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iphorde··on Why Rust Is the Future of Game Development
Yes/no, what hex-rays ida gives you is not worth the effort. It is a guess, and it doesn't do well with complex algorithms. Go try it on libjpeg. Compile it to release, no symbols, and let me know what you can extract. That is what I tested it with, and I didn't get much.
iphorde··on Why Rust Is the Future of Game Development
There is nothing wrong with Java except the issues surrounding protecting your code from reverse engineering.
iphorde··on Why Rust Is the Future of Game Development
Crunch time has nothing to do with the language. We're not fighting the language. We're fighting last minute requirements, design changes, etc. My favorite that always happens, a complete change to the UI. I've never been on a project were it didn't happen.
iphorde··on Why Rust Is the Future of Game Development
"C++ is actually one of the most difficult languages to use"

That is your opinion, and one shown time and time again is not true.

iphorde··on Why Rust Is the Future of Game Development
Crating is horrible. How about that to start with. String -> Str() -> String. Macros? Really Macros? Bindgen doesn't work, exceptions are not handled properly, creating a thin layer between Rust and Ogre3D was seriously inconvienant.

I heard all of the hype, and I completely fell for it. This is not a language for game developers (35 years experience in game development here).

Oh, how about some simple data structures you need. Like developing dynamic graphs with pointers needed to and fro. What a serious PIA.

iphorde··on Why Rust Is the Future of Game Development
Yea, don't count on it. I spent 3 months getting a game up on Ogre3D, and no thank you. I'll stick with C++.
iphorde··on Why TCP Timers Don’t Work Well (1986) [pdf]
This is one of the many causes of DoS attacks we experienced in the last 90s and early 2000s. I worked as an engineer for Cisco then, and we could only resolve many of the problems with timers. Waiting for the event that never came caused numerous issues. We continue to learn.
iphorde··on Woman allegedly impersonated prosecutor, dropped charges against herself
Who knew it was that easy? I wonder if her new charges are worse than her previous charges.
iphorde··on PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network
What will be most interesting will be the commission fee they charge. If they're competitive, then this might become my new go to. Paypal is usually expensive on their transactions normally.
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