Mikeb85

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by Mikeb85 13y ago
I disagree with some of the premises. We are great at probability, we compute it unconsciously. Every person knows the approximate probability of flipping a coin to show heads, pulling a card from a stack, or being rejected/successful
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
> That he's never met anyone in 10 years to tell him drag & dropping is not programming is one thing. It's not drag and dropping, it's using a 'visual programming' tool that the environment encourages. >
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
It's not about the workflow - it's about the fact that things like compiling files, linking libraries, are kind of basic concepts. For his prior apps (flash) he created objects using only a graphical interface (never wrote a singl
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
> Good Article, I have found the hardest part of software to be the team work. This... I'm trying to work with someone whose only programming experience is with IDEs on Windows that hand-hold every step of the way. Something as s
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Free/open source OSes are great programming environments that leave you in control. As for the compatibility 'problem', install the compiler/interpreter version you need from source, use chroot if you need to, etc... If
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
What's so strange about that? Sometimes games take a while to spread via word of mouth, and when a developer finally has a hit, people generally look for other games by the same developer. For a similar example, look at PSY (Korean ra
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
I don't even care about the US 'Idol' contest...
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Lenovo had a thriving cell phone business already - but it served mainly Asia. Motorola gives them instant access to the NA market...
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Because of this: "The purchase was made on the same day after Google announced that it had agreed to sell the Motorola brand to Lenovo for $2.91 billion" The purchase was made after the announcement. Furthermore, it was part of t
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Can't say I disagree... A lot of distraction techniques too.
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Pretty much everything we hear about Russia through English-speaking media is propaganda...
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
in gaming though, everything is inspired by something. Nothing is truly original. See all RTS games, shooters, 4x games, etc... Anything that's not an outright clone is different enough to be it's own oeuvre, IMO.
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Just tried that helicopter game, while it has similar concepts, the gameplay mechanics are different enough - in the helicopter game you hold the mouse button to stay aloft, versus repeatedly flapping. Also Flappy Bird has a nicer feel, th
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
I'm sure it was by design just as the fall rate is just quick enough to get from the highest to lowest pipes in the perfect amount of distance travelled.
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
The key to success is essentially, word of mouth (or the internet equivalent). And addicting gameplay. Every single person I know in the real world (ie. not on the internet) is playing this game. I know more people playing this game, righ
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Possibly. However it definitely captures the frustration that comes with installing Windows. Most people however are unaware of this frustration because they just buy a device already running an OS.
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
No. Unix/Linux and the command line IS easier for development, once you get over the initial learning phase. So many great command line tools and functions, you can get a language, or an environment up and running in seconds instead
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
I for one, would welcome a day where I can put install MS Office and VS on my Linux system without any hacks. I think Microsoft would do very well to go the IBM route, and a FOSS Windows would really shake up the market. Anyhow, the new MS
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Didn't Microsoft deprecate XNA? So now Monogame is taking over? When I think 'programming space' I think open-source - C, C++, Java, Mono, Javascript, Python, Ruby, R, Lisps, Rust, Dart, Go, Haskell, OCaml, etc... Google does
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
> FOSS aren't even a player This is hilarious, since Linux and BSDs are just killing it in the server space - take a look at stats on Amazon EC2, or DigitalOcean, or even just server market share stats. Take a look at what pretty
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
> How many languages can you use to write apps for your iPhone or Android device? iOS - ObjC, Ruby, Common Lisp, Haxe, Java, HTML5, C#, C++, probably others... Android - Ruby, Python, Clojure, Java, Common Lisp, Haxe, C#, HTML5, Scala,
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
You need to warm a car for at least 15 minutes when it's that cold...
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
It could be that it's not as well documented? Or if it is, that the authors access to the information?
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
I'm not sure that was even the goal. Seems Linus just wanted to create it for the hell of it, didn't think it was going anywhere, and released it as free software just because... From everything I've read of the history of
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Dunno, Hotmail used to get hacked all the time.
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Again, this goes back to the old adage that people pirate software because companies make it inconvenient to use their product. Look at how Steam, iTunes, etc... have changed media distribution...
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
It was a little tongue in cheek. I'd take a shack on the beach and a cold beer right now and be poor AND of average intelligence...
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Probably. Because then you'd have money and be too stupid to realize that money isn't everything....
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
But 'Saga' is an old, generic word that can apply to any epic story, so giving them the trademark for x-saga wouldn't be right...
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by Mikeb85 13y ago
Haxe, git, mercurial, FlashDevelop, Java, etc... On Linux you use the Haxe install script, then sudo apt-get or sudo zypper install everything. Add a Vim script for context aware code completion, haxelib install a few things, all done. On

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