shinymark

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by shinymark 8mo ago
Agreed completely. I started using NextDNS partially to get ads out of News+.
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by shinymark 9mo ago
Change to real Visual Studio for C#. Visual Studio Code is complete garbage in comparison.
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by shinymark 10mo ago
I visit Yamagata every year. I love how in Japan each region has their own specialties, it makes it fun to travel within the country. It would be sad if the snow monsters disappear. I usually visit in the summer. The mountains are incredibl
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by shinymark 1y ago
This article from 2005 has the toy idea. It has stuck with me. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/how-to-prototyp...
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by shinymark 1y ago
You’re right but it was called Yakuza in the west for many years. I don’t know if they made the right decision or not renaming it but it is interesting to consider if it made an impact in one way or another on sales.
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by shinymark 3y ago
I agree with you. I want to play Alan Wake 2 on PC and since it is only sold on the Epic Store I will buy it there. If it was on Steam I would have likely bought it on Steam. But it’s not. So in my case at least, this exclusive is effective
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by shinymark 4y ago
Considering how similar Bloodborne is to other From Software games I assumed it was developed 100% at From with Sony as the publisher. But I have no idea what the reality is. Did Japan Studio do development work on the game too? If so, I’d
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by shinymark 4y ago
I’m not the prior poster but it’s a median benchmark based on real-world surveys of game developers who are willing to share their data. (Source: I’ve participated in one such survey.)
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by shinymark 5y ago
12 years ago I worked remotely for the first time from a small apartment. For the first 6 months or so I loved it. The flexibility primarily. But I came to hate the isolation. I crave human interaction in all aspects of life, including work
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by shinymark 5y ago
I don’t understand the distinction. You can sell a game on your own website today without using any of these technologies if you want to avoid walled gardens.
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by shinymark 5y ago
I agree - when trying to watch something next to a sleeping partner even 1 step above muted is too loud. Annoying. I often watch Netflix muted and read subtitles because of this. I guess I need headphones. But I do really think a volume one
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by shinymark 5y ago
Not the original poster but I’m going to seriously consider this. I’m at my wits end with a male cat who habitually meows at 2 am and 5 am point blank in front of my face.
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by shinymark 5y ago
Anyone sign an office lease recently? Any negotiation tips? I’m looking for new space in SF, moving from a current lease near Union Square to something bigger.
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by shinymark 6y ago
If you care about performance you should not be using a laptop as your primary workstation. Period.
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by shinymark 6y ago
Hi all - I'm Mark Cooke, the CEO of Shiny Shoe, the creators of Monster Train. We released on May 21 and have been in the global top seller list on Steam since. The game currently has a user rating of "overwhelmingly positive&quot
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Show HN: Monster Train, a deckbuilding card game in the global top on Steam(store.steampowered.com)
2 points by shinymark 6y ago|2 comments
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by shinymark 7y ago
Regarding suggestions for alternatives to Jenkins I’m curious if anyone has any for game dev use cases. We use Jenkins now and build for PCs, consoles, and mobile. Almost all of our builds must be on Windows. Some builds require GPUs. Build
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by shinymark 7y ago
Yes. And agreed. I’m sure whoever came up with the idea got a nice raise.
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by shinymark 7y ago
One anecdote - I moved to Japan 12 years ago when I was 26 to work as an engineer in a game company. I stayed for two years. Like anywhere there were pros and cons but overall it was a fantastic life experience that I’m very glad I did.
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by shinymark 8y ago
Got it, that was the main missing link that I was looking for. Devices are frequently phoning home to get an updated certificate revocation list.
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by shinymark 8y ago
Anyone know how the revocation and subsequent reversal works at a nuts and bolts level? I’m curious.
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by shinymark 8y ago
No, this is new drama as of this evening. Related, for sure, but this is escalating quickly!
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by shinymark 8y ago
That was a very useful article. Thank you for the link.
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by shinymark 8y ago
Wow, that sounds great! I used to play on DWANGO a lot as an early teen (13 or 14, back in 1994-95). Somehow I convinced the DWANGO staff to make me a moderator on the San Francisco servers... it came with responsibility to keep chat relati
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by shinymark 8y ago
Every time I upgrade I sell my old phone on eBay. I keep my hardware in good shape and I’m often surprised at the resale value after 2-3 years. Feels great to recover some of the cost of the upgrade!
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by shinymark 8y ago
I’m using this as well. Works great! Compiles and deploys much faster than the IDE I’ve found.
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by shinymark 8y ago
I found the same to be broadly true for me. One small tip to break the habit - use your hosts file to straight up block distracting websites on your work PC. You can still read them elsewhere when not working. This really helped me break th
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by shinymark 8y ago
Correct. This fact seems misunderstood by many people but the rules are very clearly written.
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by shinymark 9y ago
In my era it was all about war dialing and AOHell.
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by shinymark 9y ago
I think you might be correct for Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG) but that’s not correct for XBLA. Source: personally worked on native C++ XBLA games.

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