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I am glad it's about a computer scientist (hacker) that performed an action that wasn't subjective and not some 'game designer ux product idea ui designer visua

• benihana 13y ago
  Because obviously someone's title declares what he is capable of or likes doing. Because someone with a title that isn't 'hacker' instantly discredits his ability to hack. Obviously. Because people who didn't study CS can't be hackers, obviously. Because someone who does UI or UX can't hack backend things, obviously.
  • seivan 13y ago
    No because hen actually performed something that isn't subjective. The person in question fixed the software. It wasn't "Do this game idea I have". Not sure were you're getting at but I didn't study/finish CS. I wasn't referring to the title, I was referring to the skillset and action performed. But whatever.
  • benzor 13y ago
    Yes, and because we all know that no computer scientist has ever done anything unethical, obviously.
    • soganess 13y ago
      I understand where you are coming from, or at least I think I do. You feel that has comments relegate UX designers to some time type of "second seat" in the software development food chain. And, perhaps as a designer yourself, that to be rather insulting. But I'm going to put this out there and say your are misinterpreting his comment. There is a whole lot of "rockstar" talk when it comes to software now; "amazing" engineers or designers that will change your world(TM). It would seem that revolutionaries and visionaries are a dime a dozen now. However, more often then _I_(and I'd argue the parent as well) would like, the whole thing turns out to be nothing more than smoke and mirrors. That type of behaviour bring the whole community down. Its not that UX designers or agile engineers or whatever are bad, they are clearly some of the most valuable and hardest working members of the technical community. Its just that when I see a piece on the next great mind in software, I get this knee-jerk reaction to think "hypppppppe." Which is what I thought when I clicked the link. But this article plays counterpoint to that world. Here you got a guy, unkept, on his way to being a computer scientist, probably never meet a VC in his life, who is also a hacker. And instead of talk, he is putting forward some rather boring, technically difficult to implement, but useful, stuff. What's more, he is not trying to be like, "I'm better than this company," instead he's got a real grasp on the scale, penetration, and limitations of his work. Its just refreshing. Perhaps the parent could have worded things better, but I'm not sure he intended to be insulting.
• Kiro 13y ago
  Eventually these bogus titles will be a thing of the past and the successful tech companies will consist of 100% hackers.
  • seivan 13y ago
    It's not about titles, I edited to clear that out.
• gagege 13y ago
  >Fixing broken game ideas is easy. Tell that to anyone who has actually tried to implement a fix for a broken game design. I'm not even talking about programmers. Game design is not trivial. That's why so many games these days are either Mario clones or Doom clones. We know those are a safe bet.
  • TylerE 13y ago
    Where are the Mario clones? I'd love some good Mario clones. Instead they all seem to be Double Dragon/Castlevania/Metroid clones
    • gagege 13y ago
      Well, okay. I'll give you that. I never played Castlevania or Metroid much, so I didn't think of those. But, you're right what we see now are more about shooting/ short range attacking than jumping on stuff.
    • lmm 13y ago
      The recent new Giana Sisters was reasonably fun, and very pretty. Though I'm judging as someone who has been away from the gaming scene for a while.
    • teamonkey 13y ago
      If by Mario clone you mean side-scolling linear platformer, Rayman might fit the bill.
      • TylerE 13y ago
        Rayman is close, and I enjoyed that, but there are still some attack mechanics there.
    • icebraining 13y ago
      Super Meat Boy?
    • fennecfoxen 13y ago