or two where I was paid shit, but learning a ton. I told myself I would make up for it later by building up marketable skills.

Today, I'm paid quite nicely because I built up lots of marketable skills. 10/10. I would do it that way again.

That said, obviously I didn't stay at those (shitty paying) jobs long term.

Lol. That's true! There are DVD menu games with higher approval ratings than some CD-I games.

Did Spy Hunter write this?

Peter Gunn music intensifies.

"My other commitments don't leave time for studying enough to pass this certification test."

When they ask what the other commitments are:

"It's personal, and I'm not comfortable talking about it."

There's a timeline where I'm not automatically alarmed by something just because Elon supports it.

This isn't that timeline. Where's the grift?

The first party Steam Dock tries to do too much, and is unreliable. It frequently doesn't correctly activate the monitor and deactivate the local screen. Other plain old USB C docks work fine.

Also, the official Steam Dock is also not compatible with most Steam Deck cases, both at the base and at the USB C port.

It's weirdly bad for twice the price as any other option.

Oh no! They did the exact thing we all expected!

I'm sure comforted by my own government's spotless history with privacy and personal liberty. (This is sarcasm. Patriotic sarcasm, but still sarcasm.)

But I wonder if I'm part of the problem by being associated with him.

Elon's playbook is to divide us. Elon would prefer your friend be cut off from his long term support (you), when Elon asks him to cross a line that he otherwise wouldn't.

i could potentially build a website and use github to host it, is that good??

Yes. It is good.

As a manager who hires programmers, candidates who share a website with some code they have written and their thoughts about it probably get a more relaxed interview with me.

"The only job you won't have to do is QA, because we haven't heard of it yet. Is that a new thing? We're going to wait and see if it catches on."

I'm not old. Lalalala. I can't hear you. But I'm not old, or anything.

Why is OpenGL considered an API?

An API is a promise - make these calls, get these kinds of results. An API often has more than one library that implements it. At minimum, there may be completely different code for different operating systems. At best, there may be completely separate vendors that implement identical APIs (Kubertnetes, and the Open Container Initiative, for examples).

Why is it necessary to use other libraries like GLAD, freeGLUT or GLFW to interface with OpenGL?

I don't know.

where you install these packages that get used like libraries? What's the difference?

Almost all packages are composed of libraries. Plenty of libraries lack packages. Packaging and delivering software is an entire field of study. As an expert at packaging and delivering software, I sometimes forget that a library I love still lacks a decent package. So I do my best to contribute a package, when I see a need.

For any newbies reading along, as a veteran, who writes job descriptions, I can confirm this is 100% accurate.

There's no such rule that we acknowledge, comrade!

Is flying too risky for me?

Sounds lile "Yes."

I'm going to be flying over the ocean most of the flight, and all my Epi Pens do is give me an extra 20 or so minutes to get to the hospital.

I hear you saying that if the airline or a random passenger screws up, you get to die horribly.

I wouldn't risk it.

I want to encourage you that you have every right to say "that doesn't feel safe" rather than risk it.

You don't have to risk it if you don't want to.

I generally don't take any "I might die horribly" risks, myself, when I can avoid them.