iron_ball

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   by iron_ball 18y ago

   VOIP isn't it. Only the hardcore had third-party VOIP applications like TeamSpeak and Ventrilo, and in-game VOIP is a very recent thing. Instead, I can break the game's success into three aspects: initial install, short-term retention, and
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   by iron_ball 18y ago

   According to w3schools.com's browser stats -- which, by the way, are slanted toward people with an interest in web design -- IE6's share has only been dropping by about 1.5% a month for the last year, and is still around 26%. It's safe to a
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   by iron_ball 18y ago

   As a long-time Opera user, I can say that this incompatible browser landing page crap has got to go. Either bend over backwards to satisfy everyone, or gracefully degrade, or collapse entirely without a warning message -- but I'm using a pe
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   by iron_ball 18y ago

   So the first comment in the actual article is someone howling that GTA4 was made on Windows by Windows fanatics who hate Apple, and now the first comment on Hacker News is the same thing. Is this some sort of ingrained reflex? (Also, I can'
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   by iron_ball 18y ago

   I'd like to add a subquestion: I'm always told to check out other people's code and study it, but I'm also well aware that popular software doesn't necessarily mean good code. What source-available projects would you recommend I look at if
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   by iron_ball 18y ago

   jEdit has a ton of text-editing power, a lot of plugins with an internal manager/downloader, and is cross-platform.
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   by iron_ball 18y ago

   Our graphic designer -- correction, art director -- does visual design and hands it off to production artists who turn it into HTML using Dreamweaver, or break it into Flash chunks. Want to know how big our art department is, including her?
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   by iron_ball 18y ago

   Also, you can see most of these criticisms handled quite impartially in Eric Raymond's "The Art of Unix Programming," which I'd say is required reading for any would-be "hacker."
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   by iron_ball 18y ago

   That's very vague. For example, my answer is yes, but I live in Manhattan, where that's the default.
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    Ask YC: Programming career exit strategies?

    7 points by iron_ball 18y ago|7 comments
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    by iron_ball 18y ago

    No, but there are far more underemployed designers than programmers, so all but the absolute best design gets very much devalued. Ask a designer friend how long they spent as a perma-temp.
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    by iron_ball 18y ago

    I make Flash brochureware! ...no, it is not satisfying.
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    by iron_ball 18y ago

    Bad parallel. Coding up a CSS/HTML web page full of embedded PHP and Javascript and trying to get it pixel-perfect is worlds away from writing an internally consistent program for a single run target using a single sane language and APIs. Y
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    by iron_ball 18y ago

    I use an HP/Compaq NC6000, $300 on eBay. Make sure you get the widescreen (1440w) version with integrated Bluetooth, and expand it to 1GB RAM. It runs everything I need for interactive development, including hogs like Photoshop, Flash, and
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    by iron_ball 18y ago

    You can do anything.
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    by iron_ball 18y ago

    My guess: "If you do let me out, I'll Paypal you $20!"