arthurbrown

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by arthurbrown 14y ago
It seems like the name of this project alone is enough to guarantee traction problems. Having a searchable name these days counts for more than having a name that is clever, short, appealing, or anything else.
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by arthurbrown 14y ago
>> ... it's highly likely that Microsoft has already patented the letters X, Y, A, and B... Nintendo and Sega have both used this scheme since SNES / Dreamcast respectively (as well as Nintendo DS).
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by arthurbrown 14y ago
This is a segment from an Australian show (The Gruen Transfer) going over the same question without the transparent Maccas bias. The entire clip from the beginning is worth a watch and talks about the value of relentless advertising. http:
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by arthurbrown 14y ago
I'm not quite sure I understand slide 48 which talks about constraints. Does a text editor have more or less constraints than an IDE? I would argue that it has less constraints, however I assume he is arguing that text editors are better wh
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by arthurbrown 14y ago
I'd guess this impetus for this post came about after this meeting at pycon http://kennethreitz.com/the-future-of-python-http.html
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by arthurbrown 14y ago
I completely agree with your internal consistency assertion and would like to point out that there are always really standout games of each generation of hardware. The capabilities of the hardware are largely irrelevant compared to how well
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by arthurbrown 14y ago
I find this an incredibly narrow view of the gaming ecosystem. Not only are there numerous games that flatly contradict your view, but you're ignoring many facets of games themselves. Mobile games can only provide a limited experience when
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by arthurbrown 15y ago
Are you sure? In that picture it specifically looks like only one hose end is attached to the pump while the other is dangling and emptying out into the tank. edit: They've even zip tied it to that PVC to keep it from coming loose, which wo
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by arthurbrown 15y ago
There's an amazing talk given by Robert Sapolsky (Stanford Neurologist), discussing similar concepts. The talk has more to do with different behaviors that emerge between species and how the brain plays a role in that; rather than simply ph
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by arthurbrown 15y ago
How does your body feel about all this?
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by arthurbrown 15y ago
Why is the jab at Korea necessary? Have you had experience living in Seoul for $10 a month?
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by arthurbrown 15y ago
It seems like the use case he's optimizing for here is if you're accidentally on the wrong branch, and need to move your working changes over to the correct branch. Personally, I almost always use stash if I'm not quite ready to commit, but
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by arthurbrown 15y ago
Looks like a set of aliases. Relevant source is here https://github.com/kennethreitz/legit/blob/develop/legit/cli...
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How to explain your game to an asshole(pentadact.com)
180 points by arthurbrown 15y ago|36 comments
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by arthurbrown 15y ago
The problem with "introducing" metaprogramming is that you first have to have a solid understanding of the language itself in order to manipulate it. From your examples in the article, I think that anyone who genuinely has no programming ex
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by arthurbrown 15y ago
This doesn't feel like the author is trying to actually help Java programmers, but rather is just an excuse for him to patronizingly describe a language to those he considers less fortunate. I also don't understand the reason for writing th