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I know C++ is bloated already in terms of features, but having built-in setters and getters just like C# would be kind of nice.

I made my decision. I'm using C++ and SFML for my next game. C# is not a bad language in of itself, but I want to avoid MS controlled shit. I realize that using C# (or any .NET/Mono language) is just a ticking time bomb, especially given the direction that Microsoft is going.

IT'S. FUCKING. DONE.
I've finally completed the game. You can download it on my website. It's just a generic shmup. It's nothing special (it was made to practice enemy patterns among other things), but I think I learned a lot working on it.

xianc78.codeberg.page/download

CC: @beardalaxy @Binkle @coolboymew @ItsSkyDragonz

Packaging .NET programs into self-contained applications creates a huge fucking mess.

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I just finished my game. Now, I just need to publish it. Then I have to go back to self-training for my new job.

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Elon owns Twitter for a day now
I still cannot log in without a phone number.

So, I see that as a total fail.

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https://github.com/monero-project/kovri/issues/1013

> The blatant disturbance to users accessing Github through Tor was laughable. I'm very pleased to see the Kovri project leaving this place.

As terrible Github is for being owned by Microshaft and them blatantly stealing your soyce code for just hosting with them, at least Github doesn't block Tor users, and neither does it mandate you to enable SoyScript.
Meanwhile, Gitlab uses Cuckflare, so there's a blanket discrimination against Tor users.
And even if it doesn't discriminate, it requires you to enable SoyScript, or you're still not welcome.
So a double fuck you to all of us who value our privacy/freedom.
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@pancakewwwww @ChristiJunior @xianc78 Good point.
Centralization is guaranteed to be tyrannical, but decentralization depends on how it's done.
Why else would the big centralizers be so "pro-decentralization" right?

Same as what I said a couple months ago; the problem isn't technology advancing, the problem is the direction technology is advancing into.
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@xianc78 @ChristiJunior Decentralization is the past, centralization is the present (and a massive mistake too), decentralization + federation is the future, and blockchain is just a meme.

I am almost done with my game. I just need to delete all this unused code and then I'm done. I could leave it in there but I want to keep it as clean as possible. The only thing I'm leaving in there is the debug menu.

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Reason basically because like put in https://xkcd.com/1782/ there will always be at least one person (more like a group of nerds) still using it decades later.
Imagine claiming that email, IRC, phone calls, … will die.
Heck even Usenet (which has political centralisation) is a shadow of itself that refuses to die but it's still there.
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Mastodon vs. Twitter thing reminds me: Tech journalists challenge understanding that strongly decentralised network will outlive their competitors.
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