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marijnz··on EVE Online moves to Python 3
Linux is working through Proton! There is also large thread on this in our Discord.

https://www.protondb.com/app/2938800

marijnz··on EVE Online moves to Python 3
We are trying to build this with seed.game. We don't have everything you're mentioning (yet), but parts of it!
marijnz··on An analysis of recent multithreading improvements for a smoother game
And this specifically introduces transactional boundaries, which can introduce a lot of complexity. Especially in games where the domains (thus boundaries) may change a lot during development as the game design is being figured out.
marijnz··on MMO Architecture: clients, sockets, threads and connection-oriented servers
I can't help but share the MMO we're working on that fits that mold! https://www.seed-online.com

EVE is by the way also working on an FPS, Vanguard. Which is supposed to interact with the game world of EVE.

marijnz··on What if someone mixed The Sims with ChatGPT bots?
Previous discussion on the paper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35517649
marijnz··on The Coming of Local LLMs
This already works with ChatGPT plugins: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins
marijnz··on ChatGPT – The Revolutionary Bullshit Parrot
It seems like the test cases weren't done on GPT-4, I tried out a couple and got somewhat better results:

- Write me a poem for a girl I've met online in only 4 words -> correct answer

- Can you tell me why 2137 is so important number in poland? -> confident incorrect answer

- Can you form a sentence so that the 4th word starts with an 'y'? -> confident incorrect answer

- A house has windows on all the four sides, all pointing south. A bear walks by the window. What colour is the bear? -> correct answer

So, not there yet, but there's improvements.

marijnz··on How to smooth and spread A* paths for an RTS
Note that a navmesh can be used exactly with A* (and also for a post-search path shortening pass, with for example http://digestingduck.blogspot.com/2010/03/simple-stupid-funn...)
marijnz··on German rail operator says train disruption caused by sabotage
For the (far) right-wing party AFD https://berlinspectator.com/2022/10/08/berlin-extremist-far-...
marijnz··on Getting hired after fifty
I think it's fair to assume that gp meant "control over fitness" .. within physical capabilities.
marijnz··on How big tech runs tech projects and the curious absence of Scrum
My experience is that in well-running teams, devs are usually pretty aligned what these numbers mean. A difference in proposed points for some task does then usually mean there's a discrepancy in knowledge about it.

As for its usefulness: You of course don't have to necessarily poker to get these discrepancies, but it's a pretty effective way of going about it, I'd say.

marijnz··on How to say no politely at work
Meh - why fill clear and concise messages with pretty much meaningless fluff?
marijnz··on Employees are leaving Facebook and torching the company in departure notes
So, key person*?
marijnz··on Show HN: Virtual Reality DOS
I had to think of https://pixelripped.com/. I see this was actually an inspiration!
marijnz··on C# Pattern Matching
They didn't move away from the pattern and can't anymore as it would break almost every existing Unity project.
marijnz··on Apple Developer Documentation Is Missing
A more fair comparison for B is probably https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.drawing.c.... Still illustrates the point, it's more informative.
marijnz··on Preliminary conclusion MCAS misfired in Ethiopian's 737 max crash
Exactly, -after-.
marijnz··on Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Year Ago
There's a more limited view if you're not logged in with an account. You could create another account just for this though..
marijnz··on Ask HN: Can companies ask for private info before any interview/offer?
Hey. Also Dutch. Most of the things being asked are pretty normal to me (but it's more than I would expect a company to ask for...). I only find the IBAN weird to ask. Did you ask the company why they want your IBAN already? If it's a valid company, I'm pretty sure they're able to answer you.
marijnz··on On whether changes in bedroom CO2 levels affect sleep quality
Previous company I worked for had dashboards and Slack integration for the CO2 levels on all floors. There's a blogpost on how it was done (Raspberry PI's, CO2 sensors and open-source python script): https://blog.wooga.com/woogas-office-weather-wow-67e24a5338
marijnz··on At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees
I spent more time reading the threads than I should have, it's strangely addicting. I now feel naive for thinking that the people working at the big tech companies have a certain base level of "all-round" skills. In no way I expected so much cynicism, narcism and lack of empathy! Isn't this showing up in interviews? Or should it just be seen as online trolling and venting?
marijnz··on Show HN: UnityShell, a “shell” for the Unity Editor
I never heard of it until I released UnityShell. Funny how you can miss such big things. I'll look more into it.
marijnz··on Show HN: UnityShell, a “shell” for the Unity Editor
Good question, there were already 2 tools out there that do the same as what I now did, but not with the same kind of UX (they didn't look like a usual shell). If Unity sees there's a lot of interest in this, maybe they might integrate it, let's see.
marijnz··on Show HN: UnityShell, a “shell” for the Unity Editor
You can inspects game objects at runtime. You could, for example, do: GameObject.Find("YourGameObject).GetComponent<Sprite>(). There's probably features that would make it easier to access game objects though, as names are not unique. So you could use the instance ID, but that's a bit of a hassle.
marijnz··on Show HN: UnityShell, a “shell” for the Unity Editor
Great! Let me know what you think.
marijnz··on Show HN: UnityShell, a “shell” for the Unity Editor
Interesting idea, well under the hood it only just uses the Mono Evaluator class. So would rather see that as a new project.
marijnz··on Skype launches integrated code editor for remote technical job interviews
About 1/2 weeks, so I guess so, I didn't see it yet and found it interesting ;)