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New comment by droptablemain in "Using any C++ library in Godot"

droptablemain — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:46:58 +0000

Assuming it's a 2D game, why not just use something like SFML to build your own simple RTS engine at that point?

Seems like carrying a lot of Godot baggage around for nothing.

New comment by droptablemain in "CSS-Tricks in Limbo"

droptablemain — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:20:28 +0000

Is this an article about CSS-Tricks or a hit piece on DHH? Hard to tell.

New comment by droptablemain in "Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts"

droptablemain — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:55:47 +0000

I assumed the reason was Starfleet Academy was complete slop

New comment by droptablemain in "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"

droptablemain — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:06:39 +0000

You do not need an account to access specific X posts/tweets. You do need an account to read all replies.

New comment by droptablemain in "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"

droptablemain — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:46:31 +0000

What's the point of such a service? It sounds like performative nonsense.

The Artisanal RPG Culture of Classic Fallout Modding

droptablemain — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:07:26 +0000

Article URL: https://tripharrison.substack.com/p/the-artisanal-rpg-culture-of-classic

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48984905

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

AI profitability is mathematically impossible

droptablemain — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:27:23 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/comments/1tzwnhi/ai_profitability_is_mathematically_impossible/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48464305

Points: 26

# Comments: 27

New comment by droptablemain in "Got kicked out of uni and had the cops called for a social media website I made"

droptablemain — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:39:15 +0000

I guess I'm too old for this sh*t, the whole thing just sounds terribly juvenile.

New comment by droptablemain in "EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security"

droptablemain — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:13:12 +0000

Not even a little bit.

New comment by droptablemain in "Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued"

droptablemain — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:26:58 +0000

No, not millions. Billions. Like $70+ billion.

New comment by droptablemain in "The chess bot on Delta Air Lines will destroy you (2024) [video]"

droptablemain — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:51:54 +0000

Interesting. Assuming it did not use DirectDraw -- that's often a major pain point.

New comment by droptablemain in "The chess bot on Delta Air Lines will destroy you (2024) [video]"

droptablemain — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:09:24 +0000

This is pretty much the experience of trying to play any game from the '90s on modern hardware. It always requires a bit of tinkering and usually a patch from the modding community. Funniest one I've found is Fallout Tactics. The random encounter frequency is somehow tied to clock speed so you'll basically get hit with random encounters during map travel about once every half second.

New comment by droptablemain in "Los Angeles ends strange rite of passage with new fridge law"

droptablemain — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:07:29 +0000

I've lived in LA ~12 years in a couple of different apartments. In all my apartment hunting I've never encountered a unit that doesn't come with a refrigerator.

New comment by droptablemain in "Why I'm Leaving Harvard"

droptablemain — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:46:13 +0000

-> or take horse medicines

Guessing you're referring to the long-debunked notion that Ivermectin is purely "horse medicine." A cursory search (which you apparently have never bothered to do in 5 years) reveals it's been approved by the FDA for human use since 1987 and is on the WHO's list of essential medicines.

New comment by droptablemain in "Instacart reaches into your pocket and lops a third off your dollars"

droptablemain — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:43:43 +0000

I don't need to use him. I know plenty of poors who routinely shoot themselves in the foot IRL.

Cognitive ability/IQ is actually a better metric for predicting poverty than socioeconomic background BTW.

New comment by droptablemain in "Instacart reaches into your pocket and lops a third off your dollars"

droptablemain — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:31:50 +0000

You make dangerous assumptions about me in order to justify your preexisting view of poverty and socioeconomic mobility.

My background is very poor. Food stamps, raised by single mom, whole nine yards. For most of my 20s I existed in the very same cycle of bad financial decisions that many other poor people engage in.

My situation had approximately a 0% chance of changing until the behavior changed. That doesn't mean behavioral changes are always enough, but they are the absolute bare minimum and an excellent starting point.

People I still know in bad situations refuse to acknowledge this and refuse to critically examine their decisions. They do nothing but avoid, avoid, avoid and hope for a miraculous windfall.

New comment by droptablemain in "Instacart reaches into your pocket and lops a third off your dollars"

droptablemain — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:38:27 +0000

Have you ever watched Caleb Hammer's "Financial Audit?"

People in dire financial situations very often have a history of making bad decisions with money.

Personally I do not struggle with money/budgeting but the only time I will ever use something like InstaCart is if I am sick and can't leave the house.

New comment by droptablemain in "Man Asks $75M for 'Lambo.com,' Court Gives It to Lamborghini for Free"

droptablemain — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:54:34 +0000

It's state-facilitated theft from an individual to a $20 billion multinational corporation.

Sure he tried to do something bad but he should've been compensated a fair market value for the domain.

New comment by droptablemain in "Django 6"

droptablemain — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 04:50:57 +0000

Hah, I used this a few years back on a project. Great work!

New comment by droptablemain in "The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia"

droptablemain — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:55:29 +0000

The famous little jingle "shave and a haircut, two bits"

Most people today have no clue what a "bit" is.

I imagine the future will hold something similar for the penny in all the idioms and cultural phrases we have. What the hell is a penny?