The Renderfarm

gandalf3

07:42

@David I think so

Why?

Hm..

gandalf3

08:32

Why did I say "Hm.."!?

I can't remember..

!

Oh

I remember now

:P

When someone comments the start to a likely answer, and one thinks one can write a complete answer based on that comment (or even just like the comment by coincidence), should one wait and see if the commenter will add an answer? Or just go ahead and write it?

MarcClintDion

well, when I do this, it's because I don't have time to prepare a formal answer and so I offer a hint other people who may be answering so their answers will hopefully come along better.

MarcClintDion

10:11

Also, I sometimes post a short idea as a comment if I think something it will work but I'm not entirely sure how to implement it fully as a practical example.
I can't speak for everyone who comments tips but if I you do want to use what's in the comment I wrote then feel free to do so.
If you are concerned about plagiarism/copy-cat type ideas then simply use foot-notes with credits like we typically see in scientific/engineering documents in cases where the author makes reference to something another has contributed to.

CharlesL

18:12

yo @gandalf3 :D

man, I haven't been on here for a while...

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL I just said that yesterday...

:D

CharlesL

yah :)

schools been busy :P

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Same here

CharlesL

Plus I got a part time job, so that's seriously sucked away all my time

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Doing what?

CharlesL

18:19

programming :)

at least it's something related to my degree :D

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL More specific?

David

hey @CharlesL very long time no see. I thought you were gone for good.

CharlesL

Web Development with Ruby and Sinatra

@David hey :D

yah

I've been busy :P

David

ps I passed you in CV review :)

CharlesL

lolz

gg

GiantCowFilms

18:20

@CharlesL Okay, I do web development in php... :) I was messing around with Node.js this morning.

CharlesL

@GiantCowFilms nice. I'm not a fan of JavaScript, though :P

waayy to much crap with scoping

David

later

CharlesL

@David o/ :)

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Me too :P. A friend and I wan't to make a little multiplayer game, so I was looking at node since it is event driven unlike php.

Also, we can use one language for the entire app.

CharlesL

@GiantCowFilms yah, that is one of the pros of Node

GiantCowFilms

18:23

@CharlesL Yup, otherwise I wouldn't use it.

CharlesL

I've become a huge fan of C recently :P

(but that's only because I've been trying to put together a linux distro)

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL I've never work in a C based language (Scary isn't it)

CharlesL

eh, it's not too bad once you get used to it

pointers take a little while to understand, but it's not terrible

also, the code is really freaking fast

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL No, I'm mean that after 2 years of programing I've only worked in VB, PHP and JS

CharlesL

oh

yah

I've been programming for about 5 years

(and it was only this year that i really started learning C)

I don't think many people actually bother to learn C unless they write game engines or do OS development.

GiantCowFilms

18:29

@CharlesL I guess... :)

There is my Node.js app

CharlesL

nice, a chat client :)

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Yup, simplest way to test web sockets.

CharlesL

yep

haven't really done much with those...

but i have been doing a lot of ajax.... bleh

GiantCowFilms

Also, including html on 140 lines of code :).. really easy!

@CharlesL I've done plenty of ajax... I don't know if I could live without jquery. :P

CharlesL

oh yeah, jQuery is the only reason JavaScript even exists at the point

I don't understand why it's not part of the base language now...

GiantCowFilms

18:33

@CharlesL He he...

What would we use instead.. Flash?!

@CharlesL Then it would get messed up....

Like the rest of JS

CharlesL

nooooooooo

not flash

uyuchk

lol

GiantCowFilms

What if jquery made a flash version.......

Can flash access the DOM...?

CharlesL

nope

flash runs as a plugin

it's kinda like a canvas

(without the power to access the rest of the DOM)

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Make your hole site in a canvas, who cares about SEO. :)

CharlesL

lol

man that would be a pain in the butt....

GiantCowFilms

18:40

@CharlesL No... I don't think avoiding CSS and browser compatibility issues is a pain...

CharlesL

that's true

but it wouldn't run in IE

wait, does the new version of IE support HTML5?

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL It tries to...

@CharlesL I've stopped caring about people who use IE long ago...

CharlesL

lol

that works too

GiantCowFilms

The only thing I have to get working is the message that says: "Get a real browser, it's not 2002 anymore!"

CharlesL

yep

microsoft should just give up

they're not going to ever fix it

GiantCowFilms

18:44

@CharlesL Yes, and include bing

CharlesL

and Windows...

and their counting system

(seriously, skipping Windows 9? Geez... that makes loads of sense)

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL No, I need something other than Apple to run Ae and Ps on.

CharlesL

LINUX AND WINE FOREVER

KILL THE COMPETITION

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL To make an upgraded start screen sound revolutionary.

CharlesL

lolz

GiantCowFilms

18:45

@CharlesL It is pretty much the only difference.

CharlesL

yehh

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL I'm to loyal to windows by now.

CharlesL

Microsoft is a marketing business

the quality of the product is not their priority

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL It certainly worked!

CharlesL

ehhhhh

depending on how you define "work" :P

GiantCowFilms

18:48

@CharlesL They made lots of money, and still are.

CharlesL

that's true

but their operating system is crap

the only reason it's survived is because Bill Gates was a brilliant businessman

and somehow, it managed to become the most popular operating system on the planet

Have you ever used Linux or BSD?

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL No.....

CharlesL

oohhhh, their elegant operating systems

GiantCowFilms

And I can't change since I use Photoshop, After effects and Visual Studio on a daily bases. None of those run on Linux or BSD

Who uses BSD?

CharlesL

Mac OS X is based on it

GiantCowFilms

18:51

@CharlesL Oh!

CharlesL

Linux is similar to it

yah

but OS X is kinda crappy too...

not as bad as Windows, though

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL What is your issue with windows?

CharlesL

The development environment isn't bad for the stuff you're doing.

But the C environment is horrible

And the shell utterly sucks

Plus it doesn't follow the Unix philosophy: "write programs that do one thing only, and one thing well"

oh, and it's slower

someonewithpc

@CharlesL That doesn't work for Blender either...

CharlesL

and it locks everything down

@someonewithpc welll.... at least it's open source :P

someonewithpc

18:55

@CharlesL That's not necessarily good...

CharlesL

oh. and Windows is built on DOS which was a horrible OS too

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc Yes...

CharlesL

@someonewithpc hey, it's better than proprietary software which doesn't let you see anything that's going on.

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Sometimes that is good.....

someonewithpc

@CharlesL Those tend to be better anyway, though...

CharlesL

18:56

From a money-making standpoint, yes.

@someonewithpc that's not entirely true.

Blender is way better than Maya imo

and 3DSmax

someonewithpc

@CharlesL I was thinking Cycles vs VRay

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL When you pay for software, it generally is more developed.

someonewithpc

@CharlesL That's arguable..

CharlesL

@GiantCowFilms unless it's someones hobby, in which case they'll put more effort into it

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Meet Houdini

CharlesL

18:58

@someonewithpc vray also has a few years on Cycles

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL No one dev can account for between 20-50.

CharlesL

and Cycles has way more active development then Vray

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms Exactly

CharlesL

@GiantCowFilms 20 bad developers will write worse software than one good one.

someonewithpc

@CharlesL That's besides the point

GiantCowFilms

18:59

@CharlesL It isn't that hard to hire good devs.

CharlesL

@someonewithpc the point is that it may get better than Vray eventually

someonewithpc

@CharlesL But they're paid... So they're probably good

@CharlesL I would rather not wait until eventually

CharlesL

@someonewithpc not always true..

someonewithpc

If I could, I would buy VRay

@CharlesL If they aren't, fire them

CharlesL

@someonewithpc gasp traitor!

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GiantCowFilms

19:00

@CharlesL It is in the companies best interest to hire good devs.

CharlesL

Linux is open source and is better than windows! So there! :P

someonewithpc

@CharlesL I don't agrre

CharlesL

how is windows better? other than more software was developed for it.

someonewithpc

@CharlesL As Andrew Price said it, it seems there's some sort of cult around entering the Blender community...

@CharlesL No way. It just has all the programs I would want to use.

CharlesL

@someonewithpc hey! I'm not a member of a cult!

lolz

@someonewithpc yah, but that's not because the OS is better

GiantCowFilms

19:03

@someonewithpc The cult is a known fact

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someonewithpc

@CharlesL Says the guy who says A is better than B, because A is open source

CharlesL

@GiantCowFilms AHHHAHA

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms Lol

CharlesL

I normally work completely on linux, because it has all the software I use

there's actually not one piece of software that is only on windows

GiantCowFilms

Whoever wrote that article is a genius...

CharlesL

19:05

Oh, and without Linux, half of the internet wouldn't exist

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL True, I'm trying to get my chat app up and running on an ubuntu vps now.

CharlesL

80% of web hosts use linux

it's true that micosoft dominates desktop PCs

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL For good reason!

CharlesL

popularity != good quality

My daily routine consists of me working in the i3 window manager, surf web browser and Vim text editor.

All my steam games run on linux.

And I use Blender and Gimp for art.

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Vim is awlful! I once tried to use it on my ubuntu server.

CharlesL

19:10

besides you can make it look pretty cool: imgur.com/a/9lqyz

(not mine)

oohhhh no my friend

sorry g2g

bbl

whispers vim is amazing

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Have you ever use Word?

someonewithpc

@GiantCowFilms MS?

GiantCowFilms

@someonewithpc Yes

someonewithpc

It's pretty good

Though Open/Libre Office does the job

But that's besides the point

A way that I would use Xubuntu was if all programs were Java, and just worked on both

GiantCowFilms

My chat app is working!: 162.243.150.43

Come say hi.

someonewithpc

19:17

I tried

Did it work

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL it even is running on open sorce code.

@someonewithpc What did it do?

Wait, there is a bug, Ill fix it in two secounds. :)

CharlesL

ok i'm back

@GiantCowFilms yay :)

GiantCowFilms

@CharlesL Fixing a bug.

CharlesL

@GiantCowFilms yep. Word and Excel are the only two decent pieces of software MS sells

someonewithpc

@CharlesL It doesn't really sell much more software, does it?

CharlesL

19:25

@someonewithpc what doesn't sell more software?

someonewithpc

MS

CharlesL

well Access is a nightmare

(I know no one really uses it, but i'm just putting that one out there)

IE is crap

(and nobody uses it)

someonewithpc

@CharlesL But it's not really sold is it?

CharlesL

Powerpoint's meh, not horrible but not great.

@someonewithpc yeah it is. It's bundled with Windows

GiantCowFilms

I can't seem to install socket.io on my server...

CharlesL

19:39

@GiantCowFilms What's the error?

gandalf3

19:53

@CharlesL Welcome back :D

@GiantCowFilms Has it been two seconds yet?

;)

@CharlesL o.O

:O

:D

Yay arch :D

That looks really amazing..

*installs openbox*

I tried openbox at one point, but it always looked so ugly whenever I tried to theme it.. (probably my fault :P)

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