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6·3 天前I use my digital journal to document my thoughts on games that I have played or are next in the pipeline. The notes grow organically as my thoughts form with each gameplay.
I have been journaling since 2019. It was born out of the need to manage my tasks and thoughts at work. But then it was helpful enough to start doing it for all the aspects of my life.
Started out with a simple notepad lying around at my office. Moved to Obsidian and now Emacs’ Org-Mode.
But I still use a nice notebook for journaling when I am not around my machine or when I want to jot something urgently. I digitise it later, if necessary.
In fact, I prefer using pen and paper over my machine (which has a very, very comfortable and enjoyable keyboard), as I find it more personal, private and deliberate.
The controversy around this image always felt to me like a case of information hazard.
Unless the subject of the image themselves had a problem with the usage (which they didn’t until recently), it should not have mattered.
The controversy began only after when the background/context around the image got established.
Having said that, I am aware the image has been used for decades in academic settings (it was in my university textbooks). But the resistance in moving to a different image was quite surprising. It was more surprising when I learnt journals and some pockets of academia had to impose a ban on the image since people (unknowingly, I hope) kept using the image even after the controversy erupted.
30·3 天前I don’t think movies/series like Jurassic XYZ, Fast & Furious, Transformers, etc. exist to please the critics. Of course, movie critics are going to watch and review the summer’s biggest movies (out of love for their job or their job security).
Having read the article, it seems like the author’s expectation is for critics to have a different (lower?) set of standards for reviewing these movies.
However, I am sure critics already give the leeway that such movies warrant, and that this movie (and many others like this) just didn’t fare well even for those standards.
Regardless of whether it is truly superior (it isn’t, but neither is Cursor, if you think about it), it is actually more tedious to “cut and paste” the “source code file” and then paste back the output.
It is far simpler to just initiate a chat within Cursor, allowing it to identify all the files necessary for context alongside the one being viewed.
Is spoopy a typo or a slang people use? So spooky that it made one poop(y)?
1261·5 天前Thank you for discovering this, and creating awareness around it.
Seems like a genuine miss, contrary to what the comments here would have one believe, given that the compose file (and rest of the docs) were mostly derived from whatever worked for the developers themselves.
9·5 天前I had to read more than once to realise it is not a game about WinRAR.
Having said that, all the best with the development, and may the game find love and success. :-)
4·6 天前I don’t know how you arrived at this based on what @TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca was saying.
Connection strength is a network/infrastructure problem while what was being said in the original comment is an application/usage one.
The other part of your statement can be solved using a search engine which restricts itself to just searches and not distract itself with ads and AI. But evidently such a product is hard to build in today’s world.
Clicked on the link since the thumbnail showed a flowchart (I like them), and got to learn quite a bit. Sad that samurai is obsolete but glad that body snatcher and slave catcher are as well.
I got a nice chuckle out of match maker, never thought of it in this manner, and will never not think about it whenever someone says anything about matchmaking.
Also chuckle worthy, “Flowchart to determine if an occupation should be included in the list of obsolete occupations”, and the first decision box is “Is occupation obsolete?”.
2·6 天前I am unable to read it despite the extension.
A paywalled article from TOI which ironically uses AI generated art. TOI staying true to its label - the scum of Indian newspapers.
I wasn’t aware you are the editor/owner of the website too. Thank you for creating it. I have added it to my reading list.
Hope it isn’t taken down soon? If so, I will archive it locally.
As for your new blog, all the best. :-)
Interesting website, even though it has stopped.
The previous post on the website was quite a precursor in hindsight.
A perfect origin story of a villain.
Jeremy then goes on a crime spree, but he was caught early on because he is a snail… with a left-coiled shell. The shell prints at the crime scenes helped narrow it down to him instantly.
Perhaps they are setting this in a fantasy world where sword and sorcery exists with modern technology. :P
There is a truck a few seconds into the trailer. I guess they forgot to mask it or edit it out.
Vim was my primary tool of development for over a decade, and I used Obsidian for about 3 years. However, in early 2024, I tried out Emacs and never looked back.
I find it functionally equivalent to Vim albeit perceivably slower, and Org-mode (+Denote) is far superior than Markdown and Obsidian with its slew of plugins.
Migrating my 3 years worth of notes was a pain since I was using Obsidian’s variant of Markdown syntax to link other notes. In the end I gave up trying to convert those notes, and used them alongside my new Org-mode notes, thanks to Denote’s interoperability.
In fact, Denote’s naming philosophy is so powerful yet simple that I started using it for all documents and downloads.
The post has already been covered by some Indian news outlets:
I too don’t play games that often, not for want of trying.
However, it allows me to be deliberate with my gaming sessions as well as when I am writing about it.
I use Org-Mode in Emacs, but I previously used Obsidian. You may definitely find the latter more palatable, as it did to me initially.
As for what I write, my write-ups starts out with links to the game’s Steam/PlayStation store and Wikipedia entry (resolved on a best effort basis), and to my journal entry to Steam Deck or PS5 (nothing more than to facilitate reverse lookup). Followed by my own brief description of the game, story, and any special gameplay mechanics worth highlighting. The rest are my thoughts on what worked and what did not for me.
There are some older, obscure games like Camy series, Monster Hunter (not the famous series), Heart of Darkness, and many more. which do not have any links but my write-ups are longer. Perhaps I play them more and have more to write about because not much is available online.