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I was on the “no phone by bed” train until my garage was broken into at 3am and realized I couldn’t quickly call the police.
You don't have a means of self-defense in your own house?
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I don't understand why one would quit porn. It's great entertainment. It increases quality of life. It's an integral part of one's sex life. Why would one want to quit?
> It increases quality of life. It's an integral part of one's sex life. I disagree with both these assumptions. Curious why you think so?
Of course I don't claim to speak for everyone; people are different and there's obviously people who should reduce or abstain from porn.
GP, however, did seem to speak for everyone, so a counterpoint was called for.
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How do you decide which small-scale local problems are worth focusing on, without the big-picture view providing a frame for your priorities? I used to order my life around thinking globally and acting locally, but humanity has closed the doors to the kinds of futures I was working toward, and there is nothing in the global view which inspires me anymore. There are still plenty of things I can do on a small scale, bu…
> but humanity has closed the doors to the kinds of futures I was working toward Curious to hear more about what you mean by this.
Personal: - Reduce my weight, considering doc's warning. The focus is on cardio over weights. - Improve relationships, to give proper listening space without judgement. - Better utilization of time.
Wishing everyone in this thread a great 2023, and the strength to fulfil what they're wishing and striving for.
Learn C++ 11 for use in graphics programming.
This is cool. Any particular path you’re going to follow?
1. I want to start with working through applying shaders to a 3d scene using the Panda3d library (https://github.com/panda3d/panda3d) . This repo covers that: https://github.com/lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners.
2. Create a simple, custom, graphics-only (no collisions / physics) game engine using Entt (https://github.com/skypjack/entt) and Panda3d. The engine would rely mostly on simple inputs, like mouse clicks, and 3d graphics.
3. Configure clangd to error on features outside C++11 then refactor both projects (1 & 2) to use C++ 11.
4. Run experiments on the game engine while working through the Vulkan book: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Overv/VulkanTutorial/maste...
- Eat better and lose weight, like every year :D
- Change job, the one I'm at now is brain dead and I have become everything I hated.
- Make a short animation movie
- Write, record and produce a song with my wife about my newborn
- Try to record a podcast for fun
Excited about my goals this year - thanks for asking this... (1) I am building a community Makerspace / entrepreneur incubator lab in Latin America (related goal: Learn Spanish!). Agile product development methodologies, pairing, open-source product designs - High quality people, practices, tools, products and clients (and snacks). - If this is your jam, hit me up. I could use the help! (2) I'm learning Ruby & Rails…
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This is cool. Any particular path you’re going to follow?
Sort of. 1. I want to start with working through applying shaders to a 3d scene using the Panda3d library ( https://github.com/panda3d/panda3d ) . This repo covers that: https://github.com/lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners . 2. Create a simple, custom, graphics-only (no collisions / physics) game engine using Entt ( https://github.com/skypjack/entt ) and Panda3d. The engine would rely mostly on simple inputs, lik…
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You don't have a means of self-defense in your own house?
I keep a baseball bat by my bed, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go looking for a fight against two intruders who are armed with who-knows-what. When the cops showed up, they said that if I had called and said "home invasion" they would have been there in a matter of minutes.