I've been seeing this for quite a bit, and thought it'd resolve itself once CloudFlare was taken off, but I'm still seeing it on many external communities from e.g. Lemmy. Not all posts or comments are visible from Kbin. Any idea on what's going on?...
I see it as a just-in-case message, to let you know that you're browsing a non-kbin community and that some federation features may break on either side, even if they are not broken at the moment. There may also be some differences in how posts and comments are sorted between kbin and the original instance, and - I'm not sure if that's exactly how it works - potentially you may see different comments depending on who the two instances federate with.
I have very limited background in programming. I quite want to develop the game myself, or with only minimal help. Is there one language that is better than others for game development, or is more versatile?
That would depend on what kind of game you want to make, and what do you mean by "from scratch" (hopefully not the Scratch programming language - that one I can tell you, you should not be using).
If you're planning on creating everything from scratch, including the game engine? With a "very limited background in programming", I would advise against it, but if you're stubborn enough, you could get it done in a couple years. But you would not be constrained to any specific language - you could use anything you'd like, even though some may be better suited for the task than others.
Most AAA game engines are still built with C++, and that's the one to use if you're very serious about it and want good performance with good 3D graphics - you'll find a lot of resources, libraries and bindings for it. On the other hand, it's considered one of the most difficult mainstream languages to learn.
If you only need 2D graphics, and don't need to simulate a lot of stuff, you can focus on finding a language that would be easier for you to learn. Python is considered a good starting language, and despite being slow, it should be good enough for the task.
If you're planning on actually making a game, you probably want to use an existing engine and build from there - all of my own twenty-something attempts at creating my own game engine have ended with "ooh, so that why they don't do it this way" instead of a game. There are lots of different ones to choose from, and again, depending on how complex the game is supposed to be, you can use Unity with C# or Unreal with C++ for advanced 3D (Unreal also has Blueprints, which would be... well... Scratch-for-Games - visual scripting, an editor that does not require a knowledge of any programming language); or, for example, Godot for 2D and simple 3D, with C# or their own GDScript, which is a mix between Python and Javascript, and pretty easy to get a hang of.
So, my advice would be to find an engine that looks intuitive enough for you, and learn whatever it uses for scripting - if you decide to move to a different one with a different language later, it is much, much easier to learn a second language than it was to learn your first.
Thus far he's proven to be a great guy, but in case he lives long enough to become a villain, yes - he owns this instance, and if he's ever taken over by some space parasite, he has the ability to shut down this instance and delete everything uploaded to it; but the beauty of the fediverse is, if you don't trust an admin of this instance, you can join a different one, and still talk to people here; if you don't trust any admin, you can spin up your own instance, and it will still be able to communicate with all the others; and if you don't trust anyone, even yourself... well, fediverse will not solve that problem.
I guess that could also explain why we're only able to move in time in one direction? As in, time being the fourth dimension along which we are being pulled into that black hole of the higher, four-dimensional universe, with three-dimensional "surface" of the event horizon? Would that make any sense?
Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis - got just the right amounts of science and fiction, drama and comedy, campiness and self-awareness, and is the reason I got interested in physics and programming. Undomesticated equines could not remove me from another rewatch.
Yes! I loved Farscape, too, although I was able to only watch one season - but I'm planning to fix it soon. I just recently realized the reason I loved Guardians of the Galaxy so much, is because it reminded me of Farscape - mostly in costume design and team dynamics.
Another, modern show worth a mention, is Travelers, from the same creator as Stargate. Much more serious in tone, grim, even, but still extremely engaging.
Been trying to find all the different markdown tools available on kbin and especially ones for posting Spoilers but haven't have a lot of luck with that specific one....
Spoiler tagging is not standardized in markdown, and doesn't look like the library used by kbin for parsing markdown (league/commonmark supports it out of the box.
EDIT: I'm trying to see if raw HTML works, but it doesn't seem to, even though I don't see it being disabled in kbin code.
Like for example, how someone thinks because you work in IT you can fix their TV, or how if you're into music you must be able to play any random instrument....
For me, it's actually more fascinating than annoying how programming became known as this asocial profession where you sit all day in a dark room typing out some complex algorithms without ever talking to a human being. Meanwhile my daily work is mostly discussing requirements with architects / product owners, setting up meetings with other teams to see if maybe they have some experience with my current issue, training newcomers, helping the tech support deal with customers' cases... sometimes I go weeks without touching any code, and even when I do, it tends to be an hour of reading docs and discussing potential solutions with teammates per five minutes of actual coding.
Yep, I'm pretty sure a lot of hackers don't hack because they want to see the world burn, but because doing a regular cybersecurity job is just too boring.
I always thought it was a pretty smart idea on Reddit's side to have the posts and comments be automatically upvoted by their author, saving them the tough choice between playing fair or boosting their initial reach a little; and if you had particularly low self-esteem, this enabled you to reduce your own points by not one, but...
I'm pretty sure that initial upvote did not count towards karma, though? And my point is, even if you don't think about the upvotes, the sorting algorithm might, and people who don't self-upvote might be disadvantaged when it comes to which posts/comments appear first. It's not a hugely important issue, and I don't expect many people to care, but I remember some old forums used to shame people for doing that.
Kbinners works well, although I can't help but pronounce it as "combiners"... which maybe could actually fit the theme of combining different communities/topics, or links from different places in the fediverse/internet, within the platform?
Yes, all the magazines under a single instance are hosted on a single server, in case of kbin.social on a private machine(s) in Poland owned by the admin/developer of kbin - which is why the site has been so slow today, with the influx of thousands of new users. Other instances, such as fedia.io, are hosted by other people on separate machines, and have their own sets of magazines.
What's up with "The magazine from the federated server may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance."? Is this working as intended or is it a bug?
I've been seeing this for quite a bit, and thought it'd resolve itself once CloudFlare was taken off, but I'm still seeing it on many external communities from e.g. Lemmy. Not all posts or comments are visible from Kbin. Any idea on what's going on?...
What programming language would be the best to learn to develop a game from scratch?
I have very limited background in programming. I quite want to develop the game myself, or with only minimal help. Is there one language that is better than others for game development, or is more versatile?
Ernest Appreciation Post
Kbin has seen a staggering amount of growth in the past few weeks, and with it a bunch of discussion about issues and bugs....
what if solar systems are synonymous to atoms in that they are the minute building blocks of something greater?
Prove me wrong, I dare you!
Valkyrie thinks she's Adam Warlock (streamable.com)
Which is your favourite scifi TV show?
For me, it would be The Expanse, and Dark...
If brands were brutally honest. What brand would have what slogan?
Just wondering...
Post Markdown Listing / Help. -- Specifically Spoiler Tagging
Been trying to find all the different markdown tools available on kbin and especially ones for posting Spoilers but haven't have a lot of luck with that specific one....
What's an innocent misconception about your hobby/profession that drives you up the wall?
Like for example, how someone thinks because you work in IT you can fix their TV, or how if you're into music you must be able to play any random instrument....
How do you feel about people upvoting their own posts?
I always thought it was a pretty smart idea on Reddit's side to have the posts and comments be automatically upvoted by their author, saving them the tough choice between playing fair or boosting their initial reach a little; and if you had particularly low self-esteem, this enabled you to reduce your own points by not one, but...
Opinion: kbin.social having the same name as kbin software can be confusing
I just joined and would like to say hello!...
What's a song that you like?
Whats a song (or more than one) that you like, or been listening to lately?
People from Reddit or redditors, people from Boston are Bostonians, people from Canada are Canadian. What should the people of this site use for a demonym?
I've seen keebinetters, but that feels like trying to say Massachusettsian instead of Bay Stater....
Where is all this actually hosted?
I read a little bit how kbin works, fediverse and all of that, but I didn't find information where are the files?...