Yeah, they make some good points but it’s all a bit dramatic

Thank you for doing the hard work!

You can still (for the moment) be patient with Nintendo games if you’re OK buying second hand

I clicked on this because I’ve enjoyed your previous articles, despite not having heard of Gardiner before. Maybe it’s just the kind interests we Lemmy users have, but he’s ticking every box for the kind of thing I like to read!

Blockchain? Get with the times grandpa!

It runs fine on my WiiU!

while true; do

isn’t exactly harder to read than

while true
do

though, is it? And going back to my original point, I don’t like while true being on its own as to me it looks like it’s meant to be a separate statement rather than part of the do/done block.

So you’d rather it all be on one line? I’d only do that if it’s a very simple command, otherwise you’re just making the code harder to read.

Simplest solution might just be to dual-boot Windows if you can’t get a VM working

If this joke works in your accent then you have a funny accent ~(not like mine, which is sensible and correct, of course)~

Ah, so the American equivalent of a kebab shop then?

I’d write

while true; do
    X
done

for the same reason I’d write

if [ something ]; then
    X
fi

or in another language

if (something) {
    X
}

Because it’s all part of the same statement and having a single line with just do or { seems silly and implies (to me) that the lines aren’t related.

The best time to buy a console is just after its sequel is released, lots of people upgrading and selling their old one with all the games and controllers

You can view my unedited comment on my instance

Absolutely loved Jazz Jackrabbit (2 specifically), but what the fuck were they thinking calling a character “Spaz”? Apparently the connotations are different in America, but over here that’s a more offensive version of the word “retard”!

That’s a sensible way to buy all video games

Not to blow my own trumpet, but I was able to memorise basic type relationships as a small child!

That is a summing-up of the criticism that I’ve seen a few times though: they refuse to accept that their players grow up and only ever aim the games at youngsters, difficulty-wise.

They gave the Heroic Launcher devs an affiliate link, so while they don’t really support Linux they at least approve of it

I remember that being the “feature” which really highlighted the dumbing-down of the game. Work things out for yourself? Look them up? Remember what you’ve learned? No, we’ve solved the puzzle for you, don’t worry.

My bet is that “Linux” covers such a wide range of distros that they don’t want to unintentionally imply that they support every weird and wonderful setup