2Pacalypse-
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Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Pretty cool to have this in Rust, might be useful if/when I decide to move some functionality from TS -> Rust.
In the meantime, I have this impelemented in TypeScript in case anyone else will find it useful: https://github.com/ShieldBattery/node-interval-tree
Comment · 2 years ago
Oh that's cool.
I actually had to implement this myself for a project, literally few days ago.
I had almost 0 knowledge of how audio files work or how the Web Audio API works. The implementation is very barebones, not very flexible, and has no error handling. But hey, if someone will find it useful regardless, here is how I did it: https://gist.github.com/2Pacalypse-/241c37adfff127bd5c66f3e2...
Comment · 2 years ago
One less talked about thing when discussing StarCraft, that might be more pertinent to HN audience, is that this game was almost endlessly hackable. And I mean that in the truest sense of that word. Many a careers were launched by playing around with OllyDbg and learning to reverse engineer code all so you could create an awesome plugin [0] for the community.
Which brings me to my next point, which is that the community aspect of StarCraft is a huge part of why it remained popular for so long. As previously mentioned, there were hackers and programmers developing awesome tools that helped the scene, but also there were map makers which were essential in keeping the game balanced. One little known fact about StarCraft is that the last balance patch released by Blizzard was in 2001, at the early beginnings of the pro scene. After that, the game was kept fresh and balanced by community map makers.
Combine that with people who created websites where you could follow news about Korean pro scene (TeamLiquid has its roots here), talk with other people about StarCraft, and other people who organized tournaments and did everything else; and you get a formula which almost ensures the longetivity of the game. I wouldn't be surprised if there are people playing and following this game in 20 years time. I know I'll be one of them.
[0] - https://github.com/TheEngineeringBay/Awesome-Broodwar-Resour...
Comment · 2 years ago
You might be interested in:
https://github.com/ShieldBattery/ShieldBattery
It's a project that few of us started almost a decade ago to ensure the longevity of this game. We don't try to emulate Battle.net at all, but instead we take only the gameplay itself and reimplement everything else ourselves.
It's a work in progress, so please let us know what you'd like to see in there that's currently missing if you do check it out.
Comment · 2 years ago
Any codebase that I had complete control over.
No, but more seriously, I've found that familiarity with the codebase is more important than having it be perfectly engineered. Once you're really familiar with the codebase, you know where dragons be, and you can make changes more easily. And God (PM) forbid, if you ever find yourself with some extra free time you might even reduce the size of dragons over time.
This brings me to my final point. Any codebase that I really enjoyed working with was the one that was constantly evolving. I don't mean rewriting everything from scratch every few months, but as long as I have permission (and time) to refactor the things that have been bothering me for months as patterns emerge, I'm a happy bee.
Comment · 2 years ago
Isn't this only true if there is no physical infinity? I know it's-turtles-all-the-way-down is impossible for our brains to comprehend, but causality breaks down when infinities are involved. Another thing is that if space-and-time itself was born at some point (as they say), then talking about "before" and causality doesn't make any sense either.
But yeah, to your point, thinking that there was never "nothing", and that there always was "something" is equally mindblowing.
Comment · 3 years ago
That is closer, but it's also not exactly correct. Now that I think about it, I don't think the English language has any sound where the letter "c" is used as it's pronounced in Croatian language. For example, the word "points" has the "ts" sound which is phonetically closest to the letter "c", but the the letter "c" is much sharper and shorter.
Edit: just as I wrote that, a word popped into my head which has almost the same "c" sound: Pizza. The "zz" sound, if you can call it that, is closer to the "c" letter phonetically than "ts". So Rimac would be pronounced something like Reemazz.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is the statement posted by the perpetrator over the weekend: https://i.imgur.com/kHVasZz.png
Comment · 3 years ago
1 Reason Why Current Music Doesn't Suck:
- I like it
More seriously, I've been listening a lot to the mainstream pop songs on the radio during my car commute, and I don't know which carefully crafted formulas and laboratories those songs come from, but they're in sync with what my brain perceives as "good music" quite incredibly.
I genuinely enjoy listening to them.
Does it though? Somehow Nolan made the mediterranean climate and Aegean sea look like washed out coast of Scotland or something. What's with the Hollywood's attack on color lately?