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RyanOD

624 karmajoined 13년 전
Guitarist. Swim coach. Runner.

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RyanOD
·4일 전·discuss
100% agree. The real battle isn't the actual exercise. It's initiating it in the face of endless distractions.
RyanOD
·6일 전·discuss
Hah! Me too.
RyanOD
·15일 전·discuss
I've made games in Löve and with straight Python and it's always a lot of fun...though challenging at times. Where I tend to struggle is with the overall game structure. Without being an actual professional programmer (nevermind a game programmer), I'm always wrestling with how to design the code structure in a way that is logical and professional. Leveraging common game design patterns isn't at all straight forward for a person like me.

Here are two resources I found quite helpful...

https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/

https://refactoring.guru/design-patterns
RyanOD
·15일 전·discuss
Fun game! And the subtle animation effects are great.

One suggestion...it's unclear to me why I would sign up. Maybe offer a few details so I know why I would sign up for this.
RyanOD
·16일 전·discuss
I was wondering the same thing and I'm in Chrome. The "Horizontal" and "Vertical" sections don't seem to do anything, but maybe I'm just not understanding what I should be looking for?
RyanOD
·18일 전·discuss
Ahhh, there it is. That's a good approach.
RyanOD
·18일 전·discuss
I like this randomized reservation approach.

What if, in addition, a nominal fee was charged just to have a chance to purchase a Steam Machine? Let's say $3 (or whatever). Then, all that money is donated to an organization like Extra Life or Game for Love?

In that way, someone with 5000 scalper accounts knows they're going to be out $15k just to get in line. And everyone else who is trying to buy just one isn't sweating the nominal fee.

I'm genuinely asking.
RyanOD
·지난달·discuss
Thanks for the tip! I've never heard of Stylus, but am checking it out.
RyanOD
·지난달·discuss
I have a firm rule of leaving any website where I run into this behavior. No exceptions.
RyanOD
·지난달·discuss
I hate this new web behavior and leave sites immediately whenever I run into it.
RyanOD
·지난달·discuss
Oh yeah. Totally agree. What a character Petersen is. Used to marvel at him on Headbanger's Ball.
RyanOD
·지난달·discuss
Someone, somewhere spinning up ads telling me about Mr Average Person who made millions with this nonsense...
RyanOD
·2개월 전·discuss
I see Yngwie, I also upvote.
RyanOD
·2개월 전·discuss
How can you say they are wrong about "everything"?

I built a retro game clone once and I used that project as a way to try out AI. While it wasn't perfect, it definitely wasn't wrong about everything. I'd go so far as to say it was probably correct (or damn close) 75% of the time.

I see people on HN all the time saying AI is terrible, but that just isn't the experience I'm having. I'm willing to admit it may have something to do with me not being able to recognize I'm being fed bullshit. Or, I may be asking really simple questions. Who knows? But AI seems like a pretty useful tool for average people.
RyanOD
·2개월 전·discuss
Ok, fair. Hard to understand why it would get that wrong.
RyanOD
·2개월 전·discuss
Organic search dying was my first reaction too. But, who knows...this wouldn't be the first time I've heard that.
RyanOD
·2개월 전·discuss
In watching the demo, I didn't come away with the impression that they were removing search results. Yes, they are pushing AI hard, but users can still opt to use Google in the more traditional way. Unless I misunderstood the demo, it's definitely possible to choose.
RyanOD
·2개월 전·discuss
It seems to me one needs to consider the complexity of the question they are asking before searching it.

To stick with your post, consider people asking medical or financial questions. For a wide variety of reasons, many of such questions don't have an answer. In such cases, AI is still going to take a crack at it. AI shouldn't be blamed for "bullshit answers" to such questions.

Before using AI, I think people should stop and ask themselves, "Is there really a single answer to this question? Is AI the right choice?"
RyanOD
·2개월 전·discuss
How can you say Google search is "totally irrelevant" and follow that with "I'm aware that most people still use it"?
RyanOD
·2개월 전·discuss
I hear people cite other search engines as "better" all the time. Better how?