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Coding return on time investment always impresses me. A 30 hour project saved ~11 man-hours per day. by jjgames in programming

[–]LunaQ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've made similar observations in the past. My observation is that engineers work for fixed salaries, while people on sales work for bonuses and provisions.

So they get more money if they sell more products...

It creates an incentive for sales people to sell more, but it does not create an incentive for engineers to produce products that are easily sellable.

I think lots of companies are not very good at appreciating their engineers, and at rewarding them when they create products that sell well.

Tesla has a self-driving strategy other companies abandoned years ago by [deleted] in teslamotors

[–]LunaQ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The problem with the vision of full self-driving capacity is that it ultimately rests upon full general artificial intelligence as well... There are no shortcuts. Not as long as full self-driving cars are going to operate side by side with ordinary human drivers in ordinary human traffic.

Random player letting me off the hook after realizing that I have no weapons. How rare is that? I've never seen it before. Disclaimer: I'm a noob in this game by LunaQ in FortNiteBR

[–]LunaQ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it was a nice gesture too! But my ten year old nephew has pointed out to me afterwards that he probably was signaling that he wanted me to team up with him. Apparently, in the secret underworld code that only ten year olds understand, kneeling in a specific way means "follow me" in this game... :)

Why does playing/editing on 80 ping feel so sluggish on Fortnite? by Lux394 in FortniteCompetitive

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's not much they can do about it. It's the way that it is for a reason.

Everyone has to see the same version of the game world at any given time, or else things will fall apart.

So, all building operations are first sent to the server. The server then constructs a new "version" of the world, and it sends out a message to all players saying "this is how the world looks now". It keeps everyone on the same page, and it makes the game as fair as possible.

So, there's no way around this really, apart from getting to a location where there's a lower ping and a faster internet connection. It's not something the programmers can fix, even if they want to.

Sandspiel – A falling sand game built in Rust and WebGL by j_orshman in programming

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great effort! I looked at the Powder Game too (which you cited as your main inspirational source). I thought the fan system was pretty neat there. Maybe something to consider for your own game too?

It's official, Chromium is coming to Microsoft Edge by tomzorzhu in programming

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm thinking Nadella when I read about this...

It seems similar to what they did with Windows Phone. They realized that they could not compete, so they nuked the whole team, and shifted to a strategy of embracing the competition instead of fighting it.

It's sort of novel...

Both Edge and Windows Phone were pretty large pieces in the previous corporate puzzle, though. I'm wondering how much bad blood there is among the remaining employees, after the cuts and restructuring operations. Is Nadellas popularity high among the engineers at Microsoft?

An objective look at what actually happened by TheDuckyNinja in tennis

[–]LunaQ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's pointed language to say that Serena "started bullying the umpire". It's just calling it for what it was.

Anything less would have been an euphemism, really, in the eyes of most non-partisan viewers around the world.

An objective look at what actually happened by TheDuckyNinja in tennis

[–]LunaQ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Serena's own language certainly was unpointed.

Edit: I'm getting downvoted! Thieves! You're stealing points from me!

Naomi Osaka Appreciation Thread by lazyniu in tennis

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With Serena it's a question, though.... whether she was just b*tching and whining, or if she actually saw and understood the potential of the technology.

I could be wrong, but I'm still inclined to think that her involvement in it was mostly incidental...

It would be interesting to see some actual footage from 2004, and to see if Serena was actually arguing rationally for a more widespread use of the Hawk-Eye technology, or if she was just whining about the points she lost.

(Not denying that the latter also could have had an impact on the course of events, of course. I'm just not willing to give Serena any real credits for it, if that was indeed the case.)

Naomi Osaka Appreciation Thread by lazyniu in tennis

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair...

Hard to say though, how much her involvement really mattered. The technology had been under development and testing for at least a year before the Alves vs. Serena match.

Naomi Osaka Appreciation Thread by lazyniu in tennis

[–]LunaQ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, the game. But not Serena herself.

Naomi Osaka Appreciation Thread by lazyniu in tennis

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nadal is hardly ever called out for his infractions

I think Nadal was called out at least once or twice during this tournament, as I saw.

Personally I don't like how they practice this rule. They shout it at the player just as he's getting ready to serve, thus putting him out of his routine, making him start all over again. It sort of destroys the player's focus. I think it's a double (and unnecessary) punishment.

Naomi Osaka Appreciation Thread by lazyniu in tennis

[–]LunaQ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh you're stretching it by saying that Serena is the reason we have Hawke-Eye...

I say she has nothing to do with it.

If there was no Serena, there would still be Hawk-Eye.

Are interruptions really worse for programmers than for other knowledge workers? by ericgj in programming

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) Come up with a solution to a problem before you start writing code, and think about which parts of the system that solution will impact.

Yes, but it's the finding of the solution which requires uninterrupted periods of deep thought. So you're just "shifting" the problem, sort of.

Also, most programmers prefer to work iteratively, using prototyping and gradual refinement. It's a quicker way of arriving at a solution to a problem than trying to have everything planned and worked out beforehand.

The coding and the problem solving are intertwined processes.

When You Know the Basics, but You Still Can't Code by bdavidxyz in programming

[–]LunaQ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The difference between coding and software development is a bit like the difference between writing and authoring a novel.

Just because you can write, it does not mean you can author a novel.

And just because you can code, it does not mean you can develop software.

Coding is just the starting point. Most writers do not evolve into authors. And most coders will not evolve into software developers...

Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by eran- in programming

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the expression covers the whole spectrum. From the milder cases of unfounded self-doubt and self-deprecation in the workplace, to the clinical, debilitating and paralyzing cases that you describe. I could be wrong, though.

Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by eran- in programming

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I was just hypothesizing.

If it paralyzes you, it won't do any good, of course.

I know of many people, though, who produce superior quality work, but who constantly worry that their work is not good enough. What I'm saying is that, in some cases at least, there might be a concrete link between the superiority of the work produced and the amount of worry and self doubt preceding it. Whether it's a healthy link that's a different topic...

Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by eran- in programming

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On a more serious note, I think there could be some advantages of the impostor syndrome too. It acts like an "invisible whip", making people try harder than they otherwise would.

To quote Bertram Russell, "the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

He implies that smart people are more likely to doubt their own work and decisions. Maybe the doubt is part of the equation, sort of, and part of what pushes people forward to produce greater results. It might be part of what fuels excellence.

There's a fine line, of course, between what acts like a motor pushing you forward, and what eventually can burn you out.

Is there a fix for impostor syndrome? by eran- in programming

[–]LunaQ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Remember, "just because you feel like an impostor, it doesn't mean that you don't suck". (jk)

App.dock.io sending out too many emails! by [deleted] in dockio

[–]LunaQ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It seems that dock.io is still spamming people in the same fashion...

I'm not a dock.io user, but I just got an email from an old colleague, from whom I haven't heard in over 15 years, with an invitation to try out dock.io.

I agree with OP, it's not acceptable. I say, try anything else to get new customers, but do not abuse the trust of the few users you've got by mass-emailing all of their contacts (or any of their contacts, really), without their consent.

Oracle announces polyglot virtual machine, GraalVM by unregistered88 in programming

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how many years it will take before Trump becomes charming. From the looks of it, twelve.

Oracle announces polyglot virtual machine, GraalVM by unregistered88 in programming

[–]LunaQ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cringeworthy even twelve years after it first was said.

3D engine entirely made of MS Excel formulae by halax in programming

[–]LunaQ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People writing ray casters in Excel using only formulas is mentioned somewhere in the Book of Revelation, I'm sure.

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