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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 4h

I'm a programmer.

Chris Blume @programmax.net · 9h

Boot up time to become a priority??
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Bank of America sued over not paying workers for PC boot up time in proposed class action lawsuit

Lawsuit alleges hourly workers weren’t paid for computer start-up tasks required before clocking in.

www.tomshardware.com

Chris Blume @programmax.net · 1d

Easiest way to get the Japan-only packaging is to fly to Japan. Obviously.

Chris Blume @programmax.net · 1d

I need to take more vacations.
I got SOOO MUCH programming done while on the plane / during a rest day.

I got ~90% done (to launchable) with a compile-time state machine.

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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 5d

I love my @FrameworkPuter.
But one thing I didn't anticipate is I've somehow lost my HDMI module.

Chris Blume @programmax.net · 6d

Oh man, I'm loving these stories! Thank you

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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 7d

Every time the League casters talk about Atakhan...

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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 8d

I loved this game growing up.

There is a modern game, Lunacid which is a love letter to King's Field. It is also *chef's kiss*

Reposted by Chris Blume

LaurieWired @lauriewired.bsky.social · 8d

A Spooky Unix story for Halloween.

A new programmer accidentally ran “rm -rf *” as root, on one of the main computers at the University of Manchester. 

He stopped halfway, but /bin, /etc, /dev, and /lib were gone. 

What followed was one of the most insane live recoveries in computer history:

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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 9d

Eff.
I finally decided to stop being lazy and do a proper analysis of my server logs after being front page of HackerNews.

But I didn't backup the logs and the default nginx rotation is only 2 weeks.

Chris Blume @programmax.net · 13d

Congrats @xylafoxlin.bsky.social on the medical!

And dang, PMHC's bill is already through the House.
*crosses fingers*
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

www.congress.gov

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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 17d

I see plenty of posts about the spending here vs. cuts elsewhere.
And also plenty of posts about how this is symbolic.

Am I the only person curious about the White House's construction?

That seems like more concrete and rebar than normal, maybe? I assume it is built to a high security standard.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

Chris Blume @programmax.net · 18d

Agreed. I'm not even sure my dialog choices are changing anything.

Chris Blume @programmax.net · 18d

I would suggest managing expectations.

The new one isn't really a RPG. It is more of a story action game, like Arkham Asylum.

It is VERY linear so far. Apparently there are side quests??

Anyway, if you wanted those things which aren't here, I think you'll be disappointed.
But atmosphere is good.

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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 19d

Oh man.
3.5 hours in.
I'm chilling to the atmosphere. Sitting at this bar, listening to that guy in the back play piano.

IMHO atmosphere was the power of Bloodlines 1.
I think people forgot to just slow down and take it all in.

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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 19d

Bloodlines 2 was originally announced in Feb, 2019.
I preordered the Premium Edition back then and waited 6.5 years.

I'm 2 hours in. So far, I am not feeling the negativity I see from a lot of people.
It is an story action game, not a RPG. I get people will dislike that.
More as I get further.

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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 20d

This whole government shutdown thing is wild.
Elected Republicans are claiming Dems want to give health care to immigrants.

Republicans, you know that sounds silly.
You know there is probably more to it...info being left out.

I urge you to think critically.

Chris Blume @programmax.net · 20d

TIL about polyhedral optimization.
Neat.
I'm curious how often it can actually be used, though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytop...

Polytope model - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Chris Blume @programmax.net · 22d

Huh. Neato.
So there is tension (pulling linearly on a thing).
And there is torsion (putting a rotational force on a thing).

There are also tensors and TORSORS. TIL.

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