reboog711

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by reboog711 9y ago
What open source JS Engines existed at the time Roku launched in 2002?
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by reboog711 9y ago
Outside of work? Not anything formal. I offer mentoring as a consulting service. It's often a followup of some longer training. It's lots of fun when it happens. We usually talk once or twice a week and discuss "the probl
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by reboog711 9y ago
I've been consulting for 17 years... Even though the company is just me, I approach it as a business and do a mix of hourly projects and fixed fee projects. At any given time I have 1-3 projects going on at once. What I work on depen
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by reboog711 9y ago
Promises was so last week. This week we're using Observables... :ha, ha: That said, I disagree that everything you learn is getting deprecated quickly. Sure, some things change 'on the cutting edge'. But, there are tons o
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by reboog711 9y ago
Go with what you know... To me, I've used Windows for >20 years and it is the devil I know. Windows 10 is fantastic. My attempt to convert to a Mac / OSX machine was just a confused mess that I abandoned. Like they go out of
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by reboog711 9y ago
The Surface Book had a ton of issues on launch; but those were worked out within the first six months. I haven't had a docking / undocking issue in ages. I would expect a Surface Book purchased today to work without all those lau
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by reboog711 9y ago
Try a Surface? The Surface Book is the best laptop I've ever owned. Biggest complaint I see, though, is that it doesn't have USB C yet; which I guess you don't care about.
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by reboog711 9y ago
Telltale has morphed into "Choose Your Own Adventure" style stories. Very well executed, but they feel less like games to me than something like Thimbleweed Park.
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by reboog711 9y ago
As a company, Daedalic has only been a company for 10 years. Here are some games older than 10 years that use a 'single cursor' interface: King's Quest 7 from 1994 Zork Grand Inquisitor from 1997 The Longest Journey from 199
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by reboog711 9y ago
The bulk of adventure games use the 'single cursor' control scheme these days; Daaedalic is not the first.
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by reboog711 9y ago
I haven't followed the progression of Google search indexing, but in the old days, the 'rule of thumb' was that having the same content on two different domains would hurt your rankings.
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by reboog711 9y ago
> So is everyone only hiring programmers who write code which can be sloppy and full of technical debt and impossible maintain, as long as the product works okay for now? My experience says yes. The people hiring programmers usually hav
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by reboog711 9y ago
Generally the Surface products have a poor history of 'working' at launch. The reason for waiting is that the firmware improvements come out before you get the machine. My Surface Book was a spotchy experience for the first 6 mon
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by reboog711 9y ago
Just wait 6 months or so after release....
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by reboog711 9y ago
There used to be one distributed w/ the Flash IDE; but I'm not sure if it was ever distributed stand alone.
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by reboog711 9y ago
I've had a GeekDesk for a long time now... [close to 10 years?]. I love it; and move sporadically between standing and sitting. Standing is better for conference calls. Writing prose, emails, books, and blog posts are better done sitt
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by reboog711 9y ago
Yes, really. Adobe AIR has had supported for iOS and Android, practically since the beginning. There was a big stink around Jobs "Letters from Flash" and all AIR applications were put on indefinite hold in the app store review qu
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by reboog711 9y ago
Because all that knowledge is now useless and does not apply to any other technology or approach to development?
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by reboog711 9y ago
It's called Adobe AIR and can also deploy to iOS and Android devices.
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by reboog711 9y ago
You still can turn Flex and Adobe AIR code into iOS / Android app...
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by reboog711 9y ago
Yes, the Flash IDE Tool has exported HTML/JS/CSS or video files for many years. It was renamed Adobe Animate CC recently. Additionally, I'll add that we can use Adobe AIR to build native apps for iOS or Android or Desktop co
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by reboog711 9y ago
Flash player, by definition, is a browser plugin. Most browsers are closing [or have closed] their plugin APIs so this makes sense. I assume the Adobe AIR will live on, which is basically "Flash Player for Desktop and Mobile Apps&quot
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by reboog711 9y ago
I tried very hard to negotiate that happy medium, but was shot down.
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by reboog711 9y ago
My most recent 'big' fortune 500 company put me under very strict legal terms regarding what type of software I was allowed to use. Any code I didn't write 100% myself had to be approved by legal before it could be used in s
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by reboog711 9y ago
I didn't see anyone say it yet; so I would recommend looking for local user groups / networking events. The personal connection can help a long way to getting an interview. Go to everything you can find that is related to program
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by reboog711 9y ago
Sure, but there are plenty of great games available for less than $50. And if you can wait a year; you can probably get today's great game for significantly less than $50... I know some super financially conscious folks who purposely
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by reboog711 9y ago
I'm still not sure if it is worth it as a stand alone venture. :ha, ha: I have gotten consulting clients through my self published efforts, which pays off in dividends. Generally I make around $50 a month. I'm not laughing all t
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by reboog711 9y ago
I don't completely agree.... Passive Income the easy way: Invest money in an S&P 500 Index fund. Routine dividends are easily count as passive income. You need a lot invested for this to be a significant amount, though. The reas
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by reboog711 9y ago
Ignoring any ethical concerns you may have... Advertising has often been comparing yourself to other brands. As one real world example: The Pepsi Challenge from the 80s. People drank Coke and Pepsi blindly and chose which one they liked b
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by reboog711 9y ago
I can't imagine why I'd put investing experience on a resume... What type of jobs do you think you'll be going after later in life?

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