More excitingly, DF is about to get a huge magic system update that I’m really looking forward to.

Good one

I enjoyed this so much more as it was at 24 upvotes when I came upon it. Just barely qualifies for plural of dozen.

It’s a concrete target for developers. Most new games will want to run smoothly on those specs. And studios will learn how to make the most of the hardware available. Take a look at early PS3 games versus near end of its lifecycle - huge improvement in fidelity, running on same hw. Compared to consoles, the PC games (especially indies) are not really that optimized on any random machine. If you can squeeze 30% more performance out of same specs that stream machine offers then the specs look a bit nicer, no? I think it is realistic, by learning about bottlenecks and orchestrating the CPU/GPU throughput. People were bickering that PS4 was underpowered as well but it’s more that on PC you need better hw just to compensate for lack of concrete-hardware-focused optimisations.

Also I feel the article compares the prices to what they were 6 months ago. Can you find similar gaming machines at this price from a reputable supplier? Any that are guaranteed to be well supported with driver and OS updates?

Another great thing is, if you are gaming on Linux you gain so much even if you don’t buy the machine. So I’m happy with this even though I don’t have immediate plans to buy one.

I spent few years using it professionally and mentoring others, but never felt comfortable with it. Small eternities spent fighting the language constructs and solving typing puzzles. My take away is that I could just barely fit the C++ in my head and then there’s no room for anything else. I’m done with it for good.

PoV: I’m a dev and I want to put my code out there. GH is basically a social network that aims to show my project to like-minded folk, no other service does that. Personally I enjoy this social aspect and occasionally check on GH feed to see what the circle around me is doing, to catch sw trends.

Why would I be concerned about privacy when the idea is to make it public? GH is just a free host that happens to be most popular and it would reach most eyes, the best chance of getting back some contributions.

If I used any other git hosting service - my code would be scrapped just the same, but would reach almost no human. If I tried to publicise the project myself, the other devs and potential new users will be far more likely to click on a GH link than any alternative. Self hosted solution would get least clicks. People like familiar URLs that lead them to “safe” sites.

Among big tech, I actually prefer Microsoft over Google, Meta and others. Yes, MS is just as disgusting, but at least they are grossly incompetent and only manage to execute a fraction of evil schemes they come up with. It’s funny to watch actually.