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by _random_ 11y ago
Microsoft needs to make a deal with Valve and offer money to developers implementing touch-screen support. Indies is a group Apple/Google are failing to address properly.
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by _random_ 11y ago
"Types make for bloated code" - no, poor type inference does.
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by _random_ 11y ago
"...Developers are happy enough transpiling code..." - happy the way disaster survivors are happy to live in makeshift sheds rather than, you know, being dead. And the number of shed designs on offer doesn't matter.
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by _random_ 12y ago
Who is the dude?
65.
by _random_ 12y ago
Hotness trumps madness.
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by _random_ 12y ago
Please don't be offended, but your vision is very limited. Like early sci-fi limited. If everything goes well you might end up being a distributed mind having multiple avatars across different planets. Your kids could be not just rando
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by _random_ 12y ago
Why not grant them an exclusive patent on 'search' in every sense as well? Like you can't 'search' (tm) for your keys in your apartment without seeing an ad first?
68.
by _random_ 12y ago
Beautiful presentation.
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by _random_ 12y ago
It seems to be focused on extracting value from employees, so here is a few of mine to ensure the balance: Mature engineers don't agree to work for a lower salary just because the problem is "interesting". Mature engineers do
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by _random_ 12y ago
Plus if you run - it works.
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by _random_ 12y ago
He meant like COBOL - wider historical spread (despite declining workforce).
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by _random_ 12y ago
Nah, it's spelled Select: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_where.asp (but academics like non-human-friendly terms, sure)
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by _random_ 12y ago
> games Ever played something like e.g. Bastion? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_%28video_game%29 I mean if you are developing the new Unreal Engine - sure. But otherwise gaming industry would benefit from more
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by _random_ 12y ago
Switching to Scala would mean learning all the Scala baggage (which has good intentions - granted). C# is much more accessible, while still being elegant - hence the ever-rising popularity.
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by _random_ 12y ago
Still feeds the trainers and book-writes and as such is "the-only-correct-way-to-write-correct-software".
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by _random_ 12y ago
"better negotiators than developers" - well in my experience they are always trying to "tempt" with a mere £5k boost and never going for the top bracket offered. It is in their interest to play it safe.
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by _random_ 12y ago
Well, how about sharing some equity? Oh, I forgot you want to be a billionaire at the expense of early hires.
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by _random_ 12y ago
Yes, unfortunately in London either: 1) recruiter effectively steals a percent of your starting salary; 2) company is so cheap they cannot afford a recruiter; 3) big tech companies are paying extremely low in comparison to the primary secto
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by _random_ 12y ago
Unity3d is eating it alive starting with legs :).
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by _random_ 12y ago
XNA is single most important technology that effectively enabled the indie movement. Shame they don't want to upgrade it. http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studi... https://twitter.
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by _random_ 12y ago
"I’ve had middle-aged coworkers ... GChat me pickup lines" She is also kind of age-biased. Age doesn't matter, all kind of gender/legal-age/race relations are accepted by modern society.
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by _random_ 12y ago
"...30-40 years of solid productivity..." Even less, many people choose family. Also if longevity is achieved there will be plenty of disruption on the way, since there is no "magic pill", but rather a lot of breakthro
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by _random_ 12y ago
JS is type-safe in a way that is not useful in any way.
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by _random_ 12y ago
Well, Apple stole 'Swift' from a different language (was quickly changed to "parallel scripting language"): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_(parallel_scripting_langu... He created something in an
85.
by _random_ 12y ago
Mass produced - maybe not, but check this: http://www.konstantin-chaykin.com/collections/watches/lunokh...
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by _random_ 12y ago
http://xkcd.com/984
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by _random_ 12y ago
I have a question: when will XNA be open-sourced? There are tons of people that want a sequel and MonoGame could use a quality boost. http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studi... Also C# on XBox One
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by _random_ 12y ago
First wall in the garden.
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by _random_ 12y ago
"...compensation..." Trading a high probability of a decent bonus for a low probability of a half-decent equity payout (I guess, also no unicorns).
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by _random_ 12y ago
"(server-side) JS" Why would you pick an unmaintainable language for the server side?

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