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by jamesu 14y ago
After experiencing burnout many times, i've come to the following conclusion: if you want to avoid burnout stay away from toxic, crisis-mode management. Take things easy, and remember it doesn't matter if things take longer than you expecte
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by jamesu 14y ago
Does anyone find the sharing to be awkward? For instance, i shared a photo and noticed it took quite a while to load for someone not signed in since lots of redirection was going on. I also shared a folder of pictures, but they simply appea
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by jamesu 14y ago
Speaking of large laptops, where are the 21" laptops?
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by jamesu 14y ago
In this case i was using the machine as network storage, with the RAID1 array being part of a backup. The main system was on a separate disk, so the RAID was in no way required for booting up. In fact, i never explicitly set it up during in
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by jamesu 14y ago
When i tried out the 12.04 beta on my HP Microserver, installation went smoothly. However when booting up the installed system, all i'd get is a blank screen. Turns out for some odd reason it doesn't set the textmode display correctly, so y
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by jamesu 14y ago
To me a playback system does not provide anything useful. Never have i found it insightful watching people write code. In fact, most of the insightful stuff comes not from the code itself, but the design and brainstorming process that went
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by jamesu 14y ago
To be quite honest yes. I started programming and hacking because i wanted to make something cool and interesting which others would appreciate, not to bicker about something as silly as semicolons. If i wanted to do that, i'd work in retai
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by jamesu 15y ago
As a consumer i prefer buying apps. It gives the developer a better financial incentive to improve the product, plus i feel great since not only have i helped someone, i'm also going to get something which USUALLY works better than somethin
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by jamesu 15y ago
Bumping into friction and problems when contributing to open source projects is hardly limited to github. A long while ago after hearing all about the virtues of open source software i decided to try and contribute to a project. I found som
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by jamesu 15y ago
I was thinking jekyll could do with a nice web-based frontend for when i just want to quickly write a blog article without spending ages uploading images and re-generating the site. Nice to see someone has a similar idea. After trying it ou
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by jamesu 15y ago
Anyone know how far $50 worth of credit will go on a typical Windows Server instance?
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by jamesu 15y ago
Some of the more successful indie games tend to market well before release in order to stir up interest in the game. Would Minecraft have been as successful if Notch just kept quiet and released a paid copy instead of releasing an alpha aft
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by jamesu 15y ago
In my experience XCode 4.x has consistently failed miserably, even a fresh install of the latest 4.3.2. In my fairly large project, I've had: - Indexing taking hours, then not finding anything - XCode using up 300% CPU for no apparent reaso
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by jamesu 15y ago
An interesting concept, but the lack of a demo and the plain looking screenshots puts me off buying. Some of the better simulation games i've played simulate things in locations. You can usually see and interact with people walking around a
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by jamesu 15y ago
Even if the article itself is arbitrary advice, i still think it makes for a good discussion point. If the author is spewing trash, constructively call them out on it. If the author has a good point or brings up an issue, talk about it.
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by jamesu 15y ago
With the exception of the "Monitor Program" (which "was not supposed to be included"), the games included were all developed by Tim and Chris Stamper, co-founders of Rare. Provided they own their own IP, i don't see how this could be a prob
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by jamesu 15y ago
The latest Flash uses signing to permit access to these fast memory opcodes, see http://asvguy.com/2012/03/why-will-premium-flash-player-feat...
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by jamesu 15y ago
Rewriting games and applications based on a disassembly is an impressive feat, considering the amount of hacks which end up in production code. Similar projects i can think of off the top of my head: OpenDune, OpenTTD, ScummVM, OpenTyrian
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by jamesu 15y ago
I don't have a Facebook account. To me it feels creepy having what amounts to a permanent public record of your activity and interests which everyone can view and process - i'd rather keep such information between myself a select group of f
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by jamesu 15y ago
I know of only one guaranteed way to win from a lottery: don't play it.
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by jamesu 15y ago
A comparison with older hardware would have been nice. Also using localhost is not a very good indicator of real-world performance.
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by jamesu 15y ago
This intense hatred of QR Codes continues to baffle and amaze me. Sure, if you use them inappropriately it's a disaster but if you can add something which potentially makes it easier for those with phones to access, then why not? It's almos
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by jamesu 15y ago
There are just too many websites around for this to be useful. Not to mention if i go on a website, the last thing i am going to be thinking about is chatting with other people who happen to also be browsing it. Also the logistics of modera
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by jamesu 15y ago
This merely tells you what is usually placed in the filesystem, not why. I find the explanation provided on the busybox mailing list to be far more insightful: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074...
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by jamesu 15y ago
My impression is that the problem is more fundamental: a lot of open source and free software which finds its way onto linux is made by people who don't seem to care about the end-user experience. If it works for them, there is no need to i
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by jamesu 15y ago
My experience with open sourcing dead product is that unless there is an interested community which understands the virtues of the product and wants to keep it alive, there are practically no advantages to open sourcing it. There are gravey
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by jamesu 15y ago
I'm not sure i'd want to be on a boat full of programmers and entrepreneurs. Just imagine the sort of arguments one could get yourself into. Also how will order be enforced? One cannot assume everyone will be nice and benevolent. What happe
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by jamesu 15y ago
Most HTML5 games i've seen seem to be more proof-of-concept. Is there a good example of a HTML5 game which is a proper product and which generates revenue?
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by jamesu 15y ago
I remember back when i was learning electronics i used a circuit simulator. One would place circuits on a virtual board, connect up the wires, press play then see a realtime simulation of how the circuit would function including current flo
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by jamesu 15y ago
The thing to remember is that behind every meme is a person. Someone spent time and effort to make a funny image or story, and they probably never got paid for it. Then someone comes along and tries to make money off of it: how would you fe

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