I don’t think I have used a classic cheat in a long time. The last time I actively remember was The Sims 3 (I guess) and it kind of killed the game for me because suddenly everything was possible without any challenge and even a normal playthrough felt like I was missing something.

totally had the same experience! for me it was jazz jackrabbit 2. I totally still remember some of the cheat codes.

I think of my time with devices like a “food pyramid,” as though that concept ever made sense -

• time on phones: designed to be distracting; tightly controlled by corporations; very bad
• using web browser: much better control, but still limited to corporate controlled ecosystems; better to focus on the “tiny web,” the fediverse, and other unique experiences and events like connecting with remote loved ones, Twitch Plays Pokemon, web fiction & art like creepypastas and SCP
• using e-reader: controlled by user and authors with minimal intrusion by corporations; designed for long focus; ties into deep traditions of form while still supporting powerful features like dictionary lookups, searching, etc (emacs might should also go in here somewhere but I am tired)

what’s the easiest client situation for a setup like this? do you basically need to be visiting the server address using a web browser, so you can stream on a laptop or maybe awkwardly on something like a steam deck?

I think Python csv would save that as "Pass\",\"words\",\"Are\",\"fun\",\"\\n" and then it would be read by Excel / LibreOffice / Python csv as expected.

I qualified for my first dev job by being interested in programming, and knowing my way around the command line (Linux is best), git, vim, and Python. practicing with things like leetcode, advent of code, and making things with apps like pelican and pyxel is a great way to ease into it and tread water until you can get that first role.

just don’t let it make you feel helpless. there’s always going to be a lot that you don’t know. taking a deep breath and accepting that is the way towards thriving.

you’re askinghow did it cause me anguish, or how did I emotionally heal?

I went quite a few years making oatmeal for myself and my kids every day, usually with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and frozen blueberries.

the kids have stopped enjoying it, though, after all the repetition, so we’ve started doing breakfast cereal, Raisin Bran and one of the Cheerios permutations that has some oat/nut ingredients, so these days I just have Raisin Bran.

I’m circumcised and it has caused me so much mental anguish and pain. I’ve done the work of nurturing myself back to a mentally healthy place about it, but I beg you not to put another person in that position if you can avoid it.

ridiculous. not even contesting that they are a monopoly, or that they engage in illegal conduct!

there’s a more or less unspeakable amount of money riding on businesses’ ability to control the narrative around themselves. this applies to small businesses and big ones alike, and a service like this would be a target for corporations all over the world. a dox isn’t a large lift.

I don’t think it matters to your dental health as long as it’s not a regular thing. but for me, I would always rebrush in a scenario like that just because I can’t really go to sleep without a freshly brushed mouth.

great suggestion, it’s just hard to imagine a trans person who owns a Switch not already owning it.

I guess if you do them wrong enough! 😂

what was the exercise? bench press?

I truly drank my fill of the first game. I found it to be an exemplary of “generous” game development with all the unlockable characters and the “dark/ hell world” and the unlockable lo-fi mini-version of the game, and IMO you can see that generosity also in how it influenced future successful games such as Celeste (also has a fun lo-fi pico8 version of itself for instance). ugh I just loved it so much. no I’m down for them to make a 3D game. I would die for them

hey man, I’m so sorry this is happening to you.

some people in here are taking the view that society is less kind to men than to women. everyone’s entitled to their opinion, I guess.

I wanted you tell you though that I share your experience to some extent; I went through a breakup maybe 6 years ago and I lost almost all of my closest friends in that breakup. I’m not even on bad terms with my ex, lol. but it did just shake out that way. I’ve needed to build new roots, and I’ve had to do some introspection and learn how to go about building roots (partly since I’d moved to a new place).

hang in there. I don’t really want to say “let yourself move on” because your story is part of who you are, and right now that breakup and that rift with those friends is such an immediate and intense part of your story, but I promise it will become much less immediate and less intense with time.

I feel like the fragility is more of a concern than the weight. either console is sooo entertaining and nice to have on, like, a trainride or whatever that it more than pays for its weight burden in your pack; The risk of it getting its screen broken and needing to be fully replaced is a lot more daunting to me than the need to carry an additional 5 lb around. My steam deck came with a carrying case that I always really appreciate for just that reason.

lmao, that’s harsh!

well I mean are they drinking less than they used to do, or are they drinking less than the average person? (sorry, I know I could just read the article myself, putting kids to bed)

edit: they’re drinking less than they themselves used to do

just trying to help you understand our reading of the guy’s remark.