Code, music, family. Creative on lifelong journey of learning. Love comp history, dev languages, computer internals, science, math, and art. Former MSFT, SAP.
Yes, very high watermark. But when it comes to the music/sound being a natural extension of the visuals, I happen to think Hans Zimmer might take the cake. Zimmer breaks out of the "European-based Orchestra" tropes and can build completely immersive worlds in sound. Both are great though!
I just started working on a legacy PHP code base at work. I've never worked with PHP code before, and it's very interesting! Granted, I love all things programming languages, so not a surprise. Some interesting patterns and techniques that can be applied in PHP. It's not That Bad.
@LowLevelTweets@PirateSoftware It can be interesting to see _who_ (and what "class") is recommending AI and how that benefits them (e.g. "financial"). Not always the case of course, but it can sometimes reveal semi-hidden motivations.
@PirateSoftware Itโs insane to me that people still think the solution to all of our problems is to use AI, a technology that has yet to reliably solve any actual problems.
A very stoic view! It's often the challenges and pushing through those challenges and resistance that develops the skills/muscles to succeed. Sadly, I often find myself avoiding the hard stuff out of anxiety or fear of conflict. That's perhaps been my largest source of stunted growth.
I think over the coming weekend, I want to learn more about Visual Pinball (VPX) in order to get into developing pinball machines. I love Pinball and the idea of learning to program them sounds incredibly fun!
@0xglitchbyte It's also amazing how taking that first step can make all subsequent steps easier too. I also find more and more that its the work itself that helps develop the ongoing motivation, not the other way around.
I want a pinball machine in my home office. If I got that and a good Mame arcade cabinet both, I'd be set. Talk about a stimulation heaven for me, LOL.
Wanting to get into embedded/automotive programming. Thinking I'll get started via telemetry tooling using ACC and games. Would love to see if I could eventually find a way to hack around with my Honda civic.
I don't suppose there is anybody who will read this that happens to have experience/knowledge around software development in the F1/Indycar/racing space?
Our attachment to having what we want and to getting rid of what we do not want brings us out of the present moment and immerses us in the mind's incessant storylines.