xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@Spingebill @butterdog It might make good use as a minor or double major. A lot of CompSci degrees in many universities are too narrow, and it's difficult to get a job after college with a CS degree alone, unless you have connections or a portfolio of projects under your belt. It's a good idea to have specialized knowledge in a certain field (gamedev, webdev, automation, AI, etc), unless you want to be an IT worker with a CS degree.

@bonkmaykr I use SFML because I thought that if I'm going to use C++, I might as well use a library written in C++, otherwise I would have to deal with some weird shit like constantly having to convert string objects to C strings when drawing on-screen text.

SFML has some weird quirks that I don't like. For example, most video game/multimedia/graphics libraries allow you to display images on screen by simply loading the image and setting the coordinates, and it's done all in a single function/method. SFML has three classes that are used for displaying images. You need to load the image into an image object, which represents the file itself. Then, you need to load it to a texture object which allows it to be manipulated. And finally, you load it into a sprite object which has a pointer to the texture along with a set of coordinates.

There is also the lack of dynamic z-buffering unless you directly use OpenGL, which I've already talked about previously. Laurent Gomila strictly wants it for 2D games, despite the fact that even most 2D games have some depth effect to them.

In hindsight, maybe I should've chosen Allegro over SFML, but I'm tired of tool hopping. I've used Pygame and MonoGame previously and SFML has the weirdest quirks. It's decent, but it's never going to be nearly as common as SDL.

@bonkmaykr Just out of curiosity, is there any reason why you chose Allegro over SDL or even SFML? I've been aware of it's existence for years, but I've never heard of anyone using it until I noticed you using it.

@beardalaxy The assassination attempt is probably what kicked it off, but everyone seemed to go full MAGA after the McDonald's photo op.

@beardalaxy Those two were the most cringe.

@Mr_NutterButter He's an ultra-zionist, arguably moreso than most US presidents, and a country as insignificant as Argentina could probably get away with not being zionist.

He is doing a good job improving the economy and cutting government bloat, but he still gives off the whole "hello my fellow libertarians" vibe.

Peter Theil is a shitty technocrat LARPing as a libertarian to make himself look like one of the good guys. He has made his fortune off of government and military contracts, including mass surveillance tools for Israeli intelligence. James Corbett has made a series of articles documenting Peter Theil and his career, showing how he is no better than Bill Gates or Klaus Schwab:

https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/the-strange-story-of-peter-thiel
https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/buying-politicians-is-easy
https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/peter-thiel-is-a-vampire

People REALLY need to start calling out these controlled opposition technocrats like Peter Theil and Elon Musk. I'm tired of people falling for their traps.

@mangeurdenuage @coolboymew @hfaust You mean "tech journalists" and "tech shills".