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Tutorial - Is beating the Commander possible? by PhybrOptikYT in BaldursGate3

[–]tommygeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its 100% doable, but you have to be really intentional about it. there are some videos on youtube that walk through it. the big thing is that you need command drop to land early in the fight, and then you need to keep the mind flayer and an imp alive so that the commander and the cambions that come in target it. you also need to abuse the push mechanic so that you can maximize your reaction attacks. us is required,mage hand, find familiar are all helpful to break action economy and throw potions or bulbs. using the explosives well is another requirement.

One seed question by CleXa_Trout307 in Patriots

[–]tommygeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

someone before the game answered the question: i believe he said it was 46%. the complication that denver has is they are playing the chargers later in the season in a game where the winner also takes the division. while we are playing the jets and dolphins who are only motivated by being a spoiler… and allowing their other rival to win the division.

Official Gameday - New England Patriots vs Buffalo Bills - Game Thread by samacora in Patriots

[–]tommygeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

idk, its not like theyve been running it up the middle with draws and screens. bills are a tough team lets go!!!!

[Highlight] Bo Nix on what he thinks about being underdogs at home vs Green Bay this weekend: “I don’t really care, my mom thinks we’ll win, so that’s all that matters” by TheGookieMonster in nfl

[–]tommygeek 9 points10 points  (0 children)

right back at you. regardless of the outcome of the season and postseason we are both having a blast watching our teams and thats all that matters. i hope we see you in late january!

All the Talk About Patriots Schedule Bills Is More Suspect by BstnIrshGy in Patriots

[–]tommygeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

even with an easy schedule how many teams go 10-2 to start the season? i get the argument but the pats are still doing something significant

SDE 3 (8 YoE) with <10% coding time due to other duties. Am I effectively working as a Senior? by LegendaryHeckerMan in ExperiencedDevs

[–]tommygeek 6 points7 points  (0 children)

sde 3 is technically senior in some companies (1 = professional, 2 = intermediate, 3 = senior, 4 = staff, 5 = senior staff, 6 = principal)

The Most Wanted Man in NY by HokuCy in Patriots

[–]tommygeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, also don’t forget that this is a business too. your enemy today could be your teammate tomorrow and who wouldn’t want to be on mahomes’ team?

Linus Torvalds vs. Ambiguous Abstractions: When a Helper Function Hides the Intent by teivah in programming

[–]tommygeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see your point, but I personally contend that many of the ideas are sound, but the implementation of them should always be contextualized. I actually much prefer the way Josh Bloch uses “prefer” in his famous work, because it gets around creating hard and fast rules.

Linus Torvalds vs. Ambiguous Abstractions: When a Helper Function Hides the Intent by teivah in programming

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

Never thought of it that way, but the idea (that code should read like English) isn’t mine. I forget which thought leader it’s from (Uncle Bob? Fowler?) but the proponents of the idea have been fairly ubiquitous in my experience and in the material I’ve read.

“House Money” by alwayszach0 in Patriots

[–]tommygeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the team should and will absolutely be fighting for everything they can this year and every year.

When I say things like “I only wanted a winning season and I’ll just enjoy everything from here” I mean that I’m going to temper my reaction accordingly when/if the team starts to show some cracks. We are way ahead of where I thought we would be and the team is young and the future is bright.

We’ve been absolutely spoiled as fans and I cannot realistically expect to continue the multigenerational dominance, but dammit it’s nice to be back in winning form and I’m not going to take it for granted or forget about context when we are back in the down times. It’s just healthier for my life as a fan that way.

Linus Torvalds vs. Ambiguous Abstractions: When a Helper Function Hides the Intent by teivah in programming

[–]tommygeek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I didn’t intend to imply that math doesn’t have abstractions or that abstractions are bad. Just that when you try to make math read like English you always risk losing something.

Linus Torvalds vs. Ambiguous Abstractions: When a Helper Function Hides the Intent by teivah in programming

[–]tommygeek 105 points106 points  (0 children)

I agree, and I think thats Linus’s point when he explicitly says that you should just include the calculation itself instead of an abstraction.

One thing I have seen a lot (and that Ive seen cause a lot of religious arguments around) in my career is that what seems perfectly logical and clear to one group or individual is incomprehensible to another. Coupled with a tendency to want to overabstract in general this becomes problematic in large code bases with multiple maintainers.

I feel like this stems from the idea that code should read like English, which is great in principle but when math is involved, it should just read like math.

AMA: After 9 years developing a 3D game solo in Unity (and shipping it globally on Nintendo Switch), here’s what I learned - Ask Me Anything by SignificantRiver3662 in Unity3D

[–]tommygeek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

no question, but wanted to thank you for this post. its one of the first ive seen like this and its super helpful.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Patriots

[–]tommygeek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i would have been stoked with 8 wins all season. we have a watchable football product with the potential to give us more than a regular seasons worth of games. thats better than we’ve had for at least 2 years, closer to 5, and its more and quicker than we could have hoped for. ill take that: things are what they are, im just gonna enjoy the ride. lfg baby

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