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New comment by scorchingjello in "How to program a text adventure in C"

scorchingjello — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:43:43 +0000

Or replace large part of this code with lex and yacc and stick with C.

New comment by scorchingjello in "Mesmerizing Interlocking Geometric Patterns Produced with Japanese Woodworking"

scorchingjello — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:27:01 +0000

Kinda bummed there wasn’t any Japanese woodworking in the picture. Just this American artist’s studies of it. I was hoping for some comparison shots to the historic Japanese forms mentioned.

New comment by scorchingjello in "Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?"

scorchingjello — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 16:29:00 +0000

What you said about ads made me think that ai will probably be orders of magnitude better at marketing/propaganda. Feeling the urge to don some foil on my noggin.

New comment by scorchingjello in "Stuffed-Na(a)N: stuff your NaNs"

scorchingjello — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 16:00:56 +0000

Since the first time I had Indian food sometime in 1987 I have always called naan “not a number bread” and no one has ever laughed. I feel like i may have found my people.