EatenByGrues

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   by EatenByGrues 15y ago

   I would say that the actual software component of Minecraft isn't in beta so much as it's the "game mechanics" side of it. It's like having a board with pieces, but not all the rules are written yet.
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   by EatenByGrues 15y ago

   Two of the more critically acclaimed (or at least fan favorites) titles: A Mind Forever Voyaging Trinity Both games really emphasize the narrative bankruptcy of modern games. The fact that people were developing games like this back in the
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   by EatenByGrues 16y ago

   I may be using the word 'modern' a bit liberally here, but these are all more recent than K&R at least. 'C A Reference Manual' I think is what a lot of people really want out of a C book and 'Expert C'/'C Traps and Pitfalls' both help w
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   The Five Year Party(online.wsj.com)

   3 points by EatenByGrues 16y ago|0 comments
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   by EatenByGrues 16y ago

   I originally learned to code with QBASIC and then C but if I had to do it all over again I would pick a language with a REPL (so ruby, python, lisp etc.) That speeds up the understanding of the language dramatically in my opinion. Being abl
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   by EatenByGrues 16y ago

   Maybe I'm missing something here but it seems that lately it has been pretty popular to post other peoples e-mail conversations (see the whole TechCrunch vs. Fortune post a while back). I'm starting to think you shouldn't e-mail anyone who