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I was born at the perfect time to pursue a career in full-stack software development. I grew up programming 8-bit computers, then learned Unix in college. I entered the workforce at the emergence of Windows for Workgroups and Linux, and I'll be retiring right about the time the AI's make me redundant. Also, the year Social Security goes broke.
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Months and months of planning by lots and lots of middle management can save literally hours of programming.
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Give a man a program, and you'll frustrate him for a day. Teach a man to program, and you'll frustrate him for a lifetime.
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I have a mental illness that makes me think that people will change their minds if I present the correct arguments with the appropriate facts and data.
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I've put all of my skill points into arguing with blinking lights.
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But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a new piece of Apple gear, to lust after it, hath committed purchase of it already in his heart.
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Don't say you're easy on me; you're about as easy as a nuclear war.
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I sold the Renoir and the TV set; don't wanna be around when this gets out.
Duran Duran, The Reflex
Tag Archives: Fallout 76
Fandom Engagement in MMO’s
Despite the player count numbers that are available on Steam charts, there’s a second-level metric that I think is useful to track the health of an MMO, and that’s the engagement of the subreddit(s) devoted to the game. For a … Continue reading
The State of Fallout 76
Over the past couple of seasons, Fallout 76 keeps creeping towards more grinding against worsening RNG. The current season leans hard into hiding the best items behind things that take some people hundreds of hours to luck into. To make … Continue reading
Fallout 76’s Fortunes over the Prime TV Show
I asked AI to make a graph of the effect of the Prime TV show on Fallout 76’s population. The solid line is Steam concurrent players; the dashed line is the peak. I also asked for a summary of the … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Games
Last year, Microsoft slashed ZeniMax Online Studios to the bone, cutting an unreleased game that had been taking 7 years in development, and firing half the studio that was working on it. Although not fired, per se, the studio lead … Continue reading
The Love/Hate for ESO Turns Once Again
I’ve written extensively about ESO. I started during COVID with some IRL friends, took a break, came back for Oakensoul and Arcanist, took another long break, recently came back for subclassing, and now I think I’m well and truly done. … Continue reading
Fallout 5 Is Now Reportedly “Fully Greenlit” – GameSpot
But it may have come at the cost of ZeniMax Online’s now canceled MMORPG. <snip> Corden said from what he has heard, part of the forward push for Fallout 5 and Fallout in general came at the expense of ZeniMax … Continue reading
To ESO or Not to ESO
Back at the first of the year, I “retired” from the Elder Scrolls Online. I let my ESO+ subscription lapse, and simply stopped playing. There were many reasons. First, I really felt like the game was dying. The monthly user … Continue reading
Thank You, Vault Dwellers!
And what would a Summer be without grabbing a fishing pole and heading down to your favorite radioactive watering hole? No need to worry about finding out because fishing is coming to the wasteland this Summer and is angling to … Continue reading
Programming vs. Achievement Hunting
Last night, in my continuing saga of playing Fallout 76, I finished all the main quest lines, and turned my attention to one of the first side quests that you’ll run into when starting the game. You meet a robot … Continue reading
Fallout 76
I screwed up. I’ve been wanting to play Fallout 4 again, but I’m waiting for the next-gen refresh, which is supposedly due “this year.” Fallout 76 is an MMO by Bethesda, which are the same people that do Elder Scrolls … Continue reading