[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

OP needs to be asking for help with specific coding problems on there too as opposed to asking for a mentor like here because they'll get the same response. Also reiterating what I said in my comment about IRC being more helpful provided you send them a pastebin.

[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Love my DS! Took a picture of some of my favourites for a mastodon thread earlier but will share here -

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I'd just use the #rust IRC channel on libera.chat personally.

Edit: Maybe for the basics/boilerplate you could start with ChatGPT or another generative AI. Then if you have a specific question you could ask the enthusiasts on the IRC channel. IRC people are a lot more helpful than discord people in my experience.

Should also mention there is no substitute for a good textbook so maybe getting a PDF of an Intro to Rust type book would be a good idea as well.

[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

This Baillie Gifford controversy is nuts. They are one of the largest investment companies in terms of backing renewable energies and they invest way fewer funds than their competitors in fossil fuels.

Arts festivals like the Edinburgh Book Festival have been browbeaten by these grandstanding authors into removing them as a sponsor but the only repercussions we're going to see is the event being reduced in scale in coming years. The government is not going to step in and take their place and there's no viable alternative source of money other than the private sector.

[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I'm not convinced by your approach but I respect that you've put a lot of thought into it. I guess my main issue is that it seems some parents don't think about it at all.

[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

People need to understand that the internet is a public space. Family PCs should be in a shared space like the living room and kids need to have parental controls enabled on their smart phone. Beyond that, yeah people need to get thicker skins when it comes to social media (including steam in this).

[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I believe the Switch version does not require an online account either.

[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I also quite enjoyed Warrior Within but then again I liked Jak 2 as well. I wonder what happened in that "Shadow the Hedgehog" era to make all these good mascots go bad...

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If Digital Underground were able to make more consistent albums then they'd be my favourite group ever. The best tracks are unreal but then the skits, etc. drag the whole thing down on repeated listens.

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I find The National frequently embarassing as a Scottish person. Enjoying seeing them squirm here.

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Apologies for the slightly skewed picture. I actually own this artwork. A close family friend has been collecting 19th Century Japanese woodcuts his entire life, and he gifted this one of a wedding scene to my wife and I when we got married.

More details about the work. The artist Kunisada lived from 1786 to 1864 and he shared a studio / teacher with the (perhaps more famous) artist Kuniyoshi. This work was published by Hayashiya Shogoro in 1850.

The work depicts a Kabuki theatre scene; traditional Japanese theatre. Actors are playing the roles of Aburu-ya Oshin and Fukuoka Mitsugi in the play Ise Ondo. In this scene the couple are getting married.

[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 83 points 5 months ago

I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on this topic: Investigating the influences on 17th C. Spanish Art depicting visions and religious experiences.

Have been asked by the mods to post the dissertation separately from the artwork so happy to oblige -

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11_Os0A5Ngwx0R8BwPIA2cqa_m3kg56lW/view?usp=sharing

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Heard the editor being interviewed on Radio4 Today Programme this morning. This 90s throwback is bizarre. Do people really think there will be demand from this after the initial novelty?

I read a couple articles this morning and the "journalism" reads like a Sunday Sport article.

Interesting thought experiment - since the magazine is online only - are the nonces going to have to print out the magazine now to leave it in shubbery for kids to find? Those reddit threads where every man over the age of 40 seems to have a story about finding porn mags in bushes always had a creepy undertone. I'm not sure that the 'porn fairy' commenters sometimes refer to was a very savoury character.

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II: Accessibility Review (www.reviews.sightlesskombat.com)

Playing Hellblade 2 at the moment myself. Personally I'm fortunate not to need any of the accessibility features but I found this review to be a fascinating read.

The reviewer also compares the accessibility options to some other recent AAA releases in this reddit comment.

In terms of my opinion of the game: I've only got the Series S version so it's not the full fat graphics but even then they are stunning. I think some of the negative reviews were from people wanting it to be a different type of game, however, if you are aware it is basically a walking simulator with Punchout combat every so often then the story and world takes centre stage. The world is similar to God of War (2018) but grittier and focusing on other aspects of Scandi mythology. I think I like this world more.

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Unnerving Enemies (lemmy.world)
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Careful with this one, it's an antique

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I've really enjoyed this radio4 series about internet culture and the impact that messaging apps have had on our lives/politics.

Each episode is a half hour with different themes: WhatsApp groups, Politicians using WhatsApp, Slack, Chatbots/AI, Discord leakers, Telegram in Russia.

Probably would say the first half is more UK-specific but the show does a good job of making the later episodes relevant, thought provoking.

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[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 142 points 10 months ago

Is "goes nuclear" the new "slams"? I hate these clickbait headlines so much it's unreal

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It's a budget puzzler with utilitarian (but charming) graphics. Probably not going to be GOTY for anyone but as a Godzilla fan I'd say it's a solid 8/10.

Seems to be PC-only at the moment but runs fine with Proton on Linux (with compatibility set to version 7).

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[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago

The multigoose

[-] steeznson@lemmy.world 235 points 1 year ago

I'm looking forward to the Year of the Linux desktop ™️

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