affable? who am I, Chris Broad?

that’s what I’d do for a state machine implementation too

as someone who would also reach for a state machine when doing simple parsing… what’s the better alternative in python?

also EU4

OK, but the fastest ssds these days tend to M.2 PCIE5 x4 drives and they pretty much all start at 1TB. Maybe I’m not looking in the right places, but I wouldn’t know where to find a smaller, faster drive

Intel optane? is there even any advantage left for optane compared with a fast, modern nvme disk?

heretic! the only dogmatically correct setup is

• helix
• fedora
• systemd
• rust
• whatever fits your workflow
• gecko
• nushell

wow, there’s so little city in this city… where are the people supposed to be?

ah we don’t really use those features much. as long as we can hang out and chat as a friend group, we’re good

which features are missing from xmpp that are necessary for most gamer groups? is it the protocol that is missing the support, or specific implementations? genuinely asking since I’d been considering setting up an xmpp server for my gaming groups

the issue isn’t just that she’s reading and hearing these comments online, the issue is that teenage boys are doing so. social media has normalised this kind of behaviour to them, and they bring those views with them to the real world where girls will interact with them: school, sports clubs etc.

nonconsensual mutilation of a person or body part

I feel like a strict reading of this rule would also put a lot of fighting games, shooters, horror games etc in the not approved category