masfoobar

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by masfoobar 3y ago
I feel the 90s is a missed opportunity for someone like myself. If I was just a few years older... I could have been one of those "programmers" given opportunities. Building games today is a different beast, comparable to making a
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by masfoobar 3y ago
"they fixate on the Carmack's but forgot that the Romero's are important too !" Very true -- You can create an amazing game engine (carmack) but it wont sell unless you have talented people pushing it capabilities (romer
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by masfoobar 3y ago
1998 was a great year for gaming... as a N64 and PC gamer (voodoo2 graphics)
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by masfoobar 3y ago
forgot to mention n64 had 4 controller ports -- multiplayer support seperated it from the competitors.
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by masfoobar 3y ago
I find the history of the N64 interesting but, I guess, it is because it is part of my teen years. I was sooooo onboard with the N64 when first announced (or project reality at it was named at the time) and early screens. Dont get me wrong
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by masfoobar 3y ago
"Because lots of people who build websites only test them in Chrome.." Well I am not one of those people. Back in the late '00s I was testing in IE6, 7 and maybe 8 as well as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. I remember, ba
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by masfoobar 3y ago
"I moved to Chrome on first release not because of blind, trend-following foolishness, but because it performed significantly better than Firefox..." This is fine. My comment is not aimed at everyone who switched -- though I am li
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by masfoobar 3y ago
"I stuck with FF until around 2016 or so before being compelled to switch. The performance was just very clearly worse..." This is a fair point. Personally, I don't recall seeing a big difference between the two. Maybe there
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by masfoobar 3y ago
My point is not just about the difference between Windows and Mac.. but the software I need to use to get things done. I use specific software to write programs.. to code in. Some are not available on Mac so I have to use whatever is "
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by masfoobar 3y ago
I have been a happy Firefox user for 15 years... maybe more. I have seen people use and complain Internet Explorer in my younger days, from version 6 to 7, etc. Even though I mention Firefox to them, they stay with IE. What amazes me is how
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by masfoobar 3y ago
In most cases, I write as a library. It makes life sooooooo much easier and can be tested at different levels with unit tests. I will always remember a relatively large GUI application... one big EXE project. All content was hard coded insi
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by masfoobar 3y ago
Not suggesting your comment is not without merit. I can understand going from Photoshop to Gimp can be frustrating but I think we can pick many examples that follows the same pattern. I guess it is more about what you are use to than anythi
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by masfoobar 3y ago
You hit the nail on the head, here. While there is a market for more spreadsheet tools to which I welcome... sadly, it is not just about spreadsheets, it is about Suite/Office tools. In order for a new spreadsheet killer to stand a cha
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by masfoobar 3y ago
Thank you for the suggestion. When I am back on the project -- will check it out. Thanks again.
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by masfoobar 3y ago
I am mostly referring to the evolution side of these tools, generally speaking
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by masfoobar 3y ago
Think we had Encarta '95 or abouts. I think it was a good tool. Had to uninstall it a number of times when hard drive space was low. I remember using it for homework like History. I was luckly it provided a sentence or two. Not enough
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by masfoobar 3y ago
Agreed. Admittedly, I cannot comment on replication options for Sqlite. I have not bothered to even look into this. To me, it already goes beyond the purpose of what makes Sqlite great --- to be a powerful sql in one file. Great for program
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by masfoobar 3y ago
There could/can be cases to use SQLite over SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres, etc. It really comes down to reasoning with the problem. For me personally, I have only used SQLite for 2 scenarios. 1) When developing. SQLite is a simple method
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by masfoobar 3y ago
There are a lot of languages I have toyed with or used but not really used regularly. Things like VBA, Classic ASP, Delphi, Dlang, C++, Java, etc. Main contenders I use often are: C# (work) C Scheme/GNU Guile (home) Bash (work/hom
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by masfoobar 3y ago
I used the infinite scroll for a web project and it works well. The client however did not want to load new content when reached the bottom of the page. He wanted it a continuous flow so you dont notice the load at all. With this, I placed
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Ask HN: Thoughts on Odin Programming Language
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by masfoobar 3y ago
Nice! I am really enjoying htmx. Being a developer from 2005 - using jquery around 2010 - using C# mvc (rather than webforms.. eww) around 2011 - taking client frameworks seriously (knockout, angular) around 2014 At this point, I was starti
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by masfoobar 3y ago
I have tried to keep up with Dlang, and even wrote some projects on my home server in the last number of years. I do like Dlang and see potential behind it. However, the problem I have with it is lack of LTS (long term support) releases. DU