thethomaseffect
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Gaming with one arm
There's a lot of portable games that are stylus/touch-driven. Kid Icarus came with a cradle for the 3DS and if he likes RPGs the recent Final Fantasy Theatrhythm would work great. It supports a one-handed mode for the buttons too.
thethomaseffect
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12 years ago
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on: Redesigned Python.org
I thought I'd find a ton of comments about how awful it is, surprised. More than one part of the page strained my eyes to read. The code samples and success stories are the worst. Websites are made to be read, if you make that hard you've failed at design. Needs to be a lot simpler. If this stuff was fixed it'd be awesome though
thethomaseffect
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12 years ago
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on: PredictionIO, a machine learning server for software developers & data engineers
Also got an email, because I'm "engaged" with Django framework on Github but I hadn't starred PredictionIO at this point. Sent a reply, no response. Seems they just want visibility among devs and are using the fact they're open-source as an excuse to directly contact people. Good product or not I really don't like being deceived.
thethomaseffect
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13 years ago
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on: Poll: How many programmers don't know about bit-wise operations?
This post illustrates my sentiment too. It's great fun to try and be clever but unless they're necessary they're probably a bad idea.
thethomaseffect
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13 years ago
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on: Preconditions Should be Checked Explicitly
Good article as usual, I'd argue that in TDD preconditions are absolutely critical because otherwise your tests cannot possibly be considered complete.
At the end of the day preconditions usually amount to
if (valid)
continue
else
throw
If they did turn out to be a bottleneck in the future then modifying or even removing them shouldn't affect visible behavior.
thethomaseffect
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13 years ago
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on: Poll: Would HN benefit from Reddit's AMA-style posts from technologists?
Yes, but leave the visionaries and successful entrepreneurs the door. I want to hear from engineers and creative people who've built something interesting and really get a chance to ask them about the nitty gritty of it. HN comments often become more interesting that the topic linked, directing that discussion isn't a bad thing at all.
