arduinomancer

Hmm most visual scripting languages I’ve used let you abstract things

You would just move the conversion logic to its own re-usable block and place that in your algorithm

Then if you say double click the conversion block you can see the logic inside it

For context this is 37 years after it was released (1985)

Did the same thing and have been enjoying it so far

The way I see it is optimizing for average happiness

If you're getting a lot of money but you really hate 1/3 of your day it can bring the average down

Especially when you get to a point where the marginal increase in happiness from increased salary is small

C++ is like bread and butter for AAA games

Usually combined with some sort of visual scripting for the higher level logic

I haven't but I purposefully went to a studio that is known for good WLB

Yeah that's definitely true, way more multidisciplinary

One of the coolest things is working on tools used by artists and seeing the result of what they make with it

Went to a game studio

Pay is lower but the work is much more interesting/satisfying

> With 10 or 20 languages behind you, code becomes separate and 'above' languages

This one is so true

I don't understand why younger programmers are so obsessed with which language is "best"

To me the algorithm/logic in the abstract is the interesting part

I would much rather work on an interesting project/problem in a "bad" language than work on a boring project in a "good" language

Personally I think from a business standpoint its just much easier to make money from software compared to hardware.

Very low marginal unit costs, easy distribution, faster iteration, easier to scale, etc...

Sometimes my friends from other fields will ask me to explain/draw out how a computer works

Its much harder than I thought

I started off explaining binary and how groups of wires can be used to represent numbers

Lost them somewhere around explaining gates/adders

I think its so difficult because there are so many layers of abstraction and you really need some basic electronics knowledge

I asked the same thing a while back

Some good discussion here

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30937201

One thing to keep in mind is that it’s not actually “no code”

I’ve worked at a big studio and if something was pretty complicated, performance critical, or just not supported by the engine it would be written in C++ and exposed via a new “block” that can be dropped in.

So one reason it works is because most projects you still have programmers on hand to abstract the hard stuff

Have used it for many years as a personal wiki/database

I pull out the app all the time to answer various questions

For example:

* What kind of oil does my car take again? When was the last oil change?

* How much did I weigh in 2015

* What's the square footage of my apartment?

* What was my start/end date of job X?

Lots of random details like that I may need to reference later

I use the tables a lot for anything that changes over time

Stuff like this is pretty unstructured so I like having arbitrary hierarchies to keep it organized

What does this have to do with chore simulator games?

Did you read the article?

A lot of the symptoms described in this thread just sound like depression.

What’s the difference?

I'm curious, if some people just think in words, how do they solve visual problems in their head?

For example, can you solve this problem in your head just closing your eyes and thinking about it? (no using your hands either)

* There is a 2D grid in front of you with coordinate system (x,y)

* X increases to the right, Y increases going up

* Point A is at coordinates (1, 1)

* Point B is at coordinates (2, 0)

Q: If we were to move from point B to A, what direction or combination of directions would you be moving? (possible directions are up, down, left, right)

I can solve this in my head but I clearly visualize a grid and the positions of points while doing so and once I have it visualized I just see the answer.

If someone solves this without visualizing it, what are they thinking or how do they do it?

Some people say to have a boring day job but do side projects outside of work.

Personally after working 8 hours the last thing I want to do is more programming/staring at a screen. I much prefer to do other totally unrelated hobbies.

Been in similar situation as OP, chose the more interesting job for similar pay difference and didn't regret it but YMMV

The only time I was motivated to code outside work was when I was working a pretty boring software job (backend dev)

I ended up moving to a much more interesting job in a niche area and haven’t felt the need to work on code outside work since my main job is already interesting enough

Unfortunate that the wedge design is gone.

The previous one was really comfortable to type on since you didn't feel the 90 degree metal edge digging into your wrist like on the pro models.

Was one of the main reasons I got it.

> no more wedge design

That is unfortunate.

The wedge air design is the most comfortable macbook to type on IMO since it doesn't have the thick 90 degree metal edge digging into your wrist like the others.

One of the main reasons I got it

Oof looking through that takes me back to the era of big CD binders

And scratched disks was such a problem, I remember trying weird toothpaste lifehacks to fix them

Ended up buying some games twice due to that

Oh neat thanks for sharing that channel

Anyone else remember in this era it was common to get a disc with a ton of games on it?

I remember having one as a kid with like 25 games on it and just flipping through playing each for like 10 minutes

Recall playing a lot of Ant Attack from one of those discs for some reason

I’m a graphics programmer and I use a physical one fairly often while debugging shaders

With rendering code I find a lot of the time you have to draw it out on paper to understand what it is doing/how it works

Typically simple calculations involving trig/vectors

I find it easier to have a physical one rather than flipping back and forth between paper/computer

Just a regular CS undergrad, took a few graphics classes in uni but not much

Spent a couple years as a C++ dev and did some side projects (stuff like a toy engine) before finding a graphics role

I work as a graphics programmer at a big AAA game company

Really interesting since there is a lot of math involved and you’re pushing the hardware to its absolute limits

Also really satisfying to see people playing the game and see your own changes visually in it

The learning curve is very steep though

Yeah that page needs a smaller maximum width and less whitespace

It looks way too wide and spaced out on a regular desktop monitor

How do you know the backing assets actually exist?

That's a big pet peeve of mine with any hobby subreddit

They usually have a wiki for beginners but it doesn't matter, it still just ends up with an endless stream of beginner content/discussions

Even for example /r/programmerhumor is like 90% CS101 jokes, its like everyone on that subreddit just learned to code recently

I've noticed a lot of interest in differential rendering/reverse rendering recently

Does anyone know what the end goal of this kind of research is or why there is so much interest?

Its definitely cool but is the idea just to make photogrammetry cheaper/easier?

Or are there other use cases I'm missing

Would you be interested in an ancient alien computer discovered on earth where scientists are still trying to understand how exactly it works?

It’s called the human brain

I recommend this MIT lecture series, it’s pretty high level and explains some of the current tools and methods, findings. I don’t have any biology background but found it easy to understand.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60IKRN_pFptIBxe...