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by tree_of_item 17y ago
The thesis of the article isn't "pretty > learning and thinking", and I don't think your distinction between the two is valid. User interfaces shouldn't be left to rot in the name of "learning and thinking". It's important to consider t
842.
by tree_of_item 17y ago
I'm pretty sure he is still saying that. The article only acknowledges the fact that a lot of people think .NET is a legal minefield.
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
I think you're moving too fast there. Where do we see that RMS was "right"? Miguel is only saying that the fear of legal action is what's stopping .NET from being accepted, not that there's actually anything to be afraid of.
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TextMate/Emacs/Vim color theme generator(inspiration.sweyla.com)
149 points by tree_of_item 17y ago|16 comments
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
Defaults matter. Most people do not want to fuck around with their computer, they just want it to work right and be sane from the start.
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
You're confusing the use of the word "any" here. In the previous post, it was used to mean that there were _no_ applications available for the iPhone. You're using it here to mean "you can't install arbitrary applications" which is somethin
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
I feel as if it's the exact opposite. Do any of Asimov's books on "positronic brains" hold up to genuine, in-depth scientific inquiry? He just glossed over the details of their workings. Does this mean they're not sci-fi?
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
I feel as if you've missed the point of the article. Yes, the kettle corn example doesn't compare in scale, but he's simply trying to show the difference in philosophy. No one's saying that screwing up kettle corn is the pinnacle of innovat
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
"If you have bought the game, you have an implied right to play the game (if the small print says otherwise, it should be null and void, and Ubisoft charged with fraud, for that would be making money by deception)" That would be nice, but i
850.
by tree_of_item 17y ago
Why is this a big deal?
851.
by tree_of_item 17y ago
This is only half-trolling. There are some very good ideas here. I think the author is absolutely correct when he says that the endless tinkering that an "open" system allows is viewed as a useless waste of time by the vast majority of peop
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
Aren't NeHe's tutorials very outdated? They seem to focus on use of the fixed function pipeline, which is deprecated in OpenGL 3.
853.
by tree_of_item 17y ago
"Painfully" close as in very close. I don't think he meant to say that automated highway driving was painful.
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
I don't like the baby bird analogy, or the use of the term "spoon-fed" here. It makes it sound as if people should be ashamed for wanting things to be simpler.
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
This seems like a nice alternative to Pygame. I doubt anyone wants to use SDL by itself for graphics, most people want hardware acceleration through OpenGL, and with Pygame they have to write it themselves.
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
I take it you haven't seen Chrome's pinned tabs? They look precisely like that. The mockup looks like a Mozilla branded Chrome to be honest. Which is a good thing.
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
Working on the UI doesn't stop them from fixing memory leaks. There are different people working on different parts of the browser.
858.
by tree_of_item 17y ago
Destroyed my browser. Chromium, Linux, 64 bit. Flash has been having a lot of trouble with this combination recently.
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by tree_of_item 17y ago
It doesn't seem like he uses D anymore. His last two games were written with C# and XNA.