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zingplex

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I solve problems using computers

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zingplex··on Plants vs. Zombies for PlayStation 2
Popcap was originally named Sexy Action Cool. The name was probably from that era or a callback at the very least.
zingplex··on Show HN: Microwave – Native iOS app for videos on ATproto
What are your thoughts on ATproto after implementing a client?
zingplex··on To make a fortune, target bored young men who want to make a fortune
> And I agree with you that younger generations, probably at large due to social media, are not patient enough to get rich by saving.

Speaking as someone in a younger generation, there's a sense that with the climate sword of Damocles dangling overhead and countless people stressing the already fraying hair, perhaps we may not have sufficient time to accumulate any sort of wealth by saving. Perhaps this is just a lack of patience in our generation, but I think it's quite possible there are bigger factors at play.

zingplex··on Control Mark Zuckerbergs smile property
I feel like this would be better if they rotoscope Mark so that the background doesn't move.
zingplex··on Keeping Open Source Open
Much like GPLv3 was written to counter tivoization, I’d love a GPLv4 to kill what RedHat is doing before they do irreparable the entire free software ecosystem.
zingplex··on Future Fords could repossess themselves and drive away if you miss payments
No, Tesla is prior art
zingplex··on We are now 90 seconds to our doom
Quite to the contrary, the clock is set by the Science and Security Board which seems much more focused on geopolitical questions instead of scientific. The Science and Security Board is advised by the Board of Sponsors, which does have quite a few scientists, but only in an advisory role.
zingplex··on We are now 90 seconds to our doom
> Problem is they have to keep moving it closer to midnight or they won't get any media attention.

It was last moved in 2020 and doesn't appear to move every year. Moreover, it has been moved back in the past. I don't get the impression this is some cynical media ploy but instead an educational effort from some well meaning experts in their respective fields trying to raise awareness and provoke action towards remedying various existential threats, including nuclear war, but also climate change and biological threats.

zingplex··on Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera
Modernist Cuisine is one I highly recommend.
zingplex··on The Modern World Can't Exist Without These Four Materials
The four materials mentioned in the article are cement, steel, plastics, and ammonia.
zingplex··on Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
I don't think Telegram should really be seen as an alternative to Signal. It doesn't use E2E encryption by default.
zingplex··on Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love
For those interested, the beta version of dwitter.net has an option to show the uncompressed copy of the code

https://beta.dwitter.net/d/25497

zingplex··on Why does everything on Netflix look like that?
At least to my eyes there is a huge difference visually between Ted Lasso and Slow Horses.
zingplex··on Stock Photos of the Future of the Past
Good image quality can tell you very little regarding when an image was taken so long as the image has been properly preserved and digitized.
zingplex··on Teens have abandoned Facebook, Pew study says
I don't know, it seems to me they just all moved over to Tik Tok, which doesn't seem much better.
zingplex··on Brave will debounce all Google AMP cache URLs to the publishers' sites
Could they though? If Firefox started having giant ad images on the new tab page, sending ad notifications and pushing crypto scams, the users would be outraged.
zingplex··on Ask HN: Is no one hiring junior devs?
As a senior dev, I don't see the problem with that. If anything the number is a bit lower than it should be.
zingplex··on How fast is 12th Gen Intel Core?
Would increasing the RAM really make that big a difference in terms of kernel compilation time? It feels to me that 16GB should be plenty for any sort of caching that will speed things up.
zingplex··on NSA, NIST, and post-quantum crypto: my second lawsuit against the US government
> There is no record that he attempted to use internal channels

From the beginning of the Snowden quote:

> I could not legally go to the official channels that direct NSA employees have available to them

In addition, I find it difficult to take any congressional report on this matter, including the one you cited, seriously given that their primary source is a group of people who have repeatedly lied to Congress without consequence.

zingplex··on NSA, NIST, and post-quantum crypto: my second lawsuit against the US government
Regarding trying internal channels, Snowden says he tried this

> despite the fact that I could not legally go to the official channels that direct NSA employees have available to them, I still made tremendous efforts to report these programs to co-workers, supervisors, and anyone with the proper clearance who would listen. The reactions of those I told about the scale of the constitutional violations ranged from deeply concerned to appalled, but no one was willing to risk their jobs, families, and possibly even freedom

The fleeing to a foreign adversary part would have been completely avoidable if the US had stronger whistleblower protections. It's perfectly reasonable to see what happened to Chelsey Manning and Julian Assange and not want to suffer a similar fate.

zingplex··on Litetree – SQLite with Branches
Maybe I'm missing something obvious but all I see is the source amalgamation, not the files used to generate the giant source code file. Did they take the SQLite source amalgamation and write their changes directly against that?
zingplex··on How to advertise to developers: deep dive into paid developer marketing
Didn't Arri win the digital camera wars though?
zingplex··on Linux Sucks 2022
Could you explain the Gnome workflow and how it doesn't necessitate the use of minimizing and maximizing Windows?
zingplex··on What workers want: raises that beat inflation
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but in case you are, here's a story from Canada

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-loblaw-prof...

zingplex··on Dhall: A Gateway Drug to Haskell
I love Dhall and have used it in production, but I will say that the documentation, especially for things like dhall-kubernetes, often leaves much to be desired. You may need to spend a bit of time reading the source code.
zingplex··on Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
Please elaborate
zingplex··on Elon Musk texts Larry Page about investing in Tesla (2018)
The text was sent in 2018
zingplex··on Mealie – a self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner with a RestAPI back end
Not a head to head comparison, but having used many different recipe managers, Tandoor is the one I landed on. I think the ability to colocate ingredients alongside steps is very helpful for longer recipes.

Demo recipe screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/ZUeTQ8C.png

zingplex··on An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
Would it be possible to design the device to detect if the speaker has been tampered with? Perhaps having some sort of microphone on board to detect whether the speaker is functional would work.
zingplex··on Google gives execs raises after declining to boost employees' pay
They're still a user-hostile company as well
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