Metal Mutton 🤖🐏 @SteelWool@computerfairi.es

Seedlings have been thriving without me! No major casualties, though some are looking thirsty

Programmers: We don’t need sanitization and bounds checking

Hackers:

When you first launch a game do you...

getting some perspective

May the fonts be with you!~⭐

URBAN and QUIT are now available on Itch at a special price.

https://itch.io/s/122946/may-the-fonts-be-with-you

#fonts #gamedev #assets

Tom Gauld on the AI (investment) bubble

#AI #investment

Helldivers 2 to make Steam/PlayStation account linking mandatory by June https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/helldivers-2-to-make-steam-playstation-account-linking-mandatory-in-june?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraud.

"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?

The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."

Your phone buzzes. You tap the notification This is what you see.

Still think it is a scam?

React, Electron, and LLMs have a common purpose: the labour arbitrage theory of dev tool popularity: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/react-electron-llms-labour-arbitrage/

"reCAPTCHA is broken for [some|most|all] Windows users"

This is your periodic reminder that nothing the Chrome team or anyone at Google says about "loving the web" or "caring about the web" matters at all, because nobody at Google tests anything on any browser but Chrome.

'Why Doesn't Everyone See the Importance of Preserving Our Past?' by Warren Spector https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/game-preservation

"Take-Two confirms Kerbal Space Program 2 is safe despite Seattle layoffs"

yeah, who cares about people fired, right? the game will be fine, don't you worry consumers and shareholders! /s

i need a job so badly

this month is my last chance

im a software developer with a decade of experience who needs a remote position, please reach out if you can offer something

Hoy mis tíos estaban recordando su infancia y cómo podían salir a la calle y hacer lo que quisieran. En otro momento de la conversación recordaron que antes había menos carros, pero no hicieron la conexión.

Benjamin franklin named them “bifocals” in honor of bisexuality, which he also invented

Many yearn for the "good old days" of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.

https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/

#web #newsletter #CitationNeeded