How many special people change? How many lives are living strange?
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Jun 2016
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I haven’t seen it, but I bet they find Dory
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Facebook should have a reaction emote called “this post has wrong grammar”
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Here’s me doing Archer’s chant from Unlimited Blade Works (1 serious, 1 not so much :p) https://soundcloud.com/roy-tang/sets/ubw?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter
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Someone on quora asked:
The technology stack certainly isn’t very relevant unless you are hiring for a position where you cannot avoid the additional spin-up time of someone having to pick up your technology stack. For very good developers, the spin-up time will be very low, on the order of 1–2 days or maybe a matter of hours, so it’s unlikely that the technology stack is super relevant.
The two things to look out for are personality (whether the person can work well with your culture or with a team; whether he can communicate well; whether he can be trusted to work independently with minimal guidance; etc) and general technical skill (how easy it is for him to pick up new technologies, assess technical options, etc.). Both of these can be difficult to interview for though
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Someone on quora asked:
How come some intelligent people don’t take much action towards their goals?
(a) Knowing what is the right thing to do
(b) Getting the right thing done
The above two are two very different things. A person can be good at one but not the other. Being an intelligent person isn’t particularly relevant to (b), although it can be relevant to (a). (b) is more determined by drive, determination, motivation, etc. than intelligence
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I just got Master of Magic on @GOGcom! Score!
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It actually makes me more excited for the game since I’ve never played IZJS. I’ll literally be playing a completely different game
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Thank you for the kind words. I have something rolling about in my head about how Alex and Harry’s relationship devolve into what it’s going to be. I may write it up someday.
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Bloodstained is looking sweet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAL07Pbqx3c
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Someone on quora asked:
Where can I find the best web developers in the Philippines?
The best web developers are working for other people/firms and don’t need to advertise themselves. They always have work lined up so they don’t need to be camping oDesk, Freelancer, etc
What sort of work are you looking to provide?
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Posted on r/comicbooks: Question about Flashpoint and Rebirth
So, the current surviving Clark Kent/Superman is supposedly pre-Flashpoint Superman, and New 52 Superman is dead right?
But Pre-Flashpoint Wally West coming out of the speed force and restoring New 52 Barry’s memories implies that New 52 Barry is the same as Pre-Flashpoint Barry. Shouldn’t this also mean that New 52 Superman should be the same Superman from Pre-Flashpoint? Is this discrepancy something that’s been explained somewhere? Or we just accept that Barry and Superman transitioned differently and handwave it away. “Comics, everbody!”
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Reply to Westraid's tweet:
@Westraid friends are a quality over quantity thing. When you click with the right people, it won’t be a pain. Well, not much at least :p
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Reply to a comment by Malurth on 'Why hasn't there been an indie clone of Pokemon?' on /r/truegaming:
I like interesting battle systems. Is there some place that documents what are the best things about the Pokemon battle system for someone who doesn’t play the games?
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Thanks for the feedback!
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Repost from dailyzen:
The world owes you nothing. You can either learn to cope with it and make peace with all that is, or continue suffering.
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The new Zelda looks amazingly good http://i.imgur.com/0C6mcQS.gif
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Someone on quora asked:
Would venture capitalists invest money in a 16 boy that can code?
Thousands, maybe millions, of people know how to code. Anyone can have a killer idea. I literally had two of them right before going to bed last night.
Therefore, there is a nontrivial number of people who both know how to code and have at least one killer idea. Many of them will be way be more experienced than a 16-year old kid and will have a better idea of how the world works and will have better reputations and will be more likely to have contacts who can hook them up to VCs.
If you are a 16-year old kid who knows how to code and has a killer idea, the best way to attract a VC’s attention is: implement your idea already. Start to finish, top to bottom. Prototype, iterate, then release it. Gather users, build a following. Be so big you become impossible to ignore.
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Someone on quora asked:
You should start with Servlets and JSP as these are the basic building block technologies. For people new to Java web development I always recommend the book Head First Servlets and JSPs, as it builds up from these base technologies and moves towards establishing something similar to an MVC framework like Spring
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Someone on quora asked:
As a teacher, how do you grade an hand-written programming exam?
As a computer science teacher, you really shouldn’t give this kind of an exam. It’s in no way reflective of how code is written in the real world
If you must have an exam of this sort, you should focus on making sure the algorithm used in the code is conceptually correct, and disregard any problems in syntax that may fail a compiler. In fact, it’s probably better to have the students submit their answers in some sort of pseudocode or other informal format instead of actual program code, so they know not to focus on syntax
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Knowing what the right thing to do is and actually doing it are completely different things
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If I’m still awake at 4am, I’m probably going to stay up until after breakfast
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Reply to rovietoosin's tweet:
@rovietoosin saan ka pupunta?
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Watching this Zelda stream makes me wish the Dragonborn could climb in Skyrim #E32016
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Tell me #Pokemon fans: If the Pokedex already knows all the Pokemon, why are there new Pokemon appearing in each game?
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It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a Nintendo treehouse thing, these are kinda boring huh? #E32016
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I liked the Life Comix Shen!
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It only works for digital purchases
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Nice! I should try that dotted shading thing some time
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Looks good! But why are there black splotches on your wall? :p
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Looks good!
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Reply to shahidkamal's tweet:
@shahidkamal when are these events?
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$399 PSVR @_@
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First 30 minutes of Sony at #E3: “The conference is about to start in a few minutes!”
Sony #e3 conf opening with an extravagant orchestra. This is a waste of time!
FF15 has VR! #PlaystationE3
my problem with VR in general is that I’m not really a first-person kind of guy #PlayStationE3
I do not dig white-logo Spider-man #PlayStationE3
My moonshot hope for #PlayStationE3 is backwards compatibility with all PS platforms via software emu. Not gonna happen though
Just game after game for #PlayStationE3 Nothing too exciting for me, but I appreciate the format
Also, no Vita love @PlayStation? Not even a little? D: #PlayStationE3
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Someone on quora asked:
There are three steps.
- Set up a blog on Blogger or Wordpress
- Write a post and publish it
- Go to #2
It’s really straightforward!
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Reply to TrickMTG's tweet:
@TrickMTG does also this confirm purple, yellow and orange colors coming to magic?!?
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Reply to Dr_Jeebus's tweet:
@Dr_Jeebus pretty sure something happens next episode!
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Reply to Westraid's tweet:
@Westraid I’m looking forward to Bloodstained!
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Lol Minecraft’s friendly update allows cross platform play on all platforms… Except playstation :p
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All these xbox games coming to windows 10, id like it more if they were on steam too
[00:55] Ff15 on the xbox stage! #XboxE3
[01:19] Customizable controllers is pretty sweet #XboxE3
[01:24] Gwent! #XboxE3
[01:30] It’s so weird that the highlight of Tekken 7 is Akuma lol #XboxE3
[01:31] Woah, that was the actual Tekken 7 story mode! Namco putting SFV to shame! #XboxE3
[01:59] Xbox Scorpio officially announced, your move Sony #XboxE3
[02:01] Oh that was it for #XboxE3? Nothing too exciting or surprising then
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Reply to Westraid's tweet:
@Westraid what announcement are you looking forward to?
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Where is this? I hope it’s in vanilla and not one of the DLC
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Repost from tangincheek:
<hunter> i expect na other places are the same or worse
<hunter> the only real escape is to declare independence
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We only wish it was
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Someone on quora asked:
There is no need to feel guilty about your background, that’s not really something under your control or something you can change.
Being close-minded however, you can do something about that. While you may never fully understand their situation, that shouldn’t stop you from being able to empathize with them. Spend some time with people worse off than you, treat them to a meal every so often, listen to their stories, see what you can do for them.
There is great inequality in this world. It’s something we may never be able to eradicate. But that shouldn’t stop us from trying, from reaching out to one another and trying to connect, even with those who live different lives than us
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Despite all my free time, somehow there’s still far too much stuff to read, learn, watch, play, create, and write
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Someone on quora asked:
Regardless of being mentally ill or not, you should take a little time after a psychotic break to put your life back into perspective
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Someone on quora asked:
First, it isn’t necessary for you as a programmer to know these things
Second, do you have a computer of your own? I’ve had and maintained my own computer for almost two decades now, so most of my knowledge of how computers work comes with that experience. I’ve encountered a lot of problems and researched how to fix each one so I have a good idea of how computers work and what fixes are available to common problems. Having your own computer for personal use (not just the one at work) will help a lot. Desktops are better than laptops, since they are more easily customisable
Third, if you don’t already have a computer, build one yourself. Or even if you already have one, either build a second one for yourself and help a friend build one. And by “build” I don’t mean buying one fully assembled already; I mean buying each part individually and putting it together yourself. That means researching what parts are needed and what will serve your needs best and what will be compatible and canvassing for the best prices and finally sitting down and opening all the boxes and putting it all together. I’ve put together five different desktop builds over the past twenty years myself
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The Laws of Simplicity: http://lawsofsimplicity.com/los.html
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Today’s Google doodle is a jeepney. I wonder if there’s this one guy at Google whose only job is to think up the next day’s Google doodle
