Game Development

Mine was ~$1300, but it has some "unnecessary" features, like disk brakes, and something else I can't remember. My bike's model could be as cheap as ~$800.

Alex M.

@hasherr yeah but not really

I'm not a fan of driving

hasherr

Can you easily obtain one?

Alex M.

my parents insist on me taking the car, but I really want them to keep it and never drive

hasherr

Lol, that'll be hard to live up to.

John McDonald

well, gtg

Alex M.

11:22 PM

I just find driving really tiring

hasherr

Being 40+ years old and not knowing how to drive does not yield easy travel.

Alex M.

I'm not 40+ yo

hasherr

But then again, I live in America where everything is 40 miles away from everything else and you have to drive to get there.

You will be

Alex M.

also for a programmer it shouldn't be too hard to hire a personal driver for important trips :\

lol last time when I was in driving school

I drove for like 1.5 hrs

then I just lost interest and got tired & bored

the next day I was fine again

hasherr

Driving is a pain

Alex M.

11:24 PM

... for 1.5 hrs

hasherr

When we go to Chicago or New York I normally drive for 3 or 4 hours

Alex M.

there was one time when I regretted not having a license

when I missed my train and had to wait 40 mins for the bus to get home

actually I was just mad because I had to wake up early

with a car I could have gotten home during the night lol

#sodracula

Pip

heyo

back

hasherr

Oi

Pip

@ChristianCareaga I know, working on a feature atm. Also trying to fix my framerate problems

Alex M.

11:31 PM

@Pip Godot's scripting language is very similar to python

extends Node2D

var screen_size
var pad_size

func _ready():
	screen_size = get_viewport_rect().size
	pad_size = get_node("left").get_texture().get_size()
	set_process(true)

you might want to take a look at it

Pip

cool

I may, later

Alex M.

here's how the descriptions of some of AoE2 HD's achievements look like

And yet, I lived
--
Over one hundred of your units were lost in this battle - even with such great losses, if they were well used against the enemy you did the right thing. Get used to studying the battle stats after each match with an opponent - did you have the right complementary mix of units? Did you make your enemy pay for every one of your losses? Every unit sacrificed is an opportunity to learn about your opponent.

this is some sort of tutorial-in-achievement-description

Massacre
--
Two hundred of your units were lost in this conflict. Sadly, not every battle can be a sweeping victory where everyone returns to the feast table to boast of their skill. Sometimes, being a good general is about knowing when to throw everything against the enemy without reservation or hesitation. Today you know how that feels.

this is turning into a novel

Seven Sealed Fates
Congratulations! You have singly defeated Seven CPU opponents (at moderate difficulty or higher). World champions will often play against seven CPU opponents on Hard difficulty as a warm-up before tournaments.

Time to Stop Counting Buildings
Sure, generals say that every unit lost is mourned and every building razed is avenged - but after fifty thousand even the most obsessive counter gives up. You have seen civilizatons rise and fall endlessly - it is time to stop counting the buildings. Congratulations that you persevere, mighty leader.

I'm not sure if this is good or bad

I mean I'm used to descriptions like "Kill X enemies."

Grey

professionalism

Alex M.

lol

Grey

I'm using a BinaryWriter to write to the files

because I'm awesome like that.

Encryption? Too lazy.

hides files because I want to be coo'

Alex M.

11:47 PM

if (File.GetAttributes(CredentialsPath) != FileAttributes.Hidden)
{
	File.SetAttributes(CredentialsPath, FileAttributes.Hidden);
}

always use fields to store paths that are important

Grey

NO

Alex M.

in case the path changed, in your example you'd have to change it twice

Grey

not rlly pls

Alex M.

also being hardcoded like that, it's impossible for you to actually use some data source from which to parse paths

so I'm afraid that // we don't need to do jack is the least important problem with your code

ToddersLegrande

~~USE THE REGISTRY~~

Vaughan Hilts

11:49 PM

On the topic of driving

Grey

^ I WILL MESS I TUP

Vaughan Hilts

I'm not a fan, either.

Noctrine

NO

Vaughan Hilts

And biking gives some critical excercise.

Grey

@ToddersLegrande delete 5 files

Alex M.

11:49 PM

SIGN UP FOR AMAZON'S CLOUD SERVICES

AND STORE EVERYTHING THERE

Grey

ERMGEMRMED!

OMG

BUT BUT.

Alex M.

BE SURE TO GET THE ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS

Noctrine

Censored todders.

2

Grey

LOCAL STURGUGRE.

Alex M.

COZ THIS LEGRANDE SOFTWARE IS GONNA BE HUGE

ToddersLegrande

11:49 PM

@Noctrine I make the best jokes

Grey

@AlexM. tell amazon grey is coming home.

Alex M.

hell yeah

yeah they're excited

it might be worth getting a pointy hat though

cause you're not the grey they're looking forward to lol

Grey

: - (

@AlexM. SHUTUP I have a website

I'm professional.

grey.com

Alex M.

I don't :(

it says you're famously effective

Vaughan Hilts

ugh

we're using C89 in class

Why must I want to cry

user4704

11:54 PM

Heh.

Alex M.

could be worse

Grey

^

user4704

Could be C99.

Alex M.

you could be using Pascal's calculator

Matt D

you could be using oberon/F

Vaughan Hilts

11:55 PM

Isn't C99 better?

Noctrine

:O @Grey are you the e-trade baby?

user4704

A handful of extra good stuff, added really inconsistently, and not actually available for use anywhere useful so you just get used to it and then have it taken away.

Grey

@Noctrine Stop now.

REDACT.

Vaughan Hilts

@JoshPetrie My main beef is not being able to declare a for loop variable inside the decleration

Alex M.

@Noctrine haha, yeah I thought GREY WAS THE E-TRADE BABY too.

Grey

11:55 PM

:(((((

user4704

Using C89 without compiler extensions is a bit of a fffffffffffff though, I'll give you that.

Alex M.

@Grey :P

jk, you're still grey kohai

IEEE Spectrum
Google has purchased Nest Labs, and we're a little creeped out. http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/gadgets/google-buys-nest-labs-for-32b

IEEE doesn't always get creeped out

but when it gets

it's Google's fault

Grey

@JoshPetrie C: 1989 Edition?

Alex M.

Google has purchased Nest Labs, the maker of smart thermostats and smoke alarms, for $3.2 billion.

Grey

@AlexM. Old news

CES 2014 -> Neptune Pine

Alex M.

11:58 PM