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[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Heheheheheheheheheheheheehehehheehhehehe I can't stop grinning

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, I'll turn the computer off. I didn't realize it was still running.

[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's actually horrific. Pleasure to death by rounding error was not on my bingo card.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, sorry. I thought the cnc machine had better failsafes, but I had to code some of it in c# so...

[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hate c# for some reason, but I can't remember why. Kind regards, Java dev.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think its the proprietary ms one that only runs 100% right¹ on windows.

¹or is supposed to-windows is windows and wine exists.

[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, feels about right. I actually did develop in c# once and I hated that I was bound to the shitty microsoft tools. They were open source and baack then I didn't really know linux, but I hated them. Just clunky.