Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
Some comparable turns of phrase:
"Ranchers will literally murder an entire herd of cattle to prevent a plant-based burger from being grilled."
"Animal shelters will kill hundreds of animals just to avoid giving one dog a meal."
"Papermills will literally burn down a rainforest to make a newspaper."
If you don't understand how scale works, then just shut up so you don't sound like an idiot.
Man, I'm getting really sick and tired of these mindless smug exaggerations.
@YoSoyFreeman The way that it's commonly done (and how most List<T> type structures work under-the-hood) is that it starts out with a reasonable default capacity (say, 16) and tracks its count separately from its capacity. Then, whenever it needs to expand (count > capacity), it doubles capacity, and copies everything over to the new doubled space.
That minimizes the amount of churn while still allowing for expansion.
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New "missed jury duty" scam out of Tampa. Sounds like the scammers are well-prepared and smooth... Even if this isn't your geo, good to see what their tactics are!
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1796640601431027979.html
Lol, are Republicans gonna suddenly stop worrying about banning it now?
Within hours of joining TikTok, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attracted 1.3 million followers. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/do...
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Wow this looks great. What a cool bit of #aviation history to now have on display.
The season 2 finale of the Drew Carey Show (the episode with the iconic Rocky Horror/Priscilla Dance-Off) would be an obvious frontrunner for best episode of the series, were it not marred by an unfortunate cameo from future-convicted-felon Donald Trump.
Am I the only one that doesn't trust order of operations as a stylistic approach?
Like, if I need to compute "(a * b) + c", it just feels grossly wrong and naked to write it as "a * b + c" even though they're functionally identical.
@alex As a proponent of AI who uses it daily in my work... I can't help but agree.
Saw some small birds kicking the crap out of some crows twice their size today.
Oh, man, they had the camera on the astronauts' faces when they made the call to scrub. That was just sad.
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Let's make a megathread together! 🧵
What #LGBTQIA-led studios and games are using Godot?
Let's start #PrideMonth the right way, by spreading some love 🌈
@godotengine Check out uFactory! Currently transitioning from Unity to #Godot with the Godot version in open beta! This is made by Lucid Silence Games, an #indie #LGBTQIA-led studio!
(All screenshots below from the new Godot beta!)
@skye Lol, of course not. The only software engineers over the age of 50 are ancient wise mages who only descend from their mystical towers to fix the COBOL code still inexplicably running our nuclear arsenal.
@javi Believe it or not, there are a number of places in America where people need a car to get their mail. Whether it's because they have to go all the way to the post office, or because their mailbox is at the end of their miles-long driveway, or because the mail is delivered to a shared multi-box at the end of the miles-long street at the end of the miles-long driveway.
And while I agree that the public transit network doesn't need to make a direct fiscal profit, it does still need to balance the books in overall cost vs good to society. Paying for services that are too sparse and inconvenient for anyone to actually use is a waste of everyone's money, and that's before you get to the massive infrastructure costs for more advanced things like trains.
We would all love to have universal public transit that works. But right now, the collective cost/benefit ratio just isn't good enough (nor as good as it is in Europe) for it to be an actionable priority in most places.
@javi Right, but Europe and America have a slightly different population density and size. Our rural towns are much further apart, with neighbors living miles apart from each other. Public transit doesn't work as well without the economies of scale.
@odaraia The case is certainly partisan, but the decision is unanimous and in keeping with established 1A precedent.
New York shouldn't be urging banks to stop working with the NRA any more than Texas should be urging banks to stop working with Planned Parenthood.
@retrohondajunki@mstdn.social When calling something out, you should really try to include the identifier or number or name or something of the thing you're trying to call out.
@alice Fwiw, there may be a technical disparity in the results.
@ZachWeinersmith Now that makes me wonder if you could actually make a "copyright camouflage" by having a suit covered in the characters of highly-litigious companies.
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
