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by adrianton3 5mo ago
In their defence "hi" sounds very much like "high" in my mind's ear and "lo" like "low" :)
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by adrianton3 5mo ago
Torch flames and trees swaying in the wind do not affect gameplay at all - they're most likely done in a shader and I think it's easier to keep updating a time uniform than to add extra conditions everywhere :D
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by adrianton3 6mo ago
A C systems programmer can definitely make a list of buzzwords as well. Also, let's say team A (10 C app/systems programmers) in a company asks HR to look for a C developer and HR comes back to them with 10 great web developers to
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by adrianton3 6mo ago
I don't follow - why do you think HR would be interested in shiny hot new web stack keywords over anything else?
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Using fewer syllables to express numbers(thegraycuber.github.io)
25 points by adrianton3 9mo ago|42 comments
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by adrianton3 1y ago
"5.11 or 5.9 which number is greater?" was a meme query a few months ago to ask an LLM as it would confidenly prove how 5.11 is greater - so yes, we do need expert validation!
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by adrianton3 1y ago
> booked tickets for a flight or bought a home or a car or watched a cat video Would you install a native app to book a flight? One for each company? Download updates for them every now and then, uninstall them when you run out of disk s
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by adrianton3 1y ago
I picked electron with portability in mind; I anticipate some unknown unknowns (since I've never owned a mac for ex) but they should be solvable. I have support for linux, controllers, steam deck, mac on my to-do list in that order - i
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by adrianton3 1y ago
Thanks for the kind words. People's passion projects are the main reason I keep coming to HN - the spirit is alive and very healthy! Hope you have fun!
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by adrianton3 1y ago
I clarified it on the steam page - thanks for bringing it up! I tested it on Windows 11 and Linux (via proton). I'm afraid I can't say anything about Mac OS until I get my hands on apple hardware and I'm not familiar enough w
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by adrianton3 1y ago
The game itself is written in JS and packaged up with electron. I used PIXI.js for all the rendering - it's great for 2D-anything really. On the server side, the evaluator is written in node and a bit of php. I'm aware this tech s
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Show HN: Robot Unlock – an open-ended programming game/zachlike(store.steampowered.com)
43 points by adrianton3 1y ago|11 comments
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by adrianton3 2y ago
> Heavy use of symbolic operators has thankfully fallen out of style. I assume this refers to operator overloading. I think `a + b - c` looks way more readable than `a.add(b).sub(c)` and I'm happy when a language lets me define my o
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The famous Eve Astrid Andersson (2001)(web.archive.org)
1 points by adrianton3 2y ago|0 comments
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Advanced Packaging Part 1 – Breakdown of Economic Semiconductor Scaling(semianalysis.com)
1 points by adrianton3 3y ago|0 comments