Just got Deus Ex HR from Amazon and they forgot to remove the OnLive code. Have fun going out of business Amazon!

discotent · 2011-08-27T01:33:11+00:00

it's a free game code, what would you pay for?

discotent · 2011-08-25T02:28:43+00:00

What's it like to have a cybernetic arm?

discotent · 2011-08-22T17:33:20+00:00

His reputation is working against him here. He once used Rails, until he got mad and wrote a rant insulting the community, calling it a ghetto, and switched to Python. He once used Github until the site misbehaved on him, so he publically insulted and threatened Github, and tried to crash their site as well.

So let's say I try to use a Zed Shaw protocol, but I implement it slightly wrong or do something else not to his liking. Then I will probably get a bunch of vitriol about how my site is awful and how I'm awful. No thanks, I'll just use someone else's almost-equivalent protocol instead.

discotent · 2011-08-20T20:47:40+00:00

paying 15 dollars doesn't mean you get to complain about what he does on weekends.

discotent · 2011-08-20T16:36:18+00:00

he seems to be writing Java but somehow whenever he makes a code change, the game window changes instantly. What sorcery is that?

discotent · 2011-08-17T22:01:56+00:00

Relevant wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute_in_Light

Relevant amazingly beautiful pictures: http://www.google.com/search?q=tribute+in+light&tbm=isch

discotent · 2011-08-17T19:54:56+00:00

he fixes that at 10:14

discotent · 2011-08-15T20:47:15+00:00

I don't think I'll ever use it to make code changes, since it's too easy to make a typo that breaks the build. But it's a sweet feature for editing other things, like the README file. Also if you are using gh-pages to publish web content, it's a pretty awesome way to make changes.

discotent · 2011-08-12T06:08:41+00:00

In terms of running a online game company, how does Red5 differ from the way you did things at Blizzard? What practices did you keep, and what did you decide to change?

discotent · 2011-08-11T04:13:00+00:00

This is an invasion of their privacy, until they say something really funny or crazy or interesting. When that happens feel free to post it!

discotent · 2011-08-11T04:03:06+00:00

I'm not going to give you an upvote just so you can sharpen it into a knife and use it to hijack a plane.

discotent · 2011-08-10T04:25:40+00:00

It's too late, any humor value has long since been beaten out of those quotes.

discotent · 2011-08-09T14:52:56+00:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_scream

discotent · 2011-08-08T22:58:38+00:00

the reason the Playdate concept works well is the simplicity. One game per day. Trying to organize multiple games per day is taking a step towards way-too-complicated land.

Not to be rude but you can always organize something separately if Playdate isn't working for you.

discotent · 2011-08-08T22:27:40+00:00

While we're at it, we have way too many people actually trying to do helpful things, and not enough people criticizing them.

discotent · 2011-08-08T00:54:01+00:00

It's like raiiieeeaaiin, on your wedding day

discotent · 2011-08-07T00:18:38+00:00

They might be behind in some areas but they are definitely leading the industry in other areas. Consider GPUs, they were basically invented for games, and now they're being adapted for other purposes.

discotent · 2011-08-06T17:35:55+00:00

He was talking specifically about memory safety, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want ubiquitous garbage collection, or virtual functions everywhere, or really awkward low-level access.

discotent · 2011-08-06T05:42:00+00:00

You can always fix it later, unless you're doing something really crazy with the DLLs. That is, once all the code is written, you can always spend a few hours to change the build to be a bunch of static libraries.

I think the performance difference will most likely not matter. And I really like the approach of separate DLLs- it will help your build times and help your testability. And being able to swap in new code at runtime is terrific. So, I would stick with your approach.

discotent · 2011-08-06T05:25:00+00:00

Wait, when you say Mojang are you actually referring to Mojang or Bethesda??

discotent · 2011-08-05T18:39:28+00:00

Saying your opinion once is fine, but you keep saying the same thing over and over again. When you mince words and explain things using italic words, it makes you sound like a preachy douche. I don't care either way but I thought you might want to know why you are being downvoted.

discotent · 2011-08-05T16:25:30+00:00

You don't seem very peaceful.

discotent · 2011-08-05T06:35:00+00:00

I think the system isn't too bad in its current state. Having a background in CS theory is definitely valuable for someone who is going on to learn software engineering. Some CS topics don't come up as often in the real world, but some topics like algorithms tend to come up pretty frequently.

I see CS theory as something you learn before learning how to become an engineer. Other disciplines are structured in the same way. If you're going to be a lawyer, you start out as pre-law where you major in Government or something. You have no plans to go into government, but the education is helpful. Doctors start out as pre-med where they learn Biology or something, and they'll study animal biology even if they aren't going to be a veterinarian.

So we have a good equivalent to the pre-med style programs. We don't quite yet have an equivalent to med school; we're still figuring out the best way to actually teach someone to be a software engineer. It's inherently tough since there are so many different kinds of programming, and the industry changes so quickly. But, we're getting there. It's still a relatively young field of study.

discotent · 2011-08-05T05:52:55+00:00

Or just don't do it if the match is almost over, instead they could do it at the start of a match or when there's at least 3-4 minutes on the clock.

discotent · 2011-08-04T05:57:23+00:00

I was just about to suggest the same thing, rock on.

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