bcowcher

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C# by day/wannabe indie game developer.
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Comment · 14 years ago
While those of us who know how to wield the Internet wisely will have arrived at this conclusion, I still meet many people on a regular basis (especially women) that will try to challenge those ideas.

I don't blame them for thinking that way, the fitness industry has conditioned an entire generation into thinking cardio is the way to go and that high rep work with pink dumbbells is how you 'tone'.

The more articles there are like this, the more likely we will see a shift in how everyone tries to get fit.

Comment · 14 years ago
My first coding book was c++ in 21days (HAH!). It did cover the basics pretty well but it took me a long time before the abstraction of objects really sunk in and templates I don't think we're especially well covered.

I probably bit off more than I could chew at the time, but I stuck with it because I was so hellbent on game programming. I didn't end up in game dev, but I think I became a better developer after spending so much time with a low level language.

Comment · 14 years ago
So OpenGL ES (Embedded systems) was not different enough? I actually think OpenGL ES didn't go far enough in the initial spec.

ES 1.1 still has alot of the old fixed function pipeline, but then in 2.0 they scrapped it all entirely, opting for a smaller, more modern API. That, to me, was a bad move. I think they should've made the shader based pipeline in 2.0 part of the 1.1 spec.

Comment · 14 years ago
Comment · 14 years ago
As a former e-commerce web dev, I cant begin to tell you how much this was sorely needed in Australia. Best of luck to you!
Comment · 14 years ago
Theres no reason this couldn't be a user permissions thing like the geolocation API's. If the user wants a particular page to have autoplay enabled, then the user should have the choice.
Comment · 14 years ago
Comment · 14 years ago
I think this is more symptomatic of IT in Australia. There are pockets of good developers here and there but far and away, the majority of developers in Australia are being paid well above their grade.

This popped up in my twitter feed not too long ago: http://readify.net/our-experience/seek

Apparently a team of 35 developers couldn't get Git working.. or mercurial.. or even SVN! And had to outsource source control to another company (I'm probably being unfair, the Devs may or may not have had a say in the matter).

Comment · 14 years ago
I wonder what types of exercise trigger this effect and to what degree. Off the top of my head (going by their descriptions) team sports would be ideal not just for the exercise but the constant situational analysis, team work, running plays etc would increase the workload on the brain.
Comment · 15 years ago
I think its a little from both columns. The US government makes Jons job alot easier than it has any right to.. and that scares me...
Comment · 15 years ago
Can anyone tell how old the maps are that they are using? I looked around but I couldn't find anything.

I tried zooming over my workplace in Darwin, AU and the building we work in isn't even there.. (its roughly 5years or so old)

I imagine there is probably a mash up of old/new map data in there depending on the population of a given place..

Comment · 15 years ago
I've always wondered if Google would look at the possibility of making Go a supported language to use with Android.

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