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by martijn_himself 3y ago
This looks super cool, can't wait to try it. Does anyone know why the project is called 'A Logo-like DSL for Godot', it doesn't really mention Godot much except for it being a (runtime?) dependency?
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by martijn_himself 3y ago
This is cool, and it reminds me of POV-Ray. I wonder if it would be easy to map Blockly syntax to POV-Ray source code.
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by martijn_himself 4y ago
This is fantastic. I would highly recommend DragonRuby if you like Ruby as a language and would like to dip your toes into 2D game development. The community is very welcoming too.
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by martijn_himself 4y ago
I agree this is a good attitude and start off point for parents-to-be but I have to agree with other commenters that it is impractical and goes out the window pretty quickly unless you have nerves of steel :). Imagine for example being on a
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by martijn_himself 4y ago
I do see the appeal now, just not when it was announced in 2010 (I think a lot of people didn't at the time).
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by martijn_himself 4y ago
This is cool but I think technically minded people vastly overestimate how many people would use it even if they knew about it . It's just another thing to remember. I have an iPhone 8 and the 3D Touch version of it is clever but it d
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by martijn_himself 4y ago
I don't really get the appeal of folding screens, but then I didn't get the appeal of iPads when it was announced. One thing I would love is an iPhone / iPad that docks and dual boots into macOS powering a monitor- surely tha
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by martijn_himself 5y ago
> If it could run Xcode natively it would be so much better That made me think, Apple must have some internal prototype of Xcode for iPad? Creating iOS apps on iPad could be a killer 'Pro' app, convincing people to choose a Pro
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by martijn_himself 5y ago
This is a great read. I absolutely love the iPad, and it's one of the few devices I still find magical everytime I pick it up. I have an older iPad Pro 10.5" with a Smart Folio keyboard and I wonder if his setup is a big step up i
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by martijn_himself 5y ago
That's some really good advice. I must give that a try, thanks.
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by martijn_himself 5y ago
One thing that definitely resonates with me is his mention of sauces when he explains the differences between star ratings. Quite often when I visit a great restaurant I find its a sauce that lifts a dish from the good to memorable. I alway
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by martijn_himself 5y ago
A tangential question: for someone who has tried to listen to Jazz and Classical music but always found it sort of.. pretentious(?) would you have any advice or recommendations? I find myself less interested in music these days, although I&
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by martijn_himself 5y ago
This was my thought exactly. It's infuriating and unnecessary.
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by martijn_himself 5y ago
If UML is useful at all, it is maybe in enterprise software / modelling business processes and even then I had hard time justifying it, so I can completely understand your reaction when it comes to real-time/embedded software.
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by martijn_himself 6y ago
> My very light understanding of quantum physics is that it does not really translate in words. It s like trying to explain what’s apple times i in English. This is really one of the best comments I have read on an article like this ever
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by martijn_himself 6y ago
Exactly this. I bought a mechanical keyboard and the ergonomics are so atrocious I had pain in wrists and shoulders after a single day of use, and had to go back to a cheap Dell keyboard that came with a refurbished PC I bought years ago.
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by martijn_himself 6y ago
How do you find an interesting career to pursue outside of the tech industry? I have no standout passion or interest, like many in this thread I am tired of the industry in general and the job itself. I am considering doing a part-time hort
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
I wanted to remove the second paragraph because it sounded unnecessarily harsh but I must be too late- I really enjoy his essays and I have taken a lot of advice from them.
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
PG's best writings are the ones where he writes about what he knows. He obviously knows a lot about ideas, how to execute on them, raising money, disputes that come with it. This is a very good example. It's when he writes about t
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
Tangential question, does anyone have any tips for someone who has lost all interest in video games? I used to like them as a teenager and whenever I pick up a game now (I'm in my early 40's) I am just completely bored. Part of it
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
Hi Miktor, I'm really sorry to hear about your situation! I'm in Northern Ireland too and I'm lucky to be employed (for now) and WFH. All I can do is ask around for you if you drop me an e-mail! Cheers, Martijn
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
I'm sure RAID was much more usable than some of the ITIL-inspired monstrosities some of us have to deal with.
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
Wow, thanks for the insight! I've really only ever used Godot to play around with so I haven't hit any performance issues. Would your XNA based engine work with MonoGame and/or FNA?
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
Does anyone know the state of C# support and documentation? I played around with Godot in the early days of C# support, and I found I had to translate from its documented API calls in GDScript which was quite cumbersome.
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
These are all valid points and it shows my lack of understanding (same with the other comments), even though I use C# on a semi-regular basis I have a lot to learn! I don't envy any newcomers to the language though, there is so much to
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
This is neat, but also super confusing. Is the ability to build class hierarchies not the ultimate reason to use C#, an Object-Oriented language? Which one of the two is idiomatic? Great, now we have code littered with methods that take ob
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
I don't know Workplace but how is this newsworthy and of interest to anyone outside of CERN? The article sounds quite spiteful, and why, if 'Many people preferred not to use a tool from a company that they did not trust in terms
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
Are you sure you are talking about the Netherlands? Heating pipes routed outside walls I have seen in the UK, but never in the Netherlands. No soundproofing would NEVER pass building regulations in the Netherlands.
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by martijn_himself 7y ago
Completely agree with you. I am a Dutch citizen and have been living in the UK for over a decade; I would say the build quality of housing in the Netherlands is far better (if I had to guess probably because of stricter regulations). This i

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