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by acutesoftware 5y ago
Well said! Life should be what you want to do - many people don't have ambitions or interests, and I guess defaulting to the evolutionary standard of having kids is a valid response.
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by acutesoftware 5y ago
I'm starting to make some progress with an Unreal Engine crafting game. Everything is going to be data driven, and have the spawn rates for forage, trees, and mobs working ok. Now up to the fun part - getting a good amount of recipes f
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by acutesoftware 5y ago
I love seeing the experimental stuff and open source personal projects myself - they generally don't vanish after 6 months. New products and startups will often pivot away to something else, so it you see a post highlighting www.fastch
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by acutesoftware 5y ago
I don't know if it is rare thing, but I also have loved making scripts and automated bits during software dev; and making jigs in woodwork took 50% of my time because that was such fun. > It's a helluva lot more fun to arra
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by acutesoftware 5y ago
I am using the visual scripting, with Python to create a lot of the data tables (loaded manually for now). The hard part is more the animation and 3D work, but it is a lot of fun.
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by acutesoftware 5y ago
Unreal Engine ( + Blender ) - pretty big learning curve for a programmer, but heaps of fun.
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by acutesoftware 6y ago
Well I made https://www.lifepim.com which is a place where you can keep your notes and tasks online with a focus on privacy. I love it - it works for me. I am the only frequent user, but I absolutely understand why others wouldn
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by acutesoftware 6y ago
That is brilliant stuff, well done! This is literally the soul of what Hacker News is all about.
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by acutesoftware 6y ago
Writing even an extremely simple game without using a game engine or dedicated game library is quite an eye opener. Make a small 2D platform game, and it covers so many areas (and it is a lot of fun!).
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by acutesoftware 6y ago
If published research is based on a code base, then surely the documentation and working code is equally important than the carefully written paper.
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by acutesoftware 6y ago
Nicely written. I think the "Importance of Ownership" is the prime reason for doing this, but most people wont see the benefit (until it is too late when they do lose something)
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
I use a simple checklist on github, which contains mostly scripts I can run to install what I need https://github.com/acutesoftware/dotfiles/blob/master/instal... Works quite well and is future proof (pl
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
Good article, it is obvious that as we get older we (statistically) have a lesser chance of success in winning an Olympic medal or out twitching the best FPS gamers - but for writing and IT work - age doesn't come into it. What does co
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
I think this is a good idea - didn't see any samples of data (or even lists available) on page, may to do that to get people interested.
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
Thank you! The mechanics sort of work ok, but it needs graphics and animation now. It is definitely good Javascript practice - I look at the early code when starting it, and think Ugh
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
I am working on moving the interface of my notes app to Javascript (so it can be a PWA). To do this, I need to learn Javascript, so I am learning javascript by writing little games. I present to you, the worst game in the entire world - ht
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
What made you decide to go with a desktop version of your software?
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
I think it is a good starting point - you've got an agent with basic interactions, but as it stands there is not much that a user can do apart from just kill it. Many will see this as a game, not an agent simulation and will quickly wr
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
This sort of projects are hard to define - but it looks reasonably clear. (you have a typo in the readme "kill the NPC and still the item," - should be steal the item.) If you get each agent a goal, then that will drive what they
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
Desktop applications has already seen a massive decrease in the last 15 years or so, but I think that could start to reverse because of: 1. Increased data privacy issues as more and more companies either sell information or get hacked 2. On
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
Interesting - I had the complete opposite experience: Python was the first language I'd tried in a long time that just worked as I'd expected it to. After understanding the initial indenting rules, most of the code I tried could b
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by acutesoftware 7y ago
Yes the first step is to document where the data lives. Take the time to dig through the mess and document what you have now and where to get all the information. You want Sales - logon here, select [this] from [that] You want forecasts -
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by acutesoftware 8y ago
I don't know why you got modded down, but this is the KEY point here. Yes, I loved Picasa and am pissed when Google drop cool services, but overall it is a good thing to make everyone more aware that their data is not permanently sa
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by acutesoftware 8y ago
and a credit card to pay monthly fees (which may or may not increase dramatically)
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by acutesoftware 8y ago
Rather than say "Self Employed", you would put the business name you called yourself under employment history and say you worked there for 18 years. Starting, running and succeeding in a business shows beyond a doubt you have skil
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by acutesoftware 8y ago
Nice! When I first saw this, my initial reaction was "cool but why would I do that". Thinking about it - it would be better than most software approaches due to the 'lower mental cost' for logging time. Even adding a spr
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by acutesoftware 8y ago
I wish more web apps would give a bit more choice on information density and layout - remember desktop software 15 years ago? You change all the colours, fonts, layouts (sometimes) so it suited you. White space is great for new users to hel
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by acutesoftware 8y ago
Well, what was the program you wrote? We wont judge you
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by acutesoftware 8y ago
I think programming is fun, but yes doing a lot of corporate projects for a long time can get tiresome. Try going for lighthearted - automate a silly thing for yourself. Something to make your life 0.002% easier. Sure the cost benefit is no
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by acutesoftware 8y ago
> I'd say a good starting point is having a great standard library. True, and at this stage, I am also playing with Javascript dates and timezones and I would be happy with a mediocre standard library.

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