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by nickelplate 16y ago
"aligning the length of variable names is, in my humble opinion, retarded" I feel the same way.
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by nickelplate 16y ago
Except this is not a standards issue. It is a problem that can be solved in one sentence only if the programmer groks code construction to begin with. A lot of otherwise smart programmers - some of them very experienced - do not understan
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by nickelplate 16y ago
I personally would count that against any candidate during an interview. I wouldn't necessarily reject them, but I would definitely count that against them. I work in Toronto, Ontario. English is not my native language, but I always do my
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by nickelplate 16y ago
I fully agree that Micosoft has been neglecting their core competencies lately, but I think they should expand into other markets, only they should be a lot smarter about it. I do not understand ther obsession with the strategy tax and the
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by nickelplate 16y ago
I think it is still too early to say that. Microsoft has yet to recoup the money they invested in the Xbox, and they probably won't anytime soon. And while they are still ahead of Sony in the console race, the PS3 has picked up quite a bit
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by nickelplate 16y ago
Have you listened to the StackOverflow podcasts? I give Jeff a lot of credit for leading a the SO dev team, but he has shown several times on the podcast that he can be very clueless (for example podcast #48 where they discuss localization)
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by nickelplate 16y ago
I think they left Microsoft because they wanted to make games at their own pace (they must have crunched like crazy to get Halo 1, 2 and 3 out the door), own the games they create, and reach as broad a customer base as possible (i.e. releas
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by nickelplate 16y ago
> it was a console port of standard FPS elements that had been around for years. But the way they were put together is what makes Halo unique and why there is nothing out there that plays like it. Limiting the player to two weapons alon
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by nickelplate 16y ago
I don't think the book encourages this. There are several instances where it concedes that consistency should take precedence over using the "bestest" practice for example. Also, the dogmatic manager will be dogmatic regardless of the book
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by nickelplate 16y ago
""Do X, Y, and Z and your code will improve" is something only managers believe" The thing is, it is absolutely correct for some definitions of X, Y and Z. There are plenty of programmers in the workplace who just suck at constructing code.
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by nickelplate 16y ago
The out-of-control prices comment is not ridiculous. I also think people probably don't save as much as they should for a down payment (and not just in Vancouver), but even if they did it is hard to look at home prices in Canada and not thi
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by nickelplate 17y ago
I think that as long as Mario and Zelda will require buttons, Nintendo will be safe.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
Unless you can prove the existence of a Jesus who has been resurrected, a Moses who walked on the sea or a Muhamad who rode a flying horse to Heaven, I doubt your proof would satisfy most people.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
I am not Joel's biggest fan, but sometimes I feel that his detractors choose not to put his writing in context and only criticize him to create link bait. Joel was writing about an interview of Jamie Zawinski. Joel and jwz are of the same g
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by nickelplate 17y ago
The good engineer should not be doing bleeding-edge work so much as he should be doing things that are challenging even in small ways every now and then, and rewarded for his efforts. I once worked at a small place that has a really, really
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by nickelplate 17y ago
He is saying that blogging has had a significant opportunity cost and that his blogging time could have been spent on something else that would have led to Fog Creek crossing over.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
It is impossible to answer this question without knowing what kind of index fund you are investing in ("large, broad index fund" does not say much). For example, if you buy an S&P 500 index fund, you are not indexing the stock market.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
The problem is that he didn't reach a new audience with StackOverflow: the people who hang out on SO are the same people who read his blog.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
It is pretty hard to focus on a single game or genre though. There are days when you just feel like playing something else.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
I am screwed.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
You can easily get overwhelmed even if you stick to a few genres or platforms. I own Fallout 3, Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2, and I am pretty confident that I will not come close to fully exploring them before the next great RPG is released
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DirectX vs OpenGL revisited... revisited (gamedev.net)
2 points by nickelplate 17y ago|0 comments
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by nickelplate 17y ago
You are right about Halo, but it is Microsoft's only RoK exclusive franchise so far IMO. I.e. if both Microsoft and Sony were to launch a new system with a new iteration of one of their best franchises, Halo is the only weapon in Microsoft'
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by nickelplate 17y ago
Microsoft is ahead of Sony in the console race right now, but I think that Sony will end up leading the current generation. The Wii novelty will fade, and the PS3 will ultimately dominate thanks to a deeper line up of exclusive titles. I ha
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by nickelplate 17y ago
"as he has decades more experience than myself" Decades ? I doubt that. And no, you're not being too harsh. In fact, I think you might be too kind.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
Happy Christmas and Merry New Year, homies.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
Well I wouldn't label it as another DNF, precisely because it shipped. But I get your point.
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by nickelplate 17y ago
Yup, there was definitely somewhat of a second system effect in HL2 development. http://www.gamespot.com/features/6112889/index.html
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by nickelplate 17y ago
This article in Geoff Keighley's "Behind the Games" series: http://www.gamespot.com/features/btg-daikatana/ , provides a more complete account of the story of Daikatana. Without Eidos, and had Romero been as rich as 3D Realms at the time,
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by nickelplate 17y ago
I know a lot of good programmers who started in university. Not everyone discovers their passion when they're young, or has the opportunity to pursue that passion (in the third world, starting young may mean starting in university). Some of

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