Do not understand why people always use bloated third party json libraries and then complain about it when I've seen people using pico 8 create json (de)serializers in like 15 lines of code
@eniko Do you happen to have that code a link away perhaps? Tried searching and, yeah, no, nope.
Why? Because I’m curious. I think we all who can code should share little code snippets now and then (and I’ve been bad at it) simply because it would make all of us collectively both think and discuss.
Matt Farrah of The Smoking Tire gave an honest and (therefore) devastatingly negative review of the #Cybertruck. Good on him. Every point he makes is spot-on (except maybe the chuckle-inducing post-Apocalypse truck argument).
i wonder why other devs don't seem to localize to (brazilian) portuguese. the 2nd highest country for wishlists for kitsune tails is brazil (7% vs USA 40%), and historically we've had lots of sales from brazil. i get that the price per unit for that region is low but come on that's still a lot of fans you're leaving out in the cold by not localizing your game for them
@eniko Genuine question, got any idea of if the increased sales would cover the cost of a translation? I feel that even if it’s a wash it means a potentially bigger audience and a translator gets paid.
(Since I prefer English even if my native tongue is supported I genuinely have no clue. And a fair number of people do speak English as well.)
Much as I dislike the theft of human labor that feeds many of the #generativeAI products we see today, I have to agree with @pluralistic that #copyright law is the wrong way to address the problem.
To frame the issue concretely: think of whom copyright law has benefited in the past, and then explain how it would benefit the individual creator when it is applied to #AI. (Hint: it won’t.)
Copyright law is already abused and extended to an absurd degree today. It already overreaches. It impoverishes society by putting up barriers to creation and allowing toll-collectors to exist between citizen artists and their audience.
Labor law is likely what we need to lean on. #unions and #guilds protect creators in a way that copyright cannot. Inequality and unequal bargaining power that lead to exploitation of artists and workers is what we need to address head-on.
@drahardja@pluralistic You are right that copyright can’t save us, but I think Pandora’s box is open and we can’t close it again. Whether we want to or not. As pro union/guild that I am (hint: a lot) I see this as loosing battle.
We are seeing the move to post scarcity right now. Art can be copied for virtually no cost at this point. With data breaches almost daily on top of that.
I think taxes and UBI might be the only way. At least it’s the only thing I can come up with myself.
“I understand that this period of change may be challenging and that patience is not easy when expecting to be paid, however, I want to express my sincere appreciation for your understanding and support as we navigate through this transition.”
@drahardja You have to hand it to DeLorean, his downfall was at least interesting in a crime movie type of way.
This whole thing is just baffling. As an outsider it feels like everything is done in the worst possible way. So many crazy reports about so many different things.
i went through several failed iterations of a feature on kitsune tails yesterday so felt like i had gotten nothing done. but i have redeemed myself by completing two major tasks today, so thats good
@orci I was kind of amazed to find out that there are black squirrels (got one or two in the yard here), white ones (both albino and just white fur), and red ones (and not the superior and more awesome looking Sciurus Vulgaris).
This on top of the normal gray ones. And I’ve seen all four (no albino afaik) in the cities myself.
Did they keep interacting through the window or was it a lucky quick shot? It’s a great photo!