Fr0styMatt

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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
One thing that puzzles me about the Chromecast compared to other Google/Android devices - why has Google locked it down so much and not released a bootloader unlocker? Is it for publisher/DRM-type reasons (given that the Chromecas
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
These are my gripes with Unity, in question format :) Would love to hear from anyone that has concrete answers for these: - How does UDK build apps for iOS natively on Windows without requiring a Mac? Are they doing some kind of insider thi
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
We'd tend to do that for stories, yes; take an overall story and assign it a number of story points. We'd then try and make time estimates for each of the story's subtasks, which is where I would have trouble. Time was a bi
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Ask HN: How to get better at task estimation and discipline?
10 points by Fr0styMatt 12y ago|7 comments
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
As many have said here, focus on what you're actually building. That means at some point you have to put aside the fear that the framework you've chosen "isn't good enough" and just build something with it. With a
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The Pitchforks Are Coming For Us Plutocrats(politico.com)
3 points by Fr0styMatt 12y ago|1 comments
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
I'd never made the connection between "low priority project" and "strictness of arbitrary deadlines" as the project having to continually race against its' own insignificance. That's a fascinating insight
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
An important overall point that the article seems to be highlighting is that, in general (independent of these myths), developers are becoming less and less familiar with what the underlying system is doing. Or perhaps the more correct ter
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
I think this is a subtle but excellent point and answers the gut question I first had when reading your top post, which was to think: why would you (not YOU specifically, just the general 'you') marry someone who: "....you do
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'm starting out by working through some stuff on TreeHouse and then will go from there. Looks like it's going to be a great adventure!
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
Why is WYSIWYG not used? Is it just that the available tools aren't good? I would have thought that writing raw HTML would be a bit like writing raw WinForms code these days, or writing XAML by hand instead of using the forms designer.
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Ask HN: What does modern front-end web development look like?
22 points by Fr0styMatt 12y ago|18 comments
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
Can you give some more examples of the kinds of closed-mindedness you're trying to get at? I'm trying to understand your line of thought. Are you saying that Myhrvold is being an asshole because he's elevating what he is doi
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
I realized after writing this that one force pushing prices down is that the marketplace has to serve a global audience; one thing lacking in the point of view of my question is that not every market in the world can afford to hire contra
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Ask HN: Why do freelance sites tend to race to the bottom and not the middle?
1 points by Fr0styMatt 12y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: How do I make sense of this counter-intuitive resume/CV advice?
1 points by Fr0styMatt 12y ago|1 comments
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
Alright this is the most awesome post I've read all day :) I really need to get to work putting together the kit Microbee that's currently sitting on my other desk....
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
Any specific recommendations for DeAngelo's later stuff? I too was big into that whole PUA/game thing in a former life (more theory than practice though) and came to much the same realizations about it, particularly after listenin
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
I think a lot of it has to do with that 30% cut. 30% of a $25 app isn't that much, but I guess if I were someone big like Autodesk or Adobe and it were my big, multi-thousand dollar app, why would I want to give Apple a 30% cut when t
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
It's a shame that this stuff happens really; I think it relegates the Mac App Store to a certain niche more than anything else. I was surprised at the limited selection I found in the store. Having just got a new Mac, I went searching
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
I'm understanding and doing stuff now in my mid-thirties that my young self only wished he could do. To boot, I'm more excited and passionate about my craft than ever; certainly more excited than I was in my mid-twenties. I don&
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
As someone in the job market right now, I'm refreshed by the article's admission of how much chance plays a role in whether you land a job. I'm currently working on my CV and there's about as much conflicting advice as t
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
I tend to agree with you on this after having watched the first two episodes, but I'm keeping an open mind (I'm still keen to see what happens, so it hasn't lost me just yet). The show just seems like this really weird combin
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
You've done something really awesome (and inspiring) here.
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
Worked on a .NET app with lets of C# and C++ interop and we were seeing what looked like a rare race condition. The bug was hard to repro and never seemed to happen in our dev environment (like all great bugs!). The native code would just
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
Awesome, good luck :) I have an upcoming appointment with the career counselling place that work put me onto after the redundancy, so going to see if they can point me in the right direction with agencies, etc.
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
Thanks for the insight. I hadn't thought of the 'double whammy' thing exactly, but it mimics what I've seen other people who run their own business go through. Developing my own product is part of my plan. One of the t
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
Haha Outback Steakhouse is awesome :) That's great that it worked out like that for you to start off with. Sub-contracting was something that I'd thought of - I really need to find my feet before going fully out on my own.
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by Fr0styMatt 12y ago
YES!!!! TELL US THE DAMN PASSWORD RESTRICTIONS ON THE FORM BEFORE THE PASSWORD IS ENTERED!! I hate hate hate hate (can't you tell I really hate it) when I use LastPass's awesome password generation, only to save and submit and the
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Ask HN: Making the move to consulting; where does someone start?
5 points by Fr0styMatt 12y ago|6 comments

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