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Yep. Like many arts, gamedev is something people will do for free, so it's very difficult (or torturous) to do it for profit.

I found it fun to do amateur gamedev, for my own little enjoyment (e.g. making a super-basic FPS with a gun that shoots a thousand cubes like a shotgun, then making it shoot a thousands spheres that explode on impact like a grenade launcher). Lots of engines are accessible that you don't need to learn much/any programming skill to make something fun. You can do plenty with free assets, I never paid for anything, but if you are willing and able to pay small amounts for premade assets, then it will be even faster and easier to make something more pretty.

I've also done level design (and LoC) for some open-source FOSS games. This is easier for some games than others, but it's also rewarding. I was particularly known for making experimental or puzzle-like levels, so it was nice to get feedback from others and improve. I've mostly grown apart from games these days, but I don't regret the time I enjoyed making them.

Whoops, I meant Nb5, and you're right, I was mistaken.

Now that I've had some proper sleep: How about Nc8? Black can't move the king, can't use the rook to threaten white's king, moving the pawn forward would expose Ra7#, and using the rook to capture would allow Rc8#

Yep, was expecting to see the BBoC mentioned.

Emphasizing the part in that wiki page where they mention two of the co-authors disavowed the book as the main author was apparently 'desperate' to increase the number of counted victims in the ridiculous ways RiverRock mentioned.

I don't know the conventions for these puzzles but I think I've solved it. It's an elegant setup!

Yep. If money isn't a problem, the answer is 'never'.

Laws mean nothing without enforcement. There is no 'trouble', there's no power in 'should'.

Wait, did we all miss a memo?

Speak for yourself. Those who have been on the streets have been seeing police suppression for decades, over a century even. Protest laws have been encroaching all that time.

Judging by the two-party system and the past Democrat governments, I don't think there's a significant possibility of getting more than one those in the next decade. At least four of them run directly in contradiction to the groups with enough money to systematically sponsor and corrupt politicians (no matter which party), own mass media and control other relevant institutions.

These kind of things only happen when people have the power to pressure the government into supplying them.

Two things can be bad. These are not sports teams where one side wins and the other loses.

Yes. I completely agree. However, it's important to dispel false equivalence. Every country spends money on military, that doesn't imply they're all bad or neglecting their citizens.

Why is the US spending so much on military? Why is China spending so much on military? Why does the US routinely invade countries in other regions? Why does China suppress Uyghur people in the Xinjiang conflict? Like you said, two things can be bad, but it's also negligent to imply the two situations are comparable.

China is #2 in military spending after the USA.

I don't believe they have another option, given the USA's military and aggression.

It's telling how limited their spending is - consider China's disproportionate economy, size and population, and their borders. According to Wikipedia, they only spend 1.7% of their GDP on military - that's alongside the Netherlands, Czechia, Italy and Spain.

Does your local government publish advice? Some have a contact who can tell you what is safe to use in their infrastructure.

Maybe we can pitch a TV show and use the budget to build housing a realistic neighborhood set.

Absolutely. This regime has shown how fragile the relationship is, and how untrustworthy the USA is as a partner.

once the democrats are back in power

This little phrase reminded me: I find it interesting how this is just assumed by many people as an eventuality when we've already seen a failed coup attempt last time an election ousted the Republican regime. There is this underlying faith in the liberal democracy of the US, since despite its huge flaws, it hasn't failed in over a century. Similar with all the people who call for impeachment, police arresting ICE and other legal mechanisms.

It's silly to trust government institutions to save one from an openly, brazenly malicious government.

It depends what you mean by movement, and where you mean.

There are already some direct action movements on the ground, like Subvertisers International, Adbusters and historically B.U.G.A.U.P to name some famous Western ones.

Many years ago, I posted about how horribly written it was, and right on cue, a neo-Nazi pipes in asking which translation it was, because apparently all the faithful translations are a Jewish trick, or something...

No reply when I posted the introduction in original German, of course.

This might not be what you meant, but I've found 90+% of the 'online left' regardless of ideology to be far more ultra-left, alienated and toxic than most people on the ground, even including the drama kiddos on college campuses and split rival organizations. To everyone I highly recommend finding people in real life, if possible.

Bombs not Food

Sulfur and charcoal, delightful!

Redlib is an alternate frontend to reddit.com.

I can't find "Ramble" so I'm guessing they might mean Raddle, which is a reddit-like website of its own, similar to Lemmy (without federation)

If there's no specific use-case (this is a general introduction, not Intro to Operating System Design) and this isn't academic Computer Science teaching, then certainly a scripting language.

Easy to learn, easy to use, and much more applicable for simple automation that benefits the people learning.

C is dangerous if someone doesn't take care. Java is verbose and personally I didn't enjoy it one bit. You said this is a non-technical crowd and you expect them to follow at home.