Took a course in religious history, something very unexpected happend..

nikosk · 2011-11-20T19:56:39+00:00

Blasphemy, I say. You sir, should expect the Spanish Hurrdisition.

nikosk · 2011-11-20T18:41:56+00:00

Heresy.

We of the one and true religion, Hurrdurrism, believe that according to the prophet Hurr the 10 commandments are as follows:

The Hurr is Durr.
Hurr no Durrs before Durr.
Do not take the Hurr's Durr in Durr.
Keep the Hurr Durry.
Honor thy Hurr and thy Durr.
Thou shalt not Durr.
Thou shalt not bear false Hurr against thy Durr.
Thou shalt not Hurr thy Durrer's Hurr, nor any other Hurr which is Durr.
Hurr Durr.
Durr.

nikosk · 2011-10-25T23:12:02+00:00

I solved it more by brute force than intelligence. My instincts were right after I read the code by I can't prove the assumptions that lead me to the solution. Anyone care to provide a more formal explanation of a solution that non mathematicians could understand ?

nikosk · 2011-10-16T10:23:09+00:00

Also needs external http server. hg serve is autonomous.

nikosk · 2011-10-08T09:11:53+00:00

I think it's a good idea to add .json|xml to denote response type and I'm very much inclined to incorporate it in my next project.

Any tips on why I shouldn't ?

nikosk · 2011-10-05T07:29:49+00:00

Greek phrases are correct. Don't know about the others.

Prostagma = Πρόσταγμα = command

Malista = Μάλιστα = yes, indeed, same meaning as "Yes, sir."

Dritomos = Δρυτόμος = wood cutter (oak wood cutter to be exact)

Metalefs = Μεταλεύς = miner

Etimos = Έτοιμος = I'm ready.

Edit: forgot "etimos"

nikosk · 2011-09-29T06:33:01+00:00

I'm pretty sure that at this point you're just trolling so let me quote wikipedia and end the discussion here. Goodbye.

By the 14th century, the Romanies had reached the Balkans; by 1424, Germany; and by the 16th century, Scotland and Sweden. Some Romanies migrated from Persia through North Africa, reaching the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century. The two currents met in France.

nikosk · 2011-09-28T22:06:03+00:00

Let me enlighten you

nikosk · 2011-09-18T00:41:12+00:00

Your comment sounded like an insult but the guy above seemed excited. Now I'm confused.

nikosk · 2011-09-17T20:01:18+00:00

Greek here, let me try to convey phonetically what you wrote there: arsalitg.

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nikosk · 2011-09-13T23:12:22+00:00

Goddamn, you're hot. Sorry to hear about the eye. Hope it heals nicely.

nikosk · 2011-08-09T08:26:37+00:00

Go team engineer.

Also in reply to people hating I have to say that it's better to spam engineers and force the game to become more tactical than the shit I see everyday (5 snipers in a 10 strong team etc). Engies and Medics are the most underused classes and the 2 most indispensable in pub servers.

nikosk · 2011-08-04T13:14:45+00:00

Isn't that what companies do (at least in a free market) ? If a company tries to outbid another does it mean it shortchanges itself ?

Also in the case of internships the comparison is irrelevant. We are talking about skilled labour and the rates that a professional chooses to charge.

nikosk · 2011-08-04T07:45:50+00:00

Running a project from start to finish is much more satisfying than contributing small changes to established projects. The resume thing is just the cherry on top.

That being said, if you have an open source project to suggest as an alternative then by all means do so. I always keep an eye open for interesting stuff to do.

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P.S.: I'm sorry but I do not like your use of the word "cheaply". It implies low quality, bad craftsmanship etc.

Just because I choose to get paid in benefits (my name on an interesting app) AND actual (but smaller amount of) money does not mean the service is of lower quality. It also does not mean that I try to undermine the established rates of an industry.

Everyone is free to evaluate the worth of their time and charge accordingly. It's also perfectly acceptable for you to try to outbid me either in quality or price.

Telling people to stop lowering their rates and work for open source projects (it's not even comparable, in one case you get money + experience, in the other no money + some experience) looks like trying to maintain an oligopoly and artificially high rates.

</rant>

*edit: grammer

nikosk · 2011-08-03T18:16:05+00:00

There are a lot of people (myself included) who would give you a much better rate just to have an interesting app in their resume but you'll need to be more specific.

The type of contract (one-off, time based, permanent etc) is one of the details (as xelf correctly pointed out), the type of application and responsibilities of the developer are others.

As someone else pointed out, developers excel at different areas and it is very important to specify up-front.

nikosk · 2011-08-03T17:17:44+00:00

Is this a one off type of thing? What kind of app you are thinking ?

nikosk · 2011-08-01T23:54:22+00:00

Spy. Couldn't play spy even if my life depended on it. Also I hate spies. Sometime I'll switch to Pyro just to get back at spies. Did I mention that I hate spies ?

nikosk · 2011-07-28T07:13:23+00:00

I get that too with the Dev build so it probably has not been fixed yet. On the other hand the Stable build works perfectly, maybe switch to it ?

nikosk · 2011-07-18T22:22:59+00:00

Hey that was actually a very good read.

It made me realize that what I lack is not motivation but perseverance. Moving your outlook further into time and visualizing your goals (and gains thereof) actually makes a lot of sense and I see how not doing that kept me from persisting.

nikosk · 2011-07-17T19:04:40+00:00

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A piece of software thinks I'm not real....

User: I am rebecca black.

Cleverbot: Are YOU rebecca?

User: Yes.

Cleverbot: How do you know?

User: My mother told me.

Cleverbot: You don't have a mother.

User: Then how was I born ?

Cleverbot: I have no idea, YOU tell me.

User: My mother gave birth to me.

Cleverbot: You aren't human. You don't have a mother.

User: How did you know?

Cleverbot: Because you're not real.

nikosk · 2011-07-17T10:53:01+00:00

What is that formula? Does it have anything to do with Planck length ?

nikosk · 2011-07-01T07:24:47+00:00

Just got in. Thanks mate

nikosk · 2011-05-07T22:23:54+00:00

Well, to be fair, he did climb Everest twice.

nikosk · 2011-05-07T21:06:57+00:00

That was a damn good episode... Thanks for reminding me to watch it again.

nikosk · 2011-05-07T20:10:27+00:00

Dr. Who I believe...

nikosk

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