I think Switch has a different market (albeit a bigger one)than the Deck.

There is definitely market overlap with Steam Deck but I feel the Deck offers things that the Switch doesn’t. In a similar vein, I think Steam Machine provides a kind of value that extends just beyond the console market. There are people who would not consider getting a console but would definitely consider getting a powerful and compact Mini PC with good gaming capabilities. Therein lies the greatest value of their offering.

C H O N K

I don’t think I’ve seen more vocal sponsors of any language except Rust. With the high barrier to entry and relatively greater developer effort, I am curious to see what place it occupies in over the long term.

I’ve spent days on trivial mistakes so a couple of hours mean nothing to me

Javascript but types ( I haven’t used it)

I think it’s playing on the joke that many ai companies will just lie about the ai and contract the work to actual Indians

I’m not familiar with it so I may be wrong but Derek Yu (creator of spelunky) mentions in an interview Gamemaker or something named like that which he used to make games without knowing too much

And the rare

do { /*loop*/ } while(1);

I don’t get your point. Just because the image gets repeated in the 4th panel doesn’t mean its recursion. It can be an infinite while loop with a state.

Now that I think about it, a recursion without a base/break condition is just an infinite loop with a state

I used to use some features that only worked on x11. Slowly I found alternatives or workarounds on wayland. So I understand the sentiment. Imagine you book an uber but it’s electric so they say you can’t book a ride that’s too long