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PacificSpecific

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PacificSpecific··on C# in Unity 2026: Writing more modern code
Based on your comment it sounds like you have a personal problem with that person which compromises your argument
PacificSpecific··on C# in Unity 2026: Writing more modern code
That's pretty much correct. I kind of have to switch to "unreal c++" context whenever I'm working in it. They have their own standard library etc
PacificSpecific··on C# in Unity 2026: Writing more modern code
You think that's bad. Wait until you see some non game developer coders (I'm being sarcastic of course. The comment I'm replying to is incredibly naive).
PacificSpecific··on LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua
Oh I hadn't considered looking at the source but considering how minimal and clean Lua is I should have assumed so :)

Thanks for the tip. That should make for a fun weekend

PacificSpecific··on Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold
If I'm writing Windows desktop GUIs I still stick to WPF. Might be Stockholm syndrome but I quite like it.

I don't see the reason to use any of the new ms ui frameworks. Especially if ms themselves don't even really use them.

As far as I know visual studio is still a WPF project so I'm not super worried about it no longer working.

PacificSpecific··on LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua
I generally very much dislike dynamic languages but for some reason I've always really liked Lua. I'm not exactly sure why to be honest.

Maybe because you can fit the whole language spec on a single sheet of paper and adding more advanced features is pretty easy.

Love looks really cool. I never got into it personally but I still might

PacificSpecific··on Ask HN: Is there any interest in a native Qt/C++ Discord client?
I would as a Windows user if it works as advertised. The official client has been going downhill. I have to restart it about once a day because it gets into some weird stuck state where it struggles to load chat rooms.
PacificSpecific··on Vite 8.0 Is Out
Loading a browser context isn't helping.
PacificSpecific··on Best performance of a C++ singleton
You leveled up past a point a surprising number of people get stuck on essentially.

I feel likethe mindset you are describing is kind of this intermediate senior level. Sadly a lot of programmers can get stuck there for their whole career. Even worse when they get promoted to staff/principal level and start spreading dogma.

I 100 percent agree. If you can't show me a real world performance difference you are just spinning your wheels and wasting time.

PacificSpecific··on Little Free Library
Thanks very much for the info. I'm building one now in a city with a fairly rough drug problem and I had no idea the stamp existed.
PacificSpecific··on MonoGame: A .NET framework for making cross-platform games
Oh interesting. I never hit any walls personally but I guess I didn't push that hard.
PacificSpecific··on MonoGame: A .NET framework for making cross-platform games
Ah weird. Did a bit of searching and it looks like maybe it targeted multiple frameworks with the xna API. Including xna itself

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Celeste https://celeste.ink/wiki/Version_history

PacificSpecific··on MonoGame: A .NET framework for making cross-platform games
I believe FNA is trying to be more loyal to the original XNA while my monogame tends to introduce new features.

I've been happy with monogame when I used it in the past. I'm pretty sure Celeste was made with FNA

PacificSpecific··on Graphics Programming Resources
It's not my responsibility to educate you. Especially if you won't take the time yourself to understand the problem.

I suggest you read through the sibling comments.

PacificSpecific··on Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence
This matches my experience. Unless it's been done to death online (crud etc) it falls on its face every time.
PacificSpecific··on Graphics Programming Resources
Those are bad answers. Really bad.
PacificSpecific··on Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024
I had to Google that haha.

It's in that realm but more complex. I do plan to repeatedly come back and try though. Just so far it hasn't been useful.

PacificSpecific··on Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024
If that was adequate then wouldn't there not be supplementary material?

Results vary of course. I have some very wonderful synthesizer manuals.

PacificSpecific··on Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024
That's definitely been my experience. I work with a lot of weird code bases that have never been public facing and AI has horrible responses for that stuff.

As soon as I tried to make a todomvc it started working great but I wonder how much value that really brings to the table.

It's great for me though. I can finally make a todomvc tailored to my specific needs.

PacificSpecific··on Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024
If the hardware changes significantly and those sites don't exist in the future wouldn't that mean gemeni would degrade in quality because it has nothing to pull from?
PacificSpecific··on iPhone 17e
You could put a sim card in a tablet in that case. Might look a little funny when doing a phone call though.
PacificSpecific··on Elevated Errors in Claude.ai
I've done a couple flirty interviews and so far it hasn't come up. So take hope, it's not all bad.
PacificSpecific··on Little Free Library
It says in the OP's link. I was just wondering if book buyers respected the stamp and furthermore if the people stealing the books recognize it enough to be deterred.
PacificSpecific··on Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)
I generally worked on AAA stuff but the few times I released stuff independently I ended up writing my own framework/engine.

I think the issue was when I used an engine the scope was too large and I never completed the work so I never released the game (or I released it for free because I felt it was incomplete and wasn't worth charging for)

It's great to work in a constrained environment

PacificSpecific··on Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)
How is it not relevant? Celeste wasn't exactly a pinnacle of bleeding edge technology when it came out.

If I remember correctly it was a team of 2.

PacificSpecific··on Little Free Library
Did the stamp work out?
PacificSpecific··on Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store
I've never looked at the app store rankings before. Number 3 is a app for buying shoes? That seems quite specific.
PacificSpecific··on Leaving Google has actively improved my life
Yeah I still use Google for local restaurant info and geospatial stuff because it's just plain better.

I'm not sure if this is true anymore but years ago I heard from some business owners in my area that Google would call them to keep business information up to date. I imagine there's some form of automation these days (robocalls maybe?) but if that is the case it's kind of funny to think they are superior because they still do some stuff somewhat manually.

PacificSpecific··on How do I cancel my ChatGPT subscription?
I'm gonna have to see if I can get my company to switch off openAI. Hopefully we can make a small dent and if enough of us do it, a larger dent.

Sounds like it won't really be a pain for me though based off comments on HN indicating Claude is the better product and I doubt I personally would hit any sort of token limits with the amount I use agentic coding.

PacificSpecific··on Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win
Gametap was so great and really underrated at the time. I think I probably ended up introducing it to 4-5 people.

We're starting to see some gametap-esqu stuff again these days but it's like 15 years later and the quality isn't there for me. Even though my employer keeps giving me free Xbox ultimate subscriptions I never really use them. I think a big part was gametap was so frictionless, you boot up the client and start playing.

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