TravHatesMe

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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
I love open-source mods/remakes of legacy games. It requires technical expertise and exceptional patience to build something so large in scale and complexity. The disgusting amount of work to accomplish this compounded by the fact that
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
To play devil's advocate / ask some questions: > you also can't say 'just don't use heat' without looking idiotic Can't you put on a sweater to minimize your energy footprint? > air conditioning is c
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
I side with the teachers on this one. Parents should not be able to watch their kids' classroom in realtime. There are helicopter parents out there, now they will be helicoptering the poor teachers and other students. I think surveilla
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
True. However, relating this back to the software industry, I have often found myself in conversations where somebody says "according to so-and-so / this blog / this author, we should be doing this" - I feel like we don&
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Is second-hand smoke from ecigs equally harmful as real cigs? If that is not the case, then your comment sounds like you are entitled to fresh air everywhere you go -- which is not fair and seemingly self-centered.
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Did you read the article? There is some supporting evidence for the conclusion.. > Meza should have crossed in front of an official video camera (..) Meza “did not appear in the video. The only reasonable explanation is that he did not r
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Because the process pays off. If you have a mature code base, all changes should be reviewed by at least one member of the team. Being consistent with your branching process is important. I favor squash-merging pull requests to keep a clean
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
I agree. In order to optimize efficiency, changing priorities (ie. interrupting work) should be avoided unless absolutely necessary. A five minute task equates to: context switching, creating a branch in JIRA, checking out the branch, compl
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Without that name, this would likely not make news and I would have never heard about this vessel. In my opinion that makes it a brilliant name. Full speed ahead Boaty McBoatface!
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
I see it from both sides. I love browsing youtube and finding relevant suggestions, I can kill hours of time clicking and watching. However I sometimes feel like a victim of some kind of manipulation. Youtube has incredible power to persuad
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
> he wanted to be “someone my kids looked up to ..” > I wanted to provide a bright future for my kids Both examples in this article had to do with being a parent. I wonder if this innate feeling was the true catalyst behind their move
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For me that is slightly disappointing, I find that there is some real character in that accent. From my (outsider's) perspective it is something classic to east coast American cities. An accent that brings forth unapologetic honesty an
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
I was also impressed by the original Hololens. The hardware, however, needs some improvements. The headset was a bit heavy for long term use and the resolution of the AR image was not as good as I had expected. The software and SDK were sol
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Am I not jaded enough to believe this? "in love" is perhaps extreme but I have made meaningful and lasting friendships by being "excited" about my job, moreover earned people's respect by having a positive attitude.
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
> and what issues should just be quietly solved As a pedant, it sometimes makes me uncomfortable to make these decisions "quietly". While I wholeheartedly agree that this is an important skill for all developers, it begs the qu
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
Please refrain from telling others to refrain. The negatives are worth discussing, but not the positives? I want to hear everyone's thoughts not only yours.
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by TravHatesMe 7y ago
A project of such scale and longevity always seems to pique my interest. I bet there are some interesting historical artifacts in that codebase. Why is old code so fascinating? Decades ago someone as insignificant as you wrote this code. I
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by TravHatesMe 8y ago
WPF is deeply integrated with Win32. For example it abstracts away the win32 message pump design. I'd call that an abstraction.
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by TravHatesMe 8y ago
.NET and WPF are an abstraction of win32, I view it as a step in the right direction. How did .NET people cause everything to go downhill?
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by TravHatesMe 8y ago
I agree with this sentiment. Worthy of mention: Diablo II's Secret Cow Level. Initially a rumour among fans, Blizzard teased players and posted a screenshot of cow monsters on April 1st 1999 [1]. This joke soon became reality in the se
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by TravHatesMe 8y ago
As entertaining as your story is, I find it very hard to believe. If you were as drunk as you claim to be, there is no way that you're capable of writing "the best code I had ever written". A high level of intoxication severe
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by TravHatesMe 8y ago
Interesting indeed! I suppose this is a sound argument against astrology -- a few thousand years ago you'd be looking at a different sky, how can you have a well-defined set of astrological symbols when their respective skies are chang
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by TravHatesMe 8y ago
I don't consider your anecdote to be a valid argument against his claim that this is survivor bias. I appreciate you sharing that person's story but the fact is, there are many variables at play. I think that in most cases, career
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by TravHatesMe 8y ago
What I find interesting is that many of these youtubers have created personas to appeal to their audience, like true entertainers. However loyal viewers are fooled into this false sense of reality, where they are friends with content creato
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by TravHatesMe 8y ago
I agree. If users have a poor experience, they'll be less likely to try it again after you've polished it. I'm sure there's a balance between the two, but "if you're not embarrassed" is too strong of a sta
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"pasted in the past" I had to reread that a couple of times
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by TravHatesMe 9y ago
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I'm not a regular listener of Joe Rogan, but his interview with Chris Hadfield is fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS0laJvgVxo Interesting to hear about his experiences as an astronaut. I was not aware of t