Arnis Vaivars
@rinvars.bsky.social
Freelance C# Programmer | Unity Specialist | 12+ Years in Game Development (6 Years Programming) | Aspiring indie dev | Avid board games player | Miniature painting enthusiast.
Not being tethered 24/7 has been really freeing in my experience.
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Not being tethered 24/7 has been really freeing in my experience.
I don't have it on my phone anymore, getting messages in the middle of the night or having it be the first thing I engage with in the morning is not for me. And for desktop I have Ferdium where I can choose to enable/disable Discord instance at my own will without the need to re-enter credentials.
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I don't have it on my phone anymore, getting messages in the middle of the night or having it be the first thing I engage with in the morning is not for me. And for desktop I have Ferdium where I can choose to enable/disable Discord instance at my own will without the need to re-enter credentials.
I like Ferdium for that - I can right click -> disable service on a Discord instance so I'm unavailable in my off hours. Helps keep me sane.
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I like Ferdium for that - I can right click -> disable service on a Discord instance so I'm unavailable in my off hours. Helps keep me sane.
co-founder still at the helm of Canva. Usually doom and gloom follows when initial visionaries sail away on yachts and parasites come in to exploit the tools to their eventual death.
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
co-founder still at the helm of Canva. Usually doom and gloom follows when initial visionaries sail away on yachts and parasites come in to exploit the tools to their eventual death.
that's about what I paid for the whole year in two separate payments over here, but it comes with certain 2nd world attitudes and the threat of invasion from Russia.
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
that's about what I paid for the whole year in two separate payments over here, but it comes with certain 2nd world attitudes and the threat of invasion from Russia.
It's only rare if it's not your use case. For larger collections, it's much faster to use UI. I have a collection of 37 items with custom inspectors - mouse scrollwheel takes 5-7 inputs to traverse it fully. Grabbing the actual slider and moving where I need it takes less time and less input.
October 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's only rare if it's not your use case. For larger collections, it's much faster to use UI. I have a collection of 37 items with custom inspectors - mouse scrollwheel takes 5-7 inputs to traverse it fully. Grabbing the actual slider and moving where I need it takes less time and less input.
It also shouldn't be right next to the scrollbar. I don't know why all engines place delete collection item button right next to the thing you use to navigate the said collection. Very easy to just nuke some items when simply navigating large arrays and then not notice it.
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It also shouldn't be right next to the scrollbar. I don't know why all engines place delete collection item button right next to the thing you use to navigate the said collection. Very easy to just nuke some items when simply navigating large arrays and then not notice it.
source is available via uGUI package. It's slow because they abandoned any kind of development/optimization for it some 8 years ago in favor of developing an alternative that still does not have feature parity.
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
source is available via uGUI package. It's slow because they abandoned any kind of development/optimization for it some 8 years ago in favor of developing an alternative that still does not have feature parity.
Default scroll view is cursed.
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Default scroll view is cursed.
I'm sure it'll bust sooner or later because they can't automate us away (yet). But I'm not optimistic about the long term if billionare class is allowed to extract wealth indefinitely to become godkings no state can control.
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I'm sure it'll bust sooner or later because they can't automate us away (yet). But I'm not optimistic about the long term if billionare class is allowed to extract wealth indefinitely to become godkings no state can control.
Assets generate wealth on their own just by existing once concentrated enough. And they more or less control the markets to their benefit. Now they shuffle the money around the companies in a circular fashion with no product demand or even a working business model.
October 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Assets generate wealth on their own just by existing once concentrated enough. And they more or less control the markets to their benefit. Now they shuffle the money around the companies in a circular fashion with no product demand or even a working business model.
Rentier capitalism is a thing I've been learning about. They earn money from owned assets with next to no growth or productivity boosts. So, the need for consumers is quickly diminishing. That's why everyone at the top salivates over complete automation. Eventually, they won't need us plebs at all.
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Rentier capitalism is a thing I've been learning about. They earn money from owned assets with next to no growth or productivity boosts. So, the need for consumers is quickly diminishing. That's why everyone at the top salivates over complete automation. Eventually, they won't need us plebs at all.
yeah, it does feel like a punch in the gut, and kicks my wait for deep Steam sales mode. Made an exception for Battlefield, but kinda regretting it.
October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
yeah, it does feel like a punch in the gut, and kicks my wait for deep Steam sales mode. Made an exception for Battlefield, but kinda regretting it.
For the longest time, everything became more expensive except games subsidized by massive market growth, which appears to have slowed down.
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For the longest time, everything became more expensive except games subsidized by massive market growth, which appears to have slowed down.
Arguably, inflation is also a reason. $60 was first introduced in 2005 and persisted until 2020. Cumulative inflation from 2005 up to 2020 was around 32%. Cumulative inflation from 2005 to now is around 50-70% in main video game markets.
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Arguably, inflation is also a reason. $60 was first introduced in 2005 and persisted until 2020. Cumulative inflation from 2005 up to 2020 was around 32%. Cumulative inflation from 2005 to now is around 50-70% in main video game markets.
thank you the genuine laugh
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
thank you the genuine laugh
Why anyone still listens to this doorknob, I have no idea.
October 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Why anyone still listens to this doorknob, I have no idea.
Silently invest, manipulate the markets, and have shell companies hire data-center builders - no need to shout from the rooftops like Sama & co. The billionaire class already moves markets with barely a whisper and does whatever it wants while we fight our meaningless culture wars.
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Silently invest, manipulate the markets, and have shell companies hire data-center builders - no need to shout from the rooftops like Sama & co. The billionaire class already moves markets with barely a whisper and does whatever it wants while we fight our meaningless culture wars.