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[scriver]

Putnam you are a terrifying coding prodigy from our perspective. Especially from how much you accomplished without access to the source code.

He hath peered into the mind of the Toad and found it cogent! He is the one to lead us!

[Egan_BW]

People keep asking me about whether it's hard to work with DF's code. I... actually don't know why? I think people have this misapprehension about what makes code difficult to understand, or something? Codebases made by one (1) programmer are the least likely to be a problem.

Or I'm some sort of terrifying prodigy, who knows.

I think it's both. :p

[JoshuaFH]

I mean, I just assumed DF was programmed in FORTRAN.

[Great Order]

I just assumed Toady didn't exist and DF was actually programming itself.

[Thorfinn]

But you see, TEH EVIL AMERIKA is responsible for everything!!!111!1!!1!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nah. There are a few evil people, like the ones in Davos at the moment, but most people, pretty much all around the world, just want to live their lives, have kids, take whatever other happiness from life they can, grow old, and die. It's just that a handful of people want to make that death thing happen a whole lot sooner that the people would like.

[King Zultan]

Putnam you are a terrifying coding prodigy from our perspective. Especially from how much you accomplished without access to the source code.

He hath peered into the mind of the Toad and found it cogent! He is the one to lead us!

Has Putnam come to deliver us from our boring lives?

[Mech#4]

People keep asking me about whether it's hard to work with DF's code. I... actually don't know why? I think people have this misapprehension about what makes code difficult to understand, or something? Codebases made by one (1) programmer are the least likely to be a problem.

Or I'm some sort of terrifying prodigy, who knows. I think the "codebase that is maybe a little crusty but since it's consistent the crust is something you can acclimate to in hours rather than weeks or months" makes more sense as an explanation?

Like, look at something like Cataclysm DDA or, even worse, SS13, and you'll find a horrid hodgepodge of clashing Opinions on code with the consistency only in style because it's enforced by the CI (in CDDA's case lol). With DF I see one guy's Opinions, which I can just sort of pick up as soon as I see them?

Will you adopt the crust, become molded by it?

[Mathel]

The sock has followed TamerVirus' creed and has reappeared yesterday.

When leaving work, it was in my locker, on top of my backpack.

[scriver]

The locker goblins has rejected your offering.

You have earned their ire.

[Loud Whispers]

But you see, TEH EVIL AMERIKA is responsible for everything!!!111!1!!1!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nah. There are a few evil people, like the ones in Davos at the moment, but most people, pretty much all around the world, just want to live their lives, have kids, take whatever other happiness from life they can, grow old, and die. It's just that a handful of people want to make that death thing happen a whole lot sooner that the people would like.

A handful of people with a hideous concentration of wealth and power can bugger over a hell of a lot more people than linear arithmetic would seem to suggest. I always think of how the EIC or VOC managed to lord over millions despite being outnumbered... Well millions to one. Some things change, others just get worse

[Loud Whispers]

Maybe it's milk-plus Alex and his droogs were drinking. Seems to have similar effect too.

Well it came in shot glasses so it was probably a bit of spicy milk yea

[Horizon]

The fact bay12 isn't a secure website, come on guys get on it.

[McTraveller]

True security isn't in hiding your information but in being safe even if your information isn't hidden.

[Horizon]

True security isn't in hiding your information but in being safe even if your information isn't hidden.

Hm, good point.

[pisskop]

"Strange Alien Goo on this Strange Alien Reactor in this Strange Alien ship we found purposely shut down, vented, and full of signs of bloody struggle?  Let's get closer after we power up the backup."