The 2D Castlevania games still hold up well, except the NES ones for being NES hard. Most of them are available for purchase through collections.

And this is why science shouldn’t be beheld to the whims of politicians and capitalists

I still have it installed and I plan to keep it until my smartphone stops working

My theory is that C-suites are actually using “AI efficiency gain” as an excuse for laying off workers without scaring the shareholders.

“I didn’t lay off 10% of the workforce because the company is failing. It’s because… uhmmmm… AI! I have replaced them with AI! Please give us more money.”

Yeah, that one…

I once had a junior calling me in a panic because he didn’t know how to quit nano. NANO!

“updated package-lock.json”

Back when computers were a novelty, we had schools dedicated to teaching people how to use them in my country.

The classes ranged from the most basic stuff, such as how to use a mouse, to more advanced topics, such as how to use the Windows registry.

We might need to bring these schools back in the near future.

Ctrl + Shift + V pastes without formatting on Windows

6. Boss thinks AI can code at senior developer level and fires you and the entire team

I gave up using the default documents folder because a lot of game developers think that is a good place to store the saves

So true! Out of the five jobs I got over my career, three were from referrals.

Sounds like he’s jealous that you are getting a day off and is trying to spin it as you being lazy

There was a Dead or Alive game in which a manager literally released it before it was ready without consulting with the team. The game was still in beta and a glitchy mess.

I am still complaining, but now I blame the managers

Simple, it’s not a priority for them.

They care more about their stupid emails than about your money.

I am a software developer at a big bank. The hoops we are forced to jump to just do our jobs are ridiculous.

We resorted to using buggy and laggy remote development environments through a slow VPN.

It’s a miserable life, but at least the pay is good.

You gain efficiency, but lose fun

I use fuck to fix typos

Ring of Pain