Compressed Thoughts

Blu-Ray - The Future?

A supposed legendary technological evolution of the DVD, the future of optical entertainment. So where are they?, Feb 14, 2020

CDs were a breakthrough, at least in terms of storage. When CDs came out they held more data than hard disk drives of the time, but things evolve. CDs evolved into DVDs, which held nearly 5 GB vs the ~700 MB of CDs. CDs and DVDs are manufactured in slightly different ways, and are read with slightly different tech, but Blu-Rays are rather interesting.

Work That No One Will Ever See

Old Code pt.2 A ton of hardwork, yet the result remains the same, at least to an outsider looking in., Feb 13, 2020

I'm not sure if this will resonate with as many people as the previous post since, depending on what kind of things you program, this may not apply to you. But I still believe this is worth talking about, for the sake of the people doing the work.

Old Code

Ever look at your old code, and think: what the actual ****?, Feb 10, 2020

I've been programming for ~5 years now, and sometimes I like to go back to old projects. Either to, take a look at what I did, port them in some way to a better platform (or just for the sake of renewing them), or even continue working on them in some cases! But there's one big problem that always pops up...

STEAM BACKLOG

Come on, you now you have one too..., Feb 08, 2020

What is it about Steam that we love so much? I don't know, and I don't care, because that's not the point. The point is, why do I have so many games, but I've barely played even half of them???

BACK PAIN

And right at the launch of the site..., Feb 05, 2020

Waking up this morning was hell. It felt like no matter what direction I moved, I was going to just give out. And once I had moved, trying to find my original position to stop the pain was nigh impossible.