stonemetal

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by stonemetal 18y ago
I guess it depends on what you are talking about paying for. $100 for the front page seems cheap, $100 for my one up vote seems to high. So far as I can tell, me voting a story up or down in no way effects my reputation( I can't tell who v
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by stonemetal 18y ago
playgreenhouse.com Another that just occurred to me is startdock.com (the guys behind sins of a solar empire and GalCiv)
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by stonemetal 18y ago
In that case look at the major inde friendly platforms. Most of the current consoles offer a market place for downloadable games, maybe the iPhone, green house, steam. I can't think of any other distribution channels off the top of my head
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by stonemetal 18y ago
What kind of games do you want to make? For web based games there really seem to be three models ad supported like urban dead, freemium like mech quest, and portal paid like anything on Yahoo games. In non web games it seems to mostly be tr
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by stonemetal 18y ago
* no reasonable way to write to a CD (!) what is wrong with right clicking select new burn folder, put what I want to burn in it, then click the burn button? It certainly isn't that easy in windows. * no reasonable way to uninstall software
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by stonemetal 18y ago
I know this is an old article but Jane street Capital makes that bet on O'Caml.
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by stonemetal 18y ago
First off lisp does have state. It isn't a pure language. That aside there are several approaches. The easiest is to thread state that is have a function that looks like update Worldstate = do userinput <- getUserinput;
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by stonemetal 18y ago
the intro class would more or less cover the python tutorial. Inter would cover how to mix and match language features (classes and generators, C interop) to build more sophisticated projects. Advanced would be loosely defined personal pr
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by stonemetal 18y ago
What is the big deal about software patents? Why no rage over hardware patents?
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by stonemetal 18y ago
Articles like this all ways remind me of Dijkstra's old saying "CS is as much about computers as astronomy is about telescopes." Maybe it is just where I did my undergraduate work but there were always two types of CS classes those were yo
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by stonemetal 18y ago
The main problem is finding that useful subset that is A) useful to everyone and B) at a level that most find the distribution of information useful. Personally I find there are two ways to handle it. The first is to focus on work flows. A
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by stonemetal 18y ago
The easy argument supporting Hacker style over the Dijkstra style is the whole get it in front of the customer and make sure you are solving the right problem. You can solve the wrong problem as elegantly as you want no one will care.
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by stonemetal 18y ago
>a master and a slave There have been white slaves and black masters historically so you will have to enlighten me as to why you believe there is anything "racially sensitive" in terms master and slave. As far as blacklist goes you coul
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by stonemetal 18y ago
If you try to attract candidates with fluff perks you get candidates that want\expect fluff perks. Outside of good pay and benefits you need to show that you provide a good environment for that which you want to attract. Top candidates (I
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by stonemetal 18y ago
First off drop the "next 'killer app'" idea. I have as of yet never been killed by a computer application. It is marketing speak for over promise under deliver. Look at your OSS heros how many of them ever had a "killer app". As far as p