I remember Valve placing honeypots that would be impossible for a honest player to see or reach, and banning in mass the players who fall for it after some time to avoid the adaptation of the cheaters. And that is a cheap yet effect way to clean the player base.

Other interesting strategy is to limit the client information available, of the character is not looking with a scope, the client doesn’t need to know if there is another player far in that direction.

Probabilistic analysis is not the only way.

But I know that some strategies would demand major reworks or good planning from the development phase.

Server side anti-cheat should be the focus of every game company with an MMO game in their catalog. Relying on kernel access is madness.

I think he refers to the amount of Linux users playing their game.

Second language here

Does songs counts? Hallowen’s “Future World” would be a very nice vacation

Yeah, that is called withdrawal syndrome, when there are symptoms if the person stops using a substance. I think that’s a problem caused by an addiction that interferes with a higher priority.

By the way, this is no joke and can lead to death depending on the severity.

For tobacco, I don’t think withdrawal syndrome can kill, but it can last for 6 months according to a psychiatrist I know.

And about the criteria for addiction, in my country it is:

• manipulative behavior to keep doing it (it = using the substance or the activity)
• repertory restrictions (avoid doing other activities that the person used to do)
• harm in other aspects of life (like what we said before)
• keep doing it, even with those damages

timeanddate.com to schedule meetings with people in different timezones, and plan a trip to watch eclipses

I think it is easy, but I speak only european languages. Not sure if it is really easier or I just feel that is easy because I know the languages I do.

I would love to say mandarin/chinese, but tonal languages scares me.

I made a grammar rule set (not a complete conlang yet) where verbs don’t need to be conjugated, and information about time is separated from the verb; A new lingua franca, IMHO, should not have verb conjugation.

This is a good rule of thumb for most addictions afaik.

Not related, but why not use “þ” Thorium as well? And did you added the thorn on your keyboard, or is it just an automated replacer (like autokey or auto hotkey)?

Play this for a week: https://www.nationstates.net/

Then look where you fall in this graph

They should, because Civ5 is way better xD

Paper clips.

Reading: The Pragmatic Programmer (Andy Hunt & Dave Thomas)

There are podcasts and YouTube channels with great content already available, with videos about specific topics and or libraries.

Read other people’s code.

I would advise you to avoid using chatbots to write code or explain it; programming seems a lot like learning human languages, if you do not exercise it, you will not improve. Read code and read error messages.

Using chatbots to understand concepts can be useful, but be careful, it doesn’t know anything, it just generates text that seems correct, so always check on other sources.

When you feel comfortable in python, learn the basics of a new language. Each language has its own “way of thinking”, and knowing that will make you a better programmer.

And have fun; without it, it is hard to stick to anything.

Software funded by public resources should be a benefit available for the public. Is not only transparency and security, it should be owned by the people who paid for it.

Even apps installed outside the Play Store will need to have a “verified developer”, and this change will affect any devices that use Google Play Services, so it will be a problem even to old devices.

Brazil, does it make any difference?

I’m not an US citizen, never been in the US. But as far as I know, your country never was a real nice place. Slaves, first nations, Mexico, Hawaii, Tuskegee (and Guatemala), Condor Operation, Camboja, Palestine… The list goes on, and on, and on…

Of course I don’t blame the everyday citizen, but your rulers are terrible for the rest of the world, since ever, and the people are blinded to it. And about democracy, the electoral college system is pretty much the opposite of democracy IMHO, and the most powerful force driving the country is not what people needs or want, is money (and capitalism).

(Again, IMHO) The US image outside its borders is not “inspiring”, it is terrifying.

LLMs are great for rubberducking, to do pre-reviews, and sometimes code boilerplate (under supervision).

Nothing more IMHO

Violence is a tool, like fire. Be careful and thoughtful about when and how to use it, otherwise you can burn yourself and your city.