This gave big uncanny valley vibes. I imagine it was meant to feel like a magical advert, but instead it felt creepy.

Always ask in an interview “What do you like about working here?”

You can usually gauge from they’re body language if it’s an awkward working environment. Not so easy when interviews are done online sadly.

Thanks for the nightmares

You’ll have to ask the company that eventually buys them out!

What annoys me is you still have to pay for audio books.

I’ve tried two different types, one solid memory foam pillow, and my current one is one with foam cubes in it, it seems to be the closest solution, but just not quite right. I feel like Goldilocks.

I’ve been having a real nightmare in recent months with sleeping. I get ear pain if I use a pillow that is too firm, but if I don’t use a firm pillow a soft pillow sinks or bunches up over night and causes neck pain. I can’t use a firm pillow with a soft pillow on top otherwise it’s too high and leads of neck pain. If I sleep on my back I’ll snore.

I just don’t know what to do, I can’t find a suitable pillow.

Most definitely an unpopular opinion. When the Matrix originally released it was a technical marvel, that moment Neo is dodging the bullets in slow motion was incredible. I think as the years have gone on the story has lost some of its charm because the wachowskis have been butchering the franchise to try and protect it in some strange way. As a standalone movie The Matrix story and technical implementation were phenomenal, as soon as they made sequels, and other movies started to copycat, it began to lose that magic

The true goal of Brexit, to hoard all our tea 🧐

As you say the initial hurdle is actually getting started, breaking it down into small tasks can be more encouraging. For me if I think “I need to hoover the house” chances are I’ll procrastinate. If however I focus on hoovering a single room I end up 90% of the time doing the whole house.

It’s not the destination but the journey. In that 360 turn you may have looked inwards and at your past, identified failings of the past or remember things you forgot about that you loved. When you reach that 360 point you’re more aware of what has been and may have a different outlook on what could be. Or something like that…

Have production costs increased or has marketing/publishing costs gone up dramatically as gaming attempts to get a greater demographic and introduce predatory monetisation methods? Tools and techniques for game development surely improve over time making development easier and more cost effective.

I have no preference! It was to do with Spring/yaml config and some really strange conflict which required the use of single quotes. I’m still a total noob in the world of software dev, so I wouldn’t be able to explain why it worked 🤣

Removed double quotes, added single quotes

These look delicious 😋

Unfortunately it excludes a great deal of gen x and millennials as well who may have voted remain.

It sucks. A lot of businesses, not just in game development, are getting rid of contractors as they’re expensive. I hope those contractors successfully find work soon.

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I tend to watch Clemmy Games to see what indie games are coming up. There are a lot of duds, but then you come across a diamond in the rough. Clemmy does a great job for me, releasing videos almost every day and I would recommend giving the channel a go!

If anyone genuinely feels this way and wants to get started in coding, I highly recommend doing one of the mooc.fi courses. Codecademy is fine as a taster/refresh but don’t waste money on the premium when something like mooc is available for free.