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How to make games(gamasutra.com)
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Yes. The thing with hosting and email is that it adds overhead in an area that may not be a core competence. You could spend a few hours fixing someone's email because they decided to bulk mail using your servers. That or they get hit
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by jwdunne 9y ago
We use it to subsidise our hosting fees and time to keep things up to date. It's often more convenient to control the website when doing online marketing work. Changes may be a flat monthly fee, free as part of a larger retainer (if si
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Interestingly, Tommy Refenes, which was written in C++, posted a write up that went over the process. What struck me is that he built a tool to export sprites from Flash because that's what the artist used. It shows an iterative develo
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by jwdunne 9y ago
This book addresses power in corporate politics directly: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003V1WSZK/ref=dp-kindle-redirec... I can't vouch for it - I work in a small team of 5 so that shit don't fly but it
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Emotion is what makes you strive to do a good job. Caring is an emotion and caring about your work is an important quality to have. Which would you prefer? A programmer that knocks out am untested Italian food stuff thousand line function o
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by jwdunne 9y ago
I quite like the point of the article but I have one issue with it. It begins by focusing on "producing times ten" and then goes on to equate that with "lines of code times ten". The issue with that is lines of code isn&
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Growing a website(jwdunne.github.io)
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Analysis of tools paralysis!
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Macros don't rely on homoiconicity. The raw power of Lisp macros rely on it. This is because, as you know, lisp code is lisp data. All of the functions for manipulating lists, which form the basis of a lisp language, can be used to bui
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Does he know this is a problem? Have there been frank discussions about how this habit is harming team productivity? If he's been there for a few years and he hasn't changed despite repeated nudges and explicit warnings, yeah mayb
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Another dark side to tools is that they are a vector for procrastination. You can convince yourself (or justify at least) that you need a new X and that's the answer. You'll spend a few hours evaluating various Xs. You might end u
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Heroin is a little bit different than cocaine. Cocaine is a much more social drug so you will see a larger number of non addict customers to addict customers. Plus emphasis on sedative. Paracetamol has a synergistic effect with opiates. It
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by jwdunne 9y ago
I agree. I use spaces and 2 to 4 depending on typical language style but even then heavy nesting is obvious. I have a project full of essentially 'if (true) return true; else return false;'. Sometimes heavily nested. It's jus
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Problems with Object/Relational Mapping (2006)(blogs.tedneward.com)
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by jwdunne 9y ago
And on that, I believe Linus uses 8-wide tabs. You are, apparently, doing it wrong if that causes problems.
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by jwdunne 9y ago
There's a field of study called toponymy, the study of place names. Perhaps it contains insights that could have great impact on place name generation.
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Nope but it's still not pleasant. Granted they're still snorting cocaine but do they want to short sedative antihistamines when they want a stimulant? Unlikely. The point is dealers will cut with unsavoury shit. They're not s
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by jwdunne 9y ago
No that's right. Parent meant "Weston super mare" literally means "Weston upon sea", not that Upon is reserved for seas.
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Ah, to clear confusion, here's some bits on Upon: Kingston upon Thames Newcastle upon Tyne Stratford upon Avon Berwick upon Tweed These are all rivers. Here's a cheat sheet to decipher British names: https://en.m.wikipe
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Eeesh that's a lot of Stoke. Place names in Britain are extremely arbitrary and I wonder how this impacts. Some of these don't feel quite "right". Here's an interesting story that explains my thinking: There's
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Rat poison is a bit extreme but I've seen one dealer crush up anti-histamines to cut with cocaine. He was making a fair bit of money.
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by jwdunne 9y ago
You can't down vote a submission. You can flag it but I don't think that should be used for distaste. The best you can do is: don't vote, don't comment and let time do the work. I don't think comments influence rank
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by jwdunne 9y ago
My Nana does this but I haven't inherited it. Hospical, keckle. I can see the irritation but makes me think of Nana so it's more nostalgic.
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by jwdunne 9y ago
This is very interesting. As a Mancunian, the term is so common I guess I've never questioned it much. It's just taken for granted. If it makes it easier, it's often shortened to just "manc". We tend to just use tha
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by jwdunne 9y ago
They put an awful lot of emphasis on "algorithm" like it's like pulling the sword from the stone. I saw this in the social network too, where Zuckerberg demands "that algorithm" from Saverin and he proceeds to chalk
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by jwdunne 9y ago
Well no. Plastic biogrades at a snail's pace. Timescales differ on type of plastic. Plastic bags apparently take 20 years to biodegrade, for instance. PVC pipes are used in plumbing because biodegradation is extremely slow - not that
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by jwdunne 9y ago
What I'm saying is: - she campaigned against a Labour "terrorist sympathising coalition of chaos" - loses her majority - forms a confidence and supply deal with the DUP, inherently less strong and stable than a coalition - DU
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by jwdunne 9y ago
She also built up a narrative of strong and stable leadership against a terrorist sympathising coalition of chaos but, to quote Emily Thornberry, there we are.
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by jwdunne 9y ago
I meant in combination with a DUP deal, which is close to finalisation. Funny that she spends a campaign calling Corbyn a terrorist sympathiser and now needs the DUP to prop up her government.

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