While we don’t do game development, my company has investigated using gen ai for code and we found that it doesn’t reliably assist us in anything other than boilerplate code. I personally found that it hallucinates APIs on the regular which made it a massive waste for me as I basically had to go back and rewrite most of the code myself. Using gen ai for code reminded me of every time I’ve worked at a company that outsourced code; we rarely ever got what we asked for and by the time we got something usable it still wouldn’t be up to our standards, which generally resulted in scrapping what was delivered and having to rewrite the whole thing internally.

The biggest problem is that he was in a position of power over those women and that makes it considerably harder to say no when the person asking could make or break your career.

He has even admitted himself that he was in a position of power over those women and that makes it considerably harder to say no when the person asking could make or break your career.

I’m sure this has already come up in the research you’ve already done, but I’d really like to make sure the concept of set and setting is emphasized. If you don’t already know, set means your mental state. Try to make sure you are in a good mental state. You don’t have to be perfect or anything, but if you’re having a bad day or just not feeling all there then it’s best to wait for a day that you’re feeling better. By setting, I mean the physical location that you will be taking the substance, if you don’t feel safe by either the location or the people then don’t do it.

If you ignore these then you’re greatly increasing the chances that you’ll have a difficult trip, considering some people experience trips that to them feel like years or even a lifetime, it’s best to do all you can to reduce the amount of things that could cause you to not have a positive experience.

Also, I would work on learning to let go. I found it to be a far more complex and layered concept and skill than it had originally appeared to be and something that I’m still working on, myself.

Edit: Don’t forget, always test your drugs.

Most of the ones I’ve been a part of I’ve had to provide information that proves that I was negatively affected, but there have been a couple that I didn’t have to do that. Generally I think the ones where you have to provide proof lean towards being higher in the amount of money you get, but that’s only my personal experience.

I’ve been part of a class action suite that netted me several hundred dollars, but it was a rarity, most others I’ve participated in ended up with me receiving between $1-20.

I just found out about Tabletop Game Shop Simulator and I found it to be a nice alternative to TCG Card Shop Simulator. It only has a demo currently, but it’s been pretty fun to dip my toes into the shop simulator genre of games.

Yeah, I figured it would probably be something more like that order of operations. But I’m also sure there is probably a clause in the agreement between dev and store that says they can pull your game for any reason without notice, so there’s probably nothing that can be done.

I do kind of wonder of any of these game devs could go after these payment processing companies for loss of income? I’m not a lawyer, but I’d definitely be looking into it if I was a Dev that has been effected by this.

Never plug a random USB drive you find laying on the ground into any device you own.

At least with Team Fortress 2 they have always had dedicated servers you can host yourself. Most GaaS never provide a server that you can run and host yourself.

I’m sure there are exceptions for classified systems. Personally, I do believe all things developed by tax payer money should be released to the public including classified systems, given enough time has passed that the release of such information wouldn’t put anything or anyone at risk.

I don’t know about that. These are spinning disks so they aren’t exactly going to be fast when compared to solid state drives. Then again, I wouldn’t exactly put it past some of the AAA game devs out there.

Trump is a global security risk.

Oh God, please don’t unleash that on the world!

I’ve recently caught myself making this spelling mistake recently, but I think it has only happened since I interacted with a company that makes microphones named Shure, so I blame them.

I’ve seen a couple of things that I wish I hadn’t, but I never opened a link to a beheading video. That was definitely one line I wasn’t willing to cross.

Good to know, thanks for sharing that article!

As long as you’re using latex/nitrile condoms you should be good as latex and nitrile aren’t plastics. Some of the alternatives for people with latex allergies can have plastic in them though.