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by eswat 10y ago
I’ve been thinking about this more for apps in the self-help category, such as meditation, yoga and fitness. The popular ones are geared for you to rely on them indefinitely; many have "forever" memberships in addition to monthly
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by eswat 10y ago
I've settled on just having a simple Markdown file* in the root of every project I work on where I list (a) the tasks I or the client wants done and (b) notes on discoveries and bugs I want to keep track of for later. I have tasks line
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by eswat 10y ago
I miss those days where you could easily connect with the developers in a small tribe like that. I grew up chatting with Epic/DE devs and modders in those days and it was a terrific experience. Now developers are either beyond reach or
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by eswat 10y ago
> Unity is powerful enough for 3D open world games ( http://www.firewatchgame.com/ ). I've tried Firewatch on both PC and PS4 and never gone through a playthrough that didn't have lag/performance issues even
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by eswat 10y ago
> Steam works But does it still provide a great experience for gamers and creators? I'd wager so say they can do a lot better, but they're letting their success stagnate them. Buggy mobile apps, questionable revenue share on Wo
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by eswat 10y ago
Whatever you come up with will be a remix of things you've experienced in life, from actual things you've done to conversations you've had. If you want a breadth of ideas then having a breadth of experiences is one solution;
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by eswat 10y ago
Most of their book bundles are comics, but not all. They've done 2 or 3 entrepreneur/startup bundles, some Make bundles and a few audiobook ones.
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by eswat 10y ago
You may find plenty of results if you search for “[macronutrient keyword] intake timing” on PubMed. But as mentioned in another comment it may be worthwhile to find trainers or dieticians who have been doing this for a long time and see if
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by eswat 10y ago
I haven’t fully read How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler, which is likely to be referenced in another comment, but I do something that’s referenced in that book: syntopical reading. When I read stuff I usually grab a few books on the sam
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by eswat 10y ago
What are you actually doing at your desk and how does it add up to the bigger picture of your life? IMHO fancy gear and trying to force new habits are only curing symptoms of of a more underlying problem: the tasks you’re doing at your ne
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by eswat 10y ago
Having worked mostly on refactoring projects in the last few years, I've learned that too many projects end up in the gutter because "that's just the way it is" was the mindset of too many developers working on them when
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by eswat 10y ago
I'm not sure if it's still the case but The Elements of Typopgrahic Style by Robert Bringhurst was my bible for picking up the nitty-gritty on typography: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Br
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by eswat 10y ago
CSGO has a lot of players but compared to other popular games with their own economies - with exception to perhaps EVE Online - they don't have as many problems with shady item selling/trading markets as CSGO has. Look at DOTA2 fo
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by eswat 10y ago
CSGO and the previous games were also my crack and those of my friends. But it's clear now that it's morphed into something that I would rather not be a part of. The betting website shenangians from the past month were a symptom o
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by eswat 10y ago
What I've done is change the games I play so it's easier to reframe them as being part of my personal development, hence not feel as guilty about playing them a lot. For me this meant removing games that were too grind-ey (major t
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by eswat 10y ago
I'm making a game because I have this issue with many games coming out these days too. I actually like games that only last a few hours since they seem to respect my time more than others that pad for length (less "shit work"
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by eswat 10y ago
Seems you already have the ball rolling. I started off similar to you, working predominantly with YC and other incubator startups. Tapping into those existing networks is what kept feeding me with new work. So leverage what you already have
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by eswat 10y ago
> It is true, I may well be homeless if it isn't for them. It sounds like you may not be truly financially independent from your family? If they're giving you resources like money, food or shelter then you need to double down o
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[Games] History of the best immersive sims(pcgamer.com)
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by eswat 10y ago
Food: It wasn't until recently that started to cook my own meals every day. I felt time was always time limited when I worked for a company so I would get takeout a lot. Especially in my time in Toronto due to the large amount of good
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G2A, Piracy, and the Four Currencies(fortressofdoors.com)
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Ion Storm's Lost Deus Ex Sequels(eurogamer.net)
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by eswat 11y ago
He alludes to his goals at Unity being done while as the same time finding less enjoyment in what he did day-to-day. There’s a lot missing but the last two paragraphs shed a bit more light. > To really improve this industry we need to up
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by eswat 11y ago
Base coming to Windows has nudged me to strongly consider going back as well. But finding a laptop with comparable build quality to a MacBook is also what I’m finding troublesome to accomplish.
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by eswat 11y ago
Recently had a brief chat with a friend about this, why she wouldn’t consider moonlighting as a freelancer since she seemed to have lost passion in her day-to-day work. “I wouldn’t be able to handle the added stress” was the response, and I
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by eswat 11y ago
The book Stay a While and Listen does a good job of explaining the background behind the pitch and subsequent changes that made Diablo what it is today: http://www.amazon.com/Stay-Awhile-Listen-Blizzards-Video-Gam...
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Original Diablo Pitch Document (1994) [pdf](graybeardgames.com)
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Gabe Newell on Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions and Corporations(youtube.com)
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by eswat 11y ago
> For example, there's nothing cool in the web sites where I do my banking or stock trades. Canadian banks are starting get into the churn playground though. Many have released or soon will release websites using Angular 1 and are h
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by eswat 11y ago
From OP… > Sublime seems to be falling into that sunsetting stage the same as jEdit

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