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Question: Can you think of a better way of doing server side commits: plus.google.com/u/0/10441071197087... Asked by James Swift (85.211.207.x) on August 6 2012, 1:45pm Reply on August 7 2012, 6:39pm: I would never push to the server, just ssh in and pull. Generally the only modified files on the server don't collide with any other changes... Comment... Question: re: your story. It has been done. I forget the science fiction author Asked by bear (97.123.88.x) on August 5 2012, 9:46pm Reply on August 7 2012, 6:39pm: Ok Comment... Question: why was my previous question unanswered. Kindly answer it Asked by Desert Rain (122.176.246.x) on August 5 2012, 1:22pm Reply on August 5 2012, 3:00pm: I will, thinking still, as I know there is something... Comment... Question: Is brevity a virtue? Holy shit! www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/08/john-carmack-linux-is-still-not-viab... Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on August 5 2012, 1:17am Reply on August 12 2012, 6:50pm: Hah that's a long video. Brevity can be nice, but sometimes being thorough is important? Comment... Question: In this hypothetical book, would servers come around to wipe customers butts? Asked by travis (70.178.38.x) on August 4 2012, 11:01pm Reply on August 5 2012, 3:01pm (edited at August 5 2012, 3:02pm): Hah seems reasonable enough! I can envision a guy worried about his date tonight, quietly eating lots of fiber in the supply closet at work. Comment... Question: Have you ever totaled a geo in the desert? :) Asked by paulpv (24.19.191.x) on August 4 2012, 7:45am Reply on August 4 2012, 5:17pm: No, but I have driven a Geo in the desert. I think it continued to be usable as a car for a couple more years after that, too. Comment... Question: When you use git to push to the reaper site, what happens to modifications server-side when you do checkout -f? Asked by James Swift (92.8.231.x) on August 3 2012, 6:58pm Reply on August 3 2012, 8:07pm: Well, ideally there wouldn't be any modifications, but if there were, you'd either commit and merge, or just merge (provided those files were not modified upstream -- i.e. if they are log files etc). Comment... Question: Is there a simple way to split the threading stuff from the rest of swell? To use it in a plugin i need to include lots of .mms Asked by olilarkin (144.32.204.x) on August 3 2012, 12:25pm Reply on August 3 2012, 8:08pm: Hmm you could, but #ifdefs might be easier actually, since there's a lot of related junk from emulating HANDLEs etc. Comment... Question: name a software so good you wish you had coded Asked by Desert Rain (122.176.230.x) on August 2 2012, 4:28pm Reply on August 5 2012, 3:01pm: OK how about utorrent? Comment... Question: If you were to write a computer/programming book of say, 400-500 pages, which topic would you choose and why? Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on August 1 2012, 9:35pm Reply on August 3 2012, 8:10pm: I'd ditch the programming book and make it a story about a guy who lives in a world where people eat in private and urinate/defecate in public, socially. Comment... Question: And btw, turkish coffe beats drip coffe anytime! Did you try it? :D Asked by Martin (93.139.6.x) on August 1 2012, 4:19pm Reply on August 3 2012, 8:08pm: I haven't really, no. Comment... Question: On moka pot: you should wash it with water only - a thin layer of grease will form and you won't get that metal taste anymore Asked by Martin (93.136.162.x) on August 1 2012, 3:50pm Reply on August 3 2012, 8:08pm: Good to know. Comment... Question: I think espresso coffee is really better without any milk and sugar Asked by bogo (98.143.211.x) on August 1 2012, 1:55am Reply on August 1 2012, 2:53am: I agree, the whole point of coffee is that it behaves as an anti-sugar. A good latte is hard to beat though, IMO. Comment... Question: Do you git commit -a, or do you manually stage shit? What's the win in staging? Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on July 31 2012, 4:34am Reply on July 31 2012, 2:51pm: I often do commit -a, but sometimes regret it (oops, I didn't want to commit that, etc). Staging is nice because often you might want to only commit some of your changes, the most meaningful, and then later toss all of your debug code, or put it in a separate commit if it needs to stay. Comment... Question: Have you ever tried this coffee maker Asked by bogo (98.143.211.x) on July 31 2012, 12:26am Reply on July 31 2012, 2:50pm: (image:) Every time I've tried to use one of these, it always tastes like metal. At home I make drip coffee, and when I am at a good cafe I'll get a latte made in a big machine... Comment... Question: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hapCuhAs1nA Carmack says he's basically only used highschool math. You too? Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on July 28 2012, 8:35pm Reply on July 29 2012, 2:34am: Watching... I guess it depends on what you learned in high school, but yeah that's about right, through Calculus. Though occasionally there are times where it gets messy, but they are relatively uncommon. Comment... Question: Did you use another SCM before GIT? Back in the Winamp days, how did you manage source control? Did it work? Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on July 28 2012, 5:26pm Reply on July 28 2012, 5:45pm (edited at July 28 2012, 5:46pm): When I started Winamp, I didn't use SCM, which in retrospect is really terrifying... but when you're the only guy working on it, it is somewhat doable. At a certain point we used MS SourceSafe, then SourceOffSite (which allowed it to be used over the internet within reason). SourceSafe at least provided a history, but if you wanted to roll back to the exact state at a particular point in time, err, well that was difficult (and rarely done). After leaving AOL, I used SourceSafe for a bit longer, then moved to SVN, which I used for quite a long time until git. SVN was way way better than SourceSafe (while branches were a pain in the ass, you could at least get a snapshot of a given revision trivially) and git was way way better than SVN (we can actually use branches without complete hell). Using version control initially had a great effect on my workflow -- being able to diff after working was great. Git takes it to the next level in many ways, letting me do even more as part of the process. Comment... Question: How much was it before moving everything to Amazon? (PS our very beefy Softlayer ded. server is $133/mth 100mbps unlimited). Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on July 26 2012, 8:49pm Reply on July 26 2012, 10:18pm: $300 wouldn't have covered the power bill before, ugh. I feel violated by PG&E. I know AWS is a lot more expensive than some alternatives, but being able to make snapshots and replicate and do all that stuff makes it cheap enough to be completely worth it. Comment... Question: Theming: oops sorry (not enough characters allowed..), I meant "pb the the grayed controls that look bad" Asked by frenchos (46.218.205.x) on July 26 2012, 2:13pm Reply on July 26 2012, 3:25pm: I think we just change our window background colors to look better :/ Comment... Question: Why did you leave San Francisco? Isn't it the place to be for high tech? Over rated in that regard? Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on July 26 2012, 4:35am Reply on July 26 2012, 2:07pm: If we were really active and wanted to get VC and network with other companies it probably would be helpful to be there... NY has summer and winter though, which is awesome. Comment... [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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