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Ubisoft announces studio closure as it lays off 185 staff in c/games

[–] qx128 78 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If their customers are going to have to get used to not owning games they paid for, I guess Ubisoft is going to get used to not having money 🤷🏻

Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law in c/technology

[–] qx128 6 points 1 week ago

Commence operation “find out”!

Why do libraries define their own true and false? in c/[email protected]

[–] qx128 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It’s for the extra helpful documentation. You see, in this fantastic example, after the author set GLFW_TRUE to 1, he explained the deep and profound meaning of the value. This exemplifies that the number 1 can also be written as a word: “One”! Some people might be able to figure this out, but the author clearly went above and beyond to make the code accessible to the open source community, encouraging contributions from anyone who’s considering improving the code. Furthermore, this follows the long held tradition of man pages - explaining the nuance of the code, in preparation for telling others to RTFM when they arrogantly ask a question.

Valve dev says SteamOS isn't about killing Windows: 'If a user has a good experience on Windows, there's no problem' in c/[email protected]

[–] qx128 6 points 2 weeks ago

Shots fired!

Since bits are ones and zeroes, and also mean true/false and on/off by extension, doesn't that mean all solutions to IT problems are just turning something off and on again at some level? in c/showerthoughts

[–] qx128 18 points 2 weeks ago

Go bigger than IT problems.

Most desk jobs are simply finding information: a suitable combination of 1s and 0s until someone else agrees that the combination is correct.

Then, as a reward, the business slightly changes the 1s and 0s of my bank account.

It’s 1s and 0s all the way down.

Anon buys a TV without researching in c/[email protected]

[–] qx128 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Check out “commercial” TVs. These are TVs for businesses (e.g. displaying a menu at a restaurant). They typically don’t have the “smart” features. You have to look for them specifically.