robwilliams

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by robwilliams 12y ago
Here's the mod: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=410151... Transparency and minimize/maximize buttons coming in an update tonight.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
That's a risk you take running any program that isn't sandboxed. I don't see how mods through Steam are any different. Until any popular mod is found to be malicious I don't think it's worth getting paranoid about.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
For streaming you forgot: + Easy discovery (find an artist and play instantly without any download) + Your saved albums are available on any device instantly + No catalog/file management (important for mobile listening, as transferring
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by robwilliams 12y ago
They are non-sandboxed but most are open source. Additionally, there are so many users testing these mods that I doubt any serious malware could be put on Steam without being caught by the community.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
That's a great idea on the transparency, I'll be sure to have that implemented. The hardest part of modding Skylines right now is using its non-documented UI system; styling the panel is all I have left and it's taken days. W
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by robwilliams 12y ago
The code is not obfuscated so you can inspect Assembly-CSharp.dll through ILSpy to get a feel for the game logic. There are no restrictions on what your mod can do - modders just have to figure out how to do it.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
My side project is creating a mod that displays city vitals just like you want. Hopefully I can get it done in the next couple days.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
He was making a joke as your app saves lives instead of being a "killer".
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by robwilliams 12y ago
Microsoft employee here. Microsoft somewhat recently implemented "Unified Engineering" company-wide, combining developers and testers. I can assure you that testing is still done extensively.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
Ah, that may be true. However, there was a push within my division to standardize all of our tools with VS (there used to be a separate editor for X++ but now it's all VS), and I've heard other things about other divisions.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
I work at Microsoft and everything is done through Visual Studio (C#, C++, Javascript, X++, etc.). Where is VS not used inside Microsoft?
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by robwilliams 12y ago
The video is great: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX08/UX09 I couldn't go back to taskbars and task panes after watching that.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
In the US, yes. My dog gets two medical treats every month: one to prevent heart worms and one to keep ticks and fleas away.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
Microsoft uses Yammer as its corporate social network (obviously), and it's pretty active. Since teams working on the same product are in different buildings/cities, there's a group for each product/feature/team and
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by robwilliams 12y ago
C# as well. C# 6 is very concise.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
The source code he posted dealt with the ODataRequest class, so that's not a stretch :) Also, the most recent OData version is 4.0: http://www.odata.org/documentation/odata-version-4-0/ Disclaimer: MS employe
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by robwilliams 12y ago
> In lieu of any positive creative talent middle management and HR thrive on destruction pursuits like emotional abuse, gas lighting and lying. This whole post is crazy but this quote especially is absurd. I'm a current Microsoft em
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by robwilliams 12y ago
Visual Studio's C++ support is far, far behind its C# support. Using Visual Studio with C# is perfect, but I always hate using it for C++. Disclaimer: MS employee, not on VS team though.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
Do you have a source for any of this? I don't work in an open office but people are very lenient with WFH. Especially the second point; without a source those numbers sound too good to be true.
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by robwilliams 12y ago
>Forget the money for a moment, when there is nobody to pick from or you are constantly entering into a bidding war with Application A who has received an offer from Google for $250k per year and all you can offer is $125k and perhaps so