mitsche

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by mitsche 15y ago
Yes. I use OS X for browsing the web, web-development, graphic design, video editing, and writing. I use Windows 7 for music production and playing video games. At some point I want to start dabbling in game development, in which case I'll
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by mitsche 15y ago
Dropped out for the same reason. 29 years old and recently got my first job as a developer. My dad used to push me to get a degree. Now that I have a job he's cool about it. I still think he'd be happy if I finished college, but I prefer wo
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by mitsche 15y ago
Before I saw this gist I had been completely unaware of the fact that Snow Leopard disables subpixel font rendering on non-Apple displays. Font rendering is something that drives me crazy if it's not done right. It's one of my main gripes w
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by mitsche 15y ago
I really enjoyed playing that game as well. On a side note, games likes these convince me that video games have the potential to transcend into art, but that it's maybe not a good fit to actually call them video games, as the game mechanic
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by mitsche 15y ago
Grim Fandango was the most immersive and epic experience I've ever had while playing a video game. Full Throttle comes very close. I don't play video games much these days, but I think it's safe to say that Tim Schafer is one of the best wr
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by mitsche 15y ago
You have either to convince a few people with lots of money to fund your project, or a lot of people to give you a small amount of money. Both options require some amount of reputation on your part and/or some goodwill from the patrons. One
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by mitsche 15y ago
It's not pedantic to differentiate between two completely different things. If you ever have something stolen from you, you'll quickly realize the difference between theft and copyright infringement. Debates such as these keep orbiting arou
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by mitsche 15y ago
If you're serious about programming in C you'll read multiple books anyway. LCTHW seems like a good starting point to me. It's probably not for everyone. No book I've ever read about anything is. But it gets you to from passive reading to a
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by mitsche 15y ago
Dude, you're only 23. When you say you have no ability with people, what exactly do you mean by that? When I was 23 I was more or less a complete moron with people, and for years to come. But it has improved to the point where I'm content.
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by mitsche 15y ago
I had never heard of Pomplamoose before stumbling upon them on YouTube. They seem to do well. Jonathan Coulton has been mentioned, who I knew before Portal came into existence and made him even more famous. Can't remember how I found out ab
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by mitsche 15y ago
I see. Your situation is more complicated then and not wholly of your choosing. This is something to be sorted out, and I hope you'll manage to do so sooner than later. Take care.
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by mitsche 15y ago
"Free time" is a misnomer, because every moment that you're not working, you're costing yourself time, and time is precious, and should therefore be spent working. Yeah, right. Because we all know that the one thing most people regret on
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by mitsche 15y ago
Traffic accident would have been my first guess, being the most common death cause amongst the people I knew. I didn't think of suicide till I read the comments.
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by mitsche 15y ago
My recent reocurring suicidal thoughts while being hungover drove me to quit drinking altogether. Now that I'm sober the motives for ending my life seem banal in hindsight. Cheers to your sister.
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by mitsche 15y ago
I clicked, I wondered, I laughed. Well done!
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by mitsche 15y ago
What fooandbarify said. Especially: a therapist holds you accountable. He or she will try to keep you focused on things that are unpleasant to keep working on, which is necessary in order to overcome a problematic behavioral pattern, wherea
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by mitsche 15y ago
I strongly recommend seeing a behavioral therapist. This is exactly the kind of thing they're trained for. It's what I did over a year ago, although for other reasons. It saved me a bunch of time and agony, although therapy can be pretty ha