whatever_dude

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by whatever_dude 3y ago
I can't find it right now, but there was a collection of crazy stuff he said on IRC while Quake was in development. Basically promising the world (e.g. the dragon). Very energetic, but clearly not well thought out.
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by whatever_dude 3y ago
I used to make fun/hate the guy, but nowadays I can tell her really cares about games, he just bit more then he could chew and was too inexperienced to properly deal with it. The bit about being non-confrontational (and this being a hi
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by whatever_dude 3y ago
I 100% believe the story about how he was goaded into doing this, rather than beating the sorry of jerk that think that's hilarious. Romero was impulsive and a bit naive (go read his IRC logs from the day!), and this is the shirt of st
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by whatever_dude 3y ago
This has been mentioned extensively before, and corroborated by other people. I think it's true. He had an old podcast he'd ask old time Apple II/PC developers about stuff they developed, and they'd be struggling to reme
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by whatever_dude 3y ago
From reading their reaction online, the author is certainly not concerned with some people feeling hurt by the example video. Rather amused, it seems to me in fact.
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by whatever_dude 4y ago
Thanks.
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by whatever_dude 4y ago
What are the three questions? Are they always the same or do you adapt on context?
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by whatever_dude 4y ago
Ugh, same. Bought a Brother laser scanner/printer that has been a delight. I don't print much, but it does its job stashed away in my closet through wifi. I can even print from my phone. I've used maybe 3 toners in about 10 y
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by whatever_dude 4y ago
Everybody starts making zero (or negative) dollars. I have no positive view of Bolt myself, but in a situation like this VCs are putting money on future prospects/growth potential, not the early revenue. (Doesn't work if the compa
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by whatever_dude 4y ago
If 80% is your code, and you're the one making architectural decisions about it, it's not surprising you're much faster at it. Being a 10x developer is not about commits, or 0 defects short term. Situational knowledge can als
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by whatever_dude 4y ago
The intro story soured me on the guy. Millions of dollars to move a few trees for a party feels like a maybe waste of resources. That's not the sort of mentality I expect from design leadership on any company, even Apple. And tbqh Ive
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by whatever_dude 4y ago
That's why they are the keys in fact. Those are the usual shortcuts for frame navigation in some video editors.
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by whatever_dude 4y ago
> rather painful, at least at first I get that some people prefer that, but I've been on macOS daily for 10+ years and still can't find the top level OS paradigms (window switching, over reliance on mouse/extremely poor ke
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by whatever_dude 4y ago
Another day, another PH essay with some kind of defense for being an asshole disguised as higher discourse.
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
Unless you live in windows ONLY, start with wgpu (a Rust library that supports WebGPU). It'll work with Metal/Vulkan/Web. WebGPU is very similar to Vulkan, near a 1:1 in concepts. A lot of the new libraries (Metal, DirectX) a
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
WebGPU is better in many dimensions, but also worse in others people might care about. More appropriately, in this case, WebGPU is in many ways less approachable for novices. One of the expected advantages of WebGPU is exposing the inner
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
The number of people in this site that can't accept that half of the transactions was fraudulent is astounding. If you're in the space, going "well actually" in every article critical of blockchain based finance doesn&#x
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
No, people making millions out of misinformation is the problem. They have learned to appeal to primitive instincts and are making their fortunes out of that. Attempts are curtailing the spread of dangerous misinformation wouldn't happ
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
You're doing your company a great disservice if you think no great engineer had ever joined Meta.
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
Not a negative thing at all despite the perception du jour in the media.
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
A bunch of companies called "Meta" already exist. Going by that definition, these guys are the ones that were attempting to reuse a name that already belonged to someone else. They can't have their cake and eat it too.
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
Good.
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
That's general population, not traveling population. A traveler can be a vector of infection in more ways than someone who stays local.
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
Eh, I would go even deeper: the original Macintosh keyboard didn't have arrow keys because you shouldn't need it according to z Jobs. People complained and Apple held their feet for a long time until giving up and adding the godda
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
It's the typical "I'm so sorry you feel that way".
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
That's the entire premise of classic Transformers.
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
This site gave me time cube-like feelings in a brand new way. This is what pure art is.
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
Another part of the story easily forgotten because it doesn't show in glossy management books: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/pixars-ed-catmull-emerg...
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
I assume it's a quick incentive. "Get your vaccine today, then you can get into the gym/restaurant/etc tomorrow!"
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by whatever_dude 5y ago
This is a great article that I find myself re-reading and referencing all the time. I think it's unfortunate that people only skim over it and then use it to complain/defend Linux/windows/m4/autoconf/etc. More

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