danbolt

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   by danbolt 8y ago

   At work we're writing game Entity-Component-Systems with EnTT[1]. It's an interesting take compared to previous entity-subclass takes on game object modelling. I'm excited about future work in terms of parallelizing jobs in t
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   by danbolt 8y ago

   Is there a litmus test for testing if someone is a "Mandarin speaker with great, non-native English skills"?
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   by danbolt 8y ago

   I’m a hobbyist game developer and I sometimes package web games with Electron. The build/package scripts for the games usually have a small set of npm dependencies, and I’ll usually get a warning indicating that there’s a vulnerability
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   by danbolt 8y ago

   I'm no expert in the matter, but I'd imagine the Lubuntu team has a lot of insight into that[1]. [1] https://docs.lubuntu.net/lubuntu_installation_on_old_compute...
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   by danbolt 8y ago

   “Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having
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   by danbolt 8y ago

   I appreciate that the author linked to another review if users were coming from an OS X perspective. Or, when a review explains its biases or what is important to the reviewer, it helps make sense of the content for me as a reader.
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   by danbolt 8y ago

   Perhaps a raytracer? Those are often performance-oriented and employ C++ so the subject matter would be practical. A look into threading, memory ownership, and tricks like `constexpr` could all be utilized.
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   by danbolt 8y ago

   I find situations where I feel someone else "needs to be forcefully briefed on their ignorance" are situations where I likely don't have the rank, influence, or audience to improve the situation anyway. I don't really su
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   by danbolt 8y ago

   I'm not sure what a good mid-size project would look like, but one thing that really helped me was implementing structures/algorithms using C++11's features. It aided in not just getting a feel for them, but also what finding
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I think a lot of people became interested in computing through video and computer games in their youth. It's not uncommon to hear people talk about consumer products like the Amiga or Commodore 64 fondly as their first experience tinke
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    > In the end, sticking through and using the horrible experience to learn and grow ended up paying off long term. I totally agree that being disciplined and challenging oneself to grow is really important. Still, I wouldn’t want suggest
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    How to Regulate the Internet Without Becoming a Dictator(foreignpolicy.com)

    2 points by danbolt 8y ago|0 comments
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I’m not really a fan of people feeling compelled to spend money for romantic gestures in general, so I’m pretty okay with this.
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I think there's a big difference between "a society without any personal freedom or choice" and one where there are certain regulations for the public good. Some examples might be hate speech laws or food safety. Those do put
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    Victoria as well! I agree that the Canadian history post-1945 wasn’t emphasized enough; it should have been the center-focus. I had a good teacher in the eleventh grade that vocationally extended the curriculum to include things like econom
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    What do you feel made your history course propaganda? Looking back at my Canadian (BC) high school history curriculum, it was well-sourced and written, but I think it could have been structured in such a way to encourage youth to understand
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    Thanks! I’m hoping that the XR lasts for the next five years (at least!) too. I get some smart remarks from others, but the end goal is to minimize the amount of rare metals consumed in my lifetime. I’ve been really pleased that the 5S cont
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I switched from a 5S I bought at launch to an XR. I’m enjoying the battery life, although the larger screen took a bit of getting used to.
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    My friends and coworkers often speak a lot of praises about the survival/industrial game Factorio . In the game, pollution from the player’s generators attract hostile creatures that one has to manage. The player can use renewable ene
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I can't really speak for the main reason why, but my guess is that it gave Nintendo a level of flexibility with localizing the game without having to set up a Nintendo 64 development environment.
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    GBATemp users have reported that the game gets localized at runtime[1], rather than a a modified ROM. Kind of ingenuous on Nintendo Redmond's part[2]. One would likely have to use Dolphin to emulate the Wii emulating the game.[3] [1]
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I’m a game developer, so my “side projects” usually making small hobbyist games. New “ideas” usually involve “I’d like to explore this concept” sort of thing. I think the ideas mostly comes from being interested in video games though, so I’
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    What do you use nowadays? Do you feel it addresses things better?
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I think Fortnite’s accessibility contributed also to its success as well. A player each on a computer, phone, and game console could all play together. Combined with being free-to-play as well as generally a low time investment (short match
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I'm no web design expert, but I'm surprised gradients such as that aren't defined via CSS or some other programmatic means.
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    A Status Update on the MNT Reform DIY Laptop(mntmn.com)

    13 points by danbolt 8y ago|2 comments
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I’m not an expert in the matter, but I can imagine it could attract individuals that desire high wages or high-status work. Regardless of how genuinely invested or enthusiastic they are about the impact of being a teacher. Not that we shoul
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    What’s your take of China’s reports on the US, compared to vice versa?
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    I feel like what you’re touching at is kind of the core of why C++ can be so difficult to parse through sometimes. It really is trying to make a general purpose abstraction while also having a low overhead. This results in a need for detail
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    by danbolt 8y ago

    It’s wordy and all over the place, but I loved the Brothers Karamazov in my early twenties.