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by sgoraya 17y ago
I do not find it strange at all - As I get older, I've been reading non-fiction almost exclusively. Not at all meaning to dismiss the value of fiction, but due to time constraints, I'd rather read practical non-fic. that I can apply toward
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Not sure about the mobile maps API, but in the professional version of the gMaps API, you can download all the map tiles and not have the need for a network connection to browse the maps. If you just DL the tiles for the areas of interest,
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The motion controller war(gamasutra.com)
1 points by sgoraya 17y ago|0 comments
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Quake source code: www.idsoftware.com/business/techdownloads/ From a graphics and game engine perspective, it was very informative to go through pieces of of the source - I was mainly interested in the client/server and collision detection
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by sgoraya 17y ago
This bug was solved after the title went gold and shipped in US :/ We did not find out about it until a few users emailed us. The bug got through SONY and our internal testing... -It was a first gen PS2 game that had to get pushed out s
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by sgoraya 17y ago
We have been using Ringcentral with a total head count of 6 people. It was a breeze to setup (web interface) and you can route calls and extensions to different numbers, etc. I've suggested their service to my friends. Pros: Easy setup:
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by sgoraya 17y ago
I am one of the burned out ones ;) I worked in the industry for approximately 6 years (2 companies) and got out due to the stressful crunch periods and associated drama of working in a game studio - if you are working on multiple titles, th
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by sgoraya 17y ago
I was a turbo c++ user - it was my first compiler and dev environment ever. I purchased it from one of the 'software sales expos' at our local convention center along with a really bad 'how to program c++' book :) - must have been in 1995
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Preface, I probably have a bias regarding the 'hate' towards videogames since I have worked in the field. I understand mahmud's point of view and have friends and family that share his viewpoint as well. I would say that videogames, as a
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by sgoraya 17y ago
If we are not headed out of town: - Clean up around the house / garage / yard-work - Wash the truck if needed - Watch a movie or sports (I like to set aside time for at least one football game if possible) - Read lazily into the afternoons
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by sgoraya 17y ago
C++ was the language taught at my university - I was indifferent at the time because it was what they taught and I started writing practice apps in C++ the summer before I started school. As soon as I went to work for a game developer (my f
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Agreed - I took a tour of DIC and it was exactly what you mentioned; basically sales offices for corporate IT firms. It was glitzy not techie.
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Whatever happened to the idea of an 'apprenticeship'? Not all teenagers want to pursue 'traditional' studies and would be much better off learning a specific trade or craft that they are interested in.
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Having done the managerial thing in a few companies, I would say that a lot of employees are reluctant to question managers, even if they are encouraged to do so. I've got several anecdotes of trying to press my team to question technical/d
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Markov & statistical models unlock ancient script(sciencedaily.com)
19 points by sgoraya 17y ago|9 comments
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by sgoraya 17y ago
"And lastly China is successfully and very slowly reducing it's US dollar exposure." Disagreed - as the article and in other analysis points out, China has over 2 trillion in US dollars - slowly reducing or not adding to this huge pile o
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by sgoraya 17y ago
"Apple has enough leverage with carriers that they can dictate the rules now. What's AT&T going to do? Stop selling iPhones?" Agreed - the article insinuates that AT&T had the app blocked, I wholeheartedly disagree. Apple has bee
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Ten Ren Green Tea Powder. Its good, healthy and easy. A small spoon of it in my water bottle, a good shake and its done. Its good hot too. As an aside, my wife noticed how my fingernails started growing faster after my green tea habit - r
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by sgoraya 17y ago
"Yet another possibility is that Google’s official application is imminent, and the GV Mobile app was pulled to reduce confusion once that’s out (though this seems less likely)." My initial thought was, OK, Google is probably prepping the
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by sgoraya 17y ago
My quick yogurt mint chutney recipe (I like it with the rice / dal recipe above): 1 cup of fresh mint leaves, removed from the stalks. 1-2 green chilies/jalapenos (more or less depending on your heat tolerance) A few coriander sprigs Pulse
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Chef! I've always hoped to open my own restaurant someday.
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by sgoraya 17y ago
The day I knew things were in trouble was at a party in San Francisco (fall 2000). A recruiter for a "hot new start up" was trying to hire my friend, a history major, as a programmer that did not have to program, guaranteeing that he would
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Your second paragraph struck a chord with me - through middle and high school, nearly all my math teachers would preface various topics with "You'll never use this in real life..." With that kind of sentiment, its no wonder why a lot of st
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Very true - In Europe, you see those tiny Mercedes everywhere. A couple of people commented that they have been spotted in the US though I have not come across one yet in California.
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Current: Ghandi and Churchill by Arthur Herman Last: The Odyssey by Homer A bull in China by Jim Rogers
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Slightly off topic, but I just read an article regarding how Nissan Plants used MS's Hyper V visualization to consolidate 159 servers down to 28 via combining apps & stacking multiple VM's per rack server (avg of 8 VM's per server). Tan
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Whoa, cool! Brings back memories from my IT admin internship days! I last used Nmap back in early 2000's after one of the programmers recommended it to me. Time to scan ports for the hell of it! ;-)
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by sgoraya 17y ago
I agree - Though during the partition era, one of the key issues of the region was water and its control, thus both countries laying claim. (There are more issues of course, but the strategic control of water was one of the main factors.)
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Water is the very reason of the Kashmir issue between Pakistan and India and why they will keep fighting over it - land has very little to do with it, its all about the water and who controls the flow. I visited the Himalayan region just ab
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by sgoraya 17y ago
Ouch! That guy sounds like total asshole, to say the least! Definitely not doing his job and does not deserve your time and business. My experiences with commercial agents has been relegated to the broker that we have been using for over

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